Very incomplete list! | |  Charles Henry Abegg (1864-1958) — also known asCharles Abegg;Carl Abegg — of New York. Born in Zurich,Switzerland,April15, 1864.Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent inPort de Paix, 1896-1924.Swiss ancestry. Died, fromcancerof the larynx, in Port de Paix,Haiti,June12, 1958 (age94 years, 58days).Interment atCemetery of Port de Paix, Port de Paix, Haiti. | | John Anderegg (1811-1882) — also known asJohannes Anderegg — of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.Born inSwitzerland,February1, 1811.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1860.Swiss ancestry. Died in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,July 26,1882 (age71 years, 175days).Interment atGreendaleCemetery, Greendale, Ind.| |  Relatives: Sonof Johannes Anderegg and Anna (Abt) Anderegg; married to FelicitasRenner. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Badollet — of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.Born inSwitzerland.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;registerof U.S. Land Office at Vincennes, Indiana, 1816-35.Swiss ancestry. Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Vincennes, Ind. | | Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) — also known asMarie Godat;Mrs. CharlesBellamy —of Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.Born in Richwoods,WashingtonCounty, Mo.,December13, 1861.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wyoming,1916.Female.Swiss,Dutch,andEnglishancestry.Firstwoman legislator in Wyoming.Died in Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.,January28, 1955 (age93 years, 46days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat and Catherine (Horine) Godat;married1886 toCharles Bellamy. |
| | Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSwitzerland,about 1830.Banker;Consulfor Switzerland inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1867-85;Consulfor Portugal inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1869-85.Swiss ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia),in the GrandHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,April 1,1885 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atMasonicCemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Carl Ferdinand Bertschinger (1868-1952) — also known asCarl Bertschinger — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Rancho Santa Fe,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Winterthur,Switzerland,February24, 1868.Democrat.Physician;HonoraryVice-Consul for Switzerland inChicago,Ill., 1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1948.Protestant.Swiss ancestry.Died in El Cajon,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November24, 1952 (age84 years, 274days).Interment atOak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, Calif. | | Charles Bircher (1851-1927) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inSwitzerland,1851.Naturalized U.S. citizen;real estatebusiness;Consulfor Switzerland inPortland,Ore., 1895-1904.Swiss ancestry. Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August24, 1927 (ageabout 76years).Interment atRoseCity Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | Charles Ferris Booher (1848-1921) — also known asCharles F. Booher — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.; Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.Born in East Groveland,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri,1880;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1889, 1907-21; died inoffice 1921.GermanandSwiss ancestry.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.,January21, 1921 (age72 years, 356days).Interment atCityCemetery, Savannah, Mo.  | Charles Fred Boshart (1860-1928) — also known asC. Fred Boshart — of Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1860.Republican.Hopfarmer;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1906-10; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1908;member, governing council, New York State Department of Farms andMarkets, 1921.Swiss andDutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1928 (age68 years, 29days).Interment atLowvilleRural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y. | | Paul E. Boslaugh (b. 1881) — of Hastings,AdamsCounty, Neb.Born in Mapleton,MononaCounty, Iowa,June 10,1881.Lawyer;justiceof Nebraska state supreme court, 1949-.Swiss andEnglishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary;DeltaTheta Phi.Burial location unknown. | | James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) — also known asJames L. Buckley — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in an elevator at Women'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1923.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),1976 (Republican); Republican candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1980;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; tooksenior status 1996.Catholic.IrishandSwiss ancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.President,Radio FreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 1982-85.Still living as of 2018. | | William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) — also known asWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1925.Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly 2nd District, 1966.Catholic.IrishandSwiss ancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor ofNational Reviewmagazine;authorand lecturer; host oftelevisionnews show "Firing Line"; recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.Died, probably ofdiabetesandemphysema,in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February27, 2008 (age82 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brotherofJamesLane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who marriedLeoBrent Bozell); married1950 toPatricia Alden Austin Taylor. | | | | Political family:Buckleyfamily of New York and Connecticut. | | | | Cross-reference:FredericR. Coudert, Jr. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.:GettingIt Right (2003) —Godand Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'(1951) —Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) —Nearer,My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) —TheLexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive WordLover (1998) —Airborne: A Sentimental Journey (1984) —InSearch of Anti-Semitism (1992) —BrothersNo More (1995) —UpFrom Liberalism (1959) —TheCommittee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee onUn-American Activities (1962) —Elvisin the Morning (2001) —Executioneve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) —Fourreforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) —Gratitude: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —Nuremberg: the reckoning (2002) —Overdrive: a personal documentary (1983) —UnitedNations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) —Theunmaking of a mayor (1966) —RonaldReagan: An American Hero (2001) —TheReagan I Knew (2008) | | | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.:StainedGlass : A Blackford Oakes Novel —MarcoPolo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Savingthe Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —SeeYou Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Tucker'sLast Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Mongoose,R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —AVery Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —HighJinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Who'son First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —TheRedhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator JoeMcCarthy | | | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:John B. Judis,WilliamF. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —Lee Edwards,WilliamF. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.Bogus,Buckley:William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of AmericanConservatism | | | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,Jr.: David Miller,ChairmanBill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| | 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,ChickasawIndian, andChoctawIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Lewis Frederick Delesdenier (d. 1831) — Born inNovaScotia.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Passamaquoddy, Maine, Maine, 1789-1811.Swiss ancestry. Died in Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine,1831.Burial location unknown.  | Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known asDwight D. Eisenhower;"Ike" —Born in Denison,GraysonCounty, Tex.,October14, 1890.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II;presidentof Columbia University, 1948-53;Presidentof the United States, 1953-61.Presbyterian.GermanandSwiss ancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;LoyalLegion.Died, after a series ofheartattacks, atWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,March28, 1969 (age78 years, 165days).Interment atEisenhowerCenter, Abilene, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;brother ofMiltonStover Eisenhower; married,July 1,1916, toMaryGeneva Doud; father ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David EisenhowerII (son-in-law ofRichardMilhous Nixon). | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ShermanAdams —CarterL. Burgess —WoodrowWilson Mann —JacquelineC. Odlum —GeorgeE. Allen —MeyerKestnbaum —BernardM. Shanley —JudahNadich | | | | The EisenhowerExpressway,from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, inCookCounty, Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The EisenhowerTunnel(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the ContinentalDivide, in the Rocky Mountains, fromClearCreek County toSummitCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The Eisenhower Range ofmountains,inVictoriaLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. —MountEisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). | | | | Campaign slogan: "I LikeIke." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:Stephen E. Ambrose,Eisenhower: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein,TheHidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlod'Este,Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk,DwightD. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.Buchanan, Jr.,RedCarpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in theEisenhower Administration — Jim Newton,Eisenhower:The White House Years — William Lee Miller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1969) |
 | Charles Enge (1869-1945) — of Troy town,SaukCounty, Wis.Born inSaukCounty, Wis., February,1869.Republican.Schoolteacher;farmer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Sauk County, 1939-40.Swiss ancestry. Died in Troy town,SaukCounty, Wis.,August30, 1945 (age76 years, 0days).Interment atSalem Honey Creek Cemetery, Prairie du Sac, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Enge and Louisa (Schoephoerster) Enge; married,June 13,1900, to Mina Gasser. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
|  | Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known asAbraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,January29, 1761.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-92;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1815-23;Great Britain, 1826-27.Swiss ancestry. Died in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1849 (age88 years, 195days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;married1789 to SophieAllègre; married,November11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather ofMayPreston Davie; cousin by marriage ofJosephHopper Nicholson. | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnL. Dawson | | | | Gallatin counties inIll.,Ky. andMont. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Ettie Garner (1869-1948) — also known asMariette Elizabeth Rheiner — Born in Sabinal,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,July 17,1869.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1933-41.Female.Swiss ancestry. Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Uvalde,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,September17, 1948 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atUvaldeCemetery, Uvalde, Tex. | | Carlton Martin Garver (1862-1931) — also known asCarlton M. Garver — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Williams Center,WilliamsCounty, Ohio,January1, 1862.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;coaldealer; secretary, EnterpriseCoal MiningCompany, Des Moines;banker;mayorof Des Moines, Iowa; elected 1922.Swiss ancestry. Died in Hines,CookCounty, Ill.,June 18,1931 (age69 years, 168days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Garver and Barbara R. (Fusselman) Garver; married,April23, 1900, to Gertrude Van Dyne. |
 | James William Good (1866-1929) — also known asJames W. Good;"JimmyGood" —of Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa.Born near Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,September24, 1866.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1909-21;U.S.Secretary of War, 1929; died in office 1929.Presbyterian.Swiss ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,November18, 1929 (age63 years, 55days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | | Julius Hartmann (b. 1864) — of Lucerne,Switzerland.Born in Münster,Switzerland,December26, 1864.Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent inLucerne, 1900-02, 1909-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inLucerne, 1902-08.Swiss ancestry. Burial location unknown. | | Walter L. Hert (1888-1964) — of California,MoniteauCounty, Mo.Born in California,MoniteauCounty, Mo.,October14, 1888.Republican. Postmaster atCalifornia,Mo., 1924-36.Swiss ancestry. Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,November24, 1964 (age76 years, 41days).Interment atCalifornia Masonic Cemetery, California, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Fred Hert and Louisa Wilhelmina (Messerli) Hert; married to LelaMorris. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.Swiss andDutchancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | | | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | | | HooverDam(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
| | Rudolph Koradi (1824-1907) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Zurich,Switzerland,December24, 1824.Consulfor Switzerland inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1864-1907.Swiss ancestry. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1907 (age82 years, 19days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Stanley Sebastian Kresge (1900-1985) — also known asStanley S. Kresge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1900.Republican. Philanthropist; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1948,1952.Swiss ancestry. DiedJune 30,1985 (ageabout 84years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Sebastian Spering Kresge and Anna E. (Harvey)Kresge. |
| | Madeleine M. Kunin (b. 1933) — also known asMadeleine May — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Zurich,Switzerland,September28, 1933.Democrat. Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1973-78;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1979-82;Governor ofVermont, 1985-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVermont,1988(Co-Chair),2008;U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland, 1996-99;Liechtenstein, 1997-99;universityprofessor.Female.Jewish.Swiss ancestry.Still living as of 2018.  | Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) — also known asCharles B. Landis — of Delphi,CarrollCounty, Ind.Born in Millville,ButlerCounty, Ohio,July 9,1858.Republican.Newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,1908.Swiss andGermanancestry.Died, fromuremiadue tointerstitalnephritis, in MeriwetherHospital,Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,April24, 1922 (age63 years, 289days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Frederick Daniel Landis (1872-1934) — also known asFrederick Landis;FredLandis —of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born in Sevenmile,ButlerCounty, Ohio,August18, 1872.U.S.Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated(Republican), 1906; Progressive candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1912; candidate in Republican primary forGovernor ofIndiana, 1928.Swiss andGermanancestry.Died in ahospitalat Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,November6, 1934 (age62 years, 80days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Frederick Daniel Landis Jr. (1912-1990) — also known asFrederick Landis — of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,January17, 1912.Judgeof U.S. Customs Court, 1965-80; Judge of U.S. Court ofInternational Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.GermanandSwiss ancestry.Died in Carmel,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,March 1,1990 (age78 years, 43days).Burial location unknown. | | Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Millville,ButlerCounty, Ohio,November20, 1866.U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;resigned 1922; Commissioner ofBaseball,1920-44.Swiss andGermanancestry.Elected to National BaseballHall ofFame, 1944.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November25, 1944 (age78 years, 5days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Walter Kumler Landis (1856-1917) — also known asWalter K. Landis — of San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico.Born in Millville,ButlerCounty, Ohio,April15, 1856.Republican. Postmaster atSanJuan, Puerto Rico, 1900-12.Swiss andGermanancestry.Died in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,November5, 1917 (age61 years, 204days).Burial location unknown. | | David Warner Leedy (1856-1937) — also known asDavid W. Leedy — of Scottville,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in Union,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,November16, 1856.Republican.Schoolteacher;travelingsalesman;farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Mason County, 1921-24;defeated in primary, 1924.Dutch,Swiss, andEnglishancestry.Died in Riverton Township,MasonCounty, Mich.,October2, 1937 (age80 years, 320days).Interment atGermantown Cemetery, Germantown, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Catherine H. (Warner) Leedy and Jacob Hart Leedy; married1906 to IdaJane Hetzler; married1931 to MarthaJane Blaine. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known asFrank E. McKee — of North Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August22, 1877.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,1944; died in office 1951.Episcopalian.Scotch-Irish,Swiss,German, andEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, of aheartattack, in a room at the PorterHotel,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February13, 1951 (age73 years, 175days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Muskegon, Mich. | | Mary Velene Metschan (1878-1969) — also known asMary V. Metschan;Mary Valene Kubli;Mrs. Phil Metschan —of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Oregon,1878.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1940.Female.Swiss ancestry. Died in Oregon,1969(ageabout91 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ulrich Müller (1854-1921) — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Winterthur,Switzerland,May26, 1854.Cottonexporter;Consulfor Switzerland inGalveston,Tex., 1893-1914.Swiss ancestry. Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,May 17,1921 (age66 years, 356days).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. | | Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992) — also known asRalph W. Muncy — of Allegan,AlleganCounty, Mich.; Monument,El PasoCounty, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Cedar,LeelanauCounty, Mich.,April26, 1902.Socialist.Forester;engineer;Socialist Labor candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Laborcandidate forMichigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1951; member of MichiganSocialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965; secretary ofMichigan Socialist Labor Party, 1953; Socialist Labor candidate forMichiganstate highway commissioner, 1953, 1961; Socialist Labor candidateforGovernor ofMichigan, 1958; Socialist Labor candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1959; Michigan Socialist Laborstate chair, 1961-69; Socialist Labor candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County1st District, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1962 (at-large), 1968 (2ndDistrict); Socialist Labor candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1966.English,Scottish,andSwiss ancestry.Died, followingmyocardialinfarction, at UniversityHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,March28, 1992 (age89 years, 337days). Hisbody wasdonated to the University of Michigan medical school.Cremated;ashes interred atRose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich. | | James Scott Negley (1826-1901) — also known asJames S. Negley — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in East Liberty (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,December22, 1826.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1869-75, 1885-87;active in promotion and construction ofrailroads;president of severalrailroadcompanies.Swiss ancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,August7, 1901 (age74 years, 228days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (1861-1925) — also known asEmanuel L. Philipp — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born inSaukCounty, Wis.,March25, 1861.Republican.Farmer;schoolteacher;telegraphoperator;railwaystation agent;lumberbusiness; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1908; MilwaukeePoliceCommissioner, 1909-14;Governor ofWisconsin, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1916.Swiss ancestry. Member,HumaneSociety;Freemasons.Died in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,June 15,1925 (age64 years, 82days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Edward Hayes Plowhead (1876-1938) — also known asE. H. Plowhead — of Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Born in Idaho,November9, 1876.Banker;mayorof Caldwell, Idaho, 1917-18.Swiss ancestry. Died in Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho,April11, 1938 (age61 years, 153days).Interment atCanyonHill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho. | | John Jacob Plowhead (1874-1938) — of Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho.Born in Middleton,CanyonCounty, Idaho,November22, 1874.Lawyer;justice of the peace; People's Progressive candidate formayorof Caldwell, Idaho, 1935.Swiss ancestry. Died in Caldwell,CanyonCounty, Idaho,June 19,1938 (age63 years, 209days).Interment atCanyonHill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho. | | John Vanneman Porch (1806-1859) — also known asJohn V. Porch — ofGloucesterCounty, N.J.Born inGloucesterCounty, N.J.,March12, 1806.Farmer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1853.EnglishandSwiss ancestry.DiedSeptember12, 1859 (age53 years, 184days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Porch and Hannah (Fisler) Porch; married1830 toCatherine Hartman. |
| | Samuel William Raymond (1872-1950) — also known asSamuel W. Raymond — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Fairfield Township,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,March23, 1872.Democrat.Farmer;automobiledealer;banker;inventor;member ofMichiganstate senate 19th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1926.Episcopalian.Swiss andIrishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died in1950(ageabout78 years).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich. | | Charles F. Renich (1871-1947) — of Woodstock,McHenryCounty, Ill.BornDecember19, 1871.Republican. Postmaster atWoodstock,Ill., 1899-1911; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1932.Swiss andGermanancestry.DiedMarch13, 1947 (age75 years, 84days).Entombed in mausoleum atOaklandCemetery, Woodstock, Ill. | | Frederick Schilplin (1868-1949) — also known asFred Schilplin — of St. Cloud,StearnsCounty, Minn.Born in St. Cloud,StearnsCounty, Minn.,May 27,1868.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1916;postmaster atSt.Cloud, Minn., 1918-19 (acting, 1918).Swiss ancestry. Died in New York,April28, 1949 (age80 years, 336days).Burial location unknown. | | Abraham Schlesinger (b. 1852) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSwitzerland,February15, 1852.Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inMunich, 1904-14.Swiss ancestry. Burial location unknown. | | Kenneth Albert Schmied (1911-1973) — also known asKenneth A. Schmied — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornJuly 11,1911.Republican.Furniturebusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1965-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1972.Swiss ancestry. DiedApril 5,1973 (age61 years, 268days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Otto Schule (b. 1871) — BornMarch10, 1871.Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent inPenang, 1897-1906, 1907-11.Swiss ancestry. Burial location unknown. | | John Allen Shauck (1841-1918) — also known asJohn A. Shauck — of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born near Johnsville,MorrowCounty, Ohio,March26, 1841.Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 2nd Circuit, 1885-95;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1895-1913.Swiss,English,andGermanancestry.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,January3, 1918 (age76 years, 283days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | Samuel F. Snively (1859-1952) — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,November24, 1859.Mayorof Duluth, Minn., 1921-37.Swiss andGermanancestry.Died in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,1952(ageabout92 years).Interment atSunriseMemorial Park, Hermantown, Minn.  | Gottfried Stamm (1842-1907) — also known asJohann Gottfried Stamm — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Bibern (now part of Thayngen), Schaffhausen,Switzerland,November,1842.Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;HonoraryConsul for Switzerland inSt.Paul, Minn., 1889-1905.Swiss ancestry. Died, fromintestinalcancer, in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,September15, 1907 (age64 years, 0days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | | Adolph Gottlwald Studer (1831-1900) — also known asAdolph G. Studer — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born inSwitzerland,December30, 1831.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul inSingapore, as of 1874-84;Sorrento, 1899-1900, died in office 1900.Swiss ancestry. Died in Sorrento,Italy,1900(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown. | | Walter Rukenbrod Suppes (d. 1964) — also known asWalter R. Suppes — of Southmont,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1944.Presbyterian;laterChristianScientist.Swiss ancestry.Died in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.,1964.Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Southmont, Pa. | | John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) — also known asJohn A. Sutter;Johann AugustSutter —of Lititz,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Kandern, Baden (nowGermany),February23, 1803.Established a Swiss settlement in California called New Helvetia, andbuilt Sutter's Fort; became famous following the 1848 discovery ofgold at his mill, which started the California Gold Rush; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1849.Swiss ancestry. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 18,1880 (age77 years, 116days).Interment atMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, Pa. | | Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) — also known asAlbion W. Tourgee — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.; Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.;Denver,Colo.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Mayville,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Born in Williamsfield,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,May 2,1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1878;author;U.S. Consul inBordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.FrenchHuguenot andSwiss ancestry.Died, ofacuteuremia, due to aninfectedwound, in Bordeaux,France,May21, 1905 (age67 years, 19days).Cremated;ashes interred atMayvilleCemetery, Mayville, N.Y. | | Max Voelcker (b. 1864) — Born in Paris,France,October7, 1864.Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent inManta, 1907-11.Swiss ancestry. Burial location unknown.  | William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November8, 1772.Lawyer;prosecuting attorney at the treason trial ofAaronBurr, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17;U.S.Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1832.Presbyterian.GermanandSwiss ancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,February18, 1834 (age61 years, 102days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married,May 28,1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; aunt ofThomasWalker Gilmer); married,September7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamHenry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who marriedAlexanderRandall); grandfather ofJohnWirt Randall; great-grandfather ofHannahParker Randall (who marriedWilliamBladen Lowndes). | | | | Wirt County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WirtAdams—WilliamWirt Virgin—WilliamWirt Watkins—WilliamWirt Vaughan—WilliamW. Warren—WilliamWirt Culbertson—WilliamWirt Herod—WilliamW. Dixon—WilliamWirt Henderson—WilliamW. Hastings—W.Wirt Courtney | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory KurtGlassner,AdoptedSon: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,1772-1834 | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Martin Washington Yencer (1871-1960) — of Boston,WayneCounty, Ind.; Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.Born in Greenfield Township,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,December27, 1871.Republican.Physician;member ofIndianastate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1903-06; servedin the U.S. Army during World War I.Protestant.Swiss andGermanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks;Sonsof Veterans.Died in Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.,February22, 1960 (age88 years, 57days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1911 toJeanette May Hill. |
| | Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Weilersville,WayneCounty, Ohio,September13, 1881.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;president of twomilkcondensing firms.Methodist.GermanandSwiss ancestry. Member,Rotary.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,April22, 1959 (age77 years, 221days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1911 to NelleCatherine Colburn; married1920 to Mrs.Laura Ethel Cole. |
| | Bartley Francis Yost (1877-1963) — also known asBartley F. Yost — of Osborne,OsborneCounty, Kan.Born inSwitzerland,September20, 1877.Co-owner of anewspaper;U.S. Deputy Consul General inParis, 1909-13; U.S. Consular Agent inAlmeria, 1913-16; U.S. Vice Consul inGenoa, 1917-18;Santa Rosalia, 1918; U.S. Consul inGuaymas, 1918-21;Torreon, as of 1924-26;Sault Ste. Marie, as of 1927-29;Nogales, as of 1932.Swiss ancestry. DiedSeptember8, 1963 (age85 years, 353days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth (Fluetsch) Yost and George Yost; married to Irma C.Blau. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Albert S. Zellweger (1869-1938) — ofGreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,October17, 1869.Republican.Railroadclerk; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,1917-18.Swiss ancestry. Died in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,January18, 1938 (age68 years, 93days).Interment atSt. Mary's Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Zellweger and Margaret F. (Potter)Zellweger. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (1879-1935) — also known asFrederick N. Zihlman — of Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Carnegie,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October2, 1879.Republican.Glassblower;president,Maryland Federation of Labor, 1906-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1910-17;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1917-31; defeated,1914, 1930;investigatedin 1924 by the U.S. House over anaccusationthat heaccepted abribe of $5,000 from a "fixer"; the charges were notsubstantiated; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); in December 1929, he,DanielR. Crissinger, and five others, officers of the F. H. SmithCompany, which had promoted and sold apparently worthless securities,wereindictedon federalchargesof using the mails to commitfraud;most of those indicted went to prison, but Zihlman and Crissingerwere never tried, and charges against them were dismissed in 1932.Methodist.Swiss ancestry. Member,Moose.Died in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,April22, 1935 (age55 years, 202days).Interment atSt.John the Evangelist Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md. | | John Joachim Zubly (1724-1781) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in St. Gall,Switzerland,August27, 1724.Ordainedminister;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775-76;accusedoftreasonagainst the Continental Congress andbanishedin 1777; half of his estate wasconfiscated;returned to Savannah in 1779.Presbyterian.Swiss ancestry.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,July 23,1781 (age56 years, 330days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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