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Pages in category "American politicians who died by suicide" The following 184 pages are in this category, out of 184 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Donald R. Manes (/ ˈ m æ n ɪ s /, /-ə s /; January 18, 1934 – March 13, 1986) was a Democratic Party politician from New York City. He served as borough president of the New York City borough of Queens from 1971 until just before his suicide while under suspicion of corruption in 1986. [1]
1888: Frederick Federici had a heart attack as he descended through a trap door just after singing his last note as Mephistopheles in Gounod's opera Faust at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. 1897: Operatic bass Armand Castelmary died onstage at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House during a performance of Friedrich von Flotow's Martha. The ...
John Joseph Hall (born July 23, 1948) is an American musician, songwriter, politician, environmentalist, and community activist.He was elected to the legislature of Ulster County, New York, in 1989 and the Saugerties, New York Board of Education in 1991, and he was the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district, serving from 2007 to 2011.
Callahan was born in 1858 in New York City, New York.He attended public school there. [1]Callahan initially worked as a newsboy, then as a bartender. He later became a special policeman in Koster & Bial's Music Hall on 23rd Street, where he distinguished himself as a pugilist and became known as the "Bootsy," the music hall's bouncer.
New York (20th district) September 17, 1972 50 Throat cancer [131] New York City, New York: U.S. Bella Abzug: January 3, 1961 June 28, 1922 Albion, New York: 92nd (1971–1973) Nick Begich Democratic Alaska (at-large district) October 16, 1972 40 Presumably killed in plane crash: Alaska: U.S. Don Young: January 3, 1971 April 6, 1932 Eveleth ...
Richard P. Miller Jr., also known as Dick Miller, was an American business executive, academic administrator, and politician. He served as 9th president of Hartwick College from 2003 to 2008, and as mayor of Oneonta, New York from 2010 until his death in 2014.
A number of heads of state and heads of government have taken their own lives, either while in office or after leaving office.National leaders who take their own lives while in office generally do so because their leadership is somehow threatened – for instance, by a coup or an invading army.