Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) — ofSomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C., about 1746.Collegeprofessor; served in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85;lawyer;clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Presbyterian.Died oftuberculosis,while lodging at aninn in Frankford, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August12, 1788 (ageabout 42years).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshotwounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn on the Natchez Trace nearHohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
| | David Humphreys (1752-1818) — of Connecticut. Born in Derby (part now in Ansonia),New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 10,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.Minister toPortugal, 1791-97;Spain, 1796-1801; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1812-14.Imported the Merino sheep to the U.S. Died in hishotel room, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February21, 1818 (age65 years, 226days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | 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. | | Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832) — ofOntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in East Bloomfield,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,1780.Blacksmith;postmaster;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1811-12;OntarioCounty Sheriff, 1815-19;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1819-21.Died in the Gault Househotel, Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December22, 1832 (ageabout 52years).Interment atAllensHill Cemetery, Richmond, N.Y. | | George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of St. Charles,St.Charles County, Mo.Born in alogcabin inWashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1785.Youngest member of theLewisandClarkexpedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 andlost aleg;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge inKentucky, 1820;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahotel at Palmyra,MarionCounty, Mo.,August30, 1836 (ageabout 51years).Interment atMasseyMill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo. | | Aaron Burr (1756-1836) — also known asAaron Edwards — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February6, 1756.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789;U.S.Senator from New York, 1791-97;VicePresident of the United States, 1801-05; KilledAlexanderHamilton in aduel,July 11, 1804;triedfortreasonin 1807; found not guilty.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, after severalstrokes,at the Winants or Port RichmondHotel, Port Richmond, StatenIsland,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1836 (age80 years, 221days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Aaron Burr (1716-1757) and Esther (Edwards) Burr; brother of SarahBurr (who marriedTappingReeve); married,July 2,1782, to Theodosia (Bartow) Prevost (first cousin twice removedofFrancisStebbins Bartow); married1833 to Eliza(Bowen) Jumel; father of Theodosia Burr (who marriedJosephAlston); nephew ofPierpontEdwards; third great-grandson ofThomasWillett; ancestor ofKarlaBallard; first cousin ofTheodoreDwight andHenryWaggaman Edwards; first cousin four times removed ofAnsonFoster Keeler; second cousin ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; second cousin once removed ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman andEvertHarris Kittell; second cousin four times removed ofChaunceyMitchell Depew,EzekielGilbert Stoddard,StillmanStephen Light andBlancheM. Woodward; second cousin five times removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs,JohnClarence Keeler,LouisEzekiel Stoddard,JohnCecil Purcell andArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; third cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge; third cousin once removed ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge; third cousin twice removed ofEliThacher Hoyt,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnAppleton,HowkinBulkley Beardslee,JosephPomeroy Root andEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed ofGreeneCarrier Bronson,AbijahCatlin,DavidMunson Osborne,GeorgeLandon Ingraham,DwightArthur Silliman andCharlesDunsmore Millard; fourth cousin ofNoahPhelps andHezekiahCase; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,HenryFisk Janes,JairusCase,JohnLeslie Russell,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg andAlmonCase. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanDayton —NathanielPendleton —JohnSmith —JohnTayler —WalterD. Corrigan, Sr. —CowlesMead —LutherMartin —WilliamP. Van Ness —SamuelSwartwout —WilliamWirt —TheophilusW. Smith | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,AaronBurr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,1756-1805 — Milton Lomask,AaronBurr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 —Joseph Wheelan,Jefferson'sVendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and theJudiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr.,AaronBurr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —H. W. Brands,TheHeartbreak of Aaron Burr — David O. Stewart,AmericanEmperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson'sAmerica — Donald Barr Chidsey,Thegreat conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in theWest — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,Burr |
| | Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805-1845) — of Texas. Born in North Carolina,September11, 1805.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; died in office 1845.Died at the FanthorpInn, in Fanthorp (now Anderson),GrimesCounty, Tex.,July 3,1845 (age39 years, 295days).Interment atFanthorpCemetery, Anderson, Tex. | | 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 ofcholerain ahotel at Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November28, 1849 (age57 years, 167days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | John McNeil Jr. (1784-1850) — also known asJohn McNiel Jr. — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,March25, 1784.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1830-41.Died, fromlungcongestion, in the IrvingHotel,Washington,D.C.,February23, 1850 (age65 years, 335days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) — also known asJohn T. Mason — of near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,January8, 1787.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1830-31.Died, ofmalaria,in the Fremont Househotel, Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,April17, 1850 (age63 years, 99days).Burial location unknown. | | William Upham (1792-1853) — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Leicester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August5, 1792.Whig. Injured in a cider mill accident andlost ahand;lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1827-28, 1830;WashingtonCounty State's Attorney, 1829;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853.Died, fromsmallpox,at the IrvingHotel,Washington,D.C.,January14, 1853 (age60 years, 162days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atGreenMount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt. | | Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) — of Louisiana. BornNovember1, 1803.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1830;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1840;Governor ofLouisiana, 1846-50;Louisianastate attorney general, 1850.Episcopalian.Died, of aheartattack, in ahotel at New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March15, 1853 (age49 years, 134days).Burial location unknown. | | Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) — also known asAbigail Powers — of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Stillwater,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1798.Schoolteacher;Second Ladyof the United States, 1849-50;First Ladyof the United States, 1850-53.Female.Died, in the WillardHotel,Washington,D.C.,March30, 1853 (age55 years, 17days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known asAlexander K. McClung;"The Black Knightof the South" —of Mississippi. Born in Virginia,1809.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charged'Affaires toBolivia, 1849-51.Killed his opponents in a number ofduels.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,with a dueling pistol, in ahotel room at Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March23, 1855 (ageabout 45years).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in the RiceHotel, Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.  | John Tyler (1790-1862) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —ofWilliamsburg,Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,March29, 1790.Whig.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21;Governor ofVirginia, 1825-27;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1827-36;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate toWhig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (ConventionVice-President);VicePresident of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836;Presidentof the United States, 1841-45;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Charles City, James City &New Kent counties, 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;died in office 1862.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.A bill toimpeachhim was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.Slaveowner. Died, probably from astroke,in ahotel room atRichmond,Va.,January18, 1862 (age71 years, 295days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJohnTyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; married,March29, 1813, toLetitiaChristian; married,June 26,1844, toJuliaGardiner (daughter ofDavidGardiner); father ofDavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; great-grandfather ofAdeleGoodwyn; third cousin ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton andAylettHawes Buckner; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting. | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminTappan | | | | Tyler County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | John TylerHighSchool, inTyler,Texas, isnamed forhim. — John TylerCommunityCollege, inChester,Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnT. Rich—JohnT. Cutting—JohnTyler Cooper—JohnTyler Cambpell—JohnTyler Taylor—JohnTyler Hammons | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.Chitwood,JohnTyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma LoisPeterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.Walker,JohnTyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,JohnTyler, the Accidental President — Gary May,JohnTyler: The 10th President, 1841-1845 — Donald BarrChidsey,AndTyler Too | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | James Keenan (1823-1862) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Youngstown,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,September17, 1823.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;WestmorelandCounty Register and Recorder, 1849-53;AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1852; U.S. Consul inHong Kong, 1853-62.Died, after an illness at sea, at Blanchard'sHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 22,1862 (age38 years, 247days).Interment atGreensburgCemetery, Greensburg, Pa. | | Luther Bradish (1783-1863) — of Malone,FranklinCounty, N.Y.Born in Cummington,HampshireCounty, Mass.,September15, 1783.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1838;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1837-42; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1842.Died, in Ocean Househotel, Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August30, 1863 (age79 years, 349days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married1814 to HelenElizabeth Gibbs; married1839 to MaryEliza Hart. |
 | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shotby theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoarding House,across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) — of Missouri. Born inAndersonCounty, Ky.,1824.Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died, of a "biliousfever", in the SouthwesternHotel,St.Louis, Mo.,October24, 1865 (ageabout 41years).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) — ofNicholasCounty, Ky.Born near Flemingsburg,FlemingCounty, Ky.,February22, 1828.Delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died suddenly, ofheartdisease, at the SouthernHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1866 (age38 years, 296days).Original interment atLindenGrove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 atHighlandCemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky. | | George W. Ashburn (c.1814-1868) — ofMuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born about 1814.Hotelier;cottonbroker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; opposedto secession, and led a regiment of Southern loyalists;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867.Shotandkilled bya group of masked men, in aboarding house at Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,March31, 1868 (ageabout 54years).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1821.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1853-55.Died, at the Astor Househotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1870 (age49 years, 307days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known asClement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,July 29,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1856,1864,1868;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,1854, 1862; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1863.Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War;arrestedby the Union military authorities in 1863 fortreasonableutterances, andbanishedto the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.Accidentallyshothimself, while practicing acourtroomdemonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (notactually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of hiswound the next day, in the Lebanon Househotel, Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 17,1871 (age50 years, 323days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | Joseph R. Waldrop (1825-1872) — of Alabama. Born in Mississippi,1825.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1869.Methodist.Member,KuKlux Klan.Shotandkilledwhile getting off his horse in front of aboarding house inEscatawpa,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,1872(ageabout47 years).Interment atOldEscatawpa Cemetery, Escatawpa, Ala. | | Harrison Taylor (1810-1876) — of Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.Born inLewisCounty, Ky.,August19, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1836, 1862-67;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1863-67; districtCommonwealth Attorney, 1839-50; candidate fordelegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1850; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1858-61; Democratic Presidential Elector forKentucky,1864;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1867.Died in ahotel at Brooksville,BrackenCounty, Ky.,November28, 1876 (age66 years, 101days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth (Harrison) Taylor; married1840 toCharlotte J. Duke. |
| | Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) — also known asC. Oliver O'Donnell — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January20, 1822.Commissionmerchant;insurancebusiness; vice-president,GaslightCompany of Baltimore; director, UnionBank ofMaryland; director, Baltimore and OhioRailroad;Vice-Consulfor Brazil inBaltimore,Md., 1864-76.Catholic.Died, fromapoplexy,in the Pequod HouseHotel, New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August12, 1877 (age55 years, 204days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | John Morrissey (1831-1878) — also known as"Old Smoke" — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary,Ireland,February12, 1831.Democrat. Championheavyweightboxer of the U.S. in 1852-59; proprietor of gambling houses;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1867-71; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1876-78 (4th District 1876-77, 7th District 1878);died in office 1878.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died at AdelphiHotel, Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1878 (age47 years, 78days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. | | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known asJohn M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Va.,May 20,1820.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1868-74;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 forsupportingthe Confederacy.Slaveowner.Shotandkilled byCol. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.  | Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December10, 1813.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1856;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1876-79;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1878-79.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, in his room at the Grand PacificHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November1, 1879 (age65 years, 326days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Marshall Owen Roberts (1813-1880) — also known asMarshall O. Roberts — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1813.Shipbuilder;steamshipbusiness; Whig candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1852; Union candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1865.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died, from astroke,in the United StatesHotel, Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1880 (age67 years, 173days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | George Walton Flower (1830-1881) — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Theresa,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1830.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayorof Watertown, N.Y., 1869-71.Died, frompneumonia,in Union SquareHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1881 (age50 years, 272days).Entombed atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | John Huy Addams (1822-1881) — also known asJohn H. Addams — of Cedarville,StephensonCounty, Ill.Born in Sinking Spring,BerksCounty, Pa.,July 12,1822.Republican. Owner of Cedar Creek Mill, which producedlumber andflour;dirctor, Illinois CentralRailroad;president, Second NationalBank ofFreeport, Illinois; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1855-61, 1863-71 (4th District 1855-61, 22ndDistrict 1863-71); delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1868(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker).Died, ofappendicitis,in ahotel at Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,August17, 1881 (age59 years, 36days).Interment atCedarvilleCemetery, Cedarville, Ill. | | Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1822.Physician;state court judge in California, 1856-60;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67.Presbyterian.Died ofheartfailure in the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,December4, 1884 (age62 years, 65days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSwitzerland,about 1830.Banker;Consulfor Switzerland inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1867-85;Consulfor Portugal inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1869-85.Swissancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia),in the GrandHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,April 1,1885 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atMasonicCemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Theodore P. Rich (c.1848-1886) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1848. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1876.Pursued his estranged wife to Minnesota;killedher, and then, perhaps to avoidprosecution,killedhimself, bygunshot,in the Astoria Househotel, St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February27, 1886 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1876 to Fannie(Smith) Trimble (daughter ofHenrySmith). |
| | Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) — also known asCharles E. Boyle — of Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,February4, 1836.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher;lawyer;FayetteCounty District Attorney, 1863-65; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67;candidate forPennsylvaniastate auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1876,1880,1888;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87;territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888.Episcopalian.Died, ofpneumonia,in the OccidentalHotel, Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December15, 1888 (age52 years, 315days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa. | | Lyman Kidder Bass (1836-1889) — also known asLyman K. Bass — of New York. Born in Alden,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;ErieCounty District Attorney, 1865-72; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S.Representative from New York, 1873-77 (31st District 1873-75,32nd District 1875-77); defeated, 1870; law partner withGroverCleveland andWilsonS. Bissell, 1873-82; attorney for manyrailroads.Died, ofconsumption,in the BuckinghamHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1889 (age52 years, 179days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Julia Tyler (1820-1889) — also known asJulia Gardiner — Born in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 29,1820.FirstLady of the United States, 1844-45.Female.Died, in the ExchangeHotel,Richmond,Va.,July 10,1889 (age68 years, 346days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known asW. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,June 27,1841.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1868,1872(delegation chair),1884,1888;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1878-80.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion.During a violent encounter in the lobby of the LexingtonPostOffice, herepeatedlystabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. ArmisteadSwope, who meanwhileshot andbadlywounded him; before anyprosecutioncould ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the PhoenixHotel, Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November8, 1889 (age48 years, 134days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.  | John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) — also known asJohn C. Frémont;"ThePathfinder";"The Champion ofFreedom" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January21, 1813.Republican.Explorer;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1847;arrestedformutiny,1847;court-martialed;foundguilty ofmutiny,disobedience,andconductprejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres.JamesK. Polk;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1878-81;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.Episcopalian.Frenchancestry.Died, ofperitonitis,in ahotel room at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atRocklandCemetery, Nyack, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)Frémont; married,October19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter ofThomasHart Benton). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SelahHill | | | | Fremont County,Colo.,Fremont County,Idaho,Fremont County,Iowa andFremont County,Wyo. are named for him. | | | | FremontPeak,inMontereyCounty andSan BenitoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnF. Hill—JohnC. F. Slayton—JohnFremont Cox | | | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,Free Men, Fremont." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by John C. Fremont:Memoirsof My Life and Times | | | | Books about John C. Fremont: TomChaffin,Pathfinder:John Charles Fremont and the Course of AmericanEmpire — David Roberts,ANewer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of theAmerican West — Andrew Rolle,JohnCharles Fremont: Character As Destiny — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Heman Russell Baldwin (1825-1890) — also known asH. R. Baldwin — ofRichmond,Va.Born in New York,December16, 1825.Vice-Consulfor Brazil inRichmond,Va., 1859-76;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inRichmond,Va., 1875-90;Vice-Consulfor Spain inRichmond,Va., 1876-90.Died, fromapoplexy,in his room at theHotel Dodson,Richmond,Va.,August4, 1890 (age64 years, 231days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Heman Baldwin and Hepzebiah 'Hetty' (Smith) Baldwin; married toMary Marshall Jackson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) — also known asLewis F. Watson — of Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.Born inCrawfordCounty, Pa.,April14, 1819.Republican.Lumberbusiness;oilproducer;railroadbuilder;banker;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,1889-90; died in office 1890.Died, ofheartdisease, at the ShorehamHotel,Washington,D.C.,August25, 1890 (age71 years, 133days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Warren, Pa. | | John Birdsall (1840-1891) — also known as"John Williams" — of Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,October5, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;merchant;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1880-81.While registered under the assumed name "John Williams," hekilledhimself withilluminatinggas in his room at the United StatesHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1891 (age50 years, 191days).Interment atSt. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island,N.Y. | | Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known asJohn Roth — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1857.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886;accusedin 1891 ofembezzling$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman;fledand became afugitive,traveling under the alias "John Roth".Germanancestry.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot,in his room at the Sheridan HouseHotel, and died there earlythe next morning, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1891 (age33 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | Hobart Baldwin Bigelow (1834-1891) — also known asHobart B. Bigelow — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 16,1834.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1875;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1879-80;Governor ofConnecticut, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1880.Died at the New Haven Househotel, New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October12, 1891 (age57 years, 149days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Wilson G. Hunt (1804-1892) — also known asWilson Hunt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Macedonia (now Tinton Falls),MonmouthCounty, N.J.,November26, 1804.Democrat.Wholesale drygoods business; Reform Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1854;bankdirector; director, Western UnionTelegraphCompany; director, ConsolidatedGasCompany; president, Illinois CentralRailroad.Died, in the ClarendonHotel, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1892 (age88 years, 11days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | James Baldwin Dorman (1828-1893) — also known asJames B. Dorman — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inLexington,Va.,July 25,1828.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1848-51;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Rockbridge County, 1861;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died at the VirginiaHotel,Staunton,Va.,August4, 1893 (age65 years, 10days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va. | | George Knox Shiel (1825-1893) — also known asGeorge K. Shiel — of Oregon. Born inIreland,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Oregon at-large, 1861-63.While slightly intoxicated,fell overa railing, fourteen feet down into a window well, at the entrance totheHotel Williamett, broke his neck, and died, in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,December12, 1893 (ageabout 68years).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore. | | Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) — also known asM. V. B. Edgerly — of Pittsfield,MerrimackCounty, N.H.; Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.BornSeptember26, 1833.Democrat. President, Massachusetts MutualLifeInsurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & ArcolaRailroad;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1880;candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1882.Died, from anabscessin his right ear, in ahotel at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1895 (age61 years, 173days).Burial location unknown. | | John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) — also known asJohn L. O'Sullivan — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born, of American parents, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar,November15, 1813.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1841-42; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1844;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toPortugal, 1854; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1854-58.Episcopalian;laterCatholic.Cofounder and editor ofThe United StatesMagazineand Democratic Review, a journal that published the works ofEmerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays onJacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolitionof the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explainand justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part inthe failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanishrule; as a result, waschargedin federal court in New York withviolationof the Neutrality Act;triedand acquitted in March 1852.Died, ofinfluenzaand the effects of an earlierstroke,in a residentialhotel in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1895 (age81 years, 129days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | André Louis Bagger (1846-1895) — also known asAndré L. Bagger — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Copenhagen,Denmark,1846.Fought on the German side in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870;patentattorney; during a controversy with D.C. GovernorAlexanderR. Shepherd, challenged him to aduel,but nothing came of it;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inWashington,D.C., 1886-95;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inWashington,D.C., 1887-95.Danishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, reportedly fromapoplexy,in his room at the DeWitt Househotel, Ocean Grove,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,May 23,1895 (ageabout 48years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) — also known asWalter Q. Gresham — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born near Lanesville,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March17, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Indiana,1868;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83;U.S.Postmaster General, 1883-84;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1884;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93;U.S.Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died, frompneumonia,in his rooms at the ArlingtonHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1895 (age63 years, 72days).Originally entombed atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; reinterment in 1896 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818-1895) — also known asAlexander H. Rice — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Newton Lower Falls, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August30, 1818.Republican.Papermanufacturer;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1856-58;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1859-67 (4th District 1859-63,3rd District 1863-67);Governor ofMassachusetts, 1876-79.Member,LoyalLegion.Died, in LangwoodHotel, Melrose,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 22,1895 (age76 years, 326days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Charles Adams (1845-1895) — also known asKarl Adam Schwanbeck — of Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.; Manitou Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.Born in Pomerania,Germany,December19, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1880-82.Member,Freemasons.Killed in the disaster at the GumryHotel, when aboilerexplosion caused most of the building tocollapseandburn,killing 22 people, inDenver,Colo.,August19, 1895 (age49 years, 243days).Interment atCrystal Valley Cemetery, Manitou Springs, Colo. | | Jeremiah Halsey (1822-1896) — of Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.BornFebruary8, 1822.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Norwich, 1852-53, 1859-60.Died, in theHotel Hamilton,Washington,D.C.,February8, 1896 (age74 years, 0days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Elizabeth Fairchild. |
| | Noah C. McFarland (1822-1897) — of Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio; Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,April23, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate, 1865; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Ohio,1868;member ofKansasstate senate, 1870; Commissioner of the General Land Office,1881-85.Died, in the CopelandHotel, Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,April26, 1897 (age75 years, 3days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | John Rhoderic McPherson (1833-1897) — also known asJohn R. McPherson — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,May 9,1833.Democrat.Stockyardbusiness; member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1872-74; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New Jersey,1876;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1877-95; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died, fromhearttrouble, in his room at Taylor'sHotel, Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,October8, 1897 (age64 years, 152days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Jay Jamieson (1838-1899) — also known asJohn J. Jamieson — ofAlexandria,Va.Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.),August7, 1838.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;commissionmerchant; director, AlexandriaWaterCompany;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inAlexandria,Va., 1871-99.Presbyterian.Member,RoyalArcanum.Died, in ahotel room at Bluefield,MercerCounty, W.Va.,January21, 1899 (age60 years, 167days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Alexandria, Va. | | Charles Addison Chickering (1843-1900) — also known asCharles A. Chickering — of Copenhagen,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Harrisburg,LewisCounty, N.Y.,November26, 1843.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1879-81; clerk of the New YorkAssembly, 1884-1890;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1893-1900; died inoffice 1900.Member,Freemasons.Jumpedorfellfrom a fourth-floor balcony of the Grand UnionHotel, and diedfrom his injuries, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1900 (age56 years, 79days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Copenhagen, N.Y. | | William Davis Daly (1851-1900) — also known asWilliam D. Daly — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,June 4,1851.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1891; districtjudge in New Jersey, 1891-92; member ofNewJersey state senate from Hudson County, 1893-98; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1896;member ofNew JerseyDemocratic State Committee, 1896-98;New JerseyDemocratic state chair, 1896;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1899-1900; died inoffice 1900.Died, fromuremia,in Theodore Pettit'sboarding house, Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1900 (age49 years, 57days).Interment atBayview- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J. | | Frederick Smyth (1832-1900) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in County Galway,Ireland,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1876;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1876;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office1900.Episcopalian;laterCatholic.Member,TammanyHall.Suffered a debilitatingattackof vertigo, from which he never completely recovered, contractedpneumonia,and died, in the DennisHotel, Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,August18, 1900 (ageabout 68years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Irvin Shaw (1860-1900) — also known asW. Irvin Shaw — of Houtzdale,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.Born in Clearfield,ClearfieldCounty, Pa.,1860.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofClearfield County Republican Party, 1894; U.S. Consul inBarranquilla, 1897-1900.Died bysuicide,fromslashinghis throat, wrists, and leg, in ahotel at Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December25, 1900 (ageabout 40years).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Clearfield, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Archibald Henry Shaw and Mary E. (Irvin) Shaw; married1895 to MaryValentine Rhodes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Albert Duane Shaw (1841-1901) — also known asAlbert D. Shaw — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Lyme town,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,December21, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1867;U.S. Consul inToronto, as of 1868-78;Manchester, 1878-85;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1900-01; died inoffice 1901.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, probably ofapoplexy,in his room at the Riggs Househotel,Washington,D.C.,February10, 1901 (age59 years, 51days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) — also known asGilbert A. Pierce — ofPorterCounty, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in East Otto,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;journalist;newspapereditor;author;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1869;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1884-86;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1893.Died at the LexingtonHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February15, 1901 (age62 years, 35days).Interment atAdamsCemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.  | Adelbert Stone Hay (1876-1901) — also known asAdelbert S. Hay — Born in1876.U.S. Consul inPretoria, 1901.Fell to hisdeath from a third-floor window of the New Haven Househotel, New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 23,1901 (ageabout 24years).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) — also known asAlbert M. Lea — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee).Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks.Suffered astroke ofparalysis, and died, in the Edwards Househotel, Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,December24, 1901 (age53 years, 14days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. | | Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) — also known asGaston A. Robbins — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.,September26, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.During thefire thatdestroyed the Park AvenueHotel, already burned, he jumpedfrom a sixth story window, andfell tohis death, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1902 (age43 years, 149days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Statesville, N.C.  | John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) — also known asJohn P. Altgeld — ofAndrewCounty, Mo.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Hesse,Germany,December30, 1847.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;AndrewCounty State's Attorney, 1875; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge inIllinois, 1886-91;Governor ofIllinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1899.Germanancestry.Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident inChicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railwaystrikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he neverwon another election.As he finished aspeechat the JolietOperaHouse, he suffered astroke,was carried across the street to theHotel Monroe, and diedthe next morning, in Joliet,WillCounty, Ill.,March12, 1902 (age54 years, 72days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue atLincolnPark, Chicago, Ill.  | Albert Ritchie (1834-1903) — Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,September7, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;lawprofessor;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1888;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1892-1903.Died, in the Massasoit Househotel, Narragansett Pier,Narragansett,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,September14, 1903 (age69 years, 7days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | | John Richard Barret (1825-1903) — also known asJohn R. Barret — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Greensburg,GreenCounty, Ky.,August21, 1825.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1852;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1859-60, 1860-61.Slaveowner. Died, in the BuckinghamHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1903 (age78 years, 73days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Charles Edgar Sanborn (1860-1905) — also known asCharles E. Sanborn — of Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Greene,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April29, 1860.Partner in Chase & Sanborn (co-founded by his father in 1862),coffeeroasters andimporters;Consulfor Costa Rica inBoston,Mass., 1889-96.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, at theHotel Tudor on Beacon Streeet, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January27, 1905 (age44 years, 273days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.  | Charles Eugene Bentley (1841-1905) — also known asCharles E. Bentley — of Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa;ButlerCounty, Neb.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Warners,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1841.Baptistminister; Nebraska Prohibition state chair, 1895-96; Nationalcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1896.Baptist.Died, from aheartattack, in alodging house at Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February4, 1905 (age63 years, 280days).Interment atBlueValley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb. | | Jacob Worth (1838-1905) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1838.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1864-66, 1868, 1873-76, 1878 (Kings County 7thDistrict 1864-66, Kings County 6th District 1868, 1873-76, 1878);candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1884, 1900; member ofNewYork state senate 4th District, 1886-89; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1896.Died, of aheartattack, at the EastmanHotel, Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,February21, 1905 (ageabout 66years).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Wheeler (1823-1906) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour),New HavenCounty, Conn.,February11, 1823.Democrat.Hotelbusiness;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1853-57; president,New York City Department of Taxes and Assesments, 1872-80.Episcopalian.Died, frompneumonia,in theHotel Seville, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1906 (age83 years, 49days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) — also known asHenry C. Adams — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Verona,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1850.Republican.Dairyfarmer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1888;Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died inoffice 1906.Died, fromintestinalillness, in AuditoriumHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 9,1906 (age55 years, 223days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | George Edward Cole (1826-1906) — also known asGeorge E. Cole — of Oregon; Walla Walla,WallaWalla County, Wash.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Trenton Falls,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1826.Republican. Member ofOregonterritorial House of Representatives, 1851-53;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1863-65;Governorof Washington Territory, 1866-67; postmaster atPortland,Ore., 1873-81.Died in ahotel in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,December3, 1906 (age79 years, 345days).Interment atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Arthur Brown (1843-1906) — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Schoolcraft,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,March 8,1843.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Utah, 1896-97; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Utah,1896(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker);his relationship with Mrs. Anna Bradley gave rise toscandal;in 1902, the two werearrestedandchargedwithadultery;she pleaded guilty, but he pleaded not guilty, was tried, andacquitted by a jury; he fathered two children with her, but refusedto marry her.Shotandkilled,in his room at the RaleighHotel, by hisformermistress Anna Bradley, inWashington,D.C.,December12, 1906 (age63 years, 279days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Henry Hachemeister (1867-1907) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Tottenville, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1867.Democrat.Brewer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1898;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1900.While suffering fromBright'sdisease and dropsy (probablycongestiveheart failure), he was drinking heavily, when he collapsed, anddied soon after, in a room at the Harlem CentralHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1907 (age39 years, 239days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Thomas Brown Wanamaker (1861-1908) — also known asThomas B. Wanamaker — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March27, 1861.Consulfor Santo Domingo inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1885-94;Consulfor Dominican Republic inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1895-1904.Died, fromkidneydisease, in the LiverpoolHotel, Paris,France,March2, 1908 (age46 years, 341days).Interment atSt.James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | David Kawananakoa (1868-1908) — also known asDavid La'amea Kahalepouli KinoikiKawananakoa —Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,February19, 1868.Democrat. Prince of the Kingdom of Hawaii; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Hawaii Territory,1900.Hawaiianancestry.Died, frompneumonia,atHotel Stewart,SanFrancisco, Calif.,June 2,1908 (age40 years, 104days).Entombed atRoyalMausoleum, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.  | Arthur Label Bresler (1862-1908) — also known asArthur L. Bresler — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1862.HonoraryConsul for Hawaiian Islands inDetroit,Mich., 1895-1900;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inDetroit,Mich., 1901-04; manager of DeForestwirelesstelegraphsystem.Germanancestry.Died, fromstomachcancer, at theHotel St. Lorenz, East 72nd Street,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1908 (age46 years, 121days). Initial reports that he had been poisoned were dispelledby an autopsy.Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Isaac Eli Lambert (1854-1909) — also known asIsaac E. Lambert;IkeLambert —of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,August18, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;race horseowner; postmaster atEmporia,Kan., 1889-94; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofKansasstate house of representatives 47th District, 1897;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1897-1901.Methodist.Killed in thefire at theCopelandHotel, Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,January14, 1909 (age54 years, 149days).Interment atMaplewoodMemorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Martin D. Lambert and Adaline (Johnson) Lambert; married1877 toHarriet Stowe 'Hattie' Barnes; married1907 toMillison Slayton Cutler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abraham Workman Allen (1846-1909) — also known asA. W. Allen — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born inBelmontCounty, Ohio,December3, 1846.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District,1909; died in office 1909.Died, in BonaventureHotel, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,February16, 1909 (age62 years, 75days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) — also known asJoseph D. Montedonico — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,April 4,1852.Banker;insurancebusiness;ConsularAgent for Italy inMemphis,Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member ofTennesseestate senate; elected 1884.Italianancestry.Died, fromheartdisease andmalaria,inHotel Pilgrim, Plymouth,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,September8, 1909 (age57 years, 157days).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | George Henry Fitts (1851-1909) — also known asGeorge H. Fitts — of Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Cohoes,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;AlbanyCounty Surrogate, 1896-1905;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1906-09; died in office 1909.Died, fromheartdisease, in his room at the EagleHotel, Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1909 (age58 years, 79days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Charles Henry Truax (1846-1910) — also known asCharles H. Truax — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Durhamville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1846.Democrat.School teacherand principal;lawyer; NewYork City superior court judge, 1881-94;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 10th District, 1894;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1897-1909; defeated, 1909.Died, from "the grip" (influenza),in theHotel Savoy, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1910 (age63 years, 75days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) — also known asJohn G. Carlisle — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born in Campbell County (part now inKentonCounty), Ky.,September5, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesD. Foote; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-61; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1868;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1871-75;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned1890;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1884;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.Died, reportedly fromintestinaltrouble andheartdisease, in theHotel Wolcott, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1910 (age74 years, 329days).Interment atLindenGrove Cemetery, Covington, Ky. | | Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) — also known asLloyd W. Bowers — of Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,March 9,1859.Lawyer;general counsel, Chicago & North WesternRailway,1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.Member,Skulland Bones.Died, from aheartattack, while suffering frombronchitis,in the TouraineHotel, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September9, 1910 (age51 years, 184days).Burial location unknown. | | Lambert Tree (1832-1910) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inWashington,D.C.,November29, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1864(alternate),1884;circuit judge in Illinois, 1870; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1885-88;Russia, 1888-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for VicePresident,1892.Died, fromheartfailure, in the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1910 (age77 years, 314days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) — also known asJohn F. Wilson — of Arkansas; Arizona. Born near Pulaski,GilesCounty, Tenn.,May 7,1846.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1877; state court judge inArizona, 1893;Arizonaterritory attorney general, 1896;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.Died, probably fromapoplexy,in the PrescottHotel, Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,April 7,1911 (age64 years, 335days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz. | | David Greenlie (1867-1911) — of Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1867.Republican.Shipbuilder;mayorof Passaic, N.J., 1904-07.ChristianReformed. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died, fromapoplexy,in his room at the NorthwesternHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1911 (ageabout 44years).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof William Powell Greenlie and Georgina Cameron (Ireland) Greenlie;married to Mattie Ora Pierson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) — also known asWilliam A. Percy — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Greenville,WashingtonCounty, Miss.,January24, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1904(HonoraryVice-President),1912.Episcopalian.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in the Maxwell HouseHotel, Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 22,1912 (age49 years, 119days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala.| | Relatives: Sonof William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong)Percy; brother ofLeRoy Percy; married1891 to LottieGalloway; married to Caroline Yarborough. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Roland Malby (1857-1912) — also known asGeorge R. Malby — of Ogdensburg,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,September16, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1891-95 (St. Lawrence County 1st District1891-92, St. Lawrence County 1893-95); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1904,1908,1912;U.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1907-12; died inoffice 1912.Died, fromheartdisease, in his room at the Murray HillHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1912 (age54 years, 293days).Interment atOgdensburgCemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.  | Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) — also known asJulius H. Stahel-Számwald — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Szeged,Hungary,November5, 1827.Newspapereditor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,1864; U.S. Consul inYokohama, 1866-69;Osaka, 1877-84;Hiogo, 1877-84;miningengineer;U.S. Consul General inShanghai, 1884-85;insuranceexecutive.Hungarianancestry. Member,LoyalLegion.Died, fromanginapectoris, in theHotel St. James, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1912 (age85 years, 29days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John J. Kennedy (1856-1914) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,1856.Democrat.Saloonkeeper;banker;New Yorkstate treasurer, 1911-14; died in office 1914.Killedhimself byslashinghis throat with a razor, in a lavatory near the ballroom of theMarkeenHotel, Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1914 (ageabout 57years).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y. | | Otto H. Boyesen (1857-1914) — also known asOtto H. Boysen — of Grand Forks,GrandForks County, N.Dak.; Bowman,BowmanCounty, N.Dak.Born in Christiania (now Oslo),Norway,April24, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandForks, N.D., 1889-92; U.S. Consul inChristiania, 1893;Gothenberg, 1893-97; district judge in North Dakota, 1909-12.Norwegianancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in ahotel room at Glasgow,ValleyCounty, Mont.,February27, 1914 (age56 years, 309days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Glasgow, Mont. | | John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) — also known asJohn C. C. Mayo — of Paintsville,JohnsonCounty, Ky.Born inJohnsonCounty, Ky.,September16, 1864.Democrat.Schoolteacher;coal miningbaron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder inKentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1908,1912;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.Methodist.Died, fromBright'sdisease andperitonitis,in the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1914 (age49 years, 237days).Interment atMayoCemetery, Paintsville, Ky. | | Edward C. Cheasty (1864-1914) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in1864.Democrat.Haberdasherybusiness;Honorary Vice-President, Democratic NationalConvention, 1904.Jumpedfrom his window on the 10th floor of theHotel Washington, andfell tohis death on the pavement below, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,June 12,1914 (ageabout 49years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | Edgar Wilson (1861-1915) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born inArmstrongCounty, Pa.,February25, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;banker;delegateto Idaho state constitutional convention, 1890;IdahoRepublican state chair, 1892;U.S.Representative from Idaho at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; candidate forjustice ofIdaho state supreme court, 1896.Died, frompneumonia,in ahotel room in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,January3, 1915 (age53 years, 312days).Interment atMorrisHill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | William M. Brown (1850-1915) — of New Castle,LawrenceCounty, Pa.Born in Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.,September20, 1850.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1876, 1880; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 47th District, 1897-1900;LieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1903-07; electedU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District 1914, but diedbefore taking office.Died, frompneumonia,in theHotel McAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1915 (age64 years, 133days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, New Castle, Pa.  | Frank West Rollins (1860-1915) — also known asFrank W. Rollins — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,February24, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofNewHampshire state senate 10th District, 1895-96;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1899-1901.Died, in theHotel Somerset, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October27, 1915 (age55 years, 245days).Interment atBlossomHill Cemetery, Concord, N.H. | | | Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) — also known asIsaac S. Catlin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1835.Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater,Petersburg, Va., July 1864, andlost hisright leg; received theMedalof Honor for his actions that day;lawyer;candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Suffered astroke,and died a week later, in theHotel St. George, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1916 (age80 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Cyrus W. Davis (1856-1917) — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Buxton Center, Buxton,YorkCounty, Maine,September25, 1856.Democrat.Newspapereditor;investmentbroker; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1901-04;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1903-05; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1904, 1906;secretaryof state of Maine, 1911-12;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1914-17; died inoffice 1917.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar.Died, frompneumonia,at the FalmouthHotel, Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November1, 1917 (age61 years, 37days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Cyrus Davis and Harriet A. (Pratt) Davis; married,September25, 1879, to Flora E. Philbrook; third cousin once removed ofFredMelville Libby; third cousin twice removed ofCarlElias Milliken. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Image source: Portland Evening Express,November 1, 1917 |
|  | George Pelton Lawrence (1859-1917) — also known asGeorge P. Lawrence — of North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,May 19,1859.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Massachusetts, 1885-94; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1895-97;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1897-1913.Under stress as head of a World War I draft exemption board, hejumpedfrom an eighth-floor window andfell to hisdeath, at the BelmontHotel, Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,November21, 1917 (age58 years, 186days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, North Adams, Mass. | | Jesse Johnson (1842-1918) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Orford,GraftonCounty, N.H.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bradford,OrangeCounty, Vt.,February20, 1842.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1888;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1889-94;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-98; defeated, 1883.Died, in the St. GeorgeHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1918 (age76 years, 253days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Sarah E. Russell and Mary A. Prichard. |
| | James B. Allen (1875-1919) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,January13, 1875.Democrat.Insurancebusiness; candidate forMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 6th District,1909.Died, frombronchialpneumonia due toinfluenza,in BonaventureHotel, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,February15, 1919 (age44 years, 33days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) — also known asJohn J. Adams — of New York. Born in Douglas Town,NewBrunswick,September16, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7thDistrict 1885-87).Died suddenly, ofheartdisease (a year after suffering astroke ofparalysis), in the AnsoniaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1919 (age70 years, 153days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Joseph Lander Eastland (1880-1919) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 20,1880.Realestate business;Consulfor Venezuela inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1906-17.Died, fromapoplexy,in his rooms at the CliftHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,March19, 1919 (age38 years, 242days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Seth Bullock (1847-1919) — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.; Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born inOntario,July23, 1847.Republican. Member ofMontanaterritorial senate, 1871-72;Lewisand Clark County Sheriff, 1873;hardwaredealer;hotelowner; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from SouthDakota,1916.Died, in the BullockHotel, Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak., September,1919(age72years, 0 days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak. | | Cary Roy Miller (1872-1919) — also known asCary R. Miller — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Millersburg,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,February25, 1872.U.S. Vice Consul inStockholm, 1918-19, died in office 1919.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilledhimself, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1919 (age47 years, 257days).Cremated;ashes interred atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind. | | Philip Henry Dugro (1855-1920) — also known asP. Henry Dugro — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;hotelier;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 14th District, 1879;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1881-83; New York Citysuperior court judge, 1887-95;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1920; died in office1920.Alsatianancestry. Member,TammanyHall;PhiKappa Psi.Died, frompneumonia,in his apartment at the SavoyHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1920 (age64 years, 151days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Robert Broadnax Glenn (1854-1920) — also known asRobert B. Glenn — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,August11, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1893-97;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 26th District, 1899-1900;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1905-09; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1912.Member,Anti-SaloonLeague.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the Royal AlexandraHotel,Winnipeg,Manitoba,May16, 1920 (age65 years, 279days).Interment atSalemCemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C. | | James Clifford McNally (1863-1920) — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Staffordshire,England,May12, 1863.Naturalized U.S. citizen;lawyer;U.S. Consul General inBogotá, 1898-99;Guatemala City, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul inLiège, 1902-07;Nanking, 1907-10;Tsingtao, 1910-14; U.S. Vice Consul inHamburg, as of 1917;Curaçao, as of 1919.Died, in theHotel Ostend, Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,August5, 1920 (age57 years, 85days).Interment atSt. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas McNally and Mary (Moran) McNally; married1891 to AgnesKeane. | | | | Epitaph: "My Dearie." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Frank Sullivan Smith (1851-1920) — of Angelica,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.Born in Granger,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,October14, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;receiver of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & NorthernRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1912,1916(alternate).Died in the PlazaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1920 (age69 years, 32days).Entombed atUntilthe Day Dawn Cemetery, Angelica, N.Y. | | William Henry Hall (1867-1922) — also known asWilliam H. Hall — of South Willington, Willington,TollandCounty, Conn.Born in South Willington, Willington,TollandCounty, Conn.,May 31,1867.Republican.Manufacturer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Willington, 1893-98, 1905-06,1909-16, 1919-20; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1899-1900, 1917-18, 1921-22 (24th District1899-1900, 35th District 1917-18, 1921-22); died in office 1922;delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1908(alternate),1912(alternate),1916(alternate),1920.Died, from aheartattack, in the public writing room of the RidgewoodHotel,Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach),VolusiaCounty, Fla.,February14, 1922 (age54 years, 259days).Entombed atWillingtonHill Cemetery, Willington, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Gardiner Hall and Fanny (Parker) Hall; married to AliceHolman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Raymond Schofield Curtice (1887-1922) — also known asRaymond S. Curtice — of Saltsburg,IndianaCounty, Pa.Born in Middlefield Center, Middlefield,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,October31, 1887.U.S. Vice Consul inSeoul, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul inNagasaki, as of 1921.Killedhimself bygunshot,in his room at theHotel duPont, Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February15, 1922 (age34 years, 107days).Interment atGreenfieldCemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Sara Comstock (Schofield) Curtice and Rev. Saul Ober Curtice;married,June 3,1914, to Marian Fitch Scranton; second cousin five times removedofAaronKitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1919) |
| | Allen Miller Fletcher (1853-1922) — also known asAllen M. Fletcher — of Proctorsville, Cavendish,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,September25, 1853.Republican.Farmer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Cavendish, 1902-03, 1906,1908, 1910; member ofVermontstate senate, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Vermont,1908;Governorof Vermont, 1912-15.Congregationalist.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in the BerwickHotel, Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,May 11,1922 (age68 years, 228days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | Charles Joel Fisk (1858-1922) — also known asCharles J. Fisk — of Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,June 16,1858.Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1896(alternate),1900;mayorof Plainfield, N.J., 1897-1900.Englishancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromanginapectoris andmyocardialdegeneration, in the Bellevue-StratfordHotel,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November27, 1922 (age64 years, 164days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Harvey Fisk and Louisa (Green) Fisk; married1879 to LizzieRichey. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Plainfield (N.J.)Courier-News, November 27, 1922 |
|  | Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known asWarren G. Harding — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Blooming Grove,MorrowCounty, Ohio,November2, 1865.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofOhiostate senate 13th District, 1901-03;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904(alternate),1912,1916(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker);candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1910;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1915-21;Presidentof the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;PhiAlpha Delta.Firstpresident ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,1922.Died, probably from aheartattack, in a room at the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August2, 1923 (age57 years, 273days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not acceptedby historians.Originally entombed atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 atHardingMemorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) atWoodland Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;married,July 8,1891, toFlorenceDeWolfe. | | | | Harding County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | HardingHighSchool, inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingHighSchool, inWarren,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingMiddleSchool, inFrankford,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofHardingTownship, New Jersey (created 1922) isnamed forhim. — WarrenStreet,GStreet,and HardingStreet(now Boardwalk), inKetchikan,Alaska, were allnamed forhim. — HardingMountain,inChelanCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. —MountHarding, inSkagway,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Remember there are twosides to every question. Get both." | | | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back tonormalcy with Harding." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Warren G. Harding: FrancisRussell,TheShadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In HisTimes — Robert K. Murray,TheHarding Era : Warren G. Harding and HisAdministration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson,ThePresidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,InsideStory of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee,TheOhio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.Dean,WarrenG. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell,TheStrange Deaths of President Harding — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Russell Roberts,WarrenG. Harding (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) — of Owatonna,SteeleCounty, Minn.; Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born in Damascus,WayneCounty, Pa.,March22, 1843.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;civilengineer;merchant;banker;mayorof Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, in the MetropoleHotel, Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,August24, 1923 (age80 years, 155days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.| | Relatives:Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
| | George G. Weeks (1860-1923) — of Fairfield,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Fairfield,SomersetCounty, Maine,April14, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, at the New Chase Househotel, Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November21, 1923 (age63 years, 221days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Fairfield, Maine.  | John G. A. Leishman (1857-1924) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March28, 1857.Republican. President, CarnegieSteelCompany, 1886-97; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1897-1901;Turkey, 1900-06; U.S. Ambassador toTurkey, 1906-09;Italy, 1909-11;Germany, 1911-13.Died, fromheartdisease, in his suite at theHotel Parc Palace, MonteCarlo,Monaco,March27, 1924 (age66 years, 365days).Burial location unknown. | | Marcus Aurelius Smith (1851-1924) — also known asMarcus A. Smith;Mark A.Smith —of Tombstone,CochiseCounty, Ariz.; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born near Cynthiana,HarrisonCounty, Ky.,January24, 1851.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1887-95, 1897-99,1901-03, 1905-09;U.S.Senator from Arizona, 1912-21; defeated, 1920.Died, fromheartdisease, in hishotel room atWashington,D.C.,April 7,1924 (age73 years, 74days).Interment atBattleGrove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky. | | Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) — also known asMedill McCormick — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 16,1877.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);member of Illinois state legislature, 1910;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.Died bysuicide,through anoverdose ofbarbiturates (reported at the time as a heart attack), in hisroom at theHotel Hamilton,Washington,D.C.,February25, 1925 (age47 years, 285days).Interment atMiddlecreekCemetery, Byron, Ill.  | Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) — also known asCharles H. Ebbets;CharlieEbbets —ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1859.Architect;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,Brooklyn Dodgersprofessionalbaseball team, 1902-25.Died, fromheartfailure, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1925 (age65 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married,April10, 1878, to Minnie Frances Amelia Broadbent; married,May 8,1922, to Grace Eleanor Slade. | | | | Ebbets Field (built 1912, demolished 1960),ballparkfor the Brooklyn Dodgers, inBrooklyn,New York, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) — also known asThomas R. Marshall — of Columbia City,WhitleyCounty, Ind.Born in North Manchester,WabashCounty, Ind.,March14, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofIndiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912,1920;VicePresident of the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiGamma Delta.Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-centcigar.".Died, from the effects of aheartattack, in his room at the WillardHotel,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1925 (age71 years, 79days).Originally entombed atEstatesof Serenity, Marion, Ind.; re-entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855-1925) — also known asArthur Baily-Blanchard — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,October1, 1855.Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1914-21.Catholic.Died, in his room at the Mount RoyalHotel, Montreal,Quebec,August22, 1925 (age69 years, 325days).Burial location unknown.  | John W. Hogan (1853-1926) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1853.Democrat.Judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1913-23.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died, from aheartattack, in the Copley PlazaHotel, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January30, 1926 (age72 years, 81days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Germman Burton (1846-1926) — also known asCharles G. Burton — of Nevada,VernonCounty, Mo.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April 4,1846.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1884,1900;U.S.Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1895-97; defeated,1878 (6th District), 1896 (15th District);U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Kansas City, Missouri, 1909.Died, ofuremiafromnephritis,in the ChathamHotel, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,February25, 1926 (age79 years, 327days).Interment atDeepwoodCemetery, Nevada, Mo. | | Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in San Mateo,San MateoCounty, Calif.,July 4,1878.Republican.Cementmason;president,San Francisco Building Trades Council; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1915-22;U.S.Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died inoffice 1926.Died, in theHotel Marseilles, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1926 (age47 years, 344days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Sherman Tecumpsa Newton (1864-1926) — also known asSherman T. Newton — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September5, 1864.Republican. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1893;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portsmouth, N.H., New Hampshire, 1905-11.Died, in the KearsargeHotel, Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September23, 1926 (age62 years, 18days).Interment atProprietors'Burying Ground, Portsmouth, N.H. | | William Joseph Fallon (1886-1927) — also known asWilliam J. Fallon;"The GreatMouthpiece";"Broadway'sCicero" —of Mamaroneck,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1886.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1918;chargedin 1924 withbribingajuror;triedand acquitted.Died, ofheartdisease, in theHotel Oxford, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1927 (ageabout 40years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | George Defer (d. 1927) — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Villagepresident of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1918-27; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1927; died in office 1927.While talking in ahotel room with several colleagues, hesuffered aheartattack, and died, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,May 2,1927.Burial location unknown. | | William Nash Everett (1864-1928) — of Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.Born in Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.,December29, 1864.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1917-18; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,1919-22;secretaryof state of North Carolina, 1923-28; died in office 1928.Died of aheartattack in his room at the Sir Walter RaleighHotel,Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February7, 1928 (age63 years, 40days).Interment atEverettCemetery, Rockingham, N.C. | | John Francis Smulski (1867-1928) — also known asJohn F. Smulski — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan,Poland),February4, 1867.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;lawyer;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1907-09; candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1911; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1916.Catholic.Polishancestry.Fearing he hadintestinalcancer, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in his suite at the SenecaHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March18, 1928 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atSt.Adalbert's Cemetery, Niles, Ill. | | Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Epsom,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October19, 1845.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1911;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1928; died inoffice 1928.Member,UnionLeague;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, in the AngusHotel, St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,May 10,1928 (age82 years, 204days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) — also known asEdward A. Burke;Edward A.Burk —of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September13, 1839.Democrat.Telegraphoperator;railroadsuperintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar;importerand exporter;railwayfreight agent;newspapereditor;Louisianastate treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistolduelwith Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884;in 1889, his successor as state treasurer,WilliamHenry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accusedBurke ofembezzlement;he was subsequentlyindictedby a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return toLouisiana, and insteadfledto Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.Irishancestry.Died, in theHotel Ritz, Tegucigalpa,Honduras,September24, 1928 (age89 years, 11days).Intermentsomewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras. | | Cecil Warren Thomas (1872-1928) — also known asCecil W. Thomas — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.Born in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,May 18,1872.Republican.Real estatebusiness;mayorof Jefferson City, Mo., 1925-28; died in office 1928; candidateforU.S.Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1926.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the BlackstoneHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October3, 1928 (age56 years, 138days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Warren Thomas and Ophelia Lewis (Bolton) Thomas; married1901 toCeleste Price. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Wilkerson (1853-1929) — of Kansas. Born in Spring Hill, Washington Township,WarrenCounty, Ohio,1853.Member of Kansas state legislature, 1890. Died at the DenverHotel, Wilmington,ClintonCounty, Ohio,1929(ageabout76 years).Interment atMiamiCemetery, Waynesville, Ohio. | | Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr. (1852-1929) — also known asUlysses S. Grant, Jr.;BuckGrant —of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Bethel,ClermontCounty, Ohio,July 22,1852.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1896(ConventionVice-President),1900;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1905(voted forTheodoreRoosevelt andCharlesW. Fairbanks); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1909(voted forWilliamH. Taft andJamesS. Sherman).Died ofthroatcancer, in the SandbergLodge, Sandberg,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September25, 1929 (age77 years, 65days).Interment atGreenwoodMemorial Park, San Diego, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofUlyssesSimpson Grant andJuliaGrant; brother ofFrederickDent Grant; married,November1, 1880, to Josephine Chaffee (daughter ofJeromeBunty Chaffee); married,July 12,1913, to America Workman Will; nephew ofGeorgeWrenshall Dent andLewisDent; first cousin thrice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamRush Merriam. | | | | Political family:Grantfamily of San Francisco, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Boutwell Dunlap (1877-1930) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,November14, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;historian;nominated forU.S.Representative from California 1st District 1904, but withdrewbefore election;Vice-Consulfor Argentina inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1909-30.Member,KappaSigma;DeltaChi;Societyof Colonial Wars;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanHistorical Association.Died in his room at the GraystoneHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,December22, 1930 (age53 years, 38days).Cremated;ashes interred atOld Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof William Dunlap and Sarah Jane (Robinson) Dunlap. |
| | Walter Halben Butler (1852-1931) — also known asWalter H. Butler — of West Union,FayetteCounty, Iowa.Born in Springboro,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,February13, 1852.Democrat.Banker;U.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1891-93.Died, frommyocarditisandheartdilatation, in RooseveltHotel, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,April24, 1931 (age79 years, 70days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.  | Joseph E. Newburger (1853-1931) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October21, 1853.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1906-23.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, fromheartdisease, in his suite at theHotel Champlain, nearPlattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1931 (age77 years, 271days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Library of Congress |
| | John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) — also known asJ. Proctor Clarke — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Larchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Florence (Firenze),Italy,of American parents,April23, 1856.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1stDepartment, 1905-26.Member,UnionLeague;American BarAssociation.Died, ofpneumonia,in the Murray HillHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1932 (age75 years, 264days).Intermentsomewherein Northampton, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married,June 25,1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married,July 8,1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
| | John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) — Born inWashington,D.C.,November6, 1854.Republican.Bandconductor;composer;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1924.BavarianandPortugeseancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;AudubonSociety.He was elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1973.Died, in his room at the Abraham LincolnHotel, Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,March 6,1932 (age77 years, 121days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Augustus F. Daix Jr. (1866-1932) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October3, 1866.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 7th District, 1913-32; died in office 1932.Died, fromheartdisease, in the New ClarionHotel, Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,May 5,1932 (age65 years, 215days).Burial location unknown.  | Raymond Davis (1883-1933) — Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September5, 1883.Forester;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul inAden, 1921-24;Paris, 1924-29;Lyon, 1926;Rosario, 1929-32;Prague, 1932-33, died in office 1933.At theHotel Alcron, where he and his wife were staying, hedeliberatelyor accidentally (accounts differ) went over a second-floor railing,andfell tohis death in the lobby below, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (nowCzechia),January24, 1933 (age49 years, 141days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, France.| | Relatives: Sonof John H. Davis and Jennie Davis; married,August25, 1909, to Avis M. Parker. | | | | Image source: U.S. Passport application(1919) |
| | | Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) — also known asGodfrey G. Goodwin — of Cambridge,IsantiCounty, Minn.Born inNicolletCounty, Minn.,January11, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;IsantiCounty Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died inoffice 1933.Died when hejumpedorfellfrom a fifth-floor window at theHotel Driscoll,Washington,D.C.,February16, 1933 (age60 years, 36days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) — also known asThomas W. Gregory — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Crawfordsville (unknowncounty), Miss.,November6, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Attorney General, 1914-19.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofpneumonia,in his room at theHotel Pennsylvania, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1933 (age71 years, 112days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Tex.  | Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) — also known asCharles N. Haskell — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.Born in Leipsic,PutnamCounty, Ohio,March13, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;oilbusiness;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906;Governor ofOklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1928.Died, ofpneumonia,in the SkirvinHotel, Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,July 5,1933 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atGreenhillCemetery, Muskogee, Okla.  | Rufus Hansom Hagood Jr. (1887-1934) — also known asRufus H. Hagood, Jr. — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,November21, 1887.Democrat.Physician;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1932.Suffered aheartattack in the dining room of a downtownhotel, and diedsoon after in EmergencyHospital,Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,February1, 1934 (age46 years, 72days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) — also known asCharles R. Flint;"Father ofTrusts" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,January24, 1850.Shippingbusiness;shipowner;financier;Consulfor Chile inNewYork, N.Y., 1877-79;Consul-Generalfor Costa Rica inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-96; in the 1890s, he consolidated groups ofsmaller companies to form large corporations or "trusts": U.S.Rubber(1892); American Chicle (chewinggum) (1899); AmericanWoolen(1899); founder, in 1911, of theComputing-Tabulating-RecordingCompany, which later became International Busines Machines (IBM).Died, in his room at the ShorehamHotel,Washington,D.C.,February26, 1934 (age84 years, 33days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | D. Knox Hanna (d. 1934) — ofTuscolaCounty, Mich.Republican.TuscolaCounty Sheriff, 1911-14; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1933-34; diedin office 1934.Killed in the KernsHotelfire,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,December13, 1934.Burial location unknown.  | Nelson Sharpe (1858-1935) — of West Branch,OgemawCounty, Mich.Born in Northumberland County,Ontario,August25, 1858.Republican.OgemawCounty Prosecuting Attorney;circuitjudge in Michigan 34th Circuit, 1893-1919; resigned 1919;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1919-35; died in office 1935;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1927, 1934.Suffered aheartattack, and died in his rooms at the PorterHotel,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October20, 1935 (age77 years, 56days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, West Branch, Mich. | | | Walter J. Cookson (1876-1936) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.BornApril17, 1876.Republican.Mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1936; died in office 1936.Died, from aheartattack, in hishotel room at the Republican NationalConvention, in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,June 11,1936 (age60 years, 55days).Burial location unknown. | | Nathan Lynn Bachman (1878-1937) — also known asNathan L. Bachman — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born in Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.,August2, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Tennessee 6th District, 1908-12;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1918-24;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1933-37; died in office 1937.Presbyterian.Member,Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died, from aheartattack in his room at the ContinentalHotel,Washington,D.C.,April23, 1937 (age58 years, 264days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. | | Hans Mathias Aune (1861-1937) — also known asHans M. Aune — of Redwood Falls,RedwoodCounty, Minn.Born in Trondheim,Norway,May19, 1861.Clothingmerchant;mayorof Redwood Falls, Minn., 1920; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 14, 1937; died in office1937.Norwegianancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the RyanHotel, St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,June 5,1937 (age76 years, 17days).Interment atRedwoodFalls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn. | | Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) — also known asHenry H. Denhardt — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,March 8,1876.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1924;shotand injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna GarrTaylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he waschargedwithmurderandtried inNew Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.Before he could be tried a second time, he wasshot andkilled,at the ArmstrongHotel, Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,September20, 1937 (age61 years, 196days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky. | | Grenville Temple Emmet (1877-1937) — also known asGrenville T. Emmet — of Katonah,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August2, 1877.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer; lawpartner ofFranklinD. Roosevelt, 1921-23; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1934-37;Austria, 1937, died in office 1937.Died, ofpneumonia,in theHotel Bristol, Vienna,Austria,September26, 1937 (age60 years, 55days).Interment atSt.Matthew's Churchyard, Bedford, N.Y. | | William Forte Willett Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam Willett, Jr. — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Woodmere,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1907-11; defeated,1904; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1911;indictedin 1912 onchargesthat heboughtthe nomination for Supreme Court justice;triedandconvictedin 1914,sentencedto one year inprisonandfined$1,000; released on parole in 1916.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at theHotel McAlpin, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1938 (age68 years, 77days).Interment atTheEvergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Nathan Lieberman (c.1888-1939) — also known asLeonard Madden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1888. Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1912;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 17th District, 1921; in March1939, he wascharged,along with two others, over astockfraud scheme; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail;meanwhile, in a separate case, he wasindictedin Broome County.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, apparently ofpneumonia,while attempting tokillhimself withpoison,in his room at the TudorHotel (where he had registered underthe assumed name "Leonard Madden"), Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1939 (ageabout 51years).Burial location unknown. | | Carl Edgar Mapes (1874-1939) — also known asCarl E. Mapes — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born inEatonCounty, Mich.,December26, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,1905-06; member ofMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1909-12;U.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1913-39; died inoffice 1939.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen.Suffered aheartattack, and died, in hishotel room at New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December12, 1939 (age64 years, 351days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. | | Max David Steuer (1871-1940) — also known asMax D. Steuer — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inHungary,September6, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1916,1932,1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 19th District, 1938.Jewish. Member,TammanyHall;American BarAssociation;B'naiB'rith.Died, from aheartattack, on the porch of the Wentworth HallHotel, Jackson,CarrollCounty, N.H.,August21, 1940 (age68 years, 350days).Burial location unknown. | | Key Pittman (1872-1940) — of Nome,Nomecensus area, Alaska; Tonopah,NyeCounty, Nev.Born in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,September19, 1872.Democrat.Went tothe Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada,1912(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1928,1936,1940;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtubuntil he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, hesuffered a severeheartattack before the election, at the RiversideHotel, anddied after the election at the Washoe GeneralHospital,Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,November10, 1940 (age68 years, 52days).Entombed in mausoleum atMasonicMemorial Gardens, Reno, Nev. | | Frank Lee Houx (1854-1941) — also known asFrank L. Houx — of Wyoming. Born in Lexington,LafayetteCounty, Mo.,December12, 1854.Democrat.Mayor ofCody, Wyo., 1901, 1905-09;secretaryof state of Wyoming, 1911-19;Governor ofWyoming, 1917-19; defeated, 1918.Presbyterian.Died in the IrmaHotel, Cody,ParkCounty, Wyo.,April 3,1941 (age86 years, 112days).Interment atCodyCemetery, Cody, Wyo.  | Alva Blanchard Adams (1875-1941) — also known asAlva B. Adams — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Del Norte,Rio GrandeCounty, Colo.,October29, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1916(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1936;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1923-24, 1933-41; defeated, 1924; died inoffice 1941.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died, fromheartdisease, in the Wardman ParkHotel,Washington,D.C.,December1, 1941 (age66 years, 33days).Entombed atRoselawnCemetery, Pueblo, Colo. | | Abram Klenert (1869-1943) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,February16, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1907;defeated, 1909; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1928.Jewish. Member,Knightsof Pythias.Died, in his apartment at the Alexander HamiltonHotel,Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,March 8,1943 (age74 years, 20days).Interment atMt.Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Victor Klenert and Rose Klenert; married to BessieWoods. |
 | Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) — also known asFrank O. Lowden — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Oregon,OgleCounty, Ill.Born in Sunrise,ChisagoCounty, Minn.,January26, 1861.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;lawprofessor; director, NationalBank ofthe Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1900,1904;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1904-12;U.S.Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11;Governor ofIllinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920,1928.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromrectalcancer, in El ConquistadorHotel, Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,March20, 1943 (age82 years, 53days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Julian William Mack (1866-1943) — also known asJulian W. Mack — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 19,1866.Democrat.Lawyer;lawprofessor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, IllinoisAppellate Court, 1905-11;Judgeof U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court forthe 7th Circuit, 1911;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; tooksenior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;ZionistOrganization of America;AmericanJewish Congress;AmericanJewish Committee.Died, in his room at the Fifth AvenueHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September5, 1943 (age77 years, 48days).Burial location unknown.  | Samuel Ross Hay (1865-1944) — also known asSam R. Hay — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Decaturville,DecaturCounty, Tenn.,October15, 1865.Democrat.Pastor;bishop;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1928.Methodist.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in LamarHotel, Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,February4, 1944 (age78 years, 112days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | | James Oliver II (1885-1944) — of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,November3, 1885.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1936(alternate),1940.Suffered aheartattack and died, at the ClaypoolHotel, Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 19,1944 (age58 years, 198days).Entombed atRiverviewCemetery, South Bend, Ind.  | Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) — also known asHarold W. Mason — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April21, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;boot and shoebusiness; vice-president, Brattleboro MemorialHospital;director forpowercompanies,insurancecompanies, the Central VermontRailway,and the EsteyOrganCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1932;Convention Secretary,1940,1944;secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary,1940;speaker,1940;Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1933(voted forHerbertHoover andCharlesCurtis);delegateto Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Vermont, 1936-44;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1937-44.Member,AmericanLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;SigmaNu.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the Savoy-PlazaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November3, 1944 (age49 years, 196days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;married,March17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Official Report of the22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
| | | Charles Armijo Woodruff (1884-1945) — also known asCharles A. Woodruff — Born in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,January12, 1884.U.S. Navy officer;Governor ofAmerican Samoa; captain in Merchant Marine.Died bysuicide,fromhanging,in his room at theHotel Bossert, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1945 (age61 years, 314days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Francis Magner (1860-1945) — also known asThomas F. Magner — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1860.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1888;U.S.Representative from New York, 1889-95 (5th District 1889-93, 6thDistrict 1893-95); Independence League candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906.Died, in his room at theHotel Bossert, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1945 (age85 years, 289days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Carter Glass (1858-1946) — also known asGeorge Carter Glass;"Father of theFederal Reserve";"Pluck" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,January4, 1858.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1892,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940,1944;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1899-1902;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Lynchburg city,1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1916-28;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1920.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in his room at the MayflowerHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1946 (age88 years, 144days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | | William Bross Lloyd (1875-1946) — also known asWilliam B. Lloyd;"The MillionaireSocialist" —of Winnetka,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February27, 1875.Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1918;arrestedin downtown Chicago, 1918, for refusing to remove aredflag from his limo; co-founder of Communist Labor Party, 1919;indictedforsedition,1920; represented attrial byClarenceDarrow;convicted,sentencedto 1-5 years inprison;his sentence was commuted in 1922.Died, ofcancer,in the Ritz-CarltonHotel, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 30,1946 (age71 years, 123days).Cremated;ashes scattered in North Atlantic Ocean.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Demarest Lloyd and Jessie (Bross) Lloyd; married to LolaMaverick and Madge Bird; grandson ofWilliamBross. |
| | Guy Brasfield Park (1872-1946) — also known asGuy B. Park — of Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.,June 10,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;PlatteCounty Prosecuting Attorney;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1922;resigned 1922; circuit judge in Missouri 5th Circuit, 1923-32;Governor ofMissouri, 1933-37;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1943-44.Disciplesof Christ. Member,BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis, in MissouriHotel, Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,October1, 1946 (age74 years, 113days).Interment atPlatteCity Cemetery, Platte City, Mo. | | Michael Kenna (1857-1946) — also known as"Hinky-Dink" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,1857.Democrat.Saloonkeeper;cigardealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1908,1912,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940.Died, in the BlackstoneHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October9, 1946 (ageabout 89years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Evanston, Ill. | | John Edward Anderson (1879-1947) — also known asJohn E. Anderson — of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,August25, 1879.Mayorof El Paso, Tex., 1938-47; died in office 1947.Episcopalian.Member,Brotherhoodof Railroad Trainmen;Freemasons;Shriners;Jesters;Elks;Kiwanis.Died, from aheartcondition andpulmonaryedema, in his room at theHotel Paso del Norte, El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,February4, 1947 (age67 years, 163days).Interment atEvergreenAlameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Nathan Anderson and Sallie Jane Anderson; married,November19, 1932, to Georgia Lee Ann Sewell. |
| | Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947) — also known asO. Max Gardner — of Shelby,ClevelandCounty, N.C.Born in Shelby,ClevelandCounty, N.C.,March22, 1882.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;chair ofCleveland County Democratic Party, 1907-08; member ofNorthCarolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-14; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 32nd District, 1911-12, 1915-16;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1917-21; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1924,1932,1940,1944;Governorof North Carolina, 1929-33; defeated, 1920.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaNu;OddFellows;Elks.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis, in his suite at the St. RegisHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1947 (age64 years, 321days).Interment atSunsetCemetery, Shelby, N.C.  | Charles Barnett Goodspeed (1885-1947) — also known asC. B. Goodspeed — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February8, 1885.Republican.Steelexecutive;Treasurerof Republican National Committee, 1936-41.Died, frombladdercancer anduremia,in the Castle Hot SpringsHotel, Castle Hot Springs,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.,February23, 1947 (age62 years, 15days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Wilbur Fisk Goodspeed and Harriet (Howe) Goodspeed; married,November18, 1916, to Elizabeth B. Fuller. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Official Report of the22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
| | | Joseph Aloysius O'Hara (1869-1948) — also known asJoseph A. O'Hara — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January25, 1869.Democrat.Physician;Orleans Parish Coroner, 1908-24 president, Louisiana state board ofhealth, 1928-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1936.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died, atHotel Dieu, New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February25, 1948 (age79 years, 31days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara; married to Mary TheresaCosgrove; father ofWilliamJoseph O'Hara. |
| | Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.; Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.; Leadville,LakeCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.Born in Kölleda,Germany,April8, 1852.Republican.Hardwarebusiness; co-founder and vice-president, Great WesternSugar Co.;co-founder and president IdealCementCompany; vice-president, Brown PalaceHotelCompany;real estateinvestor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromColorado,1916(alternate),1928.Germanancestry.Died, in his suite at the Brown PalaceHotel,Denver,Colo.,July 2,1948 (age96 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Jerome H. Kohn (c.1900-1948) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., about 1900.Democrat.Tobaccobusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1944,1948.Jewish.While serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, hedied, apparently of aheartattack, in hishotel room in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 12,1948 (ageabout 48years).Interment atBethIsrael Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives:Married to Alice Bussy. |
| | Harry E. Lewis (c.1880-1948) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., about 1880.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-48; died in office1948;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2ndDepartment, 1943-48; died in office 1948.Jewish.Died, from aheartattack, in his cottage at the SaranacInn, Upper SaranacLake,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1948 (ageabout 68years).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Leopold Lewis and Emma (Lowenthal) Lewis; brother ofOscarA. Lewis; married to Rose Nathan. |
| | Jacob Leonard Replogle (1876-1948) — also known asJ. Leonard Replogle — of Westmont,CambriaCounty, Pa.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in New Enterprise,BedfordCounty, Pa.,May 6,1876.Republican.Steelmanufacturer; Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1921;delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,1928(alternate),1932,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1940(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1944;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Florida, 1940.Died, from complications ofinfluenza,in the Savoy-PlazaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1948 (age72 years, 203days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Southmont, Pa. | | Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) — also known asWalter G. Andrews — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,July 16,1889.Republican.Athleticcoach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;salesmanager;U.S.Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,42nd District 1945-49).Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, in ahotel at Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,March 5,1949 (age59 years, 232days).Cremated;ashes interred atOldFort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y. | | John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) — also known asJ. C. B. Ehringhaus — of Elizabeth City,PasquotankCounty, N.C.; Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Elizabeth City,PasquotankCounty, N.C.,February5, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1905-08; Solicitor, 1stDistrict, 1910-22;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1940,1944(speaker),1948.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks.Died, of aheartattack, in his suite at the Sir WalterHotel, Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,July 31,1949 (age67 years, 176days).Interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C. | | Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) — also known asRobert T. Bushnell — of West Newton, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;MiddlesexCounty District Attorney, 1927-31;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1941-45.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, from aheartattack, in his suite at the RoyaltonHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1949 (age53 years, 106days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell; married,June30, 1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom. |
| | Colin Neblett (1875-1950) — of Tesuque,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,July 6,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;superintendentof schools; district judge in New Mexico 6th District, 1911-17;U.S.District Judge for New Mexico, 1917-48; took senior status 1948.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Jesters;Elks.Suffered astroke inthe HiltonHotel dining room, and died soon after in ahospitalat Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,May 7,1950 (age74 years, 305days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known asFrank E. McKee — of North Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August22, 1877.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,1944; died in office 1951.Episcopalian.Scotch-Irish,Swiss,German, andEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, of aheartattack, in a room at the PorterHotel, Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February13, 1951 (age73 years, 175days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Muskegon, Mich.  | John Henry Walters (1874-1952) — also known asJ. Henry Walters — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1908-10; memberofNewYork state senate 38th District, 1911-20; attorney formovietheater owners.Died, in theHotel Croydon, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1952 (age78 years, 5days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Clare A. Pfohl. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Philip Murray (1886-1952) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Blantyre,Scotland,May25, 1886.Democrat.Miner;president,local union of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 1905;districtpresident in 1912;vice-presidentin 1917;chairman,Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC); (SWOC), 1935-42, andpresident ofthe successor United Steelworkers of America, 1942-52president,Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1940,1944,1952.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the Mark HopkinsHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November9, 1952 (age66 years, 168days).Interment atSt.Ann's Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Murray and Rose (Layden) Murray. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) — also known asHarold G. Hoffman — of South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February7, 1896.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness;banker;newspapercolumnist andradiocommentator; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24;mayorof South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New JerseyCommissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1940, 1946; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Methodist.Member,JuniorOrder;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;RoyalArcanum.Suspendedin 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation systemfor aninvestigationof financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his writtenconfessionofembezzlementschemes was disclosed.Died, of aheartattack, in his room at the BlakeHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1954 (age58 years, 117days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J. | | Melville Jefferson France (1878-1955) — also known asMelville J. France — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1915-19.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, in the CornwallisInn, Kentville,NovaScotia,July 22,1955 (age76 years, 266days).Intermentsomewherein Walton, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Jefferson France and Addie (Clark) France; married,October29, 1904, to Annie Franklin Wilson; married,December22, 1953, to Adele (Dyott) Hart. |
| | James Joseph Lanzetta (1894-1956) — also known asJames J. Lanzetta — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December21, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1933-35, 1937-39;defeated, 1934, 1938, 1940; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1940;justice, New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1948-56.Catholic.Died, at the GreystoneHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1956 (age61 years, 311days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Ray Thompson (1911-1957) — of North Dakota. Born in Barney,RichlandCounty, N.Dak.,November3, 1911.Member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1945;NorthDakota state treasurer, 1953-54.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Eagles.Died of aheartattack, in ahotel at Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.,January27, 1957 (age45 years, 85days).Interment atWahpetonMemorial Gardens Cemetery, Wahpeton, N.Dak. | | Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio,July 23,1894.Chemist;executive vice-president, Parke Davispharmaceuticalcompany;villagepresident of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50;mayorof Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.Member,AmericanChemical Society;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz CarltonHotel,Montreal,Quebec,April8, 1957 (age62 years, 259days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Thomas Joseph Spellacy (1880-1957) — also known asThomas J. Spellacy;"LongTom" —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,March 6,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; member ofConnecticutstate senate 3rd District, 1907-08, 1911-12; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1912(alternate;HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1920,1924(delegation chair),1928,1936,1940;U.S.Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate forGovernor ofConnecticut, 1918; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;defeated, 1945; member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; ConnecticutInsurance Commissioner, 1955-57.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,AncientOrder of Hibernians;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;Forestersof America.Died, of aheartattack, in his room at the CommodoreHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1957 (age77 years, 274days).Interment atMt.St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.  | Lois Irene Marshall (1873-1958) — also known asLois Irene Kimsey — of Columbia City,WhitleyCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Salem Center,SteubenCounty, Ind.,May 9,1873.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Indiana,1928.Female.Suffered astroke inherhotel suite, and died a few days later, in Good SamaritanHospital,Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,January6, 1958 (age84 years, 242days).Entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Garrett E. Lyons (d. 1960) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1956;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1958-60.Died, from aheartattack, in hishotel room at Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,February6, 1960.Burial location unknown. | | Philip B. Perlman (1890-1960) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,March 5,1890.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1920-23; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1932,1940,1948,1952;U.S. Solicitor General, 1947-52.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;Order ofthe Coif.Died, of an apparentheartattack, in his room at the ShorehamHotel,Washington,D.C.,July 31,1960 (age70 years, 148days).Burial location unknown. | | Nathan Straus Jr. (1889-1961) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1889.Democrat. Partner, R. H. Macy & Co.departmentstore; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1920,1924,1940(alternate),1944;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 15th District, 1921-26; Chief, U.S. HousingAuthority, 1937-42.Member,Elks;Moose.Died, in amotel room at Massapequa,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September13, 1961 (age72 years, 109days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Jacob Tick (d. 1961) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Republican.Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1960-61; died in office 1961.Jewish.Suffered aheartattack at theHotel Taft, and died soon after at St.Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December29, 1961.Burial location unknown. | | Lloyd Abner Mashburn (1897-1963) — also known asLloyd A. Mashburn — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.,October10, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1944,1948,1952;California Commissioner of Labor, 1951-53; U.S. Undersecretary ofLabor, 1953-54;president,Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers International Union, 1954-63.Died, from aheartattack, at the Conrad HiltonHotel, Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December7, 1963 (age66 years, 58days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | William Bondy (1870-1964) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1870.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1923-56;took senior status 1956.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromarteriosclerosis,in the Sherry-NetherlandHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March30, 1964 (age93 years, 356days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Salaman Bondy and Amelia (Lederer) Bondy. |
 | James Paul Mitchell (1900-1964) — also known asJames P. Mitchell — of Spring Lake,MonmouthCounty, N.J.; Little Silver,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,November12, 1900.Republican.U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1953-61;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1961.Catholic.Member,AmericanArbitration Association.Died, from aheartattack, in his suite at the AstorHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1964 (age63 years, 342days).Interment atSt.Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, N.J.  | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.SwissandDutchancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | | | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | | | HooverDam(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
| | John McFadzean (1867-1965) — of Del Norte,Rio GrandeCounty, Colo.; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born inOntario,September20, 1867.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;surgeon;member ofColoradostate senate, 1910; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Colorado,1924.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in the GeronimoHotel, Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,May 21,1965 (age97 years, 243days).Interment atDel Norte Cemetery, Del Norte, Colo. | | William Romano (1911-1966) — of Van Dyke (now part of Warren),MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Cherokee,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,January22, 1911.Democrat.Deputysheriff;policechief;restaurantbusiness;shoemerchant; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1945-64 (Macomb County 2ndDistrict 1945-54, Macomb County 1st District 1955-64); member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1965-66.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.At the scene of ahotel fire, he lifted up a heavy fire hosewhich had pinned a woman to a car; then suffered a fatalheartattack,1966(ageabout55 years).Burial location unknown. | | Martin Charles Ansorge (1882-1967) — also known asMartin C. Ansorge — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1882.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1921-23; defeated,1912, 1914, 1916, 1922; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1927, 1928, 1929; director,UnitedAirLines, 1934-51.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Elks;AmericanLegion.Co-sponsor of the Edge-Ansorge bill to create the New York PortAuthority. RepresentedHenryFord in negotiations over his formal apology for anti-Semiticbooks and articles he had published.Died, in the AnsoniaHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1967 (age85 years, 34days).Interment atTempleIsrael Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.  | Thomas Edmund Dewey (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, DadeCounty (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March16, 1971 (age68 years, 357days).Entombed in mausoleum atPawlingCemetery, Pawling, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofGeorgeMartin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married,June 16,1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece ofJeffersonFinis Davis); nephew ofEdmondOtis Dewey; 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 family:Coitfamily of New London, Connecticut (subset 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 |
 | William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) — also known asWilliam Benton — of Southport, Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Advertisingbusiness; introduced sound effects into television commercials;popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the EncyclopediaBrittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,1945-47;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956,1960,1968.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;ZetaPsi.Died, in the Waldorf TowersHotel, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1973 (age72 years, 351days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | | James Aloysius Farley (1888-1976) — also known asJames A. Farley — of Stony Point,RocklandCounty, N.Y.; Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Grassy Point,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1888.Democrat.Chair ofRockland County Democratic Party, 1919-29; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1923; defeated, 1923;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1924,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;secretaryof New York Democratic Party, 1928-30;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1930-44;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1932-40; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1933;U.S.Postmaster General, 1933-40;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman,Coca-ColaExport Corporation, 1940-73.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,AncientOrder of Hibernians;Eagles;Elks;Redmen;Knightsof Columbus;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromcardiacarrest, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1976 (age88 years, 10days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) — also known asWilbur J. Cohen — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,June 10,1913.U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;CommonCause.Leading expert on Social Security. Died in ahotel room in Seoul,SouthKorea,May 17,1987 (age73 years, 341days).Interment atGardenof Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex. | | Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (1944-1993) — also known asRobert F. Wagner III;BobbyWagner —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary6, 1944.Democrat. Candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1977.Catholic.Died in his room at the Embassy SuitesHotel, San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,November15, 1993 (age49 years, 313days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | James Patrick Screen Jr. (1943-1994) — also known asPat Screen — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.BornMay 13,1943.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor-presidentof East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1981-88;indicted,along with an aide, in 1987, on a felonymalfeasancecharge over management of a road improvement program; the chargeswere dismissed three days later.Catholic.Died, from adrugoverdose, in ahotel room at New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September12, 1994 (age51 years, 122days).Interment atResthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La. | | Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) — also known asJoe H. Farris — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,April14, 1922.Radio andtelevision personality;sportsannouncer; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;died in office 1997.Episcopalian.Lebaneseancestry. Member,Lions.Found dead in ahotel room probably fromcardiacarrythmia, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August10, 1997 (age75 years, 118days).Interment atSunsetMemorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va. | | Scott Benton White (1970-2011) — also known asScott White — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.,June 8,1970.Democrat. Member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives 46th District, 2009-11; member ofWashingtonstate senate 46th District, 2011; died in office 2011.Died, from anenlargedheart condition, in ahotel room at Suncadia Resort, CleElum,KittitasCounty, Wash.,October21, 2011 (age41 years, 135days).Burial location unknown.
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