Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma, but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) — also known asJosiah B. Grinnell — of Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa.Born in New Haven,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December22, 1821.Republican.Pastor;abolitionist; member ofIowastate senate, 1856-60;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860;U.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, RockIslandRailroad;receiver, Iowa CentralRailroad;president, First NationalBank ofGrinnell.Congregationalist.He claimed to be the original recipient ofHoraceGreeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".Died, from athroatailment andasthma, in Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa,March31, 1891 (age69 years, 99days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Grinnell, Iowa. | | Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) — also known asA. M. Bryant — of Fort Branch,GibsonCounty, Ind.; Wahoo,SaundersCounty, Neb.; Gettysburg,GrahamCounty, Kan.; Republican City,HarlanCounty, Neb.; Falls City,PolkCounty, Ore.Born inOhioCounty, Ky.,March 1,1838.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;minister;schoolteacher and principal;superintendentof schools; member ofNebraskastate senate 16th District, 1877;president,McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.Presbyterian.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, ofasthma, in Falls City,PolkCounty, Ore.,June 4,1896 (age58 years, 95days).Interment atFallsCity Cemetery, Falls City, Ore. | | Ferdinand Gotthold Ewald (1826-1909) — also known asFerdinand G. Ewald — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Hamburg,Germany,July8, 1826.Railwayclerk;Consulfor Chile inPortland,Ore., 1875-1904.Died, fromasthma andseniledebility, in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,May 18,1909 (age82 years, 314days).Cremated. | | Silas Henry Phillips (1841-1911) — also known asSilas H. Phillips — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,June 5,1841.Democrat.Supervisorof Delhi Township, Michigan, 1886-91, 1898-1901;InghamCounty Treasurer, 1891-94.Died, fromasthma andheartdisease, in Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 3,1911 (age70 years, 28days).Interment atPioneer Cemetery, Holt, Mich.| | Relatives:Married to Adelphia Caroline 'Dell' Ferguson and Lucy C.Wright. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Washington Gordon (1836-1911) — also known asGeorge W. Gordon — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,October5, 1836.Democrat.Civilengineer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;Tennessee Railroad Commissioner, 1883-85; Special U.S. Indian Agentin Arizona and Nevada, 1885-89;superintendentof schools;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1907-11; died inoffice 1911.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Slaveowner. Died, fromasthma anduremia,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,August9, 1911 (age74 years, 308days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Robert N. West (1850-1917) — also known asR. N. West — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born inCanada,April27, 1850.Hardwaredealer;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1909-11, 1913-15; defeated, 1911.Died, fromasthma, in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,November18, 1917 (age67 years, 205days).Interment atGroveCity Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho. | | William A. Smyth (1852-1919) — of Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1852.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;bankdirector; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1896,1904(alternate); postmaster atOwego,N.Y., 1897-1914; director, OwegoPower &Light Company.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;RoyalArcanum;Redmen.Died, fromarteriosclerosisandasthma, in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1919 (age67 years, 150days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Owego, N.Y. | | Peter Henry Wessel (1838-1924) — also known asPeter H. Wessel — of Moline,RockIsland County, Ill.Born inGermany,January4, 1838.Republican.Physician;banker;mayorof Moline, Ill., 1889-93, 1899-1903.Died, fromasthma and astroke,in Moline,Rock IslandCounty, Ill.,December10, 1924 (age86 years, 341days).Entombed in mausoleum atRiversideCemetery, Moline, Ill.  | Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) — also known asRobert M. LaFollette;"FightingBob";"Battling Bob" —of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Primrose,DaneCounty, Wis.,June 14,1855.Lawyer;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1880-84;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1904;Governorof Wisconsin, 1901-06;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1908,1916;Progressive candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1924.Frenchancestry.Died ofheartdisease complicated byasthma andpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,June 18,1925 (age70 years, 4days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) — also known asGeorge Harvey — of Deal,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Peacham,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,February16, 1864.Newspaperreporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner, 1890-91; builder andpresident ofelectricrailroads, 1894-98;editor andpublisher,North American Review andHarper'sWeekly; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1921-23.Died, from aheartattack andasthma, in Dublin,CheshireCounty, N.H.,August20, 1928 (age64 years, 186days).Interment atPeachamCemetery, Peacham, Vt. | | Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) — also known asCharles A. Towne — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born near Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November21, 1858.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1904;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07.Died, fromasthma andpneumonia,in Southern MethodistHospital,Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,October22, 1928 (age69 years, 336days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Park, Tucson, Ariz. | | McQuown F. Gose (1859-1942) — also known asMack F. Gose — of Pomeroy,GarfieldCounty, Wash.; Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.Born inSullivanCounty, Mo.,July 8,1859.Republican.Lawyer;justice ofWashington state supreme court, 1910; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Washington,1932.Died, frombronchial asthma andbronchiectasis,in Pomeroy,GarfieldCounty, Wash.,January31, 1942 (age82 years, 207days).Intermentsomewherein Pomeroy, Wash. | | Andrew Jackson Stewart (1872-1945) — of Bluefield,MercerCounty, W.Va.Born near Louisa,LawrenceCounty, Ky.,November26, 1872.Coalmine superintendent;mayorof Bluefield, W.Va., 1924-28.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Kiwanis.Died, fromasthma and aheartcondition, in Bluefield,MercerCounty, W.Va.,June 12,1945 (age72 years, 198days).Interment atMonteVista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.| | Presumably namedfor:AndrewJackson | | | | Relatives: Son of Leander Cox Stewartand Ellen Frances (Savage) Stewart; married,October1, 1896, to Lola Montry Boyd. |
| | James William Cherry (1872-1949) — also known asJames W. Cherry — of Utah; Mesa,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born inHancockCounty, Ill.,April 5,1872.Republican.Justice ofUtah state supreme court, 1923-33;chiefjustice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofcardiacasthma, in Mesa,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,March23, 1949 (age76 years, 352days).Cremated;ashes interred atMantiCemetery, Manti, Utah.| | Relatives: Sonof A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry. |
| | Frank Hague (1876-1956) — also known as"Sphinx of Jersey City";"TheBoss";"The Leader" —of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,January17, 1876.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1916,1932;mayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1917-47; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 1922-52;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1929-39;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Powerful leader of Hudson County Democratic "machine"; famouslyquoted as declaring "I am the law!"Indictedfor various crimes but never convicted.Died, from complications ofbronchitisandasthma, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1956 (age79 years, 349days).Entombed atHolyName Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J. | | John Smith Sample (1895-1963) — also known asJohn S. Sample — of Saco,MadisonCounty, Mo.; Jewett,MadisonCounty, Mo.; Mineral Point,WashingtonCounty, Mo.Born in Fredericktown,MadisonCounty, Mo.,June 14,1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;farmer;stockman;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1941-48, 1954-58 (Madison County1941-48, Washington County 1954-58); defeated, 1948; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1948.Member,FarmBureau;Freemasons.Died, fromcorpulmonale, due tochronicemphysema andasthma, in Bonne TerreHospital,Bonne Terre,St.Francois County, Mo.,May 31,1963 (age67 years, 351days).Interment atMarcus Memorial Cemetery, Fredericktown, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Ezekiel Alexander Sample and Ada Caroline (Smith) Sample; marriedto Della Berry. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oren Ethelbirt Long (1889-1965) — also known asOren E. Long — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Altoona,WilsonCounty, Kan.,March 4,1889.Democrat.Secretaryof Hawaii Territory, 1946-51;Governorof Hawaii Territory, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Hawaii Territory,1952;member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1956-59;U.S.Senator from Hawaii, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Hawaii,1960.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons;Lions.Died, following an attack ofasthmaticbronchitis,in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,May 6,1965 (age76 years, 63days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. | | George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) — also known asGeorge L. P. Weaver — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 8,1912.Democrat.Railroadworker;director,civil rights committee, CIO;executivesecretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant tothe president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and MachineWorkers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, InternationalLabor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDistrict of Columbia,1960,1964.Africanancestry.Died, from complications ofemphysemaandasthma, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,July 14,1995 (age83 years, 67days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married,September7, 1941, to Mary F. Sullivan. |
| | John Emerson Moss (1915-1997) — also known asJohn E. Moss — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Hiawatha,CarbonCounty, Utah,April13, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California 3rd District, 1953-78.Died, from complications ofasthma andpneumonia,in ahospitalatSanFrancisco, Calif.,December5, 1997 (age82 years, 236days).Burial location unknown.
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