| |  William Alvord (1833-1904) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1833.Hardwaredealer;banker;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73; San FranciscoPoliceCommissioner, 1878-99.Member,Loyal Legion;AmericanForestry Association.Died, ofheartfailure due tobronchialtroubles, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December21, 1904 (age71 years, 353days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.  | Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,Loyal Legion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known asLouis H. Aymé — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1855.Republican.Ethnologist;newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Consul inMérida, 1880-84;Guadeloupe, 1898-99;Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General inLisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.Member,Loyal Legion;Sonsof Veterans;AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumablysyphilis),in Lisbon,Portugal,May16, 1912 (age56 years, 353days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | George Sherman Batcheller (1837-1908) — also known asGeorge S. Batcheller — of Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born inSaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1837.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1859, 1873-74,1886, 1889; resigned 1889; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar; judge, International Tribunal of Egypt, 1875-85, 1898; U.S.Minister toPortugal, 1890-92.Member,Loyal Legion. Died, frommouthcancer, in Paris,France,July2, 1908 (age70 years, 343days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | Thomas Wilson Bradley (1844-1920) — also known asThomas W. Bradley — of Walden,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Yorkshire,England,April6, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884(alternate),1892,1896,1900,1908;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1903-13.Member,Loyal Legion. Received theMedalof Honor in 1896 for action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.Died in Walden,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1920 (age76 years, 54days).Interment atWallkillValley Cemetery, Walden, N.Y. | | Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known asHenry Breckinridge;HenryBreckenridge —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 25,1886.Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.Army during World War I;lawyer;attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1936.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;Loyal Legion;NavyLeague.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1960 (age73 years, 344days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)Breckinridge; married,July 7,1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married,August5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married,March27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; great-grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; second great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofLevinIrving Handy andDeshaBreckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,StephenValentine Southall andEarleCabell; fourth cousin ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) — also known asMorgan G. Bulkeley — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December26, 1837.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,AetnaLifeInsurance Company, 1870-1922;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1884(alternate),1892,1896;Governorof Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1896;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Loyal Legion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Societyof the War of 1812.Firstpresident of the National League of ProfessionalBaseBall Clubs in 1876.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November6, 1922 (age84 years, 315days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Temple Clark (1826-1893) — of Berlin,Green LakeCounty, Wis.; Manitowoc,ManitowocCounty, Wis.Born inOneidaCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1857-58; served in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Member,Loyal Legion. Died inWashington,D.C.,April 4,1893 (age66 years, 163days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) — also known asMilton J. Daniels — of Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.; Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1838.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;banker;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 14, 1883-86; member ofMinnesotastate senate 14th District, 1887-90;U.S.Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion.Died in Riverside,RiversideCounty, Calif.,December1, 1914 (age76 years, 227days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Park, Riverside, Calif.  | Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) — also known asHenry S. Dean — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Lima,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1830.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;grocer;miller;postmaster atAnnArbor, Mich., 1870-72; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894;Progressive Presidential Elector for Michigan,1913.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;AmericanHistorical Association.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,October18, 1915 (age85 years, 126days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | | Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz,Poland),April21, 1847.Republican.Newspaperreporter; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; major inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1905.Germanancestry. Member,Loyal Legion;Freemasons.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1916 (age68 years, 293days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Jeanie V. Smith. |
| | Joel Benedict Erhardt (1838-1909) — also known asJoel B. Erhardt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pottstown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February21, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; NewYork CityPoliceCommissioner; receiver, New York and NorthernRailroadCompany; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1888;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1889-91.Member,Loyal Legion;UnionLeague;Sphinx;Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1909 (age71 years, 198days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Winsor Brown French (1832-1910) — also known asWinsor B. French — of Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Cavendish,WindsorCounty, Vt.,July 28,1832.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1896;postmaster atSaratogaSprings, N.Y., 1899-1903.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1910 (age77 years, 239days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | 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;Loyal Legion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Societyof the War of 1812;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1919 (age79 years, 236days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known asUlysses S. Grant;Hiram Ulysses Grant;"Savior of the Union";"Lion ofVicksburg";"The Austerlitz of AmericanPolitics";"Unconditional Surrender Grant";"The Galena Tanner";"The SilentSoldier";"The Silent General" —of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.Born in Point Pleasant,ClermontCounty, Ohio,April27, 1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Presidentof the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,Loyal Legion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died ofthroatcancer, at Mt. McGregor,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1885 (age63 years, 87days).Interment atGeneralGrant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married,August22, 1848, toJuliaBoggs Dent (sister-in-law ofAlexanderSharp; sister ofGeorgeWrenshall Dent andLewisDent); father ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who marriedWilliamPigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop,AbelHuntington andWilliamRush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,TheodoreDavenport,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,JesseMonroe Hatch,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,FrancisWatkinson Cole andWarrenDelano Robbins. | | | | Political family:Grantfamily of San Francisco, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HoracePorter —AyresPhillips Merrill —RobertMartin Douglas —ThomasL. Hamer —JamesArkell —JosephD. Webster | | | | Grant counties inArk.,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Neb.,N.M.,N.Dak.,Okla.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:UlyssesG. Owings—UlyssesG. Argetsinger—UlyssesG. Scalley—U. S.G. Cherry—UlyssesG. Palmer—UlyssesS. G. Bieber—UlyssesG. Denman—UlyssesG. Crandell—UlyssesS. G. Blakely—S. U.G. Rhodes—UlyssesG. Borden—U.Grant Mengel—UlyssesG. Foster—U.S. Balentine—UlyssesG. Byers—U.Grant Burch, Jr.—U.S. Grant Leverett | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5silver certificates in 1887-1927. | | | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,fight." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: JeanEdward Smith,Grant —Frank J. Scaturro,PresidentGrant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely,Grant —Brooks D. Simpson,UlyssesS. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — BrooksD. Simpson,LetUs Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War andReconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Josiah Bunting III,UlyssesS. Grant — Michael Korda,UlyssesS. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,AVictor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked MilitaryGenius — Harry J. Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — H. W. Brands,TheMan Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War andPeace — Charles Bracelen Flood,Grant'sFinal Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —Joan Waugh,U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: NewtGingrich & William R. Forstchen,GrantComes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,NeverCall Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known asWinfield S. Hancock — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February14, 1824.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1868,1876;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880.Member,Freemasons;Loyal Legion.Died in Governor's Island,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1886 (age61 years, 360days).Interment atMontgomeryCemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 atHancockCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Presumably namedfor:WinfieldScott | | | | Relatives: Son of Benjamin FranklinHancock and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock; married,February1, 1850, to Almira Dubois Russell; uncle of Laura ElizabethHancock (who marriedWilliamRush Merriam). | | | | Political family:Merriam-Hancockfamily of Wadham's Mills, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountHancock, in Yellowstone National Park,TetonCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early1890s. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Winfield Scott Hancock:David M. Jordan,WinfieldScott Hancock : A Soldier's Life — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Cornell UniversityLibrary |
| | Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) — also known asHenry B. Harshaw — of Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born in Argyle,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmasteratOshkosh,Wis., 1877-86;Wisconsinstate treasurer, 1887-91.Member,Elks;GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, andlost hisleft arm as a result.Died, oftonguecancer, in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,December25, 1900 (age58 years, 194days).Cremated;ashes interred atRiversideCemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.  | Charles Dewey Hilles (1867-1949) — also known asCharles D. Hilles — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBelmontCounty, Ohio,June 23,1867.Republican. Secretary to PresidentWilliamHoward Taft, 1911-12;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1912-16; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1916(member,ArrangementsCommittee;speaker),1920,1924,1928,1932,1936(member,ArrangementsCommittee),1940;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1920-38;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1925;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,Loyal Legion. Suffered astroke,and died two months later, in Speonk,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August27, 1949 (age82 years, 65days).Cremated.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Hilles and Elizabeth (Lee) Hilles; married1896 to DollieBell Whiley. | | | | Image source: Official Report of the22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
| | Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known asLucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing,GoodhueCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1836.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;grainbusiness;railroadbuilder; member ofMinnesotastate senate 16th District, 1872-75;Governor ofMinnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1896;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February5, 1913 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Red Wing, Minn. | | Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known asHoratio C. King — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December22, 1837.Lawyer;major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidateforsecretaryof state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressivecandidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1912.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Loyal Legion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa.ReceivedMedalof Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,1865.DiedNovember15, 1918 (age80 years, 328days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known asGeorge B. McClellan — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Dresden, Saxony (nowGermany)of American parents,November23, 1865.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1896,1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1904;universityprofessor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Loyal Legion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedNovember30, 1940 (age75 years, 7days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as"Idol of Ohio" — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,January29, 1843.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1884,1888;Governorof Ohio, 1892-96;Presidentof the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.Methodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Loyal Legion;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Shotby theassassinLeon Czolgosz, at areceptionin the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1901 (age58 years, 228days).Originally entombed atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 atMcKinleyMonument, Canton, Ohio; statue atLucasCounty Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married toIdaSaxton; first cousin ofWilliamMcKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryPrather Fletcher. | | | | Political family:McKinleyfamily of Canton, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:AlbertHalstead —LoranL. Lewis —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —JohnGoodnow | | | | McKinley County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | MountMcKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by itstraditional name, Denali), inDenaliBorough, Alaska, wasnamed forhim. — McKinleyHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamM. Bell—WilliamM. Branch | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The FullDinner Pail." | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The AdvanceAgent of Prosperity." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.Gould,ThePresidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips,WilliamMcKinley — H. Wayne Morgan,WilliamMcKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
 | Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) — also known asT. Channing Moore — of Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1872.Republican.Salesmanager; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26,1929.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe Revolution;Loyal Legion;PhiDelta Theta;UnionLeague;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof T. W. C. Moore; married1907 to BerthaDouglas Stone; grandson ofFrancisElias Spinner. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | Henry Taylor Noyes (1838-1903) — also known asHenry T. Noyes — of Seneca Falls,SenecaCounty, N.Y.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Starkey,YatesCounty, N.Y.,August10, 1838.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforU.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1890.Member,Loyal Legion. Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1903 (age65 years, 53days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof John Noyes and Harriet E. (Wickes) Noyes; married to LucindaChamberlain. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Gibson Parkhurst (1824-1906) — also known asJohn G. Parkhurst — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Oneida Castle,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1824.Democrat.Lawyer;insurancebusiness;BranchCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-55; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1860(ConventionSecretary),1888(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1868; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1872; candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1888-89; postmaster atColdwater,Mich., 1894-98.Episcopalian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion;American BarAssociation.Died in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,May 6,1906 (age82 years, 19days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Parkhurst and Sally (Gibson) Parkhurst; married1852 to AmeliaNoyes; married1863 to JosieB. Reeves; married1874 toFrances J. (Roberts) Fiske. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: History and BiographicalRecord of Branch County (1906) |
 | John Raines (1840-1909) — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1840.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;insuranceagent; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26thDistrict 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909);U.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1896(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1900(alternate),1904,1908(alternate).Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion;Freemasons.Died in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1909 (age69 years, 224days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y. |  | William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1856.Democrat. Secretary to N.Y. Gov.GroverCleveland; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate formayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1903; Democratic candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1908;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1914.Episcopalian.Member,Loyal Legion;Sons ofthe Revolution.Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice; married,February10, 1892, to Harriet Langdon Pruyn. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
| | John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) — also known asJohn M. Schofield — Born in Gerry,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1831.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1868-69.Member,Loyal Legion. Received theMedalof Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10,1861.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,March 4,1906 (age74 years, 156days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Henry Seward Jr. (1839-1920) — also known asWilliam H. Seward, Jr. — Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1839.Republican.Banker;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1888.Member,Loyal Legion. Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1920 (age80 years, 316days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.  | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,Loyal Legion. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue atGrand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atSherman Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecommunityofSherman,Michigan, isnamed forhim. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Isaac Ruth Sherwood (1835-1925) — also known asIsaac R. Sherwood — of Bryan,WilliamsCounty, Ohio; Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Stanford,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August13, 1835.Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;secretaryof state of Ohio, 1869-73;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1900.Member,Loyal Legion;GrandArmy of the Republic.Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans. Voted against U.S. entry into World War I.Died in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,October15, 1925 (age90 years, 63days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Toledo, Ohio.  | Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) — also known asJulius H. Stahel-Számwald — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Szeged,Hungary,November5, 1827.Newspapereditor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,1864; U.S. Consul inYokohama, 1866-69;Osaka, 1877-84;Hiogo, 1877-84;miningengineer;U.S. Consul General inShanghai, 1884-85;insuranceexecutive.Hungarianancestry. Member,Loyal Legion.Died, fromanginapectoris, in theHotel St.James, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1912 (age85 years, 29days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | 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,Loyal Legion;Grange;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;DeltaKappa 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 |
| | Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921-2010) — of Wainscott,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; defeated,1960; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1956.Member,Loyal Legion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi;Chi Psi.Died in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March 6,2010 (age88 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known asPost Wheeler — Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1869.Newspapereditor;miningbusiness;author;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1930-33;Albania, 1933-34;poet.Member,Loyal Legion;Freemasons.Died in1956(ageabout86 years).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky. | | William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known asWilliam H. Wiley — of East Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1842.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;engineer;publisherof scientific works;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.Member,Loyal Legion. Died in1925(ageabout82 years).Interment atRosedaleCemetery, Orange, N.J.  | Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) — also known asStewart L. Woodford — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1867-68; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1870; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1872;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1872,1880(alternate),1908;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1897-98.Member,DeltaPsi;Loyal Legion.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1913 (age77 years, 164days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn.  | John Blackburne Woodward (1835-1896) — also known asJohn B. Woodward — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1835.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;leatherbusiness;importerand exporter; Independent candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Loyal Legion.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1896 (age60 years, 281days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Woodward and Mary Barrow (Blackburne) Woodward; married,May 31,1870, to Elizabeth Cook Blackburne. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: John B. Woodward: abiographical memoir (1897) |
| | Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) — also known asRobert J. Wynne — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1851.Telegrapher;journalist;U.S.Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General inLondon, 1905-10;insuranceexecutive.Catholic.Member,Loyal Legion.Died inWashington,D.C.,March11, 1922 (age70 years, 113days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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