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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death In Cars and Trucks</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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Farley; "Honest John" — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/02-05.html">February 5, 1846</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Wholesale grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">brass foundry business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/OH.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cleveland.html">mayor of Cleveland, Ohio</a>, 1883-84, 1899-1900. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while riding <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">in a streetcar</a>, and died soon after in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-09.html">February 9, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms00696">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Cleveland, 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 Patrick Farley and Ann (Schwartz) Farley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-23.html">November 23, 1884</a>, to Margaret Kenny.</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/John H. Farley">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 Alvin Lingo Jr. (1873-1925) — also known as John A. Lingo — of Rehoboth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 10th District, 1925; died in office 1925. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Accidentally swallowed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">poisonous</a> Lysol disinfectant, and died en route to a hospital, in his doctor's car, near Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-14.html">December 14, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-buried.html#cms04649">Millsboro Cemetery</a>, Millsboro, Del. <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/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a> and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</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/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</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/134764201">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/552/13.78.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Alton B. Parker"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) — also known as Alton B. Parker; "Parker the Silent" — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y.; Esopus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cortland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-born.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/05-14.html">May 14, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-officials.html">Ulster County Surrogate</a>, 1877-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/NY.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 3rd District, 1885-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1897-1904; resigned 1904; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1904; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehan.html#413.31.72">William F. Sheehan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#504.34.51">Edward W. Hatch</a>, 1905-12. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, while riding in his automobile through Central Park, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/05-10.html">May 10, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-buried.html#cms01073">Wiltwyck Cemetery</a>, Kingston, 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 John Brooks Parker and Harriet F. (Stratton) Parker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-16.html">October 16, 1873</a>, to Mary Louise Schoonmaker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-16.html">January 16, 1923</a>, to Amelia Day Campbell.</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/ingham-irelan.html#753.59.22">George L. Ingraham</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton B. Parker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/272/000206651">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8652967">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4072">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: Munsey's Magazine, October 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> Walter Husted Jaycox (1863-1927) — also known as Walter H. Jaycox — of Patchogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Wassaic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/09-03.html">September 3, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-officials.html">Suffolk County District Attorney</a>, 1893-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-officials.html">Suffolk County Judge</a>, 1902-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1906-27; appointed 1906; died in office 1927; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1921-27; died in office 1927. 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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, en route to his home, in the automobile of Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#810.57.67">Leander B. Faber</a>, in Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-03.html">February 3, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms06929">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a>, Patchogue, 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 Lorin R. Jaycox and Hannah A. (Darling) Jaycox; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-03.html">December 3, 1890</a>, to Inez Leaming.</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 Newell Vaile (1876-1927) — also known as William N. Vaile — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kokomo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-22.html">June 22, 1876</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1919-27; defeated, 1916; died in office 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</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/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, while riding in an automobile in or near Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-02.html">July 2, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 10 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">Relatives: Son of Joel Frederick Vaile and Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-14.html">June 14, 1915</a>, to Kate Rothwell Varrell.</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=V000004">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411063">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William N. Vaile">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261121">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 Warren Gordon (1857-1931) — also known as John W. Gordon; "Honest John" — of Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Vt. Born in Vershire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/09-16.html">September 16, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Granite business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Vermont, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/barre.html">mayor of Barre, Vt.</a>, 1896-1900; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1911-12; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1923-24, 1929-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died suddenly, probably from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his car, on Elm Street, Montpelier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-26.html">October 26, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-buried.html# ">Hope Cemetery</a>, Barre, 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 William Gordon and Mary Ann (Thurber) Gordon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/08-25.html">August 25, 1884</a>, to Maud Laura Dunham.</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/10311698">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> Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) — also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart Tony" — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-born.html">Czechia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-09.html">May 9, 1873</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1931-33; died in office 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Bohemian</a> ancestry. On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of an open car from which president-elect <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> had just given a speech, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">badly wounded</a> by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infected</a>, and he died, in Jackson Memorial <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/1933/03-06.html">March 6, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 301 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03190">Bohemian National Cemetery</a>, Chicago, 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Marie Horejs; father of Ludmila 'Lillian' Cermak (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham7.html#477.17.70">Richey V. Graham</a>) and Helena Irene Cermak (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#065.90.83">Otto Kerner</a>; who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#663.55.55">Otto Kerner 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/12621.html">Kerner-Cermak family</a> of Chicago, Illinois.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cermak <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Road</a> (formerly 22nd Street), from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago to Oak Brook, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Antonin Cermak <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-names.html">Prague, Czechia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS A. J. Cermak (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; scrapped 1964) 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">Epitaph: "I Am Glad It Was Me, Instead of You."</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/Anton Cermak">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/610/000132214">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2865">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> Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) — also known as Jerome T. Congleton — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/08-25.html">August 25, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/newark.html">mayor of Newark, N.J.</a>, 1928-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while sitting in his car, in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-10.html">December 10, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-buried.html#cms01523">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Hillside, 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 Joseph Norton Congleton and Mary Isabel (Wade) Congleton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-16.html">October 16, 1901</a>, to Jessie Oakley Tobin.</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/Jerome T. Congleton">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> Byron W. Austin (1887-1937) — of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla.; Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/index.html">1887</a>. Democrat. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/danbury.html">mayor of Danbury, Conn.</a> 1937, but died before taking office. Died, probably by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">carbon monoxide poisoning</a>, in his car, in the garage of his hunting lodge, in New Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-01.html">April 1, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01014">Wooster Cemetery</a>, Danbury, 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 Willis Austin.</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/28504615">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/027/73.20.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="J. Henry Roraback"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) — also known as J. Henry Roraback — of North Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/04-05.html">April 5, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/CT.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CT.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CT.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CT.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CT.html">1924</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CT.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CT.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CT.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican state chair</a>, 1912-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Republican National Committee from Connecticut</a>, 1920-32; president, Connecticut <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Light and Power</a> Co., 1925-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee</a>, 1932-36. With his health compromised and activities limited by a severe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">streptococcus infection</a>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, while sitting in his car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-19.html">May 19, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html# ">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, North Canaan, 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 John Christian Roraback and Maria L. (Hoysdradt) Roraback; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#340.66.94">Alberto T. Roraback</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Mary Louise Parsons; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#503.75.94">Willard Andrew Roraback</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#628.28.02">Andrew W. Roraback</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#347.21.98">Emory Rasmussen Roraback</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/25194.html">Roraback family</a> of Connecticut.</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/34383803">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: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (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> Edward Livingston Robertson (1876-1937) — also known as Edward L. Robertson — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-23.html">September 23, 1876</a>. Republican. <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> 5th District, 1935-37; died in office 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-phi.html">Chi Phi</a>. Attended a Cornell v. Syracuse <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/sports.html">football game</a>, and died shortly afterwards, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in his car, on the Cornell University campus, in Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-died.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-16.html">October 16, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 23 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</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 Charles Robertson and Rebecca (Duane) Robertson; married to Elizabeth Comstock.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/902/55.91.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Fred A. Chapman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) — also known as Fred A. Chapman — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Leeds, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-16.html">October 16, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Furniture manufacturer</a>; business partner of Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green3.html#304.32.09">Fred W. Green</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the Ionia Free Fair; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1927-31; defeated, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Ionia County, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Suffered from an incurable <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach ailment</a>; while in his car, parked in his home garage, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>, in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-18.html">October 18, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-buried.html# ">Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery</a>, Ionia, 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 Enoch Chapman and Annie (Ryecroft) Chapman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/07-10.html">July 10, 1900</a>, to Thecla A. 'Dollie' Denk; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-19.html">April 19, 1928</a>, to Aurelia T. Denk; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#971.73.47">Frederick A. Chapman 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127429501">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: Lansing State Journal, October 18, 1938</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> Thad S. Snell Jr. (1884-1941) — of Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-lived.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-born.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-12.html">December 12, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IA.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Suffered a fatal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while driving his car, in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-died.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-14.html">April 14, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-buried.html#cms04744">Ida Grove Cemetery</a>, Ida Grove, 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 Thaddeus Stevens Snell, Sr. and Dora Belle (Morey) Snell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-27.html">June 27, 1917</a>, to Catherine Noble.</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/20751616">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/290/47.18.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Michael J. Gillen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael J. Gillen (1884-1942) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 3rd District, 1926-42; died in office 1942. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in an automobile as he was leaving a dance, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-01.html">February 1, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 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/1917/02-04.html">February 4, 1917</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilhams-gillen.html#617.78.15">Mary Agnes Burke</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> Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) — also known as Warren G. Hooper — of Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-02.html">May 2, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Calhoun County 1st District, 1939-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lambda-chi-alpha.html">Theta Kappa Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. During a grand jury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">admitted</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">taking bribes</a> and was given <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">immunity from prosecution</a> in return for his testimony against others; however, four days before the hearing, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> in his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-11.html">January 11, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms00686">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Albion, 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-23.html">May 23, 1936</a>, to Callienetta Cobb; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooper.html#761.57.67">William Hooper</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#883.02.88">William Green</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckay.html#635.40.98">Frank D. McKay</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">Epitaph: "With Honesty He Lived; For Honesty he was Taken."</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/7117220">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> Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947) — also known as E. Arthur Ball — of Muncie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ind.; Westwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Muncie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Ind., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a>. Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/glass.html">glass container</a> company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart seizure</a> brought on by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>, while seated in his parked car at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/airports.html">municipal airport</a>, in Millville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/04-16.html">April 16, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 0 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DE-buried.html#cms01493">Beech Grove Cemetery</a>, Muncie, 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 Frank Clayton Ball and Elizabeth Wolfe (Brady) Ball; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-24.html">January 24, 1920</a>, to Frances Louise Davies; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#394.58.36">George Alexander Ball</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</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/10001-0037.html">Morris-Ingersoll family</a> of New York and Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and 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://findagrave.com/memorial/66905144">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> Godfried Ernest Gettel (1871-1949) — also known as Godfried Gettel — of Sebewaing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-lived.html">Huron County</a>, Mich. Born in Sebewaing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-born.html">Huron County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-26.html">February 26, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Huron County, 1915-18, 1921-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-officials.html">Huron County Road Commissioner</a>, 1930-42. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/brethren.html">Brethren</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while driving a tractor, and died ten days later, in Sebewaing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-died.html">Huron County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-13.html">October 13, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HU-buried.html#cms08162">Memorial Cemetery</a>, Sebewaing, 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 John Gettel and Catherine (Ebert) Gettel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-07.html">January 7, 1897</a>, to Frances 'Frankie' Thompson.</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/36479180">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> Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) — also known as E. Paul Burkholder — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in West Earl Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-05.html">February 5, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in office 1950. <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary occlusion</a>, in his parked car, in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-18.html">September 18, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html# ">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Ephrata, 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 Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly) Burkholder.</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> Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Houtzdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-born.html">Clearfield County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-06.html">March 6, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. 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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. On a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, he suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while sitting in his Jeep, holding a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>, which <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">accidentally discharged</a>, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox Island, Cape Vincent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-18.html">September 18, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 196 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> Albert Love Patterson (c.1891-1954) — also known as Albert L. Patterson — of Phenix City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RU-lived.html">Russell County</a>, Ala. Born about 1891. Democrat. 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/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AL.html">1952</a>; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/attygn.html">Alabama state attorney general</a> 1954, but died before taking office. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> in his car, by an unknown assailant, in Phenix City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RU-died.html">Russell County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/06-18.html">June 18, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#515.65.59">John Malcolm Patterson</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> Leon M. Layden (1893-1955) — of Whitehall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Born in West Pawlet, Pawlet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-17.html">December 17, 1893</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-officials.html">Washington County Surrogate</a>, 1926-28; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 4th District, 1941; defeated, 1932; appointed 1941; defeated, 1941. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died in an ambulance, en route from Whitehall to the Glens Falls hospital, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-08.html">February 8, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-buried.html# ">Our Lady of Angels Cemetery</a>, Whitehall, 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 Mary H. Morgan.</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/149820401">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> Warren Dale Byrum (1887-1956) — also known as Warren D. Byrum — of Leslie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Onondaga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Onondaga Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-19.html">October 19, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 2nd District, 1919-24. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while driving a pickup truck, near Leslie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/06-01.html">June 1, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms04810">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Leslie, 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 Montell Byrum and Fannie (Slaght) Byrum; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-04.html">September 4, 1915</a>, to Myrtle Babcock.</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/90213111">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 Cashmore (1895-1961) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-07.html">June 7, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; aide to the general manager of the New York Edison Company <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric utility</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 5th District, 1923; defeated, 1923; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1938-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html">borough president of Brooklyn, New York</a>, 1940-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1952. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Collapsed from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his car, and died soon after, 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/1961/05-07.html">May 7, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms05508">Canarsie 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: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cash-casperson.html#080.76.98">Edythe Hall Tenney</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/16569405">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19476">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> Raymond Harold Johnston (1906-1962) — also known as Raymond H. Johnston; Ray Johnston — of Concordia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CL-lived.html">Cloud County</a>, Kan. Born near Concordia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CL-born.html">Cloud County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-23.html">June 23, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/concordia.html">mayor of Concordia, Kan.</a>, 1950-51, 1952-54, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1962; died in office 1962. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in Concordia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CL-died.html">Cloud County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/11-12.html">November 12, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CL-buried.html# ">St. Concordia Cemetery</a>, Concordia, 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: Married to Viola Agnes DeLude.</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/114653441">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/7/70/Jfk2.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/288/06.12.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="John F. Kennedy"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K."; "Lancer" — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-29.html">May 29, 1917</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 11th District, 1947-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/index.html">1956</a>; received a 1957 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pulitzer-prize.html">Pulitzer Prize</a> for his book Profiles in Courage; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1961-63; died in office 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">sniper</a>, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/11-22.html">November 22, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 177 days</a>). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-buried.html#cms08311">John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza</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/kennedy5.html#318.23.71">Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.</a> and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steelman-steil.html#986.89.07">Newton Ivan Steers Jr.</a>); brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#760.31.87">Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr.</a>, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#007.78.78">Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawe-lawr.html#377.02.41">Patricia Kennedy Lawford</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawe-lawr.html#466.04.80">Peter Lawford</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#923.49.98">Robert Francis Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#542.75.37">Jean Kennedy Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy3.html#527.91.82">Edward Moore Kennedy</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#859.18.92">Virginia Joan Bennett</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-12.html">September 12, 1953</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oman-onearm.html#069.92.03">Jaqueline Lee Bouvier</a> (step-daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#090.56.97">Hugh Dudley Auchincloss</a>; step-sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#219.93.05">Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#935.03.41">Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#732.03.83">John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.</a>; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#152.99.32">Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#526.60.90">Kathleen Kennedy Townsend</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#913.28.50">Joseph Patrick Kennedy II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#926.51.86">Mark Kennedy Shriver</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#320.92.22">Patrick Joseph Kennedy (born 1967)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#790.83.86">Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#208.89.14">John Francis Fitzgerald</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/10422.html">Kennedy 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#422.39.81">John B. Connally</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#410.98.15">Henry B. Gonzalez</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wade.html#538.09.90">Henry M. Wade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers9.html#183.09.22">Walter Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#773.54.04">Gerry E. Studds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcbroom-mccain.html#186.62.21">James B. McCahey, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalton.html#603.68.14">Mark Dalton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#355.03.96">Waggoner Carr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somervell-souter.html#994.77.46">Theodore C. Sorensen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#847.73.76">Pierre Salinger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#355.85.43">John Bartlow Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport</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">The John F. Kennedy Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CL-names.html">Jeffersonville, Indiana</a>, to <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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appears</a> on the U.S. half dollar coin.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000107">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406274">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John F. Kennedy">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/113/000024041">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448123">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/574">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4041">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">Books by John F. Kennedy: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060955449/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060955449&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Profiles in Courage</a> (1956)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about John F. Kennedy: Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2020596954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2020596954&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">JFK : Remembering Jack</a> — Robert Dallek, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316172383/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316172383&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963</a> — Michael O'Brien, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312281293/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312281293&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John F. Kennedy : A Biography</a> — Sean J. Savage, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0791461696/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0791461696&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party</a> — Thurston Clarke, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805072136/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805072136&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Ask Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America</a> — Thomas Reeves, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076151287X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076151287X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy</a> — Chris Matthews, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451635087/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1451635087&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero</a> — Shelley Sommer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060541350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060541350&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316360678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316360678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Dark Side of Camelot</a> — Lance Morrow, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465047238/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465047238&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power</a> — Victor Lasky, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440144078/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0440144078&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">JFK: the Man and the Myth</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: Warren Commission report (via Wikipedia)</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> Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964) — also known as Cyrus S. Kump — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Born in Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-born.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-26.html">October 26, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-parties.html">chair of Randolph County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1952; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/strangulation.html">suffocation</a> caused by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">angioedema</a>, in a car en route to a hospital, in Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-died.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/02-25.html">February 25, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-buried.html#cms00192">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Elkins, W.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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#257.42.12">Herman Guy Kump</a> and Edna (Scott) Kump; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-06.html">September 6, 1933</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#714.61.71">Hazel Vorus Turner</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#036.56.11">Garnett Kerr Kump</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/23087.html">Kump family</a> of Elkins, West Virginia.</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/22321421">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 Lincoln Rockwell (1918-1967) — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-09.html">March 9, 1918</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National Committee to Free America from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">Jewish Domination</a> (later known as the American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">Nazi</a> Party); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> at various <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">demonstrations</a> during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while driving his car in the parking lot of Dominion Hills <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/shops.html">Shopping Center</a>, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/08-25.html">August 25, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 169 days</a>); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his supporters. <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 George Lovejoy 'Doc' Rockwell and Claire (Schade) Rockwell; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#283.53.66">Oliver Morgan Hungerford</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0037.html">Morris-Ingersoll family</a> of New York and Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Lincoln Rockwell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/043/000113701">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6842153">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 Gordon Mein (1913-1968) — of Maryland. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-born.html">Trigg County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-10.html">September 10, 1913</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1965-68, died in office 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by terrorists who ambushed his limousine, in Guatemala City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-died.html">Guatemala</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/08-28.html">August 28, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 353 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 Elizabeth Ann Clay.</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/mein-john-gordon ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/870/000118516">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6240652">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> Inger Stevens (1934-1970) — also known as Inger Stensland; "Kay Palmer" — Born in Stockholm, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/10-18.html">October 18, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actress</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960 /speakers.html">honored guest</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">acute barbiturate poisoning</a>, (later ruled to be <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>), in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/04-30.html">April 30, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 194 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean. <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 Per Stensland and Lisbet Stensland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/07-09.html">July 9, 1955</a>, to Anthony Soglio; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-18.html">November 18, 1961</a>, to Isaac 'Ike' Jones.</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/Inger Stevens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/905/000107584">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828447">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2187">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> Harry Ennis Mayhew (1906-1972) — also known as Harry E. Mayhew — of Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-16.html">April 16, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">Trucking business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal and ice dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 10th District, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Delaware State House of Representatives</a>, 1957-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 5th District, 1959-62; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>. <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/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while he and his wife were driving home from Wilmington, and was dead on arrival at Kent General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/07-21.html">July 21, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00243">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Milford, Del. <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 Delilah Ann 'Lida' (Deputy) Mayhew and James Henry Mayhew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-28.html">July 28, 1928</a>, to Frances Abbott; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#773.04.44">Harry Marshall Deputy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#117.67.28">Willard Francis Deputy</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#388.16.91">Delmar E. Deputy</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/39646.html">Deputy family</a> of Milford, Delaware.</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/44273775">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> Esther Warner (1891-1980) — also known as Esther P. Anderson; Mrs. Charles J. Warner — of Waverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-12.html">January 12, 1891</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NE.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died, probably from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/04-18.html">April 18, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 97 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html# ">Bethlehem Cemetery</a>, Lancaster County, 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-09.html">December 9, 1914</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#124.08.00">Charles Joseph Warner</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#934.12.85">Jerome Warner</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/40570.html">Warner family</a> of Waverly, Nebraska.</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/63797342">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> Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known as Aris T. Allen — of Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Born in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-born.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-27.html">December 27, 1910</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MD.html">1972</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MD.html">Maryland Republican state chair</a>, 1977-79; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Maryland</a>, 1978; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> 30th District, 1979-81. <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/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Following a diagnosis of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, he died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in his parked rental car, in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-died.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/02-05.html">February 5, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 40 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 James Allen and Maryetta (Whitby) Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/">1947</a> to Faye E. Watson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Aris T. Allen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Boulevard</a> (Maryland Route 665), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-names.html">Annapolis, Maryland</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/Aris T. Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/130806957">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=53746">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> Tommy Burks (1940-1998) — of near Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn. Born in Cookeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/05-22.html">May 22, 1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1971-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1979-98; died in office 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> in his pickup truck by his opponent for re-election, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#888.54.94">Byron Low Tax Looper</a>, near Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/10-19.html">October 19, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-buried.html#cms05216">Crestlawn Memorial Cemetery</a>, Cookeville, 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 Walter Fred Burks and Christine Gilliam Burks; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/">1960</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#827.84.60">Charlotte Rose Gentry</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/postalwait-poto.html#275.01.05">McCracken Poston</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> Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) — also known as Iola Banks — of Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska; Kenai, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/KP-lived.html">Kenai Peninsula Borough</a>, Alaska. Born in Arcadia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BI-born.html">Bienville Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-10.html">August 10, 1933</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/AK.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/AK.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AK.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/KP-died.html">Kenai Peninsula Borough</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/06-26.html">June 26, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 320 days</a>). 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