that he had been McKinney's lover, and that he believed McKinney was already infected when Denson met him. In 1987, Barney Frank became the first U.S. congressman to come out as gay of his own volition, and was inspired to do so in part by the death of McKinney; Frank told The Washington Post that after McKinney's death there was, "An unfortunate debate about 'Was he or wasn't he? Didn't he or did he?' I said to myself, I don't want that to happen to me." After McKinney's death, Congress renamed the Salt Meadow National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge. Additionally, in 1988, Connecticut's legislature honored McKinney's legacy by naming the Stamford Transportation Center after him. Family McKinney married Lucie Cunningham, the daughter of Briggs Cunningham II and Lucie Bedford, the granddaughter of a co-founder of Standard Oil. They had five children—Stewart Jr. (b. June 7, 1957), Lucie (b. June 8, 1958), Jean, Elizabeth (b. October 15, 1960), and John (b. March 6, 1964). John McKinney was minority leader of the Connecticut State Senate until the end of 2014, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in the 2014 elections. See also List of members of the American Legion List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) References External links Wall Street Journal Obituary as republished by Ben Gardiner Virtual AIDS Quilt Obituary 1931 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American politicians AIDS-related deaths in Washington, D.C. American athlete-politicians American LGBT military personnel American sportsmen Bisexual men Bisexual politicians Bisexual sportspeople Deaths from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. Kent School alumni LGBT members of the United States Congress LGBT people from Pennsylvania LGBT racing drivers American LGBT sportspeople LGBT state legislators in Connecticut Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Pittsburgh Princeton University alumni Racing drivers from Connecticut Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut United States Air Force non-commissioned officers Yale University alumni Bisexual military personnel 20th-century LGBT people