Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known asJames A. Garfield — of Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in alogcabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November19, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;collegeprofessor;president,Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member ofOhiostate senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81;Presidentof the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.Disciplesof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaUpsilon.Shotby theassassinCharles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & PotomacRailroadStation, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from theeffects of the wound andinfection,in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September19, 1881 (age49 years, 304days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 atGarfieldCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atGoldenGate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue atPiatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.| |  Relatives: Sonof Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married,November11, 1858, toLucretiaRudolph; father ofHarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; fourth cousin ofEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlden Thayer. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Maynard | | | | Garfield counties inColo.,Mont.,Neb.,Okla.,Utah andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | GarfieldMountain,in the Cascade Range,KingCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JamesG. Stewart | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James A. Garfield: AllanPeskin,Garfield:A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | John Bird Finch (1852-1887) — also known asJohn B. Finch — of Nebraska; Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Lincklaen,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1852.Orator;Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1884-87.Member,GoodTemplars.Died, in the EasternRailroad Depot, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October3, 1887 (age35 years, 200days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives:Married to Uretta Lemira Coy and Frances E.Manchester. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: American Prohibition YearBook 1910 |
| | David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known asDavid S. Terry — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Christian County (part now inToddCounty), Ky.,March 8,1823.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension ofslavery to California;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1855-59;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.SenatorDavidC. Broderick in aduelnear San Francisco in 1859;triedformurder,but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidatefor Presidential Elector for California,1880;his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir ofwealthy U.S. SenatorWilliamSharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejectedby U.S. Supreme Court JusticeStephenJ. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), sheand Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and werejailedsix months forcontemptof court.Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Fieldand slapped him in the face; he was thenshotthrough the heart andkilled byU.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in thetrain stationdiningroom at Lathrop,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August14, 1889 (age66 years, 159days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but laterreleased on the demand of the U.S. government.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.  | James Burnie Beck (1822-1890) — also known asJames B. Beck — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway),Scotland,February13, 1822.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1860;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1867-75;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1877-90; died in office 1890.Slaveowner. Died suddenly, in the Baltimore & Potomactrain station,Washington,D.C.,May 3,1890 (age68 years, 79days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. |  | Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known asRutherford B. Hayes;"Rutherfraud B.Hayes";"His Fraudulency" —of Ohio. Born in Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,October4, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67;Governor ofOhio, 1868-72, 1876-77;Presidentof the United States, 1877-81.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Stricken by aheartattack at therailroad station in Cleveland, Ohio, anddied that night in Fremont,SanduskyCounty, Ohio,January17, 1893 (age70 years, 105days).Original interment and cenotaph atOakwoodCemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 atRutherfordB. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married,December30, 1852, toLucyWare Webb; father ofJamesWebb Cook Hayes. | | | | Political family:Hayesfamily of Fremont, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:LeopoldMarkbreit —JamesM. Comly —JosephP. Bradley | | | | Hayes County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | Rutherford B. HayesHighSchool, inDelaware,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),and itscapitalcity, Villa Hayes, inParaguay,arenamed forhim. — HayesHall(built 1893), at Ohio StateUniversity,Columbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "He serves his partybest who serves his country best." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: AriHoogenboom,RutherfordB. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse,RutherfordB. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Isaac Newton Link (1849-1895) — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in1849.Mayorof Durham, N.C., 1880-81, 1894-95; died in office 1895.Suffered a likelyheartattack and died, while waiting in a carriage at thetrainstation, Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January26, 1895 (ageabout 45years).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | Samuel Lowry Biggers (1862-1899) — also known asSamuel L. Biggers — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Old Orchard (now part of Webster Groves),St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,1862.Hardwarebuyer;Consulfor Argentina inSt.Louis, Mo., 1895-98.Died, from "quick consumption" (tuberculosis),inUnion Station, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,1899(ageabout37 years).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Nathaniel P. Burruss (1844-1905) — ofNorfolk,Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,December17, 1844.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;banker;Vice-Consulfor Portugal inNorfolk,Va., 1865-77, 1900-01; his bank failed in 1897.While buying tickets at arailway office, hefell,suffered a severe hip injury, and was hospitalized; this was twohours before his daughter's scheduled wedding, on September 9, 1905;the wedding venue was hastily changed to his bedside; died less than30 days later, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Norfolk,Va.,October6, 1905 (age60 years, 293days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Norfolk, Va. | | Lewis J. Martin (1844-1913) — of Newton,SussexCounty, N.J.Born near Deckertown (now Sussex),SussexCounty, N.J.,February22, 1844.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1879-81;county judge in New Jersey, 1881-96; member ofNewJersey state senate from Sussex County, 1898-1903;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1913; died in office1913.Dropped dead, fromheartdisease, inUnion Station,Washington,D.C.,May 5,1913 (age69 years, 72days).Interment atNewtonCemetery, Newton, N.J. | | Hayward Augustus Harvey (1870-1914) — also known asHayward A. Harvey — of Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,November3, 1870.Republican.Steelmanufacturer;miningbusiness; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1896.Presbyterian.Killed byself-inflictedgunshot,in the Lackawanna Railroadstation, Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,February25, 1914 (age43 years, 114days).Interment atRosedaleCemetery, Orange, N.J. | | John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) — also known asJohn M. Eshleman;JackEshleman —of California. Born in Villa Ridge,PulaskiCounty, Ill.,June 14,1876.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1912;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftuberculosis,in atrain station at at Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February28, 1916 (age39 years, 259days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSunsetView Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif. | | Joseph McCrum Belford (1852-1917) — also known asJoseph M. Belford — of Riverhead,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Mifflintown,JuniataCounty, Pa.,August5, 1852.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1897-99; defeated,1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died suddenly inGrand Central Station, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1917 (age64 years, 271days).Interment atRiverheadCemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. | | Edward Russell Kellogg (1864-1923) — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April22, 1864.Artist;U.S. Vice Consul inYokohama, 1918-23, died in office 1923.Died suddenly, fromheartdisease, in the New York Centralrailroad station,Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1923 (age59 years, 72days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. | | George A. Myers (1859-1930) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born inBaltimore,Md.,March 5,1859.Republican.Barber;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1892,1900;member ofOhioRepublican State Executive Committee, 1897-98.Africanancestry.Died at the New York Central Railroadticket office inCleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January17, 1930 (age70 years, 318days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.  | Fredolin F. Straub (1869-1932) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inGermany,September17, 1869.Democrat.Electricalcontractor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1917;assistant tax commissioner, New York City, 1918-32.Member,TammanyHall.Died, from aheartattack, in atrain station on the Long Island Railroad,Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1932 (age63 years, 48days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) — also known asR. N. Lower — of Longwood Township,PettisCounty, Mo.Born inOldhamCounty, Ky.,January15, 1850.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofMissouristate senate 15th District, 1925-28.Presbyterian.Member,Woodmen;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Struckby a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacificrailroadstation, in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,March29, 1933 (age83 years, 73days).Interment atLongwoodCemetery, Longwood, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney(nephew by marriage ofJamesPeter Walker); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married,June 15,1892, to Anna Jane McChesney. |
 | Samuel Insull (1859-1938) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Kenilworth,CookCounty, Ill.; near Libertyville,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in London,England,November11, 1859.Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive ofelectricutilities; one of the founders of the company that became GeneralElectric; also had major holdings inrailroads;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1904;when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out thestockholders, hefledthe country;indictedin 1932 onfraudandembezzlementcharges;ultimatelyextraditedfrom Turkey in 1934;tried inChicago and found not guilty.Congregationalist.Member,UnionLeague.Died from aheartattack, in the Place de la Concordestation on the ParisMétro subway system, Paris,France,July16, 1938 (age78 years, 247days).Interment atPutneyVale Cemetery, London, England. | | Louis B. Ward (c.1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born about 1892. Business representative for "radio priest" Charles Coughlin;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1936 (Democratic primary), 1936 (The ThirdParty), 1940 (Democratic primary).Died, of aheartattack, in the New York Centralrailroad station,Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1942 (ageabout 50years).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902-1954) — also known asVito Marcantonio — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December10, 1902.Lawyer;campaign manager for U.S. Rep.FiorelloH. LaGuardia, 1924-32;U.S.Representative from New York, 1935-37, 1939-51 (20th District1935-37, 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51); defeated, 1936 (Republican,20th District), 1950 (American Labor, 18th District); American Laborcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1949; New York American Labor Party statechair, 1949.Catholic.Member,UnitedWorld Federalists;American CivilLiberties Union.Fell dead, after coming up the stairs from asubway station,on Broadway by City Hall Park, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1954 (age51 years, 242days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | William Shipley Coffey (1883-1958) — also known asWilliam S. Coffey — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Eastchester (part now in Mt. Vernon),WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1910-12,1915-17; secretary, New York Industrial Commmission, 1918-19; MountVernon city judge, 1924-32;WestchesterCounty Treasurer, 1933-39.Episcopalian.Died, apparently from aheartattack, in the waiting room of thetrain station atLarchmont,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1958 (age75 years, 59days).Interment atSt.Paul's Church Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Samuel Coffey and Henerietta (Kellogg) Coffey;married1912 to AliceE. Becker. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Jeremiah B. Bloom (1913-1983) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1957-78 (12th District 1957-65, 21st District 1966,17th District 1967-72, 19th District 1973-78); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1978.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans.Suffered aheartattack at the Port AuthorityBus Terminal, and died soonafter, in St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1983 (age70 years, 130days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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