Robert Mills

Robert Mills

male, deceased (1855)
Baptist, Unitarian, white house, architect, from South Carolina, Irish…Washington D.C., washingtonmonument
Robert Mills (August 2nd 1781; Charleston, South Carolina - March 3rd 1855; Washington D.C.) is sometimes called the first native born American to...
James K. Polk

James K. Polk

male, deceased (1849) (MECKLENBURG)
washingtonmonument, speaker of the house, American, treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, compromise of 1850, manifest destiny
Often referred to as the first "dark horse" President, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House, and the last strong...
Norman Mayer

Norman Mayer

male, deceased (1982)
brunei, activist, caribbean, United States Navy sailor, American terrorist, washingtonmonument
Norman David Mayer was an American anti-nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by the United States Park Police after threatening to blow...
Thomas Lincoln Casey

Thomas Lincoln Casey

male, deceased (1896)
United States Military Academy, mexican-american war, West Point graduate, library of congress, west point, fort knox…washingtonmonument
Thomas Lincoln Casey (May 10, 1831 - March 25, 1896) was born in Sackets Harbor, New York, was a soldier and engineer. He graduated first in his...
Gabby Street

Gabby Street

male, deceased (1951)
Vaudeville performer, Major League Baseball announcer, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, minor league baseball, from Alabama…Washington Senator, washingtonmonument
Charles Evard "Gabby" Street, also nicknamed "The Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach and radio broadcaster in Major League...
Morris Sheppard

Morris Sheppard

male, deceased (1941)
planet Mars, washingtonmonument, House of Representatives, democratic party, University of Texas at Austin, democratic
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875 - April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He was born in...
William Wetmore Story

William Wetmore Story

male, deceased (1895)
Stanford University, poet, sculptor, cleopatra, smithsonian institution, American…washingtonmonument
William Wetmore Story (February 12, 1819 - October 7, 1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor. He was the son of jurist Joseph...

William Frishmuth

male, deceased (1893)
Governor Curtin, War Department, United States Department of War, aluminum, washingtonmonument, foundry
William Frishmuth was a German-born American architect and metallurgist. William Frishmuth was born in Coburg, Germany in 1830. Aluminum is a metal...
Horatio Wright

Horatio Wright

male, deceased (1899)
United States Army general, Chief of Engineer, Brooklyn Bridge, Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Union Army, Union Army general…washingtonmonument
Horatio Gouverneur Wright (March 6, 1820 - July 2, 1899) was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the...