Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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William Preston (1729-1783) —
Born in County Donegal, Ireland,
December
25, 1729.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1765-68, 1769-71.
Died while attending a muster of the militia, in Botetourt
County, Va., June 28,
1783 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Clay (1754-1815) —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, Va.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., March
25, 1754.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1790-94; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1813, 1815 (at-large
1797-1807, 14th District 1807-13, 15th District 1815); died in office
1815.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while making a speech at Halifax Court House, Halifax
County, Va., May 27,
1815 (age 61 years, 63
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.
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Joshua Mathiot (1800-1849) —
of Ohio.
Born in Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., April 4,
1800.
Mayor
of Newark, Ohio, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1841-43.
While attending a temperance convention, contracted cholera,
from which he later died, in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, July 30,
1849 (age 49 years, 117
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Josiah McNair Anderson (1807-1861) —
also known as Josiah M. Anderson —
of Fairview, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born near Pikeville, Bledsoe
County, Tenn., November
29, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-37; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-49; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1843-45, 1847-49; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1849-51.
Slaveowner.
Just after having made a secession speech, was stabbed
and killed,
Looneys Creek, Marion
County, Tenn., November
8, 1861 (age 53 years, 344
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Sequatchie County, Tenn.
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Hines Holt (1805-1865) —
of Georgia.
Born near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April
27, 1805.
Georgia
state treasurer, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1841; member of Georgia
state senate, 1859; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; died in office
1865.
Slaveowner.
Died while attending state constitutional convention at
Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
4, 1865 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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George Washington Smyth (1803-1866) —
also known as George W. Smyth —
of Jasper, Jasper
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, May 16,
1803.
Democrat. Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Jasper, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1853-55; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in session of state constitutional convention in Austin,
Travis
County, Tex., February
21, 1866 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883) —
also known as Elisha H. Allen —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in New Salem, Franklin
County, Mass., January
28, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1835-40, 1846-47; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Maine, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent
Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1841-43; defeated, 1842;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Consul in Honolulu, 1849-53; became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii;
Minister of Finance for King Kamehameha III; member, Hawaii House of
Nobles, 1854-56; Kingdom of Hawaii Minister to the United States,
1856-83; chief justice, Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court, 1857-77.
Died suddenly from heart
disease, while attending a diplomatic reception at the White
House, Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1883 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Clesson Allen and Mary (Hunt) Allen; married 1828 to Sarah
Elizabeth Fessenden; married, March
11, 1857, to Mary Harrod Hobbes; father of William
Fessenden Allen and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin of Gouverneur
Morris; second cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; second cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Chester
Ashley; third cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, Albert
Asahel Bliss and Philemon
Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Josiah
Meigs, Daniel
Pitkin, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Judson
H. Warner and Josiah
Quincy; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. and John
Davis Lodge; fourth cousin of Joseph
Churchill Strong, Theodore
Davenport, Chester
William Chapin, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, William
Alfred Buckingham, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); fourth cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Jonathan
Brace, Martin
Chittenden, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Timothy
Pitkin, James
Kilbourne, Amaziah
Brainard, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Anthony Ingersoll, John
Adams Taintor, Henry
G. Taintor, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, John
Hill Walbridge, Edward
Oliver Wolcott, Walter
Harrison Blodget, Henry
E. Walbridge, Edwin
W. Kellogg, Alfred
Wolcott and Samuel
Herbert Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Barrett Washburn (1820-1887) —
also known as William B. Washburn —
of Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Winchendon, Worcester
County, Mass., January
31, 1820.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1863-71; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1872-74; resigned 1874; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1874-75.
Died suddenly, while seated on the platform at a meeting of
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Affairs, in
Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
5, 1887 (age 67 years, 247
days).
Interment at Green
River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.
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Henry Thomas Ellett (1812-1887) —
also known as Henry T. Ellett —
of Port Gibson, Claiborne
County, Miss.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., March 8,
1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1847; member of
Mississippi state legislature, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while delivering an address of welcome to
President Grover
Cleveland in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
15, 1887 (age 75 years, 221
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Windom (1827-1891) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, May 10,
1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st
District 1863-69); member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Quaker.
Fell dead, from heart
disease, at the annual banquet of the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation, just after finishing a speech, in New York,
New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1891 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
25, 1834.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
First
Black member of the Indiana legislature.
Died of a heart
attack while making a speech, in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., November
6, 1892 (age 57 years, 317
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Claude Matthews (1845-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bath
County, Ky., December
14, 1845.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1876; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1891-93; Governor of
Indiana, 1893-97.
Suffered a stroke
while making a speech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three
days later, April
28, 1898 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., September
27, 1827.
Republican. Minister;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1873.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
and Lumbee
Indian ancestry.
First
Black member of the U.S. Senate.
Died, from a stroke,
while attending a church conference, in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., January
16, 1901 (age 73 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the
Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died
eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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John McPherson Pinckney (1845-1905) —
also known as John M. Pinckney —
of Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex.
Born near Hempstead, Grimes
County, Tex., May 4,
1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; state
court judge in Texas, 1900-03; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1903-05; died in office
1905.
Assaulted
and killed at a meeting of the Waller County Prohibition
League, Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., April
24, 1905 (age 59 years, 355
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Hempstead, Tex.
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William Amos Poynter (1848-1909) —
also known as William A. Poynter —
of Albion, Boone
County, Neb.
Born May 29,
1848.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1891; Governor of
Nebraska, 1899-1901.
While making a speech, in the Nebraska State
Capitol, was stricken by
apoplexy, and died soon after, in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., April 5,
1909 (age 60 years, 311
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Timothy Lester Woodruff (1858-1913) —
also known as Timothy L. Woodruff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
4, 1858.
Republican. Brooklyn Park Commissioner, 1895; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1896,
1904,
1908,
1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1897-1902; New York
Republican state chair, 1906-10.
Suffered a stroke
while addressing a campaign meeting at Cooper Union, and died
two weeks later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1913 (age 55 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Washington Stone (1849-1921) —
also known as George W. Stone —
of Michigan.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
27, 1849.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Michigan
state auditor general, 1891-92.
Died of a heart
attack while playing the drum in an Armistice Day parade,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
11, 1921 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) —
also known as Nelson A. Miles —
Born in Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass., August
8, 1839.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at the battle of Chancellorsville,
1863; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Puerto Rico; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,
1904.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, while attending a circus, in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1925 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Entombed at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Vroman Borst (1857-1925) —
also known as Henry V. Borst —
of Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 4,
1857.
Democrat. Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1913-25; appointed 1913;
resigned 1925.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack while speaking at a dinner, in the parish
house of St. Casimir's Church, Amsterdam, N.Y., and died soon
after, in Memorial Hospital,
Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
25, 1925 (age 68 years, 144
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Borst and Susan (Vrooman) Borst; married to Alida Yerdon and
Daisy Snook. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) —
also known as Oscar T. Corson —
of Ohio.
Born near Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, May 3,
1857.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Ohio
commissioner of common schools, 1892-98.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died suddenly while addressing a conference at Ohio State
University, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
14, 1928 (age 70 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Corson and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson; married, August
2, 1881, to Ella M. Jacoby. |
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.; Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., about 1868.
Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company; newspaper
publisher; real estate
developer; lawyer; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906; charged
with assault
in connection with his participation in a Socialist
rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by spraying
the speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey; elected (Democratic) mayor of
Linden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, while addressing a meeting of the Parent
Democratic Club, and died soon after in St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., November
12, 1930 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul M. Crandell (c.1877-1935) —
of New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Rochelle, N.Y., 1934-35; appointed 1934; nominated, but
died before the election 1935; died in office 1935.
After completing a speech at a meeting of the New Rochelle
Teachers Club, at Albert Leonard Junior High School, suffered a heart
attack and died, from coronary
thrombosis, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
23, 1935 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Edmund Bigelow Chaffee (1887-1936) —
also known as Edmund B. Chaffee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., February
19, 1887.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a speech, at a social work
conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age 49 years, 209
days).
Interment at Rose Center Cemetery, Rose Center, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Chaffee and Marietta (Bigelow) Chaffee. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant for God and Man,
Toiler for Justice and Peace." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George John Schneider (1877-1939) —
also known as George J. Schneider —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Grand Chute, Outagamie
County, Wis., October
30, 1877.
Republican. Papermaker;
second
vice-president, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-33, 1935-39 (9th District
1923-33, 8th District 1935-39); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924.
Died while attending a labor meeting in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, March
12, 1939 (age 61 years, 133
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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Ralph Edward Williams (1869-1940) —
also known as Ralph E. Williams —
of Dallas, Polk
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Polk
County, Ore., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1908;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936;
vice-chair, Arrangements Committee, vice-chair, 1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1908-40; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1921-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, while attending a meeting of the Committee on
Arrangements for the 1940 Republican National Convention, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 16,
1940 (age 70 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James John Williams and Ralph (Eckersley) Williams; married, December
3, 1911, to Grace Noyes. |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
21st Republican National Convention (1936) |
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Isaac Adler (1868-1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., May 10,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1930-31.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly while attending a city planning meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 24,
1941 (age 73 years, 45
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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George Otis Smith (1871-1944) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook
County, Maine, February
22, 1871.
Republican. Geologist;
director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair,
Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1936.
Baptist.
Member, American
Forestry Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Suffered a heart
attack during a meeting of the board of directors of the
Central Maine Power Company, and died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
10, 1944 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Southside
Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Nathaniel John Holmberg (1878-1951) —
also known as N. J. Holmberg —
of Renville, Renville
County, Minn.
Born near Renville, Renville
County, Minn., July 24,
1878.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22, 1907-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1934 (Republican), 1936 (Independent);
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1941-47.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, right after having given a speech about city parks, in
the City Council Chambers, City
Hall, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 13,
1951 (age 72 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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L. Preston Collins (c.1897-1952) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., about 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1946-52; died in office 1952.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, at the dedication of the Robert S.
Sheffey Consolidated Elementary School, near Austinville, Wythe
County, Va., September
20, 1952 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Preston Collins and Ella (Moorman) Collins; married to
Pauline Hull Staley. |
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Howard N. Allen (1873-1953) —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., February
21, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Pawling Savings Bank;
director, National Bank of
Pawling; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1923-44.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack at a Pawling Savings Bank board of directors
meeting, and died the next day, in Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
7, 1953 (age 79 years, 321
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth A. Howard. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Willis Winter Bradley (1884-1954) —
also known as Willis W. Bradley —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ransomville, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 28,
1884.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
Guam, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; member of California
state assembly, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Received the Medal
of Honor, for action on U.S.S. Pittsburgh, July 23, 1917.
Suffered a heart
attack during the noon recess of a legislative hearing,
and died soon after at Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., August
27, 1954 (age 70 years, 60
days).
Interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) —
also known as Alben W. Barkley; Willie Alben Barkley;
"Dear Alben"; "Little Alby";
"Veep" —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in a log
cabin near Lowes, Graves
County, Ky., November
24, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; McCracken
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky,
1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1923; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
Vice
President of the United States, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died of a heart
attack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University Mock
Democratic Convention, Lexington,
Va., April
30, 1956 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married, June 23,
1903, to Dorothy Brower; married, November
18, 1949, to Jane Hadley and Jane
Hadley (1911-1964); father of Laura Louise Barkley (who married
Douglas
MacArthur II); grandfather of Alben
W. Barkley II. |
| | | Political family: Barkley-MacArthur
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | C. V. Whitney's thoroughbread racehorse
"The Veep" (born 1948), was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly Ann
Davis, Alben
W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and Vice
President — James K. Libbey, Dear
Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky — Jane Hadley Barkley,
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Married the Veep |
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Library |
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Bernard Austin (1896-1959) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Russia,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1935-59; died in
office 1959.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Elks; Federal
Bar Association.
After giving a short speech at the swearing-in of City Court
Justice Louis
B. Heller, he collapsed and died from a heart
attack, in the Central Courts
Building, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
6, 1959 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Beth-David
Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island, N.Y.
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Joe Starnes (1895-1962) —
of Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala.
Born in Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala., March
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1935-45; colonel in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Had a history of heart
trouble; collapsed in his chair after making an impassioned
speech to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and died in the
infirmary a few minutes later, in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1962 (age 66 years, 284
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Guntersville, Ala.
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Marcellus G. Boss (1901-1967) —
also known as Marc Boss —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Bremen, Marshall
County, Ind., January
24, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Cherokee
County Attorney, 1931-33; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1952;
Governor
of Guam, 1959-60.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack while addressing a meeting of the Kansas Business
and Professional Women, and died soon after, in the City Hospital,
Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan., March
21, 1967 (age 66 years, 56
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Columbus, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank W. Boss and Alice M. (Lehr) Boss; married, August
11, 1926, to Margery Griswold. |
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David Scull (1917-1968) —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
16, 1917.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1958-60; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1962-64; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1964; member and chair,
Montgomery County Council, 1967-68.
Prominent civil rights advocate; successfully fought for a Montgomery
County law against racial discrimination in housing.
Suffered a heart
attack during the noon recess of a County Council meeting,
in the Montgomery County
Building, Rockville; never regained consciousness; died soon
after in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
23, 1968 (age 50 years, 129
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) —
also known as James B. Utt —
of Santa Ana, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Tustin, Orange
County, Calif., March
11, 1899.
Republican. Appraiser;
lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-70 (28th District 1953-63,
35th District 1963-70); died in office 1970; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack during religious services at a church
in Washington, D.C., and died soon after at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 1,
1970 (age 70 years, 355
days).
Interment at Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
professional actor
in 1933-40, appearing in movies
such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The
Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a speech to the Women's National
Republican Club, and died less than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) —
also known as R. Budd Dwyer —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., November
21, 1939.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987.
Baptist.
Member, National
Education Association; Eagles;
Theta
Chi; Jaycees.
Convicted
in December 1986 of bribery
and conspiracy in federal court.
About to be sentenced,
and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press
conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,
he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and
killed
himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62
days).
Interment at Blooming
Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Pa.
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Edward J. Healey (1924-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Elmhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 26,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1974-80, 1982-84, 1986-2000 (81st
District 1974-80, 86th District 1982-84, 1986-2000); defeated, 1972
(81st District), 1980 (81st District), 1984 (86th District); died in
office 2000.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Association of Retired Persons; Audubon
Society; American
Legion; Nature
Conservancy; Sierra
Club; Urban
League; Common
Cause.
While attending a primary victory rally for Al Gore, suffered
a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day at a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
15, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1924-2003) —
also known as Edward T. Breathitt; Ned
Breathitt —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., November
26, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57; Governor of
Kentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1964,
1972,
1980;
counsel and vice-president, Southern Railway
System.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Collapsed while making a speech at Lexington Community
College, and died a few days later, from heart
disease, in the University of Kentucky Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
14, 2003 (age 78 years, 322
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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