Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  John Baylis (c.1727-1765) — of Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.Born inManassas,Va., about 1727.Lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-65.Anglican.Killedin aduel withCuthbertBullitt, inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,September24, 1765 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Baylis; married1754 to JaneBlackburn. |
| | Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire,England,March3, 1735.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777.Mortallywounded in aduel withLachlanMcIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, nearSavannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 19,1777 (age42 years, 77days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | George Wells (1744-1780) — of Georgia. Born inQueenAnne's County, Md.,March 3,1744.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofGeorgia, 1780; died in office 1780.Mortallywounded in aduel withJamesJackson, and died soon after, in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February15, 1780 (age35 years, 349days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802) — ofCravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,March25, 1758.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1783-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1792-95;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1798-1801 (10th District1798-99, at-large 1799-1801); member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1801.Episcopalian.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in in aduel withJohnStanly, his opponent and successor in Congress, and died in NewBern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September6, 1802 (age44 years, 165days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Craven County, N.C.  | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shotandmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | John Ward Gurley (c.1787-1808) — of Louisiana. Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn., about 1787.Orleansterritory attorney general, 1803.Killedin aduel with Philip L. Jones, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March 3,1808 (ageabout 21years).Burial location unknown. | | Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known asArmistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,August4, 1787.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1816-17.Slaveowner. As a result of a bitter election campaign, waskilled inaduel with Col. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February6, 1819 (age31 years, 186days).Interment atEpiscopalChurchyard, Leesburg, Va. | | Joshua Barton (1792-1823) — of Missouri. Born inJeffersonCounty, Tenn.,July 28,1792.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1820-21; resigned 1821;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1822-23.Killedin aduel with Thomas C. Rector, on Bloody Island,St.Louis, Mo.,June 30,1823 (age30 years, 337days).Intermentsomewherein St. Charles, Mo. | | Joseph Selden (1787-1824) — of Arkansas. Born inHenricoCounty, Va.,May 7,1787.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;justice ofArkansas territorial supreme court, 1820-24; died in office 1824.Killedin aduel withAndrewScott, on an island in the Mississippi River, near Helena (nowpart of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.,May 26,1824 (age37 years, 19days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) — of Nashville,NashCounty, N.C.Born near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel withSamuelP. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next dayat ahotel inHendersonCounty, N.C.,1827(ageabout34 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C. | | Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortallywounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known asSpencer D. Pettis — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1802.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office1831.The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately aduel with Maj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fellmortallywounded; died the next day, inSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1831 (ageabout 29years).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Nottingham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,July 2,1802.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1831-36;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office1838.Killedin aduel by RepresentativeWilliamJ. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February24, 1838 (age35 years, 237days).Interment atElmGrove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,1805.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1828-29.Killedin aduel with Gen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,1839(ageabout34 years).Burial location unknown. | | George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known asGeorge A. Waggaman — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inCarolineCounty, Md., about 1782.Lawyer;sugarcaneplanter;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge inLouisiana, 1818;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1830-32;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel, and died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March31, 1843 (ageabout 61years).Original interment atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;reinterment in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La. | | Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Cherry Valley,OtsegoCounty, N.Y., about 1819.Democrat.Printer;newspapereditor;delegateto California state constitutional convention from San FranciscoDistrict, 1849;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.Killedin aduel with Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,August2, 1852 (ageabout 33years).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) — also known asSolomon W. Downs — of Louisiana. Born inMontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1853.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel, and subsequently died, at Crab OrchardSprings,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August14, 1854 (ageabout 53years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment atRiverviewCemetery, Monroe, La. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortallywounded in aduel on September 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) — Born near Cambridge,DorchesterCounty, Md.,January6, 1808.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1831; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1859.Slaveowner.Killedin aduel byHenryCousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, atHopefield,CrittendenCounty, Ark.,October15, 1861 (age53 years, 282days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. | | William T. Casto (1824-1862) — BornJanuary24, 1824.Lawyer;mayorof Maysville, Ky., 1850;arrestedin 1861 andimprisonedfor allegedlyaidingthe Confederacy; released in 1862.Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov.ThomasMetcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to aduel;the weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto wasshot andkilledon the first fire, inBrackenCounty, Ky.,May 8,1862 (age38 years, 104days).Interment atMaysvilleCemetery, Maysville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Abijah Casto. | | | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firmunwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as aman of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible rightof personal liberty." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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