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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Liver Cancer</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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Horton — of Atchison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/AT-lived.html">Atchison County</a>, Kan. Born in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-12.html">March 12, 1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Kansas</a>, 1869-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>; elected 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Kansas state supreme court</a>, 1877-95; resigned 1895. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> and liver cancer, in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-died.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-02.html">September 2, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/AT-buried.html#cms00806">Mt. Vernon Cemetery</a>, Atchison, 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BR-names.html">Horton, Kansas</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/Albert Howell Horton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54865360">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Kerr (1851-1908) — of Clearfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-lived.html">Clearfield County</a>, Pa. Born in Reedsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-born.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/10-02.html">October 2, 1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-officials.html">Clearfield County Prothonotary</a>, 1880-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 28th District, 1889-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/PA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/PA.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1908. Died, following surgery for an liver cancer, in New Rochelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-31.html">October 31, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-buried.html#cms00154">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Clearfield, 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: Married to Julia Boardman Smith.</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=K000135">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406301">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860558">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> Lucian Dallas Woodruff (1845-1911) — also known as Lucian D. Woodruff — of Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-lived.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa. Born in Landisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-born.html">Perry County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/01-08.html">January 8, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1879-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/PA.html">1884</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1892; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/johnstown.html#3">Johnstown, Pa.</a>, 1895-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/johnstown.html">mayor of Johnstown, Pa.</a>, 1899-1902; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a> and liver cancer, in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-died.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-27.html">January 27, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-buried.html#cms00132">Grandview Cemetery</a>, Southmont, 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 Elizabeth (Harper) Woodruff and Henry Durant Woodruff; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-26.html">December 26, 1865</a>, to Mary Margaret Wilson 'Maggie' Lynch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-24.html">January 24, 1894</a>, to Maria A. Dick; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#534.67.70">Rush Green Leaming</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#259.69.16">Andrew Adams</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#518.79.69">Philip Frisbee</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#029.69.03">Walter 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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0119.html">Wildman family</a> of Danbury, Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a> (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/80801864">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> Benjamin Dyer Manton (1829-1911) — also known as Benjamin D. Manton — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-10.html">May 10, 1829</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html ">Colonia</a>, 1869-1906. Died, from liver carcinoma, in Bridgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BB-died.html">Barbados</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/07-30.html">July 30, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <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 Salma Manton and Anstis (Dyer) Manton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/02-01.html">February 1, 1855</a>, to Julia Dana Gladding.</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/29761163">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> Victor Ponet (1836-1914) — of Sherman (now West Hollywood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-born.html">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Consular Agent for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-consuls.html">Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1894-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-consuls.html">Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1900-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a> and liver cancer, in Sherman (now West Hollywood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-08.html">February 8, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01040">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/">1873</a> to Ellen J. Manning.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/172018843">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> Summit R. King (1846-1922) — of Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Rives Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-29.html">August 29, 1846</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mason.html">mayor of Mason, Mich.</a>, 1905 (Prohibition), 1918 (People's). Died, from liver cancer, in Fowlerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-died.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-14.html">February 14, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms06067">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Mason, 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 Reuben Hurd King and Rebecca Emily (Smith) King; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Ida E. Coffey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Mattie S. DuBois.</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/30243217">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> Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) — also known as Samuel D. Nicholson — of Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PE-born.html">Prince Edward Island</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-22.html">February 22, 1859</a>. Republican. President and general manager, Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> Co.; director, Denver National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, American National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Leadville, Colo.), First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Monte Vista, Colo.); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/leadville.html">mayor of Leadville, Colo.</a>, 1893-97; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1914, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1921-23; died in office 1923. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from liver cancer, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-24.html">March 24, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 30 days</a>). Entombed 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 Donald M. Nicholson and Catherine (McKenzie) Nicholson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Anne Nerey.</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=N000101">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408186">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel D. Nicholson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365626">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) — also known as Charles A. Eggleton — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/05-15.html">May 15, 1879</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">Tobacco business</a>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SN-consuls.html ">Dakar</a>, 1916-24. Died, of liver cancer, in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-08.html">February 8, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Erastus Foster Post (1859-1937) — also known as Erastus F. Post — of Quogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Quogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/07-03.html">July 3, 1859</a>. <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/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County 1st District, 1896-98. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">angina pectoris</a> and liver cancer, on board a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">train</a> near Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-died.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/03-30.html">March 30, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 270 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 George Oliver Post and Harriet (Foster) Post; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-12.html">November 12, 1885</a>, to Anna Grace Foster; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/post.html#715.29.67">Jotham Post 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/19675.html">Post family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/330/35.05.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Addison B. Colvin"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Addison Beecher Colvin (1858-1939) — also known as Addison B. Colvin — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Born in Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-15.html">December 15, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1894-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, from liver cancer, in Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-21.html">June 21, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-buried.html#cms05008">Pineview Cemetery</a>, Glens Falls, 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 Hiram King Colvin and Sarah Ann (Cowles) Colvin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/05-16.html">May 16, 1883</a>, to Maria Louise Hees; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins3.html#209.06.86">Ela Collins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#474.35.32">Edward Augustus Conger</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins9.html#769.45.74">William Collins</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#849.24.85">William Sheffield Cowles</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/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <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">Image source: New York Red Book 1896</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> Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) — also known as Ada Belle Mills — of West Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HO-lived.html">Howell County</a>, Mo.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MN-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Mo.; Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Mo.; Dutch Flat, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-born.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-06.html">October 6, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MO.html">Missouri Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of liver cancer, in Sutter <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-04.html">March 4, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-buried.html#cms05124">Sierra View Memorial Patk</a>, Marysville, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-25.html">June 25, 1902</a>, to George Bafford Nale.</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/29967170">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> Glenn Allan Abbey (1898-1962) — also known as Glenn A. Abbey — of Dodgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-lived.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis. Born in Dodgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-born.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/06-11.html">June 11, 1898</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Johannesburg</a>, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-consuls.html ">Salonika</a>, 1949-51. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">esophageal cancer</a>, with metastasis to the liver, in Santa Rosa <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-died.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/01-28.html">January 28, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-buried.html#cms07227">Mission Burial Park South</a>, San Antonio, 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 William Searle Abbey and Ida Elmira (Blake) Abbey.</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/70668022">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 F. English (1926-1987) — also known as Jack English — of Syosset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y.; Kismet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-parties.html">chair of Nassau County Democratic Party</a>, 1965. Died, of liver cancer, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Rockville Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-07.html">November 7, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred Wolf Halstead (1927-1988) — also known as Fred Halstead — of New York; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. 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/1927/04-21.html">April 21, 1927</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Garment cutter</a>; anti-war organizer; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1968. Died, of liver cancer, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/06-02.html">June 2, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 42 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 Frank Harrison Halstead and Bloomah (Buckholtz) Halstead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/05-20.html">May 20, 1957</a>, to Virginia Garza.</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/Fred Halstead">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> Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) — also known as Robert E. Lee — of Illinois; Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-31.html">March 31, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">FBI special agent</a>; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1953-81; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, of liver cancer, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/04-05.html">April 5, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 5 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 Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/">1936</a> to Wilma Rector.</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 Francis Gerry (1925-1995) — of New Jersey. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-17.html">November 17, 1925</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Jersey</a>, 1975-94. Died, of liver cancer, in Moorestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/03-10.html">March 10, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 113 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 Francis P. Gerry and Grace (Hendrickson) Gerry; married to Jean Elberson.</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> Hubert L. Will (1914-1995) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-23.html">April 23, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#d">Judge of U.S. District Court</a>, 1961-95; died in office 1995. Died of liver cancer, in Oconomowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-died.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/12-09.html">December 9, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 230 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard M. Matsuura (c.1933-1997) — also known as Dickie Matsuura — of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HI-lived.html">Hawaii County</a>, Hawaii. Born in Waialua, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-born.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, about 1933. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/sthse.html">Hawaii state house of representatives</a>, 1983-84; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/stsen.html">Hawaii state senate</a>, 1985-97; resigned 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/asian-pacific.html">Japanese</a> ancestry. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic</a> and liver cancer, in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HI-died.html">Hawaii County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/05-02.html">May 2, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rosemary R. Gunning (c.1905-1997) — of Ridgewood, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., about 1905. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1969-75 (34th District 1969-72, 37th District 1973-75). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died, of liver cancer, in Roslyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/10-04.html">October 4, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Barbara Vickerman (1933-1997) — also known as Barbara Lou Gilb — of Minnesota. Born in Tracy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LY-born.html">Lyon County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-26.html">October 26, 1933</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1993-97; died in office 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died of liver cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/12-22.html">December 22, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-buried.html#cms04777">Crestlawn Memorial Gardens</a>, Near Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Gerald Vickerman; distant cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#187.06.30">John Clifford Vickerman</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> Willard M. Munger (1911-1999) — also known as Willard Munger; "Mr. Environment" — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log house</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OT-born.html">Otter Tail County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-20.html">January 20, 1911</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1955-64, 1967-99 (District 59 1955-64, District 59-B 1967-72, District 7-A 1973-99); defeated, 1934, 1952; died in office 1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 59th District, 1964. Served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's history. Died, of liver cancer, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">hospice</a> unit of of St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/07-11.html">July 11, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-buried.html#cms02655">Oneota Cemetery</a>, Duluth, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harry Lyman Munger and Elsie B. E. (Zuehlsdorff) Munger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/07-19.html">July 19, 1934</a>, to Martha B. Winter.</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/6926238">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10443">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ernest Palmer Jr. (c.1916-2000) — of Fort Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Iowa. Born in Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., about 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Lee County; elected 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1954. Died of liver cancer, in Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/01-01.html">January 1, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joan Finney (1925-2001) — also known as Joan McInroy — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-born.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-12.html">February 12, 1925</a>. Candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a>, 1972; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trea.html">Kansas state treasurer</a>, 1975-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/KS.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/KS.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1991-95; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman governor of Kansas. Died, from complications of liver cancer, in St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> and Medical Center, Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-died.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/07-28.html">July 28, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-buried.html#cms06202">Mt. Calvary Cemetery</a>, Topeka, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joan-finney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/232/000119872">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated, 1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District), 1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984 (2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/MI.html">1980</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 5th District, 1994. Died, of liver cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a>, Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/11-14.html">November 14, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms06278">St. Hedwig Cemetery</a>, Dearborn Heights, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Annette Noble Morgan (c.1938-2001) — also known as Annette Morgan — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Kennett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DU-born.html">Dunklin County</a>, Mo., about 1938. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> 39th District, 1981-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, of liver cancer, in Research <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/12-18.html">December 18, 2001</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: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noadiah-nobles.html#025.51.46">John W. Noble</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> Sam Solon (1931-2001) — also known as "Senator Sam" — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/06-25.html">June 25, 1931</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1971-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1973-2001; died in office 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eastern-orthodox.html">Eastern Orthodox</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/greek.html">Greek</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">reprimanded</a> by the Senate in 1996. Died, of liver cancer, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/12-28.html">December 28, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 186 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">The Solon Campus Center (built 1995, named 2001), at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Minnesota <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-names.html">Duluth</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sedgwick William Green (1929-2002) — also known as S. William Green; Bill Green — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-16.html">October 16, 1929</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1965-68 (New York County 9th District 1965, 72nd District 1966, 66th District 1967-68); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1978-93 (18th District 1978-83, 15th District 1983-93); defeated, 1968 (17th District), 1992 (14th District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, of liver cancer, at New York-Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/10-14.html">October 14, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 363 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000417">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404765">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Everett (1948-2004) — also known as Mike Everett — of Marked Tree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PI-lived.html">Poinsett County</a>, Ark. Born in Morton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CS-born.html">Cross County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/index.html">1948</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1991-2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, of liver cancer, at Marked Tree, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PI-died.html">Poinsett County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/09-15.html">September 15, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) — also known as Daniel B. Brewster — of Glyndon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-lived.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-born.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-23.html">November 23, 1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1951-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1959-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/index.html">1964</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MD.html">1964</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/speakers.html">1968</a>. <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/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1969 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepting an illegal gratuity</a>; after <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">conviction</a>, and reversal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded no contest</a>, 1975. Died, of liver cancer, in Owings Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-died.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/08-19.html">August 19, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-buried.html#cms02414">St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery</a>, Owings Mills, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel Baugh Brewster, Sr. and Ottolie Young (Wickes) Brewster; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/">1967</a> to Anne Moen Bullitt (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#559.12.89">William Christian Bullitt</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/">1976</a> to Judy Lynn Aarsand; nephew of Anna Willis Baugh Brewster (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#111.99.75">Francis White</a>); great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#180.64.82">Benjamin Harris Brewster</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#339.59.21">Robert John Walker</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#150.37.08">Jonathan Hoge Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#690.87.76">Richard Bache Jr.</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864)</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#869.81.95">Richard Bache</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#503.24.91">Alexander James Dallas</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#156.31.03">Robert Walker Irwin</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#483.78.52">George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000813">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401770">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Brewster">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/625/000161142">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21041536">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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