Charles A. Beard, 73, leading historian who believed that President Franklin D. Roosevelt actively sought to lead the United States into World War II, 1 September 1948.

Theodore G. Bilbo, 69, senator from Mississippi (1935- 1947), leader of conservative opposition to racial progress in both the New Deal and World War II, 21 August 1947.

William E. Borah, 74, progressive senator from Idaho (1907-1940), leading isolationist before World War II and part of the opposition that defeated President Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations Treaty, 19 January 1940.

Louis D. Brandeis, 84, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916-1939) and the first Jew appointed to the highest court, opponent of trusts and monopolies known for his devotion to free speech, 5 October 1941.

Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, 81, French engineer engaged in secret machinations with the Theodore Roosevelt administration to sever Panama from Colombia in order to build and operate the Panama Canal under U.S. control, 18 May 1940.

Smedley Darlington Butler, 58, Marine Corps...