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"It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - The Cleveland Press, 3/1/21

The US hasn't hanged one yet but I live in hope.

Presidents killed by the incompetence of their doctors
George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy"
James Garfield - whose doctors contaminated his bullet wound so that he died of infection.

Assassinated presidents
Abraham Lincoln - assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
James Garfield - assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau
William McKinley - assassinated by Leon F. Czolgosz
John Kennedy - assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

Presidents who suffered attempted assassinations
Andrew Jackson - would-be assassin: Richard Lawrence (both derringers misfired)
Harry Truman - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to storm Blair House, residence of Truman
Gerald Ford - would be assassins: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, in two separate incidences
Ronald Reagan - shot and wounded by John W. Hinkley, Jr

US politicians assassinated

John Adam Treutlen (c.1730-1782) -- also known as John A. Treutlen -- Great-granduncle by marriage of Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton. Born in Germany. Governor of Georgia, 1777-78. Murdered, in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, S.C., in the spring of 1782. Burial location unknown. Treutlen County, Ga. is named for him.
George Wythe (1726-1806) Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now Hampton, Va.), 1726. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1758-68; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge, 1777; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788. Episcopalian. Apparently murdered -- poisoned by his grandnephew -- and died two weeks later, in Richmond, Va., June 8, 1806. Interment at St. John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va. Wythe County, Va. is named for him. See also: congressional biography.
David Ramsay (1749-1815) Brother of Nathaniel Ramsey. Born in Dunmore, Lancaster County, Pa., April 2, 1749. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782; member of South Carolina state senate. Shot by a maniac, and died two days later, in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., May 8, 1815. Burial location unknown. See also: congressional biography.
Thomas K. Harris (c.1777-1816) Born in Tennessee. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state senate, 1809-11; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15. Died from wounds received in an encounter with Col. John Simpson, on the old Kentucky Road at Shells Ford of Collins River, near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., March 18, 1816. Burial location unknown. See also: congressional biography.
Solomon P. Sharp (1780-1825) Born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., 1780. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1809; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815-17); Kentucky state attorney general, 1821-25. Stabbed to death, by Jereboam O. Beauchamp, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., November 7, 1825. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. See also: congressional biography.
Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) Born near Williamsboro, Vance County, N.C. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1826, 1834-35; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1840-42; died in office 1842. Resigned from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming two men in a jealous rage; convicted, and sentenced to six months in prison. Expelled in 1835 from the North Carolina House for "cheating at cards". Shot and killed by members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison County (now Marion County), Tex., March 2, 1842. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in 1928 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Potter County, Tex. is named for him. See also: congressional biography.
William Hester Patton (1808-1842) Born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., 1808. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38. Murdered, June 12, 1842. Burial location unknown.
John M. Hansford (c.1800-1844) Member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1838-40; judge of Texas Republic, 1840-42. Resigned as judge in 1842 while being impeached over his handling of a trial arising out of the "Regulator-Moderator War" in East Texas. Killed by members of the Regulators who had seized his home, in Texas, 1844. Burial location unknown. Hansford County, Tex. is named for him.
John G. Chalmers (1801-1847) Born in Halifax County, Va., 1801. Member of Virginia state legislature; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841. Stabbed during a fight with Joshua Holden, and died soon soon after, January 1, 1847. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-1857) Born in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., June 27, 1805. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1855; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1857; died in office 1857. Presumed to have been deliberately poisoned at a banquet during the inauguration of President James Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, at Danville, Montour County, Pa., April 24, 1857. Interment at Episcopal Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. See also: congressional biography.
John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) -- also known as John A. Quitman -- Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 1, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi state senate, 1835-36; Governor of Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge, 1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848, 1856; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in office 1858. Presumed to have been deliberately poisoned at a banquet during the inauguration of President James Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams County, Miss., July 17, 1858. Interment at Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. See also: congressional biography.
Philip Barton Key (1818-1859) Grandnephew of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); nephew of Roger Brooke Taney; son of Francis Scott Key; brother-in-law of George Hunt Pendleton. Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 5, 1818. U.S. District Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1853-59; died in office 1859. Shot and killed by Daniel E. Sickles, his lover's husband, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C., February 27, 1859. Interment at Westminster Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md.
David Fullerton Robison (1816-1859) Nephew of David Fullerton. Born near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., May 28, 1816. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1855-57. Presumed to have been deliberately poisoned at a banquet during the inauguration of President James Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, at Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa., June 24, 1859. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Pa. See also: congressional biography.
Robert Simpson Neighbors (1815-1859) Born in Virginia, November 3, 1815. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1852-53. Shot and killed by Edward Cornett, at Fort Belknap (now Belknap), Young County, Tex., September 14, 1859. Interment at Fort Belknap Civilian Cemetery, Belknap, Tex.
Thomas Johnson (1802-1865) Born in 1802. Member of Kansas territorial legislature, 1855. Robbed and murdered, 1865. Burial location unknown. Johnson County, Kan. is named for him.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) -- also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe" -- Grandnephew by marriage of David Rittenhouse Porter; father of Robert Todd Lincoln. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (now Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858; President of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865. His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House, across the street, the following day, April 15, 1865. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are named for him. See also: congressional biography. Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln; George Anastaplo, Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography; G. S. Boritt, ed., The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon; Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print).
Aaron H. Conrow (1824-1865) Born near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 19, 1824. State court judge; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Delegate from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Killed by bandits in Mexico, August 15, 1865. Interment at Shotwell Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
Caleb Claiborne Herbert (c.1814-1867) Born in Goochland County, Va. Member of Texas state senate, 1857-59; Representative from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Shot to death outside a saloon in Columbus, Colorado County, Tex., July 5, 1867. Interment in private or family graveyard.
Cornelius Springer Hamilton (1821-1867) of Union County, Ohio. Born in Gratiot, Muskingum County, Ohio, January 2, 1821. Republican. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Union County, 1850-51; member of Ohio state senate, 1856-57; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1867; died in office 1867. Killed by his insane son, in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, December 22, 1867. Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Carmichael Hindman (1828-1868) Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., January 28, 1828. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1852; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1859-61; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Assassinated in Helena, Phillips County, Ark., September 27, 1868. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Helena, Ark. See also: congressional biography.
James Hinds (1833-1868) Born near Salem, Washington County, N.Y., December 5, 1833. Republican. U.S. Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1868; died in office 1868. Assassinated near Indian Bay, Monroe County, Ark., October 22, 1868. Interment somewhere in East Norwich, Long Island, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Haughey (1826-1869) Born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1826. Republican. U.S. Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1868-69; died in office 1869. Assassinated while making a political speech in Courtland, Lawrence County, Ala., 1869. Interment at Green Cemetery, Pinson, Ala. See also: congressional biography.
John Huyler (1808-1870) of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1808. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1849-51; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1851; Judge, New Jersey Court of Appeals, 1854-57; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860. Assassinated in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., January 9, 1870. Interment at New York Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J. See also: congressional biography.
Edward Dexter Holbrook (1836-1870) -- also known as Edward D. Holbrook -- of Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho. Born in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, May 6, 1836. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1865-69. Censured by the House of Representatives in 1869 for use of unparliamentary language. Shot by Charles H. Douglas, and died from his wounds the next day, in Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho, June 18, 1870. Interment at Masonic Burial Ground, Idaho City, Idaho. See also: congressional biography.
Lewis Holmes Kenan (1833-1871) Grandnephew of Willis Alston; nephew of Augustus A. Alston; son of Augustus Holmes Kenan; first cousin of Robert A. Alston. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1833. Member of Georgia state senate 20th District, 1867-68. Shot to death in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1871. Interment somewhere in Milledgeville, Ga.
James Holt Clanton (1827-1871) Born in 1827. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama state house of representatives; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Assassinated by a man who provoked a quarrel with him, in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., September 27, 1871. Burial location unknown.
Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) Born in Mississippi, 1825. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1869. Methodist. Shot and killed while getting off his horse in front of a boarding house in Escatawpa, Washington County, Ala., 1872. Interment at Old Escatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala.
George Thomas Lightfoot (c.1836-1872) of Bolivar County, Miss. Born in Tennessee. Lawyer; probate judge, 1860-66. Served as special judge in a murder trial; sentenced a man to be hanged; someone aggrieved by the verdict shot and killed him while he was returning home, near Beulah, Bolivar County, Miss., spring of 1872. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Bolivar County, Miss.
J. Goldsteen Dupree (d. 1873) of Montgomery County, Tex. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1870. Black. Allegedly killed by white vigilantes who opposed his campaigning for Gov. Edmund J. Davis in 1873. Burial location unknown.
Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 26, 1837. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Member, Freemasons. Shot and killed by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at a saloon in Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September 11, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. McCook County, S.Dak. is named for him.
Harvey Myers (1828-1874) Born February 10, 1828. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872. Shot to death by Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorce case, in the Stevenson & Myers law office, Greer Building, Covington, Kenton County, Ky., March 28, 1874. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
Robert A. Alston (1832-1879) Grandnephew of Willis Alston; nephew of Augustus A. Alston and Thomas Coke Howard; first cousin of Lewis Holmes Kenan. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1832. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879. Died in a gunfight in the Georgia state capitol building, Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., 1879. Interment at Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) Born in Scott County, Va., May 20, 1820. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1847, 1860; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; state court judge, 1868-74; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1876-79; died in office 1879. Shot and killed by Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the Capitol Hotel, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., March 26, 1879. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. Elliott County, Ky. is named for him. See also: congressional biography.
John Strong, Sr. (1798-1881) of Greenfield Township (now Detroit), Wayne County, Mich. Father of John Strong, Jr.; grandfather of John Strong Haggerty. Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire, England, November 26, 1798. Democrat. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36. Episcopalian. Attacked by a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, in Greenfield Township (now Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., February 23, 1881. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) -- also known as James A. Garfield -- of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Father of James Rudolph Garfield. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Republican. College professor; member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects of the wound, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him. See also: congressional biography. Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Alonzo William Slayback (1838-1882) -- also known as Alonzo W. Slayback -- of St. Louis, Mo. Born July 4, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876; candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1876. Member, Elks. Shot and killed by John Cockerill, editor of the Post-Dispatch newspaper, in St. Louis, Mo., October 13, 1882. Cockerill pleaded self-defense and was not indicted by the grand jury. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
Henry Cooper (1827-1884) Brother of Edmund Cooper. Born in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., August 22, 1827. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1853; state court judge, 1862; member of Tennessee state senate, 1869; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1871-77. Killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo, Mexico, February 3, 1884. Interment somewhere in Mexico; cenotaph at City Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tenn. See also: congressional biography.
William Wirt Adams (1819-1888) Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., March 22, 1819. Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1858; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed in a street encounter with John Martin, a newspaper editor with whom he had quarreled, in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., May 1, 1888. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.; cenotaph at Confederate Cemetery, Okolona, Miss.
William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) -- also known as W. Cassius Goodloe -- of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in 1841. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868, 1872, 1884; member of Republican National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80. Member, Loyal Legion. Shot and killed in a violent encounter at the Post Office, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1889. Burial location unknown.
David Smith Terry (1823-1889) -- also known as David S. Terry -- of San Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin County, Calif. Born in Christian County (now Todd County), Ky., March 8, 1823. Justice of California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; delegate to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79. Killed U.S. Senator David Broderick in a duel near San Francisco in 1859; tried and acquitted for murder. Shot and killed by the bodyguard of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field, whom he had confronted and slapped, in the train station restaurant at Lathrop, San Joaquin County, Calif., August 14, 1889. Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) Born in Morgan County, Ky., October 22, 1851. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89. Shot by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had quarreled, at the U.S. Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1890. Interment in private or family graveyard. See also: congressional biography.
Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Grandnephew of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin once removed of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin of John Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); father of Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin thrice removed of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 15, 1825. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1884. Shot and killed at his home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 28, 1893. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. See also: congressional biography.
William H. Mattox (1836-1900) of Elbert County, Ga. Son-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen. Born in Elbert County, Ga., 1836. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1865-66; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia state senate, 1880-81. Shot to death in gunfight with his son-in-law, in Elbert County, Ga., 1900. Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
William J. Goebel (1856-1900) Brother of Justus Goebel. Born in Sullivan County, Pa., January 4, 1856. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state senate, 1887-1900; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900. In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political quarrel; never tried. While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and mortally wounded in front of the old Kentucky State Capitol; he was declared elected and sworn in as Governor before he died four days later, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., February 3, 1900. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Old State Capitol Grounds, Frankfort, Ky.
William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) -- also known as "Idol of Ohio" -- of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from about 1928 until 1946. Shot by Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901. Interment at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio. McKinley County, N.M. is named for him. See also: congressional biography. Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley.
James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) Nephew by marriage of Thomas Frazier Hargis. Born January 9, 1858. Republican. Kentucky Republican state chair, 1903. Shot and killed by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judge James H. Hargis, on the steps of the Breathitt County Courthouse, Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., May 4, 1903. Interment at Sewell Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) -- also known as Andrew H. Green; "Father of Greater New York"; "Handy Andy" -- of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., October 6, 1820. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894. Protestant. Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara State Preserve (first state park in the U.S.); led crusade to consolidate the five boroughs into today's New York City; helped create the New York Public Library, the Bronx Zoo, and other cultural institutions. Shot and killed, by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home, on Park Avenue, New York, New York County, N.Y., November 13, 1903. Interment at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
Charles Harmon Kungle (1829-1904) -- also known as Charles H. Kungle -- of Yuba County, Calif. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., December 19, 1829. Member of California state assembly 15th District, 1860-62. Murdered on a mining claim, near Carson City (unknown county), Nev., November 15, 1904. Burial location unknown.
Jose Francisco Chaves (1833-1904) -- also known as J. Francisco Chaves -- of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Los Padillas, Bernalillo County, N.M., June 27, 1833. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1865-67, 1869-71; delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889; New Mexico superintendent of public instruction, 1903-04; died in office 1904. Assassinated in Pinoswells (unknown county), N.M., November 26, 1904. Interment at National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. See also: congressional biography.
John McPherson Pinckney (1845-1905) Born near Hempstead, Grimes County, Tex., May 4, 1845. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; state court judge, 1900-03; U.S. Representative from Texas 8th District, 1903-05; died in office 1905. Assaulted and killed at a meeting of the Waller County Prohibition League, Hempstead, Waller County, Tex., April 24, 1905. Interment at City Cemetery, Hempstead, Tex. See also: congressional biography.
Frank Steunenberg (1861-1905) of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho. Born August 8, 1861. Governor of Idaho, 1897-1901. Murdered by a bomb wired to his front yard gate, in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, December 30, 1905. Interment at Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho.
Arthur Brown (1843-1906) Born near Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., March 8, 1843. Republican. U.S. Senator from Utah, 1896-97. Shot and killed by a woman who claimed to be the mother of his children, in Washington, D.C., December 12, 1906. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. See also: congressional biography.
James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) -- also known as James H. Hargis; "Big Jim" -- of Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky. Grandnephew of John Louis Hargis; son of John Seldon Hargis; first cousin of Thomas Frazier Hargis; brother of Alexander Hamilton Hargis. Born in Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., October 13, 1862. Democrat. County judge; member of Kentucky Democratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907. Tried and acquitted for the 1902-03 murders of J. B. Marcum and two others, but found liable for plotting the killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving family members. Shot and killed by his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers general store, Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., February 6, 1908. Interment at Hargis Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., November 5, 1858. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1884; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1897-1901; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1901-07; candidate for Governor of Tennessee, 1908. Member, Freemasons. Assassinated in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., November 9, 1908. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn. See also: congressional biography.
William Jay Gaynor (1848-1913) Born in 1848. Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1893; mayor of New York, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913. Shot in the throat by a deranged city employee in 1910; died from the lingering effects of the wound, September 10, 1913. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
John Schuyler Crosby (1839-1914) Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 19, 1839. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Montana Territory, 1883-84. Attacked and beaten by a deranged servant, and died as a result, in Newport, Newport County, R.I., August 8, 1914. Burial location unknown.
David Fulton Rice (1889-1929) of Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. Born near Exline, Appanoose County, Iowa, September 13, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Shot and killed by a disgruntled law client, George Domyancich, as he was leaving the Appanoose County Courthouse, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, February 28, 1929. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
S. S. Mincey (d. 1930) of Ailey, Montgomery County, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1920. Black. Taken from his home by a group of Ku Klux Klan members, and lynched, in Uvalda, Montgomery County, Ga., July 29, 1930. Interment at Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Ailey, Ga.
Anton Joseph Cermak (1873-1933) -- also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart Tony" -- of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Father-in-law of Otto Kerner, Jr.. Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), May 9, 1873. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933. Shot and mortally wounded, by Guiseppe Zangara, in what may have been an assassination attempt against president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, and died, in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., March 6, 1933. Interment at Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) -- also known as Huey P. Long; "The Kingfish" -- Brother of George Shannon Long and Earl Kemp Long; husband of Rose McConnell Long; brother-in-law of Blanche Revere Long; father of Russell Billiu Long; cousin of Gillis William Long and Speedy Oteria Long. Born near Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August 30, 1893. Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic National Committee from Louisiana, 1928-35; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935. Impeached by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate. Shot, apparently by Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the scene), in the Louisiana State Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., September 10, 1935. Interment at State Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La. See also: congressional biography. Books by Huey P. Long: Every Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long; Books about Huey Long: T. Harry Williams, Huey Long.
Henry H. Denhardt (1876-1937) Born in Warren County, Ky., 1876. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27. Shot and injured on Election Day 1931. After his girlfriend was killed in November 1936, he was charged with murder and tried in LaGrange, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict. Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot to death, at the Armstrong Hotel, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., September 20, 1937. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) -- also known as Warren G. Hooper -- of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Great-great-grandson of William Hooper. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 2, 1904. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District, 1939-44; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. During a grand jury investigation, admitted to taking bribes and agreed to testify against others; however, before that could happen, he was shot and killed in his car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson County, Mich., January 11, 1945. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
Allison D. Wade (d. 1954) of Warren, Warren County, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944; county judge, 1954. Shot to death in his courtroom by Norman W. Moon, in the Warren County Courthouse, Warren, Warren County, Pa., January 13, 1954. Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentence was commuted to a mental institution by Gov. George Leader, and then to life imprisonment. Burial location unknown.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) -- also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K." -- of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy; brother-in-law of Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Robert Francis Kennedy, Edward Moore Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith; his step-father-in-law married the mother of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr.; uncle of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; President of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Received a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his book Profiles in Courage; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. His portrait appears on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 22, 1963. Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. See also: congressional biography. Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles in Courage; Books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot.
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) -- also known as Robert F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy; "R.F.K." -- of Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy; brother-in-law of Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Edward Moore Kennedy and Jean Kennedy Smith; father of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Joseph Patrick Kennedy II; father-in-law of Andrew Cuomo; uncle of Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1925. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960; U.S. Attorney General, 1961-64; U.S. Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. On June 5, 1968, while running for president, having just won the California presidential primary, was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, in the Ambassador Hotel, and died the next day in Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 6, 1968. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. See also: congressional biography. Books about Robert F. Kennedy: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times; Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy : His Life; Joseph A. Palermo, In His Own Right.
John Gordon Mein (1913-1968) of Maryland. Born in Cadiz, Trigg County, Ky., September 10, 1913. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68; died in office 1968. Assassinated in Guatamala, August 28, 1968. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Leon M. Jordan (1905-1970) Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 6, 1905. Police officer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1964-70; died in office 1970. Black. During his campaign for re-election, was shot and killed while leaving the Green Duck Tavern, which he owned and operated, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., July 15, 1970. Burial location unknown.
Cleo Allen Noel, Jr. (1918-1973) -- also known as Cleo A. Noel, Jr. -- Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., August 6, 1918. U.S. Ambassador to the Sudan, 1972-73; died in office 1973. Assassinated in Sudan, March 2, 1973. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Rodger Paul Davies (1921-1974) Born in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., May 7, 1921. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974; died in office 1974. Assassinated in Cyprus, August 19, 1974. Interment at Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
Francis Edward Meloy, Jr. (1917-1976) -- also known as Francis E. Meloy, Jr. -- of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., March 28, 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 1969-73; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1973-76; U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, 1976; died in office 1976. Assassinated in Beirut, Lebanon, June 16, 1976. Burial location unknown.
Leo Joseph Ryan (1925-1978) Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., May 5, 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of South San Francisco, Calif., 1962; member of California state assembly, 1963-73; U.S. Representative from California 11th District, 1973-78; died in office 1978. Killed by followers of Jim Jones' People's Temple cult,in an ambush at the dirt airstrip of Port Kaituma, Guyana, November 18, 1978. Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif. See also: congressional biography.
George Moscone (1929-1978) of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., November 24, 1929. Member of California state senate; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978. Shot to death, along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in San Francisco, Calif., November 27, 1978. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
Adolph Dubs (1920-1979) of Maryland. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 4, 1920. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79; died in office 1979. Assassinated in Afghanistan, February 14, 1979. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) -- also known as Allard Lowenstein -- of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 16, 1929. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960 (alternate), 1972; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71. Jewish. Shot to death by Dennis Sweeney, in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 14, 1980. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. See also: congressional biography.
Marion Price Daniel, Jr. (1941-1981) Great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Houston; son of Marion Price Daniel. Born June 8, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1969-78; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1973; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; candidate in primary for Texas state attorney general, 1978. Shot by his second wife, Vickie Loretha Carroll, and died January 19, 1981. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
Lawrence Patton McDonald (1935-1983) -- also known as Larry McDonald -- 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 Korean Airlines jet on which he was a passenger was shot down by the Soviet military, At Sea over the Sea of Japan on September 1, 1983; his remains were never recovered. See also: congressional biography.
Arnold Lewis Raphel (1943-1988) -- also known as Arnold L. Raphel -- Born in 1943. 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. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Tommy Burks (1940-1998) of near Monterey, Putnam County, Tenn. Husband of Charlotte Gentry Burks. Born in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tenn., May 22, 1940. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1970-78; member of Tennessee state senate, 1978-98; died in office 1998. Church of Christ. Member, Farm Bureau; Lions. Shot to death in his pickup truck, apparently by his opponent for re-election, Byron Low Tax Looper, near Monterey, Cumberland County, Tenn., October 19, 1998. Interment at Crestlawn Memorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
Jasper Baxter (c.1956-2001) of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Black. Twice a candidate for Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 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 thousands, in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 11, 2001. Burial location unknown.