 |  George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) — also known asGeorge B. Agnew — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1868.Republican.Stockbroker;director ofmining companies andrailroads;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1900(alternate),1904(alternate),1908;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1907-10.Presbyterian.English,FrenchHuguenot,Scottish,andScotch-Irishancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, ofpneumonia,inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1941 (ageabout 72years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married1908 to EmilyD. Gruban. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1907 |
| | Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) — also known asTruman H. Aldrich — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.; Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Palmyra,WayneCounty, N.Y.,October17, 1848.Republican.Banker;miningengineer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1904;postmaster atBirmingham,Ala., 1911-15.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April28, 1932 (age83 years, 194days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) — also known asWilliam F. Aldrich — of Aldrich,ShelbyCounty, Ala.Born in Palmyra,WayneCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1853.Republican.Civilengineer;mining business;manufacturer;postmaster;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1900,1904.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,October30, 1925 (age72 years, 233days).Cremated;ashes interred atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) — also known asJohn E. Andrus;"The MillionaireStrap-Hanger" —of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1841.Republican.Schoolteacher;pharmaceuticalmanufacturer; investor inrealestate,mining claims, and the StandardOilCompany; owned considerable stock inrailroadsandutilities;director, New York LifeInsuranceCo.; president, New YorkPharmaceuticalAssociation; treasurer, ArlingtonChemicalCo.; director, NationalFuel GasCo.;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1904(alternate),1908;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1916.Methodist.Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia DyckmanAndrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation'swealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.Died, ofpneumonia,in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December26, 1934 (age93 years, 313days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) — also known asRobert R. Barry — of Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Woodside,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,May 15,1915.Republican. President, PlumasMining Co.;U.S.Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964; Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from California, 1966 (38th District), 1967(primary, 11th District), 1968 (primary, 11th District), 1972(primary, 17th District); candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1970.Presbyterian.Member,FarmBureau;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Redwood City,San MateoCounty, Calif.,June 14,1988 (age73 years, 30days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Calvin Bowman (1852-1941) — of Pittston,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1852.Republican.Coal mining business;mayorof Pittston, Pa., 1886;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1911-13.Died in Pittston,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,July 3,1941 (age88 years, 231days).Interment atPittstonCemetery, Pittston, Pa. | | Spruille Braden (1894-1978) — of Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elkhorn,JeffersonCounty, Mont.,March13, 1894.Miningengineer;financier;U.S. Ambassador toColombia, 1939-42;Cuba, 1942-45;Argentina, 1945.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanArbitration Association;NavyLeague;JohnBirch Society.Died, from aheartailment, in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January10, 1978 (age83 years, 303days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) — also known asAlexander O. Brodie — of Prescott,YavapaiCounty, Ariz.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Edwards,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,November13, 1849.Republican. Civil andminingengineer;YavapaiCounty Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona Territory,1904.Died in Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.,May 10,1918 (age68 years, 178days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie; married,December15, 1892, to Louise Hanlon. |
| | Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) — also known asCharles W. Buckley;C. W.Buckley —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Unadilla,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1835.Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War;banker;insurancebusiness;mining business;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judgein Alabama, 1874-78; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1876(alternate),1896,1900;postmaster atMontgomery,Ala., 1881-85, 1890-93, 1897-1906.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,December4, 1906 (age71 years, 289days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Horace Leete Chapman (1837-1917) — also known asHorace L. Chapman — of Portsmouth,SciotoCounty, Ohio; Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born inAlleganyCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1837.Democrat.Coal operator;banker;vice-president, Springfield, Jackson & PomeroyRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1876,1900;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1897.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,June 28,1917 (age79 years, 353days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known asWilliam A. Clark — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born near Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,January8, 1839.Democrat.Banker;mine owner;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidateforDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Montana,1892,1904;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1925 (age86 years, 53days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | John Davenport Clarke (1873-1933) — also known asJohn D. Clarke — of Fraser,DelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Hobart,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;mining business;farmer;U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1921-25, 1927-33;defeated in primary, 1924; died in office 1933; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1924(alternate),1928,1932.Killed in anautomobileaccident; the car he was driving collided with another car, thenwent off the road, plunging down a twelve-foot embankment and hittinga tree, near Delhi,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1933 (age60 years, 294days).Interment atLocustHill Cemetery, Hobart, N.Y. | | Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) — also known asAnthony J. Dimond;TonyDimond —of Valdez,Chugachcensus area, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Palatine Bridge,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1881.Democrat.Prospector;lawyer;mayor ofValdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member ofAlaskaterritorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1936,1940;district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.Catholic.Member,Elks;Eagles;Moose.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,May 28,1953 (age71 years, 179days).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska. | | Ellis P. Earle (b. 1860) — of Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,1860.Republican. Member, New Jersey Board of Institutions and Agencies,1918-22, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1924;director, Chatham PhenixBank andTrust Company; director, CoronetPhosphate Company;president, Georgia Peruvian Ochre Company; president, NipissingMines Company; director, PhillipsPetroleumCompany.Member,UnionLeague.Burial location unknown. | | Sherman Willard Eddy (1876-1952) — also known asSherman W. Eddy — of Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Brunswick,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1876.Fruitfarmer;factory superintendent for Ensign-Bickford Company, maker of blastingequipment formining; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Avon, 1927-28; defeated(Democratic), 1938.Died in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August19, 1952 (age75 years, 351days).Interment atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn. | | Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November18, 1842.Republican.Banker;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1892; president, New RiverMineralCompany; director, AlabamaMineral Land Company; director,RaritanWoolenMills; trustee, Texas Pacific Land Trust.Jewish.Died, ofhearttrouble, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1905 (age62 years, 67days).Interment atBethOlom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. | | Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Alsace-Lorraine,France,1851.Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan SouthernRailroad;lostan arm in an 1877 railroad accident;cartingbusiness; organized BuffaloRenderingCo.; manager, BuffaloFertilizerCo.; president, MinnehahaMining andSmeltingCo.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency,realestate andinsurance;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 48th District, 1905-06.Catholic.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1921 (ageabout 69years).Interment atUnitedGerman and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y. | | Edward F. Fisher (b. 1870) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wayne,WayneCounty, Mich.,October31, 1870.Republican.Schoolteacher;physician;surgeon for Amalgamated Copper Co.coal mines in Wyoming;candidate forMichiganstate senate, 1924 (5th District), 1926 (21st District); memberofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District,1929-36, 1941-44; defeated, 1944, 1950; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Fowler (1779-1844) — of Franklin,SussexCounty, N.J.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1779.Physician;ironmanufacturer; zincmining business; member ofNew JerseyState Council, 1827;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-37.Died in Franklin,SussexCounty, N.J.,February20, 1844 (age64 years, 113days).Interment atNorthHardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J. | | Eugene Lester Garey (1891-1953) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August28, 1891.Democrat.Lawyer;director, Butte Copper and Zinc Co. (mining);delegateto New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;FriendlySons of St. Patrick.DiedMay 20,1953 (age61 years, 265days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Eugene Francis Garey and Ellen Frances (O'Boyle) Garey; married1923 toMargaret Kashner. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | James A. Garrity (b. 1878) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Griffith,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,October18, 1878.Democrat.Coal miner;probationofficer;insurancebroker;bankdirector; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Rotary;Elks;ModernWoodmen.Burial location unknown. | | | Adolph Germer (1881-1966) — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk,KaliningradOblast),January15, 1881.Socialist.Miner;unionofficial in various capacities for the United Mine Workers ofAmerica, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee fromIllinois, 1911; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1912; candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,Socialist Party of America, 1916-19;indictedin Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep.VictorL. Berger, and three others, for makingspeechesthat encourageddisloyaltyand obstructedmilitaryrecruitment;triedandconvicted;sentencedto twenty years inprison;the conviction was later overturned; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.Member,UnitedMine Workers.Died in Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill., May,1966(age85years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Prentiss Bailey Gilbert (b. 1883) — also known asPrentiss B. Gilbert — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1883.Mining superintendent;collegeinstructor; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chief,Division of Political and Economic Information, U.S. StateDepartment, 1921-27; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inGeneva, 1930-33.Burial location unknown. | | Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) — also known asHarry F. Guggenheim — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in West End, Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,August23, 1890.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;mining andsmeltingbusiness; U.S. Ambassador toCuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, ofNewsday, the dailynewspaperof Long Island, New York.Jewish.Died, ofcancer,in Sloan-Kettering MemorialHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1971 (age80 years, 152days).Interment atSalemFields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December30, 1867.Republican.Mining andsmeltingbusiness; Republican Presidential Elector for Colorado,1905;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1912.Jewish.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1941 (age73 years, 307days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) — also known asSolomon R. Guggenheim — of New York. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February2, 1861.Republican.Mining,smelting,andrailroadexecutive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924.Jewish.Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Died near Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November3, 1949 (age88 years, 274days).Entombed atSalemFields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;SouthAfrica;Washington,D.C.; Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March31, 1855.Republican.Miningengineer;worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, anattemptto overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; wasarrestedwith other leaders andsentencedto be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventuallyreleased to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nominationfor Vice President,1908;chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion, in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 8,1936 (age81 years, 69days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Lewis Henry (1885-1941) — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1885.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23; president,Oriental ConsolidatedMining Company.Member,KappaAlpha Society.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 23,1941 (age56 years, 45days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.  | 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.SwissandDutchancestry.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) |
 | Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) — also known asAlanson B. Houghton — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October10, 1863.Republican. President, CorningGlass Works,1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim CreekCoal and Coke Company;director, MetropolitanLifeInsurance Company; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1912,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;U.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.Ambassador toGermany, 1922-25;Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1928.Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth,BristolCounty, Mass.,September15, 1941 (age77 years, 340days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y. | | Eberly Hutchinson (b. 1871) — of Green Lake,FultonCounty, N.Y.; Canada Lake,FultonCounty, N.Y.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,1871.Republican.Miningengineer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1919-31;chair ofFulton County Republican Party, 1939.Burial location unknown. | | William Kelly (1854-1937) — of Vulcan,DickinsonCounty, Mich.; Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1854.Republican.Miningengineer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1912(alternate),1916.Presbyterian.Member,Tau BetaPi;PsiUpsilon;Rotary.Slipped andfell while descending steps, and died nine days later from hisinjuries, in Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,October1, 1937 (age83 years, 167days).Interment atEverettCemetery, Everett, Pa. | | Edward Langworthy (1808-1893) — of Iowa. Born in Rutland,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August31, 1808.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;farmer;lead mining business;steamboatowner;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,January4, 1893 (age84 years, 126days).Burial location unknown. | | Lucius Hart Langworthy (1807-1865) — Born in Hopkinton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,February6, 1807.Lead mining business; member ofIowaterritorial legislature, 1840.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 13,1865 (age58 years, 157days).Burial location unknown. | | William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) — also known asW. H. Leonard — ofDenver,Colo.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1873.Republican.Miner;cattletrader; organizer and president, Denver Rock DrillManufacturingCo.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Colorado,1920,1944.Episcopalian.Died in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,May 29,1947 (age74 years, 61days).Interment atWillRogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo. | | William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937) — also known as"Stonewall Loeb" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1866.Secretary to PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, thefirstpresidential press secretary;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1909-13;vice-president, AmericanSmelting andRefining Co., owner ofcopper mines and processing plants.Jewishancestry.Died in Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September19, 1937 (age70 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married1902 toKatharine W. Dorr; father of William Loeb III. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | John Magee (1794-1868) — of New York. Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,September3, 1794.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1827-31; promoter ofrailroads;owner ofcoal mines;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen),SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1868 (age73 years, 215days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y. | | Raymond Malone (b. 1885) — of Freeport,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;director, Iron BonnetGold Mining Company; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1920.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James E. Malone and Katie G. (Kean) Malone; married,August29, 1914, to Grace E. Holmes. |
| | Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) — also known asMike Mansfield — of Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1903.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;miningengineer;universityprofessor;U.S.Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated inprimary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMontana,1944,1948,1952,1956,1988,1996,2000;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1977-88.Irishancestry. Member,AlphaTau Omega.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, at theWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,October5, 2001 (age98 years, 203days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) — also known asHenry H. Markham — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Wilmington,EssexCounty, N.Y.,November16, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;gold and silvermining business;U.S.Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87;Governor ofCalifornia, 1891-95.Member,Freemasons.Died, following astroke,in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October9, 1923 (age82 years, 327days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Altadena, Calif. | | John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) — also known asJohn C. C. Mayo — of Paintsville,JohnsonCounty, Ky.Born inJohnsonCounty, Ky.,September16, 1864.Democrat.Schoolteacher;coal mining baron; reputed to be the wealthiestman and largest landholder in Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1908,1912;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.Methodist.Died, fromBright'sdisease andperitonitis,in the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1914 (age49 years, 237days).Interment atMayoCemetery, Paintsville, Ky. | | Harry Hays Morgan (b. 1860) — also known asHarry H. Morgan;Henry H.Morgan —of Louisiana; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December24, 1860.Cashier of agas-lightcompany in St. Louis, 1887-91;lawyer;mining business; U.S. Consul inHorgen, 1897-98;Aarau, 1898-1902;Lucerne, 1902-06;Stuttgart, 1906-07;Amsterdam, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General inBarcelona, 1910-13;Hamburg, 1913-17;Antwerp, 1918-19;Brussels, 1919-22;Buenos Aires, as of 1924.Burial location unknown. | | Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) — also known asGrayson M. P. Murphy — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December19, 1878.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissionerof the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917;financier;director, BethlehemSteelCorporation, GoodyearTireandRubberCompany, Anaconda CopperMining Company, NationalAviationCorporation;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October18, 1937 (age58 years, 303days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) — also known asRobert H. O'Brien — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,September15, 1904.Miningengineer;lawyer;member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; specialassistant to Barney Balaban, president of ParamountPictures,and director, Paramount InternationalFilms;when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer ofthemovietheater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger withAmerican Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president ofthe ABCtelevisionnetwork; in 1957, he joined the Loew'smovietheater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayermoviestudio, 1963-69.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaChi;PhiDelta Phi;FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died, of astroke,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,October6, 1997 (age93 years, 21days).Intermentsomewherein Butte, Mont.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married,August27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
 | Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) — also known asTasker L. Oddie — ofNyeCounty, Nev.; Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;real estatebusiness;mining business;NyeCounty District Attorney, 1900-02; member ofNevadastate senate, 1904-08;Governor ofNevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nevada,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1932,1940(alternate).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February17, 1950 (age79 years, 120days).Interment atLoneMountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. | | Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) — also known asRichard C. Patterson, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January31, 1886.Democrat.Gold miner; served in the U.S. Army during World WarI;engineer;New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executivevice-president and director, NationalBroadcastingCo., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;chairman, Ogden Corp. (UtilitiesPower &Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1936,1944,1948;U.S. Ambassador toYugoslavia, 1944-47;Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1951-53.Methodist.Member,MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons.DiedSeptember30, 1966 (age80 years, 242days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Charles D. Pierce (c.1848-1908) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1848.Consultingengineer;commissionmerchant; manufacturer ofwell-drilling,excavation,andmining machinery and supplies;Consul-Generalfor Orange Free State inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-1902.Killedhimself byinhalingilluminating gas, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1908 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio; Streator,La SalleCounty, Ill.Born in Busti,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1816.Republican.Merchant;lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;coal mining business;railroadbuilder;banker;mayorof Streator, Ill., 1882-85;U.S.Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.Died in Streator,La SalleCounty, Ill.,April 8,1903 (age87 years, 10days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Streator, Ill.  | Timothy Morgan Regan (1843-1919) — also known asTimothy Regan — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born near Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1843.Democrat.Mining business;lumberman;hotelproprietor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIdaho,1904(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1908.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,October7, 1919 (age75 years, 327days).Interment atMorrisHill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.| | Relatives: Sonof Morgan Regan and Mary (Burke) Regan; married1878 to RoseCharlotte Blackinger; father of Lt. John M. Regan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: History of Idaho(1920) |
| | Raymond Robins (1873-1954) — of Nome,Nomecensus area, Alaska; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; near Brooksville,HernandoCounty, Fla.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1873.Progressive.Coal miner;lawyer;went tothe Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush;pastor;socialworker;economist;writer;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Crossmission to Russia, 1917.DiedSeptember26, 1954 (age81 years, 9days).Burial location unknown. | | Allan Aloysius Ryan Jr. (b. 1903) — also known asAllan A. Ryan, Jr. — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1903.Republican.Stockbroker;owner ofmining interests; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 28th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II.Catholic.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Allan A. Ryan and Sarah (Tack) Ryan; married,February6, 1929, to Janet Newbold; married,January19, 1937, to Eleanor Barry; married,August5, 1941, to Priscilla St. George; grandson ofThomasFortune Ryan. | | | | Political family:Ryan-Nicollfamily of New York City, New York. |
| | Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) — also known asThomas F. Ryan — of Hempstead, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oak Ridge,NelsonCounty, Va.Born in Lovingston,NelsonCounty, Va.,October17, 1851.Democrat.Financier;organizer and consolidator ofstreetcarcompanies in New York City; owned controlling interest in EquitableLifeAssurance Society; co-founder, AmericanTobaccoCompany; engaged inmining development in Africa; one of therichest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1904,1912.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1928 (age77 years, 37days).Entombed atOakRidge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va. | | Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894-1983) — also known asKatharine St. George;Katharine Delano PriceCollier —of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire,England,July12, 1894.Republican. Executive vice-president and treasurer, St. GeorgeCoal Company; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1944;speaker,1956;Parliamentarian,1960;U.S.Representative from New York, 1947-65 (29th District 1947-53,28th District 1953-63, 27th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died in Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1983 (age88 years, 294days).Interment atSt.Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y. | | Albert Joseph Seligman (b. 1859) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1859.Republican.Banker;mining business; member ofMontanaterritorial legislature, 1884-85;MontanaRepublican state chair, 1889-90; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Montana,1892.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Seligman and Henrietta Seligman; married,December22, 1886, to Lillie Glazier. |
 | Peter Sonna (b. 1835) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1835.Hardwarebusiness;mining supplies dealer;mayor ofBoise, Idaho, 1893-95.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:City of Boise |
|  | 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,LoyalLegion.Died, fromanginapectoris, in theHotel St.James, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December4, 1912 (age85 years, 29days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) — also known asHenry C. Stuart;"StuartX" —ofDenver,Colo.;Washington,D.C.; Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1864.Miningengineer;realestate investor;author;director-general, Guaremala CentralRailroad;U.S. Vice Consul General inGuatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General inGuatemala City, 1893.Died in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,May 21,1952 (age87 years, 163days).Burial location unknown. | | William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) — also known asWilliam B. Thompson — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Virginia City,MadisonCounty, Mont.,May 13,1869.Republican.Mining magnate;banker;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916,1920;director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, MetropolitanLifeInsuranceCo.Died, frompneumonia,June27, 1930 (age61 years, 45days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.  | Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;president, Duluth & Iron RangeRailroad;managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);universityprofessor; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1899-1902;Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1916.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died, frompneumonia,in PennsylvaniaHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February24, 1923 (age74 years, 313days).Original interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment atWatervilleCemetery, Waterville, N.Y. | | Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1810.U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43;miningbusiness;railroadpromoter; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March24, 1864 (age53 years, 315days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofStephenVan Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,August22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter ofJohnAlsop King); nephew ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andRensselaerWesterlo; uncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; grandson ofWilliamPaterson; great-grandson ofPhilipLivingston; great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; third great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofPhilipSchuyler; first cousin once removed ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin once removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice 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 andRobertReginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; third cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; fourth cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJonathanMayhew Wainwright. | | | | Political families:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) — also known as"The Mysterious VanSlooten" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La., about 1857.Democrat.Miningengineer;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 5th District, 1893.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1901 (ageabout 44years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Van Slooten. |
| | Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) — also known asRobert W. Waterman — of Geneva,KaneCounty, Ill.; Wilmington,WillCounty, Ill.; California.Born in Fairfield,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1826.Postmaster;newspaperpublisher; involved in silver and goldmining; president,San Diego, Cuyamaca & EasternRailway;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1887;Governor ofCalifornia, 1887-91.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April12, 1891 (age64 years, 118days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known asPost Wheeler — Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1869.Newspapereditor;mining business;author;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1930-33;Albania, 1933-34;poet.Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons.Died in1956(ageabout86 years).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky. | | Peter White (1820-1908) — of Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1820.Democrat.Merchant;lawyer;banker;founder of Cleveland Cliffsmining company; postmaster atCarpRiver, Mich., 1851-56;Marquette,Mich., 1856; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58;member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1876,1888,1896;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908.Died in Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,1908(ageabout87 years).Interment atPresqueIsle Park, Marquette, Mich. | | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) — also known asCornelius V. Whitney;"Sonny" —of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February20, 1899.Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam AmericanAirways;chairman, Hudson BayMining andSmeltingCompany;horsebreeder; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along withDavidO. Selznick, he helped to finance and produceHollywoodfilms in the 1930s and 1940s.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1992 (age93 years, 297days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married,March 5,1923, to Marie Norton (who later marriedWilliamAverell Harriman); married,September29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married,June 18,1941, to Eleanor Searle; married,January24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson ofWilliamCollins Whitney; grandnephew ofHenryMelville Whitney; granduncle ofJohnLeBoutillier; great-grandson ofHenryB. Payne andJamesScollay Whitney; second great-grandson ofHenryCollins Flagg; first cousin ofWilliamHenry Vanderbilt III andJohnHay Whitney; first cousin once removed ofFrancesPayne Bolton; second cousin ofWilliamArmistead Moale Burden andOliverPayne Bolton; second cousin once removed ofShirleyCarter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasMackie Burgess. | | | | Political families:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York;Whitney-Bolton-Paynefamily of Cleveland, Ohio;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) — ofClintonCounty, N.Y.;FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1781.Mining business;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15;planter;merchant;president, Lexington & OhioRailroad.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,June 30,1849 (age67 years, 350days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Frank Spencer Witherbee (1852-1917) — also known asFrank S. Witherbee — of Port Henry,EssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Port Henry,EssexCounty, N.Y.,May 12,1852.Republican. President, TroySteelCompany; vice-president, TennesseeCoal,Iron, andRailroadCompany; president, CubitasIron OreCompany; president, Lake Champlain & MoriahRailroad;vice-president CheeverIron OreCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1892,1896(alternate),1900;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1917 (age64 years, 336days).Entombed atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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