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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in Gun Accidents</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Victoria, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Victoria, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died in office 1839. Killed when he accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself while dismounting from his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">horse</a>, near Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-died.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/03-14.html">March 14, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-buried.html#cms04691">Restwood Memorial Park</a>, Clute, 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wharton.html#137.29.81">John Austin Wharton</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH.html">Wharton County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/04-06.html">April 6, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1829-36, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates</a>, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1840-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-44); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1844; died in office 1844. Slaveowner. Among those killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannon</a> accidentally burst <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on board</a> the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-28.html">February 28, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 328 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-buried.html#cms05083">a private or family graveyard</a>, Albemarle County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#991.28.86">William Wirt</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#091.92.58">Aylett Hawes</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#022.65.25">Albert Gallatin Hawes</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0077.html">Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family</a> of New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0402.html">Lewis-Pollard family</a> of Texas (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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI.html">Gilmer County, W.Va.</a> is named for him.</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=G000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404580">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-walker-gilmer/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7220006">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> Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NH-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/06-17.html">June 17, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in Virginia, 1826-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1841-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1843-44; died in office 1844. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Among those killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannon</a> accidentally burst <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on board</a> the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-28.html">February 28, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 256 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#621.79.19">Littleton Upshur</a>; married to Elizabeth Ann Upshur.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Upshur counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/UP.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/UP.html">W.Va.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Abel Parker Upshur (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel Parker Upshur">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/594/000168090">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37679771">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> Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/05-05.html">May 5, 1785</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/excn.html">Maryland state executive council</a>, 1815; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1820; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1837-42. Among those killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannon</a> accidentally burst <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on board</a> the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-28.html">February 28, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 299 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-buried.html#cms04905">a private or family graveyard</a>, Anne Arundel County, 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 Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy; married to Mary Galloway.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/maxcy-virgil ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in East Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/05-29.html">May 29, 1784</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1824-27. Among those killed in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannon</a> accidentally burst <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on board</a> the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-28.html">February 28, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 275 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; later interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms02897">South End Cemetery</a>, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Phebe Gardiner and Abraham Gardiner; married to Juliana MacLachlan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#030.25.92">Julia Tyler</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#008.32.15">John Tyler</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#693.28.14">David Gardiner Tyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#361.09.63">Lyon Gardiner Tyler</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#797.28.81">John Lee Saltonstall</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#966.58.30">Jonas Mapes</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#827.42.07">Alfred Conkling</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#721.22.98">David Parshall Mapes</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/10001-0272.html">Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family</a> of New York and Arizona; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6685073">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) — also known as Louis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Angoulême, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/index.html">1766</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">Fled</a> France in 1789 to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">escape the guillotine</a>, presumably over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">disloyalty</a> to the revolutionary regime; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html">mayor of New Orleans, La.</a>, 1820-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and dropped the gun he was holding, which accidentally discharged, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shooting</a> him in the head and killing him, in Périgueux, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 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> George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) — also known as George N. Briggs — of Lanesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/04-12.html">April 12, 1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-officials.html">Berkshire County Register of Deeds</a>, 1824-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33, 7th District 1833-43); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1853. Killed by the accidental discharge of a "fowling piece" (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>), in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-11.html">September 11, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms00396">Pittsfield Cemetery</a>, Pittsfield, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000830">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401787">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-nixon-briggs/">National Governors Association biography</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> Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862) — of Texas. Born in Gallatin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/11-11.html">November 11, 1811</a>. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 1st District, 1851-53; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself in the foot while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting</a>, in August 1854; the wound never healed and became <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infected</a>; though his leg was later amputated, he died as a result in Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-died.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-09.html">April 9, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-buried.html#cms00150">Hempstead Cemetery</a>, Hempstead, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000207">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409712">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862) — also known as Charles T. James — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in West Greenwich Center, West Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/09-15.html">September 15, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1851-57. Died of wounds that he received from the accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannon shell</a> of his own manufacture, with which he was experimenting, at Sag Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-17.html">October 17, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 32 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000046">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405951">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> George M. Carhart (d. 1863) — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 21st District, 1853-54. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and killed while sleeping in Skinner's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/taverns.html">Saloon</a>, Bannock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BV-died.html">Beaverhead County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-17.html">May 17, 1863</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> Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) — also known as Williamson R. W. Cobb — of Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-born.html">Rhea County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/06-08.html">June 8, 1807</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8th District 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a> 3rd District; defeated, 1861; elected 1863. Slaveowner. Killed by the accidental discharge of his own <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">pistol</a>, while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-01.html">November 1, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 146 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-buried.html#cms04878">a private or family graveyard</a>, Madison County, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000554">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402687">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> Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known as Clement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CO-born.html">Columbiana County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/07-29.html">July 29, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/OH.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/OH.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/OH.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852, 1854, 1862; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1863. Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by the Union military authorities in 1863 for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">treasonable utterances</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">banished</a> to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself, while practicing a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">courtroom</a> demonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (not actually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of his wound the next day, in the Lebanon House <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">hotel</a>, Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-17.html">June 17, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-buried.html#cms00752">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Dayton, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmahon.html#631.04.63">John A. McMahon</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=V000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411067">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement Vallandigham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=45906">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/index.html">1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html">Mayor of Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1883-86. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and killed while on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, near Britton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MA-died.html">Marshall County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-10.html">September 10, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">about 39 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> Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) — also known as Datus E. Coon — of Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa; Mason City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CG-lived.html">Cerro Gordo County</a>, Iowa; Selma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Ala.; San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in DeRuyter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-20.html">February 20, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention</a>, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1870; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/AL.html">1872</a>; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Baracoa</a>, 1879-85. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a>, and died soon after, in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-17.html">December 17, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-buried.html#cms02378">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, San Diego, 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/1855/">1855</a> to Hattie A. Cummins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/">1865</a> to Jennie (Ells) Bailey.</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/9680460">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> Alson Bailey Abbott (1844-1894) — also known as Alson B. Abbott — of Queensbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y.; Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-03.html">November 3, 1844</a>. Served 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/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Warren County, 1878; president, Canton Bridge Company. While cleaning a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting</a>, it accidentally discharged, killing him, in Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-27.html">August 27, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-buried.html#cms05673">Pineview Cemetery</a>, Queensbury, 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 William F. Abbott and Sarah Job (Abbott) Abbott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/">1873</a> to Sarah Morgan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/132767431">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> Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897) — also known as Horace R. Buck — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/YA-born.html">Yazoo County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-18.html">September 18, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trcn.html">Member Montana territorial council</a>, 1884; district judge in Montana 1st District, 1891-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1897; died in office 1897. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a> (possibly a gun accident), in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-06.html">December 6, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-buried.html#cms01848">Forestvale Cemetery</a>, Helena, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Lunsford Buck and Maria Buck; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-16.html">August 16, 1881</a>, to Mary E. Jewett.</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/Horace R. Buck">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67036780">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> Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) — of Meadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. Born in Castile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/04-24.html">April 24, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/meadville.html">Mayor of Meadville, Pa.</a>, 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 26th District, 1899-1901. Accidentally hit by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a> while on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a> at Lake Edward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/09-23.html">September 23, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-buried.html#cms00484">Greendale Cemetery</a>, Meadville, 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 Thankful C. Hammond.</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=G000095">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404467">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7445238">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6559349927/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/512/80.54.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="Paul O. Husting"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) — also known as Paul O. Husting — of Mayville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DO-lived.html">Dodge County</a>, Wis. Born in Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-born.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-25.html">April 25, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DO-officials.html">Dodge County District Attorney</a>, 1903-06; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 13th District, 1907-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WI.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Luxemburgian</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Menominee Indian</a> ancestry. Accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> in the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood up <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">in his boat</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">duck hunting</a> on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse, near Pickett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-died.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-21.html">October 21, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DO-buried.html#cms01532">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Mayville, 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">Relatives: Son of John P. Husting and Mary M. (Juneau) Husting; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#650.21.97">Solomon Juneau</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=H001006">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405846">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul O. Husting">Wikipedia article</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: Library of Congress</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> Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/07-19.html">July 19, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">architect</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Passaic County, 1910-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-died.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-26.html">October 26, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-buried.html#cms00384">Cedar Lawn Cemetery</a>, Paterson, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Amelia Lotharia 'Millie' Halliwell.</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/14555350">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/459/15.42.jpg" width=70 height=119 border=0 alt="Edward F. Peters"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) — also known as Edward F. Peters — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-29.html">January 29, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-consuls.html">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1902-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Honduras</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-consuls.html">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1903; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Accidentally or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">deliberately</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">law office</a>, in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/03-04.html">March 4, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/">1900</a> to Bertha M. Rice.</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/79013601">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4, 1931</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT79"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/841/67.22.jpg" width=70 height=89 border=0 alt="Robert L. Henry"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) — also known as Robert L. Henry — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-lived.html">Bowie County</a>, Tex.; Waco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ML-lived.html">McLennan County</a>, Tex. Born in Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-12.html">May 12, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/texarkana.html">mayor of Texarkana, Tex.</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1st District 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TX.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died from the accidental discharge of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">pistol</a>, in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-09.html">July 9, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-buried.html#cms01770">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Texarkana, 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: Third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</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/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000516">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405379">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Coke Mann (1880-1931) — of South Carolina. Born in Lowndesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-born.html">Abbeville County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-21.html">November 21, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 8th District, 1919-21. While returning from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, was accidentally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and killed, near Rowesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-died.html">Orangeburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-11.html">November 11, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OR-buried.html#cms01589">Sunnyside Cemetery</a>, Orangeburg, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000101">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407125">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A00agd9079m/viewer#page/18/mode/1up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/072/41.52.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="M. Clyde Kelly *"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) — also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air Mail" — of Edgewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-born.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-04.html">August 4, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1911-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District 1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. On returning from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">frog hunting</a> trip, was injured when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">rifle</a> he was cleaning accidentally fired; he died one week later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-29.html">April 29, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-buried.html#cms01481">Mahoning Union Cemetery</a>, Marchand, 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 William B. Kelly and Mary C. (Clark) Kelly; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Vida Ruth Clementson.</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=K000076">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406246">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/108/41.37.jpg" width=70 height=122 border=0 alt="John W. Brown"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John William Brown (c.1867-1941) — also known as John W. Brown — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass.; Woolwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-born.html">Canada</a>, about 1867. Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">labor organizer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 3rd District, 1904; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1907; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 3rd District, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">columnist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Mine Workers</a>. While working on his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">hunting rifle</a>, it accidentally discharged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-died.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-19.html">June 19, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John W. Brown (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; now a museum ship) 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/John W. Brown (labor leader)">Wikipedia article</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: Boston Globe, September 17, 1907</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943) — also known as Paul R. Greever — of Wyoming. Born in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-born.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/09-28.html">September 28, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/cody.html">mayor of Cody, Wyo.</a>, 1930-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wyoming</a> at-large, 1935-39; defeated, 1938. Killed accidentally, while cleaning his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>, in Cody, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-died.html">Park County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-16.html">February 16, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-buried.html#cms02172">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Cody, Wyo. <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=G000440">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404787">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul Ranous Greever">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6854224">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> Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Houtzdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-born.html">Clearfield County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-06.html">March 6, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. On a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, he suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while sitting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">in his Jeep</a>, holding a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>, which accidentally discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox Island, Cape Vincent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-18.html">September 18, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 196 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </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." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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