Very incomplete list! | |  Susan Allen (b. 1963) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.BornMarch27, 1963.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 2012-16 (District 61-B 2012,District 62-B 2013-16).Female.Episcopalian.American Indian ancestry.Lesbian.Still living as of 2016. | | Frank Fulton Aplan (1900-1966) — also known asFrank F. Aplan — of Fort Pierre,StanleyCounty, S.Dak.Born in Rushville,SheridanCounty, Neb.,May 21,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;StanleyCounty Attorney; member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 54th District, 1931-32;major in the U.S. Army during World War II.Norwegian,Irish,FrenchCanadian, andSioux Indian ancestry.Died in Rushville,SheridanCounty, Neb.,January3, 1966 (age65 years, 227days).Interment atFair View Cemetery, Rushville, Neb.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jens Olius Aplan and Marie (Lenagh) Aplan; married to HelenFischer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known asBenjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March16, 1838.Republican.School teacherand principal;ordainedminister; member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87;firstBlack state legislator elected to represent a majority whiteconstituency;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.African,Scottish,American Indian, andIrishancestry.Lost aleg due to a tumor in 1858.Died, ofuremia,in Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October7, 1906 (age68 years, 205days).Interment atWilberforceCemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio. | | Alexis C. Bailly (1798-1861) — of Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in St. Joseph,Ontario,December14, 1798.Fur trader;member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1849-50.FrenchandOttawa Indian ancestry.Died in Wabasha,WabashaCounty, Minn.,June 13,1861 (age62 years, 181days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Wabasha, Minn. | | Alexis Phillip Bailly (1826-1899) — also known asAlexis P. Bailly — of Hastings,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.,November23, 1826.Democrat. Postmaster atHastings,Minn., 1854; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.FrenchandAmerican Indian ancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Watertown,CodingtonCounty, S.Dak.,September20, 1899 (age72 years, 301days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak. | | Henry G. Bailly (1828-1865) — of Hastings,DakotaCounty, Minn.BornOctober29, 1828.Democrat. Postmaster atHastings,Minn., 1854-55;memberMinnesota territorial council 6th District, 1856-57;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 6th District, 1857;member ofMinnesotastate senate 3rd District, 1857-58; served in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.FrenchandAmerican Indian ancestry.Died, from hiswarwounds, in Minnesota,January7, 1865 (age36 years, 70days).Interment atBellwood Cemetery, Near Hastings, Dakota County, Minn.  | Karla Ballard — also known asKarla Ballard Williams — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2020.Female.AfricanandShawnee-Cherokee ancestry.Still living as of 2020. | | | Dennis Banks (1937-2017) — also known as"Nowa Cumig" — Born inCassCounty, Minn.,April12, 1937.Socialist. Co-founder of American Indian Movement; Socialism andLiberation candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2016.Ojibwe Indian ancestry. Died, from complications ofpneumonia,followingheartsurgery, in theMayoClinic, Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,October29, 2017 (age80 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) — also known asEbenezer D. Bassett — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,October16, 1833.Schoolteacher; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General inPort-au-Prince, as of 1874;Consul-Generalfor Haiti inNewYork, N.Y., 1884-88;Vice-Consulfor Haiti inNewYork, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.AfricanandPequot Indian ancestry.FirstBlack American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1908 (age75 years, 29days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Mark Peter Begich (b. 1962) — also known asMark Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born, in Old ProvidenceHospital,Anchorage,Alaska,March30, 1962.Democrat.Mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 2003-09; defeated, 1994, 2000;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 2009-15; defeated, 2014; candidate forGovernor ofAlaska, 2018.Alaska Native andCroatianancestry.Still living as of 2022. | | Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known asNick Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April 6,1932.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate senate, 1963-71;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlaska,1972.Alaska Native andCroatianancestry.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age40 years, 193days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) — also known asPhil Bellfy — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born, in ahospitalat Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1946.Collegeteacher; Human Rights candidate forMichiganState University board of trustees, 1976; Human Rights candidatefor Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976;afterrefusing toremove his hat, wasarrestedfor trespassing in Michigan state capitol building, 1977; Independentcandidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1986; Workers Leaguecandidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988.Chippewa Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2004. | | Elmer Peter Black Cloud (1953-2014) — also known asElmer Black Cloud;Woody BlackCloud —of Wakpala,CorsonCounty, S.Dak.BornMarch24, 1953.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from SouthDakota,1992;when his 14-year-old niece became pregnant, he waschargedwithsexualabuse of a minor andincest;triedandconvicted;in December 1996, the conviction was affirmed on appeal.Sioux Indian ancestry. Died, in the Mobridge RegionalHospital,Mobridge,WalworthCounty, S.Dak.,March10, 2014 (age60 years, 351days).Interment atSacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Little Eagle, S.Dak. | | Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) — of Arkansas. Born near Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,August1, 1835.Democrat.Delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;TribalRepresentative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Died in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,September27, 1890 (age55 years, 57days).Interment atOakCemetery, Fort Smith, Ark. | | Billy Michael Burrage (b. 1950) — of Antlers,PushmatahaCounty, Okla.Born in Durant,BryanCounty, Okla.,1950.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1994-2001;resigned 2001;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1994-2001;resigned 2001;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1994-2001;resigned 2001.American Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2006. | | Samuel Benton Callahan (1833-1911) — of Oklahoma. Born in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,January26, 1833.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;TribalRepresentative to Confederate Congress, 1864-65;justice ofOklahoma state supreme court, 1891.Creek Indian ancestry. Died in Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.,February17, 1911 (age78 years, 22days).Interment atGreenhillCemetery, Muskogee, Okla. | | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (b. 1933) — of Ignacio,La PlataCounty, Colo.Born in Auburn,PlacerCounty, Calif.,April13, 1933.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1983-87;U.S.Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1987-93;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1993-2005.Cheyenne Indian ancestry. Member,FarmBureau.Still living as of 2014. | | Dan William Carpita — of Enumclaw,KingCounty, Wash.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Washington,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine).Shoshone Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2016. | | Bradley Rogers Carson (b. 1967) — also known asBrad Carson — of Claremore,RogersCounty, Okla.Born in Winslow,NavajoCounty, Ariz.,March11, 1967.Democrat.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 2001-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Oklahoma,2004,2008;candidate forU.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 2004.SouthernBaptist.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Still living as of 2014. | | Charles David Carter (1868-1929) — also known asCharles D. Carter — of Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.Born in Boggy Depot,AtokaCounty, Okla.,August16, 1868.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-27 (4th District 1907-15, 3rdDistrict 1915-27).Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,April 9,1929 (age60 years, 236days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla. | | Travis Wayne Childers (b. 1958) — also known asTravis W. Childers — of Booneville,PrentissCounty, Miss.Born in Booneville,PrentissCounty, Miss.,March29, 1958.Democrat.Real estateagent;PrentissCounty Chancery Clerk, 1991-2008;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 2008-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,2008.Baptist.French,English,Spanish,Italian,Swiss,Chickasaw Indian, andChoctaw Indian ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Sharon Clahchischilliage (born c.1948) — of Farmington,San JuanCounty, N.M.Born about 1948. Republican. Candidate forsecretaryof state of New Mexico, 2002; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,2004.Female.Navajo Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2007. | | Tom Cole (b. 1949) — of Moore,ClevelandCounty, Okla.Born in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,April28, 1949.Republican.Universityfaculty; staff, U.S. Rep.MickeyEdwards, 1982-84;OklahomaRepublican state chair, 1985-89; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1988-91;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1995-99;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 2003-.Methodist.Chickasaw Indian ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Charles Curtis (1860-1936) — also known as"Square Shooter";"TheWhisperer" —of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in alogcabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka),ShawneeCounty, Kan.,January25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian.Republican.Lawyer;ShawneeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88;U.S.Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1stDistrict 1899-1907); resigned 1907;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kansas,1908;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1924,1928;VicePresident of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932.Protestant.English,French, andKansa/Osage Indian ancestry.Died of aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,February8, 1936 (age76 years, 14days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) — also known asTobias Guarneriius — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February7, 1805.Newspapereditor;collegeprofessor;linguist;as a young man, took part in severalduels;Louisianasuperintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister toCosta Rica, 1859-61;Nicaragua, 1859-61.GreekandAlabama Indian ancestry.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January30, 1883 (age77 years, 357days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrea Drussakis Dimitry and Marie Celeste (Dragon) Dimitry;married to Mary Powell Mills (daughter of Robert Mills); secondgreat-grandfather and great-granduncle ofDracosAlexander Dimitry Jr.. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary |
| | Larry Echo Hawk — of Idaho. Democrat.Idahostate attorney general, 1991-95; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1994.Pawnee Indian ancestry. Still living as of 1995. | | William Eggers III (b. 1939) — of Montana. Born in1939.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1999-.Crow Indian ancestry. Still living as of 1999. | | Alexander Faribault (1806-1882) — of Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Prairie du Chien,CrawfordCounty, Wis.,June 22,1806.Fur trader;Founderof the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1851.FrenchandDakota Indian ancestry.Died in Faribault,RiceCounty, Minn.,1882(ageabout76 years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Faribault, Minn. | | Richard Dickerson Gholson (1802-1861) — Born in Culpeper,CulpeperCounty, Va.,January3, 1802.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1851-55;Governorof Washington Territory, 1859-61.EnglishandCherokee Indian ancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Tennessee,August28, 1861 (age59 years, 237days).Intermentsomewherein Troy, Tenn. | | John Alexander Giannetti Jr. (b. 1964) — also known asJohn A. Giannetti, Jr. — of Laurel,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born, in ahospital,at Camp Lejeune,OnslowCounty, N.C.,June 9,1964.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates District 13-B, 1999-2003; defeated,1994; member ofMarylandstate senate 21st District, 2003-.Catholic.Italian,Irish, andAmerican Indian ancestry. Member,Chi Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation;Jaycees;Sonsof Italy;Knightsof Columbus.Still living as of 2003. | | Todd Gloria (b. 1978) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.BornMay 10,1978.Democrat.Mayorof San Diego, Calif., 2013-14, 2020-.Filipino,Dutch,PuertoRican, andAmerican Indian ancestry.Gay.Still living as of 2024. | | John Guevremont (born c.1952) — of Mashantucket,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born about 1952. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,2004,2008(alternate).Pequot Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2008. | | LaDonna Harris (b. 1931) — also known asLaDonna Vita Tabbytite — of Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Temple,CottonCounty, Okla.,February26, 1931.Citizens candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980.Female.Comanche Indian ancestry. Member,CommonCause;NationalOrganization for Women;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 2017. | | William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) — also known asWilliam W. Hastings — of Tahlequah,CherokeeCounty, Okla.Born inBentonCounty, Ark.,December31, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;Attorney General for Cherokee Nation, 1891-95; national attorney forCherokee tribe, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1912(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization);U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915-21, 1923-35;defeated, 1920.Presbyterian.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.DiedApril 8,1938 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atCityCemetery, Tahlequah, Okla. | | William L. Hensley (b. 1941) — also known asWillie Hensley — of Kotzebue,NorthwestArctic Borough, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Kotzebue,NorthwestArctic Borough, Alaska,June 17,1941.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1966; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alaska,1968,1984;member ofAlaskastate senate, 1970; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1974; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Alaska, 1984.Alaska Native ancestry. Still living as of 2013. | | Cheri Lynn Honkala (b. 1963) — also known asCheri Honkala — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,1963.Green. Candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2012; Green candidate forPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,2016(on behalf ofJillStein andAjamuBaraka).Female.FinnishandCheyenne Indian ancestry.Still living as of 2016.  | Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) — also known asPaul O. Husting — of Mayville,DodgeCounty, Wis.Born in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,April25, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;DodgeCounty District Attorney, 1903-06; member ofWisconsinstate senate 13th District, 1907-14;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).French,Luxemburgian,andMenominee Indian ancestry.Accidentallyshotin the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood upin hisboat whileduckhunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,near Pickett,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,October21, 1917 (age51 years, 179days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Mayville, Wis. | | Robert McDonald Jones (1808-1872) — Born in Mississippi,October1, 1808.TribalRepresentative to Confederate Congress, 1863-65.American Indian ancestry. Represented Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in Confederate Congress. DiedFebruary22, 1872 (age63 years, 144days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Paulette E. Jordan (b. 1979) — of Plummer,BenewahCounty, Idaho.Born in Coeur d'Alene,KootenaiCounty, Idaho,December7, 1979.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho,2008;member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 2015-18; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 2018; candidate forU.S.Senator from Idaho, 2020.Female.American Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2020. | | Carol Juneau (b. 1945) — of Browning,GlacierCounty, Mont.Born in Elbowoods,McLeanCounty, N.Dak.,April 5,1945.Democrat. Member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1999-; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,2000,2004;member, Credentials Committee,2008;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Montana, 2004.Female.American Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2008. | | Winona LaDuke (b. 1959) — of Ponsford,BeckerCounty, Minn.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,1959.Green. Candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1996, 2000; received oneelectoral vote for Vice-President,2016.Female.Ojibwe Indian ancestry. Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 2007.Still living as of 2016. | | Sylvia Laughter — of Kayenta,NavajoCounty, Ariz.Democrat. Member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1999-2004 (3rd District1999-2002, 2nd District 2003-04).Female.Mormon.Navajo Indian ancestry.Still living as of 2004. | | Greenwood Leflore (1800-1865) — of Mississippi. Born in1800.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1841.Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in1865(ageabout65 years).Burial location unknown. | | Michael James Lowrey (b. 1953) — also known asMichael J. Lowrey;"OrangeMike";"Inali of Tanasi" —of Henderson,ChesterCounty, Tenn.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in ahospital,Jackson,MadisonCounty, Tenn.,November25, 1953.Democratic candidate forTennesseestate house of representatives, 1974; Citizens candidate forPresidential Elector for Wisconsin,1980;Citizens candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1984;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,2004.Baptist;laterQuaker.IrishandCherokee Indian ancestry. Member,IndustrialWorkers of the World;AFSCME;AmericanCivil Liberties Union;NationalOrganization for Women.Still living as of 2004. | | Peter MacDonald (b. 1928) — of Window Rock,ApacheCounty, Ariz.Born in Teec Nos Pos,ApacheCounty, Ariz.,December16, 1928.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;engineer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona,1972.Baptist.Navajo Indian ancestry.Still living as of 1972.| | Relatives: Sonof Dyahthlni Begay and Lucy (Ute) Begay; married,December18, 1951, to Rubye Fern Wallace. |
| | Beverly Masek (b. 1963) — of Willow,Matanuska-SusitnaBorough, Alaska.Born in Anvik,Yukon-Koyukukcensus area, Alaska,September30, 1963.Republican. Four time Iditarod Race finisher, 1990-93; member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1995-2005 (28th District1995-2003, 15th District 2003-05);pleadedguilty in March 2009 tosolicitingand accepting at least $4,000 inbribesfrom VECO Corporation;sentencedto six months injail andthree yearsprobation.Female.Methodist.Alaska Native ancestry. Member,National RifleAssociation.Still living as of 2009. | | Clem Rogers McSpadden (1925-2008) — of Oklahoma. Born in Oklahoma,November9, 1925.Democrat. Member of Oklahoma state legislature, 1960;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1973-75.Cherokee Indian ancestry. DiedJuly 7,2008 (age82 years, 241days).Burial location unknown. | | Markwayne Mullin (b. 1977) — of Westville,AdairCounty, Okla.Born in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,July 26,1977.Republican.Plumber;rancher;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 2013-.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2018. | | Wendsler Nosie Sr. — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona,2008.Apache Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2008.  | Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — also known asRobert L. Owen — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.Born inLynchburg,Va.,February2, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1892-96;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandCherokee Indian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;ModernWoodmen of America;AlphaTau Omega;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedJuly 19,1947 (age91 years, 167days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | Leonard Peltier (b. 1944) — Born in Grand Forks,Grand ForksCounty, N.Dak.,September12, 1944.American Indian activist and member of the American Indian Movement;alleged to have been involved in a shoot-out at the Pine Ridge IndianReservation in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, in which three died,including two FBI agents;fledSouth Dakota, wasarrestedin Canada, andextraditedto the U.S.;triedandconvictedofmurderin 1977, andsentencedto two life terms inprison;Peace and Freedom candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2004; Socialism and Liberation candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 2020.American Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2020. | | Thomas L. Purce (born c.1947) — also known asLes Purce — of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho, about 1947.Mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1976.AfricanandCherokee Indian ancestry.FirstBlack mayor in Idaho.Still living as of 1985.| | Relatives: Sonof John Purce and Idaho Purce. |
 | Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) — also known asMatthew S. Quay — of Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Dillsburg,YorkCounty, Pa.,September30, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;BeaverCounty Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; received theMedalof Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,1862; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1872,1876,1880,1888,1892,1896,1900;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1885-1904;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1888-91;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1886-87;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1896;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1896.Presbyterian.Scottish,Manx,andAmerican Indian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.,May 28,1904 (age70 years, 241days).Interment atBeaverCemetery, Beaver, Pa. | | Lisa Marie Raine (b. 1969) — also known asLisa M. Raine — of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa; Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in XavierHospital,Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,May 28,1969.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1996;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,2000.Female.Shoshone Indian ancestry. Member,NationalEducation Association.Still living as of 2003. | | Benjamin Reifel (1906-1990) — also known asBen Reifel — of South Dakota. Born in alogcabin near Parmelee,ToddCounty, S.Dak.,September19, 1906.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1961-71.Episcopalian.GermanandSioux Indian ancestry.Died in Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.,January2, 1990 (age83 years, 105days).Burial location unknown.  | Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,September27, 1827.Republican.Minister;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMississippistate senate, 1870;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71;secretaryof state of Mississippi, 1873.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.AfricanandLumbee Indian ancestry.FirstBlack member of the U.S. Senate.Died, from astroke,while attending a churchconference,in Aberdeen,MonroeCounty, Miss.,January16, 1901 (age73 years, 111days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Holly Springs, Miss. | | Hollis Earl Roberts (1943-2011) — also known asHollis E. Roberts — of Hugo,ChoctawCounty, Okla.Born in Hochatown,McCurtainCounty, Okla.,May 9,1943.Member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1970; chief of the ChoctawNation, 1978-97.Choctaw Indian ancestry.Convictedin 1997 ofaggravatedsexual abuse andabusivesexual contact, involving two female employees.Died in Hugo,ChoctawCounty, Okla.,October19, 2011 (age68 years, 163days).Burial location unknown. | | David Laughing Horse Robinson (b. 1955) — of Bakersfield,KernCounty, Calif.Born in1955.Democrat.Artteacher; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 2003.Kawaiisu Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2003. | | William Vann Rogers Jr. (1911-1993) — also known asWill Rogers, Jr. — of Culver City,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in New York,October20, 1911.Democrat.U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1943-44; resigned1944; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1946; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1948.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, from aself-inflictedgunshot,in in Tubac,Santa CruzCounty, Ariz.,July 9,1993 (age81 years, 262days).Interment atTubacCemetery, Tubac, Ariz. | | Robert K. Satiacum — of University Place,PierceCounty, Wash.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Washington,2016(voted forFaithSpotted Eagle andWinonaLaDuke).Puyallup Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2016. | | Frank Howell Seay (b. 1938) — Born in Shawnee,PottawatomieCounty, Okla.,1938.U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1979-2003;took senior status 2003.Cherokee Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2003. | | Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (b. 1954) — also known asAl Sharpton — Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1954.Democrat.Minister;civil rights activist;radio talkshow host; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994;stabbedin the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in theBensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,2004.Pentecostal;laterBaptist.AfricanandCherokee Indian ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | William Spotted Crow — of Pine Ridge, Shannon County (nowOglalaLakota County), S.Dak.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromSouth Dakota,1948.American Indian ancestry. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | William Grady Stigler (1891-1952) — also known asWilliam G. Stigler — of Stigler,HaskellCounty, Okla.Born in Stigler, Choctaw Nation County, Indian Territory (nowHaskellCounty, Okla.),July 7,1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1924-32; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1952;speaker,1944;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1944-52; died inoffice 1952.Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in Stigler,HaskellCounty, Okla.,August21, 1952 (age61 years, 45days).Interment atStiglerCemetery, Stigler, Okla. | | Asiba Tupahache — Born in Long Island (unknowncounty), N.Y.Schoolteacher; Peace and Freedom candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1992.Female.Matinecoc Indian ancestry. Still living as of 1992. | | Bluford Wilson (d. 1909) — of Illinois.U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1869-74.Cherokee Indian ancestry. He was part Cherokee, but the family kept this a secret until 1950. Died in1909.Intermentsomewherein Sangamon County, Ill.
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