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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in Railroad and Streetcar 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 Petchau, Bohemia (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-born.html">Czechia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/04-03.html">April 3, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>; elected 1850. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to Jefferson City, Mo., he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> when the bridge over the Gasconade River <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">collapsed</a>, sending the train into the water, near Hermann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GA-died.html">Gasconade County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-01.html">November 1, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5746826">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> Robert Hanna Jr. (1786-1858) — of Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ind.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-born.html">Laurens County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/04-06.html">April 6, 1786</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/brookville.html#3">register of U.S. Land Office at Brookville, Indiana</a>, 1821-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/indianapolis.html#3">register of U.S. Land Office at Indianapolis, Indiana</a>, 1825-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1831-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1832-33, 1836-39; defeated, 1830, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1840-41; defeated, 1846; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850. Killed by a train while walking on the track in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-16.html">November 16, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 224 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Hanna and Mary (Parks) Hanna; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#788.40.65">Joseph Hanna</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#540.59.88">David Graem Hanna</a>; married to Sarah Mowrey; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#767.51.26">Albert G. Hanna</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#529.57.21">James McLean Hanna</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11671.html">Hanna family</a> of Indiana.</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=H000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405047">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Hanna">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8435">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 Barker (c.1806-1862) — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., about 1806. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html">Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa.</a>, 1850-51; defeated, 1851, 1852. In 1849, after an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">anti-Catholic speech</a>, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with using <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obscenity.html">obscene language</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/traffic.html">obstructing the streets</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">causing a riot</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to a year in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; elected mayor in 1850 while still incarcerated. While mayor, he was twice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/assault.html">assault and battery</a>. In 1851, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">riot</a>. Struck and killed by a railroad train, in Ross Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/08-02.html">August 2, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms00535">Allegheny Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) — also known as William S. Ashe — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Born in Rocky Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PN-born.html">Pender County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/09-14.html">September 14, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1846-48, 1858-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1849-55 (7th District 1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NC.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1861; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Killed in a railroad accident near Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-died.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/09-14.html">September 14, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PN-buried.html#cms05163">Ashe Family Cemetery</a>, Rocky Point, 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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Ashe (1763-1835) and Elizabeth Haywood (Shepperd) Ashe; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#461.53.47">John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/">1836</a> to Sarah Ann Greene; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#889.88.88">John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe (1725-1813)</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#321.66.42">Thomas Samuel Ashe</a>; cousin four different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#442.62.84">Horatio Davis</a>; cousin two different ways of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#797.40.73">Alfred Moore Waddell</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill9.html#932.19.39">William Henry Hill</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/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0256.html">Ashe-Polk family</a> of North Carolina (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=A000310">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400954">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8076750">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Thomas Cobb (1813-1870) — of Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-13.html">October 13, 1813</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 4th District, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/morristown.html">mayor of Morristown, N.J.</a>, 1865; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NJ.html">1868</a>. Killed in an accident on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad near White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-died.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-12.html">August 12, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-buried.html#cms02291">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Morristown, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000546">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402679">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> Edward Ball (1811-1872) — of Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-lived.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio. Born near Falls Church, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-born.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/11-06.html">November 6, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <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> from Muskingum County, 1845-49, 1868-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1853-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Accidentally killed by a railroad train near Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-died.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-22.html">November 22, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-buried.html#cms00705">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Zanesville, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#160.73.58">William Lee Ball</a> and Sarah (Cassidy) Ball; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/01-08.html">January 8, 1840</a>, to Margaret Garges.</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=B000098">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401100">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> Francis Thomas (1799-1876) — of Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-lived.html">Frederick County</a>, Md.; Frankville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/GA-lived.html">Garrett County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/02-03.html">February 3, 1799</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1822, 1827-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates</a>, 1829; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District 1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District 1861-63, 4th District 1863-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1842-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-diplomats.html ">Peru</a>, 1872-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Killed by a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near Frankville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/GA-died.html">Garrett County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-22.html">January 22, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-buried.html#cms08013">St. Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery</a>, Petersville, 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 John Thomas and Eleanor (McGill) Thomas; married to Sally McDowell (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0167.html">Johnston-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0255.html">Benton family</a> of Missouri and Tennessee (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=T000166">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410747">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/francis-thomas/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thomas-francis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15451813">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> LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880) — also known as Fayette McMullen — of Rye Cove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BE-born.html">Bedford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/05-18.html">May 18, 1805</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1832-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1836-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 13th District, 1849-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1852/VA.html">1852</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/VA.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Washington Territory</a>, 1857-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1878. Slaveowner. Killed in a railroad accident in Wytheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-died.html">Wythe County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-08.html">November 8, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-buried.html#cms01911">Round Hill Cemetery</a>, Marion, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000578">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407569">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7476802">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> Webster Wagner (1817-1882) — of Palatine Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Born in Palatine Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/10-02.html">October 2, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway station agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a>; founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and "drawing room" cars for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> passenger service; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1871; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District 1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/NY.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Killed in a railroad accident on the Hudson River Railroad, at Spuyten Duyvil, New York County (now part of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-13.html">January 13, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-buried.html#cms06170">Palatine Bridge Cemetery</a>, Palatine Bridge, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Susan Davis.</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/Webster Wagner">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gideon Searles (c.1807-1882) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Born about 1807. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">canal superintendent</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in 1863, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with attemping to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribe</a> Assemblyman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#294.71.51">Elias M. Bostwick</a> by offering him $500 to vote for the Broadway Railroad bill. While walking on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroad track, was struck and killed by a train, near Franklinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-died.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-06.html">July 6, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 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> Clinton Briggs (1828-1882) — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/10-17.html">October 17, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trhs.html">Nebraska territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/omaha.html">mayor of Omaha, Neb.</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from a train and was killed, in Afton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/12-19.html">December 19, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-buried.html#cms01447">Prospect Hill Cemetery</a>, Omaha, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7870859">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883) — also known as Charles H. Larrabee — Born in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/11-09.html">November 9, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Wisconsin state constitutional convention</a>, 1847; circuit judge in Wisconsin 3rd Circuit, 1848-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Wisconsin state supreme court</a>, 1848-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Washington state constitutional convention</a>, 1878. Was seriously injured in a railroad accident at Telechapi, Calif., which resulted in his death in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-20.html">January 20, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 72 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms01790">Masonic Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment in 1931 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000099">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406606">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> Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin; "Poo Bah of the Confederacy" — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La.; London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-lived.html">England</a>; Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-lived.html">France</a>. Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-born.html">Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/08-06.html">August 6, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1853-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Attorney General</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Secretary of War</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Secretary of State</a>, 1862-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. He <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">fled</a> to Europe in 1865 to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">avoid arrest</a> by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">assassination</a> of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>. Slaveowner. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from a tram car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> problems, and died in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-06.html">May 6, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-buried.html#cms01533">Père la Chaise Cemetery</a>, Paris, France. <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 Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/">1833</a> to Natalie St. Martin; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#717.53.94">Henry Michael Hyams</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the Confederate States $2 note in 1861-64.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000365">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401357">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah P. Benjamin">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">Books about Judah P. Benjamin: Robert Douthat Meade, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807127442/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807127442&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman</a> — Eli N. Evans, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079280029X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=079280029X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Judah P. Benjamin : The Jewish Confederate</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James H. McDonald (1832-1889) — of Escanaba, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DE-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Mich. Born in Inverness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/03-15.html">March 15, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">iron mining magnate</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1887-89; died in office 1889. Killed in a train derailment, near Elmwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IR-died.html">Iron County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-19.html">January 19, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DE-buried.html#cms04016">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Escanaba, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/02-28.html">February 28, 1854</a>, to Eliza S. Holt.</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> Henry William Lord (1821-1891) — also known as Henry W. Lord — of West Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Northampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/03-08.html">March 8, 1821</a>. Republican. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Manchester</a>, 1861-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1881-83; defeated, 1882. Killed in a railroad accident near Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-died.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-25.html">January 25, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-02.html">September 2, 1844</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Gillet.</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=L000441">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406932">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> Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) — of Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan.; Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/08-07.html">August 7, 1829</a>. Democrat. Private secretary to Pres. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Kansas state supreme court</a>, 1861-62; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Fairfield County, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/OH.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1877-81 (12th District 1877-79, 10th District 1879-81); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1879. Struck by a Third Avenue cable car, and died soon after, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-21.html">January 21, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms00902">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Yonkers, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#534.99.67">Thomas Ewing (1789-1871)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to Ellen E. Cox; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#669.75.45">Thomas Ewing Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1295.html">Ewing family</a> of Yonkers and New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000280">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403960">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> Owen Brainerd Arnold (1818-1900) — also known as Owen B. Arnold — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-11.html">July 11, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Meriden, 1861, 1874. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">Fell</a> from a trolley car, and died a few days later as a result, in Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/08-30.html">August 30, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 50 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms05332">Walnut Grove Cemetery</a>, Meriden, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jared Arnold and Susanna (Brainerd) Arnold.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Lewis MacDonald (1838-1903) — also known as John L. MacDonald — of Shakopee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/02-22.html">February 22, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; probate judge in Minnesota, 1860-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 18, 1869-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1871, 1873-76 (18th District 1871, 21st District 1873-76); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1872 (Democratic), 1892 (People's); district judge in Minnesota, 1877-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 3rd District, 1887-89; defeated, 1888. Died from injuries received in a streetcar accident in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-13.html">July 13, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 141 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms01440">Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Kansas 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407033">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875308">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13766">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dwight Loomis (1821-1903) — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/06-27.html">June 27, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1851; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CT.html">1856</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 21st District, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 1st District, 1859-63; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1864-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Connecticut state supreme court</a>, 1875-91. Died in a train accident near Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-17.html">September 17, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-buried.html#cms00146">Grove Hill Cemetery</a>, Rockville, Vernon, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000438">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406929">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight Loomis">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Ptacnik Birder (1858-1904) — also known as Jacob P. Birder — of Park River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/WL-lived.html">Walsh County</a>, N.Dak. Born in Bohemia (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-born.html">Czechia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/06-02.html">June 2, 1858</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/ND.html">1904</a>. As a passenger on a Wabash Railroad train headed for St. Louis, Mo., he was killed when the train derailed on an open switch, fell from the tracks, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a>, in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/07-03.html">July 3, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 31 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> James M. Varnum (1848-1907) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 11th District, 1879-80; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1889; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-officials.html">New York County Surrogate</a>, 1899. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Badly injured when his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a> collided with a streetcar, and died soon after, in Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/03-26.html">March 26, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to Mary Witherspoon Dickey.</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> Lewis Wolfley (1839-1910) — of Arizona. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/10-08.html">October 8, 1839</a>. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Arizona Territory</a>, 1889-90. Died after having been hit by a streetcar, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/02-12.html">February 12, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-buried.html#cms04474">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Prescott, Ariz. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/369/48.39.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Frederick W. Feldner"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-01.html">June 1, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Cape May <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> company; president, Furst-Clark <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Dredging</a> company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html">Consul for Colombia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-consuls.html">Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1901-07. Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was killed when their <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car collided</a> with a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad train, near Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-died.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-09.html">August 9, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00523">Loudon Park Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, 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 Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-23.html">January 23, 1888</a>, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch.</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/94569592">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: Baltimore Sun, August 10, 1910</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) — also known as Robert C. Wickliffe — of St. Francisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WF-lived.html">West Feliciana Parish</a>, La. Born in Bardstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-born.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-01.html">May 1, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1898; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24th Judicial District, 1902-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 6th District, 1909-12; died in office 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/LA.html">1912</a>. While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, was struck and killed by a train, in a train, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-11.html">June 11, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#557.13.38">Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895)</a> and Annie Davis (Anderson) Wickliffe; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/">1903</a> to Mary Wallace; married to Lydia Cooke; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#829.55.94">John Crepps Wickliffe</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#858.38.72">Charles Anderson Wickliffe</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beckham-bedel.html#660.68.75">John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#879.46.08">Robert Wickliffe Woolley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10100.html">Wickliffe-Holt family</a> of Bardstown, Kentucky.</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=W000443">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411601">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7094802">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/876/74.48.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Timothy D. Sullivan"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) — also known as Timothy D. Sullivan; Tim Sullivan; "Dry Dollar"; "Big Tim" — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/07-23.html">July 23, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Undertaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tavern-biz.html">saloon part-owner</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 2nd District, 1887-93; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1894-1902, 1909-12 (9th District 1894-95, 11th District 1896-1902, 12th District 1909-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1903-06, 1913 (8th District 1903-06, 13th District 1913); resigned 1906; died in office 1913. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Struck and killed by a locomotive, near Pelham Parkway, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-31.html">August 31, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01209">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Woodside, Queens, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001061">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410515">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: New York Red Book 1896</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known as J. Milton Turner — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1871-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">stabbed</a> in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> African-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat. Died, as the result of a railroad tank car <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a>, in Ardmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CT-died.html">Carter County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/11-01.html">November 1, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms05873">Father Dickson's Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, 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">Turner <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">School</a> (opened 1924, renamed Turner 1932, closed 1976), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-names.html">Kirkwood, Missouri</a>, 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/James Milton Turner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/turner-james-milton">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> James Burdine Hill (1850-1917) — of Georgia. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/03-27.html">March 27, 1850</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1890-91. Killed when struck by a railroad train, in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-03.html">December 3, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms00699">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, Ga. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Herbert Prouty (1862-1918) — also known as George H. Prouty — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-04.html">March 4, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1896-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a>, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1906-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1908-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/VT.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Killed when the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a> in which he was riding was hit by a train, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">dense fog</a>, at a grade crossing near Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-19.html">August 19, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-buried.html#cms08210">East Main Street Cemetery</a>, Newport, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#140.00.28">John Azro Prouty</a> and Hannah Barker (Lamb) Prouty; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#800.39.64">Charles Azro Prouty</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-01.html">December 1, 1890</a>, to Henrietta 'Nettie' Allen; half-uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#160.33.72">Winston Lewis Prouty</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#454.45.20">Carlton Prouty</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17443.html">Prouty family</a> of Newport, Vermont.</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://www.nga.org/governor/george-prouty/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George H. Prouty">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13147615">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> Stanley Eyre Bowdle (1868-1919) — also known as Stanley E. Bowdle — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-04.html">September 4, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a>, 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OH.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Struck by an automobile</a> while getting off a streetcar, and died a few hours later, in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-06.html">April 6, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 214 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 Daniel D. Bowdle and Ellen E. (Doran) Bowdle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-29.html">November 29, 1900</a>, to Lillian Crane Scott; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#219.29.51">Thomas Lawrence Eyre</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#162.84.21">Joseph Larkin Eyre</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13551.html">Eyre family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania.</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=B000679">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401641">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> James Franklin Hanly (1863-1920) — also known as J. Frank Hanly — of Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WN-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ind.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born near St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-04.html">April 4, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood9.html#791.72.87">Will R. Wood</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IN.html">1908</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1916. Killed, along with two friends, in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile</a>-train accident near Dennison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-died.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-01.html">August 1, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WN-buried.html#cms03572">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Williamsport, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elijah Hanly and Anna E. (Calton) Hanly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-03.html">December 3, 1881</a>, to Eva A. Simmer.</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=H000159">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405041">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-frank-hanly/">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> John Powell Irish (1843-1923) — also known as John P. Irish — of Iowa City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Iowa; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Iowa City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JO-born.html">Johnson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-01.html">January 1, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1869-72; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IA.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/speakers.html">speaker</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 3rd District, 1890; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> while trying to board a moving streetcar, in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/10-06.html">October 6, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 278 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-08.html">November 8, 1875</a>, to Anna McClellan.</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 Marsh Long (1863-1925) — also known as George M. Long — of Pompeii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Born in Pompeii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-01.html">December 1, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gratiot County, 1923-24; defeated, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Killed, along with his wife and three young girls, when his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car collided</a> with an interurban, at Springer's Crossing, Vevay Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-18.html">October 18, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 321 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-buried.html# ">Fulton Center Cemetery</a>, Perrinton, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16449180">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> Thomas William Crawford (1863-1928) — also known as Tom Crawford — of Silvis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill. Born in Montreal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/03-15.html">March 15, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad shop foreman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/silvis.html">mayor of Silvis, Ill.</a>, 1911-13. Struck by a train and killed, in Silvis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-died.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-18.html">June 18, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-buried.html#cms07701">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Moline, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Adeline Blanche Schryver.</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/27620569">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/album/index.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/303/64.59.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Victor L. Berger"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Victor Luitpold Berger (1860-1929) — also known as Victor L. Berger — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Nieder-Rehbach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-born.html">Austria</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/02-28.html">February 28, 1860</a>. Socialist. Emigrated to the United States in 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1911-13, 1919, 1923-29; defeated, 1904, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1918; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1927-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Typographical Union</a>. He and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#554.09.01">Eugene V. Debs</a> founded the Socialist Party. He <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">opposed</a> U.S. entry into World War I; in Chicago in 1918, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> under the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">Espionage Act</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to twenty years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; elected to Congress anyway, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">denied a seat</a> in 1919-21 to to alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">disloyalty</a>. In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction; the cases against him were withdrawn; he resumed his seat in Congress in 1923. Injured in a streetcar accident, and subsequently died, in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-07.html">August 7, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-buried.html#cms00501">Forest Home Cemetery</a>, Milwaukee, 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 Ignatz Berger and Julia Berger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-04.html">December 4, 1897</a>, to Meta Schlicting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#088.20.46">William F. Kruse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#712.70.44">Adolph Germer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#229.18.55">J. Louis Engdahl</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#474.61.81">Irwin St. John Tucker</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=B000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401395">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor L. Berger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/380/000167876">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/87">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: Marxists Internet Archive</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 H. Manly (1843-1930) — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/index.html">1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-officials.html">Washtenaw County Register of Deeds</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1887-88; defeated, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1890-91. Hit by a train and killed, in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00488">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) — also known as R. N. Lower — of Longwood Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OL-born.html">Oldham County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-15.html">January 15, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 15th District, 1925-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>. Struck by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/rr-stations.html">railroad station</a>, in Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-died.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-29.html">March 29, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-buried.html#cms08058">Longwood Cemetery</a>, Longwood, 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">Relatives: Son of George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney (nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#128.82.44">James Peter Walker</a>); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-15.html">June 15, 1892</a>, to Anna Jane McChesney.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=55579&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2037385"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/015/84.80.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="James Weldon Johnson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known as James W. Johnson; James William Johnson — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-17.html">June 17, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Puerto Cabello</a>, 1906-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SN-consuls.html ">Dakar</a>, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html ">Corinto</a>, 1908-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-pi-phi.html">Sigma Pi Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-sigma.html">Phi Beta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which became known as the "Negro National Anthem". Killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a>-train collision, in Wiscasset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/06-26.html">June 26, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Grace Nail.</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 James W. Johnson (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1971) 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/James Weldon Johnson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/830/000101527">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6125709">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: U.S. postage stamp (1988)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/386/68.75.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="George Gilmour"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Gilmour (1872-1948) — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. He and his wife were killed when their <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a> was hit by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-died.html">Polk County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/03-12.html">March 12, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-buried.html#cms04462">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Fort Worth, 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: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-01.html">September 1, 1910</a>, to Nona Leach.</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/30082390">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: First Unitarian Society of Denver</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> Harold William Worzel (1901-1950) — also known as Harold W. Worzel — of Holbrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/08-10.html">August 10, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1948. Killed in a commuter train collision, on the Long Island Railroad, at Rockville Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-died.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/02-17.html">February 17, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-buried.html#cms07642">Union Cemetery</a>, Sayville, 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 George V. Worzel and Minnie Worzel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-27.html">December 27, 1926</a>, to Eleanor Katherine Acker.</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> Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) — also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap Lathrop — of Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska; Cordova, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/CG-lived.html">Chugach census area</a>, Alaska. Born in Lapeer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LP-born.html">Lapeer County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-05.html">October 5, 1865</a>. Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>, a chain of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/movie-theaters.html">movie theaters</a>, two <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio stations</a>, two <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banks</a>, and the Healy River <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal Company</a>; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50. Killed in a railroad accident, at Healy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/DN-died.html">Denali Borough</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-26.html">July 26, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 294 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eugene Vernon Lathrop and Sarah (Parsons) Lathrop; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin once removed of Alfred L. Lathrop (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#261.20.42">Barbara M. Lathrop</a>); second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#006.76.40">Jedediah Sabin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.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>).</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> Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) — also known as Henderson L. Lanham — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga. Born in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/09-14.html">September 14, 1888</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Floyd County, 1929-34, 1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/GA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 7th District, 1947-57; died in office 1957. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in a train collision with his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile</a> at a crossing in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-died.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-10.html">November 10, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-buried.html#cms00890">Myrtle Hill Cemetery</a>, Rome, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000077">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406586">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 W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-26.html">May 26, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 58th District, 1936-46; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the 20th century. Killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a>-train accident, in Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-14.html">June 14, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms04693">Eastern Cemetery</a>, Louisville, 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">Relatives: Son of Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-25.html">November 25, 1948</a>, to Victoria McCall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Champion of Rights and Justice. 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