Very incomplete list! | |  Walter C. Adams Jr. (b. 1936) — of Kent,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in Newtown,BucksCounty, Pa.,August22, 1936.Democrat.Scientist;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1972.Protestant.Still living as of 1973.| |  Relatives: Sonof Walter C. Adams and Hazel (Worthington) Adams; married1962 to NancyL. Baier. |
 | Jane Addams (1860-1935) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cedarville,StephensonCounty, Ill.,September6, 1860.Progressive.Socialworker;sociologist;lecturer;woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive NationalConvention from Illinois, 1912; Progressive candidate forPresidential Elector for Illinois,1924;received theNobelPeace Prize in 1931.Female.PresbyterianorUnitarian.Englishancestry.Lesbian. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American CivilLiberties Union;Women'sInternational League for Peace and Freedom;NAACP.Died, fromcancer,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 21,1935 (age74 years, 257days).Interment atCedarvilleCemetery, Cedarville, Ill. | | | Fred Joseph Agnich (1913-2004) — also known asFred Agnich — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,July 19,1913.Republican.Geophysicist; executive vice-president,Geophysical Services; vice-president, TexasInstrumentsInc.; director, Texas Mid-ContinetOil and GasAssociation;chair ofDallas County Republican Party, 1967-69, 1971-75; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1968,1972;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1971-88; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1972-76.Presbyterian.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,October28, 2004 (age91 years, 101days).Entombed in mausoleum atCalvaryHill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Agnich and Angeleine (Germaine) Agnich; married to RuthHarriet Welton and Brooksie Penland. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Anderson (1888-1975) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,October25, 1888.Political scientist;universityprofessor; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,1953-55.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanSociety for Public Administration;AmericanAssociation of University Professors;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in May,1975(age86years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) — also known asLeroy G. Augenstein — of Holt,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.,March 6,1928.Republican.Biophysicist;universityprofessor; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969.Protestant.Member,SigmaXi;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Killed when his twin-engine planecrashedduring the landing approach to BeechAirport,near Charlotte,EatonCounty, Mich.,November8, 1969 (age41 years, 247days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Roy H. Augenstein; married1950 toElizabeth Schmalfuss. | | | | Books by Leroy G. Augenstein:Come,let us play God |
| | Carlos Avery (1868-1930) — of Hutchinson,McLeodCounty, Minn.; Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Minooka,GrundyCounty, Ill.,January25, 1868.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher;naturalist; Minnesota Fish and GameCommissioner; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1924.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October4, 1930 (age62 years, 252days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Hutchinson, Minn. | | Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known asLouis H. Aymé — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1855.Republican.Ethnologist;newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Consul inMérida, 1880-84;Guadeloupe, 1898-99;Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General inLisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.Member,LoyalLegion;Sonsof Veterans;AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanSociety for International Law.Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumablysyphilis),in Lisbon,Portugal,May16, 1912 (age56 years, 353days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) — also known asRoger W. Babson;"The Seer of WellesleyHills" —of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 6,1875.Statistician;economist;Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1940.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanEconomic Association.Authorof many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929stock market crash;founderof Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; WebberCollege (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.Died in Mountain Lake,PolkCounty, Fla.,March 5,1967 (age91 years, 242days).Interment atBabson College Grounds, Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Mass. | | | Gerald Leo Baker (b. 1932) — also known asGerald L. Baker;Jerry Baker — of Cedar Falls,Black HawkCounty, Iowa.Born in Cresco,HowardCounty, Iowa,August8, 1932.Computerprogrammer;mathematician;schoolteacher; candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1978 (Democratic primary), 1978 (Independent);candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1980;Big Deal candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1984.Still living as of 1984. | | Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) — of Lake Linden,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September24, 1876.Democrat.Metallurgist; worked for copperminingcompanies;inventor,ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal ReserveBank ofMinneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1920,1928(alternate).Jewish. Member,AmericanChemical Society;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married,February4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
| | Addison Brown (1830-1913) — of New York. Born in West Newbury,EssexCounty, Mass.,February21, 1830.Lawyer;botanist;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901;retired 1901.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1913 (age83 years, 47days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Harold Brown (b. 1927) — Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September19, 1927.Physicist;president,California Institute of Technology, 1969-77;U.S.Secretary of Defense, 1977-81.Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;TrilateralCommission.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Still living as of 2018.  | Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) — also known asMary I. Bunting;Polly Bunting;MaryIngraham;Mary Bunting-Smith —of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,July 10,1910.Democrat.Microbiologist;collegeprofessor;president,Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1972.Female.Died, in Kendal at Hanovercontinuingcare community, Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,January21, 1998 (age87 years, 195days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married1937 toHenry Bunting; married1975 toClement A. Smith. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Harvard UniversityGazette |
| | | Joseph E. Caudle (b. 1945) — of Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.Born in Camp Lejeune,OnslowCounty, N.C.,June 3,1945.Democrat.Physicist; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 35th District, 1975-80.Episcopalian.Member,Jaycees;Kiwanis.Still living as of 1980.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert E. Caudle and Marjorie Jeanne (Lyerla) Caudle; married,June 27,1970, to Paula Jean Butcher. |
| | Barry Commoner (1917-2012) — also known as"Paul Revere of Ecology" — of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1917.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;biologist;universityprofessor; Citizens candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1980;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September30, 2012 (age95 years, 125days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Isidore Commoner and Goldie (Yarmolinksy) Commoner; married toGloria Gordon; married1980 to LisaFeiner. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Alexander Isaac Cotheal (1804-1894) — also known asAlexander Cotheal — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1804.Shippingexecutive;linguist;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inNewYork, N.Y., 1871-94.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1894 (age89 years, 113days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Darius Nash Couch (1822-1897) — also known asDarius N. Couch — of Taunton,BristolCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inPutnamCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1822.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;naturalist;merchant;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1865;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1866-67.Died in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February12, 1897 (age74 years, 204days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass. | | William Darlington (1782-1863) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Birmingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April28, 1782.Physician;botanist;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;ChesterCounty Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of theWest ChesterRailroad;president,Bank ofChester County; delegate to Whig National Convention fromPennsylvania, 1839.Quaker;laterEpiscopalian.Englishancestry.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April23, 1863 (age80 years, 360days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) — also known asJoe De Bolt — of Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Sebring,MahoningCounty, Ohio,December23, 1939.Democrat.Playedsaxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;manager forperformersandnightclub acts;sociologist;universityprofessor; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 100th District, 1970.EasternOrthodox.Still living as of 2007.| | Relatives:Step-son of Melvin Blake; son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt;married,March20, 1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher. |
| | Samuel Byron Dicker (b. 1889) — also known asSamuel B. Dicker — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1889.Republican.Statistician;lawyer;director, Rochester and Genesee ValleyRailroad;mayorof Rochester, N.Y., 1939-55; appointed 1939; resigned 1955.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Moritz Dicker and Rose (Weinberg) Dicker. |
| | Alexander 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.GreekandAlabamaIndian 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 |
| | Carl Djerassi (1923-2015) — of Portola Valley,San MateoCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Vienna,Austria,October29, 1923.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;universityprofessor;chemistandpharmaceuticalresearcher; helped develop the oral contraceptive pill;playwright;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1972.AustrianandBulgarianancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Inducted into National InventorsHall ofFame, 1978.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January30, 2015 (age91 years, 93days).Burial location unknown. | | John Drayton (1766-1822) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 22,1766.Lawyer;author;botanist; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1792-96, 1798, 1802-04;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1798-1800;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1800-02, 1808-10;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1803-04; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1805-08;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1812-22.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November27, 1822 (age56 years, 158days).Interment atCathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, S.C. | | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) — also known asW. E. B. Du Bois — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Accra,Ghana.Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,February23, 1868.Collegeprofessor;sociologist;historian;civil rights leader; Pan-Africanist; one of the founders of theNAACP; received theSpingarnMedal in 1920; member of New York American Labor Party ExecutiveCommittee, 1949; American Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1950; in 1951, he and four other leadersof the Peace Information Center, which wasallegedto be acting on behalf of the Soviet Union, wereindictedfor their failure to register asforeignagents; the case was dismissed in 1952, but hispassport waswithheld until 1958; awarded theLeninPeace Prize in 1959.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.In 1895, he was thefirstAfrican-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.Died in Accra,Ghana,August27, 1963 (age95 years, 185days).Entombed atDu Bois Memorial Centre, Accra, Ghana. | | Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.; Brewster,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 14,1867.Physician;anthropologist;psychologist;universityprofessor;president,University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of theAmerican Red Cross, 1919-21;president,Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet)delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did notserve.FrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanPsychological Association.Died, ofpneumonia,inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1939 (age72 years, 147days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | Michael Ference Jr. (1911-1996) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Whiting,LakeCounty, Ind.,November6, 1911.Democrat.Universityprofessor;scientist; vice-president for research,Ford MotorCompany; member ofWayne StateUniversity board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,July 24,1996 (age84 years, 261days).Burial location unknown. | | George William Foster (b. 1955) — also known asBill Foster — of Naperville,DuPageCounty, Ill.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,October7, 1955.Democrat. Co-founder, Electronic Theatre Controls, manufacturer oftheater lighting equipment;physicist;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 2008-11, 2013- (14th District2008-11, 11th District 2013-18); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,2008.Still living as of 2018. | | David D. Furman (1917-2008) — Born in New York,November22, 1917.Metallurgist;lawyer;NewJersey state attorney general, 1958-62; superior court judge inNew Jersey, 1962-88.Died in Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.,February14, 2008 (age90 years, 84days).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) — also known asE. B. 'Gene' Germany — of Highland Park,DallasCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Sweetwater,NolanCounty, Tex.,September18, 1892.Democrat.School teacherand principal;geologist;oilproducer;industrialist;founder of Preston StateBank,Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company;mayorof Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40;TexasDemocratic state chair, 1939-44; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1940,1944(alternate),1960;Democratic Presidential Elector for Texas,1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,July 12,1971 (age78 years, 297days).Interment atWoodsideCemetery, Grand Saline, Tex. | | James Arthur Gibbons (b. 1944) — also known asJim Gibbons — of Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Sparks,WashoeCounty, Nev.,December16, 1944.Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War;geologist;airlinepilot;lawyer;member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1989-93;U.S.Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 1997-2006;Governor ofNevada, 2007-11; defeated, 1994.Mormon.Still living as of 2014. | | Ernest William Gibson (1901-1969) — also known asErnest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,March 6,1901.Republican.Schoolteacher;athleticcoach;mathematician;lawyer;WindhamCounty State's Attorney, 1929-32;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II;Governor ofVermont, 1947-50;U.S.District Judge for Vermont, 1950-69; died in office 1969.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Eagles;PhiDelta Phi;ThetaChi.Died in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,November4, 1969 (age68 years, 243days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. | | Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) — also known asAddison L. Green — of Holyoke,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,October23, 1862.Lawyer;archaeologist; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; becameinvolved in thetextilebusiness; vice-president, Association ofWoolenManufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain andFrance withCharlesG. Dawes, 1930.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,PsiUpsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons.DiedJune 24,1942 (age79 years, 244days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green; married1890 toMaud Ingersoll Bennett; married1911 toGertrude Metcalf; father of Addison Bennett Green (who marriedMargaretA. Oldham) andMarshallGreen. |
| | John Samuel Hagelin (b. 1954) — also known asJohn Hagelin — of Fairfield,JeffersonCounty, Iowa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 9,1954.Universityprofessor;physicist; Natural Law candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1992, 1996, 2000.Still living as of 2020. | | Alfred R. Halvorson — of Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.Crop and soil scientist;universityprofessor;mayorof Pullman, Wash., 1991-95.Still living as of 1995. | | Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) — also known asButler B. Hare — of Saluda,SaludaCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield County (part now inSaludaCounty), S.C.,November25, 1875.Democrat.Schoolteacher; secretary to U.S. Reps.GeorgeW. Croft andTheodoreG. Croft;statistician;lawyer;vice-president, FarmersBank ofSaluda;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2ndDistrict 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1936(alternate),1940.Lutheran.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Saluda,SaludaCounty, S.C.,December30, 1967 (age92 years, 35days).Interment atTravisPark Cemetery, Saluda, S.C. | | John Wright Hickenlooper (b. 1952) — also known asJohn Hickenlooper — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Narberth,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February7, 1952.Democrat.Geologist;restaurantowner;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 2003-10;Governor ofColorado, 2011-19.Still living as of 2019. | | Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) — also known asCharles L. Hoover — of Edgemont,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.; Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Oskaloosa,MahaskaCounty, Iowa,January11, 1872.Superintendentof schools;botanist;linguist; divisionalsuperintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09; U.S. ConsulinMadrid, 1909-12;Carlsbad, 1912-14;Prague, 1914-16;Sao Paulo, 1916-20;Danzig, as of 1922;Batavia, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General inAmsterdam, as of 1928-32.Presbyterian.Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1949 (age77 years, 109days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married toHarriet White; married,October1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin *** ofHerbertClark Hoover. | | | | Political family:Hooverfamily of Palo Alto, California. |
| | Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) — also known asHerbert Hoover, Jr. — of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; San Marino,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in London,England,August4, 1903.Republican.Petroleumgeologist;miningengineer;inventor;president,AeronauticalRadio,Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1960;speaker,1956;director, MonsantoChemicalCompany; director, LockheedAircraftCorporation; director, Southern CaliforniaEdisonCompany; director, HannaMiningCompany; director, Pacific MutualInsuranceCompany.Died, ofcancer,in Huntington CommunityHospital,Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April 9,1969 (age65 years, 248days).Cremated;ashes interred atMountainView Cemetery, Altadena, Calif. | | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1809.Geologist;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1842.Drownedwith four others, when asuddenstormoverturnedtheir boat, at Eagle Harbor,KeweenawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1845 (age36 years, 22days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Lucius Lee Hubbard (1849-1933) — also known asLucius L. Hubbard — of Houghton,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August7, 1849.Republican.Geologist; Michigan state geologist, 1893-99;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents; elected 1911, 1919, 1927.Englishancestry.Died in1933(ageabout83 years).Interment atForestGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. | | Roy Michael Huffington (1917-2008) — also known asRoy M. Huffington — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Tomball,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October4, 1917.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;geologist;oil and gasproducer; U.S. Ambassador toAustria, 1990-93.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died in Venice,Italy,July11, 2008 (age90 years, 281days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) — also known asClaude B. Hutchison — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.,April 9,1885.Botanist;agriculturaleconomist;universityprofessor;mayorof Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.Member,AlphaPhi Omega.DiedAugust25, 1980 (age95 years, 138days).Burial location unknown. | | Ivan Itkin (b. 1936) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,March29, 1936.Democrat.Nuclear engineer; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 23rd District, 1973-81; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1992;Democratic Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1996;candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1998.Jewish. Member,ZionistOrganization of America.Still living as of 1998. | | William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) — also known asWilliam M. Jardine — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inOneidaCounty, Idaho,January16, 1879.Collegeprofessor;agronomist;president,Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister toEgypt, 1930;Kansasstate treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.Congregationalist.Member,SigmaXi;BetaTheta Pi;AlphaZeta;PhiKappa Phi;GammaSigma Delta;Freemasons;Rotary;AmericanForestry Association;FarmBureau.DiedJanuary17, 1955 (age76 years, 1days).Interment atLoganCity Cemetery, Logan, Utah.  | Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) — also known asWillard Libby — Born in Grand Valley,GarfieldCounty, Colo.,December17, 1908.Physical chemist;universityprofessor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1954; receivedtheNobelPrize in Chemistry in 1960, for leading the team that developedCarbon-14 dating.Member,AlphaChi Sigma.Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September8, 1980 (age71 years, 266days).Burial location unknown. | | Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inHartfordCounty, Conn.,July 15,1866.Civilengineer;metallurgist; world traveler;inventor;claimed to befirstAmerican to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary,international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 1st District, 1918(Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation);Prohibition candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Nancy Lord (1952-2022) — ofWashington,D.C.;NyeCounty, Nev.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,February8, 1952.Libertarian.Lawyer;medical researcher; candidate formayorof Washington, D.C., 1990; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1992.Female.Died, fromCovid-19,in Show Low,NavajoCounty, Ariz.,February14, 2022 (age70 years, 6days).Burial location unknown. | | Emma Wong Mar (1926-2015) — also known asEmma Wong — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,September7, 1926.Bacteriologist;laboratorytechnician; Peace and Freedom candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1982; California Peace and Freedom Party statechair, 1982-84; Peace and Freedom candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1984, 1988; Peace and Freedomcandidate forU.S.Representative from California 9th District, 1994.Female.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,September16, 2015 (age89 years, 9days).Burial location unknown. | | Magee McClung (b. 1916) — of Fayetteville,FayetteCounty, W.Va.Born in Fayetteville,FayetteCounty, W.Va.,August4, 1916.Democrat.Accountant;statistician; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1939-42,1945-46.Baptist.Member,Moose.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Magee McClung and Rachel B. (Selvey) McClung; married,August18, 1934, to Cleopatra Beck. |
| | George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) — also known asGeorge C. McGhee — of Texas. Born in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,March10, 1912.Rhodesscholar;geologist;oilproducer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.Ambassador toTurkey, 1952-53;Germany, 1963-68;, 1968-69.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Council onForeign Relations.Died, frompneumonia,in LoudounHospitalCenter, Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,July 4,2005 (age93 years, 116days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874-1953) — also known asCharles E. Merriam — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Hopkinton,DelawareCounty, Iowa,November15, 1874.Republican.Political scientist;universityprofessor; Republican candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1911, 1919 (primary); served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died, in HilltopHospital,Rockville,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January8, 1953 (age78 years, 54days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Selah Merrill (1837-1909) — of Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Canton Center, Canton,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 2,1837.Clergyman;author;archaeologist; U.S. Consul inJerusalem, 1882-86, 1891-1905.Congregationalist.Died inAlamedaCounty, Calif.,January22, 1909 (age71 years, 265days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Merrill and Lydia (Richards) Merrill; married,April29, 1875, to Adelaide Brewster Taylor; first cousin once removedofGreeneCarrier Bronson; first cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; second cousin once removed ofJohnRussell Kellogg; second cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCase; second cousin thrice removed ofNoahPhelps; third cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,GeorgeSmith Catlin,FrancisWilliam Kellogg andEdwardRussell Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofJasonKellogg,JonathanBrace,AugustusPettibone,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842),OrsamusCook Merrill,ElishaPhelps,TimothyMerrill,RufusPettibone,AmosPettibone andDanielFiske Kellogg; fourth cousin ofAsahelPierson Case,HiramBidwell Case andArthurTappan Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasKimberly Brace,LutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg,TheodoreDavenport,AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,WilliamAlfred Buckingham,NormanA. Phelps,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,FarrandFassett Merrill,AugustusHerman Pettibone,CharlesKellogg (1839-1903),NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,JosephWells Holcomb andWilliamLucius Case. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Clint Moore (born c.1957) — of Spring,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born about 1957. Republican.Petroleumgeologist; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTexas,2004,2008,2012.Still living as of 2012. | | Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) — also known asD. W. Morehouse — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.,February22, 1876.Astronomer;universityprofessor;president,Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate fordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Disciplesof Christ. Member,SigmaXi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,January21, 1941 (age64 years, 334days).Cremated;ashes interred atDrake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa. | | Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) — also known asPat Moynihan — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Pindars Corners,DelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,March16, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;politicalscientist;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1960(alternate),1984,1988,1996,2000;U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1973-75; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1975-76;U.S.Senator from New York, 1977-.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofinfectionfrom a rupturedappendix,inWashington,D.C.,March26, 2003 (age76 years, 10days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married,May 29,1955, to Elizabeth Therese Brennan. | | | | Cross-reference:JohnWestergaard —DanMaffei | | | | The Danel Patrick MoynihanU.S.Courthouse (opened 1996), at Foley Square,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — The MoynihanTrainHall (opened 2021), an expansion of Penn Station,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Milesto Go: A Personal History of Social Policy (1997) —Onthe Law of Nations (1990) —Secrecy: The American Experience (1998) —Pandaemonium:Ethnicity in International Politics (1993) —MaximumFeasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty(1970) | | | | Books about Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Godfrey Hodgson,TheGentleman From New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- ABiography — Robert A. Katzmann,DanielPatrick Moynihan: The Intellectual in Public Life |
| | Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) — also known asBenjamin F. Mudge — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.; Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City),WyandotteCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.Born in Orrington,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August11, 1817.Lawyer;schoolteacher;chemist;geologist;mayor ofLynn, Mass., 1852-53.DiedNovember21, 1879 (age62 years, 102days).Burial location unknown. | | Philleo Nash (1909-1987) — of Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.,October25, 1909.Democrat.Anthropologist;cranberrygrower;WisconsinDemocratic state chair, 1955-57;LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1959-61; defeated, 1960; Commissioner,U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1961-66.Congregationalist.Member,SigmaXi;ThetaDelta Chi.DiedOctober12, 1987 (age77 years, 352days).Cremated. | | Gustav Niederlein (1858-1924) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Berlin,Germany,January1, 1858.Explorer;botanist;Consulfor Costa Rica inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1896-1907;HonoraryConsul for Guatemala inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1902-08.Germanancestry.Died in Santiago del Estero,Argentina,March23, 1924 (age66 years, 82days).Burial location unknown. | | Leland M. Olds (b. 1890) — of Nyack,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,December31, 1890.Statistician; member, Federal Power Commission, 1939-44;chair, Federal Power Commission, 1940-44, 1945-47.Member,AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George D. Olds and Marion (Leland) Olds. |
| | Richard Olsen — of Albany,LinnCounty, Ore.Research scientist;mayor ofAlbany, Ore., 1979-80.Still living as of 1980.  | Frances Perkins (1882-1965) — also known asMrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson — of Newcastle,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April10, 1882.Democrat.Sociologist; New York State Industrial Commissioner,1929-33;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1933-45;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.Female.Episcopalian.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Firstwoman to serve in the Cabinet; inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1982.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 14,1965 (age83 years, 34days).Interment atCemeteryon River Road, Newcastle, Maine. | | Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) — also known asRussell W. Peterson — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,October3, 1916.Republican.Textileresearcher for du Pontchemicalcompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofDelaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.Unitarian.Member,AmericanChemical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiEta Sigma.DiedFebruary21, 2011 (age94 years, 141days).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1866-1937) — of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Lawrenceville,MercerCounty, N.J.,May 15,1866.Republican.Universityprofessor;geologist;mayorof Princeton, N.J., 1911-16.Episcopalian.DiedJanuary20, 1937 (age70 years, 250days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) — also known asEd Phillips — of Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born, in Alton MemorialHospital,Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.,July 30,1952.Republican.Meteorologist;radio andtelevision broadcaster;airplane andhelicopter pilot; member ofArizonastate senate 28th District, 1991-94.Episcopalian;laterJewish. Member,Rotary.Still living as of 2010.| | Relatives: Sonof Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)Phillips. |
| | John Himes Pitman (1890-1950) — also known asJohn H. Pitman — of Swarthmore,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Conshohocken,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,April 7,1890.Democrat.Astronomer;collegeprofessor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1928.Died in Swarthmore,DelawareCounty, Pa.,September23, 1950 (age60 years, 169days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Henry Pitman, Jr. and Carrie May (Himes) Pitman; married toElsie Anders. |
 | Duane Robert Quam (b. 1960) — also known asDuane Quam — of Byron,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Born in Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,July 2,1960.Republican.Scientist;engineer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,2008,2012;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 2011-15 (District 29-A 2011-12,District 25-A 2013-15); defeated, 2002.Protestant.Still living as of 2015.| | Image source:Minnesota House of Representatives |
| | | Mel Ravitz (1924-2010) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.BornJanuary7, 1924.Sociologist;universityprofessor; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1973.DiedApril11, 2010 (age86 years, 94days).Burial location unknown. | | Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) — also known asMarguerite Ray — of Washington. Born in Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,September3, 1914.Democrat.Universityprofessor;marine biologist; host of weeklytelevisionshow "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S.Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic EnergyCommission, 1973-75;Governor ofWashington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980.Female.Died, from abronchialinfection,in Fox Island,PierceCounty, Wash.,January2, 1994 (age79 years, 121days).Interment atFoxIsland Cemetery, Fox Island, Wash.  | John Gough Ridenour (1918-1963) — also known asGough Ridenour — of Grafton,TaylorCounty, W.Va.Born in Buckhannon,UpshurCounty, W.Va.,August11, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;geologist; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Taylor County; elected1950, 1952; defeated, 1954.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Grafton,TaylorCounty, W.Va.,July 3,1963 (age44 years, 326days).Interment atBluemontCemetery, Grafton, W.Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Alston Gordon Ridenour and Grace Maude (Gough) Ridenour; married,November1, 1948, to Betty Louise Robinson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
| | 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,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Arthur B. Robinson (b. 1942) — also known asArt Robinson — Born in1942.Republican.Biochemist; candidate forU.S.Representative from Oregon 4th District, 2010.Still living as of 2010. | | Henry Salvatori (1901-1997) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Rome,Italy,March28, 1901.Republican.Geophysicist;petroleumgeologist; founder and chairman, Western Geophysical Corp.;director, Litton Industries; director, Transamerica Corp.; director,Citizens NationalBank;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1960,1964,1968,1972;helped launchRonaldReagan's political career in 1964-66; Republican PresidentialElector for California,1968(elected on behalf ofRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew; did not serve).Italianancestry.DiedJuly 7,1997 (age96 years, 101days).Burial location unknown. | | Ernesto August Schernikow (1860-1933) — also known asErnest Schernikow — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Berlin,Germany,October13, 1860.Mineralogist;Vice-Consulfor Salvador inNewYork, N.Y., 1891-96, 1899-1900;Vice-Consulfor Central America inNewYork, N.Y., 1897-98;Vice-Consulfor Honduras inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1902;Vice-Consulfor Nicaragua inNewYork, N.Y., 1899-1900;Consulfor Salvador inNewYork, N.Y., 1901-07.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December16, 1933 (age73 years, 64days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Margot Blum Schevill (1931-2024) — also known asMargot Helmuth Blum;MargotBlum —Born in Stockton,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August15, 1931.Democrat.Operasinger;honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1960 ;anthropologist.Female.Died in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,January17, 2024 (age92 years, 155days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) — also known asHenry R. Schoolcraft — of Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Guilderland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1793.Glassmaker;geologist; U.S. Indian Agent, 1822-41;memberMichigan territorial council from Brown, Chippewa, Crawford andMichilimackinac counties, 1828-31.Died inWashington,D.C.,December10, 1864 (age71 years, 257days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence Schoolcraft and Margaret Anna Barbara (Rowe) Schoolcraft;married,October12, 1823, to Jane Johnston; married,January12, 1847, to Mary Howard; uncle ofJohnLawrence Schoolcraft andRichardUpdike Sherman; granduncle ofJamesSchoolcraft Sherman (who marriedCarrieBabcock Sherman) andJamesTeller Schoolcraft; first cousin once removed ofPeterP. Schoolcraft. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SchoolcraftCounty, Mich. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchoolcraft,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry R. Schoolcraft (built 1943 atRichmond,California; wrecked and scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Brian David Schweitzer (b. 1955) — also known asBrian Schweitzer — Born in Havre,HillCounty, Mont.,September4, 1955.Democrat.Agronomist;rancher;candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 2000;Governor ofMontana, 2005-; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMontana,2008(speaker).Catholic.German,Russian,andIrishancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) — also known asGlenn T. Seaborg;Glenn TeodorSjöberg —Born in Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,April19, 1912.Democrat.Physical chemist;universityprofessor; received theNobelPrize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,1961-71.Swedishancestry. Member,AlphaChi Sigma;AmericanChemical Society.Died in Lafayette,ContraCosta County, Calif.,February25, 1999 (age86 years, 312days).Cremated. | | Stephen Chapman Simms (1863-1937) — also known asS. Chapman Simms — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Georgetown (now part ofWashington),D.C.,March22, 1863.Ethnologist;Vice-Consulfor Portugal inChicago,Ill., 1893-1904; director, Field Museum of Natural History,1928-37.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January28, 1937 (age73 years, 312days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007) — also known asElliott P. Skinner — Born in Port-of-Spain,Trinidad,June20, 1924.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; naturalized U.S.citizen;anthropologist;universityprofessor; U.S. Ambassador toUpper Volta, 1966-69.Africanancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofheartfailure, inWashington,D.C.,April 1,2007 (age82 years, 285days).Burial location unknown. | | George Otis Smith (1871-1944) — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Hodgdon,AroostookCounty, Maine,February22, 1871.Republican.Geologist; director, U.S. Geological Survey,1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair, Federal Power Commission, 1930-33;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1936.Baptist.Member,AmericanForestry Association;PhiBeta Kappa.Suffered aheartattack during ameetingof the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, anddied soon after, in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,January10, 1944 (age72 years, 322days).Interment atSouthsideCemetery, Skowhegan, Maine. | | Larry Stevens (born c.1956) — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born about 1956. Republican.Research scientist; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,2004.Still living as of 2004. | | John Macon Thome (1843-1908) — also known asJohn M. Thome;Juan Thome — of Pennsylvania. Born in Palmyra,LebanonCounty, Pa.,August22, 1843.Astronomer; director, National Argentine Observatory,1885-1908; U.S. Vice Consul inCordoba, 1877-1905.Died in Cordoba,Argentina,September27, 1908 (age65 years, 36days).Interment atCementerio del Salvador, Cordoba, Argentina. | | James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897) — also known asJ. Hammond Trumbull — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December20, 1821.Philologist; Connecticut StateLibrarian,1854-55;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1861-66.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August5, 1897 (age75 years, 228days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | John Carter Van Hoy (born c.1958) — also known asJohn Van Hoy — ofFredericksburg,Va.Born about 1958. Republican.Geologist; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Virginia,2004,2008.Still living as of 2008. | | Josiah Flint Willard (1805-1868) — also known asJosiah F. Willard — of Janesville,RockCounty, Wis.Born in Wheelock,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,November17, 1805.Dairyfarmer;naturalist; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1849.Congregationalist;laterMethodist.DiedJanuary24, 1868 (age62 years, 68days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Mary Thompson Hill; father of Frances E.Willard. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Andrew P. Zwicker (b. 1964) — of South Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 17,1964.Democrat.Physicist; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 2014; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 16th District, 2016-.Still living as of 2016.
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