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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in Automobile Accidents</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Varnum (1848-1907) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 11th District, 1879-80; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1889; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-officials.html">New York County Surrogate</a>, 1899. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Badly injured when his car collided with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">streetcar</a>, and died soon after, in Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-26.html">March 26, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Mary Witherspoon Dickey.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/369/48.39.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Frederick W. Feldner"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-01.html">June 1, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Cape May <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> company; president, Furst-Clark <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Dredging</a> company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html">Consul for Colombia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-consuls.html">Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1901-07. Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was killed when their car collided with a fast-moving <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">Pennsylvania Railroad train</a>, near Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-died.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-09.html">August 9, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00523">Loudon Park Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-23.html">January 23, 1888</a>, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94569592">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Baltimore Sun, August 10, 1910</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Warren Weymouth (1850-1910) — also known as George W. Weymouth — of Fitchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Merrimac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/08-25.html">August 25, 1850</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 4th District, 1897-1901. Killed in an automobile accident near Bingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-07.html">September 7, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms01070">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Fairhaven, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000316">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411478">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Carey Anderson (1877-1912) — also known as Carl C. Anderson — of Fostoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SE-lived.html">Seneca County</a>, Ohio. Born in Bluffton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AL-born.html">Allen County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-02.html">December 2, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/fostoria.html">Mayor of Fostoria, Ohio</a>, 1905-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 13th District, 1909-12; died in office 1912. Killed in an automobile accident, when the car he was riding in overturned, near Fostoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SE-died.html">Seneca County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-01.html">October 1, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SA-buried.html#cms00240">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Fremont, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John J. Anderson and Mary L. (Barringer) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-17.html">September 17, 1904</a>, to Helen May 'Nellie' Ford.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000182">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400837">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emmett Robinson Wooten (1878-1915) — also known as Emmett R. Wooten — of Kinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Born in Fort Barnwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-born.html">Craven County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-02.html">November 2, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lenoir County, 1909-15; died in office 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1915; died in office 1915. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Injured in an automobile accident, suffered <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">traumatic pneumonia</a>, and died, in Rex <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-27.html">February 27, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-buried.html# ">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Kinston, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Council Wooten and Mary (Cobb) Wooten; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-20.html">April 20, 1904</a>, to Nannie Griffin Cox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/87073112">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-05.html">August 5, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper writer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#236.42.07">Augustus E. Willson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was convened to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigate</a> the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and six Captains, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">willful disobedience</a>; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martialed</a>; secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Copper</a> Company (engaged in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">smelting</a>). Hit by a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, and died two weeks later, in German <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-06.html">September 6, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 32 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms01128">San Francisco National Cemetery</a>, San Francisco, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-20.html">September 20, 1902</a>, to Reina Melcher.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3524006">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Herbert Prouty (1862-1918) — also known as George H. Prouty — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-04.html">March 4, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1896-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1906-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1908-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/VT.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Killed when the car in which he was riding was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">hit by a train</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">dense fog</a>, at a grade crossing near Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-19.html">August 19, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-buried.html#cms08210">East Main Street Cemetery</a>, Newport, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#140.00.28">John Azro Prouty</a> and Hannah Barker (Lamb) Prouty; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#800.39.64">Charles Azro Prouty</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-01.html">December 1, 1890</a>, to Henrietta 'Nettie' Allen; half-uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#160.33.72">Winston Lewis Prouty</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#454.45.20">Carlton Prouty</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17443.html">Prouty family</a> of Newport, Vermont.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-prouty/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George H. Prouty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13147615">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Allen Sterling (1857-1918) — also known as John A. Sterling — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Le Roy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/02-01.html">February 1, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-officials.html">McLean County State's Attorney</a>, 1892-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1896-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 17th District, 1903-13, 1915-18; died in office 1918. Died as the result of an automobile accident, near Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/10-17.html">October 17, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01610">Park Hill Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sterling.html#086.08.98">Thomas Sterling</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000870">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410332">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8510338">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stanley Eyre Bowdle (1868-1919) — also known as Stanley E. Bowdle — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-04.html">September 4, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a>, 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OH.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Struck by an automobile while getting off a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">streetcar</a>, and died a few hours later, in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-06.html">April 6, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel D. Bowdle and Ellen E. (Doran) Bowdle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-29.html">November 29, 1900</a>, to Lillian Crane Scott; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#219.29.51">Thomas Lawrence Eyre</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#162.84.21">Joseph Larkin Eyre</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13551.html">Eyre family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000679">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401641">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Franklin Cannon (1851-1920) — also known as John F. Cannon — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CB-born.html">Cabarrus County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-03.html">January 3, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Struck by an automobile, suffered severe injuries, and died four hours later in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-12.html">March 12, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Mary Hall Lupton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36709582">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Franklin Hanly (1863-1920) — also known as J. Frank Hanly — of Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WN-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ind.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born near St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-04.html">April 4, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood9.html#791.72.87">Will R. Wood</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IN.html">1908</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1916. Killed, along with two friends, in an automobile-<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">train</a> accident near Dennison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-died.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-01.html">August 1, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WN-buried.html#cms03572">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Williamsport, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elijah Hanly and Anna E. (Calton) Hanly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-03.html">December 3, 1881</a>, to Eva A. Simmer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000159">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405041">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-frank-hanly/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/438/22.35.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Charles F. Van_de_Water"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Franklin Van de Water (1872-1920) — also known as Charles F. Van de Water — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Hobart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-10.html">October 10, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 9th District 1920, but died before taking office. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. While driving in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">dense fog</a>, he collided with a truck parked on the road, and died soon after, in Pomona Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pomona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-20.html">November 20, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 41 days</a>). His secretary, Janice Luebben, was also killed, and others in his car were injured. The truck driver, Carlyle Hughes, was later convicted of criminal negligence for leaving the truck on the road. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html# ">Sunnyside Cemetery</a>, Long Beach, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jane Bertha 'Jennie' (Wilde) Van de Water and Rev. Isaac Randolph Van de Water; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#176.52.09">Edith Weir Van de Water</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. passport application (1920)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Loren E. Seneker (1869-1921) — of Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LW-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, Mo. Born in Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-23.html">November 23, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/mountvernon.html">mayor of Mt. Vernon, Mo.</a>, 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LW-officials.html">Lawrence County Clerk</a>, 1903; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 18th District, 1919-21; died in office 1921. Died as the result of an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-19.html">October 19, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 330 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-27.html">October 27, 1903</a>, to Hattie M. Hoshaw.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://archive.org/details/inmemoriamabarto00newy"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/815/81.56.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="A. Barton Hepburn"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) — also known as A. Barton Hepburn — of Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/07-24.html">July 24, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">timber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79; superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York Life <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Agricultural</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> Company, Studebaker Corporation (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">automobile manufacturer</a>), and Great Northern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>. Hit by a bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died five days later, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-25.html">January 25, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms01878">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Canton, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Zina Earl Hepburn and Beulah (Gray) Hepburn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/">1873</a> to Harriet A. 'Hattie' Fisher; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Emily L. Eaton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">A. Barton Hepburn <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> (now Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-names.html">Ogdensburg, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "A benefactor. A faithful friend. A loyal American."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A. Barton Hepburn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11502349">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/previous-comptrollers/bio-08-barton-hepburn.html">Comptrollers of the Currency</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Chase Monthly Magazine, February 1922</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lucian Walton Parrish (1878-1922) — also known as Lucian W. Parrish — of Texas. Born in Sister Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GY-born.html">Grayson County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-10.html">January 10, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 13th District, 1919-22; died in office 1922. Injured in an automobile accident, and died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infection</a> twelve days later, in Wichita Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-died.html">Wichita County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/03-27.html">March 27, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CY-buried.html#cms02707">Hope Cemetery</a>, Henrietta, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Gladys Edwards.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408493">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nJVdCsi0HsEC&pg=PA181"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/050/04.47.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Theodore A. Bell"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Theodore Arlington Bell (1872-1922) — also known as Theodore A. Bell — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Vallejo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-born.html">Solano County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-25.html">July 25, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 2nd District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1906 (Democratic), 1910 (Democratic), 1918 (Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CA.html">1908</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/CA.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). While returning from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, was killed in an automobile accident near San Rafael, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-died.html">Marin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-04.html">September 4, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NA-buried.html#cms02250">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, St. Helena, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Bell and Catherine Jane (Mills) Bell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-23.html">April 23, 1899</a>, to Annie M. Muller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000347">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401339">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1908</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Francis Smith (1865-1923) — also known as Thomas F. Smith — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-24.html">July 24, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 15th District, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1917-21 (15th District 1917-19, 16th District 1919-21). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Died in a taxicab accident in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-11.html">April 11, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01209">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000619">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410094">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Vincent Ganly (1878-1923) — also known as James V. Ganly — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-13.html">September 13, 1878</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 24th District, 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-officials.html">Bronx County Clerk</a>, 1914-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 24th District, 1919-21, 1923; defeated, 1920; died in office 1923. Died in an automobile accident in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-07.html">September 7, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms02862">St. Raymond's Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404414">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7152824">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bert F. Baker (1867-1924) — of Glenburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/RE-lived.html">Renville County</a>, N.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/stsen.html">North Dakota state senate</a>, 1921-23. Died in an automobile accident while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaigning</a> for State Agriculture Commissioner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/index.html">1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/WA-buried.html#cms02678">Rosehill Memorial Park</a>, Minot, N.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker1.html#436.99.21">Berta E. Baker</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Bagby Jr. (1886-1924) — of Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo. Born in Roanoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-born.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-19.html">October 19, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-officials.html">Howard County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1913-16; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Howard County, 1921-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 14th District, 1923-24; died in office 1924. Killed in an automobile accident, when the car in which he was riding, skidded and overturned down an embankment, near Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-died.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-19.html">December 19, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-buried.html#cms03290">Fayette City Cemetery</a>, Fayette, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert M. Bagby and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Viley) Bagby.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13414683">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Preston Wickham (1836-1925) — also known as Charles P. Wickham — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-lived.html">Huron County</a>, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-born.html">Huron County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/09-15.html">September 15, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1881-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 14th District, 1887-91. Hit by a car, badly injured, and died two months later, in Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-died.html">Huron County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-18.html">March 18, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-buried.html#cms01025">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Norwalk, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Wickham and Lucy Bancroft (Preston) Wickham; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/">1860</a> to Emily Wildman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000441">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411599">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Preston Wickham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13072401">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-28.html">October 28, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1905-11; defeated, 1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1915; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">Republican National Committee from New York</a>, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Lost control of a motor bicycle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a>, suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">ruptured kidney</a>, and died as a result, in House of Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/09-16.html">September 16, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 323 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms08434">Church on the Hill Cemetery</a>, Lenox, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Edward Parsons and Mary Dumesnil (McIlvaine) Parsons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-01.html">September 1, 1900</a>, to Elsie Worthington Clews.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408498">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17674240">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Marsh Long (1863-1925) — also known as George M. Long — of Pompeii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Born in Pompeii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-01.html">December 1, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gratiot County, 1923-24; defeated, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Killed, along with his wife and three young girls, when his car collided with an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">interurban</a>, at Springer's Crossing, Vevay Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-18.html">October 18, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 321 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-buried.html# ">Fulton Center Cemetery</a>, Perrinton, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16449180">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Alvin Loud (1852-1925) — also known as George A. Loud — of Au Sable, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-lived.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich.; Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Bainbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GE-born.html">Geauga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-18.html">June 18, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; staff member for Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pindall-pingree.html#059.47.00">Hazen S. Pingree</a>, 1897-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1903-13, 1915-17; defeated, 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Killed in an automobile accident at Myrtle Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CO-died.html">Coos County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-13.html">November 13, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-buried.html#cms00742">Au Sable Cemetery</a>, Oscoda, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#236.76.28">Henry M. Loud</a>; married to Elizabeth Glennie.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000449">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406939">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Stormont Hackett (1868-1926) — also known as William S. Hackett — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/12-07.html">December 7, 1868</a>. Democrat. President, Albany City Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/albany.html">mayor of Albany, N.Y.</a>, 1922-26; died in office 1926. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Injured in an automobile accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">erysipelas</a>, in American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-died.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/03-04.html">March 4, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Meyer London (1871-1926) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Kalvaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/12-29.html">December 29, 1871</a>. Socialist. Immigrated to the United States in 1891; became a citizen in 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1909 (Socialist), 1911, 1925 (Socialist); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1915-19, 1921-23; defeated, 1910 (9th District), 1912 (12th District), 1918 (12th District), 1922 (12th District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Struck by a car as he was crossing First Avenue, near Eighteenth Street, in Manhattan, and died soon after at Bellevue <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-06.html">June 6, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms02808">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000408">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406899">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Howard Moore (1876-1927) — of Rowesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-lived.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C.; Abbeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-lived.html">Abbeville County</a>, S.C. Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-born.html">Greenwood County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-09.html">January 9, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Abbeville County, 1910-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Abbeville County, 1918-27; died in office 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Was a passenger in a sedan, going up a steep hill, when the rear axle broke; the car rolled rapidly downhill and overturned; he was pinned underneath and killed, in Bordeaux, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MC-died.html">McCormick County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-26.html">August 26, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-buried.html#cms00369">Melrose Cemetery</a>, Abbeville, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Moore and Emma Elizabeth (Hilton) Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-21.html">June 21, 1900</a>, to Mary Cooper McCraw.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86519057">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kenneth Duncan Lozier Niven (1862-1927) — also known as Kenneth D. L. Niven — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born in Westtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/monticello.html#2">Monticello, N.Y.</a>, 1894-98, 1919-20 (acting, 1919-20); clerk, Sullivan County Board of Supervisors, 1911-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Struck by a car, and died two hours later, in Monticello <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-22.html">November 22, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-buried.html#cms02974">Rock Ridge Cemetery</a>, Monticello, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Duncan Campbell Niven and Augusta (Ecker) Niven; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Virginia Thompson (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson1.html#791.28.71">Archibald Campbell Niven Thompson</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#577.76.51">Archibald Campbell Niven</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42056.html">Thompson-Niven family</a> of Monticello, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23764438">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin Stewart Underhill (1861-1929) — also known as Edwin S. Underhill — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-07.html">October 7, 1861</a>. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1911-15 (33rd District 1911-13, 37th District 1913-15); defeated, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. Died, as the result of an automobile accident, in Coopers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-died.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/02-07.html">February 7, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-buried.html#cms00907">Grove Cemetery</a>, Bath, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#354.04.65">Anthony Lispenard Underhill</a> and Charlotte Louise (McBeath) Underhill; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Minerva Elizabeth Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/">1925</a> to Mary Amelia Allen; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#761.16.56">Edwin Stewart Underhill Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/36889.html">Underhill family</a> of Bath, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000007">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411031">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7654984">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merrill Moores (1856-1929) — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-21.html">April 21, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1915-25. Died, as the result of an automobile accident, in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-21.html">October 21, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000928">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407898">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Tracy Elihu Fore (1874-1930) — also known as Tracy E. Fore — of Latta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DI-lived.html">Dillon County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-17.html">November 17, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Dillon County, 1928-30; died in office 1930. While driving near Florence, S.C., he lost control of his car, which went off the road and overturned; he was badly injured, and his condition was complicated by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>; he died two days later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-died.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-02.html">February 2, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DI-buried.html# ">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Latta, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Willis Fore and Sarah Martha (Berry) Fore; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Katherine Elizabeth Hayes; married to Clara Bethea.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "An honest man is the noblest work of God."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/106998614">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) — also known as William S. Legaré — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-06.html">January 6, 1900</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1924-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Charleston County, 1926-30; died in office 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Fatally injured in an automobile accident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Orangeburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-died.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-07.html">February 7, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 32 days</a>). Also killed was Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin9.html#632.20.34">W. Claude Martin</a>; Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#139.00.06">J. Rutledge Smith, Jr.</a> was injured but survived. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms00368">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#205.63.05">George Swinton Legaré</a> and Mary Frances (Izlar) Legaré; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-26.html">June 26, 1924</a>, to Lila Ewart Rhett; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ivey-izlar.html#342.99.78">James Ferdinand Izlar</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#984.89.19">Hugh Swinton Legaré</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#821.43.82">Thomas Allen Legaré Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#199.66.89">Marion Wainwright Seabrook</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/21489.html">Seabrook-Legare family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155549381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Whitefoord Claude Martin (1879-1930) — also known as W. Claude Martin — of Branchville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-lived.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C. Born in Kingstree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/WI-born.html">Williamsburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/05-08.html">May 8, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Orangeburg County, 1912-14, 1916-18; mayor of Branchville, S.C., 1920-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Orangeburg County, 1924-30; died in office 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Killed in an automobile accident at Wolfton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-died.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-07.html">February 7, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 275 days</a>). Also killed was Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#102.72.44">William S. Legare</a>; Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#139.00.06">J. Rutledge Smith, Jr.</a> was injured but survived. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-buried.html# ">Ott Cemetery</a>, Branchville, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Whitefoord Smith Martin and VerMelle Clarice (Brockington) Martin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-09.html">April 9, 1908</a>, to Ruth Reeves.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Love."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42347300">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George John Kindel (1855-1930) — also known as George J. Kindel — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-02.html">March 2, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Upholstery and furniture business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916 (Liberal), 1927 (Independent); Kindel Commercial Equality candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1914. Injured in an automobile accident near Hillrose, Colo., and subsequently died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Brush, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MR-died.html">Morgan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-28.html">February 28, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406350">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George John Kindel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261405">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Key Pendleton (1850-1930) — also known as Francis K. Pendleton — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-03.html">January 3, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1911-20; defeated, 1909; appointed 1911; resigned 1920. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. Injured in an automobile accident on Riverside Drive, and died two months later as a result, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-26.html">July 26, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary Alicia (Key) Pendleton and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-20.html">December 20, 1890</a>, to Elizabeth La Montagne (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler6.html#634.71.09">Nicholas Murray Butler</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#729.78.57">Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#891.61.81">Francis Scott Key</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd.html#127.30.15">Edward Lloyd (1779-1834)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd.html#357.70.69">Edward Lloyd (1744-1796)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#163.73.20">Philip Barton Key (1757-1815)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#145.56.63">Philip Key</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#934.19.64">Matthew Tilghman</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd.html#382.47.73">Henry Lloyd</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#445.18.18">Charles Carroll, Barrister</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#589.45.38">James Joseph Tilghman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#596.82.44">William Tilghman</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#733.37.87">Frisby Tilghman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#665.06.14">Tench Tilghman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/135820117">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1930) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Gnesen, Prussia (now Gniezno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-07.html">December 7, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 2nd District, 1927-30; died in office 1930. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. While traveling to Washington with U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcleod.html#920.23.49">Clarence J. McLeod</a>, their car skidded on an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy road</a>, and collided with a lumber truck; he suffered a skull fracture, and died a few days later in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-died.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/12-02.html">December 2, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 360 days</a>). Congressman McLeod, who was driving, suffered comparatively minor injuries. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00741">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Buckley Wilcox (1864-1931) — also known as Henry B. Wilcox; Harry B. Wilcox — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-23.html">May 23, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MD.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MD.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MD.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Bolivia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-consuls.html">Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1923-31. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Hit by a car and killed, while crossing Charles Street, at University Parkway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-22.html">April 22, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-buried.html#cms02389">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Woodlawn, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Littleton Wilcox and Susannah Helen (Perry) Wilcox; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-05.html">November 5, 1889</a>, to Katherine Elizabeth 'Kate' Wirt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Nash Morgan (1844-1931) — also known as Daniel N. Morgan — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Newtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-18.html">August 18, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bridgeport.html">mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.</a>, 1880-81, 1884-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1883; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 14th District, 1885-86, 1893; resigned 1893; Treasurer of the United States, 1893-97; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1898. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. While crossing a street, he was hit by an automobile, was badly injured, and died twelve days later, in Bridgeport <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/05-30.html">May 30, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01742">Mountain Grove Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#180.11.27">Ezra Morgan</a> and Hannah (Nash) Morgan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-10.html">June 10, 1868</a>, to Medora Huganen Judson (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#715.70.23">William A. Judson</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/37152.html">Morgan-Judson family</a> of Newtown and Bridgeport, Connecticut.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cassius Lynn Alexander (1875-1931) — also known as Cassius L. Alexander — of Corry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born in Wayne Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-24.html">January 24, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/corry.html">mayor of Corry, Pa.</a>, 1909-13, 1918-25, 1929-31; died in office 1931; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> 3rd District, 1915-16. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. While en route to Buffalo, N.Y., he was killed in a one-car automobile accident, when his car went off the road and hit a telephone pole, in near Dunkirk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-died.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/06-09.html">June 9, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms06900">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Corry, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Alexander and Sarah M. (Dutton) Alexander; married to Melinda Alvira Cody.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/138136868">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Ebenezer Durkee (1874-1932) — also known as John E. Durkee — of South Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-22.html">April 22, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/southhaven.html">mayor of South Haven, Mich.</a>, 1920. Gravely injured in a head-on collision, and died an hour later in Clinic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Michigan City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-died.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-14.html">May 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-buried.html#cms06609">Arlington Hill Cemetery</a>, Bangor, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rosseau Durkee and Aurelia Durkee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-23.html">December 23, 1901</a>, to Edith O. Gish.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Franklin Starr (1867-1932) — also known as Benjamin F. Starr — of Corry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Born in Lisburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-18.html">August 18, 1867</a>. Owner and manager, Starr <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Granite</a> Works; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/corry.html">mayor of Corry, Pa.</a>, 1932; died in office 1932. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Seemingly uninjured in an automobile accident which overturned his car, he collapsed and died a few minutes later, possibly from a head injury or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Rome Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-died.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/07-27.html">July 27, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms06900">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Corry, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Starr and Anna Starr; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Ruth Treat.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127686527">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/179/02.08.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Wilfred H. Schoff"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874-1932) — also known as Wilfred H. Schoff — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Newtonville, Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-27.html">November 27, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Lecturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Bolivia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1898-1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Peru</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1898-1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Panama</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1904-22; secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Deeper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Waterways</a> Association; secretary of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Killed when hit by a car in Mt. Holly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/09-14.html">September 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 292 days</a>); his body was not identified until almost three weeks later. Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-buried.html# ">Brotherhood Cemetery</a>, Hainesport, N.J.; reinterment in 1932 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms03383">Westminster Cemetery</a>, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederic Schoff and Hannah (Kent) Schoff; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-20.html">June 20, 1900</a>, to Ethelwyn McGeorge.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/189412163">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.), October 3, 1932</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Dayton Cole (1873-1932) — also known as Ralph D. Cole — of Findlay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Ohio. Born in Vanlue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HN-born.html">Hancock County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-30.html">November 30, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HN-officials.html">Hancock County Clerk</a>, 1897-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 8th District, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/OH.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OH.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OH.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">speaker</a>); colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1920. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Injured in an automobile accident near Parkman, Ohio, and died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-died.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/10-15.html">October 15, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HN-buried.html#cms00620">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Findlay, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#264.88.82">Raymond Clinton Cole</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000612">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402741">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph D. Cole">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/199/28.75.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="George A. Allen, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Augustus Allen Jr. (1868-1932) — also known as George A. Allen, Jr. — of Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MR-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Kan.; Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-born.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-30.html">June 30, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sppi.html">Kansas superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1927-32; died in office 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Killed in an automobile accident, when the Chevrolet in which he was riding collided with another car and overturned, on Highway 71 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-died.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-07.html">December 7, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-buried.html#cms03938">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Topeka, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Augustus Allen and Anna Maria (Ellis) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-03.html">July 3, 1897</a>, to Emma Maude McComas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53079443">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Frankfort (Kan.) Daily Index, December 8, 1932</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-born.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-03.html">April 3, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CO.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932. Struck by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/07-31.html">July 31, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 119 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millikin-milliorn.html#300.16.36">Eugene Donald Millikin</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George Washington Schuyler</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#239.05.05">Eugene Schuyler</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#103.37.19">James Parker</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000152">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409659">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl C. Schuyler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774917">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Davenport Clarke (1873-1933) — also known as John D. Clarke — of Fraser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hobart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-15.html">January 15, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 34th District, 1921-25, 1927-33; defeated in primary, 1924; died in office 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. Killed in an automobile accident; the car he was driving collided with another car, then went off the road, plunging down a twelve-foot embankment and hitting a tree, near Delhi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/11-05.html">November 5, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-buried.html#cms02290">Locust Hill Cemetery</a>, Hobart, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Capt. W. J. Clarke and Emaline (Davenport) Clarke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/">1905</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#762.98.04">Marian Kingley Williams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000465">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402603">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) — also known as Harry C. Trexler — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-17.html">April 17, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">cement manufacturer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>; director of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">electric railroads</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telephone</a> companies, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric utilities</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Badly injured when his car collided with an oil truck on the William Penn Highway, and died the next day in Easton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-died.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/11-17.html">November 17, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-buried.html#cms01592">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Allentown, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edwin W. Trexler and Matilda (Sauerbuck) Trexler; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#793.53.66">Frank Mattern Trexler</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-22.html">January 22, 1885</a>, to Mary M. Mosser.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry Clay Trexler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5067605">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Novotny (d. 1934) — of Berwyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/berwyn.html">Mayor of Berwyn, Ill.</a>, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Killed in an automobile accident, near Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-25.html">January 25, 1934</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03190">Bohemian National Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Williamson McGavock (1846-1934) — also known as J. W. McGavock — of Max Meadows, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-lived.html">Wythe County</a>, Va. Born in Wytheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-born.html">Wythe County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-25.html">October 25, 1846</a>. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/VA.html">1920</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Struck by an automobile, and died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> soon after, in Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/03-20.html">March 20, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-buried.html# ">Oglesby Cemetery</a>, Fort Chiswell, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ephraim McGavock and Abie Jouet (Williamson) McGavock; married to Emily Maria Graham and Jane Byrd Pendleton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86948080">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert McDowell McCracken (1874-1934) — also known as Robert M. McCracken — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-15.html">March 15, 1874</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/sthse.html">Idaho state house of representatives</a>, 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> at-large, 1915-17. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaigning</a> was in an automobile accident, which resulted in his death, in Emmett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GE-died.html">Gem County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-16.html">May 16, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BI-buried.html#cms04074">Blackfoot Cemetery</a>, Blackfoot, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000378">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407381">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harcourt Joseph Pratt (1866-1934) — also known as Harcourt J. Pratt — of Highland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Born in Highland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-23.html">October 23, 1866</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ulster County 2nd District, 1897; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 27th District, 1925-33. Died, from injuries received in an automobile accident, near Highland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-died.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-21.html">May 21, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-buried.html#cms02118">Highland Cemetery</a>, Highland, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000499">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408884">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Chalkley Coffin (1887-1934) — also known as Thomas C. Coffin — of Pocatello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-lived.html">Bannock County</a>, Idaho. Born in Caldwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-born.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-25.html">October 25, 1887</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/pocatello.html">mayor of Pocatello, Idaho</a>, 1931-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Struck by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/us-capitol.html">U.S. Capitol</a>, June 4, 1934, and died four days later at Providence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-08.html">June 8, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BA-buried.html#cms00215">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Pocatello, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sherman Myers Coffin and Jessie (Phelps) Coffin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000592">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402721">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6570689">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank L. Covert (1867-1935) — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Waterford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/11-23.html">November 23, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-officials.html">Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1905-10; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1919-35; appointed 1919; died in office 1935. Injured when his car crashed into the back of a truck, and died soon after at Pontiac General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-died.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-11.html">January 11, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html#cms00226">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Pontiac, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hudson P. Covert and Nancy J. (Sheldon) Covert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-02.html">October 2, 1895</a>, to Catherine Cruice.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15166119">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James J. Murphy (c.1869-1935) — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in New York, about 1869. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hudson County, 1898-1900; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/jerseycity.html">mayor of Jersey City, N.J.</a>, 1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Hit by a car while crossing Hudson Boulevard, and died that evening at Jersey City <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-21.html">January 21, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Maurice R. Keyworth (1886-1935) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Shabbona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SN-born.html">Sanilac County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/index.html">1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a> 1935, but died before taking office. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, in an automobile crash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-22.html">June 22, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-28.html">August 28, 1907</a>, to Ora G. Moore.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anna Ickes (1873-1935) — also known as Anna Wilmarth; Anna Wilmarth Thompson — Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-27.html">January 27, 1873</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, following an automobile accident, in Velarde, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/RA-died.html">Rio Arriba County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/08-31.html">August 31, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03001">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Skokie, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Henry Martin Wilmarth and Mary Jane (Hawes) Wilmarth; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#025.45.63">Harold LeClair Ickes</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12202.html">Ickes family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51731436">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William John Cooper (1882-1935) — of California. Born in Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-born.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-24.html">November 24, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1927-29; appointed 1927; resigned 1929. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while driving, and died nine days later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-died.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-19.html">September 19, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674218571/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/972/34.86.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Thomas D. Schall"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) — also known as Thomas D. Schall — of Excelsior, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Reed City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OS-born.html">Osceola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/06-04.html">June 4, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 10th District, 1915-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MN.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died in office 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Blinded</a> by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907. Hit by an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days later, in Casualty <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/12-22.html">December 22, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 201 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Margaret Huntley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000113">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409621">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas D. Schall">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8000405">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Erwin C. Woodworth (1872-1936) — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-lived.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio. Born near Millfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-born.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/12-29.html">December 29, 1872</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1910-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ohio</a>, 1918-19. Injured in an automobile accident, and died, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/04-19.html">April 19, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 112 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Louis Murphy (1875-1936) — also known as Louis Murphy — of Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. Born in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-06.html">November 6, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Iowa</a>, 1933-36; died in office 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in an automobile accident near Chippewa Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CH-died.html">Chippewa County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/07-16.html">July 16, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-buried.html#cms02026">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Dubuque, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001103">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408067">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard L. Murphy">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Durland Tuthill (1877-1936) — also known as Oscar D. Tuthill — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/01-15.html">January 15, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/greenwich.html">first selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut</a>, 1921-36; died in office 1936. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Injured in an automobile accident in Briarcliff, N.Y., and died three days later, in Ossining <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ossining, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/09-29.html">September 29, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01742">Mountain Grove Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Jane Sherman.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John F. Conrad (d. 1937) — also known as "Big John" — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/rochester.html">Mayor of Rochester, N.H.</a>, 1937; died in office 1937. Killed when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a> between a backing truck and a loading dock, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-died.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) — also known as Orlando F. Barnes — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-07.html">November 7, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html">Mayor of Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1882-84; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1888; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/laco.html">Michigan land commissioner</a>, 1910, 1912; president, Roscommon State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trea.html">Michigan state treasurer</a>, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. While traveling south on U.S. 27 during <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy conditions</a>, his car skidded and collided with an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby Civilian Conservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/RO-died.html">Roscommon County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-13.html">January 13, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms00206">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Lansing, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnes.html#239.91.71">Orlando Mack Barnes</a> and Amanda (Fleming) Barnes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21175277">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Louis O. Williams (1874-1937) — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DW-lived.html">DeWitt County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DW-born.html">DeWitt County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/02-22.html">February 22, 1874</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 28th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IL.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from injuries received in an automobile collision, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/03-19.html">March 19, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 25 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) — of Chinook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BL-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Mont. Born in Maiden Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PI-born.html">Pierce County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/01-28.html">January 28, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1935-38; died in office 1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to accept only $6,000 of the $7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tipton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sued to oust him</a> based on the contention that this promise constituted a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribe</a>, and violated the state's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">corrupt practices act</a>; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in good faith. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Hit by a bus, was badly injured, suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/06-13.html">June 13, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 136 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-buried.html#cms03939">Hillcrest Lawn Memorial</a>, Great Falls, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Montgomery Sands and Nancy (Butcher) Sands.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91674310">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=55579&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2037385"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/015/84.80.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="James Weldon Johnson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known as James W. Johnson; James William Johnson — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-17.html">June 17, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Puerto Cabello</a>, 1906-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SN-consuls.html ">Dakar</a>, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html ">Corinto</a>, 1908-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-pi-phi.html">Sigma Pi Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-sigma.html">Phi Beta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which became known as the "Negro National Anthem". Killed in a car-<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">train</a> collision, in Wiscasset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/06-26.html">June 26, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Grace Nail.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James W. Johnson (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Weldon Johnson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/830/000101527">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6125709">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1988)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hiram Iddings Bearss (1875-1938) — also known as Hiram I. Bearss — of Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-lived.html">Miami County</a>, Ind. Born in Peru, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-born.html">Miami County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-13.html">April 13, 1875</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Spanish-American War; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> for his actions in the Philippine Islands, 1901-02; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IN.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IN.html">1936</a>. Died in an automobile accident, in Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-died.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-28.html">August 28, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 137 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MI-buried.html#cms02158">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Peru, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Franklin Wallace Bearss and Desdemonia (Iddings) Bearss; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-01.html">May 1, 1904</a>, to Louise A. Madden; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#934.99.06">George Russell Bearss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#713.33.23">Albert Cole Bearss</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#904.47.00">Daniel Robert Bearss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22081.html">Bearss family</a> of Peru, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The USS Bearss (built 1943, scapped 1976), a U.S. Navy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">destroyer</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram I. Bearss">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7827299">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James A. Murphy (1889-1939) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Laurium, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-born.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-31.html">March 31, 1889</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1933-39; died in office 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Killed in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/03-19.html">March 19, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 353 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Orville Elbridge Atwood (1880-1939) — also known as Orville E. Atwood — of Newaygo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich.; Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich.; Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Morgan Park (now part of Chicago), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-23.html">February 23, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Newaygo County, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1923-26, 1929-30; defeated in primary, 1926; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MI.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; director, Michigan Sales Tax Division, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. While driving east on U.S. Highway 16, from Lansing to Detroit, he collided with a westbound bus, was badly injured, and died an hour later in McPherson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Howell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-15.html">June 15, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 112 days</a>). His passenger, auto executive Frank D. Longyear (1879-1939), was also killed. Four passengers on the bus were injuried, including <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erickson.html#977.89.51">Claud Erickson</a> of Lansing, and State Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#273.57.78">Martin R. Kronk</a> of Detroit. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00774">Deepdale Memorial Park</a>, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Orville Elbridge Atwood, Sr. and Martha Elvira (Townsend) Atwood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Evelyn May Forman (1881-1968); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-01.html">October 1, 1910</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atwood.html#950.03.07">Evelyn May Forman (1881-1968)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/229568310">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Pritcgard Orr (1882-1939) — also known as Herbert P. Orr — of Caro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-lived.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-born.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/09-16.html">September 16, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">actuary</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1931-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Killed, along with his wife, in an automobile collision, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-died.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/08-14.html">August 14, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 332 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) — also known as George H. Heinke — of Nebraska City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-lived.html">Otoe County</a>, Neb. Born near Dunbar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-born.html">Otoe County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-22.html">July 22, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-officials.html">Otoe County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1919-23, 1927-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 1st District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Injured in an automobile collision during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">snowstorm</a>, and died a week later in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Morrilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CW-died.html">Conway County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-02.html">January 2, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-buried.html#cms02541">Wyuka Cemetery</a>, Nebraska City, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000454">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405319">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George H. Heinke">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7266882">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lincoln Curtis Chenoweth (1862-1940) — of Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo.; Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born in Pineville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MC-born.html">McDonald County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-20.html">March 20, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MO.html">1904</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Democratic National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1904. Injured, along with his wife, in an automobile accident in November, 1936, which was eventually fatal to both; his wife died in 1937, and he died, in St. John's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-died.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/05-05.html">May 5, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-buried.html#cms03790">Ozark Memorial Park</a>, Joplin, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Albert White Chenoweth and Thirrissa L. (Harmon) Chenoweth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-10.html">July 10, 1887</a>, to America Lavina McNatt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16879786">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8382590214/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/835/62.61.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="William W. Potter"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William W. Potter (1869-1940) — of Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mich. Born in Maple Grove Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-01.html">August 1, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 15th District, 1899-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-officials.html">Barry County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1909-12; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1927-28; resigned 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1928-40; appointed 1928; died in office 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1935. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, following an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-21.html">July 21, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-buried.html#cms05634">Wilcox Cemetery</a>, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lucien B. Potter and Clarinda L. Potter; married to Margaret D. Richardson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#104.32.90">Glenn S. Allen, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1927</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) — also known as Andrew C. Erwin — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-22.html">December 22, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ga.</a>, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/GA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/GA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/GA.html">1932</a>. Hit by a car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result, in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/02-16.html">February 16, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alexander Smith Erwin and Mary Ann Lamar (Cobb) Erwin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-24.html">April 24, 1912</a>, to Camilla Oliver McWhorter (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#609.89.69">Robert Ligon McWhorter</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) — also known as Alonzo D. Folger — of Mt. Airy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-lived.html">Surry County</a>, N.C. Born in Dobson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-09.html">July 9, 1888</a>. Democrat. State court judge in North Carolina, 1937; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NC.html">Democratic National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 1939-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Died in an automobile accident in Mt. Airy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-died.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-30.html">April 30, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-buried.html#cms03488">Dobson Cemetery</a>, Dobson, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#487.75.71">John Hamlin Folger</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#094.67.28">Fred Folger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10499.html">Folger family</a> of Mt. Airy, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000240">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404194">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) — also known as Harry M. Hammond — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-05.html">October 5, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Streetcar conductor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">building materials business</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/alameda.html#2">Alameda, Calif.</a>, 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Killed in an automobile accident in San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/08-10.html">August 10, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 309 days</a>). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Katherine 'Katie' Aberle.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101689551">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA226"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/127/17.26.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Jason E. Payne"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) — also known as Jason E. Payne — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-born.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-22.html">January 22, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Lost his right arm</a> as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team of horses; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college instructor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 2nd District, 1903-06. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">tried to kill him</a> in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law partner. Injured in an automobile accident, and died several weeks later as a result, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-11.html">September 11, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 232 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#742.63.04">Byron Samuel Payne</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-20.html">July 20, 1905</a>, to Iwae E. Sheppard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James J. Byard Jr. (1872-1942) — of Cooperstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 34th District, 1912. Killed in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-buried.html#cms07454">Fly Creek Cemetery</a>, Otsego, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Lulu G. Tarpenning.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) — of Illinois. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-29.html">August 29, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/mountvernon.html">Mayor of Mt. Vernon, Ill.</a>, 1911, 1927-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, in Thompson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-15.html">February 15, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JF-buried.html#cms00418">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Mt. Vernon, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Dattner (1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/index.html">1892</a>. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Died, in an auto accident at Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/08-06.html">August 6, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms05674">Holy Cross Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Alexander Young (1870-1943) — also known as Charles A. Young — of Cadet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Mo. Born in Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-07.html">October 7, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Washington County, 1921-30, 1943; died in office 1943. While crossing a street, was hit by a car, badly injured, and died an hour and a half later in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-08.html">May 8, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA-buried.html# ">St. Joachim Cemetery</a>, Old Mines, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/03-02.html">March 2, 1897</a>, to Mary Louise Bouchard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5281371">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (1892-1943) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-born.html">Cooke County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-15.html">December 15, 1892</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-ii.html">Died in military service</a>, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> following injuries he suffered in a collision, in the military <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-died.html">Cooke County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/07-17.html">July 17, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 214 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK-buried.html#cms00462">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms03760">Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park</a>, Dallas, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#051.18.66">Joseph Weldon Bailey</a> and Ellen (Murray) Bailey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-06.html">November 6, 1924</a>, to Roberta Lewis; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#252.16.11">John Floyd</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000045">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401050">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT175"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/845/40.22.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="James T. Lloyd"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Tilghman Lloyd (1857-1944) — also known as James T. Lloyd — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-28.html">August 28, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Deputy sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SB-officials.html">Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 1st District, 1897-1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MO.html">1908</a>. Injured in an automobile accident, and subsequently died as a result, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-03.html">April 3, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-buried.html#cms00510">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Canton, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Bruce Graves.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000380">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406872">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Tilghman Lloyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7322580">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adolphus Fletcher Spigner (1879-1945) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in Lykesland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-26.html">January 26, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Richland County, 1914-18; Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1918-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, from injuries he received in an automobile accident, in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/02-12.html">February 12, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms01941">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Columbia, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Prescott Bush Spigner and Emma C. (Turner) Spigner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-16.html">January 16, 1907</a>, to Annie May Cain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-26.html">February 26, 1914</a>, to Lorena Elisa Tiller; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#240.46.56">Adolphus Fletcher Spigner Jr.</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur A. Shonbeck (1878-1945) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/index.html">1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Gold miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">implement dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/anchorage.html">mayor of Anchorage, Alaska</a>, 1924; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/AK.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AK.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AK.html">Alaska Territory Democratic Party chair</a>, 1934-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> in a river when his pickup truck went off the road, near Ophir, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/YK-died.html">Yukon-Koyukuk census area</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-20.html">June 20, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-buried.html#cms07389">Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Anchorage, Alaska. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Ann Peckenpaugh.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Warren Tolbert (1865-1946) — also known as Joseph W. Tolbert; "Tieless Joe" — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-lived.html">Greenwood County</a>, S.C.; Ninety Six, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-lived.html">Greenwood County</a>, S.C. Born in Abbeville District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-born.html">Abbeville County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-06.html">June 6, 1865</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/SC.html">1900</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/SC.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/SC.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/SC.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/SC.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/SC.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/SC.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/SC.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SC.html">Republican National Committee from South Carolina</a>, 1912-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SC.html">South Carolina Republican state chair</a>, 1925-31. Hit by a car (perhaps <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">intentionally</a>), in his front yard, and died soon after, in Ninety Six, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-died.html">Greenwood County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/10-18.html">October 18, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 134 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-buried.html#cms07064">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Ninety Six, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#510.47.27">John Robert Tolbert</a> and Elizabeth Pope (Payne) Tolbert; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#113.12.57">Robert Red Tolbert</a>; married to Julia Elizabeth DeLoach; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#636.18.73">Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99683072">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/386/68.75.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="George Gilmour"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Gilmour (1872-1948) — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. He and his wife were killed when their car was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">hit by a train</a>, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/03-12.html">March 12, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-buried.html#cms04462">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Fort Worth, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-01.html">September 1, 1910</a>, to Nona Leach.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30082390">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: First Unitarian Society of Denver</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Girrbach (1890-1948) — of Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-30.html">March 30, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; general manager and vice-president, Soo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Creamery</a>; secretary, Rudyard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Woodworking</a> Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mines</a>, Ltd.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>. Suffered a head injury in an automobile collision, and died the next day, in Hurley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-died.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/05-24.html">May 24, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms02663">Crystal Lake Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-15.html">September 15, 1917</a>, to Ethel Mae McEachern.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/167581175">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Schroeder (1867-1950) — also known as Enrique Schroeder — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-born.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-04.html">December 4, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1902-48. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Struck by a car while crossing a street, suffered a skull fracture, and died three days later, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/10-20.html">October 20, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-buried.html# ">Old City Cemetery</a>, Galveston, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Louis Schroeder and Helene (Dietzel) Schroeder.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32854680">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Yewell Lawrence (1906-1951) — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-lived.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo. Born in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-born.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-25.html">August 25, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Wholesale grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 25th District, 1949-51; died in office 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Killed in a car accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/01-02.html">January 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-buried.html#cms03082">Bloomfield Cemetery</a>, Bloomfield, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/09-29.html">September 29, 1928</a>, to Pearl White.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) — also known as Virgil Chapman — of Irvine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ES-lived.html">Estill County</a>, Ky.; Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-lived.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky. Born in Middleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SI-born.html">Simpson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-15.html">March 15, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a>, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District 1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1949-51; died in office 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-sigma.html">Alpha Delta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>. Died, from injuries received in an automobile accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-08.html">March 8, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-buried.html#cms01745">Paris Cemetery</a>, Paris, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Virgil Chapman and Lily (Munday) Chapman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-12.html">June 12, 1920</a>, to Mary Adams Talbott.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000317">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402459">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Ihm (1899-1951) — also known as Joe Ihm — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-lived.html">Barton County</a>, Mo. Born in Sinsinawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-born.html">Grant County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-03.html">September 3, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">service station operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-officials.html">Barton County Treasurer</a>, 1949-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Barton County, 1951; died in office 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>. Died, in an automobile accident, at Humansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-13.html">March 13, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BR-buried.html# ">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Lamar Heights, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Frank Ihm and Mary Helena (Weber) Ihm; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/07-04.html">July 4, 1921</a>, to Doris Browne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/08-01.html">August 1, 1950</a>, to Agnes Weller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/123824849">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred Kelton Gage (1902-1951) — also known as Fred K. Gage — of Fairfax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RE-lived.html">Renville County</a>, Minn.; Hector, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RE-lived.html">Renville County</a>, Minn. Born in Cottage Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-09.html">December 9, 1902</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 23rd District, 1939-46; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Killed in a head-on car crash on Highway 169, near Belle Plaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-died.html">Scott County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-21.html">October 21, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 316 days</a>). His wife was badly injured, and died three days later. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms06267">Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Emmett Lee Gage and Ellen (Persons) Gage; married to Vivian L. Gage; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gage.html#331.86.54">Kelton F. Gage</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/130662449">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12938">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Pinckney Arwood, Sr. (1875-1952) — also known as W. P. Arwood — of Disputanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-lived.html">Prince George County</a>, Va. Born in Disputanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-born.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-13.html">May 13, 1875</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VA.html">1944</a>. Died, in an automobile accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SS-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/05-13.html">May 13, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms06600">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) — also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred Roberts — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-born.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/09-14.html">September 14, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Mortician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 14th District, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998. Died, from injuries received in an automobile accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/07-19.html">July 19, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01084">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Roberts and Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-30.html">November 30, 1921</a>, to Pearl W. Hinds; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#432.06.89">John Jordan Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#787.62.12">Thomas Turpin Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#718.56.21">Alexander Parker Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#339.61.88">Thomas Theodore Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#355.43.54">Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0736.html">Walker-Randolph family</a> of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elizabeth Depelheuer (1880-1952) — also known as Elizabeth Lannerth — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-14.html">September 14, 1880</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MO.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Injured when struck by an automobile, and subsequently died, in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/10-19.html">October 19, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-buried.html#cms00410">Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum</a>, Affton, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-15.html">April 15, 1903</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#803.66.27">William F. Depelheuer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/140300939">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) — also known as A. Harry Moore — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-03.html">July 3, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NJ.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NJ.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1935-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while driving his car along State Highway 29 in Branchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/11-18.html">November 18, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-buried.html#cms07025">Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery</a>, Jersey City, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000893">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407865">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/arthur-harry-moore/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5765918">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-26.html">October 26, 1868</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/meat.html">meat merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; president, Lansing <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Ice and Fuel</a>; vice-president, Weissinger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">Paper</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html">mayor of Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Struck by a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-20.html">October 20, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms00206">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Lansing, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Anna Schoettle and Blanche M. Bennett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Reutter <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-names.html">Lansing, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24723567">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Redbook-1951-1952_%2854GA%29.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/414/03.26.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="William S. Beardsley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William S. Beardsley (1901-1954) — also known as Bill Beardsley — of New Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Iowa. Born in Beacon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MH-born.html">Mahaska County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-13.html">May 13, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a>, 1933-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1949-54; died in office 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Killed in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/11-21.html">November 21, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WR-buried.html#cms04272">New Virginia Cemetery</a>, New Virginia, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Beardsley and Carrie (Shane) Beardsley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-29.html">January 29, 1919</a>, to Charlotte E. Manning.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-s-beardsley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/595/000168091">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Iowa Official Register 1951-52</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Emil Peurifoy (1907-1955) — also known as John E. Peurifoy — of South Carolina. Born in Walterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CO-born.html">Colleton County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-09.html">August 9, 1907</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1950-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Thailand</a>, 1954-55, died in office 1955. Died in an automobile accident, near Hua Hin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-died.html">Thailand</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/08-12.html">August 12, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/peurifoy-john-emil ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Helen Douglas Mankin (1896-1956) — of Georgia. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-11.html">September 11, 1896</a>. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 5th District, 1946-47; defeated (Independent), 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, as the result of an automobile accident, near College Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/07-25.html">July 25, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 318 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000097">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407121">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter B. Seel (1912-1957) — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-lived.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-born.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/index.html">1912</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ohio</a>, 1952-57; died in office 1957. Killed in an automobile accident, near Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/02-12.html">February 12, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">about 44 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) — also known as Henderson L. Lanham — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga. Born in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/09-14.html">September 14, 1888</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Floyd County, 1929-34, 1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/GA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 7th District, 1947-57; died in office 1957. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">train collision</a> with his automobile at a crossing in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-died.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-10.html">November 10, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-buried.html#cms00890">Myrtle Hill Cemetery</a>, Rome, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000077">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406586">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elmer James Ryan (1907-1958) — also known as Elmer J. Ryan — of South St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-lived.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn. Born in Rosemount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-born.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-26.html">May 26, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 2nd District, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MN.html">1940</a>. Died in an automobile accident near Somerset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-died.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/02-01.html">February 1, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-buried.html#cms01783">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, Rosemount, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000555">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409511">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harvey L. Schwamm (c.1905-1958) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Riverdale, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1905. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 15th District, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy fog</a>, crashed and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a>, about 300 yards short of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/airports.html">airport runway</a>, in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-died.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-15.html">August 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Lillian Tverskoi.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) — also known as Gordon E. Dean — Born in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-born.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-28.html">December 28, 1905</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53. Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy fog</a>, crashed and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a>, about 300 yards short of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/airports.html">airport runway</a>, in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-died.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/08-15.html">August 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms00507">Fort Lincoln Cemetery</a>, Brentwood, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. John Marvin Dean; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/">1930</a> to Adelaide Williamson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/12-19.html">December 19, 1953</a>, to Mary Benton Gore (first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#769.33.88">Albert Arnold Gore</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gore.html#810.21.46">Albert Arnold Gore Jr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11204.html">Gore family</a> of Carthage, Tennessee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon Dean">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8548514">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Richard Eckert (1868-1959) — also known as Charles R. Eckert — of Beaver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-lived.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-20.html">January 20, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/PA.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 26th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938. Died as the result of an automobile accident, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-died.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-26.html">October 26, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-buried.html#cms00010">Beaver Cemetery</a>, Beaver, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000032">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403727">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Augustus Boyle (1907-1959) — also known as Charles A. Boyle — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Spring Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-born.html">Ottawa County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-13.html">August 13, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 12th District, 1955-59; died in office 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Killed in an automobile accident in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-04.html">November 4, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms02556">All Saints Catholic Cemetery</a>, Des Plaines, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael Melvin Boyle and Rose (Marsh) Boyle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/08-14.html">August 14, 1940</a>, to Helen Shaughnessy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000727">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401687">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7672167">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allin Depew (1886-1959) — of Watervliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y.; Latham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in White Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-18.html">March 18, 1886</a>. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1916, 1918, 1926, 1928, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 3rd District, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 30th District, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Hit by a car and killed, while walking on the Troy-Schenectady road, Latham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/12-09.html">December 9, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 266 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alex Depew and Mary Depew; married to Catherine Reed.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=158319">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Waldo Tracy (1884-1960) — also known as Ralph W. Tracy — of Closter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Brownington Center, Brownington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-13.html">November 13, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/closter.html">Mayor of Closter, N.J.</a>, 1954-58. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Injured in an automobile accident at Cedar Lane and Knickerbocker Road in Closter, suffered a fractured skull, and died four hours later at Pascack Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Westwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-died.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-24.html">May 24, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-buried.html# ">Westwood Cemetery</a>, Westwood, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Herbert H. Tracy and Ida M. (Driver) Tracy; married to Herminie C. Lindmann.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80686474">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-26.html">May 26, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 58th District, 1936-46; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the 20th century. Killed in a car-<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">train</a> accident, in Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-14.html">June 14, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms04693">Eastern Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-25.html">November 25, 1948</a>, to Victoria McCall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Champion of Rights and Justice. Lawyer and Civic Leader."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6865740">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John A. Posey (d. 1960) — of Alabama. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 10th District, 1928; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1944. Died, from complication of a hip fracture resulting from an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/09-14.html">September 14, 1960</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/WI-buried.html#cms07626">Haleyville Cemetery</a>, Haleyville, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Willie Shelnutt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-1961) — also known as Monrad C. Wallgren; Mon C. Wallgren — of Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-lived.html">Snohomish County</a>, Wash. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-17.html">April 17, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">jeweler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/eyedoctor.html">optician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 2nd District, 1933-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Washington</a>, 1940-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Washington</a>, 1945-49; chair, Federal Power Commission, 1950-51. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, in Olympia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/TH-died.html">Thurston County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/09-18.html">September 18, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-buried.html#cms01186">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Everett, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/09-08.html">September 8, 1914</a>, to Mabel C. Liberty.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411267">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/monrad-charles-wallgren/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/922/000174400">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6408">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Leslie Jones (1889-1961) — also known as J. Leslie Jones — of Blackburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-born.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-12.html">November 12, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Saline County, 1933-36. Injured in an automobile accident, and died a few days later, in Fitzgibbon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-died.html">Saline County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-17.html">November 17, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-buried.html#cms01539">Ridge Park Cemetery</a>, Marshall, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Oscar Jones and Effie Jane (McPherson) Jones; married to Marie Field.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77387088">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/426/60.42.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="James T. Blair, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Thomas Blair Jr. (1902-1962) — also known as James T. Blair, Jr. — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Born in Maysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-15.html">March 15, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cole County, 1929-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MO.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-parties.html">chair of Cole County Democratic Party</a>, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/jeffersoncity.html">mayor of Jefferson City, Mo.</a>, 1947-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1949-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1957-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, along with his wife, of accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">carbon monoxide poisoning</a>, when exhaust fumes from a car left running in an attached garage entered their home through the air conditioning system, in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-12.html">July 12, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-buried.html#cms02108">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Jefferson City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#149.30.68">James Thomas Blair</a> and Grace Emma (Ray) Blair; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Emilie Garnett Chorn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-thomas-blair/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James T. Blair, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/991/000122625">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6786028">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=71602">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1957</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/249/40.12.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Herman Methfessel"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herman Methfessel (1900-1963) — of Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-23.html">November 23, 1900</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-officials.html">Richmond County District Attorney</a>, 1948-51. In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs. Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">gambling house</a>, which implied that he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vice.html">protecting vice</a>; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/abuse-authority.html">abuse of power</a>, Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewey.html#203.15.22">Thomas E. Dewey</a> superseded him from all cases related to the investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In 1952, he and a subordinate were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">official misconduct</a>, but found not guilty. Injured in a one-car accident, and died the next day, in North Shore <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/07-07.html">July 7, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 226 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#720.04.30">Ellsworth B. Buck</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-born.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-15.html">September 15, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone and Telegraph</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1937-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Suffered a head injury in an automobile accident, and died three days later, in St. Johns-McNamara <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-died.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/12-14.html">December 14, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-buried.html#cms02676">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Hot Springs, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-19.html">December 19, 1925</a>, to Elizabeth Ward.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Leslie Jensen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Scenic Drive</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-names.html">Fall River County, South Dakota</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/leslie-jensen/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie Jensen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41668282">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Theo Ashton Thompson (1916-1965) — also known as T. A. Thompson — of Ville Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EV-lived.html">Evangeline Parish</a>, La. Born in Ville Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EV-born.html">Evangeline Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-31.html">March 31, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 7th District, 1953-65; died in office 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/LA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/LA.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Killed in an automobile accident on I-85 near Gastonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-died.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/07-01.html">July 1, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EV-buried.html#cms04633">Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Ville Platte, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410797">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Corsi (1896-1965) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Abruzzi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-29.html">December 29, 1896</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 20th District, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper correspondent</a>; U.S. Immigration Commissioner, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1938; New York State Industrial Commissioner; appointed in 1954 as a special assistant on immigration problems to U.S. Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a>, but was dismissed three months later; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Killed in an auto accident, when a car in which he was a passenger skidded off the road and overturned, near Phoenicia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-died.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/12-13.html">December 13, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms00567">Gate of Heaven Cemetery</a>, Hawthorne, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Philip Frederick Corsi and Julia (Pantano) Corsi; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-17.html">June 17, 1926</a>, to Emma Gillies.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur G. McDowell (d. 1966) — of Illinois. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1934; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">Director</a> of Government, Education, and Civic Affairs for the Upholsterers' Union of North America. Died in a one-car accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/10-06.html">October 6, 1966</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967) — also known as Claude R. Wickard — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-28.html">February 28, 1893</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1932-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a>, 1940-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IN.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">Brethren</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Killed in an automobile accident in Delphi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/04-29.html">April 29, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-buried.html#cms05310">Maple Lawn Cemetery</a>, Flora, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude R. Wickard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/452/000167948">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=99441">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Tumpach (1912-1968) — of Downers Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DP-lived.html">DuPage County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-07.html">December 7, 1912</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">motel owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DP-parties.html">chair of DuPage County Democratic Party</a>, 1958-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1965-68 (at-large 1965-67, 38th District 1967-68). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Killed in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Poway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-born.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-13.html">August 13, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#765.53.10">Friend Richardson</a>, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38, 1957-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1938-53; defeated, 1953. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>. Suffered a fatal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">driving his car</a>, and crashed into a wall, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/09-11.html">September 11, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms02104">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a>, Inglewood, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Bowron and Martha (Hershey) Bowron; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-16.html">September 16, 1922</a>, to Irene Martin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to Albine Norton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher Bowron">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/130/000162641">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5267">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=92081">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard H. Applebaum (1936-1969) — of St. John, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-11.html">November 11, 1936</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">Electrician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> 34th District, 1969; died in office 1969. Killed in a car accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">freezing mist</a>, on U.S. Highway 54 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-died.html">Callaway County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-27.html">January 27, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/32.html">32 years, 77 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Goad Clement (1920-1969) — also known as Frank G. Clement — of Dickson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DI-lived.html">Dickson County</a>, Tenn.; Brentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Dickson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DI-born.html">Dickson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-02.html">June 2, 1920</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/TN.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1953-59, 1963-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/11-04.html">November 4, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DI-buried.html#cms04780">Dickson Memorial Gardens</a>, Dickson, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Samuel Clement and Maybelle (Goad) Clement; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-06.html">January 6, 1940</a>, to Lucille Christianson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-goad-clement/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/790/000094508">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Erna H. Melaun (1901-1970) — also known as Erna Heuer — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis.; Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-14.html">June 14, 1901</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WI.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Marathon County 2nd District, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, in Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-died.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/03-01.html">March 1, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 260 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#972.42.73">Rudolph Hugo Melaun</a>; mother of Arleen Melaun Willer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Albertson (1910-1972) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Odessa, Russia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UP-born.html">Ukraine</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-07.html">May 7, 1910</a>. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 16th District, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 17th District, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary-treasurer</a>, Local 16, Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a>, along with other Communist leaders, by a federal grand jury in August, 1951; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, in Pittsburgh, starting in November 1952, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in August, 1953, under the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">Smith Act</a>, of conspiring to advocate the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">violent overthrow</a> of the U.S. government; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the convictions in 1956. Expelled from the Communist Party in 1964 over claims that he served as an undercover police agent; in 1976, it was revealed that the charge was founded on a phony letter planted by the F.B.I. Died, in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/02-19.html">February 19, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 288 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Stanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ST-born.html">Stanton County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-06.html">July 6, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/longbeach.html">mayor of Long Beach, Calif.</a>, 1947-53; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>; member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72. Died in a car accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/08-22.html">August 22, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 47 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Burton Chace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Marina del Rey, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton W. Chace">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph H. Enos (1910-1973) — of Paulsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/03-13.html">March 13, 1910</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> District 3-A, 1968-71. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Killed in an automobile accident in Largo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/03-22.html">March 22, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-buried.html#cms03812">Eglinton Cemetery</a>, Clarksboro, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28844061">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr. (1922-1973) — also known as Drake Dimitry — of Royal Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-24.html">November 24, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; owner of Heights Manufacturing Company, which built antenna towers; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1956. Injured in an automobile collision on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy roads</a> near Almont, Mich., and died soon after in Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/03-23.html">March 23, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00618">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dracos Alexander Dimitry and Elizabeth Stanton (Bisland) Dimitry; second great-grandson and great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#082.68.80">Alexander Dimitry</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/192777295">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Porcher Stoney (1889-1973) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Goose Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-16.html">December 16, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html">mayor of Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1923-31; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1936. While trying to cross U.S. Highway 17, he was struck by a car and killed, in a hit-and-run accident, near Awendaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/04-22.html">April 22, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-buried.html# ">Strawberry Chapel Cemetery</a>, Berkeley County, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Porcher Stoney and Eliza Chaplin (Croft) Stoney; married to Beverly Means DuBose; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#384.71.75">John Gaillard</a> and Anna Maria DuBose (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cain.html#232.50.69">William Cain</a>); first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#669.18.10">Theodore Gaillard Hunt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#065.97.31">Peter Charles Gaillard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snowbarger-snowfield.html#143.12.22">Peter Gaillard Snowden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#579.80.43">Franklin Gaillard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#181.43.81">Henry Augustus Gaillard</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#142.11.90">Peter Porcher Bonneau</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#191.53.28">John Palmer Gaillard Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#893.73.99">Francis James Porcher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miles.html#516.84.16">William Porcher Miles</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10236.html">Gaillard family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Porcher Stoney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29064247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Murray M. Chotiner (1909-1974) — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; McLean, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-lived.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-04.html">October 4, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 16th District, 1960. Special counsel to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard Nixon</a>, 1970-71. Injured in an automobile accident on Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Va., in front of the home of Massachusetts Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy3.html#527.91.82">Edward M. Kennedy</a>, and died one week later, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/01-30.html">January 30, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms04349">National Memorial Park</a>, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/11-17.html">November 17, 1956</a>, to Ruth Arnold.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray Chotiner">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William P. Fitzpatrick (c.1941-1975) — of Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J. Born about 1941. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 10th District, 1974-75; died in office 1975. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. While driving east on Route 70 near Burnt Tavern Road, he collided head-on with another car, and was killed instantaneously, in Brick Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-died.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/03-01.html">March 1, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">about 34 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-buried.html#cms03843">St. Catharine Cemetery</a>, Sea Girt, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Fitzpatrick and Ruth Fitzpatrick.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/581/03.76.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Edgar A. Brown"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edgar Allen Brown (1888-1975) — also known as Edgar A. Brown; "The Bishop of Barnwell" — of Barnwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-lived.html">Barnwell County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-born.html">Aiken County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-12.html">July 12, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Barnwell County, 1920-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1925-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/SC.html">South Carolina Democratic state chair</a>, 1922-26, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/SC.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/SC.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/SC.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/SC.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/SC.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1926, 1938; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1928-72 (Barnwell County 1928-66, 18th District 1966-68, 12th District 1968-72). Injured in an automobile accident in Barnwell County, and died a few hours later, in Richland County Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/06-26.html">June 26, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-buried.html# ">Church of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Barnwell, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Augustus Abraham Brown and Elizabeth (Howard) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/12-30.html">December 30, 1913</a>, to Annie Love Sitgreaves.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Attorney, Beloved Political Leader, Humanitarian .. His faith and courage imbued him with the vision to foresee the future with confidence in himself, his people, and his Creator. He was a man for all seasons, all generations, all time."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28225276">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) — also known as Robert E. O'Brian — of Grand Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak.; Sioux City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-lived.html">Woodbury County</a>, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Born in Bryant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-22.html">July 22, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive fireman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">automobile mechanic</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Iowa</a>, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938; president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/meat.html">meat packing</a> plant), 1944-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 5th District, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-pi-zeta.html">Alpha Pi Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Killed when he was hit by a car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/10-25.html">October 25, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 95 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Mabel Day.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Virginia A. Kittell (1906-1978) — also known as Virginia Anna Harmon — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SJ-lived.html">San Juan County</a>, N.M. Born in Putnam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/DW-born.html">Dewey County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/01-30.html">January 30, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention</a>, 1969; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/bloomfield.html">mayor of Bloomfield, N.M.</a>, 1978; died in office 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Severely injured in a one-car accident on U.S. 50, near Lakin, Kan., when her pickup truck flipped in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">high winds</a>, and died a week later in Denver General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/09-25.html">September 25, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 238 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SJ-buried.html# ">Memory Gardens of Farmington</a>, Farmington, N.M. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Ira Harmon and Zetta (Kight) Harmon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-11.html">August 11, 1928</a>, to Arthur Callen Kittell, Jr. (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>); mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#494.45.40">Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#564.52.10">James Allen Rhodes</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60580257">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry (1923-1979) — also known as Gwen Cherry — of Florida. Born in Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-born.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/index.html">1923</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1971-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> Black woman elected to the Florida legislature; inducted 1986 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Died, in an automobile accident, in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/index.html">1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Irma Louise Hotchkiss Karmol (1923-1979) — also known as Irma Karmol — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born in Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-born.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-13.html">April 13, 1923</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> 44th District, 1975-79; died in office 1979. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>. Died, in a traffic accident, in Perrysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WO-died.html">Wood County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/04-24.html">April 24, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms05645">Toledo Memorial Park</a>, Sylvania, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#917.88.52">David Karmol</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dauris G. Jackson (1932-1979) — of Detroit west side, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/index.html">1932</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/MI.html">1976</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1977; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wsu.html">Wayne State University board of governors</a>, 1977-79; defeated, 1976; died in office 1979. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/07-31.html">July 31, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson6.html#384.98.09">Murray Jackson</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evelyn Silliman Malone (1905-1981) — also known as Evelyn Malone; Evelyn I. Silliman; Mrs. M. W. Malone — of Windom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-lived.html">Cottonwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Windom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-born.html">Cottonwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-25.html">December 25, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MN.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</a>; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1960-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Struck by a car while walking in Sun City, Arizona, and died soon after, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-18.html">February 18, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-buried.html# ">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Windom, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William LeRoy Silliman and Lottie (Pletz) Silliman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/01-12.html">January 12, 1943</a>, to Maurice William 'Pat' Malone; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/06-07.html">June 7, 1975</a>, to John O. Burton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139611874">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John D. Brattin (1939-1981) — of Michigan. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/11-25.html">November 25, 1939</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1974. Killed in an automobile accident in Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-died.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-28.html">February 28, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 95 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Willmot Renchard (1907-1982) — also known as George W. Renchard — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-19.html">June 19, 1907</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Izmir</a>, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AG-consuls.html ">Algiers</a>, 1944; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Paris</a>, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BU-diplomats.html ">Burundi</a>, 1968-69. Killed in an automobile accident in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SA-died.html">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/01-15.html">January 15, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Stellita Stapleton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/renchard-george-willmot ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44383353">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known as Max Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Alabama. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-09.html">May 9, 1917</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1963-70; defeated, 1970; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1968; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">dean</a>, Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> when his car went off the road into a pond, in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-died.html">Pike County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-13.html">June 13, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/PI-buried.html#cms05514">Green Hills Cemetery</a>, Troy, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1886-1967) and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-04.html">June 4, 1944</a>, to Frances Luella Longman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max Rafferty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/152889999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10886">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known as William B. Stansbury — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Corydon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HR-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-18.html">March 18, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-parties.html">chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party</a>, 1968-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike, he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">tryst</a> with his administrative assistant; the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> led to an effort to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeach</a> him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/extortion.html">extorting</a> $16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand jury as to whether this money came to his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign</a> or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth Amendment right against <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">self-incrimination</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/churches.html">Church</a>, he was hit by a car, and died soon after, in Humana <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>-University, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/04-04.html">April 4, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 17 days</a>); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife was injured. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms05162">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/">1983</a> to Mary Ellen Farmer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">William B. Stansbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (established 1900, received current name 1985), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-names.html">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William B. Stansbury">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Young Brown Sr. (1900-1985) — also known as John Y. Brown, Sr. — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born near Geigers Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/02-01.html">February 1, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1930-33, 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 1966-67 (76th District 1930-31, 75th District 1932-33, 49th District 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 56th District 1966-67); defeated in primary, 1973; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> at-large, 1933-35; defeated in primary, 1980; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1936 (primary), 1942 (primary), 1946, 1948 (primary), 1960 (primary), 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/KY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/KY.html">1980</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Badly injured in an automobile accident, which paralyzed his lower body, and died six months later from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/06-16.html">June 16, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jesse C. Brown and Lucy (Keeper) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-04.html">March 4, 1928</a>, to Dorothy Inman; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#819.48.77">John Young Brown Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#787.14.35">John Young Brown III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13240.html">Brown family</a> of Lexington, Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000934">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401888">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Y. Brown, Sr.">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) — also known as Bert T. Combs — of Prestonsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ky. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-13.html">August 13, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals</a>, 1951-55; state court judge in Kentucky, 1957-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KY.html">Democratic National Committee from Kentucky</a>, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1967-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> when his automobile was washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, near Rosslyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-died.html">Powell County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/12-04.html">December 4, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CY-buried.html#cms04763">Beech Creek Cemetery</a>, Manchester, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-15.html">June 15, 1937</a>, to Mabel Hall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Bert T. Combs Mountain <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Parkway</a>, which runs through <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-names.html">Clark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-names.html">Powell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WL-names.html">Wolfe</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MJ-names.html">Morgan</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MG-names.html">Magoffin</a> counties in Kentucky, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Bert T. Combs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CY-names.html">Clay County, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/bert-thomas-combs/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/921/000122555">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) — also known as Reginald C. Harmon — of Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill.; Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/02-05.html">February 5, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/urbana.html">mayor of Urbana, Ill.</a>, 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died, as the result of an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/10-19.html">October 19, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Harmon and Mary (Persoon) Harmon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45085316">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John G. A. O'Neil (c.1937-1992) — of Parishville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1981-92; died in office 1992. Killed in a head-on collision with another car, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-died.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-10.html">December 10, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Pat Jennings (1919-1994) — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-lived.html">Smyth County</a>, Va. Born in Camp, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-born.html">Smyth County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-20.html">August 20, 1919</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-officials.html">Smyth County Sheriff</a>, 1948-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 9th District, 1955-67; defeated, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-zeta.html">Alpha Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died, following an accident in which a tractor he was driving overturned and crushed him, in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-died.html">Smyth County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/08-02.html">August 2, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 347 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000098">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406000">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> P. Kenneth Peterson (1915-1994) — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-13.html">April 13, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1957-61; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1960. Killed in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/12-31.html">December 31, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 262 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> June Briney Welborn (1920-1995) — also known as June Briney — of Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-lived.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/index.html">1920</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MO.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/index.html">1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-buried.html#cms03082">Bloomfield Cemetery</a>, Bloomfield, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weisse-welby.html#593.57.36">Joe Welborn</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bloomer (c.1931-1995) — of Vermont. Born about 1931. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1985-95; died in office 1995. While on his way to the Statehouse, was killed when his car collided head-on with a tow truck, in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-died.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/01-10.html">January 10, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Tuxedo Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/11-30.html">November 30, 1915</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-diplomats.html ">El Salvador</a>, 1952-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1965-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1968-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-diplomats.html ">Morocco</a>, 1979-81. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">Chancellor</a> of Southampton College. Hit by a car while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/sports.html">rollerblading</a>, and died as a result, in Southampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/04-29.html">April 29, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 150 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05929">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Durham, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Angier Buchanan Duke and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Priscilla St. George; married to Margaret Screven White; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Maria-Luisa de Aranal; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/">1962</a> to Robin Chandler Lynn and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duke.html#416.48.83">Robin Chandler Duke</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#567.64.39">Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#642.27.08">Malbourne Addison Angier</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#996.30.33">Charles John Biddle</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#920.19.96">James Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#318.47.75">John Biddle (1792-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#783.04.03">Richard Biddle</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>; first cousin once removed of Pearl McMannen Duke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#372.52.48">Nathan Lynn Bachman</a>) and Doris Duke; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#728.33.99">James Stokes Biddle</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#416.99.59">John Scull</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#861.56.95">John Biddle (1859-1936)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#441.43.87">William Bradley Umstead</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#542.88.78">Julia Grimmet Fortson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0646.html">Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family</a> of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/duke-angier-biddle ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/795/000121432">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42376054">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert C. Frasure (1942-1995) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fc-lived.html">Falls Church</a>, Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/04-20.html">April 20, 1942</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ES-diplomats.html ">Estonia</a>, 1992-94. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Killed when the vehicle he was riding in plunged down a ravine and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">exploded</a>, on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BO-died.html">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/08-19.html">August 19, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Katharina Witting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert C. Frasure">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/frasure-robert-c ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7986692">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sidney Martin (1919-1996) — also known as Sid Martin — of Hawthorne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-lived.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla. Born in Hawthorne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-born.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/index.html">1919</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1974-90. Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, at Alachua General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/AL-died.html">Alachua County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/index.html">1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Grant L. Sanders (1934-1997) — of Wyoming. Born in Otto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/BH-born.html">Big Horn County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-22.html">April 22, 1934</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a>, 1977-86. Killed in an automobile accident near Lovell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/BH-died.html">Big Horn County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/04-20.html">April 20, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/BH-buried.html#cms04317">Byron City Cemetery</a>, Byron, Wyo. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas Carl (1951-1997) — also known as Doug Carl — of Michigan. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/08-12.html">August 12, 1951</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 9th District, 1987-97; died in office 1997; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1988 (12th District), 1992 (10th District). Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while driving, and died at St. Joseph Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Clinton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/08-17.html">August 17, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-buried.html#cms05193">Romeo Village Cemetery</a>, Romeo, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daryl Arnold (1924-1997) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/index.html">1924</a>. U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-diplomats.html ">Singapore</a>, 1987-89. Died in an automobile accident in Palm Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/12-30.html">December 30, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-buried.html#cms05756">somewhere</a> in Orange County, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/arnold-daryl">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bernard James Dwyer (1921-1998) — also known as Bernard J. Dwyer — of Edison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Born in Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-24.html">January 24, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 18th District, 1974-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/NJ.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NJ.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a>, 1981-93 (15th District 1981-83, 6th District 1983-93). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while driving his car in Metuchen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-31.html">October 31, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-buried.html#cms04195">St. Gertrude's Cemetery</a>, Colonia, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000586">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403689">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7744047">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wesley C. Mues (1948-1999) — of Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-lived.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb. Born in McCook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RW-born.html">Red Willow County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/05-05.html">May 5, 1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Judge, Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1994-99; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sertoma.html">Sertoma</a>. Injured in a traffic accident on Highway 281, and died soon after, at St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Grand Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/HA-died.html">Hall County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/10-25.html">October 25, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-buried.html#cms02175">Kearney Cemetery</a>, Kearney, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/52066872">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nicholas Nix (1978-1999) — of Mesquite, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">hospital</a> at Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-born.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/12-20.html">December 20, 1978</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/mesquite.html">mayor of Mesquite, Tex.</a>, 1999. Died from injuries received in an automobile accident, in Mesquite, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/11-11.html">November 11, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/20.html">20 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms02913">Restland Memorial Park</a>, Dallas, Tex. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Reagan V. Brown (c.1921-1999) — of Texas. Born about 1921. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cmagr.html">Texas commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1977-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Lost a finger</a> in an accident when he was young. Died in a farm tractor accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-died.html">Brazoria County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/11-16.html">November 16, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elmer H. Violette (c.1921-2000) — of Maine. Born in Van Buren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-born.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine, about 1921. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>; elected 1942, 1946; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>; elected 1964, 1968; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 1966; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 2nd District, 1972; superior court judge in Maine, 1973-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/spju.html">justice of Maine state supreme court</a>, 1981-86. Injured in an automobile accident and died ten days later, in Cary <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Caribou, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-died.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/06-18.html">June 18, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-buried.html#cms05686">somewhere</a> in Van Buren, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincente-vliet.html#701.89.19">Paul Violette</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson (c.1948-2000) — also known as Pinkie Wilkerson — of Grambling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/LN-lived.html">Lincoln Parish</a>, La. Born about 1948. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a> 11th District, 1992-2000; died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/LA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/LA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Killed in a six-car automobile accident, on Interstate 20 at Bossier City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-died.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-01.html">August 1, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Euclid Rains, Sr. (c.1921-2000) — also known as T. Euclid Rains — of Alabama. Born about 1921. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Broom manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a> 26th District, 1979-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Became <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">blind</a> when he lost both eyes in an accident with a pair scissors as a boy. He was the only totally blind baseball <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">coach</a> in Little League history. Killed in an automobile accident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off a bridge in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy rain</a>, near Geraldine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-died.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-27.html">August 27, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-buried.html#cms05849">Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, Near Albertville, Marshall County, Ala. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marvin Lee Worthington (1940-2000) — also known as Marvin L. Worthington; Pete Worthington — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-05.html">December 5, 1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1978-2000; died in office 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/intoxication.html">drunken</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">driving</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">speeding</a> in Fayette County, Ky., in 1992; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> to a reduced <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charge</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">reckless driving</a>. Driving on U.S. Highway 68 while intoxicated, he crossed the center line and collided with another car; both he and the other driver (Sherri Commodore Chambers) were killed, near Mayslick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-died.html">Mason County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/10-12.html">October 12, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 312 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jeffry H. Gallet (c.1943-2001) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., about 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#z">federal judge</a>, 1993-2001. Died, from complications resulting from an automobile accident several months earlier, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/04-20.html">April 20, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Sliter (c.1969-2001) — of Montana. Born about 1969. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1997-2001; died in office 2001. Killed in an automobile accident, when the Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle in which he was a passenger ran off the road and flipped over, near Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/08-15.html">August 15, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/32.html">about 32 years</a>). Shane Hedges, the driver of the car, was charged with drunk driving and negligent homicide. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert D. Freeman (c.1921-2001) — also known as Bob Freeman; "Sunshine Bob" — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born about 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1974-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Sponsored Ohio's Open Meetings Law. Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/12-17.html">December 17, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-buried.html#cms06333">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Canton, Ohio. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/428/45.80.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Daniel M. Hansen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel McGavin Hansen (1942-2002) — also known as Daniel M. Hansen; Dan Hansen — of Nevada. Born in Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-born.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/01-10.html">January 10, 1942</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Motel manager</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/roofing.html">roofing business</a>; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1970, 1994; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> 2nd District, 1992, 1996, 2000; Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nevada</a>, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/john-birch-soc.html">John Birch Society</a>. While driving on Interstate 80 in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy conditions</a>, his car skidded into the median and overturned several times; he was thrown from the car and killed, near Winnemucca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/HU-died.html">Humboldt County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/01-22.html">January 22, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 12 days</a>). He would have survived the crash if he had worn a seat belt; family members later said Hansen "would have been willing to wear a seat belt if the government did not try to mandate it.". Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-buried.html#cms00433">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Reno, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Oliver Frederick Hansen and Ruth (Holloman) Hansen; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#109.40.62">Joel F. Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#081.24.01">Janine Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#483.28.03">Christopher H. Hansen</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/">2000</a> to Luz Helena Salgado; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#710.29.49">Ira Daniel Hansen</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#267.77.14">Alexis M. Lloyd</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#346.91.95">Zachary Triggs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#396.96.04">Jonathan Hansen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#550.18.94">Joshua Hansen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#392.62.24">Nicholas Hansen</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#674.86.25">Mark Alan Holloman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41160.html">Hansen family</a> of Nevada.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Our Beloved Papa Dan / Service to God - Family - Country."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/158738064">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1951">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2016/08/1699-janine-ira-hansen-et-al.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Reno Gazette-Journal, October 1, 2006</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Michael Whalen III (1934-2002) — also known as Thomas M. Whalen III; Tom Whalen — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/index.html">1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/albany.html">mayor of Albany, N.Y.</a>, 1983-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>. Killed when his car hit a tree, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/03-04.html">March 4, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/">1960</a> to Denise Marie O'Connor.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Michael Whalen III">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Perry B. Duryea Jr. (1921-2004) — of Montauk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Montauk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-18.html">October 18, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1961-77 (Suffolk County 1st District 1961-65, 1st District 1966-77); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New York State Assembly</a>, 1969-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 1st District, 1967; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1968; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NY.html">1972</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1978. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from injuries suffered in a car accident, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/01-11.html">January 11, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms07055">Fort Hill Cemetery</a>, Montauk, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durkee-duval.html#188.67.36">Perry B. Duryea</a>; married to Elizabeth Ann Weed.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Perry B. Duryea, Jr. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">State Office Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-names.html">Islip, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert F. Shaw (1934-2004) — also known as Bob Shaw — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-29.html">May 29, 1934</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/manchester.html">Mayor of Manchester, N.H.</a>, 1984-87; defeated, 2003, 2003. Killed in an automobile accident, on Route 93, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/08-17.html">August 17, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 80 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Street Boone (1918-2004) — of Elkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TO-lived.html">Todd County</a>, Ky. Born in Elkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TO-born.html">Todd County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-27.html">April 27, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 16th District, 1972-73; defeated in primary, 1973, 1975. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, from injuries received in a 2002 automobile accident, in the Hearthstone Place <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, Elkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TO-died.html">Todd County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/11-22.html">November 22, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 209 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of B. E. Boone; married to Joy Fields Bale.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joe E. Moreno (1964-2005) — of Denver Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/08-12.html">August 12, 1964</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 143rd District, 1999-2005; died in office 2005. Killed in a car accident in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FY-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/05-06.html">May 6, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 267 days</a>). State Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#827.24.49">Rafael Anchia</a> was injured. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Moreno and Alicia Moreno.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) — also known as Tom Easterly — of Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/04-21.html">April 21, 1940</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a>, 1988-90. Killed in a car crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PU-died.html">Putnam County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/06-15.html">June 15, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edgar Easterly.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) — also known as "Red" — of Ansonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; Shelton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-23.html">June 23, 1940</a>. Democrat. Played <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">football</a> for the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ansonia.html">mayor of Ansonia, Conn.</a>, 1973-77; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 5th District, 1976; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003. Killed in an automobile accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SR-died.html">Sardinia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/07-31.html">July 31, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms08172">Mt. St. Peter Catholic Cemetery</a>, Derby, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Linda Shashinska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Michael J. Adanti Student Center, at Southern Connecticut State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-names.html">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11495578">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul P. E. Bookson (c.1933-2005) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., about 1933. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1965-74 (24th District 1965, 27th District 1966, 24th District 1967-72, 25th District 1973-74). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Struck by a motorcycle while crossing a street in Brooklyn, died later the same day in Bellevue <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/09-22.html">September 22, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-buried.html#cms08426">somewhere</a> in Jerusalem, Israel. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Leo Bookson and Anna Bookson; married to Tova Heller.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917-2006) — also known as Tom Adams — of Florida. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-11.html">March 11, 1917</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1956-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1961-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Florida</a>, 1971-75; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>. Killed in an automobile accident on I-10, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SW-died.html">Suwannee County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-22.html">May 22, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BE-buried.html# ">Fountainhead Memorial Park</a>, Palm Bay, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Burton Adams and Carolyn Sykes (Hamilton) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-30.html">July 30, 1939</a>, to Helen Brown; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/">1973</a> to Frances Sue Brewer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Burton Adams Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/160586718">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=61649">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Palmer Gaillard Jr. (1920-2006) — also known as J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-20.html">April 20, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html">mayor of Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1959-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Killed in an automobile accident, in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/07-29.html">July 29, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 100 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Palmer Gaillard and Eleanor (Lucas) Gaillard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-15.html">July 15, 1944</a>, to Lucy Foster; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#065.97.31">Peter Charles Gaillard</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snowbarger-snowfield.html#143.12.22">Peter Gaillard Snowden</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#579.80.43">Franklin Gaillard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#181.43.81">Henry Augustus Gaillard</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#384.71.75">John Gaillard</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#669.18.10">Theodore Gaillard Hunt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#142.11.90">Peter Porcher Bonneau</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#337.68.87">Thomas Porcher Stoney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10236.html">Gaillard family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Palmer Gaillard Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15065671">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Helen P. Chenoweth (1938-2006) — also known as Helen Cora Palmer; Helen Chenoweth-Hage — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-born.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-27.html">January 27, 1938</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> 1st District, 1995-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Died, as the result of an auto accident, near Tonopah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/NY-died.html">Nye County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/10-02.html">October 2, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 248 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/">1958</a> to Nicholas S. 'Nick' Chenoweth; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/">1999</a> to Wayne Hage.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000345">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400575">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Chenoweth-Hage">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/855/000099558">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Otto T. Bang Jr. (1931-2008) — of Edina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Madelia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WT-born.html">Watonwan County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-15.html">September 15, 1931</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1963-72 (District 33 1963-66, District 29-A 1967-72); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 39th District, 1973-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, following an automobile accident, from complications of a head injury, in Hennepin County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/12-29.html">December 29, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 105 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10028">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Jacob Rhodes III (1943-2011) — also known as John J. Rhodes III — of Mesa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz.; Safford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/GR-lived.html">Graham County</a>, Ariz. Born in Mesa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-born.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/09-08.html">September 8, 1943</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> 1st District, 1987-93; defeated, 1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Suffered injuries in an automobile accident, and died three months later as a result, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/01-20.html">January 20, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 134 days</a>). 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