CHENEY(SoundexC500)—See alsoCHANEY,CHEENEY,CHEN,CHENERY,CHEREY,CHERNEY,CHESNEY,CHEYNEY,CHINIO,HENEY,KEANEY,KEENEY,KEENY,KENEE,KENNEY,KENNY,KENYA,KINEY,KINNEE,KINNEY,KINNIE,KINNY,MCELHENEY,METHENEY.
| |  CHENEY:See alsoJohnTrue Abbott —RayAllen —CheneyAmes —CheneyAustin —JamesMarshall Carter —ElialTodd Foote —HoraceGreeley —OrphaHall —CharlotteH. McMorran —OrrenCheney Moore —MichaelHubert O'Brien —CheneyR. Prouty —CheneyReid —BenjaminMcLaine Spock —GeorgeStoneman —RuthCheney Streeter | | Cheney, A. Morelle — of Bemus Point,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1914-15.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Albert N. — of Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Warren County, 1848.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Albert W. — Farmer-Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1920.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Albert W. — of Newbury,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Republican. ElectedNewHampshire state house of representatives from Newbury 1938;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Newbury,1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Alfred, Jr. — U.S. Vice Consul inAden, as of 1888.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Amherst B. — ofKentCounty, Mich.Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1888; candidate forMichiganstate senate 17th District, 1910; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Arthur Sanford(1869-1908) —also known asArthur S. Cheney — of Connecticut. Born in Joliet,WillCounty, Ill.,October4, 1869.Physician;U.S. Vice Consul inReichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul inMessina, 1907-08, died in office 1908.He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during theMessinaEarthquake,specifically, when the U.S. consulate buildingcollapsed,in Messina, Sicily,Italy,December28, 1908 (age39 years, 85days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married1895 to LauraA. Pfeiffer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Cheney, C. Joseph, Jr. —U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1976-77.Still living as of 1977. | | Cheney, Charles H. — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives from Concord 4th Ward;elected 1956.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Clifford C. — of New York. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 51st District, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Coleman B. — ofSaratogaCounty, N.Y.Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1932 (Socialist),1934 (Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1938 (Socialist), 1940 (AmericanLabor); candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County, 1935; candidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1936; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1942.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney,DickSeeRichard BruceCheney | | Cheney, Edgar G. — of Lansing Township,InghamCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forsupervisorof Lansing Township, Michigan, 1957.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Edith C. (b.1888) —also known asEdith Madison Costello — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.BornJuly 12,1888.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1940-44.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Edward D. — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1948, 1952, 1954.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Edward M. — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Republican. Postmaster atJacksonville,Fla., 1872-74;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1882-87.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Edwards — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1905.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Elias Hutchins(1832-1924) —also known asElias H. Cheney — of Lebanon,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in Holderness,GraftonCounty, N.H.,January28, 1832.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1867; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1872;member ofNewHampshire state senate 3rd District, 1885-86; U.S. Consul inMatanzas, 1892-94;La Paz, as of 1895-98;Curaçao, 1899-1914.Died in Lebanon,GraftonCounty, N.H.,August26, 1924 (age92 years, 211days).Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Ellsworth J. — of Sandusky,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1909-12.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Frank, Jr. — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Manchester; elected 1904,1906.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Frank W. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1854-55.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Frank W. — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican.Delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention from Manchester;elected 1901.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Frederic M. — U.S. Consul inZanzibar, as of 1884.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, George — of Bowling Green,WoodCounty, Ohio.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOhio,1928.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, George L. — of Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, George L. — of Newton,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Newton,1956.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, George W. — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Manchester, 1824, 1835.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Glenn T.(1923-1999) —ofClintonCounty, Mich.BornAugust12, 1923.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Clinton County, 1952.DiedFebruary8, 1999 (age75 years, 180days).Interment atGunnisonvilleCemetery, Gunnisonville, Mich. | | Cheney, Guy Warren(1886-1939) —also known asGuy W. Cheney — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Fort Covington,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1886.Lawyer;secretary to U.S. Rep.AlansonB. Houghton, 1919-21;SteubenCounty District Attorney, 1922-31; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died inoffice 1939.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaChi Rho;PhiDelta Phi;OddFellows;Elks;Rotary;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.DiedApril18, 1939 (age53 years, 57days).Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Hampton J. — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Postmaster atNashville,Tenn., 1894-98.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Harrison — ofCattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1876, 1888.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Harry M. — of Lebanon,GraftonCounty, N.H.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 3rd District, 1897-98.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Henry R. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Acting postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1913.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Horace B. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Firstselectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1910-11.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, J. A. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1896(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Jerome L. — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Justiceof New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921-26.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, John Moses(1859-1922) —also known asJohn M. Cheney — of Florida. Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January6, 1859.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1900, 1904;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1902-12;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1912;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1920.DiedJune 2,1922 (age63 years, 147days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Orlando, Fla. | | Cheney, John S. — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1881-82.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Jonathan M. — of Ashland,GraftonCounty, N.H.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 4th District, 1911-12.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Joseph,Jr.SeeC. Joseph CheneyJr. | | Cheney, Keith — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,2020(voted forDonaldTrump andMikePence); Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,2024(voted forDonaldTrump andJ. D.Vance).Still living as of 2024. | | Cheney, Laura — of White Salmon,KlickitatCounty, Wash.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromWashington,2008.Female.Still living as of 2008. | | Cheney, Lisa Marie (bornc.1965) —ofAlexandria,Va.Born about 1965. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,2004.Female.Still living as of 2004. | | Cheney, Louis Richmond(1859-1944) —also known asLouis R. Cheney — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April27, 1859.Republican.Silkmanufacturer;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1912-14; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1915.Member,UnionLeague.DiedDecember17, 1944 (age85 years, 234days).Interment atEastCemetery, Manchester, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married1890 to MaryAlice Robinson; married to Margaret Bennett. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Cheney, Lynne (b. 1941) — also known asLynne Ann Vincent — Born in Casper,NatronaCounty, Wyo.,August14, 1941.Republican.Author;Second Ladyof the United States, 2001-09.Female.Presbyterian;laterMethodist.Still living as of 2022. | | Cheney, M. Nan — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWisconsin,1976.Female.Still living as of 1976. | | Cheney, Manley J. — of Milford,New HavenCounty, Conn.Firstselectman of Milford, Connecticut, 1915-21.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Marjory — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Manchester; elected 1924,1926, 1928, 1930.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney,MorelleSeeA. MorelleCheney | | Cheney, Myra — of Sedan,ChautauquaCounty, Kan.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1940.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Myron P. (b.1851) —of Hyde Park,LamoilleCounty, Vt.Born in Lowell,OrleansCounty, Vt.,January30, 1851.Republican. Member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Hyde Park, 1888.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, NanSeeM. Nan Cheney | | Cheney, Nellie A. — of Falls City,RichardsonCounty, Neb.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNebraska,1932.Female.Burial location unknown.  | Cheney, Nelson Welch(1875-1944) —also known asNelson W. Cheney — of Eden,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,June 27,1875.Republican. Assistant treasurer, GoodyearLumberCompany and Buffalo & SusquehannaRailroadCompany;banker;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1916-29 (Erie County 9th District 1916-17, ErieCounty 8th District 1918-29); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 50th District, 1930-38.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;OddFellows;KappaSigma.Died in ahospitalat Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1944 (age69 years, 149days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | | Cheney, Newell — ofChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1886.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Orlando A. — of Fort Scott,BourbonCounty, Kan.Republican. Postmaster atFortScott, Kan., 1904-09.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, OrphaLuettaSeeOrphaHall | | Cheney, Person, Jr. — of Dixon,LeeCounty, Ill.Mayorof Dixon, Ill., 1865-66.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Person Colby(1828-1901) —also known asPerson C. Cheney — of Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Holderness (part now in Ashland),GraftonCounty, N.H.,February25, 1828.Republican.Papermanufacturer; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1853-54; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War; New Hampshire Railroad Commissioner,1864-67; president, People's SavingsBank;mayorof Manchester, N.H., 1871-72;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1875-77;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1886-87; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Hampshire,1888;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Hampshire, 1888-1900; U.S. MinistertoSwitzerland, 1892-93.Died in Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.,June 19,1901 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | Cheney, Ralph — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1852; postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1859-61.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Reuben S. — of Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.Democrat. Postmaster atJackson,Mich., 1853-59.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Richard Bruce (b.1941) —also known asRichard B. Cheney;Dick Cheney;"Shooter" —of Casper,NatronaCounty, Wyo.Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,January30, 1941.Republican.U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1979-89;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1989-93;VicePresident of the United States, 2001-09.Methodist.Member,Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on July 3, 1991.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Married,August29, 1964, to Lynne Ann Vincent. | | | | Cross-reference:DonEvans | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by Richard B. Cheney:KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory, with Lynne V. Cheney (1996) —InMy Time: A Personal and Political Memoir (2011) | | | | Books about Richard B. Cheney: StephenF. Hayes,Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial VicePresident — Barton Gellman,Angler:The Cheney Vice Presidency | | | | Critical books about Richard B. Cheney:John Nichols,Dick:The Man Who is President — Clint Willis,TheI Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America — DanPiraro,TheThree Little Pigs Buy the White House — Lou Dubose andJake Bernstein,Vice:Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the AmericanPresidency | | | | Fiction about Richard B. Cheney: HenryBeard,TheDick Cheney Code : A Parody |
| | Cheney, Richard L. (d.1974) —of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Mayorof Tampa, Fla., 1974; died in office 1974.DiedJune 19,1974.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Rufus, Jr. — of Whitewater,WalworthCounty, Wis.Whig. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Walworth County, 1850.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney,RuthSeeRuthCheney Streeter | | Cheney, Thomas C. — of Morristown,LamoilleCounty, Vt.Dry candidate fordelegateto Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Thomas P. — of Ashland,GraftonCounty, N.H.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NewHampshire,1864(alternate),1868;member ofNewHampshire state senate 4th District, 1889-90.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Thomas Perkins (b.1891) —also known asThomas P. Cheney — of Laconia,BelknapCounty, N.H.Born in Ashland,GraftonCounty, N.H.,August17, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;trustee, Laconia StateBank;director, Peoples NationalBank ofLaconia; director,PublicService Co. of New Hampshire; director, LaconiaStreetRailway;BelknapCounty Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);NewHampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1938.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married,September7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
| | Cheney, Walter B. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1889-94, 1898-1913.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Walter W. — of Manlius,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1888-89.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Ward — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1851-54, 1855-57.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, William C. (bornc.1866) —of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn., about 1866.Republican.Silkmanufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Manchester, 1895-96, 1939-40;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1900;member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1913-14;firstselectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1922.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, William H. — of South Manchester, Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Postmaster atSouthManchester, Conn., 1861-88.Burial location unknown. | | Cheney, Z. R. — ofJuneau,Alaska.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from AlaskaTerritory,1912(HonoraryVice-President;speaker).Burial location unknown.
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