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American politicians who died by suicide

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James Forrestal

United States Navy officer and civil servant, Undersecretary of the Navy (1892-1949)

American politician (1939–1987)

American engineer, author and politician (1918-1993)

American politician, assassin of Moscone and Milk (1946-1985)

Thomas Jefferson Rusk

American politician (1803–1857)

Texan politician (1798-1858)

James Henry Lane

American Senator and Union Army general (1814–1866)

Justin Edward Fairfax was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second African American to be elected to statewide office in Virginia, after Douglas Wilder. In 2019, he faced sexual assault allegations dating to 2000 and 2004, resulting in his departure from his law firm and calls for his resignation as lieutenant governor. He served out the remainder of his term.

Robert M. La Follette Jr.

American politician (1895–1953)

William Knowland

United States Senator from California (1945–1959)

American politician (1892-1954)

John Gilbert Winant

American Republican politician and diplomat (1889-1947)

American politician

Forrest H. Anderson

American politician (1913-1989)

Edward Irving Edwards

New Jersey politician (1863-1931)

John Porter East

American politician (1931-1986)

Frank B. Brandegee

American politician (1864-1924)

Medill McCormick

American politician (1877-1925)

Ricardo Bordallo

American politician (1927-1990)

Robert Lee Henry

American politician (1864-1931)

Will Rogers, Jr.

American politician (1911–1993)

Martin Henry Glynn

American politician (1871-1924)

Thomas Reynolds

Governor of Missouri (1796-1844)

Jesse B. Thomas

American politician (1777-1853)

American politician (1927-2011)

Czech lexicographer and nationalist

George Washington Adams

American politician (1801-1829)

John Christopher Cutler

second Governor of Utah (1846-1928)

Richard W. Mallary

U.S. Representative from Vermont

Jack Z. Anderson

American politician (1904-1981)

U.S. Representative from California (1874-1921)

William Oswald Mills

American politician (1924-1973)

Charles Dunsmore Millard

American politician

Vincent Luke Palmisano

American politician (1882-1953)

Joseph Wilson Ervin

American politician (1901-1945)

Union Army officer (1838-1901)

Marion Zioncheck

Representative from Washington

James D. Johnson

American judge and lawyer (1924–2010)

Thomas McKee Bayne

Union United States Army officer and politician

American politician (1786-1834)

George P. Lawrence

American politician, Massachusetts (1859-1917)

William Byrd III

American politician (1728-1777)

Robert Adams, Jr.

American Republican politician (1849-1906)

Felix Grundy McConnell

American politician (1809-1846)

Harry E. Claiborne

American judge (1917–2004)

religious leader and Kentucky politician (1960-2017)

Damien Marchesseault

American mayor (1818-1868)

Michael D. Harter

American politician (1846-1896)

Joseph Ellicott

American judge (1760–1826)

American politician, diplomat and attorney

Naval officer and Governor of American Samoa (1869-1920)

Samuel Austin Kendall

American politician (1859–1933)

H. James Shea Jr.

American politician (1939-1970)

Douglas Hemphill Elliott

American politician (1921–1960)

Virginia planter and slaveholder