 |  Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) — also known asHerbert A. Bartholomew — of Whitehall,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.Born in Whitehall,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,November3, 1871.Republican.Farmer;cattlebreeder; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1936,1940(alternate),1944,1952;chairof Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.English,Scottish,andDutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons;Grange;FarmBureau;Elks.DiedOctober26, 1958 (age86 years, 357days).Interment atBrickChurch Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Heman Almon Bartholomew and Alice Lanta (Douglass) Bartholomew;married1896 toHarriet Gibson Douglass. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | Leslie Vermilyea Bateman (1871-1946) — also known asLeslie V. Bateman — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1871.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;fuel oilbusiness;mayorof Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1932-35; defeated, 1935; Westchester Countyrationing administrator during World War II.EnglishandDutch ancestry. Member,Rotary;Elks;Freemasons.Died, in Mt. VernonHospital,Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September13, 1946 (age75 years, 88days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Bateman and Margaret Jane (Ganun) Bateman; married,November17, 1897, to Mary Templeton Tamblyn. |
| | George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Becker — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Locke,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1829.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;member ofMinnesotastate senate 1st District, 1868-71; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.Dutch ancestry. Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,January6, 1904 (age74 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) — also known asHenry R. Beekman — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1845.Lawyer;New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York CityBoard of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,1888-89; New York City superior court judge, 1895;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office1900.Dutch ancestry. Member,PsiUpsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1900 (age55 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fenwick Beekman and Catharine Alexander (Neilson) Beekman;married1870 toIsabella Lawrence. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | John Bogart (c.1836-1920) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1836.Civilengineer;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1888-91.Dutch ancestry. Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1920 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry Bogart; married1870 to EmmaCherrington Jefferis. |
 | Charles Fred Boshart (1860-1928) — also known asC. Fred Boshart — of Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1860.Republican.Hopfarmer;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1906-10; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908;member, governing council, New York State Department of Farms andMarkets, 1921.SwissandDutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1928 (age68 years, 29days).Interment atLowvilleRural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.  | Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater (1848-1933) — also known asAlphonso T. Clearwater — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;UlsterCounty District Attorney, 1878-86;UlsterCounty Judge, 1890-98; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1896;Justiceof New York Supreme Court; appointed 1898; member, New York StateProbation Commission, 1909;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.Dutch andFrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,FarmBureau;American BarAssociation.Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,September23, 1933 (age85 years, 12days).Interment atWiltwyckCemetery, Kingston, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Clearwater and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater;married1875 to AnnaHoughtaling Farrand. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | Lemuel C. Clute (1834-1901) — of Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.Born inSaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1834.Lawyer;Prohibition candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1887; Prohibition candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1888; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1892.Dutch ancestry. Died inIoniaCounty, Mich.,April18, 1901 (age66 years, 254days).Interment atHighlandPark Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Clute and Lucy Jane (Clements) Clute; married1861 to EllenM. McPherson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) — also known asGeorge H. Cobb — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Hounsfield town,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,1864.Republican.Lawyer;JeffersonCounty District Attorney, 1899; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1910.Presbyterian.English,Scottish,andDutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married,April19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
 | Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) — also known asS. J. Conklin — of Waterloo,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Watertown,CodingtonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Penn Yan,YatesCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1829.Republican.Shoemaker;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during theCivil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1868;newspaperpublisher;AdjutantGeneral of South Dakota, 1901-03.Dutch,Welsh, andFrenchancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1848 to MariaWait; married1884 to MattieGreenslate; married1895 to AnnaDuff. | | | | Image source: South Dakota LegislativeManual, 1903 |
| | | James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn),KingsCounty, N.Y.,1873.Republican. New York CityPoliceCommissioner, 1910-11;KingsCounty District Attorney, 1912-16;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1916-37; appointed 1916;died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the NewYork Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.Dutch ancestry. Died, from aglandularailment, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 16,1937 (ageabout 63years).Cremated.| | Relatives: Sonof William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married1898 toFlorence Graecen. |
 | Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) — also known asCharles M. Croswell — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1825.Republican.Carpenter;contractor;lawyer;LenaweeCounty Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner ofThomasM. Cooley, 1855;mayor ofAdrian, Mich., 1862-63; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8thDistrict 1867-68);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1868;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,1873-74;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74;Governor ofMichigan, 1877-80.Presbyterian.Scotch-IrishandDutch ancestry.Died in Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,December13, 1886 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich. | | Cornelis Cuyler (1697-1765) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1697.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1742-46.Dutch ancestry. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1765 (ageabout 67years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesCuyler and Elsje (Ten Broeck) Cuyler; grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofDirckTen Broeck andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andHenryCruger; first cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PeterGansevoort,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; first cousin five times removed ofHenryNewton Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); first cousin six times removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),MarionRichard Schuyler,RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; first cousin seven times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin twice removed ofBarentVan Buren andMartinVan Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin four times removed ofThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin five times removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born about 1661.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.ChristianReformed.Dutch ancestry.Died in1740(ageabout79 years).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of MariaCuyler (who marriedJohnCruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father ofCornelisCuyler; uncle ofJohnCruger Jr.; granduncle ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andHenryCruger; great-granduncle ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,RensselaerWesterlo,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-granduncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Casper Gilbert Decker (1860-1942) — also known asCasper G. Decker — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Summitville,SullivanCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1860.President, ElmiraKnittingMills; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1898 (29th District), 1916 (37thDistrict); Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for NewYork,1900;Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Methodist.Dutch ancestry. Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1942 (age81 years, 267days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Casper Schermerhorn Decker and Euphemia (Simpson) Decker; married,March2, 1901, to Caroline Fenton Spencer. |
| | John Isaac De Graff (1783-1848) — also known asJohn I. De Graff — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1783.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1837-39 (12th District1827-29, 11th District 1837-39);mayorof Schenectady, N.Y., 1832-34, 1836, 1842, 1845.Dutch ancestry. Died in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1848 (age64 years, 298days).Interment atValeCemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.  | Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) — also known asChauncey M. Depew — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1834.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63;secretaryof state of New York, 1864-65;WestchesterCounty Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1868,1892,1896(speaker),1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920(speaker),1924;Liberal Republican candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New YorkCentralRailroad;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1888;U.S.Senator from New York, 1899-1911.FrenchHuguenot,Dutch, andEnglishancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Societyof the Cincinnati;Skulland Bones.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1928 (age93 years, 348days).Entombed atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married,November9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married,December28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew ofRogerSherman; second cousin twice removed ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed ofAaronBurr; third cousin once removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andMertonWilliam Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed ofReubenBostwick Heacock; fourth cousin ofJohnFrederick Addis,Henryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAdams Dix,CharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,CharlesWarren Fairbanks,NewtonHamilton Fairbanks,JohnStanley Addis andArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofDepew, NewYork, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | Isaac De Riemer (c.1666-1729) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1666.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1700-01.Dutch andFrenchHuguenot ancestry.DiedFebruary23, 1729 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | Ernest Derulle (b. 1851) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inLuxembourg,March21, 1851.Naturalized U.S. citizen;steamshipagent; U.S. Consular Agent inLuxembourg, 1904-11.Luxemburgian ancestry. Burial location unknown. | | William Hedges DeWitt (1853-1902) — also known asWilliam H. DeWitt — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.; Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Montana, 1883-85;SilverBow County Attorney, 1886-89;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1889-96; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Montana, 1900-02.Dutch ancestry. Died in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,January18, 1902 (age48 years, 308days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in South Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,January3, 1734.Member ofNew Yorkprovincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Presbyterian.Dutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Pleasant Valley,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1807 (age73 years, 118days).Interment atPleasantValley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. | | Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) — also known asLeendert Harmense Gansevoort — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District1799-1802); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797.Dutch ancestry. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1810 (age59 years, 43days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Harmen Gansevoort and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort; married,April10, 1770, to Hester Cuyler; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; uncle ofPeterGansevoort; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Parker-Schuylerfamily of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Leonard Gansevoort Jr. (1754-1834) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.BornJune 3,1754.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1794-95.Dutch ancestry. DiedDecember16, 1834 (age80 years, 196days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Johannes Gansevoort and Maria (Douw) Gansevoort; married1777 to MariaVan Rensselaer; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andPeterGansevoort; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) — of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (nowPanama).Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1858.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; armyofficer; chief engineer, Panama Canal, 1907-14;Governor ofPanama Canal Zone, 1914-17.Dutch ancestry. Member,DeltaUpsilon.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1928 (age69 years, 206days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y. | | William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) — also known asWilliam S. Groesbeck — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1850-51;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member ofOhiostate senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral votefor Vice-President,1872.Dutch ancestry. Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 7,1897 (age81 years, 348days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Bret Harte (1836-1902) — also known asFrancis Brett Hart — of Union (now Arcata),HumboldtCounty, Calif.; London,England.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1836.Writer;editor;U.S. Consul inCrefeld, 1878-80;Glasgow, 1880-85.English,Dutch, andJewishancestry.Died in Camberley,England,May2, 1902 (age65 years, 250days).Interment atSt.Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.| | Relatives:Step-son ofAndrewWilliams; son of Henry Hart and Elizabeth (Ostrander) Hart;married,August11, 1862, to Anna Griswold. | | | | Bret Harte UnionHighSchool, inAngelsCamp, California, isnamed forhim. — Bret HarteElementarySchool, inSacramento,California, isnamed forhim. — The Bret HarteNeighborhoodLibrary, inLongBeach, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Death shall reap the braverharvest." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abraham Hasbrouck (1707-1791) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in New Paltz,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1707.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1781-82.FrenchHuguenot andDutch ancestry.Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1791 (age84 years, 81days).Interment atOld Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | Gilbert DuBois Hasbrouck (1860-1942) — also known asGilbert D. B. Hasbrouck — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Ewen,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1884-85; Judge ofNew York Court of Claims, 1902-04; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1904,1908;circuit judge in New York 3rd District; appointed 1904;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1904-05, 1913-30.Dutch ancestry. Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,June 5,1942 (age82 years, 106days).Interment atWiltwyckCemetery, Kingston, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Hasbrouck and Ellen Jane (Blauvelt) Hasbrouck; married toJulia Mary Munn. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.SwissandDutch ancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | | | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | | | HooverDam(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
 | Irving G. Hubbs (1870-1952) — of Pulaski,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Sandy Creek,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 5th District, 1912-28; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1918-23;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1929-39; resigned 1939.Dutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Pulaski,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1952 (age81 years, 247days).Interment atPulaskiCemetery, Pulaski, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George L. Hubbs and Catherine (Snyder) Hubbs; married,January3, 1893, to Nancy Clark 'Nannie' Dixson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | Frederick Jay (1747-1799) — also known asFady Jay — ofNewYork County, N.Y.BornApril19, 1747.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-83.FrenchHuguenot andDutch ancestry.DiedDecember14, 1799 (age52 years, 239days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother ofJamesJay andJohnJay; uncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandson ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofJohnJay II; second great-granduncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,PhilipP. Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PhilipSchuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,EdwardLivingston,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political families:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | James Jay (1732-1815) — also known as"Sir James Jay" — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1732.Physician;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1778-82.FrenchHuguenot andDutch ancestry.Knighted by King George III, 1763. DiedOctober20, 1815 (age83 years, 4days).Interment atJayFamily Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother ofJohnJay andFrederickJay; uncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandson ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofJohnJay II; second great-granduncle ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,PhilipP. Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PhilipSchuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,EdwardLivingston,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political families:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Jay (1745-1829) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1745.Lawyer;law partner ofRobertR. Livingston;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; statecourt judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1779-82;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788; received 9 electoral votes,1789;received 5 electoral votes,1796;received one electoral vote,1800;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795;U.S.Secretary of State, 1789-90;Governor ofNew York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792.Episcopalian.FrenchHuguenot andDutch ancestry.Died in Bedford,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1829 (age83 years, 156days).Interment atJayFamily Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother ofJamesJay andFrederickJay; married to Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (daughter ofWilliamLivingston; sister-in-law ofJohnCleves Symmes; sister ofHenryBrockholst Livingston; niece ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston; first cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston andPhilipPeter Livingston); father ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandson ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; grandfather ofJohnJay II; grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; second great-grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,PhilipP. Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,EdwardLivingston,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Jay County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Jay (built 1941-42 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnLovett—JohnJ. Walbridge—JohnJ. Jackson—JohnJ. Hardin—JohnJay Jackson, Jr.—JohnJay Hart—John J.Good—JohnJay Knox—JohnJ. Jamieson—JohnJay Philbrick—JohnJ. Kleiner—JohnJ. Carton—JohnJ. McCarthy—JohnJ. Dorman—JohnJay Hopkins—JohnJ. McCloy—JohnJay Justice—JohnJay Pilar—JohnJay Hooker—JohnJay LaValle—JohnJay Myers | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr,JohnJay : Founding Father — Phil Webster,Cana Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1958) |
|  | Webber A. Joiner (1860-1940) — also known asWebb A. Joiner — of Attica,WyomingCounty, N.Y.Born in Weathersfield town,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1860.Republican.Livestockdealer;real estatebusiness;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Wyoming County, 1922-26.EnglishandDutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;FarmBureau.Died in1940(ageabout79 years).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Perry Joiner and Mariette (Cleveland) Joiner; married1882 to MaryA. Wilson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1835.Lawyer;NewYork state treasurer, 1874; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1882-83.Dutch andEnglishancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Society.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1899 (age64 years, 219days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Abram Wendell Lansing (1836-1896) — also known asAbram W. Lansing — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenwich,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1836.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atPlattsburgh,N.Y., 1889-93.Dutch andEnglishancestry.Died in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1896 (age59 years, 318days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y. | | Charles Mali (1818-1899) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Verviers,Belgium,1818.Importingbusiness;Consulfor Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1867-98.Belgian ancestry. Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1899 (ageabout 81years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Henry William Theodore Mali (1804-1867) — also known asHenry W. T. Mali — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBelgium,October9, 1804.Naturalized U.S. citizen;importingbusiness;Consulfor Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1839-67.Belgian ancestry. Died in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,February24, 1867 (age62 years, 138days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Pierre Mali (1856-1923) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Verviers,Belgium,August19, 1856.Woollenmanufacturer;importingbusiness;Vice-Consulfor Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1889-99;Consulfor Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1905;HonoraryConsul-General for Belgium inNewYork, N.Y., 1921.Belgian ancestry. Died in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,October4, 1923 (age67 years, 46days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J. | | Elizabeth Monroe (1768-1830) — also known asElizabeth Kortright — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1768.FirstLady of the United States, 1817-25.Female.Dutch ancestry. Died inLoudounCounty, Va.,September23, 1830 (age62 years, 85days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.; reinterment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.,July 19,1866.Republican.Carpenter;architect;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.Dutch ancestry. Member,Grange;JuniorOrder.While repairing a chicken coop, he wasaccidentallyshotin the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old EdwardKupetz, in Hopewell Junction,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1924 (age58 years, 99days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | David Provost (1670-1724) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January16,1670.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1699-1700.Dutch andFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in1724(ageabout54 years).Burial location unknown. | | John J. Robison (b. 1824) — of Sharon Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Phelps,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1824.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 8th District, 1863-64;WashtenawCounty Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1872;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rdDistrict, 1879-80;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.Scotch-Irish,English,andDutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.  | 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.Dutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa 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 |
| | Michael Schaap — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913-14;Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1916.Jewish.Dutch ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Augustus Schell (1812-1884) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer;director or trustee of severalrailroadcompanies;New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1856,1860,1876(speaker);U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1857-61; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1872-76;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1877; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1878.GermanandDutch ancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;KappaAlpha Society;TammanyHall.Died, from complications ofBright'sdisease, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March27, 1884 (age71 years, 239days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Richard Schell (1810-1879) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1810.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.ChristianReformed.Dutch andGermanancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1879 (age69 years, 179days).Interment atOldDutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) — Born in Sloatsburg,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1781.Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States onJuly 7, 1846;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1846.Dutch ancestry. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1867 (age86 years, 145days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atPresidioof Monterey, Monterey, Calif.  | 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.Frisian ancestry.Losthis right leg in battle in 1644.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1672 (ageabout 60years).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Dirck Ten Broeck (1686-1751) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December4,1686.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1746-48.Dutch ancestry. Died in North Castle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1751 (age64 years, 34days).Burial location unknown. | | Isaac DeGraff Toll (1818-1908) — also known asIsaac D. Toll;"TheGeneral" —of Fawn River,St. JosephCounty, Mich.; Petoskey,EmmetCounty, Mich.Born in Glenville,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1818.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1846;member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1847; served in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;villagepresident of Petoskey, Michigan, 1881-83; postmaster atPetoskey,Mich., 1887.Dutch ancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, frompneumonia,in Petoskey,EmmetCounty, Mich.,March27, 1908 (age89 years, 117days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Petoskey, Mich. | | Pieter Van Brugh (1666-1740) — also known asPieter Verbrugge — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in1666.Mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1699-1700, 1721-23.Dutch andNorwegianancestry.Died in1740(ageabout74 years).Interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh and Trijntje (Roeloffs) Van Brugh;married1688 toSarah Cuyler; grandfather ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandfather ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; second great-grandfather ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston,WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; fourth great-grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-grandfather ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; sixth great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; seventh great-grandfather ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) — of Ghent,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1776.Postmaster;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.ChristianReformed.Dutch ancestry.Died in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1849 (age72 years, 228days).Intermentsomewherein Ghent, N.Y. | | John Van Buren (1799-1855) — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1799.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1831;UlsterCounty Judge, 1836-41;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1841-43;UlsterCounty District Attorney, 1846-50.Dutch ancestry. Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,January16, 1855 (age55 years, 248days).Interment atSharpBurying Ground, Kingston, N.Y.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutch ancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) — also known asW. Irving Vanderpoel — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Freeport,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York, about 1880. Democrat.Newspaperreporter;insurancebroker;villagepresident of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.Dutch ancestry.Indictedin December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by afederal grand jury, over his involvement in astockswindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.Burial location unknown. | | Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) — of Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Warwick,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;merchant;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.Presbyterian.Dutch ancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Rotary;JuniorOrder.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Gladys Wisner. |
| | Frank E. Van Lare (b. 1900) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Gates town (part now in Rochester),MonroeCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1900.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1951-66 (51st District 1951-65, 58th District 1966).Dutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Grotto;Moose.Burial location unknown.  | Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) — also known asCornelius P. Van Ness — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atBurlington,Vt., 1809-14;U.S.Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13;U.S.Collector of Customs at Burlington, Vt., Vermont, 1813; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1820-21;chiefjustice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23;Governor ofVermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVermont,1840;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1844-45.Dutch ancestry. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December15, 1852 (age70 years, 324days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) — also known asJohn P. Van Ness — of New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Claverly (now Ghent),ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,1770.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03;mayorof Washington, D.C., 1830-34.Dutch ancestry. Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March 7,1846 (ageabout 75years).Entombed in mausoleum atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) — also known asWilliam P. Van Ness — Born in Claverack,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1778.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1812-14;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;died in office 1826.Dutch ancestry. Served as second toAaronBurr, during hisduelwithAlexanderHamilton, 1804.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1826 (age48 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. | | Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1744-1816) — also known asHenry K. Van Rensselaer — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1744.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-90.Dutch ancestry. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1816 (age72 years, 46days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Brother ofKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; third great-grandfather ofJohnHubner II; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPeterGansevoort; first cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin ofPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,PieterSchuyler,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),JamesParker andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
 | Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1764.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1790-95; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1813;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10thDistrict 1823-29).Dutch ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took thefirsttrain ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1839 (age74 years, 86days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) VanRensselaer; half-brother ofRensselaerWesterlo and Catherine Westerlo (who marriedJohnWoodworth); brother ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; married1783 toMargarita Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler); married,May 17,1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter ofWilliamPaterson); father ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler; grandson ofPhilipLivingston; grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofCornelisCuyler,JohnCruger Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay,FrederickJay,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren andEugeneSchuyler. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Seymour Van Santvoord (born c.1860) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y., about 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1908;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1933.Dutch,English,andFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Burial location unknown. | | James Burtis Van Woert Jr. (1870-1934) — also known asJames B. Van Woert — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Greig,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Greig,LewisCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1870.Democrat.Leathermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1913.Dutch ancestry. Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, in St. Luke'sHospital,Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1934 (age64 years, 6days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Van Woert and Theresa (Palen) Van Woert; married,April11, 1898, to Jessie Georgiana Varker. |
| | Lucile Vogeler (1914-1979) — also known asLucile Eykens — of Bedford,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Ghent (Gent),Belgium,March22, 1914.Republican. When her husband, Robert, was arrested in Hungary andcharged with espionage, she carried on a tireless and ultimatelysuccessful campaign to get him released;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1952 ;cosmeticsexecutive.Female.Belgian ancestry. Died ofcancer,in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September2, 1979 (age65 years, 164days).Burial location unknown. | | Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) — also known asJacob Westervelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.,January20, 1800.Democrat.Shipbuilder;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1853-54; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1857.DutchReformed.Dutch ancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1879 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Franklin Martin Williams (1873-1930) — also known asFrank M. Williams — of Oneida,MadisonCounty, N.Y.; Goshen,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Durhamville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,April11, 1873.Republican.Engineer;NewYork state engineer and surveyor, 1909-10, 1915-22; defeated,1910, 1912.WelshandDutch ancestry. Member,PhiGamma Delta;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February20, 1930 (age56 years, 315days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Oneida, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Luceline Mary Sterling. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
 | Wilfred Earl Youker (1876-1920) — also known asWilfred E. Youker — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ingham Mills, Oppenheim,FultonCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1917-19 (Kings County 18th District 1917, KingsCounty 21st District 1918-19).Dutch ancestry. Died, followingappendicitissurgery, in Carson Peck MemorialHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December17, 1920 (age44 years, 235days).Interment atRural Park Cemetery, Ingham Mills, Manheim, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Philip Youker and Cecilia Youker; married1905 to LenaViolet Sabin. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
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