| DOUGLAS (Soundex
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— See also
DAGLAS,
DOUGLASS,
DUGLISS,
FUGLAAR,
HAUGLAND,
HOUGLAND,
HOUGLUM,
KUGLAR,
MCDOUGLAS,
MCDOUGLE,
UGLAND.
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See also
Sydney
Anderson —
William
Judson Barker —
Nicholas
Frederick Brady —
Napoleon
Bonaparte Broward —
Joseph
William Chinn —
Ralph
Edwin Church —
Harry
Buffington Coffee —
Charles
Wylie Dalrymple —
Charles
J. Davis —
John
Hamlin Folger —
Fred
Folger —
Solon
T. Gilmore —
Joseph
Brevard Kershaw —
James
Hamilton Lewis —
James
Monroe —
Henry
Montgomery —
Harry
D. Sanders —
Allan
Douglas Sanford —
Henry
Hulme Sevier —
Francis
Smith —
Alfred
Alten Speer —
Jan
Sterling —
George
Appleton Stockwell —
Butler
B. Strang —
William
Woodyard |
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Douglas, Albert
(1852-1935) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, April
25, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Ross
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1907-11; defeated, 1910,
1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1935 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Douglas, Allen —
of Michigan.
U.S. Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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Douglas, Andrew (b. 1932) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 5,
1932.
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1981-84; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1985-.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2001.
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Douglas, Andrew S. —
of Green
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Green County; elected 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Archibald —
of Voluntown, New London
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1848.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Archibald, Jr. (b.
1904) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1904.
Republican. Stockbroker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1945-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Archibald H. —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Democrat. Postmaster at Bennettsville,
S.C., 1845-48.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Arcus L. —
of Clarksburg, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Moniteau County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Arthur J. —
of Ausable Forks, Essex
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
chair
of Essex County Democratic Party, 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Douglas, Ben Elbert, Sr.
(1894-1982) —
also known as Ben E. Douglas —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Scotts Crossroad, Iredell
County, N.C., September
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fur merchant;
mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1956.
Died in 1982
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Douglas, Benjamin —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1850-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1856;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1861-62; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1878.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Benjamin C. —
of New Jersey.
Independent Citizen candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly 10th District, 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
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Douglas, Beverly Browne
(1822-1878) —
of Virginia.
Born in Providence Forge, New Kent
County, Va., December
21, 1822.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1878 (age 56 years, 1
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, King William County, Va.
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Douglas, Bruce L. —
of Illinois.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1971-73, 1973-75 (11th District
1971-73, 12th District 1973-75).
Still living as of 1975.
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Douglas, Charles —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
U.S. Consul in Guazacualo, 1828-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Charles A.
(1862-1939) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairfield
County, S.C., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Fairfield County,
1884-88; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Died October
31, 1939 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Charles Gwynne III (b.
1942) —
also known as Charles G. Douglas III; Chuck
Douglas —
of Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1942.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972
(alternate), 1988,
2008;
superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1974-76; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1977-85; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1989-91;
defeated, 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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Douglas, Charles I. —
of Utah.
American candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Chuck See Charles Gwynne Douglas
III |
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Douglas, Claudia —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1996,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alaska, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas, Clayton A. —
of Tracy, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Postmaster at Tracy,
Calif., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Columbus C. —
of Michigan.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton District, 1861-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Curtis —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Curtis N. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1894; member of
New
York state senate 29th District, 1899-1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Daisy —
of Union City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Daniel B. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Chair of
Wood County Republican Party, 1973.
Still living as of 1973.
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Douglas, Dariel —
of Eau
Claire County, Wis.
Democrat. Candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Eau Claire County 1st District, 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, David A. —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Donald J. —
Republican. Candidate for New
Jersey state senate 17th District, 1981.
Still living as of 1981.
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Douglas, E. H. —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Little Falls, N.Y., 1904-05.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, E. Murphy —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1887-91.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Edward Leon (b.
1927) —
also known as Edward L. Douglas —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 29,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961-62.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Douglas and Minnie (Robinson) Douglas; married to Kathleen
Ellis. |
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Douglas, Emily Taft
(1899-1994) —
also known as Emily Taft —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
10, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1945-47; defeated, 1946.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died January
28, 1994 (age 94 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Enoch A. —
of Sterling, Windham
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Sterling, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Ernest C. —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Burlingame, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Fred James
(1869-1949) —
also known as Fred J. Douglas —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Utica, N.Y., 1922-24; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1937-45; defeated in
primary, 1944.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
1, 1949 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Douglas, Fredericka —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Douglas, George A. —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, George F. —
Democrat. Candidate for superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, George W. —
Democrat. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1982-85.
Still living as of 1985.
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Douglas, Greg —
Democrat. Candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 91st District, 1994.
Still living as of 1994.
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Douglas, Gwynne K. —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas, Mrs. H. H. —
of Northwood, Worth
County, Iowa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1924.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Hal —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry See Henry Woolsey
Douglas |
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Douglas, Helen Gahagan
(1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Henry C. —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor Locks, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Henry Woolsey
(1867-1924) —
also known as Henry W. Douglas; Harry
Douglas —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
7, 1867.
Democrat. Engineer;
superintendent, Ann Arbor Gas
Company; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905.
Died, from acute cardiac
failure, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
24, 1924 (age 57 years, 230
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Douglas, Herbert —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Howard Eugene (b.
1940) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1940.
U.S. Ambassador to , 1982-86.
Still living as of 1991.
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Douglas, Hugh —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1998, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Douglas, J. B. —
of Tecumseh, Johnson
County, Neb.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, J. F. —
of Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada,
1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Mrs. J. W. —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940,
1944.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, James —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, James —
of Saline, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Douglas, James A. —
of Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Walsh
County, 1889.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, James Holley (b.
1951) —
also known as Jim Douglas —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 21,
1951.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1973-78; secretary
of state of Vermont, 1981-93; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1992; Vermont
state treasurer, 1995-2003; Governor of
Vermont, 2003-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 2004,
2008.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2018.
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Douglas, James Marsh (b.
1896) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1935-37; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1937-47; appointed 1937.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Bond Douglas and Francesca (Kimball) Douglas; married, August
5, 1939, to Mary Elizabeth Lumaghi. |
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Douglas, James S. —
of Douglas, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Jerry R. —
of California.
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 28th District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Douglas, Jessie
(1886-1960) —
also known as Jett W. Douglas; Jessie
Wickersham —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Wahkonsa, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
3, 1886.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1922.
Female.
Died August
13, 1960 (age 74 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Lewis Bonham Wickersham and Rosa (Kelly) Wickersham;
married to Floyd Marion Douglas and John Frank Wray. |
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W. See Jessie Douglas |
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Jim See James Holley
Douglas |
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Douglas, Joe III —
of Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas, John —
of Illinois.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1843-45.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John —
of Seneca, Faulk
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John —
Republican. Candidate for Georgia
public service commission 2nd District, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Douglas, John A. —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John C. —
Kansas
Territory superintendent of schools, 1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John J. —
of Illinois.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 48th District, 1893-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John M. —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1871, 1895-96 (18th District 1871, 22nd District
1895-96); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1876,
1880,
1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, John W. —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 4th District, 1864.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Joseph A. —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Postmaster at Babylon,
N.Y., 1907-15, 1925-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Joseph William —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Democrat. Postmaster at Columbia,
S.C., 1967-77 (acting, 1967-68).
Still living as of 1977.
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Douglas, Lee (1885-1959) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Belle Meade, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 23,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1914-22; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(alternate); president, Nashville and Decatur Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August
17, 1959 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byrd Douglas and Adelaide (Gaines) Douglas; married, January
30, 1929, to Elizabeth (Keith) Caldwell. |
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Douglas, Leon —
of Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Lewis Williams
(1894-1974) —
also known as Lewis W. Douglas —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Sonoita, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.
Born in Bisbee, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 2,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1923-25; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1927-33; director of the
U.S. Budget, 1933-34; vice-president and director, American Cyanamid
Co., 1934-38; president, Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, 1940-47; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1947-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 7,
1974 (age 79 years, 248
days).
Cremated.
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Douglas, Lillian —
of Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1932.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, M. R. —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Douglas, Marilyn —
of Petersburg, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Douglas, Marion —
Socialist. Candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
Jersey.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Maureen A. —
of Rancho Cucamonga, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Douglas, Melvyn
(1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Murphy See E. Murphy
Douglas |
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Douglas, Nicole —
of San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member, Rules Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas, Paul Howard
(1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Douglas, Paul Louis (b.
1927) —
also known as Paul L. Douglas —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
19, 1927.
Lancaster
County Attorney, 1960-74; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1975-84.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Impeached
by the Legislature in 1984 over his conduct
in office and dealings with an officer of a failed savings and
loan; acquitted by the state supreme court. Convicted
of perjury
in December, 1984 and resigned
as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned.
Still living as of 1984.
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Douglas, R. J. —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1891.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Waukegan |
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Douglas, R. L. —
of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Circuit judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1869-72.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Raymond O. —
of Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Richard —
of Pleasanton, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Douglas, Robert —
of Michigan.
Candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Douglas, Robert A. —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907-19; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Robert Dick (b.
1875) —
also known as Robert D. Douglas —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 7,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904;
postmaster at Greensboro,
N.C., 1906-16.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Robert E. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Douglas, Robert J. —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Robert L. —
of Fallon, Churchill
County, Nev.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Robert Martin
(1849-1917) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
28, 1849.
Republican. Secretary to President Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1876;
justice
of North Carolina state supreme court, 1897-1905.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., February
8, 1917 (age 68 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Douglas, Roy I. —
of Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1943-48.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Russell —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Douglas, S. —
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1860.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, S. M. —
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Samuel —
of Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1843.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Samuel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1926, 1927;
candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Samuel J. —
of Florida.
Justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1866-68.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Samuel T. —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate
for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1915, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Scott —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglas, Shirley L. —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Candidate for mayor
of Shawnee, Kan., 1997.
Female.
Still living as of 1997.
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Douglas, Silas Hamilton
(1816-1890) —
also known as Silas H. Douglas; Silas H.
Douglass —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
27, 1816.
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1871-73.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
26, 1890 (age 73 years, 303
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Douglas, Stanley M. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1952;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1963.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Stephen Arnold
(1813-1861) —
also known as Stephen A. Douglas; Arnold Douglass;
"The Little Giant" —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., April
23, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1852,
1856;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1861 (age 48 years, 41
days).
Entombed at Douglas
Monument Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married
1847 to
Martha Denny Martin; married 1856 to Adele
Cutts; father of Robert Martin Douglas;
grandfather of Robert Dick
Douglas. |
| | | Political family: Douglas-Dick
family of Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| | | Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert
W. Johannsen, Stephen
A. Douglas — James L. Huston, Stephen
A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —
Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's
Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That
Preserved the Union |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Douglas, Stephen S. —
Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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Douglas, T. L. —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Thomas (b. 1790) —
of Florida.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., April
27, 1790.
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Florida, 1826-42; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1846-50, 1854-55.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Thomas H. —
of Bolivar, Polk
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Thomas Jefferson —
also known as Thomas J. Douglas —
of Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Democrat. Postmaster at Bridgton,
Maine, 1885-91.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Tim B. —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Bellingham, Wash., 1984-95, 2006-07.
Still living as of 2007.
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B. See Wallace Barton
Douglas |
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Douglas, W. G. (b. 1879) —
of Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Edgerton, Rock
County, Wis., September
11, 1879.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 30th District, 1935-38; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1939-42.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Mrs. W. H. —
of Basin, Big Horn
County, Wyo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1952.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, W. M. —
of Parrish, Walker
County, Ala.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Wallace Barton
(1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1895-98; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Douglas, Walter F. —
of Acushnet, Bristol
County, Mass.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Bristol District, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Mrs. Walter R. —
of Brentwood, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Warren B. —
of Illinois.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1919-23, 1925-29,
1935-37.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, Warren C. —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Republican. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 9th
Ward, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, William —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1860.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, William —
of Iowa.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1978 (1st District), 1982 (4th
District).
Still living as of 1982.
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Douglas, William —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut.
Still living as of 2016.
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Douglas, William B., Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Malaga, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas, William Harris
(1853-1944) —
also known as William H. Douglas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1853.
Republican. Exporter;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1901-05 (14th District 1901-03,
15th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1944 (age 90 years, 53
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Douglas, William Lewis
(1845-1924) —
also known as William L. Douglas —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
22, 1845.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1892,
1896,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1886-87; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1890-91; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died September
17, 1924 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Brockton, Mass.
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Douglas, William Orville
(1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Douglas, William Wilberforce (b.
1841) —
also known as William W. Douglas —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
26, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1871-73; member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1890; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1891-1905; chief
justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1905-08.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Douglas and Sarah (Sawyer) Douglas; married, June 30,
1884, to Anna Jean Bennett. |
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