Very incomplete list! | |  Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) — also known asH. Gardner Ackley — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,June 30,1915.Universityprofessor;economist;chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1964-68; U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1968-69.Scottishancestry. Member,KappaDelta Pi;TauKappa Alpha;PhiKappa Phi;TrilateralCommission;AmericanEconomic Association;American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in Huron Woodsnursinghome, Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February12, 1998 (age82 years, 227days).Cremated. | | James Alexander (1691-1756) — Born in Muthill, Perthshire,Scotland,May27,1691.In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, arevoltthat attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "OldPretender") as king; to avoidprosecutionfortreason,hefledto New York;surveyor;lawyer;member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737;ColonialAttorney-General of New York, 1721-23.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in New York,April 2,1756 (age64 years, 311days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Harlan Page Amen (1853-1913) — also known asHarlan P. Amen — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Sinking Spring,HighlandCounty, Ohio,April14, 1853.Republican.Schoolteacher; principal, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., from1895; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NewHampshire,1912.Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association.DiedNovember9, 1913 (age60 years, 209days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Amen and Sarah J. (Barber) Amen. |
| | William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) — also known asWilliam W. Atterbury;"The RailroadGeneral" —of Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,January31, 1866.Republican.Railroadsuperintendent; president, AmericanRailwayAssociation; during World War I, he was called on to organizeorganized U.S. militaryrailroadoperations in France; he was designated Director-General ofTransportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1920(speaker);President, PennsylvaniaRailroad,1925-35.Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, ofapoplexy,in Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.,September20, 1935 (age69 years, 232days).Interment atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa. | | Charles Montague Bakewell (1867-1957) — also known asCharles M. Bakewell — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April24, 1867.Republican.Universityprofessor; member ofConnecticutstate senate 8th District, 1921-24; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1932(alternate),1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;Elks;American Philosophical Society.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September19, 1957 (age90 years, 148days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) — also known asSimeon E. Baldwin — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February5, 1840.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1867;lawprofessor;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907;chiefjustice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10;Governor ofConnecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1914.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;American PhilosophicalSociety;AmericanAntiquarian Society.DiedJanuary30, 1927 (age86 years, 359days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofRogerSherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of HenriettaPerkins (who marriedDwightFoster); married,October19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle ofEdwardBaldwin Whitney; grandson ofSimeonBaldwin; great-grandson ofRogerSherman; fifth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts,GeorgeFrisbie Hoar andHenryde Forest Baldwin; second cousin ofRogerSherman Greene,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts,ArthurOutram Sherman,ThomasDay Thacher andRogerKent; second cousin once removed ofRogerSherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelGager andArchibaldCox; second cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; third cousin once removed ofSamuelR. Gager,SamuelAustin Gager,ChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles andJohnStanley Addis; fourth cousin ofJohnAdams Dix; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDoolittle Wooster,DanielUpson,WalterBooth,GeorgeBailey Loring,CharlesPage,ErwinJ. Baldwin,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwinStark Thomas | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Wharton Barker (1846-1921) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 1,1846.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;financier;People's candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1900.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 9,1921 (age74 years, 343days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | James Montgomery Beck (1861-1936) — also known asJames M. Beck — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 9,1861.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1896-1900;U.S. Solicitor General, 1921-25;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-34 (1st District 1927-33,2nd District 1933-34); resigned 1934.Member,American Philosophical Society;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died inWashington,D.C.,April12, 1936 (age74 years, 278days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John James Beckley (1757-1807) — also known asJohn J. Beckley — ofRichmond,Va.; Philadelphia,MarionCounty, Mo.Born in London,England,August4, 1757.Mayorof Richmond, Va., 1783-84, 1788-89; resigned 1789;firstLibrarian of Congress, 1802-07.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;American Philosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 8,1807 (age49 years, 247days).Burial location unknown. | | Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895-1971) — also known asAdolf A. Berle;A. A. Berle — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January29, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;economist;lawprofessor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised PresidentFranklinD. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.Ambassador toBrazil, 1945-46.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;Council onForeign Relations;American Philosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from astroke,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1971 (age76 years, 19days).Interment atMuddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.  | David Harold Blackwell (1919-2010) — also known asDavid Blackwell — ofWashington,D.C.; Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Centralia,MarionCounty, Ill.,April24, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1972.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanStatistical Association;American Philosophical Society.Died, in ahospitalat Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 8,2010 (age91 years, 75days).Burial location unknown. | | James MacGregor Burns (b. 1918) — also known asJames M. Burns — of Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Melrose,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August3, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;collegeprofessor;author;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964;candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1958.Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;American CivilLiberties Union;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho.ReceivedPulitzerPrize in history, 1971.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Arthur Burns and Mildred Curry (Bunce) Burns; married1942 to JanetRose Dismorr Thompson; married1969 to JoanSimpson Meyers. |
 | 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;Presidentof Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican NationalConvention 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,American Philosophical 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. | | Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,January24, 1832.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1899-1905.Englishancestry. Member,American Philosophical Society;American BarAssociation;UnionLeague.Died, of aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1917 (age85 years, 110days).Interment atStockbridgeCemetery, Stockbridge, Mass. | | Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) — also known asWarren Christopher;"TheCardinal" —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Scranton,BowmanCounty, N.Dak.,October27, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer; lawclerk to U.S. Supreme Court JusticeWilliamO. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov.EdmundG. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputyU.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1964;U.S.Secretary of State, 1993-97.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Order ofthe Coif;Council onForeign Relations;American Philosophical Society.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.Died, fromkidneyand bladder cancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March18, 2011 (age85 years, 142days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (1901-1990) — also known asJoseph S. Clark, Jr. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October21, 1901.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; servedin the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957-69; defeated, 1968.Unitarian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;American BarAssociation;UnitedWorld Federalists;PhiBeta Kappa;American Philosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1990 (age88 years, 83days).Interment atSt. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa. | | James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) — also known asJames B. Conant — Born in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March26, 1893.Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;chemist;universityprofessor;Presidentof Harvard University, 1933-53; U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1955-57.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;AlphaChi Sigma;American Philosophical Society;Council onForeign Relations.Died in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,February11, 1978 (age84 years, 322days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) — also known asWilbur L. Cross — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Mansfield,TollandCounty, Conn.,April10, 1862.Democrat.Universityprofessor;Governor ofConnecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1932,1936,1940,1944;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1946.Member,American Philosophical Society;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October5, 1948 (age86 years, 178days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Sharp Delany (c.1739-1799) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inIreland,about 1739.Druggist;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1789-98;resignedas Collector when it was discovered that he hadembezzledat least $86,000.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;American Philosophical Society.DiedMay 13,1799 (ageabout 60years).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Lewis Williams Douglas (1894-1974) — also known asLewis W. Douglas — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.; Sonoita,Santa CruzCounty, Ariz.Born in Bisbee,CochiseCounty, Ariz.,July 2,1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1923-25;U.S.Representative from Arizona at-large, 1927-33; director of theU.S. Budget, 1933-34; vice-president and director, American CyanamidCo., 1934-38; president, Mutual LifeInsuranceCompany of New York, 1940-47; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1947-50.Episcopalian.Member,American Philosophical Society;Council onForeign Relations.Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,March 7,1974 (age79 years, 248days).Cremated. | | Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) — also known asPaul H. Douglas — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,March26, 1892.Democrat.Universityprofessor;economist;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.UnitarianorQuaker. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanEconomic Association;American Philosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaUpsilon.Died inWashington,D.C.,September24, 1976 (age84 years, 182days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) — also known asPierre S. du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January15, 1870.President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pontchemicalcompany; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) ofGeneralMotors; director, PennsylvaniaRailroad;member ofDelawarestate board of education, 1919-21;delegateto Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; DelawareLiquor Commissioner, 1933-38.Member,American Philosophical Society;PhiKappa Sigma.Died in1954(ageabout84 years).Burial location unknown.  | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as"Silence Dogood";"AnthonyAfterwit";"Poor Richard";"AliceAddertongue";"Polly Baker";"HarryMeanwell";"Timothy Turnstone";"Martha Careful";"Benevolus";"Caelia Shortface" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1706.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;U.S.Postmaster General, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1778-85;Sweden, 1782-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Deist. Member,Freemasons;American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Famed for his experiments with electricity;inventedbifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1790 (age84 years, 90days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 atOld City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue atLaArcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married,September1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (whomarriedRichardBache); uncle ofFranklinDavenport; grandfather ofRichardBache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who marriedWilliamJohn Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, MaryBlechenden Bache (who marriedRobertJohn Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin); second great-grandfather ofRobertWalker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather ofDanielBaugh Brewster andElisedu Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofWalterFolger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesJames Folger,BenjaminDexter Sprague andWhartonBarker; first cousin five times removed ofAlonzoMendonhall Folger andAlfredRobert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed ofThomasMott Osborne,JohnHamlin Folger,AlonzoDillard Folger andWorthBarnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne,LithgowOsborne andFredFolger; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanWilliams | | | | Franklin counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Mass.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,Vt.,Va. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | MountFranklin, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1958) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:BenjaminF. Deming—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. H. Witherell—BenjaminF. Hallett—BenjaminF. Wade—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminCromwell Franklin—BenjaminFranklin Perry—BenjaminFranklin Robinson—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Massey—BenjaminF. Rawls—BenjaminFranklin Leiter—BenjaminFranklin Thomas—BenjaminF. Hall—BenjaminF. Angel—BenjaminFranklin Ross—BenjaminF. Flanders—BenjaminF. Bomar—BenjaminFranklin Hellen—BenjaminF. Mudge—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. Loan—BenjaminF. Simpson—BenjaminFranklin Terry—BenjaminFranklin Junkin—BenjaminF. Partridge—B.F. Langworthy—BenjaminF. Harding—BenjaminMebane—B.F. Whittemore—BenjaminFranklin Bradley—BenjaminFranklin Claypool—BenjaminFranklin Arthur—BenjaminFranklin Saffold—BenjaminF. Coates—B.Franklin Martin—BenjaminF. Howey—BenjaminF. Martin—BenjaminFranklin Rice—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Jackson—BenjaminF. Hopkins—BenjaminF. Tracy—BenjaminFranklin Briggs—BenjaminF. Grady—BenjaminF. Farnham—BenjaminF. Meyers—BenjaminFranklin White—BenjaminFranklin Prescott—BenjaminF. Jonas—B.Franklin Fisher—BenjaminFranklin Potts—BenjaminF. Funk—B.F. Brimberry—BenjaminF. Marsh—FrankB. Arnold—BenjaminF. Heckert—BenjaminF. Bradley—BenjaminF. Howell—BenjaminFranklin Miller—BenjaminF. Mahan—BenFranklin Caldwell—BenjaminFranklin Tilley—BenjaminF. Hackney—B.F. McMillan—BenjaminF. Shively—BenjaminFranklin Keller—B.Frank Hires—B.Frank Mebane—BenF. Stuart—B.Frank Murphy—BenjaminF. Starr—BenjaminFranklin Jones, Jr.—BenjaminF. Welty—BenjaminF. Jones—BenjaminFranklin Boley—BenFranklin Looney—BenjaminF. Bledsoe—BenjaminFranklin Williams—B.Frank Kelley—BenjaminFranklin Butler—BenjaminF. James—FrankB. Heintzleman—BenjaminF. Feinberg—B.Franklin Bunn—B.Franklin Blotz—BenF. Cameron—BenF. Blackmon—B.Frank Whelchel—B.F. Merritt, Jr.—BenF. Hornsby—BenDillingham II—BenFranklin Biddle, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. halfdollar coin (1948-63). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record | | | | Books by Benjamin Franklin:TheAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin —AnAccount of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place(1744) | | | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.Brands,TheFirst American: The Life and Times of BenjaminFranklin — Edmund S. Morgan,BenjaminFranklin — Stacy Schiff,AGreat Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth ofAmerica — Gordon S. Wood,TheAmericanization of Benjamin Franklin — WalterIsaacson,BenjaminFranklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren,BenjaminFranklin — Philip Dray,StealingGod's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Inventionof America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Iona Station,Ontario,October15, 1908.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;economist;universityprofessor; U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1972.Scottishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American PhilosophicalSociety.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.Died, ofpneumonia,in Mt. AuburnHospital,Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April29, 2006 (age97 years, 196days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.  | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;American Philosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Walter Sherman Gifford (1885-1966) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; North Castle town,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,January10, 1885.U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1950-53.Member,American Philosophical Society. President of AmericanTelephone&TelegraphCo.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1966 (age81 years, 117days).Interment atMiddle Patent Rural Cemetery, Bedford, N.Y. | | Herbert Funk Goodrich (1889-1962) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Anoka,AnokaCounty, Minn.,July 29,1889.Democrat.Lawprofessor;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1940-62; died inoffice 1962.Member,American BarAssociation;American Philosophical Society;Order ofthe Coif;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaSigma Rho;PhiAlpha Delta;AlphaSigma Phi;Freemasons.DiedJune 25,1962 (age72 years, 331days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich; married toEdith Eastman and Natalie E. Murphy; married,September23, 1940, to Mary Dern Baxter. |
| | 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,American Philosophical Society;AmericanHistorical Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in1932(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as"Apostle of Liberty";"Sage ofMonticello";"Friend of the People";"Father of the University of Virginia" —ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,April13, 1743.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofVirginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1785-89;U.S.Secretary of State, 1790-93;VicePresident of the United States, 1797-1801;Presidentof the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),1796.Deist.Englishancestry. Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.He was elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 4,1826 (age83 years, 82days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaphatUniversityof Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married,January1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father ofMarthaJefferson (who marriedThomasMann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who marriedJohnWayles Eppes); uncle ofDabneyCarr; grandfather ofThomasJefferson Randolph,FrancisWayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who marriedNicholasPhilip Trist),BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; granduncle ofDabneySmith Carr; great-grandfather ofThomasJefferson Coolidge andFrederickMadison Roberts; second great-grandfather ofJohnGardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle ofEdithWilson; first cousin once removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed ofJohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker andWilliamSegar Archer; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,NathanielBeverly Tucker andEdmundRandolph; second cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,EdmundRandolph Cocke andJohnAugustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JeffersonM. Levy —JoshuaFry | | | | Jefferson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,Tenn.,Tex.,Wash.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountJefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), inCoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ThomasJefferson Kennard—ThomasJ. Randolph—ThomasJefferson Campbell—ThomasJ. Gazley—ThomasJ. Drake—ThomasJefferson Heard—ThomasJefferson Green—ThomasJ. Rusk—ThomasJefferson Withers—ThomasJ. Parsons—ThomasJ. Word—ThomasJ. Henley—ThomasJ. Dryer—ThomasJ. Foster—ThomasJ. Barr—ThomasJefferson Jennings—ThomasJ. Stewart—ThomasJ. Henderson—ThomasJ. Van Alstyne—ThomasJefferson Cason—T.J. Coghlan—ThomasJefferson Buford—T.Jefferson Coolidge—ThomasJ. Megibben—ThomasJ. Bunn—ThomasJ. Hardin—ThomasJ. McLain, Jr.—ThomasJ. Brown—ThomasJefferson Speer—ThomasJefferson Counts—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. Hudson—ThomasJ. Brady—ThomasJ. Selby—ThomasJefferson Deavitt—ThomasJefferson Majors—ThomasJefferson Wood—T.J. Jarratt—ThomasJefferson Nunn—ThomasJ. Douglas—ThomasJ. Strait—ThomasJ. Humes—T.J. Appleyard—ThomasJ. Clunie—ThomasJ. Steele—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. O'Donnell—ThomasJ. Shaw—ThomasJ. Halsey—ThomasJ. Graham—T.J. Martin—ThomasJefferson Lilly—ThomasJ. Randolph—TomJ. Terral—T.Jeff Busby—ThomasJefferson Murphy—ThomasJ. Hamilton—TomMangan—ThomasJ. Ryan—TomJ. Murray—ThomasJ. Tydings—ThomasJ. Tubb—TomSteed—ThomasJefferson Edmonds, Jr.—ThomasJ. Anderson—ThomasJefferson Roberts—ThomasJ. Barlow III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, andon the $2 bill since the 1860s. | | | | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrantsis obedience to God." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.Ellis,AmericanSphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — WillardSterne Randall,ThomasJefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein,ThomasJefferson — Joyce Appleby,ThomasJefferson — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — SusanDunn,Jefferson'sSecond Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —Andrew Burstein,Jefferson'sSecret: Death and Desire at Monticello — ChristopherHitchens,ThomasJefferson : Author of America — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed aboutThomas Jefferson — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed AboutThomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:Joseph Wheelan,Jefferson'sVendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and theJudiciary | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 25,1750.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;American Philosophical Society.He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged hisintestines,and died three days later ofperitonitis,in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,October21, 1806 (age56 years, 88days).Interment atThomastonVillage Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.| | Knox counties inIll.,Ind.,Ky.,Maine,Mo.,Neb.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofKnoxville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Henry Laurens (1724-1792) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 6,1724.Merchant;planter;Vice-Presidentof South Carolina, 1776-77;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1785.Member,Freemasons;American Philosophical Society.Died inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December8, 1792 (age68 years, 277days).Cremated;ashes interred atMepkinAbbey, Moncks Corner, S.C. |  | 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,Columbia University, 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,American Philosophical 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. | | | Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; St. Georges,Bermuda;Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,August21, 1757.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; actingpresident,University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1822 (age65 years, 14days).Original interment atHolmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; married1782 to ClaraBenjamin; father ofHenryMeigs and Clara Meigs (who marriedJohnForsyth); uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; granduncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofMeigs,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January10, 1744.Democrat.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75, 1782-84;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1788-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1790-99.Lutheran.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;American Philosophical Society.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,January20, 1800 (age56 years, 10days).Interment atTrinityLutheran Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa.  | Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) — of Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Andover (part now in North Andover),EssexCounty, Mass.,February3, 1748.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; memberofMassachusettsstate senate, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1781-84; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1784;U.S.Postmaster General, 1789-91; Presidential Elector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1813 (age65 years, 190days).Original interment atBrickPresbyterian Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1856 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. |  | George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Devon,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March16, 1867.Republican.Lawyer;lawprofessor;orator;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924,1928,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;American Philosophical Society.DiedMay 24,1961 (age94 years, 69days).Interment atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa. | | Charles Pettit (1736-1806) — Born near Amwell (now Mt. Airy),HunterdonCounty, N.J.,1736.Secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1776-78; resigned 1778; served in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1783-84;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87;importerand exporter.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September3, 1806 (ageabout 70years).Interment atOldPine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Samuel Powel (1738-1793) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October28, 1738.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790-93.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died, fromyellowfever, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September29, 1793 (age54 years, 336days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | John Dyneley Prince (1868-1945) — also known asJohn D. Prince — ofPassaicCounty, N.J.; Ringwood Manor,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1868.Universityprofessor; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1906,1908-09;Speaker ofthe New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1909; member ofNewJersey state senate from Passaic County, 1910-12; U.S. MinistertoDenmark, 1921-26;Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1926-29;Yugoslavia, 1929-33.Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died in1945(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.  | Elihu Root (1845-1937) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Clinton,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February15, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1883-85;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894;U.S.Secretary of War, 1899-1904; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1904(TemporaryChair),1912;U.S.Secretary of State, 1905-09;U.S.Senator from New York, 1909-15;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,UnionLeague;AmericanSociety for International Law;American BarAssociation;American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Recipient of theNobelPeace Prize in 1912.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1937 (age91 years, 358days).Interment atHamiltonCollege Cemetery, Clinton, N.Y. | | | Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — also known as"Father of AmericanPsychiatry" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1746.Physician;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April19, 1813 (age67 years, 105days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Married,January2, 1776, to Julia Stockton (daughter ofRichardStockton); father ofRichardRush. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Rush County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | RushStreet,inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Benjamin Rush: AlynBrodsky,BenjaminRush : Patriot and Physician — David Barton,BenjaminRush — David Barton,BenjaminRush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
 | Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known asCarl Schurz — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.;St.Louis, Mo.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt),Germany,March2, 1829.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1860;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1868(TemporaryChair;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1869-75;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.Germanancestry. Member,American Philosophical Society.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1906 (age77 years, 73days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue atMorningsidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother ofAntoinette Schurz (who marriedEdmundJüssen); married1852 toMargarethe 'Molly' Meyer. | | | | Political family:Jussen-Schurzfamily of Watertown, Wisconsin. | | | | ThecommunityofSchurz,Nevada, isnamed forhim. —MountSchurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzPark,inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | George Frederick Seward (1840-1910) — also known asGeorge F. Seward — of California; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1840.U.S. Consul inShanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General inShanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister toChina, 1876-80; president, Fidelity andCasualtyCompany of New York, 1893-1910.Member,American Philosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1910 (age70 years, 20days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Adam Seybert (1773-1825) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1773.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1809-15, 1817-19.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Paris,France,May2, 1825 (age51 years, 351days).Interment atPèrela Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France. | | Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1810-1874) — also known asNathaniel B. Shurtleff — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 29,1810.Physician;mayorof Boston, Mass., 1868-71; defeated, 1855 (Know-Nothing), 1865(Democratic), 1866 (Democratic).Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;American Philosophical Society.Died in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October17, 1874 (age64 years, 110days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Shurtleff and Sally (Shaw) Shurtleff; married,July 18,1836, to Sarah Eliza Smith; father of Nathaniel BradstreetShurtleff (1838-1862; Capt. Union Army, killed at Civil War battle atCedar Mountain, Virginia). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known asWilliam C. Sproul — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Octoraro,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September16, 1870.Republican.Farmer;manufacturer;journalist;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1920,1924;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920.Quaker. Member,American Philosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiKappa Psi;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;UnionLeague;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedMarch21, 1928 (age57 years, 187days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;married,January21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. | | | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The SproulStateForest, inClintonCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography |
| | John Stevens III (1749-1838) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 26,1749.Lawyer;inventor;NewJersey state treasurer, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the firstU.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships andlocomotives; builtrailroadsin New Jersey.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken,HudsonCounty), N.J.,March 6,1838 (age88 years, 253days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofJohnStevens and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of MaryStevens (who marriedRobertR. Livingston); married,October17, 1782, to Rachel Cox; grandson ofJamesAlexander; great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster andJohannesde Peyster; second great-granduncle ofRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin ofPhilipPeter Livingston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesDePeyster,WilliamDuer andDenningDuer; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin six times removed ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin once removed ofPierreVan Cortlandt,MatthewClarkson andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andPhilipDePeyster. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Stevens (built 1942 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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,American Philosophical 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. | | Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) — also known asSamuel M. Vauclain — of Rosemont,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 18,1856.Republican.Locomotivemanufacturer;inventor;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1920.FrenchandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;American PhilosophicalSociety.Died, of aheartattack, in Rosemont,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February4, 1940 (age83 years, 262days).Interment atChurchof the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.  | Earl Warren (1891-1974) — also known as"Superchief" — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March19, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;AlamedaCounty District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1928(alternate),1932;Temporary Chair,1944;CaliforniaRepublican state chair, 1934-36; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1936-38;Californiastate attorney general, 1939-43;Governor ofCalifornia, 1943-53; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for California,1944;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1948; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1952;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Norwegianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;American PhilosophicalSociety;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaPhi;ExchangeClub.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1981.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 9,1974 (age83 years, 112days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Methias H. Warren and Chrystal (Hernlund) Warren; married,October14, 1925, to Nina Palmquist Meyers. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Mailliard | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Earl Warren: Ed Cray,ChiefJustice: A Biography of Earl Warren — G. Edward White,EarlWarren : A Public Life — Bernard Schwartz,SuperChief, Earl Warren and His Supreme Court — Jim Newton,Justicefor All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Eminent Americans(1954) |
| | | Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778) — of Pennsylvania. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,1735.Merchant;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1777-78; died in office 1778.Episcopalian.Member,American Philosophical Society.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,May 22,1778 (ageabout 42years).Entombed atEvangelicalTrinity Church, Lancaster, Pa.  | 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 firstpresidentof Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegate to RepublicanNational 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;American Philosophical 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. | | Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1750.Secretary toBenjaminFranklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, 1802;engineer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died inoffice 1815.Member,American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1815 (age64 years, 361days).Original interment atPine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Charles Woodruff Yost (1907-1981) — also known asCharles W. Yost — of New York;Washington,D.C.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1907.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inAlexandria, 1931-32;Warsaw, 1932-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toThailand, 1946; U.S. Minister toLaos, 1954-55; U.S. Ambassador toLaos, 1955-56;Syria, 1957-58;Morocco, 1958-61; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1969-71.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanSociety for International Law;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died, fromcancer,in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 21,1981 (age73 years, 196days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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