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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in Post Offices</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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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PI-born.html">Pickaway County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/09-05.html">September 5, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1845-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/lafayette.html#2">Lafayette, Ind.</a>, 1866-67. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> in 1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over his condition; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in the <b>post office</b> at Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-26.html">July 26, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-buried.html#cms01057">Greenbush Cemetery</a>, Lafayette, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elizabeth Mace and Edward Mace.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407038">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Mace (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13361065">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>John M. Lingle (1843-1889)</b> — of Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-02.html">April 2, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/webbcity.html#2">Webb City, Mo.</a>, 1885-89. After being threatened with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">criminal prosecution</a> for allegedly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">misappropriating funds</a> as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the <b>post office</b>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-died.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-04.html">January 4, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-buried.html#cms00646">Webb City Cemetery</a>, Webb City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Avaline Eizabeth McCutcheon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/103720820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889)</b> — also known as <b>W. Cassius Goodloe</b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/06-27.html">June 27, 1841</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/KY.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/KY.html">1872</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/KY.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/KY.html">Republican National Committee from Kentucky</a>, 1872-; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1873; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/attygn.html">Kentucky state attorney general</a>, 1875; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1878-80. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington <b>Post Office</b>, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">repeatedly stabbed</a> and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead Swope, who meanwhile <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">badly wounded</a> him; before any <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prosecution</a> could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-08.html">November 8, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 134 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Short Goodloe and Sally Anne Lewis Clay (Smith) Goodloe; brother of Green Clay Goodloe (son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#236.96.41">James Burnie Beck</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/">1865</a> to Mary Elizabeth Mann; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#694.62.87">Cassius Marcellus Clay</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#897.83.35">William Cassius Goodloe III</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0234.html">Wilson-Dunn family</a> of Kentucky (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/goodloe-william-cassius ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46410309">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Frazier B. Baker (c.1857-1898)</b> — of Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-lived.html">Florence County</a>, S.C. Born about 1857. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/lakecity.html#2">Lake City, S.C.</a>, 1897-98; his appointment as postmaster aroused strenuous opposition among white residents; U.S. Senators <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillman.html#279.64.90">Ben Tillman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclaughlin-mclay.html#002.76.35">John L. McLaurin</a>, and U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#765.04.52">James Norton</a> all demanded his removal from office "because of his color"; many violent incidents followed. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Late at night, a mob of armed white men surrounded his home and <b>post office</b>, and set it on fire; when the family awoke and attempted to escape, they were met with a hail of bullets; Baker was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, in Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-died.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-22.html">February 22, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">about 41 years</a>). Federal prosecutors pressed charges against eleven men, none of whom were convicted. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and Julia Baker">Wikipedia article</a></span></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> <b>Adam Cyrus Reinoehl (1840-1900)</b> — also known as <b>Adam C. Reinoehl</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LB-born.html">Lebanon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/11-14.html">November 14, 1840</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1868, 1870-71; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html#3">Lancaster, Pa.</a>, 1900. Died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">illuminating gas</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at the Lancaster <b>post office</b>, Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-14.html">December 14, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms00717">Lancaster Cemetery</a>, Lancaster, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Augustus Reinoehl and Leah (Reigel) Reinoehl; married to Lucy Davis; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#249.10.06">John K. Reinoehl</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28330645">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Christian Widule (1845-1916)</b> — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/07-19.html">July 19, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1887-89. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while at work as assistant postmaster of Milwaukee, and died in the <b>post office</b>, Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-09.html">October 9, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-buried.html#cms01692">Union Cemetery</a>, Milwaukee, Wis. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923)</b> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Forsyth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-26.html">April 26, 1875</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html#3">Macon, Ga.</a>, 1922-23 (acting, 1922). 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 the <b>post office</b> at Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-died.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-16.html">February 16, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 296 days</a>). A <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">shortage</a> of about $86,000 was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">discovered</a> after his death. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO-buried.html#cms01299">Forsyth Cemetery</a>, Forsyth, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin Franklin Rudisill and Antoinette Vashti (Smith) Rudisill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-09.html">November 9, 1899</a>, to Frances Lane.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42424241">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Edward James Dennis (1877-1930)</b> — also known as <b>E. J. Dennis</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C. Born in Macbeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/09-23.html">September 23, 1877</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Berkeley County, 1900-04, 1916-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14, 1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Tried</a> and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/alcohol-crimes.html">alcohol prohibition law</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">mortally wounded</a> by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front of the <b>post office</b> in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-25.html">July 25, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 305 days</a>). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D. McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried and not convicted. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-buried.html#cms08121">St. John's Baptist Churchyard</a>, Pinopolis, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#602.33.01">Edward James Dennis (1844-1904)</a> and Adelaide (Markley) Dennis; married to Ella Mae Coney; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dennis.html#632.32.30">Rembert Coney Dennis</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42454.html">Dennis family</a> of Macbeth and Pinopolis, South Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Father - Leader - Statesman."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38636613">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Albert L. Redmon (1892-1934)</b> — also known as <b>Bert Redmon</b> — of Sallisaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-lived.html">Sequoyah County</a>, Okla. Born in Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-02.html">January 2, 1892</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sallisaw.html#2">Sallisaw, Okla.</a>, 1932-34. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. 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 the vault at the <b>post office</b>, Sallisaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-died.html">Sequoyah County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/01-16.html">January 16, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">42 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/SQ-buried.html# ">Sallisaw City Cemetery</a>, Sallisaw, Okla. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Granville Perry Redmon and Katherine (Brown) Redmon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/12-06.html">December 6, 1913</a>, to Frances Maude Comstock.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29509976">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George W. McCabe (1871-1935)</b> — of Petoskey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EM-lived.html">Emmet County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AN-born.html">Antrim County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-22.html">February 22, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware merchant</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MI.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1922; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/petoskey.html#3">Petoskey, Mich.</a>, 1933-35 (acting, 1933-34). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Suffered a fatal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">at his desk</a>, in the Petoskey <b>Post Office</b>, Petoskey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EM-died.html">Emmet County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-07.html">June 7, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EM-buried.html#cms00754">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Petoskey, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas M. McCabe and Annie (Ryan) McCabe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/12-26.html">December 26, 1906</a>, to Georgia McKinley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-05.html">February 5, 1927</a>, to Clara Teressa Galster.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/151694019">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>John W Martin (c.1890-1935)</b> — of Mena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Ark. Born about 1890. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/mena.html#2">Mena, Ark.</a>, 1933-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> during an apparent robbery of the <b>post office</b>, in Mena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL-died.html">Polk County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-24.html">November 24, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/023/40.53.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="William W. Dooling"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Walter Dooling (1891-1949)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Dooling</b> — of North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-08.html">April 8, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general manager of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">necktie</a> manufacturing firm; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/northadams.html#2">North Adams, Mass.</a>, 1936-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, at the North Adams <b>Post Office</b>, North Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/05-26.html">May 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms06932">Bellevue Cemetery</a>, Adams, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Dooling and Anna (Ryan) Dooling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-12.html">October 12, 1921</a>, to Ellen G. Curran.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/196891241">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> North Adams Transcript, May 27, 1949</span></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> <b>Leon Chase Phillips (1890-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Leon C. Phillips</b>; <b>Red Phillips</b> — of Okemah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OF-lived.html">Okfuskee County</a>, Okla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WO-born.html">Worth County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-09.html">December 9, 1890</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a>; elected 1932, 1934, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OK.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">accepting a bribe</a> while governor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> twice and ultimately acquitted. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while waiting for a client at the <b>post office</b> in Okmulgee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OM-died.html">Okmulgee County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-27.html">March 27, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OF-buried.html#cms05483">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Weleetka, Okla. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/leon-chase-phillips/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/195/000210562">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b>Robert L. Roberts (1922-1973)</b> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-born.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#2">Kansas City, Kan.</a>, 1959-68, 1970-73 (acting, 1959); served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">Stabbed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">mortally wounded</a> by Carroll Edward Noel, Jr., a former mail handler, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> of the assistant postmaster, at the main <b>post office</b>, and was dead on arrival at Bethany <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-died.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/11-29.html">November 29, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). 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