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CarpinteriaCemetery
Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Thurmond Clarke (1902-1971) — Born in Santa Paula,VenturaCounty, Calif.,June 29,1902.Lawyer;municipal judge in California, 1932-35; superior court judge inCalifornia, 1935-55;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1955-66;U.S.District Judge for the Central District of California, 1966-70;took senior status 1970.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February28, 1971 (age68 years, 244days).Interment at Carpinteria Cemetery. | | Robert Montgomery Clarke (1879-1943) — also known asRobert M. Clarke — of Ventura,VenturaCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Santa Paula,VenturaCounty, Calif.,March 5,1879.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1901; superior court judge in California, 1909;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1912,1920;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1926; California Insurance Commissioner,1938; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1940.Died, following aheartattack, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November15, 1943 (age64 years, 255days).Interment at Carpinteria Cemetery.
CalvaryCemetery
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Phil Regan (1906-1996) — also known asPhilip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan;"The Singing Cop" —of Summerland,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1906.Democrat.Detective;singer;performed, Democratic National Convention,1944,1948;arrestedin January 1973, andchargedwith attempting tobribeSanta Barbara County Supervisor Frank J. Frost $1,000 for his supportof a controversial rezoning; pleaded not guilty; tried andconvicted;sentenced toprison;released after one year.Irishancestry.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,February11, 1996 (age89 years, 259days).Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery.
La ArcataCourt
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as"Silence Dogood";"AnthonyAfterwit";"Poor Richard";"AliceAddertongue";"Polly Baker";"HarryMeanwell";"Timothy Turnstone";"Martha Careful";"Benevolus";"Caelia Shortface" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1706.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;U.S.Postmaster General, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1778-85;Sweden, 1782-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Deist. Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Famed for his experiments with electricity;inventedbifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1790 (age84 years, 90days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 atOldCity Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue at La Arcata Court;memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married,September1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (whomarriedRichardBache); uncle ofFranklinDavenport; grandfather ofRichardBache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who marriedWilliamJohn Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, MaryBlechenden Bache (who marriedRobertJohn Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin); second great-grandfather ofRobertWalker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather ofDanielBaugh Brewster andElisedu Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofWalterFolger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesJames Folger,BenjaminDexter Sprague andWhartonBarker; first cousin five times removed ofAlonzoMendonhall Folger andAlfredRobert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed ofThomasMott Osborne,JohnHamlin Folger,AlonzoDillard Folger andWorthBarnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne,LithgowOsborne andFredFolger; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanWilliams | | | | Franklin counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Mass.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,Vt.,Va. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | MountFranklin, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1958) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:BenjaminF. Deming—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. H. Witherell—BenjaminF. Hallett—BenjaminF. Wade—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminCromwell Franklin—BenjaminFranklin Perry—BenjaminFranklin Robinson—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Massey—BenjaminF. Rawls—BenjaminFranklin Leiter—BenjaminFranklin Thomas—BenjaminF. Hall—BenjaminF. Angel—BenjaminFranklin Ross—BenjaminF. Flanders—BenjaminF. Bomar—BenjaminFranklin Hellen—BenjaminF. Mudge—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. Loan—BenjaminF. Simpson—BenjaminFranklin Terry—BenjaminFranklin Junkin—BenjaminF. Partridge—B.F. Langworthy—BenjaminF. Harding—BenjaminMebane—B.F. Whittemore—BenjaminFranklin Bradley—BenjaminFranklin Claypool—BenjaminFranklin Arthur—BenjaminFranklin Saffold—BenjaminF. Coates—B.Franklin Martin—BenjaminF. Howey—BenjaminF. Martin—BenjaminFranklin Rice—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Jackson—BenjaminF. Hopkins—BenjaminF. Tracy—BenjaminFranklin Briggs—BenjaminF. Grady—BenjaminF. Farnham—BenjaminF. Meyers—BenjaminFranklin White—BenjaminFranklin Prescott—BenjaminF. Jonas—B.Franklin Fisher—BenjaminFranklin Potts—BenjaminF. Funk—B.F. Brimberry—BenjaminF. Marsh—FrankB. Arnold—BenjaminF. Heckert—BenjaminF. Bradley—BenjaminF. Howell—BenjaminFranklin Miller—BenjaminF. Mahan—BenFranklin Caldwell—BenjaminFranklin Tilley—BenjaminF. Hackney—B.F. McMillan—BenjaminF. Shively—BenjaminFranklin Keller—B.Frank Hires—B.Frank Mebane—BenF. Stuart—B.Frank Murphy—BenjaminF. Starr—BenjaminFranklin Jones, Jr.—BenjaminF. Welty—BenjaminF. Jones—BenjaminFranklin Boley—BenFranklin Looney—BenjaminF. Bledsoe—BenjaminFranklin Williams—B.Frank Kelley—BenjaminFranklin Butler—BenjaminF. James—FrankB. Heintzleman—BenjaminF. Feinberg—B.Franklin Bunn—B.Franklin Blotz—BenF. Cameron—BenF. Blackmon—B.Frank Whelchel—B.F. Merritt, Jr.—BenF. Hornsby—BenDillingham II—BenFranklin Biddle, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. halfdollar coin (1948-63). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record | | | | Books by Benjamin Franklin:TheAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin —AnAccount of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place(1744) | | | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.Brands,TheFirst American: The Life and Times of BenjaminFranklin — Edmund S. Morgan,BenjaminFranklin — Stacy Schiff,AGreat Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth ofAmerica — Gordon S. Wood,TheAmericanization of Benjamin Franklin — WalterIsaacson,BenjaminFranklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren,BenjaminFranklin — Philip Dray,StealingGod's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Inventionof America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
Santa BarbaraCemetery
901 Channel Drive
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Don Lee Gevirtz (1928-2001) — also known asDon L. Gevirtz — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 1,1928.Democrat. Venture capitalist and philanthropist; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1968(alternate),1988;U.S. Ambassador toFiji, 1995-97;Nauru, 1995-97;Tonga, 1995-97;Tuvalu, 1995-97.Died, of aheartattack, in Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,April22, 2001 (age73 years, 52days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) — also known asScott C. Bone — of Alaska. Born inShelbyCounty, Ind.,February15, 1860.Newspapereditor;Governorof Alaska Territory, 1921-25.Disciplesof Christ.Died of aheartattack, in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,January27, 1936 (age75 years, 346days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Thomas More Storke (1876-1971) — also known asThomas M. Storke — of Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,November23, 1876.Democrat.Postmaster;newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1924,1932,1936;U.S.Senator from California, 1938-39.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,October12, 1971 (age94 years, 323days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Walter Franklin Lineberger (1883-1943) — also known asWalter F. Lineberger — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born near Whiteville,HardemanCounty, Tenn.,July 20,1883.Republican.U.S.Representative from California 9th District, 1921-27; candidatefor nomination forU.S.Senator from California, 1926.DiedOctober9, 1943 (age60 years, 81days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Edward Bright Bruce (1879-1943) — also known asEdward Bruce — Born in Dover Plains,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1879.Lawyer;artist;lobbyist;artsadministrator; member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1940-43.Died in Hollywood,BrowardCounty, Fla.,January26, 1943 (age63 years, 288days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Walter Holden Capps (1934-1997) — also known asWalter H. Capps — of Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,May 5,1934.Democrat.Universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1996;U.S.Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; defeated,1994; died in office 1997.Suffered aheartattack whileon aflight from California to Washington, D.C., and died shortlyafterward in ahospitalat Reston,FairfaxCounty, Va.,October28, 1997 (age63 years, 176days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Curtis Harvey Castle (1848-1928) — also known asCurtis H. Castle — of Merced,MercedCounty, Calif.Born near Galesburg,KnoxCounty, Ill.,October4, 1848.U.S.Representative from California 7th District, 1897-99.DiedJuly 21,1928 (age79 years, 291days).Cremated;ashes interred at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Charles A. Storke (1847-1936) — of Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Branchport,YatesCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1847.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1883-85, 1889-91 (3rd District 1883-85, 74thDistrict 1889-91);mayorof Santa Barbara, Calif., 1900-02.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,December6, 1936 (age89 years, 17days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) — also known asErle R. Dickover — of Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January20, 1888.Bookkeeper;manager of anautolivery company, 1909;interpreter;U.S. Vice Consul inDairen, 1916;Kobe, 1916-21; U.S. Consul inKobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General inMelbourne, as of 1943.Episcopalian.Member,KappaAlpha Order;Sons ofthe American Revolution.DiedApril18, 1963 (age75 years, 88days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Horace Binney Sargent (1821-1908) — also known asHorace B. Sargent — Born in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 30,1821.General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Greenback candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1880.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,January8, 1908 (age86 years, 192days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (1865-1945) — also known asHobart C. Chatfield-Taylor;Hobart ChatfieldTaylor;Hobart C. Taylor —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March24, 1865.Author;novelist;biographer;Consulfor Spain inChicago,Ill., 1892-98.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,January16, 1945 (age79 years, 298days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | John M. Days (1831-1901) — of Grass Valley,NevadaCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Hull,England,January30, 1831.Republican.Tailor;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 21st District, 1867-69, 1871-73; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1868;member ofCaliforniastate senate 13th District, 1885; defeated, 1875.Died in Summerland,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,December16, 1901 (age70 years, 320days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Russell Heath (c.1825-1911) — ofSantaBarbara County, Calif.Born about 1825.Lawyer;SantaBarbara County Sheriff, 1854-58; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1858-59, 1887-89 (2nd District 1858-59, 74thDistrict 1887-89).Died in Carpinteria,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,December11, 1911 (ageabout 86years).Entombed at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Milie Bunnell (1861-1929) — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Goodrich,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,December4, 1861.Republican.Newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMinnesota,1916,1920.Died in Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,January26, 1929 (age67 years, 53days).Entombed at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Samuel Prescott Calef (1865-1952) — also known asSamuel P. Calef — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.;SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November1, 1865.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1900;rancher.Died in Medical Lake,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,March12, 1952 (age86 years, 132days).Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. | | Charles A. Storke (1911-1998) — of California. BornJuly 31,1911.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1932.DiedDecember6, 1998 (age87 years, 128days).Cremated;ashes interred at Santa Barbara Cemetery.
Santa BarbaraMission
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Ygnacio Sepulveda (1842-1916) — ofLosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 1,1842.Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 2nd District, 1863-65; superior court judge inCalifornia, 1880.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December2, 1916 (age74 years, 154days).Interment at Santa Barbara Mission.
Santa MariaCemetery
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California
SolvangCemetery
Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) — also known asMads H. Madsen — of Kimballton,AudubonCounty, Iowa; Solvang,SantaBarbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inDenmark,March28, 1863.Naturalized U.S. citizen;farmer;inventor;candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1924.Danishancestry.Patented severalfarmimplements, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-huskingmachine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader(1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917).Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,April21, 1944 (age81 years, 24days).Interment at Solvang Cemetery.| | Epitaph:"KÆMP FOR ALT HVAD DU HAR KÆRT" ("Fight for everythingyou hold dear", from a Danish hymn) | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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