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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed by Strangulation or Choking</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 Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>), about 1640. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Fur trader</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">tobacco business</a>; following the English Revolution of 1688, which brought Protestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler's Rebellion" and seized control of the colony; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/colgov.html">Colonial Governor of New York</a>, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement of French Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); following the arrival of a new royal governor, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">ousted</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a>, charged with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">treason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced to death</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/execution.html">executed</a> by <b>hanging</b> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">decapitation</a>, 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/date/died-05-16.html">May 16</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1691.html">1691</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by an act of Parliament. Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, New York County, N.Y.; subsequent interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms03654">Dutch Church Burial Ground</a>, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html# ">Broadview Avenue</a>, New Rochelle, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Leisler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/162834255">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>Samuel Calley (1821-1883)</b> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/04-13.html">April 13, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">House painter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1872, 1881-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by <b>hanging</b>, in the back stairway of his home, Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-01.html">January 1, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 263 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms01265">Harmony Grove Cemetery</a>, Salem, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Calley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/129742458">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>James Sanford Patterson (1860-1917)</b> — also known as <b>J. Sanford Patterson</b> — of Spray (now part of Eden), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-19.html">December 19, 1860</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/eden.html#3">Spray, N.C.</a>, 1893-99, 1904-12. Died, from <b>choking on food</b>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">State Hospital</a> (now Broughton Hospital), Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-died.html">Burke County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/05-09.html">May 9, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-buried.html# ">Lawson Cemetery</a>, Eden, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28302590">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>Harold Merriman Deane (1891-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Harold M. Deane</b> — of Connecticut; Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/10-24.html">October 24, 1891</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Valparaiso</a>, 1925-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Montreal</a>, 1927-29, died in office 1929. Found <b>hanged</b> in his apartment -- the coroner's jury was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">unable to decide</a> whether his death was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">murder</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> -- in Montreal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-28.html">August 28, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 308 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms07027">somewhere</a> in Waterbury, Conn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932)</b> — of Hamtramck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-08.html">December 8, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/hamtramck.html">mayor of Hamtramck, Mich.</a>, 1932 (primary), 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in April, 1932, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/intoxication.html">drunk</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">driving</a>; died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/captivity.html">jail cell</a>, by <b>hanging</b> himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-died.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/04-19.html">April 19, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 133 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> <b>Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Woodruff</b> — Born in Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-born.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-12.html">January 12, 1884</a>. U.S. Navy officer; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of American Samoa</a>; captain in Merchant Marine. Died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, from <b>hanging</b>, in his room at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a> Bossert, Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-22.html">November 22, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 314 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Armijo Woodruff">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>Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood (1926-1960)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph W. Bloodgood</b> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-born.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/05-15.html">May 15, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-officials.html">Dane County Coroner</a>, 1951-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Dane County 1st District, 1955-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-officials.html">Dane County District Attorney</a>, 1957-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-officials.html">Dane County Family Court Judge</a>, 1960. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, by <b>hanging</b> himself with his belt, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> shower room, in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/07-07.html">July 7, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-buried.html# ">Nashotah House Cemetery</a>, Summit, Wis. <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 Francis Joseph Bloodgood and Jane Gray (Cleveland) Bloodgood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/12-21.html">December 21, 1948</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Peck; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#547.41.02">James Harlan Cleveland Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#770.37.91">James Harlan Cleveland</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#256.23.03">Francis Landon Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthews.html#658.58.59">Stanley Matthews</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#581.37.64">John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#629.46.64">James Harlan</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watt-wattles.html#772.78.42">Henry Watterson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#804.17.52">James S. Harlan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#688.34.47">John Maynard Harlan</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watt-wattles.html#549.42.99">Harvey Watterson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#671.15.82">John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#322.93.90">Jonathan Usher</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#024.00.71">Richard Folsom Cleveland</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#045.74.35">John Palmer Usher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#735.11.63">Robert Cleveland Usher</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90787936">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>Cyrus Scott Kump (1908-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Cyrus S. Kump</b> — 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 <b>suffocation</b> caused by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">angioedema</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">in a car</a> 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> 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>.</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/23087.html">Kump family</a> of Elkins, West Virginia.</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/22321421">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>Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord (1906-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Thorn Lord</b> — of Lawrence Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-24.html">August 24, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Jersey</a>, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Mercer County, 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-parties.html">chair of Mercer County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NJ.html">New Jersey Democratic state chair</a>, 1961-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by <b>strangling</b> with an electric shaver cord, in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/06-16.html">June 16, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 296 days</a>). 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