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John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Son of James Mitchel and Mary (Purroy) Mitchel.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of George
V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1913; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated in primary, 1917; on
April 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he was shot
at by an M. P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet
missed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's
Corporation Counsel.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed in a plane crash during World War
I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood, Calcasieu
Parish, La., July 6,
1918 (age 38 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Maurice Connolly (1877-1921) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, March 13,
1877.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1913-15; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Member, Elks.
Died in an airplane accident near Indian Head, Charles
County, Md., May 28,
1921 (age 44 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) —
also known as Thaddeus C. Sweet —
of Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Phoenix, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
16, 1872.
Son of Anthony Wayne Sweet and Sarah Elizabeth (Campbell) Sweet.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died in
office 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
The Sweet Memorial Building (village hall), in Phoenix, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died as result of an airplane accident in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., May 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 167
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y.
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William Kirk Kaynor (1884-1929) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Sanborn, O'Brien
County, Iowa, November
29, 1884.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1929; died in
office 1929.
Killed in the crash of a military plane, shortly after takeoff
from the Bolling Field air
base, Anacostia, Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1929 (age 45 years, 21
days); it was his first time in an airplane.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) —
also known as Bronson M. Cutting —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oakdale, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23,
1888.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in an airplane crash, near Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo., May 6,
1935 (age 46 years, 317
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) —
also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen
Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born near Ringebu, Norway,
August
28, 1884.
Republican. Farmer; rancher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of North
Dakota state senate; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1937-38.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in an airplane crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1938
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., 1878.
Son of Rev. Charles H. Lundeen and Christina (Peterson) Lundeen.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota state legislature; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash of a
Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from Washington
to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) —
also known as William D. Byron —
of Williamsport, Washington
County, Md.
Born in Danville,
Va., May 15,
1895.
Son of Col. Joseph C. Byron and Jane (Wilson) Byron.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Williamsport, Md., 1926-30; member of Maryland
state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Killed in an airplane crash at Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Ga., February
27, 1941 (age 45 years, 288
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williamsport, Md.
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William Herbert Murphy (1889-1942) —
Born in Berlin, Germany,
April
11, 1889.
Son of George
Herbert Murphy and Margarethe Schmidt Murphy.
Electrical
engineer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Coburg, 1914; served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Freemasons.
While flying a reconnaissance mission, his plane was shot
down over Surabaya, Indonesia,
February
3, 1942 (age 52 years, 298
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Married to Catharine Probey. |
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William Dee Becker (1876-1943) —
also known as William D. Becker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
23, 1876.
Son of John Philip Becker and Anna A. (Cammann) Becker.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1916-40; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Was a passenger in an experimental Army glider, towed by an airplane;
the glider's wings suddenly fell off, and it crashed at
Lambert-St. Louis Airfield,
St. Louis
County, Mo., August 1,
1943 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John William Ditter (1888-1943) —
also known as J. William Ditter —
of Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
5, 1888.
Son of George Ditter and Elizabeth (Weissgerber) Ditter.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1933-43; died in
office 1943.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Rotary.
Died in an airplane crash near Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
21, 1943 (age 55 years, 77
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Cemetery, Prospectville, Pa.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915-1944) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in 1915.
Son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr..
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Catholic.
Killed
when his Liberator bomber exploded,
over the English
Channel, August
12, 1944 (age about 29
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Conover Nichols (1896-1945) —
also known as Jack Nichols —
of Eufaula, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., August
31, 1896.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1935-43.
Died in an airplane crash at Asmara, Eritrea,
November
7, 1945 (age 49 years, 68
days).
Original interment at United
States Military Cemetery, Asmara, Eritrea; reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Eufaula, Okla.
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Earl Wilcox Snell (1895-1947) —
also known as Earl Snell —
of Arlington, Gilliam
County, Ore.
Born near Olex, Gilliam
County, Ore., July 11,
1895.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Oregon, 1935-43; Governor of
Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting
trip, along with Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell, Jr. and State Senate President Marshall
E. Cornett, was killed when the small plane crashed in stormy
weather near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age 52 years, 109
days).
Interment at Belcrest
Memorial Park, Salem, Ore.
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Robert S. Farrell, Jr. (c.1906-1947) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born about 1906.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,
1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Oregon, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting
trip, along with Gov. Earl
Snell and State Senate President Marshall
E. Cornett, was killed when the small plane crashed in stormy
weather, near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age about 41
years).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Marshall E. Cornett (c.1899-1947) —
of Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore.
Born about 1899.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1944;
member of Oregon
state senate, 1947; died in office 1947.
While flying to southern Oregon on a hunting
trip, along with Gov. Earl
Snell and Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell, Jr. was killed with the small plane crashed in
stormy
weather, near Dog Lake, Lake
County, Ore., October
28, 1947 (age about 48
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lewis Coffey, Jr. (1918-1949) —
also known as Robert L. Coffey, Jr. —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
21, 1918.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1949; died in
office 1949.
Died in an airplane accident in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., April 20,
1949 (age 30 years, 181
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Joseph Bates (1891-1949) —
also known as George J. Bates —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., February
25, 1891.
Son of Thomas F. Bates and Annie (Burns) Bates.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-24; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1924-37; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1937-49; died in
office 1949.
Killed in an airplane collision between an Eastern Air Lines
DC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane
purchased by Bolivia, near Washington National Airport,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 58 years, 249
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Michael Joseph Kennedy (1897-1949) —
also known as Michael J. Kennedy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
25, 1897.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940;
leader of
New York County Democratic Party, 1942.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Killed in an airplane collision between an Eastern Air Lines
DC-4 passenger airliner and a war surplus P-38 fighter plane
purchased by Bolivia, near Washington National Airport,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
1, 1949 (age 52 years, 7
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950) —
also known as Laurence A. Steinhardt —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1933-37; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1937-39; Soviet Union, 1939-41; Turkey, 1942-45; Czechoslovakia, 1945-48; Canada, 1948-50, died in office 1950.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in a plane crash near Ramsayville, Ontario,
March
28, 1950 (age 57 years, 173
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Edward E. Chase (d. 1953) —
of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland
County, 1933; member of Maine
state house of representatives; member of Maine
state senate, 1953; died in office 1953.
Killed in an airplane explosion
and crash, along with former Governor William
Tudor Gardiner, in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kimber Cornellus Sigler (1894-1953) —
also known as Kim Sigler; "The White
Knight" —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Schuyler, Colfax
County, Neb., May 2,
1894.
Democratic candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1928; candidate in Republican primary for
Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1942; Governor of
Michigan, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1948; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Member, Rotary.
While flying his airplane on a foggy
night, collided with a television broadcast tower; he and
three passengers died in the crash, near Augusta, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., November
30, 1953 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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Donald Grant Nutter (1915-1962) —
also known as Donald G. Nutter —
of Montana.
Born November
28, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Montana
Republican state chair, 1958-60; Governor of
Montana, 1961-62; died in office 1962.
En route from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with five
others, when the twin-engine C-47 plane crashed into a
mountain and burned,
during a snowstorm,
near Wolf Creek, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., January
25, 1962 (age 46 years, 58
days).
Interment at Sidney
City Cemetery, Sidney, Mont.
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Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916-1962) —
of California.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
28, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1959-62; defeated,
1956; died in office 1962.
Died in the crash of a twin-engine private plane, near Eureka,
Humboldt
County, Calif., October
7, 1962 (age 45 years, 344
days).
Interment at Point
Reyes National Seashore Park, Point Reyes, Calif.
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de Lesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964) —
also known as de Lesseps S. Morrison;
"Chep" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born January
18, 1912.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1946-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate).
Killed in a plane crash in Mexico,
May
22, 1964 (age 52 years, 125
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Epitaph: "The
hope of mankind lies in the hands of youth and
action." |
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Charles Herndon (d. 1966) —
of Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho 1966, but died before election.
Died in a plane crash, 1966.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Edwin Alessandroni (1914-1966) —
also known as Walter E. Alessandroni —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
27, 1914.
Son of Joseph Alessandroni and Sally Alessandroni.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1959-61; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1963-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was flying to a planned campaign
speech in a twin-engine Aztec plane, in rainy and
snowy weather, when the plane crashed near Connellsville,
Fayette
County, Pa., May 8,
1966 (age 51 years, 132
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1935
to Ethel Decius. |
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Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) —
also known as Leroy G. Augenstein —
of Holt, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., March 6,
1928.
Son of Roy H. Augenstein.
Republican. Biophysicist;
university
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Killed when his twin-engine plane crashed during the landing
approach to Beech Airport,
near Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
8, 1969 (age 41 years, 247
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane crash (age 58 years, 244
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) —
also known as Nick Begich —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry.
Begich Middle School in Anchorage is named for
him.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane crash (age 40 years, 193
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Washington Collins (1925-1972) —
also known as George W. Collins —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1970-72; died in
office 1972.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in an airplane crash during landing approach at Midway Airport,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
8, 1972 (age 47 years, 278
days).
Interment at Burr
Oak Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Jerry Lyle Pettis (1916-1975) —
also known as Jerry L. Pettis —
of Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 18,
1916.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California, 1967-75 (33rd District 1967-75,
37th District 1975); died in office 1975.
Seventh-Day
Adventist.
Died in a plane crash near Banning, Riverside
County, Calif., February
14, 1975 (age 58 years, 211
days).
Interment at Montecito
Memorial Park, Colton, Calif.
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Jerry Lon Litton (1937-1976) —
also known as Jerry Litton —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born near Lock Springs, Daviess
County, Mo., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1973-76; died in
office 1976.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
While running
for U.S. Senator, died in the crash of a private plane,
shortly after takeoff from the Municipal Airport,
Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., August 3,
1976 (age 39 years, 83
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Ralph Frederick Beermann (1912-1977) —
of Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.
Born near Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb., August
13, 1912.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1961-65 (3rd District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-65).
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died in an airplane crash at the Municipal Airport
in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
17, 1977 (age 64 years, 188
days).
Interment at Dakota
City Cemetery, Dakota City, Neb.
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Richard Dudley Obenshain (1935-1978) —
also known as Richard D. Obenshain —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
31, 1935.
Son of Samuel Shockley Obenshain (1904-2000; soil scientist) and
Josephine Mathews (Dudley) Obenshain.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1964; candidate for Virginia
state attorney general, 1969; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1972-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia 1978, but died before election.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Killed when his small plane crashed during a nighttime landing
at Chesterfield County Airport,
Chesterfield
County, Va., August 2,
1978 (age 42 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) —
also known as Larry McDonald —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 1,
1935.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1975-83; died in office
1983.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Killed when the Korean Airlines jet on which he was a
passenger was shot down
by the Soviet military, over the Sea of
Japan, September
1, 1983 (age 48 years, 153
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Jim Waltermire (1949-1988) —
of Montana.
Born in Choteau, Teton
County, Mont., February
15, 1949.
Secretary
of state of Montana, 1980-88; died in office 1988.
While returning from a campaign
appearance, was killed in a plane crash near Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., April 8,
1988 (age 39 years, 53
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) —
also known as Arnold L. Raphel —
of New Jersey.
Born in 1943.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88, died in office 1988.
Killed when a plane in which he was a passenger was blown up in
midair by terrorists,
near Bahawalpur, Pakistan,
August
17, 1988 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Thomas Leland (1944-1989) —
also known as Mickey Leland —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex., November
27, 1944.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1979-89; died in office
1989.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died in an airplane crash near Gambela, Ethiopia,
August
7, 1989 (age 44 years, 253
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Larkin I. Smith (1944-1989) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Mississippi, June 26,
1944.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1989; died in
office 1989.
Died in an airplane crash, August
13, 1989 (age 45 years, 48
days).
Interment at Floral
Hills Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Henry John Heinz III (1938-1991) —
also known as H. John Heinz III —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
23, 1938.
Son of Henry John Heinz II and Joan (Diehl) Heinz.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1971-77; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91; died in office 1991.
Died in the crash of a small plane at Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 4,
1991 (age 52 years, 163
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight
2311, two miles short of the runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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George Speaker Mickelson (1941-1993) —
of South Dakota.
Born January
31, 1941.
Son of George
Theodore Mickelson.
Republican. Governor of
South Dakota, 1987-93; died in office 1993; Presidential Elector
for South Dakota, 1992.
Died in a plane crash in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, April 19,
1993 (age 52 years, 78
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) —
also known as Ronald H. Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born August 1,
1941.
Democrat. Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1989-93; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Killed in a plane crash, during a storm, in
Croatia,
April
3, 1996 (age 54 years, 246
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Cecil Franklin Weeding (1934-1998) —
of Montana.
Born in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., February
16, 1934.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1970-72; member of Montana
state senate, 1985-94.
Killed in a plane crash near Lodge Pole, Blaine
County, Mont., April 6,
1998 (age 64 years, 49
days).
Interment at Butte
Creek Cemetery, Near Jordan, Garfield County, Mont.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999) —
also known as John F. Kennedy, Jr.;
"John-John"; "The American
Son" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1960.
Son of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy (1929-1994).
Democrat. Lawyer; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
founder, George magazine.
Catholic.
Killed, along with his wife and sister-in-law, in a plane
crash, near Martha's Vineyard, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, July 16,
1999 (age 38 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Grover C. Robinson III (c.1944-2000) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born about 1944.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1972-84.
Died in a helicopter crash at Lake Manapouri, New
Zealand, March 28,
2000 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Allgood, Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash of a single-engine airplane, during
takeoff from Daniel Field airport,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August 4,
2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Charles B. Yates (1939-2000) —
of Edgewater Park, Burlington
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1939.
Democrat. Business
executive; banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1970, 1974; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly 7th District, 1972-78; member of
New
Jersey state senate, 1978-82.
Killed, along with his family, in the crash of a small plane
he was piloting, at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 61 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Eugene Carnahan (1934-2000) —
also known as Mel Carnahan —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Born in Birch Tree, Shannon
County, Mo., February
11, 1934.
Son of Albert
Sidney Johnson Carnahan and Mary Kathel (Schupp) Carnahan.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Missouri, 1951-52; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1963-67;
Democratic candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1966, 1968 (primary); Missouri
state treasurer, 1981-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1989-93; Governor of
Missouri, 1993-2000; defeated in primary, 1984; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri; elected 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of the
Coif.
Died, in a plane crash while running
for U.S. Senator, October
16, 2000 (age 66 years, 248
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born January
28, 1957.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 186th District, 1986.
African
ancestry.
Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,
when an airliner hijacked by terrorists was deliberately
crashed into the building, causing an explosion,
fire, and
collapse
of the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 2001 (age 44 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) —
also known as Paul Wellstone; "Senator
Welfare" —
of Minnesota.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1944.
Son of Leon Wexelstein and Minnie (Danishevsky) Wexelstein.
College
professor; arrested
during a Vietnam War
protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested
again during a protest of
farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984;
candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and daughter,
near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002 (age 58 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Mary McEvoy (d. 2002) —
of Minnesota.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
2000.
Female.
Killed in a plane crash, near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and
convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct. The Anchorage airport is named for
him.
Killed in a plane crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August 9,
2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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