| |  DEWEY:See alsoFrankDewey Allen —C.Dewey Anderson —DeweyAnderson —DeweyG. Archambault —DeweyB. Arney —WillmoreDewey Ashley —DeweyCrossman Bailey —DanielDewey Barnard —DeweyFollett Bartlett —DeweyF. Bartlett Jr. —RichardDewey Bensen —MelfordDewey Bibens —DeweyBoyce Blanton —HarrisonBlodget —WalterHarrison Blodget —DeweyPhillip Bryant —L.Dewey Burham —GeorgeDewey Clyde —FelixCole —JamesDewey Cole —G.Dewey Collins —DeweyColter —W.Dewey Corbett —DeweyCreasman —DeweyDaniel —DeweyDavenport —DeweyDay —DeweyDeviney —OttoDewey Donnell —DormanFelt —DeweyS. Godfrey —DeweyGoode —DeweyHancock —DeweyLove Hankins —WorthDewey Henderson —EdwardStevens Henry —DeweyHenry —DeweyH. Hesse —JohnDewey Hickerson —DeweyCook Hickman —CharlesDewey Hilles —AmoryHoughton Jr. —DeweyHughes —DeweyWilliam Johnson —DeweyKalfsbeeck —JasonKellogg —SilasDewey Kellogg —DeweyL. Kirkman —DeweyE. S. Kuhns —JohnDeMott Laing —DeweyWilliam Loomis —DeweyMarlatt —JamesLoren Martin —DeweyE. McCauslin —W.Dewey Mentz —DeweyMontgomery —DeweyF. Murphy —DeweyNeely —GeorgeDewey Nye —DeweyParks —CarlDewey Perkins —DeweyP. Phares —HarryJ. Phillips —CarrollPeabody Pitkin —DeweyLittle Raymer, Sr. —FranklinDewey Richards —J.Dewey Rockett —DeweyJackson Short —R.Dewey Stearns —DeweyStephens —DeweyDean Stiles —DeweyPorter Thatch —DeweyThompson —WillardEverett Townsend —MargaretM. Tucker —DeweyVecelius —DeweyS. Wass —DeweyWeaver —DeweySamuel Weeda —DeweyBryan West —EmmettWhealan —DeweyWilfong —DeweyWilson —ThomasDewey Wise —LaurinDewey Woodworth | | Dewey, A. R. — of Washington,WashingtonCounty, Iowa.District judge in Iowa 6th District, 1891-1902. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Albert Folger(1857-1935) —also known asAlbert F. Dewey — of Punta Gorda,CharlotteCounty, Fla.Born in Connecticut,1857.Contractor;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inPuntaGorda, Fla., 1899-1907.DiedDecember28, 1935 (ageabout 78years).Interment atIndianSpring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla. | | Dewey, Arthur J. — of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Republican. Postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1897-1906.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Asahel — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Lebanon, 1831, 1833.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, B. H., Jr. — of Bryan,BrazosCounty, Tex.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Betsy — Libertarian. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 25th District, 2012.Female.Still living as of 2012. | | Dewey, Cassius M. — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1932; Democratic Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1933.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Chad M. — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 96th District, 2012.Still living as of 2012. | | Dewey, Charles —U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1821-29.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Charles — of Michigan. Communist. Communist candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1980(on behalf ofGusHall andAngelaDavis).Still living as of 1980. | | Dewey, Mrs.Charles A.SeeJessieDewey | | Dewey, Charles Almon(1877-1958) —also known asCharles A. Dewey — of Washington,WashingtonCounty, Iowa; Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Iowa,September11, 1877.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;WashingtonCounty Attorney, 1909-15; district judge in Iowa, 1918-28;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1928-49; tooksenior status 1949.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;DeltaTau Delta.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,March 2,1958 (age80 years, 172days).Interment atElmGrove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa. | | Dewey, Charles Augustus (d.1866) —of Massachusetts.Justiceof Massachusetts state supreme court, 1837-66.Died in1866.Burial location unknown.  | Dewey, Charles Edward — also known asCharles E. Dewey — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1922.Burial location unknown.| |  Image source:Missouri Official Manual 1917 |
| | Dewey, Charles J. — of South Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from South Windsor; elected 1908.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Charles Schuveldt(1880-1980) —also known asCharles S. Dewey — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cadiz,HarrisonCounty, Ohio,November10, 1880.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;banker;HonoraryConsul for Ecuador inChicago,Ill., 1935;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,1938, 1944.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;DeltaPsi.As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he wasresponsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.Died inWashington,D.C.,December27, 1980 (age100 years,47 days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Dewey, Chauncey(1877-1959) —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Brewster,ThomasCounty, Kan.Born in Cadiz,HarrisonCounty, Ohio,May 19,1877.Republican.Rancher;real estatebusiness;livestockdealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1908,1912;member ofIllinoisRepublican State Central Committee, 1910; major in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1944.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;UnionLeague.Died in Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,November4, 1959 (age82 years, 169days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Junction City, Kan. | | Dewey, Courtland A. — ofKenoshaCounty, Wis.Socialist. Social Democratic candidate forWisconsinstate assembly from Kenosha County, 1902.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Daniel (1766-1815) — of Massachusetts. Born in Sheffield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January29, 1766.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1813-14;justice ofMassachusetts state supreme court, 1814-15.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,May 26,1815 (age49 years, 117days).Interment atWestlawnCemetery, Williamstown, Mass. | | Dewey, E. C. — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Republican. Postmaster atSanAntonio, Tex., 1861-65.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, E. G. — of Elk City,MontgomeryCounty, Kan.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, E. H. — of Nampa,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Republican.Mayor ofNampa, Idaho, 1909-11;Idahostate treasurer, 1914-15; appointed 1914; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Idaho,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Edmond Otis(1861-1921) —also known asEdmond O. Dewey — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,August24, 1861.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; postmaster atOwosso,Mich., 1900-11; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1908;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1917;nominated in primary formayor ofOwosso, Mich. 1917, but withdrew before election.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1921 (age59 years, 151days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich. | | Dewey, Elijah — of Vermont. Federalist Presidential Elector for Vermont,1796(voted forJohnAdams andThomasPinckney); Federalist Presidential Elector for Vermont,1800(voted forJohnAdams andCharlesCotesworth Pinckney).Intermentsomewherein Bennington, Vt. | | Dewey, F. G. — of Coleridge,CedarCounty, Neb.Republican.Chair ofCedar County Republican Party, 1940.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, George E. (b.1854) —of Shelby,OceanaCounty, Mich.Born in Pennline,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,July 31,1854.Republican.Lumberbusiness;implementdealer;OceanaCounty Register of Deeds; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oceana County, 1905-08.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, George M. — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Whig.Receiverof U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan, 1849-53.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, George Martin(1869-1927) —also known asGeorge M. Dewey — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.,September10, 1869.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atOwosso,Mich., 1900.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,June 19,1927 (age57 years, 282days).Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Godfrey — ofEssexCounty, N.Y.Progressive. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Essex County, 1915.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Guy M. — of Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.Republican.Mayorof Cortland, N.Y., 1942-44.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, H. P. — of Tullahoma,CoffeeCounty, Tenn.Postmaster atTullahoma,Tenn., 1901.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Henry B. — of Washington. Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Washington at-large, 1912.Burial location unknown.  | Dewey, Henry S. — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Republican. Candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1905 (Republican primary), 1905 (IndependentRepublican).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Boston Globe, November 21, 1905 |
| | | Dewey, Hope — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe),MacombCounty, Mich.Communist. Communist candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1972;Communist candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976;Communist candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1984.Female.Still living as of 1984. | | Dewey, Howard G. — of Gloversville,FultonCounty, N.Y.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, J. A. — of Dandridge,JeffersonCounty, Tenn.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1872.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, James — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1851.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, James F. — of Quechee, Hartford,WindsorCounty, Vt.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1920,1944;VermontRepublican state chair, 1945.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, James S. — of Michigan.Circuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1867-73.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Jedediah, Jr. — ofOntarioCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1843.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Jesse L. — of Tariffville, Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.Postmaster atTariffville,Conn., 1901.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Jessie (1886-1963) — also known asJessie Irene Laffer;Mrs. Charles A.Dewey —of Washington,WashingtonCounty, Iowa.Born in Sigourney,KeokukCounty, Iowa,January17, 1886.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIowa,1928.Female.DiedDecember23, 1963 (age77 years, 340days).Interment atElmGrove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa. | | Dewey, John — ofOneidaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1833.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, John — of Vermont. Natural Law candidate forU.S.Representative from Vermont at-large, 1992.Still living as of 1992. | | Dewey, John A. — of New York. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1946.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, John J. — of Minnesota. Member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1849-50.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, John S. — of Illinois. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 41st District, 1877-81.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Joseph — ofMonroeCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1856.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Joshua — ofOtsegoCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Otsego County, 1797-99.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Lanson — of Victor,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County 2nd District, 1863-64.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Leon — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Leroy L. — Candidate forMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Mary R. — of Illinois. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 19th District, 1873-75.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Nelson (1813-1889) — of Lancaster,GrantCounty, Wis.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December19, 1813.Democrat.Governor ofWisconsin, 1848-52; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1872.Died in Cassville,GrantCounty, Wis.,July 21,1889 (age75 years, 214days).Interment atDeweyCemetery, Lancaster, Wis.; statue atGrantCounty Courthouse Grounds, Lancaster, Wis. | | Dewey, Nelson — of Colorado. Progressive. LaFollette candidate forU.S.Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1924.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Oliver S. — of Ocracoke,HydeCounty, N.C.U.S.Collector of Customs at Ocracoke, N.C., North Carolina, 1854.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Philip H. — Republican.Pennsylvaniasecretary of internal affairs; elected 1930.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Sabino L. — ofSuffolkCounty, N.Y.Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1933(Socialist), 1940 (American Labor); American Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1942; Liberalcandidate forNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1952.Burial location unknown.  | Dewey, Thomas Edmund(1902-1971) —also known asThomas E. Dewey — of Pawling,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March24, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933;NewYork County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1940;Governorof New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1952(speaker),1956.Episcopalian.EnglishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Council onForeign Relations;FarmBureau;Grange;PhiMu Alpha;PhiDelta Phi.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the SeaviewHotel,Bal Harbor, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March16, 1971 (age68 years, 357days).Entombed in mausoleum atPawlingCemetery, Pawling, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofGeorge Martin Dewey and Anne Louise'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married,June 16,1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece ofJeffersonFinis Davis); nephew ofEdmond OtisDewey; first cousin four times removed ofDavidWaterman; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasGlasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed ofJabezHuntington,LutherWaterman andJoshuaCoit; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnHall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesGillespie Blaine III. | | | | Political families:Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania;Dewey-Davisfamily of Owosso, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HerbertBrownell, Jr. —CharlesC. Wing —MartinT. Manton —HermanMethfessel | | | | The Thomas E. DeweyThruway,which runs throughWestchester,Rockland,Orange,Ulster,Greene,Albany,Schenectady,Montgomery,Herkimer,Oneida,Madison,Onondaga,Cayuga,Seneca,Ontario,Monroe,Genesee,Erie,andChautauquacounties in New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.Stolberg,FightingOrganized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.Dewey — Barry K. Beyer,ThomasE. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in PoliticalLeadership — Richard Norton Smith,ThomasE. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — David Pietrusza,1948:Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that TransformedAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Dewey, Thomas P. — of Clyde,SanduskyCounty, Ohio.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Truman — ofErieCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1845.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, V. R. — of Parker,TurnerCounty, S.Dak.Member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 6th District, 1923-24.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Verne E. — of Groton,New LondonCounty, Conn.Republican.Firstselectman of Groton, Connecticut, 1956-57.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, W. C. — of Nampa,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIdaho,1952.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, Walter H. — of Chariton,LucasCounty, Iowa.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1815-16.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William — of Three Mile Bay,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Jefferson County 3rd District, 1854, 1862-64;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1868.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William — of Clifton,PassaicCounty, N.J.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1944.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William — of Clifton,PassaicCounty, N.J.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1972;member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1976.Still living as of 1976. | | Dewey, William H. — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho,1900.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William H. — of Granby,HartfordCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Granby; elected 1908.Burial location unknown. | | Dewey, William L. — Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 58th District, 1978.Still living as of 1978. | | Dewey, William Pitt (d.1900) —also known asWilliam P. Dewey — of Wisconsin; Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in New York. U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1873-77;memberDakota territorial council, 1883-84.Died in1900.Burial location unknown.
DEWHITT(SoundexD300)—See alsoAPPLEWHITE,DEWHIRST,DEWHURST,DEWITT,DEWITTE,HITT,MEWHINNEY,MUSSLEWHITE,NEWHILL,WHITED,WHITT,WHITTED.
| | Dewhurst, David Henry (b.1945) —also known asDavid Dewhurst — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August18, 1945.Republican.Texas landcommissioner, 1999-2003;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 2003-15; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Texas,2008;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 2012.Still living as of 2021.
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