| |  Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) — also known asMorris Abram — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Fitzgerald,Ben HillCounty, Ga.,June 19,1918.Democrat.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served onprosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representativeto United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan forpostwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate fornomination forU.S.Senator from New York, 1968;president of BrandeisUniversity, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1984-86.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanJewish Committee;UrbanLeague;Council onForeign Relations.Died, from aviralinfection, in ahospitalat Geneva,Switzerland,March16, 2000 (age81 years, 271days).Interment atWoodsideCemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married,December23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married,January25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married,August26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. | | | | Epitaph: He established "one man, onevote" as a principle of American law. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Paul L. Adams (1915-1984) — of North Chili,MonroeCounty, N.Y.BornMarch15, 1915.Conservative. Candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1966, 1970;president, Roberts Wesleyan College,1974-81.DiedJuly 28,1984 (age69 years, 135days).Burial location unknown. | | John Bascom (1827-1911) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Genoa,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1827.Collegeprofessor;president, University of Wisconsin, 1874-87;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1897.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October2, 1911 (age84 years, 155days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married1853 to AbbieBurt; married,January8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. | | | | BascomHall,on the campus of theUniversityof Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bascom (built 1942-43 atPanamaCity, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor atBari,Italy, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Wilson Shannon Bissell (1847-1903) — also known asWilson S. Bissell — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in New London,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December31, 1847.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner withGroverCleveland andLymanK. Bass, 1873-82; Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1884;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1888;U.S.Postmaster General, 1893-95; resigned 1895; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1896;chancellor, University of Buffalo, 1902.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1903 (age55 years, 279days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Frank Dickinson Blodgett (1871-1954) — also known asFrank D. Blodgett — of Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Homer,CortlandCounty, N.Y.Born in Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,March29, 1871.Republican.Collegeprofessor;mayorof Oneonta, N.Y., 1912-14;president, Adelphi College,1915-37.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Homer,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1954 (age83 years, 103days).Interment atCortlandRural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y. | | Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) — also known asSilas W. Bond — of Houghton,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.; Miltonvale,CloudCounty, Kan.; Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.; Santa Paula,VenturaCounty, Calif.Born in Nora,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.,January13, 1864.Minister;professor,Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1904;president, Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1914; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector forIllinois,1924.WesleyanMethodist.Died in Santa Paula,VenturaCounty, Calif.,December3, 1939 (age75 years, 324days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married,August11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married,November26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
| | John Brademas (1927-2016) — of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in Mishawaka,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,March 2,1927.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen.PatrickMcNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. RepThomasL. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidateAdlaiE. Stevenson;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1964,1968,1972;president, New York University, 1981-92.Methodist.Greekancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Orderof Ahepa;Eagles;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 11,2016 (age89 years, 131days).Entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Harold Brown (b. 1927) — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September19, 1927.Physicist;president, California Institute of Technology, 1969-77;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1977-81.Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Still living as of 2018.  | Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) — also known asMary I. Bunting;Polly Bunting;MaryIngraham;Mary Bunting-Smith —of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1910.Democrat.Microbiologist;collegeprofessor;president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member,U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1964; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1972.Female.Died, in Kendal at Hanovercontinuingcare community, Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,January21, 1998 (age87 years, 195days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married1937 toHenry Bunting; married1975 toClement A. Smith. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Harvard UniversityGazette |
|  | Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) — of Paterson,PassaicCounty, N.J.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,April 2,1862.Republican.Universityprofessor; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1888;President of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1904,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928(speaker),1932;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920,1928;co-recipient ofNobelPeace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve;blindin his later years.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, ofbronchio-pneumonia,in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1947 (age85 years, 249days).Interment atCedarLawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J. | | Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) — also known asCharles W. Cole — of Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.; New York.Born in Montclair,EssexCounty, N.J.,February8, 1906.Universityprofessor;President of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S.Ambassador toChile, 1961-64.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanEconomic Association.Died in1978(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown.  | William Miller Collier (1867-1956) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Lodi,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1867.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1905-09;president, George Washington University,1917; U.S. Ambassador toChile, 1921-28.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Chi Psi;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in1956(ageabout88 years).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.  | Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) — also known asFred P. Corson — of Jackson Heights, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Cornwall,LebanonCounty, Pa.Born in Millville,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,April11, 1896.Methodistminister;president, Dickinson College, 1934-44; MethodistBishop of Philadelphia, 1944-68; offered prayer, Republican NationalConvention,1948,1952;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1948.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;UnionLeague;Rotary;KappaSigma;OmicronDelta Kappa;TauKappa Alpha;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage after afall, inSt. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,February16, 1985 (age88 years, 311days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married1922 toFrances Blount Beaman. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: DickinsonCollege |
| | William Alexander Duer (1780-1858) — also known asWilliam A. Duer — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.;AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1780.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1813-19 (Dutchess County 1813-17, Albany County1817-19);Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1822-29;president, ColumbiaCollege (now Columbia University), 1829-42.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,May 30,1858 (age77 years, 264days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamDuer (1747-1799) and Catherine (Alexander) Duer; brother ofJohnDuer; married to Hannah Maria Denning (daughter ofWilliamDenning); father ofDenningDuer; uncle ofWilliamDuer (1805-1879); grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger,HenryRutgers,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster,JamesParker,GilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofGerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1915.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toEl Salvador, 1952-53;Spain, 1965-68;Denmark, 1968-69;Morocco, 1979-81.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Chancellor of Southampton College. Hit by acarwhilerollerblading,and died as a result, in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April29, 1995 (age79 years, 150days).Entombed atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) — also known asBill Eddy — of Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.; Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Beirut,Lebanon.Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (nowLebanon),March9, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;collegeprofessor;president of Hobart College and William SmithCollege, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42; served in the U.S. Marine Corpsduring World War II; U.S. Minister toSaudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian AmericanOilCompany, 1947-62.Episcopalian.DiedMay 3,1962 (age66 years, 55days).Interment atProtestantCemetery, Sidon, Lebanon. | | John Scott Everton (1908-2003) — of Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Istanbul,Türkiye;Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth,BarnstableCounty, Mass.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1908.Minister;collegeprofessor;president, Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S.Ambassador toBurma, 1961-63;president of Robert College (nowBogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey, 1968-71.Baptist;laterCongregationalist.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PiKappa Delta.DiedJanuary23, 2003 (age94 years, 322days).Burial location unknown. | | Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.; Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 14,1867.Physician;anthropologist;psychologist;universityprofessor;president, University of Colorado, 1914-19;chairman, Central Committee of the American Red Cross, 1919-21;president, Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve.FrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanPsychological Association.Died, ofpneumonia,inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1939 (age72 years, 147days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Oran Faville (1817-1872) — of Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio; Mitchell,MitchellCounty, Iowa.Born in Manheim,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1817.Collegeprofessor;president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,Ohio, 1853-55;LieutenantGovernor of Iowa, 1858-60;Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.Died in Waverly,BremerCounty, Iowa,November2, 1872 (age55 years, 20days).Interment atHarlingtonCemetery, Waverly, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married toMaria M. Peck; uncle ofFrederickF. Faville. |
| | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) — also known asWoodbridge N. Ferris;"The Big RapidsSchoolmaster";"The Good GreyGovernor" —of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin near Spencer,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1853.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; founder andpresident, Ferris Institute, laterFerris State University; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate forMichigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916,1924;Governorof Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big RapidsSavingsBank;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1924.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1928 (age75 years, 77days).Entombed atHighlandView Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.  | Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) — also known asArthur S. Flemming — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.; Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio; Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1905.Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48;president, Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1960;president, University of Oregon, 1961-68;president,Macalester College, 1968-71.Methodist.Member,AmericanSociety for Public Administration;AlphaSigma Phi;DeltaSigma Rho;OmicronDelta Kappa.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1994.Died ofacute renalfailure, at aretirementhome inAlexandria,Va.,September7, 1996 (age91 years, 87days).Interment atMontreposeCemetery, Kingston, N.Y. | | Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) — also known asVirginia Ann Palmieri — of Grandfather,AveryCounty, N.C.; Banner Elk,AveryCounty, N.C.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1943.Republican.Collegeprofessor;president, Mayland Community College, 1987-94;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1994-2004;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.Female.Catholic.Still living as of 2018. | | Clifford C. Furnas — Republican.President, State University of New York atBuffalo; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.Still living as of 1966. | | Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) — also known asBuell G. Gallagher — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Granite Springs,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Rankin,VermilionCounty, Ill.,February4, 1904.Democrat.Ordainedminister;collegeprofessor;president, Talladega College, 1933-43;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 7th District, 1948.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho.Died in August,1978(age74years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;married,September1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
| | John Milton Gregory (b. 1822) — also known asJohn M. Gregory — of Michigan. Born in Sand Lake,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1822.Republican.Baptistminister;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1859-64;president,Kalamazoo College;president, Illinois Industrial University.Baptist.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Gregory; married1846 to JuliaGregory; married1881 to LouisaAllen. |
| | Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791-1879) — of New York. Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1791.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1825-27;collegeprofessor;president of Rutgers College (now RutgersUniversity), 1840-50.Slaveowner. Died, ofpneumonia,in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1879 (age87 years, 87days).Interment atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | Theodore Martin Hesburgh (1917-2015) — also known asTheodore Hesburgh;"FatherTed" —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1917.Catholicpriest;president, Notre Dame University, 1952-87; member,U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1957-72.Catholic.Recipient,Medalof Freedom, 1964.Died in South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,February26, 2015 (age97 years, 277days).Interment atHoly Cross Cemetery, Notre Dame, Ind. | | David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) — also known asDavid J. Hill — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,June 10,1850.Historian;president, Bucknell University, 1879-88;president,University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1903-05;Netherlands, 1905-08;Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1908-11.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in1932(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown.  | Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) — of Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1872.Democrat.Magazineeditor and publisher; one of the founding members of the NAACP,1909; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1924;president, RollinsCollege, 1925-49.Member,NAACP.Died in Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,April26, 1951 (age78 years, 251days).Interment atWoodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn. |  | David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) — also known asDavid F. Houston — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Monroe,UnionCounty, N.C.,February17, 1866.Superintendentof schools;universityprofessor;president, Agricultural and Mechanical Collegeof Texas, 1902-05;president, University of Texas, 1905-08;chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, AmericanTelephoneandTelegraphCo. and president, BellTelephoneSecurities Co.; president, MutualLifeInsurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United StatesSteelCorporation.Member,AmericanEconomic Association.Died, fromheartdisease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1940 (age74 years, 198days).Interment atMemorialCemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. | | William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,December29, 1889.Minister;Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;president, Knoxville College, 1943-47.Presbyterian.Africanancestry.Died in1986(ageabout96 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married,September9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank. |
 | Seth Low (1850-1916) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1850.Republican.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85;president, ColumbiaUniversity, 1890-1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897 (Citizens Union),1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died in Bedford Hills,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1916 (age66 years, 243days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. |  | George Edward Reed (1846-1930) — also known as"The Grand Old Man" — of Willimantic,WindhamCounty, Conn.; Fall River,BristolCounty, Mass.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Brownville,PiscataquisCounty, Maine,March28, 1846.Republican.Minister;president, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1900.Methodist.Englishancestry.Died, in PolyclinicHospital,Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,February7, 1930 (age83 years, 316days).Interment atOldCarlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof George Reed and Ann (Hellyer) Reed; married1870 to EllaFrances Leffingwell; father ofGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Biographical and PortraitCyclopedia of the 19th Congressional District (1897) |
| | John Davison Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) — also known asJay Rockefeller — of Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1937.Democrat.Servedin the Peace Corps; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-68;secretaryof state of West Virginia, 1969-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1972(alternate),1976(alternate),1996,2000,2004,2008;president, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1973-75;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1977-85; defeated, 1972;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1985-.Presbyterian.Member,TrilateralCommission.Still living as of 2024. | | Jacob Gould Schurman (1854-1942) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Freetown,PrinceEdward Island,May 22,1854.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;collegeprofessor;president, Cornell University, 1892-1920; U.S.Minister toGreece, 1912-13;Montenegro, 1912-13;China, 1921-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; U.S.Ambassador toGermany, 1925-30.Died in1942(ageabout88 years).Burial location unknown. | | Clinton DeWitt Smith (b. 1854) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Trumansburg,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1854.Universityprofessor;mayorof East Lansing, Mich., 1907-08.President of Escola Agricola, Piracicaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil,1908-13.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Reuben Smith and Clarissa G. (Pease) Smith; married,June 16,1892, to Anna Cora Smith. |
| | Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) — also known asJ. Ross Stevenson — of Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.;Baltimore,Md.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Ligonier,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,March 1,1866.Democrat.Pastor;collegeprofessor;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1912 ;president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.Presbyterian.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August13, 1939 (age73 years, 165days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.  | James Tallmadge Jr. (1778-1853) — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Stanford,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January28, 1778.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1817-19;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1824;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1825-26;president of New YorkUniversity, 1830-46;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1853 (age75 years, 244days).Interment atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) — also known asRobert C. Weaver — ofWashington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1907.Democrat.Economist;received theSpingarnMedal in 1962;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68;firstAfrican-American cabinet member;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;president, Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount SinaiMedicalCenter.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1997 (age89 years, 200days).Burial location unknown.  | Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) — also known asAndrew D. White — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Homer,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1832.Republican.Universityprofessor; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1864-67; co-founder and firstpresident of Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1872(alternate),1884,1912;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1872;U.S. Minister toGermany, 1879-81;Russia, 1892-94; U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1897-1902.Member,AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1918 (age85 years, 362days).Entombed atSageChapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue atArtsQuad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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