Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Charles Nelms Lewis (d. 1814) — ofGreenupCounty, Ky.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1814; died in office 1814.Died, ofcholera, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,1814.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Ewing (1780-1832) — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,June 8,1780.Lawyer;Federalist candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1815;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1824-32.Died, fromcholera, in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August5, 1832 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; cenotaph atRiverviewCemetery, Trenton, N.J. | | Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in La Ville de Saintes,France,October15, 1767.Catholicpriest;founderin 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1823-25.Catholic.Died, ofcholera, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September13, 1832 (age64 years, 334days).Entombed atSt.Anne's Church, Detroit, Mich. | | Daniel Lynn (1782-1833) — also known asDann Lynn — of Indiana. Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,January24, 1782.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-18, 1819-20.Died, ofcholera, in West Franklin,PoseyCounty, Ind.,1833(ageabout51 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Posey County, Ind. | | William Shaler (c.1778-1833) — of Massachusetts. Born about 1778. U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toMexico, 1810-12;Cuba, 1832; U.S. Consul General inAlgiers, 1815-28; U.S. Consul inHavana, 1829-33, died in office 1833.Died, ofcholera, in Havana (La Habana),Cuba,March28, 1833 (ageabout 55years).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) — of Jackson,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,1785.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape GirardeauCounty, 1820; member ofMissouristate senate 13th District, 1822-25;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833.Slaveowner. Died of Asiaticcholera during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,June 6,1833 (ageabout 47years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.;reinterment in 1897 atOld Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo. | | Abram Marshall Scott (1785-1833) — of Mississippi. Born in South Carolina,1785.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1822, 1826-27;Governor ofMississippi, 1832-33.Died ofcholera,July 12,1833 (ageabout 48years).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera, in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill. | | Isaac Veatch (1786-1833) — of Indiana. Born in Tennessee,February18, 1786.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1827-28; defeated, 1828.Baptist.Died ofcholera, inFloydCounty, Ind.,July 31,1833 (age47 years, 163days).Burial location unknown. | | George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — also known asGeorge B. Porter — Born in Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February9, 1791.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1824-29; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1827;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died in acholera epidemic in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 6,1834 (age43 years, 147days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | James Adams (1783-1843) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January24, 1783.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer; oneof the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance fromJoseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in along-running newspaper battle withAbrahamLincoln, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge inIllinois, 1830; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1834.Mormon. Member,Freemasons.Died, ofcholera, in Nauvoo,HancockCounty, Ill.,August11, 1843 (age60 years, 199days).Interment atOldNauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Ill. | | Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee,1811.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.Chargedin 1843 with themurderof Captain Mark Lewis; attrial,the jury deadlocked, and heescapedbefore a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid onCorpus Christi in 1844 andlost aneye.Died, ofcholera, in Brownsville,CameronCounty, Tex.,1849(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein New Orleans, La. | | Isaac Sherman Jr. (1800-1849) — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in November,1800.Whig.Harness andsaddle business;mayorof Bridgeport, Conn., 1836-37; postmaster atBridgeport,Conn., 1841-45.Died, fromcholera, in Freeport,StephensonCounty, Ill.,May 22,1849 (age48 years, 0days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atPolk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834-38.Died, ofcholera, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 11,1849.Burial location unknown. | | John L. Lawrence (1785-1849) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1785.Whig. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1816-17;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821; WhigPresidential Elector for New York,1840;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1848-49; died in office 1849.Died, fromcholera, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1849 (age63 years, 295days).Interment atLawrenceCemetery, Astoria, Queens, N.Y. | | Joshua Mathiot (1800-1849) — of Ohio. Born in Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,April 4,1800.Mayorof Newark, Ohio, 1834;U.S.Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1841-43.While attending a temperanceconvention,contractedcholera, from which he later died, in Newark,LickingCounty, Ohio,July 30,1849 (age49 years, 117days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio. | | William A. Sparks (d. 1849) — of South Carolina. U.S. Consul inVenice, 1845-49, died in office 1849.Died, ofcholera, Venice,Italy,August18, 1849.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) — also known asThomas H. Blake — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,June 14,1792.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1816;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,1818; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member ofIndianastate senate, 1821-22, 1829-30;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissionerof the General Land Office, 1842-45.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died ofcholera in ahotel atCincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November28, 1849 (age57 years, 167days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,July 5,1812.Secretaryof Iowa Territory, 1839-41;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County,1844;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1845-46.Died in acholera epidemic, in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,July 28,1850 (age38 years, 23days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Joseph Darlington (1765-1851) — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville),MasonCounty, Ky.; West Union,AdamsCounty, Ohio.Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,July 19,1765.Member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799-1801;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Adams County, 1802;member ofOhiostate senate, 1803.Presbyterian.Died, ofcholera, in West Union,AdamsCounty, Ohio,August2, 1851 (age86 years, 14days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Meredith Darlington and Sarah (Davis) Darlington; married,March18, 1790, to Sarah Wilson. |
| | William Alvan Robards (c.1816-1851) — also known asWilliam A. Robards — of Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.Born inJessamineCounty, Ky., about 1816.Lawyer;Missouristate attorney general, 1849-51; died in office 1851.Died, fromcholera, in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,September3, 1851 (ageabout 35years).Interment atWoodland-Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof William R. Robards and Dorca (Maxwell) Robards; married1844 toEdmonia Randolph Neilson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jonathan Wetherbee Parker (1810-1852) — also known asJonathan W. Parker — of Davenport,ScottCounty, Iowa.Born in Clarendon,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August10, 1810.Lawyer;member ofIowaterritorial legislature, 1839-42;mayorof Davenport, Iowa, 1841-42, 1849-50.Died, fromcholera, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,1852(ageabout41 years).Interment atOakdaleMemorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa. | | Willard J. Chapin (1791-1852) — of Perry, Genesee County (nowWyomingCounty), N.Y.Born in Livonia,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,March 6,1791.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;tanner;postmaster atPerry,N.Y., 1836.Baptist.Died, probably ofcholera, in Perry,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,July 28,1852 (age61 years, 144days).Interment atHope Cemetery, Perry, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Chapin and Sibyl (Joslyn) Chapin; married1813 to NancyCooley; second cousin once removed ofAlphonsoTaft; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesPhelps Taft,WilliamHoward Taft andHenryWaters Taft; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeFranklin Chapin,WalbridgeS. Taft,RobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; second cousin five times removed ofEleanorRepass andRobertAlphonso Taft III; third cousin once removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams,SamuelHuntington,DanielChapin (1761-1821) andArthurChapin; fourth cousin ofCalvinFillmore,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor andJohnMilton Thayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,JosephAllen,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,ElijahBoardman,JohnAllen,WilliamBostwick,SamuelH. Huntington,BennetBicknell,DanielWarner Bostwick,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,MillardFillmore,JohnLeslie Russell,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton andStaleyN. Wood. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.; Athens,McMinnCounty, Tenn.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,1792.Whig.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1833-35; Whig PresidentialElector for Tennessee,1840;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1843-47.Slaveowner. Became ill withcholera, subjected to "heroic treatment" byhis doctor, and died, in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 25,1853 (ageabout 60years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) — also known as"Old Stonehammer" — of Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,March20, 1780.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-16;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1819-28 (4th District 1819-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-28); resigned 1828;Governor ofKentucky, 1828-32; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention fromKentucky, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, BallotingCommittee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1848-49.Slaveowner. During an epidemic, died ofcholera, near Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.,August18, 1855 (age75 years, 151days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Nicholas County, Ky. | | Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825-1866) — also known asHenry C. Burnett — of Cadiz,TriggCounty, Ky.Born inEssexCounty, Va.,October5, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1855-61;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861; expelled by the U.S.House in December 1861 for havingtakenup arms against the union; colonel in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;indictedfortreasonafter the Civil War, but never tried.Slaveowner. Died, fromcholera, in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,October1, 1866 (age40 years, 361days).Original interment atOld Cadiz Cemetery, Cadiz, Ky.; reinterment atEastEnd Cemetery, Cadiz, Ky. | | John Winchester Dana (1808-1867) — also known asJohn W. Dana — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 21,1808.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1841-42; member ofMainestate senate, 1843;Governor ofMaine, 1844, 1847-50; defeated, 1861; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBolivia, 1854; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1854-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1864.Died, fromcholera, inArgentina,December22, 1867 (age59 years, 184days).Original intermentsomewhere in Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment atFryeburgVillage Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine. | | Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (1812-1873) — of Elizabethton,CarterCounty, Tenn.; Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.; Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Kingston,RoaneCounty, Tenn.,March19, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1859-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1868;justiceof Tennessee state supreme court, 1870-71.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, fromcholera, in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,August24, 1873 (age61 years, 158days).Interment atGrayCemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Franklin Augustus Alberger (1825-1877) — also known asFranklin A. Alberger — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January14, 1825.Republican.Mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1860-61; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1871-74.Died, ofcholera, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1877 (age52 years, 222days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | William Frederick Havemeyer (1874-1904) — also known asWilliam F. Havemeyer — of New York. Born in New York,May 25,1874.Republican. U.S. Consular Agent inBassorah, 1904, died in office 1904.GermanandScottishancestry.Died, ofcholera, in Bassorah, Mesopatamia (Basra,Iraq),June25, 1904 (age30 years, 31days).Intermentsomewhere in Iraq. | | Charles Frederick Brissel (c.1879-1916) — also known asCharles F. Brissel — of New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y., about 1879.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inAmoy, 1910-14; U.S. Consul inBaghdad, 1914-16, died in office 1916.Died, ofcholera, in Baghdad, Mesopotamia (nowIraq),October31, 1916 (ageabout 37years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Marcus Brissel. |
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