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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians who died from Hunger or Thirst</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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Harris</b> — of Dillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, N.C. Born in Putnam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-11.html">September 11, 1853</a>. Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a>), Harris Granite <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Quarries</a>, and Harris-Woodbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Co.; president, Jackson County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NC.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NC.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NC.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NC.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NC.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NC.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NC.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NC.html">1936</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1904. Suffered a broken back, probably from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, was unable to eat, and died from <b>inanition</b>, in Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/02-14.html">February 14, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-buried.html#cms00551">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Asheville, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence Rust.</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/12141509">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>Thomas Yancey Williams (1866-1946)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster, Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-20.html">August 20, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; vice-president, Springs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton</a> Mills; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1896-1904, 1932-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1906-10. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a> and <b>malnutrition</b>, in Marion Sims Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-05.html">June 5, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-buried.html#cms01341">Westside Cemetery</a>, Lancaster, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Aurelius Williams and Sarah Amanda (Clyburn) Williams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-24.html">April 24, 1888</a>, to Leila Poore; married to Margaret Olive (Miller) Earle; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51987093">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>Howard Hearnes Carwile (1911-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Howard H. Carwile</b>; <b>"Howlin' Howard"</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CH-born.html">Charlotte County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-14.html">November 14, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1942 (5th District), 1944 (5th District), 1980 (3rd District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1945 (Independent), 1953 (Independent), 1957 (Democratic primary); Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1946, 1948; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Henrico County & Richmond city, 1974-75; defeated (Independent), 1947, 1975. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">sepsis</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">severe bedsores</a>, while suffering from <b>emaciation</b> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HC-died.html">Henrico County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/06-06.html">June 6, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html# ">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Willis Early Carwile and Allie Richardson (Taylor) Carwile; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-07.html">June 7, 1948</a>, to Violet Virginia Talley; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#234.15.84">Zachariah Williams Carwile</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#774.04.12">Preston Brooks Carwile</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#061.86.64">Jefferson Davis Carwile</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#329.22.51">Franklin Addison Carwile</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#298.77.68">Addison Brooks Carwile</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/41660.html">Carwile family</a> of South Carolina.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard Carwile">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139515033">Find-A-Grave memorial</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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