Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known asUlysses S. Grant;Hiram Ulysses Grant;"Savior of the Union";"Lion ofVicksburg";"The Austerlitz of AmericanPolitics";"Unconditional Surrender Grant";"The Galena Tanner";"The SilentSoldier";"The Silent General" —of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.Born in Point Pleasant,ClermontCounty, Ohio,April27, 1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Presidentof the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died ofthroat cancer, at Mt. McGregor,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1885 (age63 years, 87days).Interment atGeneralGrant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married,August22, 1848, toJuliaBoggs Dent (sister-in-law ofAlexanderSharp; sister ofGeorgeWrenshall Dent andLewisDent); father ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who marriedWilliamPigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop,AbelHuntington andWilliamRush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,TheodoreDavenport,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,JesseMonroe Hatch,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,FrancisWatkinson Cole andWarrenDelano Robbins. | | | | Political family:Grantfamily of San Francisco, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HoracePorter —AyresPhillips Merrill —RobertMartin Douglas —ThomasL. Hamer —JamesArkell —JosephD. Webster | | | | Grant counties inArk.,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Neb.,N.M.,N.Dak.,Okla.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:UlyssesG. Owings—UlyssesG. Argetsinger—UlyssesG. Scalley—U. S.G. Cherry—UlyssesG. Palmer—UlyssesS. G. Bieber—UlyssesG. Denman—UlyssesG. Crandell—UlyssesS. G. Blakely—S. U.G. Rhodes—UlyssesG. Borden—U.Grant Mengel—UlyssesG. Foster—U.S. Balentine—UlyssesG. Byers—U.Grant Burch, Jr.—U.S. Grant Leverett | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5silver certificates in 1887-1927. | | | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,fight." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: JeanEdward Smith,Grant —Frank J. Scaturro,PresidentGrant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely,Grant —Brooks D. Simpson,UlyssesS. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — BrooksD. Simpson,LetUs Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War andReconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Josiah Bunting III,UlyssesS. Grant — Michael Korda,UlyssesS. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,AVictor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked MilitaryGenius — Harry J. Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — H. W. Brands,TheMan Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War andPeace — Charles Bracelen Flood,Grant'sFinal Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —Joan Waugh,U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: NewtGingrich & William R. Forstchen,GrantComes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,NeverCall Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Granville Henderson Oury (1825-1891) — also known asGranville H. Oury — of Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Florence,PinalCounty, Ariz.Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,March12, 1825.Democrat.Delegatefrom Arizona Territory to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofArizonaterritorial House of Representatives; elected 1866, 1873, 1875;Arizonaterritory attorney general, 1869;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1881-85; defeated, 1878;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory,1884.Died ofthroat cancer, in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,January11, 1891 (age65 years, 305days).Interment atAdamsvilleCemetery, Near Florence, Pinal County, Ariz. | | Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,May 30,1850.Army officer; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1889-93; New York City Police Commissioner,1894-98; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Died, fromthroat cancer,April11, 1912 (age61 years, 317days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofUlyssesSimpson Grant andJuliaGrant; brother ofUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; married,October20, 1874, to Ida M. Honoré; 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). | | | | Epitaph: "Eldest son of General andPresident Ulysses S. Grant." | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ivey Goodman Riddick (1861-1920) — also known asIvey G. Riddick — ofFranklinCounty, N.C.Born inWakeCounty, N.C.,December3, 1861.Physician;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Franklin County,1903-04.Died, fromthroat cancer, in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January1, 1920 (age58 years, 29days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Willie Goodman Riddick and Annie Ivey (Jones) Riddick; married1888 to AnnieDunn. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Maecenas Eason Benton (1848-1924) — also known asMaecenas E. Benton — of Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.Born near Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.,January29, 1848.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;NewtonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1885-89; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1896;U.S.Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1897-1905; defeated,1904; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri,1908;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,1922-23.Died, fromcarcinoma of larynx, in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,April27, 1924 (age76 years, 89days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo. | | 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 ofthroat cancer, 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 |
| | Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known asT. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December11, 1863.Republican.Engineer;president, E.I. Du Pont de NemoursPowderCo., 1902-15; president, CentralCoal andIron Co.,and other mining firms; director, Union NationalBank;owner ofhotels;DelawareRepublican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1908(alternate),1920(speaker),1924,1928;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1916;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.Member,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died, fromcancer of the larynx, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November11, 1930 (age66 years, 335days).Cremated;ashes interred atDuPont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Joseph Emile Harley (1880-1942) — also known asJ. E. Harley — of Barnwell,BarnwellCounty, S.C.Born in Williston,BarnwellCounty, S.C.,September14, 1880.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1904-08, 1927-30;mayorof Barnwell, S.C., 1912-22; law partner ofSolomonBlatt, 1917-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1928;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1931-41;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1941-42; died in office 1942.Died, fromthroat cancer, in the South CarolinaGovernor'sMansion, Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February27, 1942 (age61 years, 166days).Interment atBarnwell Baptist Church Cemetery, Barnwell, S.C. | | Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) — also known asLouis H. Fead — of Newberry,LuceCounty, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Lexington,SanilacCounty, Mich.,May 2,1877.Republican.Lawyer;LuceCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, NewberryStateBank;circuitjudge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; workedwith the Red Cross in France during and after World War I;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated,1937;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Kiwanis;Lions.Died, from aheartattack while suffering fromthroat cancer, in theUniversityHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February4, 1943 (age65 years, 278days).Interment atDeepdaleMemorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead; married,September19, 1919, to Marion McPherson. |
| | Charles Henry Abegg (1864-1958) — also known asCharles Abegg;Carl Abegg — of New York. Born in Zurich,Switzerland,April15, 1864.Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent inPort de Paix, 1896-1924.Swissancestry.Died, fromcancer of the larynx, in Port de Paix,Haiti,June12, 1958 (age94 years, 58days).Interment atCemetery of Port de Paix, Port de Paix, Haiti. | | Edward F. Clark (1898-1963) — also known asHowie Clark — of Bayonne,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Bayonne,HudsonCounty, N.J.,May 1,1898.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1948(alternate),1952,1956(alternate);mayorof Bayonne, N.J., 1951-55.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis;Elks.Died, ofthroat cancer, in PollakHospital,Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December27, 1963 (age65 years, 240days).Interment atHolyName Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J. | | John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) — of Illinois. Born in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio,August3, 1915.Journalist;author;speechwriter forAdlaiE. Stevenson,JohnF. Kennedy,RobertF. Kennedy, andHubertHumphrey; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1962-63.Died, fromthroat cancer, in Highland ParkHospital,Highland Park,LakeCounty, Ill.,January3, 1987 (age71 years, 153days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atHermanCemetery, Herman, Mich. | | Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) — also known asSamuel George Davis — Born in Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;singer;dancer;actor;injured in an automobile accident in 1954, andlost hisleft eye;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960.Jewish.AfricanandCubanancestry.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1968.Died, from complications ofthroat cancer, in Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.,May 16,1990 (age64 years, 159days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | Curt Flood (1938-1997) — also known asCharles Curtis Flood — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January18, 1938.Democrat. Professionalbaseballplayer in 1959-71; sued to overturn the reserve clause and makeplayers free agents; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1988.Africanancestry.Died, fromthroat cancer andpneumonia,in UCLAMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January20, 1997 (age59 years, 2days).Entombed in mausoleum atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | | Robert F. Brachtenbach (1931-2008) — of Selah,YakimaCounty, Wash.Born in Sidney,CheyenneCounty, Neb.,January28, 1931.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1962-66; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Washington,1968;justiceof Washington state supreme court, 1972-94.Died, ofthroat cancer, in Cottage Grove,LaneCounty, Ore.,May 2,2008 (age77 years, 95days).Burial location unknown.  | Tom Chambers (1943-2013) — Born in Wapato,YakimaCounty, Wash.,October11, 1943.Lawyer;justiceof Washington state supreme court, 2001-12.Died, fromthroat cancer, in Issaquah,KingCounty, Wash.,December11, 2013 (age70 years, 61days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:TomChambers.com |
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