| |  De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) — also known asDe Alva S. Alexander — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Richmond,SagadahocCounty, Maine,July 17,1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1872;secretaryof Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93;U.S.Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.Presbyterian.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1925 (age78 years, 197days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Robert Bacon (1860-1919) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 5,1860.Republican.Financier;U.S.Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1909-12; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I.Presbyterian.Englishancestry. Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died, frominfectionfollowing surgery formastoiditis,in the New York Eye and EarInfirmary,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1919 (age58 years, 328days).Original interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment atWalnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass. | | Henry Robertson Barrett (1869-1940) — also known asHenry R. Barrett — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Bedford,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August19, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1915;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916,1924(alternate),1932(alternate).Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Delta Kappa Epsilon;Elks.Died, from aheartattack, in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1940 (age70 years, 169days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Grafton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September10, 1847.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1892,1896,1904;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated(Republican), 1896.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died, of akidneydisorder, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1909 (age61 years, 225days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) — also known asAbel E. Blackmar — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (CitizensJudiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Divisionof the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, InterboroughRapidTransit Company, 1922-31.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation.Died, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1931 (age78 years, 177days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) — also known asCalvin S. Brice — of Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio.Born in Denmark,MorrowCounty, Ohio,September17, 1845.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;active inrailroadlaw; president ofrailroadcompanies; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1876;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1884;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1888,1892(speaker);member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Ohio, 1888;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1889-92;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1898 (age53 years, 89days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Lima, Ohio. | | Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1844.Democrat.Lawyer;secretary ofNew York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82;OrangeCounty District Attorney, 1875-77;OrangeCounty Judge, 1878-82;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1883-96;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the AppellateDivision of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;general counsel, MetropolitanStreetRailway Co., 1897-1901.Presbyterian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died, from anintestinalmalady, in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1929 (age84 years, 280days).Burial location unknown. | | Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in New Berlin,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1820.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1852-54;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.Minister toChina, 1861-67.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in St. Petersburg,Russia,February23, 1870 (age49 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Freelove (Angell) Burlingame andJoelBurlingame; married,June 3,1847, to Jane Cornelia Livermore; fourth cousin ofOssianRay; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesMontgomery Burlingame andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBurlingame,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBurlingame,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofAnson,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Anson Burlingame (built 1943 atRichmond,California; sold private 1947; sank 1950) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Arthur Burr (1850-1915) — also known asJoseph A. Burr — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1850.Republican.Lawyer;Corporation Counsel, city of Brooklyn, 1896-97;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1904-15; appointed 1904;died in office 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the NewYork Supreme Court, 1909.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe Revolution;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1915 (age64 years, 219days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Arthur Burr and Harriet (Nash) Burr; married to Ella A.Dawson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1877.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1929-60;took senior status 1960.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 5,1962 (age84 years, 281days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas S. Byers and Isabella F. (Wardle) Byers; married,June 6,1906, to Kate A. House. |
| | Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known asCharles W. Cole — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.; New York.Born in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,February8, 1906.Universityprofessor;Presidentof Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1961-64.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;Delta Kappa Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in1978(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown.  | Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) — also known asRoyal S. Copeland — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,November7, 1868.Homeopathicphysician;universityprofessor;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03;U.S.Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1936;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1924;candidate in Democratic primary formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1937.Methodist.Englishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;Delta Kappa Epsilon;Maccabees;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;AmericanPublic Health Association.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 17,1938 (age69 years, 222days).Interment atMahwahCemetery, Mahwah, N.J.  | George Cromwell (1860-1934) — of Dongan Hills, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1860.Republican.Lawyer;horsebreeder; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Richmond County, 1888; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1888; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1889;boroughpresident of Richmond, New York, 1898-1913; defeated, 1921;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1912,1916,1920,1924;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 23rd District, 1915-18.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Delta Kappa Epsilon;Elks.Suffered astroke,and died a week later, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1934 (age74 years, 76days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Israel Tripp Deyo (1854-1953) — also known asIsrael T. Deyo — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born inBroomeCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1854.Republican.School teacherand principal;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Broome County, 1890-93;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 39th District, 1915.Congregationalist.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,1953(ageabout99 years).Interment atFloral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.  | Martin Weld Deyo (1902-1951) — also known asMartin W. Deyo — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1933-34; memberofNewYork state senate 40th District, 1935-36;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1938;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1940-49; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,1949.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ImprovedOrder of Red Men;Delta Kappa Epsilon.DiedOctober20, 1951 (age48 years, 312days).Interment atFloral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y. |  | Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) — also known asCharles S. Fairchild — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1842.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1876-77;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York SecurityandTrustCompany, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air LineRailroad;director, Erie and PittsburghRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1924 (age82 years, 208days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y. | | Edward Francis Feely (1880-1964) — also known asEdward F. Feely — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,March 6,1880.Republican.Exporter;U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1930-33.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Delta Kappa Epsilon;ThetaNu Epsilon.Died of astroke,at St. Mary'sHospital,Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1964 (age84 years, 177days).Burial location unknown. | | Harvey Feldmeier (1871-1936) — of Little Falls,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1871.Democrat.Engineer;commissioner of public works, Little Falls, 1912-36; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1912,1928.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;SigmaXi;AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;Elks.Died in1936(ageabout64 years).Interment atChurchStreet Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Maximilian Feldmeier and Elvire (d'Asnoy) Feldmeier; married,November24, 1915, to Lela B. Lumley. |
| | Roy G. Finch (b. 1884) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Eagle Bridge,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,August17, 1884.Republican.Engineer;NewYork state engineer and surveyor, 1925-26.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch; married,October19, 1909, to Jessie Lewis Weller. |
| | Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) — also known asAsa Bird Gardner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1839.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received theMedalof Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revokedin 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award;lawprofessor;NewYork County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1900;removedfrom office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov.TheodoreRoosevelt, overchargesthat he hadinterferedwith the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.Member,TammanyHall;Societyof the Cincinnati;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Societyof the War of 1812;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1919 (age79 years, 236days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Edward J. Gavegan (b. 1863) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April 5,1863.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-33.Catholic.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Matthew Gavegan and Helen J. Gavegan; married,October14, 1897, to Anna J. Walters. |
| | Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known asAlfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1873.Newspapercorrespondent;sugargrower;U.S. Consul inCallao, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General inCallao, 1905-06;Mexico City, 1906-08;, 1908-11;Rio de Janeiro, 1916-18, died in office 1918.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon. While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy shipCyclops, duringWorldWar I, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers whoperishedwhen the shipsank, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean, March,1918(age45years, 0 days). The wreckage wasneverfound.| | Relatives: Sonof L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher)Gottschalk. |
| | Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936) — also known asHenry C. Hall — of Paris,France;Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1914-28.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, in Ashfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,November9, 1936 (age76 years, 311days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo. | | Charles A. Harwood (1880-1950) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Harrison,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1910;U.S.District Judge for Canal Zone, 1937-38;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1941-46.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa;Delta Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Harrison,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1950 (ageabout 70years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Israel Harwood and Johanna Harwood; married1915 to AlmaH. Hendricks. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) — also known asOliver G. Jennings — of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1865.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1921;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Fairfield, 1923-24; director,U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company; director, BethlehemSteelCorporation; director,Grocery StoreProducts, Inc.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Skulland Bones.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in the HarborSanitarium,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1936 (age71 years, 169days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn. | | Charles Thomas Keane Jr. (1901-1975) — also known asCharles T. Keane, Jr. — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1901.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 40th District, 1930.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Redmen.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,1975(ageabout74 years).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y. | | Warren Isbell Lee (1874-1955) — also known asWarren I. Lee — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bartlett,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920);U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District).Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons;UnionLeague.DiedDecember25, 1955 (age81 years, 323days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Reid Lefevre (b. 1904) — of Manchester,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Hartsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1904.Republican. Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1947-59; member ofVermontstate senate from Bennington County, 1961-63.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Elks;Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edwin Lefevre and Martha (Moore) Lefevre; married,June 19,1941, to Zilda Pinsonault. |
| | Ira Lloyd Letts (b. 1889) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Saunderstown, Narragansett,WashingtonCounty, R.I.Born inCortlandCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1889.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for Rhode Island, 1927-35; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Rhode Island,1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1942.Congregationalist.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Judson Letts and Emma (Slater) Letts; married,December29, 1917, to Madeline Houghton Greene; father of HoughtonLetts. |
| | Edmund H. Lewis (1884-1972) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1930-40; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 4th Department,1933-40;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1940; appointed 1940;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1953-54.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.DiedJuly 31,1972 (age87 years, 336days).Burial location unknown. | | Louis W. Marcus (1863-1923) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1863.ErieCounty Surrogate, 1896;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1905-23; died in office 1923.Member,Freemasons;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1923 (age60 years, 92days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles E. Nichols (b. 1862) — of Jefferson,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.; Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in Jefferson,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1862.Republican.Lawyer;bankdirector;chair ofSchoharie County Republican Party, 1916;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1917-29.Methodist.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) — also known asThomas H. Norton — of White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1851.Republican.Chemist;newspapereditor;universityprofessor;librarian;U.S. Consul inHarput, 1900-05;Smyrna, 1905-06;Chemnitz, 1906-14.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Delta Kappa Epsilon;AmericanChemical Society.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;married,December27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
| | Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October28, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908,1912,1916,1920;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I.PresbyterianorEpiscopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;UnionLeague.Lost control of amotorbicycle,fell,suffered arupturedkidney, and died as a result, in House of MercyHospital,Pittsfield,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,September16, 1925 (age55 years, 323days).Cremated;ashes interred atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | Wesley Ulysses Pearne (b. 1851) — also known asWesley U. Pearne — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Middletown, 1901-02, 1905-06;defeated, 1902.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Marshall Pearne and Emily Ann (Swathel) Pearne; married,April25, 1883, to Harriette Cornelia Arnold. |
| | John G. Pembleton (b. 1880) — of Tioga Center,TiogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Waverly,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1880.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tioga County, 1912-13.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;OddFellows;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Francis Key Pendleton (1850-1930) — also known asFrancis K. Pendleton — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January3, 1850.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-20; defeated, 1909;appointed 1911; resigned 1920.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Injured in anautomobileaccident on Riverside Drive, and died two months later as aresult, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1930 (age80 years, 204days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Alicia (Key) Pendleton andGeorgeHunt Pendleton; married,December20, 1890, to Elizabeth La Montagne (sister-in-law ofNicholasMurray Butler); nephew ofPhilipBarton Key (1818-1859); grandson ofFrancisScott Key andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; grandnephew ofEdwardLloyd (1779-1834) andEdmundHenry Pendleton; great-grandson ofEdwardLloyd (1744-1796) andNathanielPendleton; great-grandnephew ofPhilipBarton Key (1757-1815); second great-grandnephew ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipClayton Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnPendleton Jr. andPhilipKey; first cousin four times removed ofMatthewTilghman; second cousin ofHenryLloyd; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCarroll, Barrister,JohnPenn,JamesJoseph Tilghman andWilliamTilghman; third cousin once removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,JosephHenry Pendleton andWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,FrisbyTilghman andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; fourth cousin once removed ofColebyChew,TenchTilghman,EdwardTilghman Paca andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864-1935) — also known asCuthbert W. Pound — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1864.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 29th District, 1894-95;lawprofessor;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1915-32;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation;AmericanLaw Institute.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage while speaking at abanquet inhis honor, and died soon after, in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February3, 1935 (age70 years, 228days).Interment atCold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, N.Y. | | James Arthur Roberts (1847-1922) — also known asJames A. Roberts — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterboro,YorkCounty, Maine,March 8,1847.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1879-80 (Erie County 3rd District 1879, ErieCounty 4th District 1880);New Yorkstate comptroller, 1894-98; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1900.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof the American Revolution;Delta Kappa Epsilon;GrandArmy of the Republic;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November19, 1922 (age75 years, 256days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jeremiah Roberts and Alma (Roberts) Roberts; married,June 1,1871, to Minnie Pineo; married,December11, 1884, to Martha Dresser. |
| | Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) — of Morrilton,ConwayCounty, Ark.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1912.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arkansas,1964(delegation chair),1972(delegation co-chair);Governor ofArkansas, 1967-71; Republican Presidential Elector for Arkansas,1972(did not serve).Baptist.Member,UrbanLeague;Delta Kappa Epsilon;KappaDelta Pi.Died oflungcancer orpancreaticcancer, Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February22, 1973 (age60 years, 297days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | Adolph Julius Rodenbeck (1862-1960) — also known asAdolph J. Rodenbeck — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,1862.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1899-1901;mayorof Rochester, N.Y., 1902-03; Judge of New York Court of Claims,1903-11, 1915-16;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 7th District, 1916-32; appointed 1916.Germanancestry. Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in1960(ageabout98 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles T. Rodenbeck and Fredericka C. Rodenbeck. | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1901 |
 | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.ChristianReformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;Delta Kappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshotin the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued hisspeech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamedfor him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) — also known asKenneth C. Royall — of Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.,July 24,1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II;U.S.Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1964.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,May 25,1971 (age76 years, 305days).Interment atWillowDale Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.  | Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867-1936) — also known asCharles H. Sherrill — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1867.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1909-10; general in the U.S. Army during World WarI; U.S. Ambassador toTurkey, 1932-33.Presbyterian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the War of 1812.Died in Paris,France,June25, 1936 (age69 years, 73days).Interment atSouthEnd Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | Clarence Rice Slocum (1870-1912) — also known asClarence R. Slocum — of New York. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 22,1870.Importerand exporter; U.S. Consul inWarsaw, 1903-05;Weimar, 1905-06;Zittau, 1907-08;Fiume, 1908-12, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General inBoma, 1906.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka,Croatia),February25, 1912 (age41 years, 248days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.;Baltimore,Md.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Stow,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September7, 1868.Republican.Pastor;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1916,1920.Presbyterian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, in PresbyterianHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 27,1954 (age85 years, 293days).Interment atGraceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla. | | Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) — also known asEdwin F. Sweet — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Ojai,VenturaCounty, Calif.Born in Dansville,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1847.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Grand Rapids, Mich., 1904-06; defeated, 1906;U.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1911-13; defeated,1908, 1912; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1913-21; candidateforGovernor ofMichigan, 1916.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon.Died in Ojai,VenturaCounty, Calif.,April 2,1935 (age87 years, 132days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.  | James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) — also known asJames W. Wadsworth, Jr. — of Mt. Morris,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.; Groveland,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.; Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1877.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908,1912,1916,1920(speaker),1924,1928,1936,1940;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1912;U.S.Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926;U.S.Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,41st District 1945-51);delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;Grange;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Delta Kappa Epsilon;UnionLeague;Skulland Bones.The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcoholprohibition.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 21,1952 (age74 years, 314days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesWolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,September30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter ofJohnMilton Hay); father ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who marriedWilliamStuart Symington); nephew ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; grandson ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth; grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; great-grandson ofReverdyJohnson; great-grandnephew ofThomasFielder Bowie; second great-grandson ofJohnJohnson; second great-grandnephew ofRobertWilliam Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson ofErastusWolcott andRobertWilliam Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.,BenjaminMackall IV,WalterBowie andThomasMackall; fourth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,FrederickWolcott andMargaretTaylor; second cousin once removed ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed ofEliCoe Birdsey,GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June1919 |
| | John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) — also known asJock Whitney — of Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,August17, 1904.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;financier;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1956,1968;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New YorkHeraldTribunenewspaper,1961-66.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February8, 1982 (age77 years, 175days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y. | | Henry Rogers Winthrop (1876-1958) — of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 2,1876.Republican.Banker;stockbroker;major in the U.S. Army during World War I;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; director,Long IslandRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Kappa Epsilon;Freemasons.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,November14, 1958 (age82 years, 135days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Buchanan Winthrop and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; married,October3, 1905, to Alice Woodward Babcock. |
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