Very incomplete list! | |  Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) — also known asCharles T. Aikens — of Pine Grove,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.; Selinsgrove,SnyderCounty, Pa.Born in Siglerville,MifflinCounty, Pa.,December14, 1862.Republican.Pastor;president,Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, SelinsgroveRealtyCo.; vice-president and treasurer, NittanyRealEstate Co.; director, First NationalBank ofSelinsgrove; director, Sunbury and SelinsgroveElectricRailroad; director, NittanyLight, Heat& Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1916.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;PhiDelta Theta.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,November26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married,February3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
| | George Ainslie (1838-1913) — of Idaho City,BoiseCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho; Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,October30, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIdahoterritorial House of Representatives, 1865-66;newspapereditor;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory,1880(not seated);delegateto Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, BoiseRapid Transit Co., 1890-1904;IdahoDemocratic state chair, 1890-91; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,May 19,1913 (age74 years, 201days).Cremated;ashes originally interred atOddFellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atSanFrancisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.  | Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) — also known asNelson W. Aldrich;"General Manager ofthe United States" —of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.Born in Foster,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November6, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;grocer;director, Roger WilliamsBank;president, First NationalBank ofProvidence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and FishkillRailroad;organizer and president, UnitedTraction andElectricCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from RhodeIsland,1872;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1875-77;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-VreelandCurrency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from anapoplecticstroke, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1915 (age73 years, 161days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | John Peckworth Allmond (1835-1912) — also known asJohn P. Allmond — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington),New CastleCounty, Del.,May 6,1835.Democrat.Grocer;bankdirector;brick-makingbusiness;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1878-82; vice-president, Peoples Railway Co.(PeoplesTrolley), 1901-12.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March24, 1912 (age76 years, 323days).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Theron Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) — also known asTheron W. Atwood — of Caro,TuscolaCounty, Mich.Born in White Oak,InghamCounty, Mich.,January3, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;TuscolaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-94; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1896,1912;member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1899-1902;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 21st District,1907-08; instrumental in building anelectric railroadconnecting Jackson, Lansing, and Owosso.Died, frompneumoniaand complications ofappendicitis,in Caro,TuscolaCounty, Mich.,September27, 1917 (age63 years, 267days).Entombed atIndianfieldsTownship Cemetery, Caro, Mich. | | Joel Clarke Baker (1838-1904) — also known asJoel C. Baker — of Danby,RutlandCounty, Vt.; Wallingford,RutlandCounty, Vt.; Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Danby,RutlandCounty, Vt.,April16, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; director, Rutland NationalBank;director, RutlandStreet Railway Company; member ofVermontstate senate from Rutland County, 1886.Episcopalian.Died inRutlandCounty, Vt.,1904(ageabout66 years).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Rutland, Vt. | | Simon Bamberger (1846-1926) — of Provo,UtahCounty, Utah.Born in Darmstadt,Germany,February27, 1846.Democrat.Coalbusiness;hotelowner; director and treasurer BambergerElectric Railway;member ofUtahstate senate, 1903-07; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Utah,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1924;Governorof Utah, 1917-21.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith;Freemasons;Elks;Rotary.DiedOctober6, 1926 (age80 years, 221days).Interment atB'naiIsrael Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) — also known asL. Victor Baughman;"Little Napoleon ofWestern Maryland" —ofFrederickCounty, Md.Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,April11, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor;farmer;horseman;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1880(member,CredentialsCommittee),1888,1892;candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886;Marylandstate comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and OhioCanalCompany; president, Frederick, Northern & GettysburgElectricRailway Company.Died near Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,November30, 1906 (age61 years, 233days).Interment atSt.John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman; married1881 to HelenAbell. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) — also known asJunius E. Beal;Junius EmeryField —of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,February23, 1860.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;real estatebroker; Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1stDistrict, 1905-06; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmersand MerchantsBank;president, Ann Arbor and YpsilantiStreet Railway Co.; officerofgasand electric utilities.Methodist.Englishancestry. Member,BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;Rotary;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Sonsof the American Revolution.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 24,1942 (age82 years, 121days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.  | Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) — also known asHenry A. Bishop — of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,December4, 1860.Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent ofseveralrailroads;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1912(alternate); candidate forsecretaryof state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire ResistingPaint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New JerseyPowerCo., and ReedCarpetCo.; vice-president, BradyBrass Co.,PacificIronWorks, Connecticut NationalBank, andConsolidatedTelephoneCo.; director, WestchesterStreet Railway Co., Western UnionTelegraphCo.; director, BridgeportHospital.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;PsiUpsilon;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October22, 1934 (age73 years, 322days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn. | | Herbert Porter Bissell (1856-1919) — also known asHerbert P. Bissell — of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in New London,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1901; vice-president, Niagara GorgeRailroad;also counsel to the BuffaloTraction Co.;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1912-19; died in office 1919.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar.While presiding at a trial, incourt,in the NiagaraCountyCourthouse, he suffered aheartattack and died, in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1919 (age62 years, 243days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, East Aurora, N.Y. | | Abel Edward Blackmar (1852-1931) — also known asAbel E. Blackmar — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,WayneCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908-22; defeated (CitizensJudiciary), 1906; appointed 1908; Justice of the Appellate Divisionof the New York Supreme Court, 1917-22; director, InterboroughRapid Transit Company, 1922-31.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation.Died, in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1931 (age78 years, 177days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Charles Francis Brown (1844-1929) — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1844.Democrat.Lawyer;secretary ofNew York Democratic Party, 1874, 1880-82;OrangeCounty District Attorney, 1875-77;OrangeCounty Judge, 1878-82;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1883-96;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1889-92; Justice of the AppellateDivision of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1893-96;general counsel, MetropolitanStreet Railway Co., 1897-1901.Presbyterian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, from anintestinalmalady, in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 19,1929 (age84 years, 280days).Burial location unknown. | | Frank Brown (1846-1920) — also known as"Farmer Frank" — ofBaltimore,Md.Born near Sykesville,CarrollCounty, Md.,August8, 1846.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1876-78; postmaster atBaltimore,Md., 1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1892;Governorof Maryland, 1892-96; president, BaltimoreStreet RailwayLines.Presbyterian.Died inBaltimore,Md.,February3, 1920 (age73 years, 179days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Jefferson Beale Browne (b. 1857) — also known asJefferson B. Browne — of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Born in Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.,June 6,1857.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atKeyWest, Fla., 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1888;member ofFloridastate senate, 1891-95;U.S.Collector of Customs at Key West, Fla., Florida, 1893-97;receiver, Key WestElectricLight andStreet Car Co., 1898; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Florida, 1904-08; Democratic PresidentialElector for Florida,1913;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1917-25;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1917-23; circuit judge inFlorida, 1925.Congregationalist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks.Interment atKeyWest Cemetery, Key West, Fla. | | Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known asHarold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho; East Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 22,1888.Republican.Lawyer;assistant attorney, UtahPower &Light Company and UtahLight &Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, IdahoPowerCompany and Boise ValleyTraction Company, 1916-17; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1929;mayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1944;speaker,1936;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1941-45;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiAlpha Delta;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Eagles;Grange;Rotary;Kiwanis;ExchangeClub.Died inWashington,D.C.,October28, 1964 (age76 years, 128days).Interment atHighlandPark Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio. | | John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known asJohn L. Cable — of Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio.Born in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,April15, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;director and counsel, LimaTelephoneand Telegraph Co., NapoleonTelephoneCo., Lima ToledoRailroad,Lima CityStreet Railway Co.;AllenCounty Prosecuting Attorney;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;defeated, 1912; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1936.EpiscopalianorPresbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;Grange;JuniorOrder;Kiwanis.Died in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,September15, 1971 (age87 years, 153days).Entombed atSt.Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla. | | Maro Spaulding Chapman (1839-1907) — also known asMaro S. Chapman — of Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,February13, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postalenvelope manufacturer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1882; member ofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1885-86; Republican PresidentialElector for Connecticut,1901.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;GrandArmy of the Republic.Instrumental in the establishment of the Hartford, Manchester,RockvilleTramway Co. in 1895.Died in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1907 (age68 years, 17days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Chapman and Hannah (Percival) Chapman; married1861 to LucyWoodbridge; married1871 to HelenRobbins. |
| | Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) — also known asThomas P. Cheney — of Laconia,BelknapCounty, N.H.Born in Ashland,GraftonCounty, N.H.,August17, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;trustee, Laconia StateBank;director, Peoples NationalBank ofLaconia; director,PublicService Co. of New Hampshire; director, LaconiaStreetRailway;BelknapCounty Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);NewHampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1938.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married,September7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
| | Stephen Fannin Chipley (1838-1898) — also known asS. F. Chipley — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,1838.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;banker;superintendent, PensacolaStreet Railway;Vice-Consulfor Russia inPensacola,Fla., 1895-98.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,November22, 1898 (ageabout 60years).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.  | Charles Hull Clark (b. 1832) — also known asCharles H. Clark — of Milldale, Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October23, 1832.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;nut and boltmanufacturer;banker;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Southington, 1895-96,1899-1900, 1905-06; president, Waterbury and MilldaleTramwayCompany, 1907.Congregationalist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows.Burial location unknown. | | Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Woodhull Township,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,December2, 1864.Republican.Streetcar conductor;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909.DiedMay 19,1909 (age44 years, 168days).Intermentsomewherein Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof William Colby; married,August3, 1893, to Eva Mitte. |
| | William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) — also known asWilliam A. Comstock;BillComstock —of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,July 2,1877.Democrat. Builder and operator ofelectric railways,1899-1922; president, State SavingsBank(Alpena), 1906-09;real estatebusiness;mayor ofAlpena, Mich., 1914; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; defeated, 1913, 1925;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1915;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1924,1928,1932;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1924-30;Governor ofMichigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,ZetaPsi;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles.DiedJune 16,1949 (age71 years, 349days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Alpena, Mich.  | John Connelly (b. 1857) — also known as"Honest John" — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inIreland,April10, 1857.Democrat.Plumber;elevated railroad ticket agent; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 19th District, 1888-92;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1894.Irishancestry.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:New York Times, October 21, 1894 |
|  | George Redfield Curtis (1825-1893) — also known asGeorge R. Curtis — of Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December25, 1825.Schoolteacher; treasurer, MeridenBritaniaCompany; president, MeridenSilver PlateCompany, the MeridanHorse Railroad Company, and the MeridenGasLight Company;mayorof Meriden, Conn., 1880-81.Episcopalian.Died in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 20,1893 (age67 years, 146days).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Asahel Curtis and Mehitable (Redfield) Curtis; married,May 22,1855, to Augusta Munson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Mark inConnecticut (1908) |
| | William Augustus Darling (1817-1895) — also known asWilliam A. Darling — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,December27, 1817.Republican.Wholesalegrocer; president, Third AvenueRailroad, 1854-65;U.S.Representative from New York 9th District, 1865-67; defeated,1866 (9th District), 1872 (10th District); candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1867;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at New York City, New York,1869-71;banker.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1895 (age77 years, 150days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | George Willets Davison (b. 1872) — of Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Rockville Centre,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March25, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;QueensCounty District Attorney, 1899; vice-president, CentralTrust Co.;director, BrooklynRapid Transit Co., New York MunicipalRailwaysCo., Third AvenueRailwayCo., Hudson and ManhattanRailroadCo., American EagleFireInsurance Co.Methodist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert A. Davison and Emeline (Sealey) Davison; married,April24, 1895, to Harriet R. Baldwin. |
| | Claude Ivan Dawson (b. 1877) — also known asClaude I. Dawson — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,October23, 1877.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; worked intreasury department of Philippine Islands government, 1898-1904;secretary of atraction company in South Carolina, 1904-08;U.S. Consul inPuerto Cortes, 1910-12;Valencia, 1912-15;Tampico, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General inMexico City, as of 1922-24;Stockholm, as of 1926;Rio de Janeiro, as of 1927-31;Barcelona, as of 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Harrington Deavitt (b. 1871) — also known asEdward H. Deavitt — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Moretown,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,December1, 1871.Lawyer;director, Barre and MontpelierPowerandTraction Co.; treasurer, Capital CityGas Co.;Vermontstate treasurer, 1906-15.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Jefferson Deavitt (b. 1840) — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Richmond,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,February17, 1840.Lawyer;delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; director, Barreand MontpelierPowerandTraction Co.Burial location unknown. | | John Dykstra (1875-1959) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Holland,OttawaCounty, Mich.,January16, 1875.Republican.Street railway motorman; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District,1927-34; defeated, 1934, 1936; Republican candidate forMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1940, 1951 (primary).Died in1959(ageabout84 years).Burial location unknown. | | Bowman Elder (1888-1954) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March 4,1888.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIndiana,1916,1932,1940;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;treasurer ofIndiana Democratic Party, 1924-26; treasurer, Indiana OfficeFurnitureCo., 1929-35; receiver who liquidated Indiana'sinterurbanrailways, 1933-40;ConsularAgent for France inIndianapolis,Ind., 1935.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;ReserveOfficers Association;MilitaryOrder of Foreign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Elks;ZetaPsi.Died, in MethodistHospital,Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,June 10,1954 (age66 years, 98days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Stephen Emery — of Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.; California.Socialist.Subway dispatcher; Socialist Labor candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1948, 1952; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958(Socialist Labor), 1962 (Socialist Labor); Industrial Governmentcandidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1954; Socialist Labor candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1970; Socialist Labor candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1978.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) — also known asCharles M. Floyd — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Derry,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,June 5,1861.Republican.Clothingbusiness; director ofbanks,lumbercompanies, and the ManchesterTraction,Light &Power Company; member ofNewHampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member ofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1904;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1912;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1916.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1923 (age61 years, 243days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | John Robert Foley (1917-2001) — also known asJohn R. Foley — of Maryland. Born in Wabasha,WabashaCounty, Minn.,October16, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1954-58;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1959-61; defeated,1960, 1962.Catholic.Sponsored legislation to authorize the interstate compact to buildtheMetrorail transit system in the Washington, D.C. area.Died, ofcardiacarrest, in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November11, 2001 (age84 years, 26days).Burial location unknown. | | Herman Arod Gager (1859-1923) — also known asHerman A. Gager — of Franklin,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Franklin,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October16, 1859.Republican.Carpenter;electricianfor Shore LineTrolley Co.; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Franklin, 1919-20.Died in Franklin,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January28, 1923 (age63 years, 104days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Hawkins Gager and Rosamond Maranda (Robinson) Gager;married1879 to EllaEsther Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofSamuelR. Gager; first cousin four times removed ofSamuelGager; second cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold andSamuelAustin Gager; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington andSimeonBaldwin; second cousin five times removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin once removed ofGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; third cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,PhineasLyman Tracy,ZinaHyde Jr.,AlbertHaller Tracy andHarrisonBlodget; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,JohnDavenport,EbenezerHuntington,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,EleazerPomeroy,DanielPacker,RogerSherman Baldwin andAsaPacker; fourth cousin ofHarryAndrews Gager; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,JohnLeslie Russell,TheodoreSill,HenryTitus Backus,GeorgeWashington Kingsbury,ThomasWorcester Hyde,WalterHarrison Blodget andDanielEleazer Pomeroy. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Elizur Stillman Goodrich (1834-1926) — also known asElizur S. Goodrich — of Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Wethersfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December28, 1834.Republican. President, HartfordStreet Railway Company; memberofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1895-96; memberofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1897-1901.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.DiedJune 1,1926 (age91 years, 155days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | William Alexander Green (born c.1893) — also known asWilliam A. Green — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; East Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Taunton,BristolCounty, Mass., about 1893.Democrat.Trolley conductor;buildingcontractor; candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from East Haven, 1930, 1934.Burial location unknown. | | William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known asWilliam W. Griest — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Christiana,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September22, 1858.Republican.Newspapereditor; president ofelectric railways andlightingcompanies; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.Died in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,December5, 1929 (age71 years, 74days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) — also known asHenry A. Haigh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,March13, 1854.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamL. Carpenter,FlaviusL. Brooke, andJohnAtkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and constructionofelectric railways, and officer for severalrailroadcompanies; director of the AlpenaPowerCompany; stockholder and director of the Peninsular SavingsBank;director and counsel of Continental Casualtyinsurancecompany; Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1896.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanHistorical Association;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1942 (age88 years, 64days).Interment atNorthviewCemetery, Dearborn, Mich.  | Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) — also known asHarry M. Hammond — of Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October5, 1874.Republican.Streetcar conductor;buildingmaterials business; postmaster atAlameda,Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).Member,Rotary;Elks;OddFellows;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Killed in anautomobileaccident in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,August10, 1941 (age66 years, 309days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.Cremated.| | Relatives:Married to Katherine 'Katie' Aberle. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Oakland (Calif.) Tribune,August 11, 1941 |
|  | Benjamin Sawtelle Hanchett (1868-1933) — also known asBenjamin S. Hanchett — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,October1, 1868.Republican. President and general manager, Grand RapidsTractionSystem; built and led the Grand Rapids, Holland, and LakeMichiganinterurban railway; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1911-27; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1916(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died in1933(ageabout64 years).Entombed in mausoleum atGracelandMemorial Park, Grand Rapids, Mich. | | George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) — also known asGeorge Harvey — of Deal,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Born in Peacham,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,February16, 1864.Newspaperreporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner, 1890-91; builder andpresident ofelectric railroads, 1894-98;editor andpublisher,North American Review andHarper'sWeekly; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1921-23.Died, from aheartattack andasthma,in Dublin,CheshireCounty, N.H.,August20, 1928 (age64 years, 186days).Interment atPeachamCemetery, Peacham, Vt. | | Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) — also known asJoshua T. Heald — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 26,1821.Republican.Bookbinder;realestate developer;bankdirector; delegate to Republican National Convention fromDelaware,1860,1868;President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built thecity's firsttrolley line; later, he was president of theWilmington and WesternRailroad;candidate forU.S.Representative from Delaware, 1870.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 23,1887 (age66 years, 58days).Burial location unknown.  | William Uhler Hensel (1851-1915) — also known asW. U. Hensel — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Quarryville,LancasterCounty, Pa.,December4, 1851.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher;chair ofLancaster County Democratic Party, 1875-87; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880,1884,1892(delegation chair); law partner ofJ.Hay Brown, 1887-99;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1891-95; organizer oftrolleylines.Presbyterian.GermanandEnglishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiKappa Sigma.Died, fromlivercirrhosis, in asanitariumat Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February27, 1915 (age63 years, 85days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. |  | Frank Joseph Hogan (1877-1944) — also known asFrank J. Hogan — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1877.Republican.Lawyer;general counsel, CapitalTraction Company; general counsel,Riggs NationalBank;attorney forAlbertB. Fall,EdwardL. Doheny during the Teapot Dome trials; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from District of Columbia,1920(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization; member,ResolutionsCommittee); president, American Bar Association, 1938-39.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 15,1944 (age67 years, 124days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Maurice E. Hogan and Mary (McSwiney) Hogan; married1899 to MaryCecile Adair; first cousin ofJamesFrancis Byrnes. | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 11,1935 |
| | Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) — also known asRobert F. Hopwood — of Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,July 24,1856.Republican.Lawyer;director, CitizensTitleand Trust Co.; director, UniontownStreet Railway Co.;FayetteCounty Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, UniontownHospital,1905-20;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;defeated, 1916.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,March 1,1940 (age83 years, 221days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa. | | Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) — also known asHenry E. Huntington — of Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; San Marino,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1850.Republican. Owned and expanded thestreetcar and trolleysystem in Southern California;real estatedeveloper; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, fromkidneydisease andpneumonia,in LankenauHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 23,1927 (age77 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atHuntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married1873 to MaryAlice Prentice; married1913 toArabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. | | | | ThecityofHuntingtonBeach, California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHuntingtonPark, California, isnamed forhim. — HuntingtonLake,inFresnoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonHotel(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as theHuntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntingtonhotel) inPasadena,California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known asRobert H. Jackson — of Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Spring Creek,WarrenCounty, Pa.,February13, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-president and general counsel, JamestownStreet RailwayCompany; director and general counsel, JamestownTelephoneCorporation; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1936;U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40;U.S.Attorney General, 1940-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLaw Institute;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October9, 1954 (age62 years, 238days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y. | | William H. Jones (b. 1855) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April28, 1855.Republican.Shoemerchant;streetcar conductor; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1915-18.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1889 to Ida L.Gray. |
 | Charles H. Judd (1900-1973) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born near Lake Beulah,WalworthCounty, Wis.,May 11,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;electricrailroad worker;salesman;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Milwaukee County 8th District, 1939-40.DiedMarch16, 1973 (age72 years, 309days).Interment atOak Knoll Cemetery, Mukwonago, Wis. | | John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) — also known asJohn B. Kimberly — of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part ofHampton),Va.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December31, 1855.Republican.Merchant;hotelowner;steamshipagent;postmaster;director ofbanks andelectric railways; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Virginia,1912,1916,1920,1924.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married,October28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
| | Frederick Palmer Latimer (b. 1875) — of Groton,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Montville,New LondonCounty, Conn.,November13, 1875.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Groton, 1907-08; secretary,New London and East Lymestreet railway.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph S. Latimer and Arabella (Palmer) Latimer; married1901 to GraceHamilton. |
 | Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) — also known asCharles F. Libby — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine,January31, 1844.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member ofMainestate senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, PortlandStreet Railway; also involved withsteamshipcompanies.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 3,1915 (age71 years, 123days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | | Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) — also known asJesse F. Libby — of Gorham,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood,OxfordCounty, Maine,February12, 1857.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;real estatebusiness; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Companyand CascadeLight andPower Company; director, president, Lancaster and JeffersonElectricLight Company; director, Gorham NationalBank;promoter, director, BerlinStreet Railway; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.Congregationalist.Member,ThetaDelta Chi;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in1936(ageabout79 years).Interment atEvans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H. | | Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) — also known asAlfred H. Littlefield — of Lincoln,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Scituate,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April 2,1829.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;thread andyarnmanufacturer; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1876-77; member ofRhodeIsland state senate, 1878-79;Governor ofRhode Island, 1880-83; president, First NationalBank ofPawtucket; president, PawtucketGasCompany; president, PawtucketStreet Railway.Died in Central Falls,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,December21, 1893 (age64 years, 263days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Joseph Edwin Lowes (1848-1905) — also known asJoseph E. Lowes — of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born near Brantford,Ontario,July25, 1848.Republican.Physician;president, DaytonLightingCompany; led the building ofstreetcar lines around Dayton;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1896(alternate),1900,1904.Englishancestry.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 24,1905 (age56 years, 303days).Entombed atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | George E. Macomber (b. 1853) — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,June 6,1853.Republican.Banker;mayorof Augusta, Maine, 1886-89; builtfirstelectric railway in Maine, 1890; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1900; member ofMainestate senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maine,1928(ConventionVice-President).Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) — also known asFrederick W. Magrady — of Mt. Carmel,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Pottsville,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.,November24, 1863.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. CarmelTransit Co.; directorand solicitor for First NationalBank ofMt. Carmel; director, Mt. CarmelWaterCo.;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.Died in Danville,MontourCounty, Pa.,August27, 1954 (age90 years, 276days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa. | | Vincent Albert Martin (1870-1951) — also known asVincent A. Martin — of Fruitport,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February17, 1870.Republican.Train master of the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven andMuskegonelectric railway; member ofMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1917-18, 1925-28; defeated inprimary, 1922, 1940; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from MuskegonCounty 2nd District, 1933.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,September22, 1951 (age81 years, 217days).Interment atOttawa Center Cemetery, Coopersville, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof George S. Martin and Harriet E. (Phelps) Martin; married to SarahE. Smith; married1919 to MaryAugusta (Neuman) Kinney; married1934 to AddieL. (Carter) Robinson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Hopkins Mason (b. 1870) — also known asEdward H. Mason — Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January16, 1870.President, CaliTramway Company; U.S. Consular Agent inCali, 1910-11.Burial location unknown. | | William Brown McKinley (1856-1926) — also known asWilliam B. McKinley — of Champaign,ChampaignCounty, Ill.Born in Petersburg,MenardCounty, Ill.,September5, 1856.Republican.Banker;electricutility andstreet railway executive;Universityof Illinois trustee, 1903-05; resigned 1905;U.S.Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1905-13, 1915-21;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1908,1916,1924(chair,CredentialsCommittee);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1921-26; died in office 1926.DiedDecember7, 1926 (age70 years, 93days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill. | | Malcolm J. McLeod (b. 1868) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Huron County,Ontario,January22, 1868.Republican.Streetcar conductor; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1899-1900; Michigan labor commissioner, 1905-07;foundrybusiness;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Detroit, Michigan, 1909-13.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Knightsof Columbus.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John McLeod and Flora (McKinnon) McLeod; married,May 19,1890, to Christina Darvux. |
| | William Larimer Mellon (1868-1949) — also known asWilliam L. Mellon;W. L.Mellon —of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 1,1868.Republican. President, MonongahelaStreet Railway;vice-president, National UnionFireInsurance Company; vice-president, Mellon NationalBank andTrust; founder and chairman, GulfOilCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1924,1928;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1926-28.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October8, 1949 (age81 years, 129days).Entombed atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Moody Merrill — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Republican.Lawyer;president of astreet railway; candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1890.Burial location unknown. | | George H. Newhall (1850-1923) — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,October24, 1850.Republican.Realestate andinsurancebusiness;shoemanufacturer; president, LynnStreet Railway Company;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923;mayor ofLynn, Mass., 1913-17.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died in Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1923 (age73 years, 11days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.  | Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. (1854-1926) — also known asBenjamin B. Odell, Jr. — of Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1854.Republican.Icebusiness; president, NewburghElectricLight Co.; treasurer, Central HudsonSteamboatCo.; president Orange CountyTraction Co.;banker;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1884-96;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1895-99; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1896,1900,1904,1908,1924;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1898-1900, 1904-06;Governor ofNew York, 1901-05; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1920.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 9,1926 (age72 years, 115days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.  | Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known asHenry C. Payne — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Ashfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,November23, 1843.Republican. Postmaster atMilwaukee,Wis., 1876-85; president, WisconsinTelephoneCompany; president, MilwaukeeElectric Railway andLightCompany; president, AmericanStreet Railway Association;receiver, Northern PacificRailroad;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1904;WisconsinRepublican state chair, 1892;U.S.Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.Methodist.Died inWashington,D.C.,October4, 1904 (age60 years, 316days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Horace Garvin Platt (1852-1910) — also known asHorace G. Platt — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,1852.Democrat.Lawyer;orator;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1881-83;Vice-Consulfor Russia inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1892-1904; president of a San Franciscostreetcar line.Died, in AdlerSanatorium,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August29, 1910 (ageabout 58years).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Dr. William Henry Platt and Cornelia Margaret (Cuthbert)Platt; first cousin five times removed ofThomasFitch; second cousin four times removed ofJonathanFitch; third cousin once removed ofDelosFall; fourth cousin ofHowardB. Peck. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Samuel Priest (1853-1930) — also known asHenry S. Priest — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inRallsCounty, Mo.,February7, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;counsel forrailroadandstreetcar companies;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1894-95;resigned 1895; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1920; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1924; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forMissouri,1928.Died, fromcoronarythrombosis, inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 9,1930 (age77 years, 152days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo. | | Edward Hughes Randolph (b. 1858) — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born inBossierParish, La.,March12, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;director and general attorney, LouisianaRailwayandNavigationCo.; director and attorney, Houston & ShreveportRailway;divisional counsel, Vicksburg, Shreveport & PacificRailway;general counsel, ShreveportTraction Co.; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1884; member ofLouisianaDemocratic State Central Committee, 1895-96;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1910-13.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph; married,October14, 1884, to Annie M. Jeffries; married,July 22,1911, to Mary Rose Youree. |
| | Frank James Rice (1869-1917) — also known asFrank J. Rice — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,February5, 1869.Republican.Streetcar conductor;grocer;real estatebusiness;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Grotto;OddFellows;Elks;Redmen;Orderof Heptasophs;Knightsof Pythias;UnionLeague.DiedJanuary18, 1917 (age47 years, 348days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | John S. Rilling (b. 1860) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Millcreek Township,ErieCounty, Pa.,July 22,1860.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1894; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1896,1904(alternate); one of the organizers and directors of the Conneaut andErieTraction Company; president of St. VincentHospital.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Christopher Rilling and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Rilling; married,October20, 1887, to Stella Armstrong. |
| | Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) — also known asRichard B. Russell — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.; Russell,BartowCounty, Ga.Born near Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.,April27, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;newspapereditor; president, HoschtonTelephoneCo.; organizer, AthensStreet Railway Co.; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge inGeorgia, 1898-1906; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1906;Judge,Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum.DiedDecember3, 1938 (age77 years, 220days).Interment atRussellMemorial Park, Winder, Ga. | | Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) — also known asThomas F. Ryan — of Hempstead, Queens County (nowNassauCounty), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oak Ridge,NelsonCounty, Va.Born in Lovingston,NelsonCounty, Va.,October17, 1851.Democrat.Financier;organizer and consolidator ofstreetcar companies in New YorkCity; owned controlling interest in EquitableLifeAssurance Society; co-founder, AmericanTobaccoCompany; engaged inminingdevelopment in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1904,1912.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1928 (age77 years, 37days).Entombed atOakRidge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va. | | Edmund William Samuel (1857-1930) — also known asEdmund W. Samuel — of Mt. Carmel,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire,Wales,November27, 1857.Republican.Physician;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1905-07;president and general manager, Shamokin-Mount CarmelTransitCompany, 1908-24.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Mt. Carmel,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,March 7,1930 (age72 years, 100days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa. | | Clarence J. Shearn (c.1870-1953) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Leeds, Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass., about 1870.Lawyer;counsel and political associate toWilliamRandolph Hearst; counsel for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, now partof the New York Citysubway system; Independence Leaguecandidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1908;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-19; defeated, 1911;appointed 1915; resigned 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division ofthe New York Supreme Court, 1918-19; commissioner for Gov.AlfredE. Smith in a 1928 investigation of sewer graft in the borough ofQueens, New York City, which resulted in the conviction ofMauriceE. Connolly.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1953 (ageabout 83years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Albert Arnold Sprague (1874-1946) — also known asAlbert A. Sprague — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 13,1874.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman,ConsolidatedGrocersCorporation; director, Continental Illinois NationalBank andTrust, InternationalHarvesterCo., Baltimore & OhioRailroad,and other companies; receiver and co-trustee, ChicagoRapidTransit; Chicago commissioner of public works, 1923-27, 1931-33;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1924; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1932.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April 6,1946 (age71 years, 328days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectric Railway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake,in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugarCompany; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectric Railway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.Germanancestry.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre,inSanDiego, California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsPark,inCoronado,California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frank Maxmillian Steinhart (1864-1938) — also known asFrank Steinhart — of Havana (La Habana),Cuba.Born in Munich (München),Germany,May12, 1864.Republican. U.S. Consul General inHavana, 1903-07; president and general manager, HavanaElectric Railways,Light andPower Company.Died in1938(ageabout74 years).Entombed atNecropolisCristobal Colon, La Habana, Cuba.| | Relatives: Sonof Simon Steinhart and Regina (Levinger) Steinhart; married,February8, 1890, to Alice Florence Ledden. |
| | Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) — also known asHarry C. Trexler — of Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,April17, 1854.Republican.Lumberbusiness;cementmanufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904;director ofelectric railroads,telephonecompanies, andelectricutilities.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;UnionLeague.Badly injured when hiscarcollided with an oil truck on the William Penn Highway, and diedthe next day in EastonHospital,Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,November17, 1933 (age79 years, 214days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Allentown, Pa. | | Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) — also known asVicente Sifuentes Tuero — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; North Tonawanda,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Southfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born inDurango,January26, 1881.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;streetcar conductor;financialsecretary andTreasurer,Street Carmen's Union; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during arailway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train linewasdynamited,wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero andothers wereindictedin federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place thedynamite; atrialwas held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero weredismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.Mexicanancestry.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in LaurelwoodRestHome, San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,July 9,1953 (age72 years, 164days).Intermentsomewherein San Antonio, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
| | Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) — also known asTheodore N. Vail — of Lyndonville, Lyndon,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.Born in Minerva,StarkCounty, Ohio,July 16,1845.Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,1876-79; president, AmericanTelephoneandTelegraphCo., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of BellLabs; built anelectric railway system in Buenos Aires,Argentina, 1890-1904;farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1916.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromkidneyandcardiaccomplications, in Johns HopkinsHospital,Baltimore,Md.,April16, 1920 (age74 years, 275days).Interment atVailMemorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J. | | Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-1910) — also known asAdoniram J. Warner — of Ohio. Born in Wales,ErieCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1834.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1879-81, 1883-87 (13th District1879-81, 15th District 1883-85, 17th District 1885-87); defeated,1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1896;engaged instreet railway construction in Washington, D.C.,andrailroadconstruction in Ohio; Democratic candidate for Presidential Electorfor Ohio,1900.Died in Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,August12, 1910 (age76 years, 211days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. | | Erastus Wells (1823-1893) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Sackets Harbor,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1823.Democrat.Street railway business;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1869-77, 1879-81 (1st District1869-73, 2nd District 1873-77, 1879-81); defeated, 1876.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,October2, 1893 (age69 years, 304days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.  | Rolla Wells (1856-1944) — also known asRollo Wells — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,June 1,1856.Democrat.Foundrybusiness; general manager and receiver ofstreet railways;mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1901-09; governor, Federal ReserveBank ofSt. Louis, 1914-19.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,November30, 1944 (age88 years, 182days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. |  | Arthur H. Wicks (1887-1985) — also known asA. H. Wicks — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.; Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December24, 1887.Republican. Worked inpianomanufacturing business; employed in the engineering department ofthe New York City Board ofWaterSupply, and then in construction ofsubways; owner andoperator ofsteamlaundry in Kingston; director, Governor ClintonHotel;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1927-56 (29th District 1927-44, 34th District1945-56); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948,1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956;resignedin November 1953 as Senate Majority Leader and acting LieutenantGovernor, whileunder threatof ouster over his Sing Sing prison visits to convictedextortionistand labor leader Joseph S. Fay.Member,Freemasons;JuniorOrder;Rotary.Died in Lake Katrine,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1985 (age97 years, 56days).Interment atFairview Cemetery, Stone Ridge, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Mabel Everett. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | | George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) — also known asGeorge W. Wingate — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 1,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; ledconstruction ofelevated railways in Brooklyn; marksmanshippromoter; president, National Rifle Association, 1886-1900; GoldDemocratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;National RifleAssociation.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1928 (age87 years, 265days).Interment atFriendsBurying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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