Very incomplete list!in chronological order  |  William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as"Tippecanoe";"OldTip";"Farmer of North Bend";"General Mum";"Cincinnatus of theWest" —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Berkeley,CharlesCity County, Va.,February9, 1773.Whig.Secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1798-99;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member ofOhiostate senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1820; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGran Colombia, 1828-29;Presidentof the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniaortyphoid,at theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,April 4,1841 (age68 years, 54days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| |  Relatives: SonofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother ofCarterBassett Harrison; married,November22, 1795, toAnnaTuthill Symmes (daughter ofJohnCleves Symmes); father ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); grandfather ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); great-grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; second cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofRobertMonroe Harrison. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Harrison counties inInd.,Iowa,Miss. andOhio arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHarrison,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamH. Harrison Taylor—WilliamH. H. Bingham—WilliamH. H. Ross—WilliamH. H. Comstock—WilliamH. H. Bailey—WilliamH. H. Lewis—W.H. H. Eba—WilliamH. H. Wroe—WilliamH. H. Dickinson—WilliamH. H. Gere—WilliamH. H. Clayton—WilliamH. H. Allen—WilliamH. H. Beadle—WilliamH. H. Keeney—WilliamH. H. Varney—WilliamH. H. Cowles—WilliamH. H. Stowell—WilliamH. H. Miller—WilliamH. H. Cook—WilliamH. H. Hill—WilliamH. H. Flick—WilliamH. H. Sieg—WilliamH. H. Slack—WilliamH. H. Webster—WilliamH. H. Fine—WilliamH. Heard—WilliamH. H. Hart—WilliamH. H. Llewellyn—WilliamH. H. Lea—WilliamH. H. Cash—WilliamH. H. Bowen—WilliamH. H. Heath—WilliamH. H. Gardner | | | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe andTyler Too." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Henry Harrison:Freeman Cleaves,OldTippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —Norma Lois Peterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — DavidLillard,WilliamHenry Harrison (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Letitia Tyler (1790-1842) — also known asLetitia Christian — Born inNew KentCounty, Va.,November12, 1790.SecondLady of the United States, 1841;First Ladyof the United States, 1841-42; died in office 1842.Female.Died, following astroke,in theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,September10, 1842 (age51 years, 302days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, New Kent County, Va.  | Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883) — also known asElisha H. Allen — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in New Salem,FranklinCounty, Mass.,January28, 1804.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1835-40, 1846-47;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1838; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Maine, 1839 (member, Committee on PermanentOrganization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees);U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1841-43; defeated, 1842;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1849-50; U.S. Consul inHonolulu, 1849-53; became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii;Minister of Finance for King Kamehameha III; member, Hawaii House ofNobles, 1854-56; Kingdom of Hawaii Minister to the United States,1856-83; chief justice, Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court, 1857-77.Died suddenly fromheartdisease, while attending a diplomaticreceptionat theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,January1, 1883 (age78 years, 338days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelClesson Allen and Mary (Hunt) Allen; married1828 to SarahElizabeth Fessenden; married,March11, 1857, to Mary Harrod Hobbes; father ofWilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; grandnephew ofJonathanHunt; second great-grandnephew ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin ofGouverneurMorris; second cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; second cousin twice removed ofOliverEllsworth,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofChesterAshley; third cousin once removed ofTheodoreDwight,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AbijahBlodget,AlbertAsahel Bliss andPhilemonBliss; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,JonathanIngersoll,JaredIngersoll,JosiahMeigs,DanielPitkin,OliverMorgan Hungerford,JudsonH. Warner andJosiahQuincy; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; fourth cousin ofJosephChurchill Strong,TheodoreDavenport,ChesterWilliam Chapin,HarrisonBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,WilliamAlfred Buckingham,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); fourth cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse,JonathanBrace,MartinChittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,TimothyPitkin,JamesKilbourne,AmaziahBrainard,HenryMeigs,CharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll,GreeneCarrier Bronson,CharlesAnthony Ingersoll,JohnAdams Taintor,HenryG. Taintor,JosephPomeroy Root,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,JohnHill Walbridge,EdwardOliver Wolcott,WalterHarrison Blodget,HenryE. Walbridge,EdwinW. Kellogg,AlfredWolcott andSamuelHerbert Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Caroline Harrison (1832-1892) — also known asCaroline Lavinia Scott — Born in Oxford,ButlerCounty, Ohio,October1, 1832.Musicteacher;First Ladyof the United States, 1889-92; died in office 1892.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died, in theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,October25, 1892 (age60 years, 24days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | Frank P. Hastings (1852-1897) — of Hawaii. Born in Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine,May 21,1852.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inHonolulu, 1877-86; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inHonolulu, 1886-89; secretary of the Republic of Hawaii legationin Washington, 1893-97, and served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim.Became ill at a reception in theWhite House, and died tendays later, inWashington,D.C.,May 29,1897 (age45 years, 8days).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:American Monthly Review of Reviews, July, 1897 |
| | Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) — also known asEllen Louise Axson — Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 15,1860.First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13;First Ladyof the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914.Female.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in theWhite House,Washington,D.C.,August6, 1914 (age54 years, 83days).Interment atMyrtleHill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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