Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsManhattanAlfred E. Smith ParkManhattanBrick PresbyterianChurchManhattanCathedral Church of St. Johnthe DivineManhattanChurch of the HeavenlyRestManhattanCity Hall ParkManhattanColumbia UniversityManhattanDutch Church BurialGroundManhattanFirst PresbyterianChurchyardManhattanGeneral Grant MemorialManhattanGrand Army PlazaManhattanHartman TriangleManhattanHerald SquareManhattanMadison Square ParkManhattanMorningside ParkManhattanNational September 11MemorialManhattanNew York City MarbleCemeteryManhattanNew York Marble CemeteryManhattanOld Collegiate Dutch ChurchCemeteryManhattanOld St. Patrick'sCathedralManhattanOld St. Thomas ChurchManhattanRiverside ParkManhattanSt. Andrew's CemeteryManhattanSt. Luke's CemeteryManhattanSt. Mark's-in-the-BoweryChurchyardManhattanSt. Patrick's CathedralManhattanSt. Patrick's OldCathedralManhattanSt. Paul's CemeteryManhattanSt. Paul's ChapelManhattanSt. Paul's ChurchyardManhattanSt. Stephen's CemeteryManhattanStraus ParkManhattanTompkins Square ParkManhattanTrinity CemeteryManhattanTrinity ChurchyardGreenwich Village, ManhattanChurch ofthe Ascension
Private or familygraveyard
New York County,
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | |  Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,Germany),about 1640.Fur trader;tobaccobusiness; following the English Revolution of 1688, which broughtProtestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler'sRebellion" and seized control of the colony;ColonialGovernor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement ofFrench Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); followingthe arrival of a new royal governor, he wasousted.Arrested,charged withtreason,tried,convicted,andsentenced todeath;executedbyhanginganddecapitation,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May16,1691 (ageabout 51years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by anact of Parliament.Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atDutch Church Burial Ground,Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location; statue atBroadviewAvenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.
Alfred E. SmithPark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) — also known asAlfred E. Smith;Al Smith;"TheHappy Warrior";"The Brown Derby";"The King of Oliver Street";"The FirstCitizen" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1873.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916,1920,1932,1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915;Governorof New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1920,1932;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1928;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1938.Catholic.Irish,German, andItalianancestry.DiedOctober4, 1944 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.; statue at Alfred E. Smith Park.| |  Relatives: Sonof Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith; married,May 6,1900, to Catherine A. Dunn. | | | | Cross-reference:RaymondV. Ingersoll —JosephM. Proskauer —GeorgeR. Van Namee —JohnRoach Straton —ClarenceJ. Shearn —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Alfred E. SmithStateOffice Building (built 1928) inAlbany,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Alfred E. Smith (built 1944 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alfred E. Smith: Robert A.Slayton,EmpireStatesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith —Christopher M. Finan,AlfredE. Smith : The Happy Warrior — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
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BrickPresbyterian Church
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) — of Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.,February3, 1748.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1781-84; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1784;U.S.Postmaster General, 1789-91; Presidential Elector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1813 (age65 years, 190days).Original interment at Brick Presbyterian Church; reinterment in 1856atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Cathedral Churchof St. John the Divine
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Norman Dinkins (1927-2020) — also known asDavid N. Dinkins — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,July 10,1927.Democrat. Served in U.S. Marines, 1945-46;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 78th District; elected 1965; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988(speaker),1996,2000,2004,2008;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; defeated, 1977(primary), 1981 (primary), 1981 (Liberal);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1992.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP.FirstBlack mayor of New York City.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November23, 2020 (age93 years, 136days).Cremated;ashes interred at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
Church of theHeavenly Rest
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) — also known asThomas L. James — of Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1831.Republican.Canal tollcollector;newspaperpublisher;customsinspector; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1873-81;U.S.Postmaster General, 1881-82;bankdirector;mayorof Tenafly, N.J., 1896.Welshancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died, following severalstrokes ofapoplexy, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1916 (age85 years, 166days).Entombed at Church of the Heavenly Rest.
City HallPark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at City Hall Park; statue atHerald Square.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoraceG. Snover—HoraceG. Knowles—HoraceGreeley Dawson, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Go West, youngman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Horace Greeley:Americanconflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States ofAmerica, 1860-1865 (1869) —RecollectionsOf A Busy Life | | | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.Van Deusen,HoraceGreeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg,Spreadthe truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,HoraceGreeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross,GoWest Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision forAmerica — J. Parton,TheLife of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New YorkTribune | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
ColumbiaUniversity
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) — of New York. Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,July 19,1879.Lawyer;law partner ofGeorgeV. Mullan, 1902-13;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1913;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; onApril 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he wasshotat by an Michael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bulletmissed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city'sCorporation Counsel.Catholic.Irishancestry.Killed in aplanecrash duringWorldWar I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood,CalcasieuParish, La.,July 6,1918 (age38 years, 352days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Columbia University.
Dutch ChurchBurial Ground
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828) — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born near Fishkill,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1758.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801,1801-03; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1801-02;U.S.Senator from New York, 1803-04; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1804-28.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1828 (age69 years, 330days).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment in 1864atPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | | Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main,Germany),about 1640.Fur trader;tobaccobusiness; following the English Revolution of 1688, which broughtProtestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler'sRebellion" and seized control of the colony;ColonialGovernor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement ofFrench Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); followingthe arrival of a new royal governor, he wasousted.Arrested,charged withtreason,tried,convicted,andsentenced todeath;executedbyhanginganddecapitation,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May16,1691 (ageabout 51years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by anact of Parliament.Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, New York County, N.Y.; subsequent interment at DutchChurch Burial Ground; reinterment to unknown location; statue atBroadviewAvenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. | | Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.DutchReformed.DiedFebruary17, 1830 (age84 years, 133days).Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground; reinterment in 1865atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,JohnStevens III andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDuer andDenningDuer; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofRobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | RutgersUniversity(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) inNewBrunswick, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — HenryStreetand RutgersStreet,inManhattan,New York, are bothnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
FirstPresbyterian Churchyard
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Gelston (1744-1828) — ofSuffolkCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgehampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 4,1744.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County, 1777-85;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1784-85;NewYork County Surrogate, 1787-1801;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1789; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1790-94, 1798-1802; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1793;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1801-20.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1828 (age84 years, 48days).Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard. | | John Laurance (1750-1810) — of New York. Born near Falmouth,England,1750.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1787-89;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1789-93;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1794-96; resigned 1796;U.S.Senator from New York, 1796-1800.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1810 (ageabout 60years).Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard. | | Walter Lowrie (1784-1868) — of Butler,ButlerCounty, Pa.Born in Edinburgh,Scotland,December10, 1784.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1811; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 19th District, 1815-19;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1819-25.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1868 (age84 years, 4days).Entombed at First Presbyterian Churchyard. | | Alexander McDougall (1731-1786) — of New York. Born inScotland,1731.Banker;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1781; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1783-86; died in office 1786.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1786 (ageabout 54years).Entombed at First Presbyterian Churchyard. | | John Broome (1738-1810) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1738.Importerand exporter;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; colonel in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1803-04;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1804-10; died in office 1810.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1810 (age72 years, 20days).Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard.
General GrantMemorial
122nd St. & Riverside Dr.
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | 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 ofthroatcancer, at Mt. McGregor,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1885 (age63 years, 87days).Interment at General Grant Memorial.| | 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) |
| | Julia Grant (1826-1902) — also known asJulia Boggs Dent — Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January26, 1826.FirstLady of the United States, 1869-77.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,December14, 1902 (age76 years, 322days).Entombed at General Grant Memorial.
Grand ArmyPlaza
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue at Grand Army Plaza; statue atShermanPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;Ewingfamily of Yonkers and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecommunityofSherman,Michigan, isnamed forhim. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
HartmanTriangle
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Gustave Hartman (1880-1936) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inHungary,August12, 1880.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1905-06;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1908; municipal judgein New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923, 1924, 1929; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Congress;B'naiB'rith;ZionistOrganization of America;AmericanArbitration Association;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen.Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City. Died, of aheartailment, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1936 (age56 years, 92days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument atHartman Triangle.| | Relatives: Sonof Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman; married,September9, 1928, to May Weisser. | | | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, devotedbrother, a life of service." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Times, November13, 1936 |
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HeraldSquare
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue atCity HallPark; statue at Herald Square.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoraceG. Snover—HoraceG. Knowles—HoraceGreeley Dawson, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Go West, youngman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Horace Greeley:Americanconflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States ofAmerica, 1860-1865 (1869) —RecollectionsOf A Busy Life | | | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.Van Deusen,HoraceGreeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg,Spreadthe truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,HoraceGreeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross,GoWest Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision forAmerica — J. Parton,TheLife of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New YorkTribune | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
Madison SquarePark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassinationattempt on April 14, 1865 (the same nightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park;statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofSeward,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Alaska, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:W.Seward Whittlesey—W.H. Seward Thomson—WilliamS. Shanahan | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William H. Seward: DorisKearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan,WilliamHenry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) — also known as"The Oneida Chieftan";"MyLord Roscoe" —of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District1859-63, 21st District 1865-67);U.S.Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1880.Died, frommastoiditis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1888 (age58 years, 171days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park.| | Relatives: SonofAlfredConkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother ofFrederickAugustus Conkling; married,June 25,1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter ofHenrySeymour; sister ofHoratioSeymour; granddaughter ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff Seymour); uncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe,AlfredRonalds Conkling andHowardConkling; granduncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelHuntington. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecommunityofRoscoe,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:RoscoeC. Chandley—RoscoeC. Patterson—RoscoeC. Waterbury—RoscoeC. McCulloch—RoscoeC. Marcum—RoscoeC. Emery—RoscoeConkling Simmons—RoscoeConkling Fitch—RoscoeC. Van Marter—RoscoeC. Summers—RoscoeC. Rowe—RoscoeC. Lennon—RoscoeC. Austin—RoscoeC. Hobbs—RoscoeC. Stacey—RoscoeC. Brown, Jr.—RoscoeC. Howard | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: DonaldBarr Chidsey,Thegentleman from New York: A life of RoscoeConkling | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
MorningsidePark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known asCarl Schurz — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.;St.Louis, Mo.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt),Germany,March2, 1829.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1860;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1868(TemporaryChair;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1869-75;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1906 (age77 years, 73days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother ofAntoinette Schurz (who marriedEdmundJüssen); married1852 toMargarethe 'Molly' Meyer. | | | | Political family:Jussen-Schurzfamily of Watertown, Wisconsin. | | | | ThecommunityofSchurz,Nevada, isnamed forhim. —MountSchurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzPark,inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
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NationalSeptember 11 Memorial
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January28, 1957.Democrat. Candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 186th District, 1986.Africanancestry.Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,when an airliner hijacked by terrorists wasdeliberatelycrashedinto the building, causing anexplosion,fire,andcollapseof the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September11, 2001 (age44 years, 226days).Cenotaph at National September 11 Memorial.
New York CityMarble Cemetery
52-74 East 2nd Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Founded 1832
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Isaac Leggett Varian (1793-1864) — also known asIsaac L. Varian — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1793.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1831-33; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1838;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1839-41; defeated, 1838; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1842-45.Member,TammanyHall.Died in Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1864 (age71 years, 46days).Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery.  | Stephen Allen (1767-1852) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJuly 2,1767.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1826; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1829-32.Killed when thesteamboatHenry Clayburned andsank,killing about eighty passengers, in theLowerHudson River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of theBronx,July 28,1852 (age85 years, 26days).Entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery. | | | Marinus Willet (1740-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1783-84, 1819-20 (New York County 1783-84,Schenectady County 1819-20);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1807-08.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1830 (age90 years, 22days).Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery. | | Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cork,Ireland,April24, 1764.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1812-13; appointed 1812.Irishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1827 (age63 years, 205days).Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery; cenotaph atSt. Paul's Churchyard. | | David Sherwood Jackson (1813-1872) — also known asDavid S. Jackson — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1813.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1847-49.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1872 (ageabout 58years).Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNew York MarbleCemetery; subsequently entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery;reinterment in 1858 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) — also known asLorenzo B. Shepard — of New York. Born in Cairo,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,May 27,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1852,1856;NewYork County District Attorney, 1854; New York City CorporationCounsel, 1855-56.Member,TammanyHall.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1856 (age35 years, 114days).Original interment at New York City Marble Cemetery; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof David Shepard; married,July 5,1842, to Lucy Morse; father ofEdwardMorse Shepard. | | | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected bythe voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a publicofficer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In allthe relations of Life." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
New York MarbleCemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Founded 1830
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1980
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Aaron Clark (1787-1861) — also known as"King of the Lotteries";"Dancing Mayor" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Worthington,HampshireCounty, Mass.,October16, 1787.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1837-39; defeated, 1839.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August2, 1861 (age73 years, 290days).Interment at New York Marble Cemetery.  | James Tallmadge Jr. (1778-1853) — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Stanford,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1778.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1817-19;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1824;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1825-26;presidentof New York University, 1830-46;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1853 (age75 years, 244days).Interment at New York Marble Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery; subsequentlyentombed atNew York City Marble Cemetery;reinterment in 1858 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Myndert Van Schaick (1782-1865) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1782.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1832; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1833-36; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1849.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1865 (age83 years, 90days).Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery; reinterment in 1891atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.  | Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known asStevens T. Mason;Tom Mason;"TheBoy Governor";"Young Hotspur";"The Stripling" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October27, 1811.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1831;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1834-35;Governor ofMichigan, 1835-40.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1843 (age31 years, 69days).Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery; reinterment in 1905atCapitolPark, Detroit, Mich. | | Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1777.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1820-21;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1842 (age64 years, 236days).Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) — also known asPhilip J. Schuyler — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1768.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1835 (age67 years, 31days).Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery; subsequent intermentataprivate or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reintermentatPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofPhilipJohn Schuyler and Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler; brother ofElizabeth Schuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton); nephew ofStephenJohn Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; second great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,PhilipP. Schuyler,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; first cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofNicholasBayard,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston andJamesParker; second cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnCortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston,JohnHubner II,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; third cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,CharlesPinckney Brown,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed ofJohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
Old CollegiateDutch Church Cemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Old St. Patrick'sCathedral
Mott Street
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John McKeon (1808-1883) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1808.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1832-34;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1835-37, 1841-43;NewYork County District Attorney, 1846-50, 1882-83;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1854-58; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1864.Catholic.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1883 (age75 years, 238days).Entombed at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral. | | John Kelly (1822-1886) — also known as"Honest John" — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1822.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1855-58;NewYork County Sheriff, 1859-62, 1865-67; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1864,1868,1872,1876,1884.Member,TammanyHall.Leader of Tammany Hall for many years. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1886 (age64 years, 42days).Interment at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Old St. ThomasChurch
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | William Duer (1747-1799) — also known as"Philo-Publius" — ofNewYork County, N.Y.Born in Devon,England,March18, 1747.Planter;timber andlumber merchant;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as aresult of the Panic of 1792, and wasimprisonedfordebt.Died, indebtor'sprison, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1799 (age52 years, 31days).Originally entombed at Old St. Thomas Church; reinterment atTrinity Cemetery.
RiversidePark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) — also known asSamuel J. Tilden;"The GreatReformer";"The GreatForecloser" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1814.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1846, 1872 (New York County 1846, New York County18th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1864(speaker);New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1872-82;Governor ofNew York, 1875-77; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Died near Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1886 (age72 years, 176days).Interment atCemeteryof the Evergreens, New Lebanon, N.Y.; statue erected 1926 atRiverside Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Elam Tilden and Polly Younglove (Jones) Tilden; brother ofMosesYounglove Tilden; second cousin once removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd; third cousin ofStephenDaniel Tilden; third cousin once removed ofDanielRose Tilden; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeGalen Tilden; third cousin thrice removed ofLucienCooper Tilden,JuliusGalen Tilden andFredChester Tilden; fourth cousin ofAsahelOtis; fourth cousin once removed ofDayOtis Kellogg andDwightKellogg. | | | | Political family:Tildenfamily of New Lebanon, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnBigelow —PulaskiF. Hyatt —DanielS. Lamont —WilliamW. Niles | | | | Samuel J. TildenHighSchool (opened 1930), inBrooklyn,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:SamuelT. Montague—SamuelT. Munson | | | | Epitaph: "I still trust thepeople." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Samuel J. Tilden: AlexanderC. Flick & Gustav Lobrano,SamuelJones Tilden — William Severn,SamuelJ. Tilden and the Stolen Election — William H.Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
St. Andrew'sCemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles McVean (1802-1848) — of Canajoharie,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1833-35;MontgomeryCounty District Attorney, 1836-39;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1848; died inoffice 1848.DiedDecember22, 1848 (ageabout 46years).Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
St. Luke'sCemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Henry Meigs (1782-1861) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October28, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1817-18;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1819-21.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1861 (age78 years, 204days).Original interment at St. Luke's Cemetery; reinterment atSt.Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofJosiahMeigs and Clara (Benjamin) Meigs; married,February19, 1806, to Julia Austin; father ofHenryMeigs Jr.; nephew ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; uncle ofJohnForsyth Jr.; first cousin ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; first cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; second cousin ofMartinChittenden; second cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin andChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminLewis Fairchild; third cousin ofWilliamWhiting Boardman; third cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt andJohnWillard; third cousin twice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete andMabelThorp Boardman; fourth cousin ofElijahHunt Mills,WilliamWoodbridge,BelaEdgerton,IsaacBackus,HemanTicknor,MartinOlds,EliphaletAdams Bulkeley,JohnLeslie Russell,HenryTitus Backus andJoshuaPerkins; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,AlfredPeck Edgerton,WilliamDean Kellogg,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JosephKetchum Edgerton,MorganGardner Bulkeley,LeslieWead Russell,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,CharlesHazen Russell,JohnClarence Keeler,HenryStark Culver andHiramBingham. | | | | Political family:Meigsfamily of Middletown, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
St.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard
Tenth Street & Second Avenue
Manhattan, New York County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1774.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805;Governor ofNew York, 1807-17;VicePresident of the United States, 1817-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.PresbyterianorChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1825 (age50 years, 355days).Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard.  | Philip Hone (1780-1851) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1780.Whig.Merchant;president, Delaware and HudsonCanalCompany;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1826-27.Germanancestry.Kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1851 (age70 years, 192days).Interment at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard. | | | Hannah Tompkins (1781-1829) — also known asHannah Minthorne — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August28, 1781.First Lady of New York, 1807-17;Second Ladyof the United States, 1817-25.Female.Died in Tompkinsville (now part of Staten Island),RichmondCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1829 (age47 years, 174days).Interment at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard. | | Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856) — also known asJosiah Ogden Hoffman — of Goshen,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1793.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1826, 1828 (Orange County 1826, New York County1828);U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1837-41;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1841-45;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1854-55.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1856 (age62 years, 364days).Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard. | | George Folsom (1802-1869) — of New York. Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,May 23,1802.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1845-47; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands, 1850-53.Died in Rome,Italy,March27, 1869 (age66 years, 308days).Interment at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard. | | Nicholas Fish (1758-1833) — Born in Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;AdjutantGeneral of New York, 1786; Federalist candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1804, 1806; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1810 (Federalist), 1811.DiedJune 20,1833 (age74 years, 296days).Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard.  | Pieter Stuyvesant (c.1612-1672) — also known asPeter Stuyvesant;"Old SilverLeg" —of Nieuw Amsterdam, Niew Neederlandt (now part of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.); New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peperga, Friesland,Netherlands,about 1612.Dutch Director-General (colonial governor) of New Netherland,1647-64.Frisianancestry.Losthis right leg in battle in 1644.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1672 (ageabout 60years).Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard.
St. Patrick'sCathedral
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867-1938) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1867.Democrat.Catholicpriest; archbishop of New York, 1919-38; cardinal, 1924-38;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack caused bycoronarythrombosis, in Monticello,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1938 (age70 years, 288days).Originally entombed atSt.Joseph's Camp Grotto Chapel, Near Forestburgh, Sullivan County,N.Y.; re-entombed at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
St. Patrick's OldCathedral
233 Mott Street
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles O'Conor (1804-1884) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1853-54; seniorcounsel forJeffersonDavis during his treason trial; as special deputy attorneygeneral for New York State, was counsel for the prosecution in thetrial ofWilliamM. Tweed; Straight Out Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,May 12,1884 (age80 years, 129days).Entombed at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.
St. Paul'sCemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Campbell Patrick White (1787-1859) — also known asCampbell P. White — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inIreland,November30, 1787.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1829-35;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1845.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1859 (age71 years, 74days).Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery.
St. Paul'sChapel
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Houstoun (1755-1813) — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,1755.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784-86;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Episcopalian.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March17, 1813 (ageabout 57years).Interment at St. Paul's Chapel.
St. Paul'sChurchyard
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Denning (1740-1819) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in St. John's,Newfoundland,April,1740.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1784-87, 1797-98; member ofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1798-1808; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1799;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1809.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1819 (age79 years, 0days).Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Abner Nash (1740-1786) — ofJonesCounty, N.C.Born near Farmville,PrinceEdward County, Va.,August8, 1740.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-65; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member ofNorthCarolina state senate from Jones County, 1779;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1780-81;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died inoffice 1786.Welshancestry.Died while attending a session of theContinentalCongress, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1786 (age46 years, 116days).Original interment at St. Paul's Churchyard; reinterment atPembrokePlantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cork,Ireland,April24, 1764.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1812-13; appointed 1812.Irishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1827 (age63 years, 205days).Interment atNew York City Marble Cemetery;cenotaph at St. Paul's Churchyard.
St. Stephen'sCemetery
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | John Henry Hobart Haws (1809-1858) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1809.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1851-53.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1858 (ageabout 48years).Original interment at St. Stephen's Cemetery; reinterment in 1866 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
StrausPark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (nowGermany),February6, 1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.Jewish.One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in NewYork.Perishedin thewreckof the steamshipTitanic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April15, 1912 (age67 years, 69days); his body was subsequently recovered.Originally entombed atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother ofOscarSolomon Straus; married,July 12,1871, to Ida Blum; father ofJesseIsidor Straus; uncle ofNathanStraus Jr.; grandfather of Evelyn Straus Weil (who marriedGeorgeBacker) andStuartScheftel; granduncle ofRonaldPeter Straus. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory atHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim and his wife. — StrausPark(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as BloomingdaleSquare; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenuein Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim and his wife. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isidor Straus: June HallMcCash,ATitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
Tompkins SquarePark
Manhattan, New York County, New York
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) — also known asSamuel S. Cox;"SunsetCox" —of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,September30, 1824.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1857-65 (12th District 1857-63, 7thDistrict 1863-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1864(speaker);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1868,1876;U.S.Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1873-85, 1886-89 (6thDistrict 1869-73, 1873-85, 9th District 1885, 1886-89); defeated,1872; died in office 1889; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1885-86.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September10, 1889 (age64 years, 345days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at Tompkins Square Park.
TrinityCemetery
Amsterdam Avenue at 155th Street
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Founded 1842
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Fernando Wood (1812-1881) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 14,1812.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1841-43, 1863-65, 1867-81 (3rdDistrict 1841-43, 5th District 1863-65, 9th District 1867-73, 10thDistrict 1873-75, 9th District 1875-81); defeated (Mozart Hall),1864; died in office 1881;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1855-57, 1860-61; defeated, 1850, 1857,1861 (Mozart Hall), 1867 (Mozart Hall);censuredby the House of Representatives in 1868 for usingunparliamentarylanguage.Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,February14, 1881 (age68 years, 245days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) — also known asA. Oakey Hall;"Elegant Oakey";"Hans Yorkel" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1826.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;writer;NewYork County District Attorney, 1855-57, 1862-67; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1856;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1869-72;indictedandtried in1871-73 onchargesof covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.Presbyterian;laterCatholic.English,Welsh, andFrenchancestry.Died, ofheartdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1898 (age72 years, 73days).Entombed at Trinity Cemetery.  | Cadwallader David Colden (1769-1834) — also known asCadwallader D. Colden — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1769.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1817-18;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1818-21;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1821-23; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1825-27; resigned 1827.Slaveowner. Died in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,February7, 1834 (age64 years, 309days).Original interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.; reinterment at TrinityCemetery. | | John Adams Dix (1798-1879) — also known asJohn A. Dix — of Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 24,1798.Republican.Secretaryof state of New York, 1833-39; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1842;U.S.Senator from New York, 1845-49; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1860-61;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1866-69;Governor ofNew York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848 (Free Soil), 1874; candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1876.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1879 (age80 years, 271days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:JohnAdams | | | | Relatives: Son-in-law ofJohnJordan Morgan; son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr. and Abigail (Wilkins)Dix; married to Catharine Waine Morgan; first cousin thrice removedofRogerSherman; second cousin once removed ofNathanRead; third cousin once removed ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts,GeorgeFrisbie Hoar,JohnHill Walbridge andHenryE. Walbridge; third cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg,JudahDana andCharlesKirk Tilden; fourth cousin ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelMerrill,SamuelLaning,OrsamusCook Merrill,AmariahKibbe Jr.,JohnLanning,TimothyMerrill,DanielPutnam Tyler,JohnWinchester Dana,CharlesSmith Dana,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,JohnFrederick Addis,Henryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Fort Dix (established 1917 as Camp Dix; laterFort Dix; now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), aU.S.Army post inBurlingtonCounty, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — DixMountain,in the Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | William Duer (1747-1799) — also known as"Philo-Publius" — ofNewYork County, N.Y.Born in Devon,England,March18, 1747.Planter;timber andlumber merchant;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as aresult of the Panic of 1792, and wasimprisonedfordebt.Died, indebtor'sprison, New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1799 (age52 years, 31days).Originally entombed atOld St. Thomas Church;reinterment at Trinity Cemetery. | | James Monroe (1799-1870) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,September10, 1799.Whig.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; defeated,1835 (3rd District), 1836 (3rd District), 1840 (3rd District), 1846(6th District), 1848 (Independent Whig, 6th District); Patriotcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1842; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.Died in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,September7, 1870 (age70 years, 362days).Entombed at Trinity Cemetery. | | William Augustus Darling (1817-1895) — also known asWilliam A. Darling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,December27, 1817.Republican.Wholesalegrocer; president, Third AvenueRailroad,1854-65;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1865-67; defeated,1866 (9th District), 1872 (10th District); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1867;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at New York City, New York,1869-71;banker.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1895 (age77 years, 150days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1873.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905;judgeof New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive),1913; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1958 (age85 years, 74days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) — also known asJohn W. Chanler — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1826.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending PresidentAndrewJohnson's veto ofReconstructionenactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of afew malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep.RobertC. Schenck, he wascensuredforinsultingthe House of Representatives.Died in Barrytown,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1877 (age51 years, 35days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Barrytown,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Paris,France.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,June 11,1867.Democrat.Explorer;author;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 5th District, 1898; served inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1899-1901.Member,TammanyHall.Injured in an automobile accident in France, 1915, andlost alower leg.Died in Mentone (Menton),France,March4, 1934 (age66 years, 266days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJohnWinthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler; brother ofLewisStuyvesant Chanler; married1903 to Minnie'Beatrice' Ashley; grandnephew ofJohnJacob Astor III; second great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong Jr.; second great-grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston; third great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; fifth great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); first cousin once removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin six times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; fourth cousin ofPeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Haight (1817-1885) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March26, 1817.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1861-63; defeated,1862.Died in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,September15, 1885 (age68 years, 173days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | Alexander Isaac Cotheal (1804-1894) — also known asAlexander Cotheal — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1804.Shippingexecutive;linguist;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inNewYork, N.Y., 1871-94.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1894 (age89 years, 113days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1840-41;railroadbuilder; U.S. Consul inNassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York CityPoliceDepartment; the New York Times called him "the brains of thedepartment.".Englishancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1884 (age74 years, 274days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1880(voted forJamesA. Garfield andChesterA. Arthur).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1890 (age67 years, 257days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Backhouse Astor and Margaret Alida Rebecca (Armstrong)Astor; married to Charlotte Augusta Gibbes; father ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; grandson ofJohnArmstrong Jr. and John Jacob Astor; grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler andHelenRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; third great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin four times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800); third cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825); fourth cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) — also known asHerbert L. Satterlee — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;private secretary for U.S. SenatorWilliamM. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during theSpanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & TexasRailroad,1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;UnionLeague;NavyLeague;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1947 (age83 years, 256days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;married,November15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. PierpontMorgan); second great-grandnephew ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794) andWalterLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859) andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removedofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHenryCruger; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish; fourth cousin ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr.,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | 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 ahotelroom at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment at Trinity Cemetery; 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) |
TrinityChurchyard
74 Trinity Place
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Founded 1697
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Lamb (1735-1800) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1735.Optician;winemerchant; general in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1784-97.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1800 (age65 years, 150days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.  | Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known asAbraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,January29, 1761.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-92;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1815-23;Great Britain, 1826-27.Swissancestry.Died in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1849 (age88 years, 195days).Entombed at Trinity Churchyard; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;married1789 to SophieAllègre; married,November11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather ofMayPreston Davie; cousin by marriage ofJosephHopper Nicholson. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | Cross-reference:JohnL. Dawson | | | | Gallatin counties inIll.,Ky. andMont. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Paul Richard (1697-1756) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1697.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1735-39.Died in1756(ageabout59 years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.  | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shotandmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealthAvenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1783.He was participant inAaronBurr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr toGen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequentlyarrestedin November 1806 formisprisionof treason, but released a few months later; early promoter ofrailroads;openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence fromMexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1829-38; in1838, it was alleged that he hadembezzledmore than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, andfledto England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his ashaving obtained most of that money;forfeitedhis property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1856 (age73 years, 4days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Francis Lewis (1713-1803) — of New York. Born in Llandaff,Wales,March21, 1713.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Welshancestry.DiedDecember30, 1803 (age90 years, 284days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Jordan Morgan (1770-1849) — also known asJohn J. Morgan — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inQueensCounty, N.Y.,1770.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1818-19, 1836, 1840;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-25, 1834-35 (2nd District1821-23, 3rd District 1823-25, 1834-35); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1837;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1841.Died in Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1849 (ageabout 79years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in West Nottingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December5, 1735.Preacher;universityprofessor;physician;member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.Presbyterian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 22,1819 (age83 years, 168days).Entombed at Trinity Churchyard.  | Luther Martin (1748-1826) — ofSomersetCounty, Md.Born in New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February20, 1748.Lawyer;Marylandstate attorney general, 1778-1805, 1818-22;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1784;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; defense attorney forSamuelChase in his 1805 impeachment trial, and forAaronBurr in his 1807 treason trial.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1826 (age78 years, 140days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | | John Morin Scott (1730-1784) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1730.Lawyer;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork council of appointment, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1777-82;secretaryof state of New York, 1778-84; died in office 1784;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1780-82.ScottishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1784 (ageabout 54years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | John Alsop (1724-1794) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Windsor,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,1724.Merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76.Died in Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1794 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.| | Relatives: Sonof John Alsop, Sr. and Abigail (Sackett) Alsop; married,June 6,1766, to Mary Frogat; father of Mary Alsop (who marriedRufusKing (1755-1827)); grandfather ofJohnAlsop King,JamesGore King andEdwardKing; great-grandfather ofRufusKing (1814-1876) andRufusKing (1817-1891); first cousin once removed ofEbenezerHazard; first cousin twice removed ofErskineHazard; first cousin seven times removed ofJohnForbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHard,ReubenBostwick Heacock,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,GideonHard andGrahamHurd Chapin; third cousin thrice removed ofWalterBooth,TrumanHotchkiss,JamesLockwood Conger,AustinGeorge Nettleton,CharlesM. Hotchkiss andGeorgeWinthrop Fairchild. | | | | Political family:Kingfamily of Jamaica and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Walter Livingston (1740-1797) — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.BornNovember27, 1740.AlbanyCounty Judge, 1774-75; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1784-85;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1777-79;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1784-85.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1797 (age56 years, 168days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofRobertLivingston (1708-1790) and Maria (Thong) Livingston;brother-in-law ofJamesDuane; brother ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794); married,March13, 1767, to Cornelia Schuyler; father ofHenryWalter Livingston; nephew ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; grandfather ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859); great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee; third great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin by marriage ofWilliamDuer (1747-1799); first cousin ofPhilipPeter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard), Susannah Livingston (who marriedJohnCleves Symmes), Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who marriedJohnJay) andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin twice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler,JohnCruger Jr.,PhilipSchuyler,WilliamDuer (1805-1879),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin four times removed ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin six times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; third cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,May 6,1738.Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1777-98;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Senator from New York, 1798;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1798.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1805 (age66 years, 274days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Thomas Jackson Oakley (1783-1857) — also known asThomas J. Oakley — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born near Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1783.Lawyer;DutchessCounty Surrogate, 1810-11;U.S.Representative from New York, 1813-15, 1827-28 (4th District1813-15, 5th District 1827-28); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1815-16, 1817-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1819-21; appointed 1819; New York Citysuperior court judge, 1828-57; died in office 1857.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1857 (age73 years, 182days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Anthony James Bleecker (1799-1884) — also known asAnthony J. Bleecker — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1799.Republican.Auctioneer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856(speaker);candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1856.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1884 (age84 years, 89days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Richard Harison (1747-1829) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1747.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1787-89;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Attorney for New York, 1789-1801.Died in1829(ageabout82 years).Entombed at Trinity Churchyard. | | John R. Fellows (1832-1896) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,July 29,1832.Democrat.Delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1880,1888(speaker),1892(speaker),1896;U.S.Representative from New York, 1891-93 (6th District 1891-93, 14thDistrict 1893); Gold Democratic candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1896.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1896 (age64 years, 131days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | James Alexander (1691-1756) — Born in Muthill, Perthshire,Scotland,May27,1691.In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, arevoltthat attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "OldPretender") as king; to avoidprosecutionfortreason,hefledto New York;surveyor;lawyer;member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737;ColonialAttorney-General of New York, 1721-23.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New York,April 2,1756 (age64 years, 311days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | John Ward (1767-1816) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February14, 1767.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1798-1809;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1801-02.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1816 (age49 years, 218days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Silas Talbot (1751-1813) — ofMontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born in Dighton,BristolCounty, Mass.,January11, 1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Montgomery County, 1791-93;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1793-95.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1813 (age62 years, 170days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | John Watts (1749-1836) — ofNewYork County, N.Y.Born in New York,1749.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1788-93;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1793-95.Died in1836(ageabout87 years).Entombed at Trinity Churchyard. | | Aaron Hackley Jr. (1783-1868) — ofHerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 6,1783.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1813-15, 1817-18, 1837;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1819-21; county judgein New York, 1823-24.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1868 (age85 years, 236days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | William Hogan (1792-1874) — of Hogansburg,FranklinCounty, N.Y.Born inEngland,July17, 1792.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Franklin County, 1823; state court judge inNew York, 1829;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1831-33.DiedNovember25, 1874 (age82 years, 131days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | John Duer (1782-1858) — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1782.U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1828-29.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1858 (age75 years, 305days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamDuer (1747-1799) and Catherine (Alexander) Duer; brother ofWilliamAlexander Duer; father ofWilliamDuer (1805-1879); uncle ofDenningDuer; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,HenryRutgers,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster,JamesParker,GilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lewis Allaire Scott (1759-1798) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornFebruary11, 1759.Secretaryof state of New York, 1784-93.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1798 (age39 years, 34days).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | Horatio Gates (1726-1806) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1726.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01.Died in1806(ageabout80 years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard. | | John Church Cruger (1807-1879) — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1807.Whig. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1852.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1879 (ageabout 72years).Entombed at Trinity Churchyard. | | Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) — also known asCharles L. Livingston — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1800.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1829-33; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1834-37.Died in1873(ageabout73 years).Interment at Trinity Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofPhilipPeter Livingston and Cornelia (Van Horne) Livingston; married toMargaret Allen; nephew of Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard) and Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)); grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),JohnCruger Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin once removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,MatthewClarkson,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,HenryRutgers,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster,JamesParker,GilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Edward Holland (1702-1756) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,1702.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1733-41;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1747-56; died in office 1756.Anglican.Englishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1756 (ageabout 54years).Original interment at Trinity Churchyard; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) — also known asBrockholst Livingston — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1757.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23.Presbyterian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died inWashington,D.C.,March18, 1823 (age65 years, 113days).Original interment at Trinity Churchyard; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Susannah (French) Livingston andWilliamLivingston; brother of Susannah Livingston (who marriedJohnCleves Symmes) and Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who marriedJohnJay); married1774 to AnnLudlow; nephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston; uncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandfather ofHenryBrockholst Ledyard; grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJay II; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder,AnthonyBrockholls,PieterVan Brugh andPhillipFrench; great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandfather ofBrockholstLivingston; second great-granduncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); first cousin by marriage ofJamesDuane andWilliamDuer (1747-1799); first cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard), Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)) andMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin twice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),JohnCruger Jr.,PhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer (1805-1879),HenryBell Van Rensselaer andDenningDuer; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin four times removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin six times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,FrederickJay andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; third cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier |
| | William Livingston (1723-1790) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1723.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1759-61;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1776-90; died in office 1790;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Presbyterian.Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,July 25,1790 (age66 years, 237days).Originally entombed at Trinity Churchyard; re-entombed in 1846 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catherine (Van Brugh)Livingston; brother ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston (1716-1778); married1745 toSusannah French (granddaughter ofPhillipFrench); father of Susannah Livingston (who marriedJohnCleves Symmes), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who marriedJohnJay) andHenryBrockholst Livingston; nephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; uncle by marriage ofJamesDuane andWilliamDuer (1747-1799); uncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who marriedNicholasBayard) and Susanna Livingston (who marriedJohnKean (1756-1795)); grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather ofHenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer (1805-1879),HenryBell Van Rensselaer andDenningDuer; second great-grandfather ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; third great-grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andBrockholstLivingston; third great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; fourth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; fifth great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),JohnCruger Jr.,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHenryCruger; second cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — ofPrinceGeorge County, Va.Born in Cawsons,PrinceGeorge County, Va.,March21, 1742.Physician;planter;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from PrinceGeorge County, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office1790.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1790 (age48 years, 72days).Original interment at Trinity Churchyard; reinterment in 1828 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling)Bland; married1768 to MarthaDangerfield; nephew ofRichardBland; uncle ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; granduncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; first cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775),HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin six times removed ofLeeMarvin; second cousin ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andDouglassTownshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed ofJoelWalker Flood,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,BenjaminEarl Cabell,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle andRichardWalker Bolling; second cousin five times removed ofHenryDe La Warr Flood,JoelWest Flood andEarleCabell; third cousin ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817) andMeriwetherLewis; third cousin once removed ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
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| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Peggy Cass (1924-1999) — also known asMargaret Mary Cass — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 21,1924.Democrat.Actor;comedian;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972.Female.Died, fromheartfailure, in Memorial Sloan-KetteringHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1999 (age74 years, 291days).Cremated;ashes interred at Church of the Ascension. |
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