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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians who Died in Mayo Clinic hospitals</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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D. Davidson</b> — of Little Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MR-lived.html">Morrison County</a>, Minn.; Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Glencoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/05-18.html">May 18, 1853</a>. Republican. President, Canadian Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Company; vice-president, Columbia River <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Company; land commissioner, Canadian Northern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MN.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">acute stomach trouble</a>, in the <b>Mayo Clinic</b>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/04-22.html">April 22, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 340 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-buried.html#cms00466">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Duluth, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Davidson and Christina Davidson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SK-names.html">Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada</a> is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53203361">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Delmage Ross (1872-1939)</b> — also known as <b>J. D. Ross</b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-09.html">November 9, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">Electrical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; Seattle superintendent of lighting (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric power</a>), 1911-39; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-37; administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1937. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, following surgery for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">intestinal</a> ailments, in the <b>Mayo Clinic</b>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/03-14.html">March 14, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 125 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH-buried.html# ">Ross Family Burial Site</a>, Newhalem, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Alice M. Wilson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Ross, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH-names.html">Whatcom County, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Ross <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Dam</a> (built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH-names.html">Whatcom County, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Ross <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, a reservoir in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH-names.html">Whatcom County, Washington</a>, which also extends into <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-names.html">British Columbia, Canada</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS J. D. Ross</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; sold and renamed <i>SS Lampsis</i>; sank during a storm in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1966) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "J.D. Ross, one of the greatest Americans of our generation, was an outstanding mathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practical ability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion and successful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and lover and student of trees and flowers. His successful career and especially his long service in behalf of the public interest are worthy of study by every American boy."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Delmage Ross">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6289">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/195/49.81.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="E. W. Rowell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953)</b> — also known as <b>E. W. Rowell</b>; <b>"Bert"</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-29.html">March 29, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/casper.html">mayor of Casper, Wyo.</a>, 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1932. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, following surgery for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain tumor</a>, in the <b>Mayo Clinic</b>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/05-27.html">May 27, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 59 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-02.html">November 2, 1906</a>, to Daphne Cohen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/">1933</a> to Izetta mae Daugaard.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Casper (Wyoming) Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968)</b> — also known as <b>A. S. J. Carnahan</b> — of Ellsinore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CA-lived.html">Carter County</a>, Mo. Born near Ellsinore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CA-born.html">Carter County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-09.html">January 9, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61; defeated, 1942, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SL-diplomats.html ">Sierra Leone</a>, 1961-63. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in the <b>Mayo Clinic hospital</b>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/03-24.html">March 24, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CA-buried.html#cms02273">Carson Hill Cemetery</a>, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/">1925</a> to Kathel Schupp; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carmicle-carnes.html#078.72.06">Melvin Eugene Carnahan</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carmicle-carnes.html#332.95.04">Jean Anne Carpenter</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carmicle-carnes.html#190.28.41">John Russell Carnahan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carmicle-carnes.html#030.08.11">Robin Carnahan</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12093.html">Carnahan family</a> of St. Louis, Missouri.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000162">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402310">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/carnahan-albert-sidney-johnson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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