in chronological order | |  Robert Treat (1625-1710) — of Milford,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Pitminster, Somerset,England,1625.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1683-98.Founder of Milford, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey. Died in Milford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 12,1710 (ageabout 85years).Interment atMilfordCemetery, Milford, Conn.| |  Relatives:Great-grandfather ofRobertTreat Paine; third great-grandfather ofJohnCondit andAureliusBuckingham; third great-granduncle ofGershomBirdsey andBenjaminHard; fourth great-grandfather ofSilasCondit,PhiloBeecher Buckingham,AlansonB. Treat,CharlesM. Hotchkiss andDavidLeroy Treat; fourth great-granduncle ofHenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,EliCoe Birdsey (1799-1843),LorenzoBurrows,NathanBelcher,RussellSage,JohnRansom Buck andBenjaminBaker Merrill; fifth great-grandfather ofAlbertPierson Condit andRobertTreat Paine Jr.; fifth great-granduncle ofHenryBrewster Stanton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,EliCoe Birdsey (1843-1929),EdgarJared Doolittle,DelosFall,CalebSeymour Pitkin,ClaytonHarvey Deming,HarryKear Wolcott,FranklinWarren Kellogg andHenryMerrill Wolcott; sixth great-grandfather ofSimeonHarrison Rollinson andJosephClark Baldwin III; sixth great-granduncle ofRoscoeD. Dix,JohnAlden Dix andOliverCromwell Jennings; seventh great-grandfather ofPerryAmherst Carpenter; seventh great-granduncle ofGeorgeAnthony Sweetland. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). |
 | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reintermentatAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue (now gone) atAlbanyCity Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Felix Robertson (1781-1865) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January11, 1781, thefirst white male child to be born in what isnow the city of Nashville.Mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1818-19, 1826-28.DiedJuly 10,1865 (age84 years, 180days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.  | George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as"Father of His Country";"TheAmerican Fabius" —of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va., February 11, 1732/31 o.s. ((February22,1732)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof the United States, 1789-97.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, heserved as thefirst President and voluntarily stepped downafter two terms. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died, probably fromacute bacterialepiglottitis, atFairfaxCounty, Va.,December14, 1799 (age67 years, 295days).Entombed atMt.Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 atWashingtonCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 atBoston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married,January6, 1759, toMarthaDandridge Custis (aunt ofBurwellBassett); step-father ofJohnParke Custis; uncle ofBushrodWashington; granduncle by marriage ofCharlesMagill Conrad; granduncle ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington andGeorgeCorbin Washington; great-granduncle of Jane Washington AugustaThornton (who marriedJamesBurnie Beck); second great-granduncle ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin six times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1772-1818),SulifandSutherland Ross andDavidShelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed ofWalkerPeyton Conway,HowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin five times removed ofThomasHenry Ball Jr.,Williamde Bruyn=Kops,HoraceLee Washington,EdwinMcPherson Holden,ClaudeC. Ball,ArthurWesley Holden andFranklinDelano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed ofHenryRootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andThomasLeonidas Crittenden. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryLee —JoshuaFry —AlexanderDimitry —TobiasLear —DavidMathews —RufusPutnam | | | | Washington counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Md.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,R.I.,Tenn.,Tex.,Utah,Vt.,Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — Thestateof Washington isnamed forhim. —MountWashington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeneralWashington Johnston—GeorgeWashington Lent Marr—GeorgeWashington Heard—GeorgeWashington Barnett—GeorgeWashington Davis—GeorgeW. Owen—GeorgeW. Toland—GeorgeW. Lay—GeorgeW. Patterson—GeorgeW. B. Towns—GeorgeWashington Adams—GeorgeWashington Hockley—GeorgeW. Smyth—G.W. Ingersoll—GeorgeW. Hopkins—GeorgeWashington Montgomery—JosephGeorge Washington Duncan—GeorgeW. Kittredge—GeorgeWashington Juden, Sr.—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeWashington Lane—GeorgeW. Harrison—GeorgeWashington Ewing—GeorgeWashington Seabrook—GeorgeW. Morrison—GeorgeW. Woodward—GeorgeWashington Wright—GeorgeWashington Triplett—GeorgeWashington Glasscock—GeorgeW. Schuyler—GeorgeWashington Holman—GeorgeW. Greene—GeorgeW. Johnson—GeorgeW. Wolcott—GeorgeW. Paschal—GeorgeWashington Dunlap—GeorgeWashington Warren—GeorgeWashington Hill—GeorgeWashington Logan—GeorgeW. Getchell—GeorgeW. Wright—GeorgeW. Julian—GeorgeWashington Dyal—GeorgeW. Ladd—GeorgeW. Peck—GeorgeWashington Nesmith—GeorgeW. Morgan—GeorgeWashington Brooks—GeorgeWashington Cowles—GeorgeW. Geddes—GeorgeWashington Whitmore—GeorgeWashington Bridges—GeorgeW. Cate—GeorgeW. Houk—GeorgeW. Webber—GeorgeW. Bemis—GeorgeW. Batchelder—GeorgeWashington Fairbrother—GeorgeW. Glick—GeorgeW. Ryland—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeW. Baker—GeorgeW. Shell—GeorgeW. Anderson—GeorgeW. Crouse—GeorgeW. Hulick—GeorgeW. Allen—GeorgeW. F. Harper—GeorgeWashington Clark—GeorgeW. McCrary—GeorgeW. Gordon—GeorgeW. Kingsbury—GeorgeW. Covington—GeorgeWashington Fleeger—GeorgeW. Steele—GeorgeW. Wilson—GeorgeW. Martin—GeorgeW. E. Dorsey—GeorgeW. Plunkitt—GeorgeW. Furbush—GeorgeW. Sutton—GeorgeW. Curtin—GeorgeW. Ray—GeorgeW. Roosevelt—GeorgeW. Smith—GeorgeW. Kipp—GeorgeW. Campbell—GeorgeW. Taylor—GeorgeW. Stone—GeorgeW. Bartch—GeorgeW. Shonk—GeorgeW. Paul—GeorgeW. Cook—GeorgeW. Clarke—GeorgeW. Murray—GeorgeW. Faris—GeorgeW. Fithian—GeorgeW. Prince—GeorgeW. Buckner—GeorgeW. Cromer—GeorgeW. Donaghey—GeorgeT. Beck—GeorgeW. Aldridge—GeorgeWashington Wagoner—GeorgeWashington Goethals—GeorgeW. Armstrong—GeorgeW. Lovejoy—GeorgeW. Oakes—GeorgeW. Hays—GeorgeW. Edmonds—GeorgeW. Lindsay—GeorgeWashington Jones—T.G. W. Tarver—GeorgeW. Darden—GeorgeW. McCaskrin—GeorgeWashington English—GeorgeWashington Jones—GeorgeW. Mead—GeorgeW. Collins—GeorgeW. Gibbons—GeorgeW. List—GeorgeW. Calkin—GeorgeWashington Sullivan—GeorgeW. Rauch—GeorgeW. Michell—GeorgeWashington Jackson—GeorgeW. Blanchard—GeorgeWashington Herz—GeorgeW. Bristow—GeorgeWashington Hardy—GeorgeW. Ballard—GeorgeW. McKown—GeorgeW. Collins | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. Hisportraitalso appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about George Washington: RichardBrookhiser,FoundingFather: Rediscovering George Washington — James ThomasFlexner,Washington:The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall,GeorgeWashington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith,Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation —Henry Wiencek,AnImperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation ofAmerica — James MacGregor Burns,GeorgeWashington — Joseph J. Ellis,HisExcellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,TheBulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's ProvidentialCare — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Wendie C. Old,GeorgeWashington (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | 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;first director 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. | | Franklin Gorin (1798-1877) — of Kentucky. Born inBarrenCounty, Ky.,May 3,1798.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1874.First white child born in Barren County; one-time owner ofMammoth Cave.DiedDecember10, 1877 (age79 years, 221days).Interment atGlasgowCemetery, Glasgow, Ky.  | James Kent (1763-1847) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Doanesburgh,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1763.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1793;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1798-1814;Chancellorof New York, 1814-23;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.AuthorofCommentaries on American Law, thefirstcomprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1847 (age84 years, 134days).Intermentsomewherein Fishkill, N.Y. | | | John James Beckley (1757-1807) — also known asJohn J. Beckley — ofRichmond,Va.; Philadelphia,MarionCounty, Mo.Born in London,England,August4, 1757.Mayorof Richmond, Va., 1783-84, 1788-89; resigned 1789;firstLibrarian of Congress, 1802-07.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 8,1807 (age49 years, 247days).Burial location unknown.  | Billy J. Clark — of Moreau,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.; Glens Falls,WarrenCounty, N.Y.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Whig.Physician;founder of thefirst temperance society in America, 1808;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County, 1819-20; Whig PresidentialElector for New York,1848.Interment atGlensFalls Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Ithamar Clark and Sarah (Simonds) Clark; married to JoannaPaine. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The NationalProhibitionist, June 4, 1908 |
| | | Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Orlean,FauquierCounty, Va.,1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from FayetteCounty, 1788; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801; In 1809, he opposedHenryClay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to weardomestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resultedin aduelin which both men were wounded.Author ofthefirst history of Kentucky, published in 1812.Slaveowner. Died near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 3,1841 (ageabout 81years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | David Porter (1780-1843) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1780.Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; captain of the UnitedStates frigateEssex, the thefirst U.S. war vessel tocarry the Stars and Stripes in a naval battle, March 25, 1813; U.S.Consul General inAlgiers, 1830-31; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTurkey, 1831-39; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1839-43, died in office 1843.Died in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul,Türkiye),March3, 1843 (ageabout 62years).Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Martin Beaty (1784-1856) — of Kentucky. BornOctober8, 1784.Whig. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1824-28; Whig Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1832;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1833-35; defeated,1828, 1830, 1834; Whig Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1836;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1848.In Kentucky in 1818, he drilled the world'sfirstoil well.Slaveowner. Died in Belmont,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,June 17,1856 (age71 years, 253days).Interment atBelmontCemetery, Belmont, Tex. | | William Nesbit (c.1789-1863) — ofGwinnettCounty, Ga.Born about 1789. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1829, 1833.First sheriff of Gwinnett County, 1820. DiedJune 27,1863 (ageabout 74years).Interment atNesbitFamily Cemetery, Norcross, Ga. | | José Francisco Ruiz (1783-1840) — also known asFrancisco Ruiz — of Texas. Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January29, 1783.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Bexar, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1836-37.Catholic.First schoolmaster in San Antonio, Texas. Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January19, 1840 (age56 years, 355days).Interment atSanFernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Tex.  | Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1764.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1790-95; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1813;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10thDistrict 1823-29).Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons.Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took thefirst train ride inU.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1839 (age74 years, 86days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) VanRensselaer; half-brother ofRensselaerWesterlo and Catherine Westerlo (who marriedJohnWoodworth); brother ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; married1783 toMargarita Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler); married,May 17,1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter ofWilliamPaterson); father ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler; grandson ofPhilipLivingston; grandfather ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; second great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; second great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesCuyler; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston andEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofCornelisCuyler,JohnCruger Jr. andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay,FrederickJay,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; second cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951),AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; third cousin ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed ofGuyVernor Henry,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; fourth cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren andEugeneSchuyler. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) — of Massachusetts. Born in Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,January9, 1781.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1811-14, 1820, 1829;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1821-22;chiefjustice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1830-60.Drew up thefirst charter of the city of Boston in 1822-23;wrote the decision inCommonwealth v. Hunt, 1842, whichexempted labor unions from the criminal conspiracy law. Related bymarriage to the author Herman Melville.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March30, 1861 (age80 years, 80days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) — of Damariscotta Mills,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Newcastle,LincolnCounty, Maine,April27, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Charged'Affaires toPortugal, 1835-41; member ofMainestate senate, 1842;Governor ofMaine, 1843-44.Catholic.First Catholic member of Congress from New England. DiedJanuary22, 1844 (age48 years, 270days).Interment atSt.Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Damariscotta,Maine. | | Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known asRoger B. Taney — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,March17, 1777.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1799-1800;bankdirector; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1816-21;Marylandstate attorney general, 1827-31;U.S.Attorney General, 1831-33;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.Catholic.First Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position. Died inWashington,D.C.,October12, 1864 (age87 years, 209days).Interment atSt.John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married,January7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister ofFrancisScott Key; niece ofPhilipBarton Key (1757-1815); aunt ofPhilipBarton Key (1818-1859)). | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnMerryman | | | | Taney County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and ablelawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplaryChristian." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges | | | | Books by Roger Taney:Memoirof Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. | | | | Books about Roger Taney: BernardChristian Steiner,Lifeof Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States SupremeCourt — Charles Smith,RogerB. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman,RogerTaney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
| | James Appleton (1785-1862) — also known as"Father of Prohibition" — of Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine; Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.,February14, 1785.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1813-14;first to proposestate prohibition on the manufacture and sale of liquor, 1832; memberofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-37; Liberty candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1842, 1843, 1844.Died in Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.,August25, 1862 (age77 years, 192days).Burial location unknown. | | John Messinger (1771-1846) — ofSt.Clair County, Ill.Born in1771.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from St. ClairCounty, 1818.Land surveyor; in 1835, he produced thefirst map of Illinoisbased on the official U.S. survey.Died in1846(ageabout75 years).Interment atUnnamedCemetery, Near Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill. | | Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1791.Manufacturer,inventor,philanthropist, creator offirst U.S.steamlocomotive;founderof Cooper Union; Greenback candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1883 (age92 years, 51days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known asJohn P. Richmond — ofSchuylerCounty, Ill.Born in Middletown,FrederickCounty, Md.,August11, 1811.Democrat.Physician;minister;in 1840, he officiated at thefirst Protestant wedding in whatis now the state of Washington; in 1841, he delivered thefirst Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1855-56; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1856;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Schuyler County,1862;postmaster.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in South Dakota,August28, 1895 (age84 years, 17days).Interment atTyndallCemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;married1835 toAmerica Walker; married1859 to KittyGristy. |
 | Austin Blair (1818-1894) — also known as"The War Governor" — of Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Caroline,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February8, 1818.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,thefirst English-speaking jurisdiction to do so;JacksonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member ofMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1855-56;Governor ofMichigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1860;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.Unitarian.Died in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,August6, 1894 (age76 years, 179days).Interment atMt.Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair; married,February18, 1841, to Persis Lyman; married,May 25,1846, to Elizabeth Pratt; married,February16, 1849, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford; father ofCharlesAustin Blair; third cousin ofBernardBlair. | | | | Political family:Blairfamily of Jackson, Michigan. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Samuel S. Brannan (1819-1889) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,March 2,1819.Republican.Printer;founded theCalifornia Star, thefirstnewspaperin San Francisco, 1847; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1853; Republican Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1864(voted forAbrahamLincoln andAndrewJohnson).Mormon.Died in Escondido,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,May 5,1889 (age70 years, 64days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Brannan and Sarah (Emery) Brannan; married to Harriet'Hattie' Hatch and Ann Eliza Corwin. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known asAugustus C. Dodge — of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.; Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,January2, 1812.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;registerof U.S. Land Office at Burlington, Iowa, 1838-40;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840-46;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; resigned 1855;first U.S.Senator who was born west of the Mississippi River; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1855-59; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860,1864;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1874-75.Scottishancestry.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,November20, 1883 (age71 years, 322days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Elihu Anthony (1818-1905) — of Santa Cruz,Santa CruzCounty, Calif.Born in Greenfield,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1818.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Methodistminister; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 6th District, 1880-81.Methodist.Came overland to California in 1847.First postmaster of SantaCruz; started thefirst foundry there; built thefirstwharf; founded thefirst Protestant church.Died in Santa Cruz,Santa CruzCounty, Calif.,August15, 1905 (age86 years, 258days).Interment atSanta Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif. | | John Porter Brown (d. 1872) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio. U.S. Consul inConstantinople, 1835-36; U.S. Consul General inConstantinople, 1857-59.Spoke Turkish, Arabic, and Farsi, and is considered thefirstOrientalist in the U.S. Foreign Service.Died in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul,Türkiye),1872.Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Faribault (1806-1882) — of Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Prairie du Chien,CrawfordCounty, Wis.,June 22,1806.Fur trader;Founder of the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1851.FrenchandDakotaIndian ancestry.Died in Faribault,RiceCounty, Minn.,1882(ageabout76 years).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Faribault, Minn. | | Isaac M. Jordan (1835-1890) — of Ohio. Born in Mifflinburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,May 5,1835.Democrat. One of thefounders of Sigma Chi fraternity in 1855;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1883-85.Member,SigmaChi.Died from injuries received in anelevatoraccident in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December3, 1890 (age55 years, 212days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known asWilliam H. Bissell — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Hartwick,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1811.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55);Governor ofIllinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Catholic.First Republican andfirst Catholic governor ofIllinois.Died, at least partly fromsyphilis,which hadcrippledhim, in the IllinoisExecutiveMansion, Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March18, 1860 (age48 years, 328days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.  | Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) — also known asDaniel E. Sickles;"DevilDan" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1819.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1847; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from New York, 1857-61, 1893-95 (3rd District1857-61, 10th District 1893-95); defeated (Democratic), 1894; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1868;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1869-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1892.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Shot andkilledPhilipBarton Key, his wife's lover and the son of the author of thenational anthem, at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C, 1859;chargedwithmurder,but with the help of his attorneyEdwinM. Stanton, was acquitted after thefirst successful pleaof temporary insanity in U.S. legal history. Received theMedalof Honor in 1897 for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,1863;lost aleg in that battle; his amputated leg was displayed at the ArmyMedical Museum, where he frequently visited it in later years.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1914 (age94 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Edward Bates (1793-1869) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,September4, 1793.Republican.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820;Missouristate attorney general, 1820-21; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1822, 1834;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1824-27;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member ofMissouristate senate 5th District, 1830-31; state court judge inMissouri, 1853-56; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1860;U.S.Attorney General, 1861-64;first U.S. cabinet officer fromwest of the Mississippi River.Quaker.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,March25, 1869 (age75 years, 202days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inFrance,about 1835.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was thefirst man to receive a pension from the U.S. government forwounds received in military service during the Civil War;cottonbroker;liquormerchant;Consulfor Belgium inSavannah,Ga., 1878-1905.Frenchancestry. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, fromapoplexy,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January16, 1906 (ageabout 71years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | John Quincy Marr (1825-1861) — also known asJohn Q. Marr — ofFauquierCounty, Va.Born in Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.,May 27,1825.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Fauquier County, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Killed bygunshotin the earlyCivilWar skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Fairfax County (nowFairfax),Va.,June 1,1861 (age36 years, 5days). He was thefirst Confederate officer to be killedin the war.Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va. | | George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) — also known asGeorge S. Boutwell — of Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January28, 1818.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1842-50;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1851-53;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1860,1864(alternate);first U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,1862;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1863-69 (7th District 1863-69,9th District 1869);U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-73;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1873-77.Died, frompneumonia,in Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February27, 1905 (age87 years, 30days).Interment atGrotonCemetery, Groton, Mass. | | William Pickering (1798-1873) — Born in Yorkshire,England,March15, 1798.Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1842-52;Governorof Washington Territory, 1862-66.On September 4, 1864, he sent thefirst message over atranscontinentaltelegraphline.Died in Albion,EdwardsCounty, Ill.,April22, 1873 (age75 years, 38days).Interment atAlbion Cemetery, Albion, Ill. | | William Paul Roberts (1841-1910) — also known asWilliam P. Roberts — of Gatesville,GatesCounty, N.C.Born in Gatesville,GatesCounty, N.C.,July 11,1841.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; atage 23, he was theyoungest general in the Confederate army;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Gates County,1876-78;NorthCarolina state auditor, 1881-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1892(member,CredentialsCommittee); U.S. Consul inVictoria, 1894-97.Died inNorfolk,Va.,March27, 1910 (age68 years, 259days).Interment atGatesvilleCemetery, Gatesville, N.C.; memorial monument atGates County Courthouse Grounds, Gatesville, N.C. | | Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) — Born inslaveryin New Market,FrederickCounty, Md.,December23, 1815.Minister;U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1881-82, died in office 1882.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.On February 12, 1865, was thefirst Black person to make aspeech to the U.S. House of Representatives.Died inLiberia,February13, 1882 (age66 years, 52days).Interment atPalm Grove Cemetery, Monrovia, Liberia. | | John Stough Bobbs (1809-1870) — also known asJohn S. Bobbs — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Green Village,FranklinCounty, Pa.,December22, 1809.Republican. Member ofIndianastate senate, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Indiana,1860;served in the Union Army during the Civil War.Performed thefirst gall-bladder surgery in the nation, 1867. Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 1,1870 (age60 years, 130days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Agnes Mason Giddings (1867-1927) — also known asAgnes Giddings;Agnes Eurelia Mason;Mrs. E. C. Giddings;"FamousFeminist" —of Fort Collins,LarimerCounty, Colo.Born in alogcabin, in Fort Collins,LarimerCounty, Colo.,October31, 1867; she was thefirst pioneer child born at FortCollins, and the cabin is preserved at the Fort Collins HistoricalMuseum.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromColorado,1924;Republican Presidential Elector for Colorado,1925.Female.Member,Orderof the Eastern Star.Died, from aparalyticstroke, in Fort Collins,LarimerCounty, Colo.,June 18,1927 (age59 years, 230days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Fort Collins, Colo. | | Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,January10, 1804.Republican.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73.He and his brotherOliverAmes, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers inconstruction of thefirst transcontinentalrailroadline, completed in 1869; he was ascensuredby the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the CreditMobilierbriberyscandal.Died in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 8,1873 (age69 years, 118days).Interment atVillageCemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument atOliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo. | | Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) — also known asEbenezer D. Bassett — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,October16, 1833.Schoolteacher; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General inPort-au-Prince, as of 1874;Consul-Generalfor Haiti inNewYork, N.Y., 1884-88;Vice-Consulfor Haiti inNewYork, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.AfricanandPequotIndian ancestry.First Black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreigncountry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1908 (age75 years, 29days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inRichmond,Va.,December16, 1834.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidateforMassachusettsstate attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,1883.Africanancestry.First Black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869. Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November19, 1886 (age51 years, 338days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) — also known asRichard T. Greener;R. T.Greener —ofWashington,D.C.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January30, 1844.Universityprofessor;lawyer;U.S. Consul inBombay, 1898; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) inVladivostok, 1898-1905.Africanancestry.First Black graduate of Harvard, 1870. Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) — also known asJoseph H. Rainey — of Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.Born inslaveryin Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.,June 21,1832.Republican.Barber;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from GeorgetownCounty, 1868; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1868-70; resigned1870;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79.Africanancestry.First Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Died in Georgetown,GeorgetownCounty, S.C.,August2, 1887 (age55 years, 42days).Interment atBaptistCemetery, Georgetown, S.C.  | Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,September27, 1827.Republican.Minister;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMississippistate senate, 1870;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71;secretaryof state of Mississippi, 1873.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.AfricanandLumbeeIndian ancestry.First Black member of the U.S. Senate. Died, from astroke,while attending a churchconference,in Aberdeen,MonroeCounty, Miss.,January16, 1901 (age73 years, 111days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Holly Springs, Miss. | | Henry Sterling Magoon (1832-1889) — of Wisconsin. Born in Monticello,GreenCounty, Wis.,January31, 1832.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1871-72;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1875-77.First Wisconsin native to serve in that state's legislature. Died in Darlington,LafayetteCounty, Wis.,March 3,1889 (age57 years, 31days).Interment atUnionGrove Cemetery, Darlington, Wis. | | James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known asJ. Milton Turner — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inslaveryinSt.Louis, Mo.,1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1871-78;stabbedin the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.Africanancestry.First African-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat. Died, as the result of arailroadtank carexplosion,in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November1, 1915 (ageabout 75years).Interment atFatherDickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) — also known asAndrew H. Green;"Father of Greater NewYork";"Handy Andy" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October6, 1820.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1880;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894.Protestant.Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara StatePreserve (first state park in the U.S.); led crusade toconsolidate the five boroughs into today's New York City; helpedcreate the New York Public Library, the Bronx Zoo, and other culturalinstitutions.Shotandkilled,by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home,on Park Avenue, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1903 (age83 years, 38days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) — also known asMorgan G. Bulkeley — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in East Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December26, 1837.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,AetnaLifeInsurance Company, 1870-1922;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1884(alternate),1892,1896;Governorof Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1896;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Societyof the War of 1812.First president of the National League of ProfessionalBaseBall Clubs in 1876.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November6, 1922 (age84 years, 315days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) — also known asElbridge T. Gerry;"CommodoreGerry" —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charlestown,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,December25, 1837.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867;founderand president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toChildren (said to be the "parent of all child protectiveorganizations in the world"); governor of New YorkHospital,1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, NewYorkLifeInsurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity,1892.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Broke his hip in afall, anddied two weeks later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1927 (age89 years, 55days).Entombed atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.  | William Russell Grace (1832-1904) — also known asWilliam R. Grace — of Callao,Peru;New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queenstown (now Cobh),Ireland,May10, 1832.Democrat.Steamshipbusiness;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1888.Catholic.First Catholic mayor of New York. Died, frompneumoniaandkidneyproblems, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March21, 1904 (age71 years, 316days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born near Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,December25, 1834.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1872;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1881.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.First Black member of the Indiana legislature. Died of aheartattack while making aspeech,in Brazil,ClayCounty, Ind.,November6, 1892 (age57 years, 317days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Charles Henrotin (1843-1914) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Brussels,Belgium,April15, 1843.Banker;Consulfor Belgium inChicago,Ill., 1876-1910;Consulfor Turkey inChicago,Ill., 1877-92; in 1882, was thefirst president of theChicago stock exchange;Consul-Generalfor Turkey inChicago,Ill., 1893-1907.Belgianancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 25,1914 (age71 years, 101days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Judson Whitlocke Lyons (1860-1924) — also known asJudson W. Lyons — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inslavery,inBurkeCounty, Ga.,August15, 1860.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1880,1892,1896,1904,1908;lawyer;first African-American licensed to practice law in Georgia;orator;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Georgia, 1896-1908; Register of the U.S.Treasury, 1898-1906.Africanancestry.Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,June 22,1924 (age63 years, 312days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | Edward Rawles — also known asNed Rawles — of North Carolina. Born in Garysburg,NorthamptonCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1884, 1897.Africanancestry.One of thefirst Black members of the North Carolinalegislature.Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known asBenjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March16, 1838.Republican.School teacherand principal;ordainedminister; member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87;first Black state legislator elected to represent a majoritywhite constituency;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.African,Scottish,AmericanIndian, andIrishancestry.Lost aleg due to a tumor in 1858.Died, ofuremia,in Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October7, 1906 (age68 years, 205days).Interment atWilberforceCemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio. | | Hugh O'Brien (1827-1895) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inIreland,July13, 1827.Democrat.Mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1885-89; defeated, 1888.Catholic.Irishancestry.First Irish Catholic mayor of Boston. DiedAugust1, 1895 (age68 years, 19days).Interment atHolyhoodCemetery, Brookline, Mass. | | Josiah Cohen (1840-1930) — ofAlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Plymouth, Cornwall,England,November29, 1840.Republican.Lawyer;chair ofAllegheny County Republican Party, 1882; Republican PresidentialElector for Pennsylvania,1884;orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1901-07; common pleas courtjudge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1907-29.Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Among thefounders of the Union of American Hebrew HebrewCongregations (denominational body, now the Union for ReformJudaism); also afounder,in 1875, of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.DiedJune 11,1930 (age89 years, 194days).Interment atWestView Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) — of Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa; Harvey,CookCounty, Ill.; Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born in Franklinville,GloucesterCounty, N.J.,September3, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1876.Methodist.One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipmentmanufacturers;inventedthefirst successful twelve-foot binder for cutting andbinding small grain; later, he was anoilproducer based in Oklahoma.Died, ofhearttrouble, in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,May 12,1925 (age82 years, 251days).Interment atRoseHill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla. | | George E. Macomber (b. 1853) — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,June 6,1853.Republican.Banker;mayorof Augusta, Maine, 1886-89; builtfirstelectricrailway 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. | | Thomas Henry Carter (1854-1911) — also known asThomas H. Carter — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Junior Furnace,SciotoCounty, Ohio,October30, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1889;U.S.Representative from Montana at-large, 1889-91; defeated, 1890;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1891-92;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1892-96;first Catholicto lead the national Republican Party;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1895-1901, 1905-11; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Montana,1896(speaker),1900,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,September17, 1911 (age56 years, 322days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) — also known asWilliam H. Lewis;Bill Lewis — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part ofNorfolk),Va.,November28, 1868.Republican. As a student at Harvard, was thefirst BlackAll-American football player (1892-93);lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1902.Baptist;laterCatholic.Africanancestry.Died, ofheartfailure, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January1, 1949 (age80 years, 34days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married,September26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. |
| | William Webb Ferguson (1857-1910) — also known asWilliam W. Ferguson — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1857.Republican.Printingbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1893-96.Africanancestry.He was thefirst African-American member of the Michiganlegislature.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March30, 1910 (age52 years, 312days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Caroline Clyde Holt Holly (d. 1943) — also known asCarrie Holly — of Colorado. Member of Colorado state legislature, 1894.Female.One of thefirst three women state legislators in the U.S. Died in Castle Rock,CowlitzCounty, Wash.,July 16,1943.Cremated. | | 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 thefirst African-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. | | 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 befirst American 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. | | John Howard McLean (1860-1933) — also known asJohn H. McLean — of Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.; Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.Born in Neenah,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,June 6,1860.Republican.Mining andrailroadexecutive;founder ofIron Mountain Pressnewspaper;DickinsonCounty Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1904.Catholic;laterProtestant.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, of astroke,in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 6,1933 (age72 years, 334days).Interment atFortHoward Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis. | | Martha Maria Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) — also known asMartha Hughes Cannon;Mattie Cannon;Martha Maria Hughes —of Utah; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born near Llandudno,Wales,July1, 1857.Physician;member ofUtahstate senate, 1897-1905.Female.Mormon.First woman state senator in the U.S. Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 10,1932 (age75 years, 9days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Charles Albert Reynolds (1848-1936) — also known asCharles A. Reynolds — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,November10, 1848.Republican.Civilengineer; helped build North Carolina'sfirsthydroelectricplant, on the Yadkin River, 1897;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1897-1901; postmaster atWinston-Salem,N.C., 1901-05; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1904, 1906.Died in Colfax,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,July 2,1936 (age87 years, 235days).Interment atEpiscopalChurch Cemetery, Eden, N.C. | | Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known asRansom E. Olds — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,June 3,1864.Republican. Founder in 1897 of OldsMotorVehicle Company, maker of thefirst commerciallysuccessful American-madeautomobile;founder in 1905 of the REOMotor CarCompany (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division ofGeneralMotors, and Reo became part oftruckmanufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of severalhotels;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 84days).Entombed atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married,June 5,1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinOlds. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | OldsHall(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) — also known asLucy L. Flower;Lucy Louisa Coues;"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 10,1837.Republican.Schoolteacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate forthe creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquentchildren; her efforts led to the world'sfirst juvenile courtlegislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court in 1899;Universityof Illinois trustee; elected 1894.Female.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April27, 1921 (age83 years, 352days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Elliott Flower andHarriet Dean Flower (daughter-in-law ofJohnVilliers Farwell; who marriedJohnVilliers Farwell Jr.). | | | | Political family:Farwellfamily of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lucy FlowerPark,on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower TechnicalHighSchool (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed FlowerVocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy HighSchool, 1995; closed, 2003), both inChicago,Illinois, werenamed forher. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Moy Back Hin (1848-1935) — also known asCharley Twin Wo — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inChina,February8, 1848.Merchant;importerand exporter;HonoraryConsul for China inPortland,Ore., 1906-35.Chineseancestry.One of the first Asian millionaires in the United States. Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,December15, 1935 (age87 years, 310days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Nils Nyquist (b. 1846) — ofBlueEarth County, Minn.Born in Värmland,Sweden,1846.Republican.Farmer;merchant;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1897-1904 (District 10 1897-98,District 11 1899-1904).Owned thefirst automobile in Blue Earth County. Burial location unknown. | | William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937) — also known as"Stonewall Loeb" — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1866.Secretary to PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, thefirst presidentialpress secretary;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1909-13;vice-president, AmericanSmelting andRefining Co., owner ofcoppermines and processing plants.Jewishancestry.Died in Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September19, 1937 (age70 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married1902 toKatharine W. Dorr; father of William Loeb III. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Henry Mason Wheeler (1854-1930) — of Grand Forks,GrandForks County, N.Dak.Born in1854.Physician;mayorof Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1917-18.Member,Freemasons.He helped stop a bank robbery by the Jesse James gang, in Northfield,Minnesota, September 7, 1876. He owned thefirst automobilein Grand Forks.DiedApril13, 1930 (ageabout 75years).Intermentsomewherein Northfield, Minn. | | Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) — also known asFrank P. Corrigan — of Ohio. Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,July 14,1881.Physician;surgeon;U.S. Minister toEl Salvador, 1934-37;Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador toVenezuela, 1939-47.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation;Rotary.Assisted with thefirst modern blood transfusion, in 1906 atthe Cleveland Clinic.Died, in St. Joseph's Manorhomefor the aged, Trumbull,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,January21, 1968 (age86 years, 191days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.  | Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) — also known asOscar S. Straus — of New York. Born inGermany,December23, 1850.Progressive.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1887-89, 1898-99;U.S.Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1906-09; U.S. Ambassador toTurkey, 1909-10; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1912; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.First Jewish U.S. cabinet member. Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 3,1926 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.  | Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known asThomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born near Embry,WebsterCounty, Miss.,December10, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1898;memberOklahoma territorial council, 1903-05;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912(speaker),1928;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Elks.Blinddue to an accident suffered when he was a boy;first blindmember of the U.S. Senate.DiedMarch16, 1949 (age78 years, 96days).Originally entombed atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | James Henry Higgins (1876-1927) — also known asJames H. Higgins;"Boy Mayor ofPawtucket" —of Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Saylesville, Lincoln,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January22, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1902;mayorof Pawtucket, R.I., 1903-06;Governor ofRhode Island, 1907-09; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Rhode Island,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for Rhode Island,1916.Catholic.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.First Catholic governor of Rhode Island. Died in Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,September16, 1927 (age51 years, 237days).Interment atMountSt. Mary's Cemetery, Pawtucket, R.I. | | George Lawson Sheldon (1870-1960) — also known asGeorge L. Sheldon — of Nehawka,CassCounty, Neb.Born in Nehawka,CassCounty, Neb.,May 31,1870.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;farmer;Governorof Nebraska, 1907-09; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1908;delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,1908;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Jackson, Mississippi, 1932;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi,1956.Member,Freemasons.First native of Nebraska to serve as Governor. Died in Mississippi,April 4,1960 (age89 years, 309days).Interment atGreenvilleCemetery, Greenville, Miss. | | Edmond Favor Noel (1856-1927) — of Lexington,HolmesCounty, Miss.Born near Lexington,HolmesCounty, Miss.,March 4,1856.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1881-82; member ofMississippistate senate, 1895-1903, 1920-27; served in the U.S. Army duringthe Spanish-American War;Governor ofMississippi, 1908-12;first chairman offirstconference of governors, 1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.DiedJuly 30,1927 (age71 years, 148days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Lexington, Miss. | | Walter Perry Johnson (1887-1946) — also known asWalter P. Johnson — of Germantown,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born near Humboldt,AllenCounty, Kan.,November6, 1887.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1940.Professionalbaseballpitcher with Washington Senators, 1907-27; won 417 games, second onlyto Cy Young; held major league record in career strikeouts (3508)from 1921 until 1983; holds record for career shutouts (110) andother records; was pitcher at the 1910 baseball game at whichWilliamH. Taft became thefirst President to attend Opening Day;also was manager of the Washington Senators and the ClevelandIndians; elected to theBaseballHall of Fame in 1936.Died, of abraintumor in GeorgetownHospital,Washington,D.C.,December10, 1946 (age59 years, 34days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Rockville, Md. | | Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) — also known asMarie Godat;Mrs. CharlesBellamy —of Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.Born in Richwoods,WashingtonCounty, Mo.,December13, 1861.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wyoming,1916.Female.Swiss,Dutch,andEnglishancestry.First woman legislator in Wyoming. Died in Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.,January28, 1955 (age93 years, 46days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat and Catherine (Horine) Godat;married1886 toCharles Bellamy. |
 | Bainbridge Colby (1869-1950) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,December22, 1869.Lawyer;attorney for author Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"); member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 29th District, 1902; amongthefounders of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party in 1912;Progressive candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1914, 1916; member, U.S. Shipping Board,1917-19; resigned 1919; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom District of Columbia,1920;U.S.Secretary of State, 1920-21; law partner ofWoodrowWilson 1921-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1924.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Bemus Point,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,April11, 1950 (age80 years, 110days).Interment atBemusPoint Cemetery, Bemus Point, N.Y.  | Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924) — also known asMartin H. Glynn — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Valatie,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster;owner and editor ofAlbany Times-Unionnewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1899-1901; defeated,1900;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1907-08; defeated, 1908;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1913;Governor ofNew York, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1916(TemporaryChair;speaker),1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.First Catholic governor of New York State; brokered peace andindependence for Ireland in 1921.Killedhimself, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1924 (age53 years, 78days).Entombed atSt.Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) — also known asBlair Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August9, 1857.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908,1916;candidate for nomination forGovernor ofMaryland, 1911;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1914-17.Episcopalian.First U.S. Senator elected by the direct vote of the people,under the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.Died in Norwood,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December25, 1944 (age87 years, 138days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Phillips Lee and Elizabeth (Blair) Lee; married,October1, 1891, to Anne Clymer Brooke; father ofEdwardBrooke Lee; nephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair; grandfather ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; first cousin ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee,WilliamJulian Albert andJosephWingate Folk; third cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andCareyEstes Kefauver; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; fourth cousin ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert andEthelGist Cantrill; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden andJohnLee Carroll. | | | | Political family:Cantrillfamily of Georgetown, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) — also known asHelen Ring — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Eastport,WashingtonCounty, Maine,February21, 1860.Democrat.Writer;member ofColoradostate senate, 1913-16.Female.Episcopalian.First woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman statesenator in the United States. Author of a minimum wage law forwomen; also introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.Died inDenver,Colo.,July 10,1923 (age63 years, 139days).Burial location unknown. | | William Hodges Mann (1843-1927) — also known asW. Hodges Mann — ofNottowayCounty, Va.;Richmond,Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,July 30,1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;NottowayCounty Judge, 1870-92; member ofVirginiastate senate 28th District, 1904-09;Governor ofVirginia, 1910-14; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1912(HonoraryVice-President).Presbyterian.He was thelast Confederate veteran to serve as Governor ofVirginia.Died inPetersburg,Va.,December12, 1927 (age84 years, 135days).Interment atBlandfordCemetery, Petersburg, Va. | | Robert R. Church — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1900,1912,1916,1924,1928,1932,1936,1940;speaker,1920;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1928.Africanancestry.One of thefounders, in 1916, of the Lincoln League, anAfrican-American political organization in western Tennessee.Burial location unknown. | | Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August19, 1870.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;Texassuperintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy;PhiBeta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi;PiLambda Theta;Pi GammaMu;DeltaKappa Gamma;Order of theEastern Star;Maccabees.First woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas. DiedOctober2, 1945 (age75 years, 44days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Minnie J. Grinstead (1869-1925) — also known asMineola Tamar Johnson — of Liberal,SewardCounty, Kan.Born inCrawfordCounty, Kan.,September30, 1869.Republican.School teacherand principal;lecturer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1919-24; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kansas,1920(alternate),1924;SewardCounty Probate Judge, 1925.Female.Member,Women'sChristian Temperance Union.First woman state legislator in Kansas. Died in Liberal,SewardCounty, Kan.,December24, 1925 (age56 years, 85days).Interment atLiberal Cemetery, Liberal, Kan. | | Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) — also known asFrederick M. Roberts;FredRoberts —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,September14, 1879.Republican.Mortician;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1932,1940,1944,1948;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 14th District, 1946.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague.First African-American state legislator in California;descendancy from Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.Died, from injuries received in anautomobileaccident the day before, in Los Angeles County GeneralHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 19,1952 (age72 years, 309days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson Roberts and Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts;married,November30, 1921, to Pearl W. Hinds; grandnephew ofMarthaJefferson Randolph; great-grandson ofThomasJefferson; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; first cousin twice removed ofDabneyCarr; first cousin four times removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; second cousin once removed ofDabneySmith Carr andJohnGardner Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed ofJohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,CarterHenry Harrison,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andEdithWilson; third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofAlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson andCarterHenry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,NathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph andThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Eva McCall Hamilton (1871-1948) — also known asEva M. Hamilton — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Memphis,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,December13, 1871.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 16th District, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922.Female.First woman elected to Michigan Senate. Died, ofheartfailure, in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,January28, 1948 (age76 years, 46days).Cremated. | | Joseph R. Pollard (c.1879-1937) — also known asJ. R. Pollard — ofRichmond,Va.Born inRichmond,Va., about 1879.Republican.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1904;candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia, 1920.Africanancestry.First African-American candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia. Died inRichmond,Va.,February16, 1937 (ageabout 58years).Interment atEvergreen Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Pollard and Martha (Harris) Pollard; married to LeahMorgan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) — also known asDora H. Stockman;Dora Hall;DoraWeinkauf —of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin at Marilla,ManisteeCounty, Mich.,August4, 1872.Republican.Schoolteacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of theGrangepaper,theMichigan Patron;songwriter;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from InghamCounty 2nd District, 1933; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1939-46.Female.Member,Grange;Women'sChristian Temperance Union.First woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan. Died in California,1948(ageabout75 years).Interment atHurdCemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.| | Relatives:Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married,August8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married1947 to GustofWeinkauf. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1927 |
| | Edna Louisa Beard (1877-1928) — also known asEdna L. Beard — of Orange,OrangeCounty, Vt.Born in Chenoa,McLeanCounty, Ill.,July 25,1877.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1921-22; member ofVermontstate senate from Orange County, 1923-24.Female.Congregationalist.First woman member of the Vermont legislature. Died in Orange,OrangeCounty, Vt.,September18, 1928 (age51 years, 55days).Interment atOrangeCenter Cemetery, Orange, Vt. | | Lillien Cox Gault — also known asLillien M. Cox — of St. Peter,NicolletCounty, Minn.Democrat.Mayorof St. Peter, Minn., 1921-22; candidate forU.S.Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1922; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Minnesota,1924.Female.First woman mayor in Minnesota. Burial location unknown. | | Mary Mather Hooker (1864-1939) — also known asMary M. Hooker;Mary MatherTurner —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February26, 1864.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1921-22, 1925-26;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1936.Female.Member,ColonialDames;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Order of theEastern Star.First woman to serve in the Connecticut legislature. Died, in HartfordHospital,Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 13,1939 (age75 years, 76days).Entombed atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) — also known asRebecca Ann Latimer — of Cartersville,BartowCounty, Ga.Born near Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,June 10,1835.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1922.Female.First woman in the U.S. Senate. Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,January24, 1930 (age94 years, 228days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga. | | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) — also known as"Rebel Girl" — of New York. Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,August7, 1890.Communist. Speaker andorganizerfor the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; oneof thefounders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),which later expelled her for being a Communist; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1942 (Communist, at-large), 1954(Peoples' Rights, 24th District);convictedunder theanti-CommunistSmith Act, andsentencedto three years inprison;released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.in 1961.Female.Irishancestry. Member,American CivilLiberties Union;IndustrialWorkers of the World.Died inRussia,September5, 1964 (age74 years, 29days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.  | Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known asWarren G. Harding — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Blooming Grove,MorrowCounty, Ohio,November2, 1865.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofOhiostate senate 13th District, 1901-03;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904(alternate),1912,1916(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker);candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1910;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1915-21;Presidentof the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;PhiAlpha Delta.First president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio,June 14, 1922.Died, probably from aheartattack, in a room at the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August2, 1923 (age57 years, 273days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not acceptedby historians.Originally entombed atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 atHardingMemorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) atWoodland Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;married,July 8,1891, toFlorenceDeWolfe. | | | | Harding County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | HardingHighSchool, inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingHighSchool, inWarren,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingMiddleSchool, inFrankford,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofHardingTownship, New Jersey (created 1922) isnamed forhim. — WarrenStreet,GStreet,and HardingStreet(now Boardwalk), inKetchikan,Alaska, were allnamed forhim. — HardingMountain,inChelanCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. —MountHarding, inSkagway,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Remember there are twosides to every question. Get both." | | | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back tonormalcy with Harding." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Warren G. Harding: FrancisRussell,TheShadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In HisTimes — Robert K. Murray,TheHarding Era : Warren G. Harding and HisAdministration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson,ThePresidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,InsideStory of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee,TheOhio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.Dean,WarrenG. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell,TheStrange Deaths of President Harding — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Russell Roberts,WarrenG. Harding (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Lottie Holman O'Neill (1878-1967) — of Downers Grove,DuPageCounty, Ill.BornNovember17, 1878.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1923-31, 1933-51; IndependentRepublican candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1930; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1944(alternate),1956;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1951-64.Female.First woman elected to Illinois General Assembly. Died in Downers Grove,DuPageCounty, Ill.,February17, 1967 (age88 years, 92days).Interment atOakCrest Cemetery, Downers Grove, Ill. | | Edith Eunice Therrel Wilmans (1882-1966) — also known asEdith Wilmans — of Grand Prairie,DallasCounty, Tex.BornDecember21, 1882.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1922; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1926, 1928; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1948 (primary), 1950(primary), 1951.Female.First woman to serve in the Texas legislature. DiedMarch21, 1966 (age83 years, 90days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.  | Mabel Gilmore Reinecke (1892-1958) — also known asMabel G. Reinecke;MabelGilmore —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in1892.Republican.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1923-31;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1932,1936,1940.Female.First woman to be a Collector of Internal Revenue, 1923. Died in1958(ageabout66 years).Interment atCarlinvilleCity Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill. | | Mary C. Booze (1878-1955) — also known asMary Cordelia Montgomery — of Mound Bayou,BolivarCounty, Miss.Born inWarrenCounty, Miss., March,1878.Republican.Bookkeeper;schoolteacher; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Mississippi, 1924-55; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from Mississippi,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944.Female.Africanancestry.First African-American woman to be on the Republican NationalCommittee.Died inHampton,Va.,May 17,1955 (age77 years, 0days).Burial location unknown.  | Rhoda Fox Graves (1877-1950) — of Gouverneur,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Fowler town,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,1877.Republican.Farmer;schoolteacher; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1925-32;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1928(alternate),1932;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1935-48 (34th District 1935-44, 39th District1945-48).Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Order of theEastern Star.First woman elected to the New York State Senate. Died in Hollywood,BrowardCounty, Fla.,January25, 1950 (ageabout 72years).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Gouverneur, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married to Perle A. Graves (first cousin by marriage ofFrankL. Seaker); mother ofPaulD. Graves. | | | | Political family:Gravesfamily of Gouverneur, New York. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
|  | Mary Teresa Norton (1875-1959) — also known asMary T. Norton;Mary TeresaHopkins —of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,March 7,1875.Democrat. Member ofNew JerseyDemocratic State Committee, 1920-35;vice-chair ofNew Jersey Democratic Party, 1921-32; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1924,1928(member,CredentialsCommittee),1932,1936,1940,1944(co-chair,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1948(chair,CredentialsCommittee);U.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1925-51 (12th District 1925-33,13th District 1933-51);New JerseyDemocratic state chair, 1932-35, 1940-44;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;elected 1933.Female.Catholic.Irishancestry.First woman elected to Congress from the eastern U.S.;first Democratic woman ever to serve.Died in Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August2, 1959 (age84 years, 148days).Interment atHolyName Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J. | | Flora Morris Vare — also known asFlora M. Vare — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 1st District, 1925-28; defeated, 1928; electedfirst woman member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1924.Female.Burial location unknown. | | Florence Fifer Bohrer — also known asFlorence Fifer — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1925-27.Female.First woman ever elected to the Illinois State Senate. Burial location unknown. | | William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) — also known asW. R. Hopkins;"ChautauquaBill" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.,July 26,1869.Republican.Lawyer;industrialreal estatedeveloper; promoter of Cleveland Short LineRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1916;citymanager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated byaviation,in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,thefirst municipal airport in the United States.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February9, 1961 (age91 years, 198days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Florence Prag Kahn (1866-1948) — also known asFlorence P. Kahn;FlorencePrag —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,November9, 1866.Republican.U.S.Representative from California 4th District, 1925-37.Female.Jewish.First Jewish woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November16, 1948 (age82 years, 7days).Interment atHomeof Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) — also known asNellie Davis Tayloe — of Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.Born in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,November29, 1876.Democrat.Governor ofWyoming, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wyoming,1928,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948(alternate);Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1929; director, U.S. Bureau ofthe Mint.Female.Episcopalian.First woman governor in the U.S. DiedDecember19, 1977 (age101 years,20 days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo. | | Nellie Nugent Somerville — of Greenville,WashingtonCounty, Miss.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1920.Female.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women.First woman to serve in Mississippi legislature. Burial location unknown. | | Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) — also known asBertha Knight — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Ware,HampshireCounty, Mass.,October19, 1868.Republican.Lecturer;writer;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.Female.Congregationalist.Member,Soroptimists;League ofWomen Voters.First woman mayor of a large American city. Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,November29, 1943 (age75 years, 41days).Interment atEvergreen-WashelliMemorial Park, Seattle, Wash.  | Harold Clayton Lloyd (1893-1971) — also known asHarold Lloyd — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Burchard,PawneeCounty, Neb.,April20, 1893.Republican.Actor,comedian,filmproducer; appeared in over 200motionpictures; one of thefounders, in 1927, of the Academy ofMotionPicture Arts and Sciences; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1948,1952.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Losttwo fingers in a 1919 accident.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 8,1971 (age77 years, 322days).Burial location unknown. | | | Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) — also known asRuth Bryan;Ruth Bryan Rohde;Mrs.Borge Rohde —of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.,October2, 1885.Democrat.Lecturer;U.S.Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. MinistertoDenmark, 1933-36.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;DeltaGamma.First woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted1992 into the Florida Women'sHall ofFame.Died in Copenhagen,Denmark,July26, 1954 (age68 years, 297days).Cremated;ashes interred atOrdrupCemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark. | | Thomas Stephen Hogan (1869-1957) — also known asThomas S. Hogan — of Montana; Midland,MidlandCounty, Tex.Born in Chippewa Falls,ChippewaCounty, Wis.,December23, 1869.Oilbusiness; candidate forMontanastate house of representatives, 1894;secretaryof state of Montana, 1897-1901; Silver Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Montana at-large, 1898; IndependentDemocratic candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1900; member ofMontanastate senate, 1910-14; in Midland, Texas, he built the Yuccamovietheater (1927) and the 12-story Hogan Building (1929), the city'sfirst "skyscaper".Irishancestry.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September25, 1957 (age87 years, 276days).Interment atEvergreenAlameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex. | | Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) — also known asPaul R. Williams — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February18, 1894.Republican.Architect;first African-American architect west of the Mississippi, andfirst to be member of the American Institute of Architects; designedmany Southern California landmarks, including the homes of Hollywoodcelebrities; received theSpingarnMedal in 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1952,1960;member, California Housing Commission and California Civil RightsCommission.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanInstitute of Architects;Freemasons.Died, fromdiabetes,in CaliforniaHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January23, 1980 (age85 years, 339days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.  | 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.First woman 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. | | Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968) — also known asArthur W. Mitchell — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Lafayette,ChambersCounty, Ala.,December22, 1883.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1935-43; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1940.Africanancestry.While a student at Tuskegee Institute, he served as office boy forBooker T. Washington.First African-American Democrat everelected to the U.S. Congress.Died near Petersburg,DinwiddieCounty, Va.,May 9,1968 (age84 years, 139days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va. | | Fleming Adolphus Jones Jr. (b. 1895) — also known asFleming A. Jones, Jr. — of Welch,McDowellCounty, W.Va.Born in Gaffney,CherokeeCounty, S.C.,October10, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1935-42,1945-48; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWest Virginia,1952.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks;PhiBeta Sigma;AmericanLegion.First Black Democratic member of West Virginia House ofDelegates.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Felix Jones and Emeline (Young) Jones; married,June 15,1921, to H. Preston Mills. |
| | Hollis Monroe Peavey (b. 1897) — also known asHollis M. Peavey — of Huntington Park,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Riceville,MitchellCounty, Iowa,March27, 1897.Republican.Mayorof Huntington Park, Calif., 1942-44, 1947-48; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1948.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Musicianand leader of Peavy's Jazz Bandits, one of thefirst jazzbands.Burial location unknown. | | Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 26,1907.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 58th District, 1936-46; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1940.Methodist.Africanancestry.First African-American to be elected to a Southern statelegislature in the 20th century.Killed in acar-trainaccident, in Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,June 14,1960 (age53 years, 19days).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married,November25, 1948, to Victoria McCall. | | | | Epitaph: "Champion of Rights andJustice. Lawyer and Civic Leader." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | David Dubinsky (1892-1982) — also known asDavid Dobnievski — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest,Belarus),February22, 1892.Presidentof International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, from 1932; one of thefounders of the American Labor Party in New York, 1936;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1936;vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1944, 1958;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.Jewish. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on January 20, 1969.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1982 (age90 years, 207days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Zallel Dubinsky and Shaine (Wishingrad) Dubinsky; married1915 to EmmaGoldberg. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 29,1949 |
| | Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) — also known asMyles A. Paige — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala., about 1898.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Pullmancar porter;lawyer;Republican candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;UrbanLeague;AlphaPhi Alpha;AmericanLegion;CatholicLawyers Guild.New York City'sfirst Black magistrate, 1936, andfirstBlack judge, 1940.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March30, 1983 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown. | | Milton Lipson (1913-2003) — also known asMitch Lipson — of Sea Cliff,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1913.SecretService agent; One of thefirst Jews in the U.S. SecretService; worked as bodyguard for PresidentsFranklinD. Roosevelt andHarryS. Truman;lawyer.Jewish.Died in Sea Cliff,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January22, 2003 (ageabout 89years).Cremated. | | Gladys Pyle (1890-1989) — of Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Born in Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.,October1, 1890.Republican.Schoolteacher;insurancebusiness; Republican Presidential Elector for South Dakota,1920;member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1923-26;secretaryof state of South Dakota, 1927-31; nominated in primary forGovernor ofSouth Dakota 1930, inconclusive primary;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1938-39; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from South Dakota,1940(HonoraryVice-President).Female.Presbyterian.Member,League of WomenVoters.She was thefirst woman to be elected U.S. Senator. Died in Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.,March14, 1989 (age98 years, 164days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Huron, S.Dak. | | Alice D. Burke — of Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Schoolteacher;mayorof Westfield, Mass., 1940, 1954-55; defeated, 1937.Female.First woman mayor in Massachusetts history. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Roy Claxton Acuff (1903-1992) — also known asRoy Acuff;"The King of CountryMusic" —of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born in Maynardville,UnionCounty, Tenn.,September15, 1903.Republican.Countrymusician; co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publication Company, thefirst country musicpublishinghouse; appeared in seven Hollywoodmoviesin the 1940s; owner and operator of Dunbar CaveHotelnear Nashville; candidate forGovernor ofTennessee, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1960.Elected to Country MusicHall ofFame, 1962.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1992 (age89 years, 69days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Mississippi. Republican.Orator,writer,columnistfor theChicago Tribune;first African-Americancolumnist for a Chicago dailynewspaper;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1928(alternate),1932,1936(member,CredentialsCommittee),1948;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.Africanancestry.Died in1951.Burial location unknown.| | Presumably namedfor:RoscoeConkling | | | | Relatives: Nephew by marriage of BookerT. Washington. |
| | Herbert Young Cho Choy (1916-2004) — also known asHerbert Y. C. Choy — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Makaweli, Island of Kauai,KauaiCounty, Hawaii,January6, 1916.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; law partner ofHiramFong;Hawaiiterritory attorney general, 1957-58;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1971-84; tooksenior status 1984.Koreanancestry.First person of Korean ancestry to be admitted to the practiceof law in the United States;first Asian-American federaljudge.Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,March10, 2004 (age88 years, 64days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,July 2,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936(alternate),1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942;Governor ofNew York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Baptist.Italianancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;American BarAssociation;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;PhiBeta Kappa.First American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied MilitaryGovernment of occupied Italy.Died in Marco Island,CollierCounty, Fla.,August7, 2002 (age99 years, 36days).Interment atCalkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y. | | Arcada Stark Balz (1879-1973) — also known asArcada Balz — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born inMonroeCounty, Ind.,December31, 1879.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofIndianastate senate, 1943;First woman elected to Indiana StateSenate; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1944.Female.Methodist.DiedAugust18, 1973 (age93 years, 230days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) — also known asJacqueline C. Odlum;Jackie Odlum;Bessie Lee Pittman;Jacqueline Cochran —Born in Muscogee,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,May 11,1906.Republican.Beautician;airplanepilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots forduty ferrying supplies; she was thefirst woman ever to takeoff and land on an aircraft carrier, thefirst woman pilotever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in 1952, shewas one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to nominateDwightD. Eisenhower for president;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected toAviationHall ofFame, 1971.Female.Died in Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,August7, 1980 (age74 years, 88days).Interment atCoachellaValley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif. | | Ruth Cheney Streeter (1895-1990) — also known asRuth C. Streeter;RuthCheney —of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1895.Republican.First director of the Marine Corps Women'sReserve, 1943-46; she was the top-ranking woman in the U.S. MarineCorps during World War II;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,1947; Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1948.Female.Member,JuniorLeague.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,September30, 1990 (age94 years, 363days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H. | | Mildred Frick Taylor (1905-1981) — also known asMildred F. Taylor — of Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.BornApril21, 1905.Republican.Coaldealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1940,1948,1952(alternate),1960;chairof Wayne County Republican Party, 1943-56; member ofNew YorkRepublican State Executive Committee, 1945; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Wayne County, 1947-60; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Female.First woman to be elected a Republican county chair in NewYork State.Died, in Clifton SpringsHospital,Clifton Springs,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1981 (age75 years, 258days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Paul Taylor. |
| | Janet Hill Gordon (1915-1990) — also known asJanet Hill — of Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1915.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1942-46;ChenangoCounty Attorney, 1944-45;first woman county attorney inNew York State; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chenango County, 1947-58; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1948;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 46th District, 1959-62; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 35th District, 1962.Female.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;Grange;GammaPhi Beta;DeltaKappa Gamma;Order of theEastern Star;AmericanLegion Auxiliary.DiedSeptember17, 1990 (age75 years, 249days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y. | | Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 21,1906.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; in 1944, was thefirst African-Americanreporter to attend a White House news conference;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1956.Congregationalist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;AlphaPhi Alpha;Freemasons;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin; married1929 to AliceStokes. |
| | Bess Myerson (1924-2014) — Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1924.Democrat. Miss America, 1945;first and only Jewish woman towin the pageant;musician;televisionpersonality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 ofbribingJusticeHortenseGabel by giving herdaughtera city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments forCarl Andrew Capasso, Myerson'smarriedlover; thescandalwas called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumeraffairs commissioner;indictedon federalbriberycharges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel;triedand found not guilty.Female.Jewish.Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December14, 2014 (age90 years, 151days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Santa Monica, Calif. | | Frank John Calvert (1875-1947) — also known asFrank J. Calvert — of Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Champaign,ChampaignCounty, Ill.,March 2,1875.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,1929-47; died in office 1947.First member of the Michigan House of Representatives to serveten consecutive terms.Died in Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.,August29, 1947 (age72 years, 180days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof John Calvert and Mary (Threadgould) Calvert; married to OliveRogers. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Theodore Carter Achilles (1905-1986) — also known asTheodore C. Achilles — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,December29, 1905.Newspaperwork; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inHavana, as of 1932;Rome, as of 1933; while serving as director of the StateDepartment's Division of Western European Affairs in 1947-49, was oneof the main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, thefounding document of NationalO; U.S. Ambassador toPeru, 1956-60.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Council onForeign Relations.Suffered anembolism,and died, in the WashingtonHospitalCenter,Washington,D.C.,April 8,1986 (age80 years, 100days).Entombed atSt.John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. | | Oliver White Hill (1907-2007) — also known asOliver W. Hill — ofRichmond,Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,May 1,1907.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; in 1947, he was electedas thefirst Black member of Richmond's city council sinceReconstruction; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forVirginia,1972.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1999, and theSpingarnMedal in 2005.Died inRichmond,Va.,August5, 2007 (age100 years,96 days).Interment atForest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | | John C. Youle (1916-1999) — also known asClint Youle — of Illinois. BornApril 4,1916.Republican.Broadcaster;one of thefirst to present the weather ontelevision,in 1948; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives; elected 1964.Died in ahospitalat Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.,July 23,1999 (age83 years, 110days).Burial location unknown. | | Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ford City,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,February29, 1908.Democrat.Socialworker;lawyer;member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first woman to beelected); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1969.Female.EasternOrthodox.Ukrainianancestry.Died, in St. Joseph MercyHospital,Clinton Township,MacombCounty, Mich.,January30, 2005 (age96 years, 336days).Interment atSt.Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.| | Relatives:Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck; sister ofJohnJoseph Beck. | | | | Campaign slogan (1969): "Sweep the Deckwith Mary Beck." |
| | William J. Winchester — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 1stDistrict, 1949-52; defeated, 1944.Africanancestry.He was thefirst Black member of the Delaware legislature. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) — also known asWalt Disney;"UncleWalt" —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December5, 1901.Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1944.Irishancestry.Producerordirectorof several hundredfilmsfrom 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, theworld'sfirst theme park; recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of hisinvention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the NationalInventorsHall ofFame.Died, oflungcancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December15, 1966 (age65 years, 10days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 atDisneyland,Anaheim, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Disney and Flora (Call) Disney; married,July 13,1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds. | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeJ. Mitchell | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Walt Disney: RichardSchickel,TheDisney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of WaltDisney — Leonard Mosley,Disney'sWorld: A Biography — Katherine Greene & RichardGreene,TheMan Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — BobThomas,WaltDisney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts,DiscoveringWalt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: Boy Scouts ofAmerica |
| | | Carolyn C. Moore (b. 1904) — also known asCarrie Moore — of Franklin,SimpsonCounty, Ky.Born in1904.Member ofKentuckystate senate 5th District, 1950.Female.First woman to serve in Kentucky Senate. Intermentsomewherein Franklin, Ky. | | Ruth Thompson (1887-1970) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.; Whitehall,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Whitehall,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,September15, 1887.Republican.MuskegonCounty Register of Probate, 1905-25; probate judge in Michigan,1925-36;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District,1939-40;U.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1951-57; defeated inprimary, 1956.Female.CongregationalistorMethodist.First woman to represent Michigan in Congress;firstwoman to serve in the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives.Died in PlainwellSanatorium,Plainwell,AlleganCounty, Mich.,April 5,1970 (age82 years, 202days).Interment atOakhurstCemetery, Whitehall, Mich. | | Dalip Singh Saund (1899-1973) — also known asD. S. Saund — of Westmorland,ImperialCounty, Calif.Born in Amritsar, Punjab,India,September20, 1899.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;farmer;fertilizerdealer; state court judge in California, 1952-57; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1956(alternate),1960;U.S.Representative from California 29th District, 1957-63.Indiansubcontinent ancestry. Member,Lions;Toastmasters.First native of India to be elected to a U.S. public office. Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April22, 1973 (age73 years, 214days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Lewis S. Flagg Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1932, 1933;first Black judge elected in Brooklyn, 1953; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1968.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Roman (1910-1998) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born, in ahospital,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1910.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;defeated, 1942 (New York County 23rd District), 1944 (New York County15th District), 1954 (New York County 15th District).Jewish. Member,B'naiB'rith.Author and sponsor of nation'sfirst law against racialdiscrimination in places of public accomodation, 1953.Died, of astroke,in Spring Valley,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1998 (age88 years, 16days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.  | Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) — also known asFrances E. Willis — of Redlands,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Metropolis,MassacCounty, Ill.,May 20,1899.Collegeprofessor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inValparaiso, 1928-31;Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul inMadrid, 1940-43;London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador toSwitzerland, 1953-57;Norway, 1957-61;Ceylon, 1961-64.Female.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.She was thefirst female career foreign service officer toserve as Ambassador.Died in Redlands,SanBernardino County, Calif.,July 23,1983 (age84 years, 64days).Burial location unknown. | | Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known asFrances P. Bolton;Frances PayneBingham —of Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March29, 1885.Republican. Member ofOhioRepublican State Central Committee, 1938-40;U.S.Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1948(speaker),1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964,1968.Female.Presbyterian.Member,League of WomenVoters;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.First woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955. Died in Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March 9,1977 (age91 years, 345days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) — also known asBessie A. Buchanan — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 7,1902.Democrat.Actress;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1956.Female.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,ScreenActors Guild;UrbanLeague.First Black woman member of the New York legislature. Died in September,1980(age78years, 0 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Charles P. Buchanan. |
| | William Cato Cramer (1922-2003) — also known asWilliam C. Cramer;Bill Cramer;"Mr. Republican" —of St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.; Tarpon Springs,PinellasCounty, Fla.Born inDenver,Colo.,August4, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member of Florida state legislature, 1950-52;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1955-71 (1st District 1955-63, 12thDistrict 1963-67, 8th District 1967-71); defeated, 1952;firstRepublican congressman from Florida since Reconstruction; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Florida,1956(HonoraryVice-President),1960,1972;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Florida, 1964-68; candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1970; Republican Presidential Elector forFlorida,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).Methodist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Amvets;Elks;Moose;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Orderof Ahepa.Died, from complications of aheartattack, in South Pasadena,PinellasCounty, Fla.,October18, 2003 (age81 years, 75days).Interment atWoodlawn Memory Gardens, St. Petersburg, Fla. | | George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) — also known asGeorge W. Crockett, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,August10, 1909.Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1984,1988;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NationalLawyers Guild.Served four months in federalprisonforcontemptof court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader ontrial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.Among the founders of the nation'sfirst interracial law firm.Ill withbonecancer in 1997, he suffered astrokeand died five days later, in Washington Home andHospice,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1997 (age88 years, 28days).Cremated. | | Margaret Towsley (1906-1994) — also known asMargaret Grace Dow — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornJanuary3, 1906.Republican.First woman member of the Ann Arbor City Council;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964.Female.Died, of astroke,at St. Joseph MercyHospital,Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 2,1994 (age88 years, 119days).Burial location unknown. | | Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) — also known asStephen C. O'Connell — of Florida. Born in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January22, 1916.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67;firstCatholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956;president,University of Florida, 1967-73.Catholic.Died, ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April13, 2001 (age85 years, 81days).Burial location unknown. | | John W. Gibson (1910-1976) — of Michigan. Born in Harrisburg,SalineCounty, Ill.,August23, 1910.Democrat. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-49;; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1948;chairman, U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, 1950-52;banker.In 1957, was one of thefirst owners of a McDonald'sHamburgers franchise in the Washington area.Died, following aheartattack, in ahospitalat Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,October22, 1976 (age66 years, 60days).Interment atColumbiaGardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) — also known asWilliam R. Anderson — of Waverly,HumphreysCounty, Tenn.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in Bakerville,HumphreysCounty, Tenn.,June 17,1921.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Independent candidateforGovernor ofTennessee, 1962;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1965-73.Protestant.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Commanded the U.S.S. Nautilus on thefirst under-ice crossingof the North Pole, 1958.Died in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,February25, 2007 (age85 years, 253days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Daniel Ken Inouye (1924-2012) — also known asDaniel K. Inouye — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,September7, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory,1956;member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1958-59;U.S.Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Hawaii,1960,1972,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008(delegation chair); Temporary Chair,1968;speaker,1968;Co-Chair,1984;U.S.Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.Methodist.Japaneseancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;DisabledAmerican Veterans;PhiDelta Phi;Lions.Losthis right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italy duringWorld War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in 2000to aMedalof Honor.First American of Japanese descent to serve inCongress.Died, fromrespiratoryfailure, inWalterReed Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December17, 2012 (age88 years, 101days).Interment atNationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,Hawaii. | | John Malcolm Patterson (1921-2021) — also known asJohn Patterson — of Phenix City,RussellCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; Goldville,TallapoosaCounty, Ala.Born in Goldville,TallapoosaCounty, Ala.,September27, 1921.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;Alabamastate attorney general, 1955-59;Governor ofAlabama, 1959-63; defeated, 1966; candidate forchiefjustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1970;Judge,Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1984-97.Member,Jaycees;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Woodmen;American BarAssociation;AlphaTau Omega;PhiAlpha Delta;Lions.At 37, he was theyoungest governor in Alabama history. Died in Goldville,TallapoosaCounty, Ala.,June 4,2021 (age99 years, 250days).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) — also known asCharles C. Diggs, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December2, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;mortician;member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1951-54;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964,1968,1976(alternate); Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1956.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons;AmericanLegion.First chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus;chargedin March 1978 with takingkickbacksfrom staff whose salaries he raised;convicted,October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing falsepayroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-electedwhile awaiting sentencing;censuredby the House on July 31, 1979;sentencedto three years inprisonand served 14 months.Died, of astroke,at Greater Southwest CommunityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1998 (age75 years, 265days).Interment atDetroitMemorial Park East, Warren, Mich. | | Horacio Rivero (1910-2000) — also known as"Rivets" — of California. Born in Ponce,PonceMunicipio, Puerto Rico,May 16,1910.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navyduring the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1972-74.PuertoRican ancestry.First U.S. Navy four-star admiral of Hispanic heritage. Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,September24, 2000 (age90 years, 131days).Cremated;ashes interred atFortRosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Charles Evans Boineau Jr. (b. 1923) — of South Carolina. Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,September27, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1961-62; defeated, 1962,1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1964.Member,Rotary.Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in August1961; he was thefirst Republican representative since 1900.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) — also known asOtis M. Smith — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,February20, 1922.Democrat.Lawyer;Michiganstate auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1960;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;defeated, 1966;first Black member of the Michigan SupremeCourt; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; Democratic PresidentialElector for Michigan,1968(voted forHubertH. Humphrey andEdmundS. Muskie); vice-president and general counsel ofGeneralMotors.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;Kiwanis.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 29,1994 (age72 years, 129days).Burial location unknown. | | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) — also known asJohn Glenn — of New Concord,MuskingumCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,July 18,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;Astronaut;in February 1962,first American to orbit the earth; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1964,1996,2004,2008;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1984;received theMedalof Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &SpaceHall ofFame, the National AviationHall ofFame, the International SpaceHall ofFame, and the U.S. AstronautHall ofFame.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,December8, 2016 (age95 years, 143days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married1943 to AnnaMargaret Castor. | | | | The John Glenn ColumbusInternationalAirport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), inColumbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNewConcord, Ohio, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWestland,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inBay City,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inWalkerton,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — John GlennHighSchool, inNorwalk,California, isnamed forhim. — John GlennMiddleSchool, inSanAngelo, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Colonel GlennRoad,inLittleRock, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by John Glenn:JohnGlenn: A Memoir (1999) | | | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,JohnGlenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for youngreaders) |
| | Eleanor Parker Sheppard (1907-1991) — also known asEleanor P. Sheppard;EleanorParker —ofRichmond,Va.Born in Pelham,MitchellCounty, Ga.,July 24,1907.Democrat.Mayorof Richmond, Va., 1962-64; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1967-76.Female.Baptist.First woman mayor in Virginia. Died inRichmond,Va.,March13, 1991 (age83 years, 232days).Interment atForest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896-1985) — of Texas. Born inBaltimore,Md.,August2, 1896.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1931-35; district judge in Texas,1935-61;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1961.Female.In 1963, she became thefirst woman to swear in a President ofthe United States.DiedApril23, 1985 (age88 years, 264days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | Elizabeth McCullough Johnson (1909-1973) — of Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.Born in Pennsylvania,1909.Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1959-62; member ofFloridastate senate, 1963-67.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters.first woman to serve in the Florida Senate; inducted 1986 intothe Florida Women's Hall of Fame.Died in1973(ageabout64 years).Burial location unknown. | | John William King (1918-1996) — also known asJohn W. King — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Goffstown,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,October10, 1918.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1954-62;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester10th Ward, 1956;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1963-69; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1968; superior court judge in NewHampshire, 1969-79;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1979-81;chiefjustice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1981-86.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Eagles;Moose.Started thefirst modern state lottery in 1963. Died, ofhearttrouble, at anursinghome in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,October9, 1996 (age77 years, 365days).Interment atNewSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, N.H. | | Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (1922-2000) — also known asSamuel R. Pierce, Jr.;"SilentSam" —Born in Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September8, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1981-89.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaPhi Alpha.First Black partner of a major New York City law firm.First Black member of the board of directors of a Fortune 500corporation. Only Black member of the Reagan Cabinet. An independentcounsel appointed in March 1990found "apervasive pattern of improper and illegal behavior" within HUD,amounting to a "monumental and calculated abuse of the public trust."Pierceacknowledgedthat hehelpedcreate a climate in which the corruption took place, and inreturn for that statement, prosecutors agreed not to pursue chargesagainst him.DiedOctober31, 2000 (age78 years, 53days).Burial location unknown. | | William Fitts Ryan (1922-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Albion,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,June 28,1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1961-72; died inoffice 1972; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1965; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1968.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.First member of the U.S. House to speak out against theVietnam War.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1972 (age50 years, 81days).Interment atSt.Thomas Church Cemetery, Croom, Md. | | Harvey B. Gantt (b. 1943) — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,1943.Democrat.First Black student at Clemson University in SouthCarolina; graduated with honors in 1965;architect;mayorof Charlotte, N.C., 1983-87; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1990, 1996; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1996.Africanancestry.Still living as of 1996. | | Dorothy Haener (1917-2001) — of New Boston,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1917.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1976,1980.Female.Member,NationalOrganization for Women;UnitedAuto Workers.Among thefounders of the National Organization for Women in1966.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in OakwoodHospitalSeaway Center, Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.,January6, 2001 (ageabout 83years).Interment atMichiganMemorial Park, Huron Township, Wayne County, Mich. | | Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) — also known asRobert C. Weaver — ofWashington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1907.Democrat.Economist;received theSpingarnMedal in 1962;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68;firstAfrican-American cabinet member;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;president,Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount SinaiMedicalCenter.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1997 (age89 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Harrison,WashingtonCounty, Ga.,September5, 1917.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1960(alternate),1964,1968,1984;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 3rd District, 1967-80;first Black member ofthe Pennsylvania state senate.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks.DiedNovember9, 1989 (age72 years, 65days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) — also known asEdward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born inWashington,D.C.,October26, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;candidate forsecretaryof state of Massachusetts, 1960;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1963-67;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;Amvets;AlphaPhi Alpha.First Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 1967.Died in Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,January3, 2015 (age95 years, 69days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) — also known asThoroughgood Marshall — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 2,1908.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;NationalBar Association;AlphaPhi Alpha;American CivilLiberties Union.ReceivedSpingarnMedal in 1946First African-American Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court.Died, from aheartattack, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January24, 1993 (age84 years, 206days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atLawyers'Mall, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married,December17, 1955, toCeciliaSuyat; father ofThurgoodMarshall Jr.. | | | | Political family:Marshallfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamCurtis Bryson | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: JuanWilliams,ThurgoodMarshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,JusticeThurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His JudicialBiography — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingConstitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingCivil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1936-1961 — Gilbert King,Devilin the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn ofa New America |
| | Frank Savickas (1935-2001) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 14,1935.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 27th District, 1967-71; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1971-93 (27th District 1971-83, 15th District1983-93).Catholic.Lithuanianancestry. Member,Moose;Knightsof Columbus.First Lithuanian-American member of the Illinois legislature. Died in Venice,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,May 14,2001 (age66 years, 0days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) — also known asEdward H. Levi — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 26,1911.Lawyer;lawprofessor;presidentof the University of Chicago, 1968-75;first Jewish presidentof a major U.S. university;U.S.Attorney General, 1975-77.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 7,2000 (age88 years, 255days).Burial location unknown.  | Howard Nathaniel Lee (b. 1934) — also known asHoward Lee — of Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born near Lithonia,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,July 28,1934.Democrat.Universityprofessor;mayorof Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969-75; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1972 (2nd District), 1984(4th District); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1976; Secretary (head) of NorthCarolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development,1977-81; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 16th District, 1991-94, 1997-2002; defeatedin primary, 2002.Africanancestry.First Black mayor of Chapel Hill. Still living as of 2016. | | | John W. Porter (1931-2012) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,August13, 1931.Schoolteacher;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1969-79;firstAfrican-American state school superintendent;president,Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;PhiDelta Kappa;NAACP.DiedJune 27,2012 (age80 years, 319days).Burial location unknown. | | Lois Shaw — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for NewJersey,1972;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1980.Female.First woman elected to the city council in Jersey City. Still living as of 2012. | | David W. Williams (1910-2000) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March20, 1910.Republican.Lawyer;municipal judge in California, 1956-62; superior court judge inCalifornia, 1963-69;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1969-81.Africanancestry.First Black federal judge west of the Mississippi. Died, ofpneumonia,at Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 6,2000 (age90 years, 47days).Burial location unknown. | | Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry (1923-1979) — also known asGwen Cherry — of Florida. Born in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,1923.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1971-79.Female.Africanancestry.first Black woman elected to the Florida legislature; inducted1986 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.Died, in anautomobileaccident, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,1979(ageabout56 years).Burial location unknown. | | George M. Michaels (c.1910-1992) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born about 1910. Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 47th District, 1946; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1961-66, 1969-70 (Cayuga County 1961-65, 137thDistrict 1966, 122nd District 1969-70); defeated, 1942.Jewish.In April 1970, when the vote in the State Assembly was tied, hechanged his vote and passed the bill which made New York thefirst state to legalize abortion.Died in1992(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | Lucy Phelps Patterson (c.1932-2000) — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex., about 1932.Republican.Socialworker; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 24th District, 1982.Female.Methodist.Africanancestry.First Black woman ever elected to Dallas city council. Died, ofpneumonia,in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,June 15,2000 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Betty Wilson (c.1915-2000) — of Santa Fe Springs,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born about 1915. Democrat. Candidate forCaliforniastate senate 33rd District, 1976.Female.One of thefounders and leaders of the city of Santa FeSprings.Died in Santa Fe Springs,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March14, 2000 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown.  | Herman Badillo (1929-2014) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Caguas,CaguasMunicipio, Puerto Rico,August21, 1929.Lawyer;accountant;boroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1966-69;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1967;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968,1972,1976,1980,1988;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1973(Democratic primary), 1977 (Democratic primary), 2001 (Republicanprimary);U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1971-77; candidatefor Democratic nomination for Vice President,1972;Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1986.Protestant.PuertoRican ancestry. Member,BetaGamma Sigma.First person of Puerto Rican birth to have a vote in the U.S.Congress.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December3, 2014 (age85 years, 104days).Burial location unknown.  | Patience Latting (b. 1918) — also known asPatience Sewell;Mrs. Trimble B.Latting —of Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Texhoma,TexasCounty, Okla.,August27, 1918.Mayorof Oklahoma City, Okla., 1971-83.Female.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;League of WomenVoters;PhiBeta Kappa;Pi BetaPhi.First woman to be mayor of a U.S. city over 350,000population.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Frank Asa Sewell and Leila (Yates) Sewell; married,August23, 1941, to Trimble B. Latting. | | | | Image source: City of OklahomaCity |
| | Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) — also known asTheodore M. Berry;Ted Berry — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;associate general counsel, DunbarLifeInsurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1972;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;UrbanLeague;AlphaPhi Alpha;SigmaPi Phi.First Black mayor of Cincinnati. DiedOctober15, 2000 (age94 years, 345days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | James R. Ford (1925-2017) — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLeonCounty, Fla.,December1, 1925.Mayor-commissionerof Tallahassee, Florida, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1982-83.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.First Black mayor of Tallahassee; also first Black mayor ofany U.S. state capital city.DiedOctober11, 2017 (age91 years, 314days).Burial location unknown. | | Theodora Nathalia Nathan (b. 1923) — also known asTheodora Nathan;TonieNathan —of Oregon. BornFebruary9, 1923.Libertarian. Candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1972;first woman in U.S.history to receive an Electoral College vote; candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1980; candidate forU.S.Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1990, 1996.Female.Still living as of 2002. | | Mark Wampler (born c.1952) — Born about 1952. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Iowa,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew).First presidential elector under the age of 21. Still living as of 2010. | | Elizabeth Richards Andujar (1912-1997) — also known asBetty Andujar;ElizabethRichards —of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,November6, 1912.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1968,1976;member ofTexasstate senate, 1973-82; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1976-82.Female.Presbyterian.First woman member of the Texas Senate;firstRepublican member of the Texas Senate since Reconstruction.DiedJune 8,1997 (age84 years, 214days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Peter John Daley II (b. 1950) — also known asPeter J. Daley II;PeteDaley —of Coal Center,WashingtonCounty, Pa.; California,WashingtonCounty, Pa.Born in Brownsville GeneralHospital,Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,August8, 1950.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1972;mayor of the Borough of California, Pa., 1973-81;youngestmayor in Pennsylvania at age 22; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 49th District, 1983-2003.UnitedChurch of Christ orDisciplesof Christ. Member,OptimistClub.Still living as of 2003. | | Joan Heggen — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Wisconsin.Mayor-commissionerof Tallahassee, Florida, 1973-74.Female.First woman mayor of Tallahassee; also first woman mayor ofany U.S. state capital city.Still living as of 1974. | | Arie Parks Taylor (1927-2003) — also known asArie P. Taylor;"Denver's BellaAbzug" —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Bedford,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,1927.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1968,1972(alternate); member ofColoradostate house of representatives 7th District, 1973-84; Denverclerk and recorder, 1991-95.Female.Africanancestry.Colorado'sfirst African-American woman legislator. Died, in Presbyterian/St. Luke'sHospital,Denver,Colo.,September27, 2003 (ageabout 76years).Interment atFortLogan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Abraham David Beame (1906-2001) — also known asAbraham D. Beame;Abe Beame;"Spunky" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in London,England,March20, 1906.Democrat.Accountant;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1960(alternate),1964,1968,1980;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1974-77; defeated, 1965, 1977;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1967.Jewish.First Jewish mayor of New York City. Died, from complications afterheartsurgery, in New York UniversityMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February10, 2001 (age94 years, 327days).Interment atNewMontefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, Long Island, N.Y. | | William Venoid Banks (1903-1985) — also known asWilliam V. Banks — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,HendersonCounty, Ky.,May 6,1903.Lawyer;ordainedminister; candidate in primary forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate in Democraticprimary forMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1942; founder and president of WGPR-FMradioand WGPR-TVtelevisionstation (in 1975, thefirst Black-owned and operatedtelevision station in the U.S.); candidate in Democratic primary forMichiganstate house of representatives 10th District, 1966; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1976.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August24, 1985 (age82 years, 110days).Burial location unknown. | | Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) — ofRoanoke,Va.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,July 15,1924.Republican.Baptistminister; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Virginia,1972;mayorof Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP.First Black mayor of Roanoke. Died inRoanoke,Va.,October29, 1998 (age74 years, 106days).Intermentsomewherein Bedford County, Va. | | Thomas L. Purce (born c.1947) — also known asLes Purce — of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho, about 1947.Mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1976.AfricanandCherokeeIndian ancestry.First Black mayor in Idaho. Still living as of 1985.| | Relatives: Sonof John Purce and Idaho Purce. |
 | Irma Lerma Rangel (1931-2003) — also known asIrma Rangel — of Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.Born in Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.,May 15,1931.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1977-2003 (49th District 1977-82,37th District 1983-92, 35th District 1993-2002, 43rd District 2003);died in office 2003.Female.Mexicanancestry.In 1976, was thefirst Mexican-American woman elected to theTexas House.Died, ofbraincancer, in BrackinridgeHospital,March18, 2003 (age71 years, 307days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | | Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) — also known asPatricia Roberts — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Mattoon,ColesCounty, Ill.,May 31,1924.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for District of Columbia,1964;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1964;U.S. Ambassador toLuxembourg, 1965-67;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79;U.S.Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80;U.S.Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81.Female.Africanancestry.First African-American woman cabinet member; inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 2003.Died inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1985 (age60 years, 296days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Rose Ann Vuich (c.1927-2001) — of Dinuba,TulareCounty, Calif.Born about 1927. Democrat.Accountant;farmer;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1977-92.Female.Serbianancestry.First woman member of the California Senate. Died, from complications ofParkinson'sdisease andAlzheimer'sdisease, in Dinuba,TulareCounty, Calif.,August30, 2001 (ageabout 74years).Burial location unknown. | | Ann Smith Bedsole (b. 1930) — also known asAnn Bedsole;Ann Smith;Mrs. PalmerBedsole —of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,January7, 1930.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1964(alternate),1972;member ofAlabamaRepublican State Executive Committee, 1966; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Alabama,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew); member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1979-82;first Republicanwoman to be elected to the Alabama House; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1983-94; candidate formayor ofMobile, Ala., 2005.Female.Methodist.Member,JuniorLeague.Still living as of 2006.| | Relatives:Daughter of Malcolm White Smith and Sybil (Huey) Smith; married1958 to MasseyPalmer Bedsole, Jr. |
| | Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) — also known asOscar W. Adams — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February7, 1925.Lawyer;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NationalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;OmegaPsi Phi;NAACP.First African-American ever elected to statewide office inAlabama.Died of aninfectionrelated tocancer,in BaptistMedicalCenter-Montclair, Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February15, 1997 (age72 years, 8days).Burial location unknown. | | Sherry Lansing (b. 1944) — of California. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 31,1944.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,2000.Female.Had a briefactingcareer; became amotionpicture executive; as president of 20th Century Fox in 1980, wasfirst woman to head a major studio;producerof fivefilms,includingFatal Attraction,The Accused, andIndecent Proposal.Still living as of 2014. | | Marie L. Garibaldi (1934-2016) — of Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,November26, 1934.Lawyer;municipal judge in New Jersey, 1973-75;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1982-2000.Female.First woman to serve on New Jersey's highest court. DiedJanuary15, 2016 (age81 years, 50days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard A. Heyman (c.1935-1994) — of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Born about 1935.Mayorof Key West, Fla., 1983-85, 1987-89.Gay. One of thefirst openly gay public officials. Died ofAIDS-relatedpneumonia,September16, 1994 (ageabout 59years).Burial location unknown.  | Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) — also known asGerry E. Studds — of Cohasset,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Mineola,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 12,1937.Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff duringthe administration of PresidentJohnF. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen.HarrisonA. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen.EugeneJ. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1968,1996;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).Episcopalian.Gay.First openly gay member of Congress.Censuredby the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for havingsexualrelations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.Died, ofrespiratoryfailure, in BostonMedicalCenter, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October14, 2006 (age69 years, 155days).Burial location unknown. | | | Roxanne Jones (c.1928-1996) — of Pennsylvania. Born about 1928. Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 3rd District, 1985-96; died in office 1996.Female.Africanancestry.First Black woman elected to the Pennsylvania state senate. Died of aheartattack, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 19,1996 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Maureen Frances O'Connor (b. 1946) — also known asMaureen O'Connor;"MayorMo" —of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,July 14,1946.Democrat.Schoolteacher;mayorof San Diego, Calif., 1986-92; defeated, 1983;first womanmayor of San Diego; in February 2013, she waschargedin federal court withmoneylaundering, using a nonprofit foundation she managed to supporthergambling;prosecution was deferred, and charges were dismissed in 2015.Female.Still living as of 2015. | | Cal Anderson (1948-1995) — of Washington. BornMay 2,1948.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,1984;member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1987-95; member ofWashingtonstate senate, 1995; died in office 1995.Gay.First openly gay member of the Washington state legislature. Died from complications ofAIDS,August4, 1995 (age47 years, 94days).Burial location unknown. | | Clarence H. Burns (1918-2003) — also known asDu Burns — ofBaltimore,Md.BornSeptember17, 1918.Democrat.Mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1987; defeated in primary, 1987, 1991.Africanancestry.First African-American mayor of Baltimore. Died inBaltimore,Md.,January12, 2003 (age84 years, 117days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Robert D. Glass (c.1923-2001) — of Connecticut. Born in Wetumpka,ElmoreCounty, Ala., about 1923.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1978-86;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1987-92.Africanancestry.First Black member of Connecticut's highest court. DiedNovember27, 2001 (ageabout 78years).Burial location unknown. | | Carrie Saxon Perry (b. 1931) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.BornAugust30, 1931.Democrat.Mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1987-93; defeated, 1993; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1988(speaker).Female.Africanancestry.First woman to be mayor of Hartford;first Black womanto be mayor of a large city.Still living as of 1993. | | James W. Clifton — also known asJimmy Clifton — of Addison,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Libertarian. Candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1988.Elected to Addison City Council in 1988;first Libertarianelected on party ticket in Michigan history.Still living as of 2001. | | Sophie Masloff (1917-2014) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,December21, 1917.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1984,1996,2000,2004,2008;mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1988-94; Democratic Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1996;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004-08.Female.Jewish.Romanianancestry.First woman andfirst Jewish mayor of Pittsburgh. Died in Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August17, 2014 (age96 years, 239days).Burial location unknown. | | Mark Thornton (b. 1960) — of Auburn,LeeCounty, Ala.Born in Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1960.Libertarian.Economist;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1984; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alabama, 1996;universityprofessor.Thefirst person to win election in Alabama on the LibertarianParty ticket, as Lee County Constable in 1988.Still living as of 2002. | | David Norman Dinkins (1927-2020) — also known asDavid N. Dinkins — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,July 10,1927.Democrat. Served in U.S. Marines, 1945-46;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 78th District; elected 1965; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988(speaker),1996,2000,2004,2008;boroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; defeated, 1977(primary), 1981 (primary), 1981 (Liberal);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1992.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP.First Black mayor of New York City. Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November23, 2020 (age93 years, 136days).Cremated;ashes interred atCathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Joan Finney (1925-2001) — also known asJoan McInroy — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,February12, 1925.Candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Kansas, 1972;Kansasstate treasurer, 1975-91; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kansas,1984,2000;Governorof Kansas, 1991-95; candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1996.Female.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion Auxiliary.First woman governor of Kansas. Died, from complications oflivercancer, in St. FrancisHospitaland Medical Center, Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,July 28,2001 (age76 years, 166days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | Carrie P. Meek (b. 1926) — of Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April29, 1926.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1979-83; member ofFloridastate senate, 1983-92;U.S.Representative from Florida 17th District, 1993-2003; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996,2000,2004;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2004(on behalf ofJohnF. Kerry andJohnEdwards).Female.Baptist.Africanancestry.First Black women elected to Congress from Florida; inducted1992 into the Florida Women'sHall ofFame.Still living as of 2014. | | Carol Moseley=Braun (b. 1947) — also known asCarol Elizabeth Moseley — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August16, 1947.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1979-88 (24th District 1979-82,25th District 1983-88);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1993-99; defeated, 1998; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1996;U.S. Ambassador toNew Zealand, 1999-2001;Samoa, 1999-2001; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,2004;candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 2011.Female.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,DeltaSigma Theta.First African-American woman to be elected to U.S. Senate. Still living as of 2011. | | Roberta Achtenberg (b. 1950) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.BornJuly 20,1950.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1988; Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development, 1993-95;first openly gayperson to be confirmed for appointment by the U.S. Senate; candidateformayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1995; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1996,2000.Female.Jewish. Member,NationalLawyers Guild;Lesbian.Still living as of 2011. | | Tom Fetzer — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1988;mayorof Raleigh, N.C., 1993-99.First Republican elected mayor in Raleigh history. Still living as of 2001. | | Janet Reno (1938-2016) — of Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,July 21,1938.Democrat.Lawyer;Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93;U.S.Attorney General, 1993-2001; thefirst female U.S.attorney general; candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 2002.Female.Danishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society.Inducted, Florida Women'sHall ofFame, 1993; inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 2000.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,November7, 2016 (age78 years, 109days).Burial location unknown. | | Sharon Sayles Belton (b. 1951) — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,May 13,1951.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1984,1996;mayorof Minneapolis, Minn., 1994-2001; thefirst woman and thefirst African-American mayor of Minneapolis.Female.Still living as of 2020. | | Samuel Mitchell (b. 1957) — also known asSam Mitchell;"PsychoSam" —of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,November18, 1957.Democrat.Submarinemechanic at Pearl Harbor NavalShipyard;president,Machinist & Aerospace Workers Local 1998;vice-president,Federal Employees Metal Trades Council; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Hawaii,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for Hawaii,2004(voted forJohnF. Kerry andJohnEdwards).Scottishancestry.First federal employee to be a political party delegate afterthe repeal of the Hatch Act.Still living as of 2004. | | Madeleine Korbel Albright (b. 1937) — also known asMadeleine K. Albright;Marie JanaKorbelova;Madeleine Korbel —Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (nowCzechia),May15, 1937.Universityprofessor; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1993;U.S.Secretary of State, 1997-2001.Female.Episcopalian.CzechandJewishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.First woman to serve as Secretary of State. Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1998.Still living as of 2020. | | Donna Marie Christian-Christensen (b. 1945) — also known asDonna M. Christian-Christensen;DonnaChristian;Donna Christian-Green —of St. Croix,VirginIslands.Born in Teaneck,BergenCounty, N.J.,September19, 1945.Democrat.Physician;televisionjournalist; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirgin Islands,1984,1988,1992,2000,2004,2008(member,PlatformCommittee);Delegateto U.S. Congress from the Virgin Islands, 1997-2003.Female.Africanancestry.First female physician in the U.S. Congress. Still living as of 2014. | | Gary Faye Locke (b. 1950) — also known asGary Locke — of Washington. Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,January21, 1950.Democrat. Member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1983-93;Governor ofWashington, 1997-2005; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Washington,2000,2004;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Washington, 2004.Baptist.Chineseancestry.First Chinese-American governor in U.S. history. Still living as of 2014. | | Charlotte Gentry Burks — also known asCharlotte Rose Gentry — of near Monterey,PutnamCounty, Tenn.Member ofTennesseestate senate; elected 1998.Female.Running in place of her murdered husband, became thefirstwrite-in candidate ever elected to the Tennessee State Senate.Still living as of 1999. | | George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) — also known asGeorge Hawes — of Ely,White PineCounty, Nev.;CarsonCity, Nev.Born in Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,May 10,1904.Schoolteacher;automobiledealer; member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958(Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary forLieutenantGovernor of Nevada, 1954.Member,Rotary;Elks.Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probablytheoldest elected official in the history of Nevada.Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Centernursinghome,CarsonCity, Nev.,April 9,2002 (age97 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | Susan Oki Mollway (b. 1950) — Born in Honolulu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,1950.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for Hawaii, 1998-2015; took senior status 2015.Female.Japaneseancestry.First Asian woman ever appointed a federal judge. Still living as of 2015. | | Danny Smith — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate forVirginiastate house of delegates 38th District, 2001;first openlygay candidate for state office in Virginia.Gay. Still living as of 2001. | | Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) — also known asKeith Ellison — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August4, 1963.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.Muslim.Africanancestry.First Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress;firstAfrican-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.Still living as of 2016. | | Mark Leno (b. 1951) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,September24, 1951.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,2000,2004;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 13th District; elected 2002, 2004, 2006; member ofCaliforniastate senate; elected 2008, 2012; candidate formayorof San Francisco, Calif., 2018.Jewish.Gay.First openly gay man to serve in the California State Senate,and one of thefirst to serve in the California Assembly.Still living as of 2018. | | Louis J. Butler Jr. (b. 1952) — Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,1952.Circuit judge in Wisconsin, 2003-04;justice ofWisconsin state supreme court, 2004-08; appointed 2004; defeated,2008;first African-American justice of the Wisconsin SupremeCourt.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Still living as of 2016.  | Sophia Danenberg — also known asSophia Marie Scott — of Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Okinawa,Japan.Democrat. Mountain climber; in 2006, she was thefirst Blackwoman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,2008;member, Washington State Park Commission, 2019-; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Washington,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.AfricanandJapaneseancestry.Still living as of 2020. | | Daniel T. Brown (b. 1945) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,December25, 1945.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 2011.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.First African-American mayor of Knoxville. Still living as of 2011. | | Madeline Anne Rogero (b. 1952) — also known asMadeline Rogero — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,July 26,1952.Democrat.Mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 2011-19; defeated, 2003; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee,2020(on behalf ofJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.First woman mayor of Knoxville. Still living as of 2020.| | Relatives:Daughter of Gerald Rogero and Anita (Ghioto) Rogero. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1952-2017) — also known asSheila Turner — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,March14, 1952.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1993-2013; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 2009-13;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 2013-17; died in office 2017;first Black woman to serve on New York State's highest court.Female.Africanancestry.From Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, she evidentlyjumped15 feet down to the water anddrownedin theLowerHudson River,April12, 2017 (age65 years, 29days).Burial location unknown. | | Elise Marie Stefanik (b. 1984) — also known asElise M. Stefanik — Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 2,1984.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 2015-.Female.She is theyoungest woman ever elected to Congress. Still living as of 2018. | | Gina Marie Raimondo (b. 1971) — also known asGina Raimondo — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Smithfield,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,May 17,1971.Democrat.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;RhodeIsland general treasurer, 2011-15; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Rhode Island,2012;Governorof Rhode Island, 2015-.Female.Member,Council onForeign Relations.First woman to be Governor of Rhode Island. Still living as of 2020. | | Lisa Blunt=Rochester (b. 1962) — also known asLisa LaTrelle Blunt — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February10, 1962.Democrat. Delaware Secretary of Labor, 1998-2001;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 2017-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.First woman andfirst African-American to representDelaware in Congress.Still living as of 2020. | | Barbara Dale Underwood (b. 1944) — also known asBarbara Underwood — of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,August16, 1944.Lawyer;Solicitor General of New York State, 2007-18;New Yorkstate attorney general, 2018.Female.Jewish.First woman to serve as New York Attorney General. Still living as of 2021. | | Letitia A. James (b. 1958) — also known asLetitia James — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October18, 1958.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine);New Yorkstate attorney general, 2019-; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2024(voted forKamalaD. Harris andTimWalz).Female.Africanancestry.First African-American to be Attorney General of New York;first woman to be elected to that position.Still living as of 2024.  | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (b. 1989) — also known asSandy Ocasio;"AOC" —Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1989.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 2019-.Female.Catholic.PuertoRican ancestry.She is theyoungest woman ever to serve in the U.S. CongressNAMESAKES: Theminorplanet (asteroid)23238 Ocasio-Cortez (discovered 2000),isnamed forher.Still living as of 2024. | | Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (b. 1982) — also known asPete Buttigieg;"MayorPete" —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.,January19, 1982.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forIndianastate treasurer, 2010;mayorof South Bend, Ind., 2012-19; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,2020;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,2020(delegation chair);U.S.Secretary of Transportation, 2021-.Episcopalian.Gay.First openly gay U.S. cabinet member. Still living as of 2024. | | Kamala Devi Harris (b. 1964) — also known asKamala D. Harris — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,October20, 1964.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,2008(member,PlatformCommittee);Californiastate attorney general, 2011-17;U.S.Senator from California, 2017-21; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,2020;VicePresident of the United States, 2021-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2024.Female.AfricanandIndiansubcontinent ancestry.First woman, andfirst person of Asian or Africandescent, to be Vice-President of the United States.Still living as of 2025.
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