| |  John Dalzell (1845-1927) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Braddock,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Swissvale,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;attorney for PennsylvaniaRailroad;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-1913 (22nd District1887-1903, 30th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1904,1908.Died in Altadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October2, 1927 (age82 years, 166days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.  | James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) — also known asJames E. Davidson — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1865.Republican.Shipbuilder;financier;director, Pere MarquetteRailroad; director, Cleveland Indiansprobaseball team; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegateto Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1944(alternate); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1923-40.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lake Placid,EssexCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1947 (age81 years, 230days).Intermentsomewherein Bay City, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married1890 to JuneLolette Cobb; married,July 28,1919, to Helen Forrest Knox. | | | | Image source: Detroit Free Press, July26, 1947 |
| | George Willets Davison (b. 1872) — of Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March25, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;QueensCounty District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, CentralTrust Co.;director, BrooklynRapidTransit Co., New York MunicipalRailways Co., Third AvenueRailway Co., Hudson and ManhattanRailroad Co.,American EagleFireInsurance Co.Methodist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married,April24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
| | Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1848.Republican.Civilengineer; worked on manyrailroad andcanalprojects;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1893-94.Burial location unknown.  | 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 forPresident,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) |
| | Peter Anthony Dey (1825-1911) — also known asPeter A. Dey — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Romulus,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,1825.Democrat. Chiefengineerof the Union PacificRailroad, 1864; founder of the FirstNationalBank ofIowa City; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1876;member ofIowarailroad commission, 1878-95.Died in1911(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) — also known asSamuel B. Dicker — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1889.Republican.Statistician;lawyer;director, Rochester and Genesee ValleyRailroad;mayorof Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. |
| | Alexander Samuel Diven (1809-1896) — of Angelica,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.; Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Catharine (now Watkins Glen),SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1809.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofGeorgeMiles, and later, ofSamuelG. Hathaway;railroad promoter; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1843 (Allegany County), 1854 (Chemung County);member ofNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1861-63; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War;mayor ofElmira, N.Y., 1880-82.Presbyterian.IrishandEnglishancestry.Died in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1896 (age87 years, 122days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y. | | Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) — of Clare,ClareCounty, Mich.Born in New York,May 1,1856.Republican.Schoolteacher;hardwarebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1901-06; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1907-19; Republican PresidentialElector for Michigan,1909;represented the Pullmanrailroad car company as alobbyistin Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1920.DiedSeptember24, 1929 (age73 years, 146days).Burial location unknown. | | William L. Doige (b. 1887) — of Chateaugay,FranklinCounty, N.Y.Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,March 9,1887.Republican.Railroad work;real estatebusiness;merchant;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Franklin County, 1939-50.Burial location unknown.  | John T. Dooling (c.1871-1949) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., about 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 28th District, 1901-03;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 16th District, 1915;director, Staten Island MidwayRailway Co.; president, NewYork City Board of Elections; chief assistant district attorney ofNew York County; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1932,1936,1940;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 18th District, 1938.Member,TammanyHall.Died, in St. Agnes'Hospital,White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1949 (ageabout 78years).Burial location unknown.| | Image source:Library of Congress |
| | William Dowd (1824-1899) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1824.Republican.Banker;president, Hannibal & St. JosephRailroad, and also of theLouisville & New AlbanyRailroad; vice-president, Missouri,Kansas and TexasRailroad; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1880.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1899 (age75 years, 38days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Abraham Dowdney (1841-1886) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Youghal, County Cork,Ireland,October31, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadbuilder;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1885-86; died inoffice 1886.Catholic.Died, following astroke,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December10, 1886 (age45 years, 40days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | George Hedford Dunn (1794-1854) — also known asGeorge H. Dunn — of Indiana. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1794.Whig.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832-34; candidate forIndianastate senate, 1831;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1837-39;Indianastate treasurer, 1841-44; circuit judge in Indiana, 1847-50;railroad promoter.Died in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,January12, 1854 (age59 years, 58days).Original interment atNewtownCemetery, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; reinterment atGreendaleCemetery, Greendale, Ind. | | James Winslow Dunwell (1850-1907) — also known asJames W. Dunwell;JimmyDunwell —of Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.Born in East Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1850.Republican.Lawyer;counsel to the New York CentralRailroad; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1892;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 7th District, 1896-1907; died in office1907.Died in Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.,May 22,1907 (age56 years, 155days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Lyons, N.Y. | | John Wilbur Dwight (1859-1928) — also known asJohn W. Dwight — of Dryden,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Dryden,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1859.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1888,1892,1900,1904,1920;U.S.Representative from New York, 1902-13 (26th District 1902-03,30th District 1903-13); president, Virginia Blue RidgeRailway, 1913-28.Member,UnionLeague.Died inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1928 (age68 years, 240days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) — also known asM. V. B. Edgerly — of Pittsfield,MerrimackCounty, N.H.; Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.BornSeptember26, 1833.Democrat. President, Massachusetts MutualLifeInsurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & ArcolaRailroad; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1880;candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1882.Died, from anabscessin his right ear, in ahotel atNew York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1895 (age61 years, 173days).Burial location unknown. | | 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,LoyalLegion;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. | | Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) — of Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1862.Lawyer;counsel for the Union Pacific and otherrailroads;banker;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1906.Member,Skulland Bones.Died in Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,October7, 1913 (age50 years, 326days).Interment atAscutneyCemetery, Windsor, Vt.  | Horace Fairbanks (1820-1888) — of St. Johnsbury,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.Born in Barnet,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,March21, 1820.Republican. President, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.,platformscale manufacturers;railroad promoter; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Vermont,1864,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1868(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andSchuylerColfax); member ofVermontstate senate, 1870;Governor ofVermont, 1876-78.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1888 (age67 years, 362days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.  | Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) — also known asCharles S. Fairchild — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1842.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1876-77;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York SecurityandTrustCompany, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air LineRailroad; director, Erie and PittsburghRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1924 (age82 years, 208days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y. | | Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) — also known asIsaac A. Fancher — of Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Florida,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;surveyor;postmaster;railroad promoter;IsabellaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;member ofMichiganstate senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner ofPeterF. Dodds, 1875-82; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.Member,OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher; married,June 6,1860, to Althea May Preston. |
| | Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Alsace-Lorraine,France,1851.Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan SouthernRailroad;lost anarm 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. | | Joseph V. Fitzgerald — of Lancaster,ErieCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Railroad clerk; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 7th District, 1913; defeated,1915.Burial location unknown. | | John Fitzgibbons (1868-1941) — of Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Glenmore,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1868.Democrat.Railway trainman;mayor ofOswego, N.Y., 1910-11, 1918-21;chair ofOswego County Democratic Party, 1932; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1932;U.S.Representative from New York at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1914.Member,Brotherhoodof Railroad Trainmen.Died in ahospitalat Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1941 (age73 years, 25days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y. | | Richard Hansen Franchot (1816-1875) — also known asRichard Franchot — ofOtsegoCounty, N.Y.; Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Morris,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,June 2,1816.Republican.Civilengineer;farmer;president, Albany & SusquehannaRailroad;U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 1861-63; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1872.Died in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1875 (age59 years, 174days).Interment atValeCemetery, Schenectady, N.Y. | | Augustus Frank (1826-1895) — of Warsaw,WyomingCounty, N.Y.Born in Warsaw,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1826.Republican.Merchant;director and vice-president, Buffalo & New York CityRailroad;later, director, Buffalo, Rochester & PittsburghRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-65 (30th District 1859-63,36th District 1863-65);banker;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1895 (age68 years, 286days).Interment atWarsawCemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Augustus Frank (1792-1851) and Jane (Patterson) Frank; married1867 to AgnesMcNair; nephew ofWilliamPatterson andGeorgeWashington Patterson; second cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord andTheodoreSill; third cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,BelaEdgerton andZinaHyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; fourth cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen andGeorgeGriswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed ofHezekiahCase,SamuelLathrop,PhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,JairusCase,HenryTitus Backus,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton andThomasWorcester Hyde. | | | | Political families:Huntingtonfamily of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntingtonfamily of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph J. Galgano — of North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow),WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Republican.Railway conductor;mayorof North Tarrytown, N.Y.; elected 1965.Still living as of 1965. | | Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) — also known asC. K. Garrison — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.;St.Louis, Mo.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born near West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1809.Banker;shipbuilder;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54;railroad president.Died, of aheartattack, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1885 (age76 years, 61days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) — also known asEdwin L. Garvin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;special sessions court judge in New York, 1915-18;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25;receiver, New York, Westchester & BostonRailway, 1937;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920.Member,American BarAssociation;PsiUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi.Died, in Brookhaven MemorialHospital,Bellport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,1960(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) — also known asRobert W. Goelet;BertieGoelet —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1880.Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60million by 1902; director ofbanks, theRitz-CarltonHotelCorporation, and the Union PacificRailroad; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Rhode Island,1909(voted forWilliamH. Taft andJamesS. Sherman); delegate to Republican National Convention fromRhode Island,1932,1936.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died, of aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1941 (age61 years, 44days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Fred A. Graber (b. 1895) — of Tarrytown,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;railwayclerk;ice creambusiness;mayorof Tarrytown, N.Y., 1941-44; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1945-50.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) — also known asDudley S. Gregory — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February5, 1800.Banker;mayorof Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to WhigNational Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, BallotingCommittee);U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Jersey,1856(member,CredentialsCommittee),1860;director ofrailroad companies.Died in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,December8, 1874 (age74 years, 306days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, 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,andrailroad executive; delegate to Republican NationalConvention 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. | | Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822-1885) — also known asC. Godfrey Gunther — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1822.Democrat.Furmerchant;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1864-65; defeated, 1861, 1865 (ReformDemocratic); candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1878;railroad builder;hotelowner.Germanancestry. Member,TammanyHall.Died, probably ofheartdisease, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1885 (age62 years, 350days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Halpin (b. 1865) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1865.Republican.Manufacturerofrailway supplies; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 12th District, 1895; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1904.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Matthew Halpin and Delia (Nolan) Halpin. |
| | Augustus Noble Hand (1869-1954) — also known asAugustus N. Hand — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabethtown,EssexCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1869.Democrat.Lawyer;director, San Juan and Reio PedrasRailroad;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1914-27;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1927-53.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedOctober28, 1954 (age85 years, 94days).Intermentsomewherein Elizabethtown, N.Y. | | James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known asJames G. Harbord — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born near Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March21, 1866.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), andchairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,Topeka and Santa FeRailroad; director, BankersTrust Co.;director, NationalBroadcastingCo.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New YorkLifeInsuranceCo.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1924,1932;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;UnionLeague.Died in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1947 (age81 years, 152days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909) — also known asE. H. Harriman — of Arden,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Hempstead,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February25, 1848.Republican.Stockbroker;railroad magnate; controlled the Union Pacific, SouthernPacific, Illinois Central and otherrailroads; his battle withJames J. Hill for control of the Northern Pacific caused an economicpanic in 1901; he modernized every line he owned, creating a fast,efficient system; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1904;in 1905, prosecutors sought toprosecutehim for his role in the OregonLandFrauds, but he was never indicted.Died in Arden,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1909 (age61 years, 196days).Interment atSt. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Arden, N.Y. | | Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1840-41;railroadbuilder; U.S. Consul inNassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York CityPoliceDepartment; the New York Times called him "the brains of thedepartment.".Englishancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November10, 1884 (age74 years, 274days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.  | Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) — also known asA. Barton Hepburn — of Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 24,1846.Republican.Lawyer;timberbusiness;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York LifeInsuranceCompany, AmericanAgriculturalChemicalCompany, Studebaker Corporation (automobilemanufacturer), and Great NorthernRailway.Hit bya bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died fivedays later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1922 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y. | | Albert H. Holland (b. 1891) — of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;MorrisCounty Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1925; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1928;common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1928-43;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,1947; director, Morristown & ErieRailroad; director,Remington Arms Company.Burial location unknown. | | Elias Bellows Holmes (1807-1866) — also known asElias B. Holmes — of Brockport,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Fletcher,FranklinCounty, Vt.,May 22,1807.Lawyer;canal boatbusiness;U.S.Representative from New York 28th District, 1845-49;railroadpromoter.Died in Brockport,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1866 (age59 years, 70days).Interment atCityCemetery, Brockport, N.Y. | | Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) — of St. Clair,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1858.Republican. Worked inrailway construction and assuperintendent offoundries;vice-president, Romeo SavingsBank;member ofMichiganstate senate 11th District, 1917-20.EnglishandIrishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | John Patrick Hopkins (1858-1918) — also known asJohn P. Hopkins — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1858.Democrat. Paymaster, PullmanPalace Car Company; director,Great LakesDredge andDock Company; president, Wisconsin & MichiganRailway;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1892,1900,1904;speaker,1904;Honorary Vice-President,1912;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1893-95; delegate to Gold Democrat NationalConvention from Illinois, 1896.Catholic.Member,CatholicOrder of Foresters;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October13, 1918 (age59 years, 349days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Evanston, Ill. | | John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) — also known asJohn S. Hopkins — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Truxton,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,October28, 1811.Merchant;banker;mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president ofEvansville, Cairo & MemphisPacketCompany; president of First NationalBank inEvansville; director of the Evansville & Terre HauteRailroad.Died in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,July 6,1882 (age70 years, 251days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1834 to MaryAnn Parrett. |
| | Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) — also known asCharles M. Hough — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 18,1858.Republican.Lawyer;attorney for the PennsylvaniaRailroad, and forsteamshipcompanies inmaritimelitigation;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died inoffice 1927.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromanginapectoris, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1927 (age68 years, 339days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Amory Houghton (1899-1981) — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1899.Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61, 1964-71),CorningGlassWorks; director, Metropolitan LifeInsuranceCompany, ErieRailroad, and National CityBank;national president, Boy Scouts of America, 1946-51; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1948(alternate),1952,1964,1968(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1957-61; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.Episcopalian.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February21, 1981 (age81 years, 209days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y. | | Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. (b. 1906) — also known asArthur A. Houghton, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1906.Republican. Vice-president, CorningGlass Works,1935-40; director, Delaware, Lackawanna and WesternRailroad;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1960.Episcopalian.Member,NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Council onForeign Relations;ModernLanguage Association.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofArthurAmory Houghton and Mabel (Hollister) Houghton; married toElizabeth Douglas McCall. |
| | Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801-1860) — also known asThomas Y. Howe, Jr.;Thomas Yardley HowJr. —of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; president and treasurer ofrailroads; inspector,Auburn Prison, 1834-38;CayugaCounty Surrogate, 1836-40;U.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1851-53;mayor ofAuburn, N.Y., 1853.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1860 (ageabout 59years).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. | | 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;railroad builder; 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;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February5, 1913 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Red Wing, Minn.  | Francis M. Hugo (1870-1930) — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Kingston,Ontario,March5, 1870.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofElonR. Brown; treasurer, Norwood & St. LawrenceRailroad;mayorof Watertown, N.Y., 1906-13; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1912;secretaryof state of New York, 1915-20; defeated, 1912.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1930(ageabout60 years).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | Wilson G. Hunt (1804-1892) — also known asWilson Hunt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Macedonia (now Tinton Falls),MonmouthCounty, N.J.,November26, 1804.Democrat.Wholesale drygoods business; Reform Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1854;bankdirector; director, Western UnionTelegraphCompany; director, ConsolidatedGasCompany; president, Illinois CentralRailroad.Died, in the ClarendonHotel,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1892 (age88 years, 11days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Fishkill,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1813.Merchant;cotton millbusiness;hotelowner;banker;co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and ColoradoRailway; ownerand president of the Houston and Texas CentralRailway;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1861.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,June 4,1884 (age71 years, 93days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Edward D. Jackson — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Railroad switchman; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1907, 1909-13.Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Judge Jewett (1817-1898) — also known asHugh Jewett — of Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inHarfordCounty, Md.,July 1,1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate, 1853;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1855-56; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1855, 1868-69;railroadpresident; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1861;U.S.Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1873-74; defeated, 1860(16th District), 1870 (7th District); resigned 1874; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1880.Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,March 6,1898 (age80 years, 248days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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