in alphabetical order | |  Jo Abbott (1840-1908) — also known asJoseph Abbott — of Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.Born near Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,January15, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1869-71; district judge in Texas,1879-84;U.S.Representative from Texas 6th District, 1887-97.Died in Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.,February11, 1908 (age68 years, 27days).Interment atOldCemetery, Hillsboro, Tex. | | William J. Abrams (1829-1900) — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Cambridge,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1829.Democrat.Surveyor;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1864-67; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1868-69;mayorof Green Bay, Wis., 1881-82, 1883-85.Died in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,September12, 1900 (age71 years, 177days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Allouez, Wis. | | John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,January9, 1757.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,May 19,1840 (age83 years, 131days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as"The Tribune of the People";"The Cromwell of New England";"Determinatus";"The Psalm Singer";"Amendment Monger";"AmericanCato";"Samuel the Publican" —of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., September 16, 1722 o.s. ((September27,1722)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1781; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1788;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1789-94;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes,1796.Congregationalist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1803 (age81 years, 5days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married1749 toElizabeth Checkley; married1764 toElizabeth Wells; uncle ofJosephAllen; granduncle ofCharlesAllen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who marriedAlfredCumming) andWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin ofJohnAdams; second cousin once removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington Adams,CharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) andJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin,JohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurChapin,ArthurLaban Bates,CharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954) andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass,EmersonRichard Boyles andThomasBoylston Adams; third cousin ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington andCalebCushing; third cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin,ErastusFairbanks,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,CharlesAdams Jr.,JamesBrooks andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofAlphonsoTaft,BenjaminW. Waite,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,FranklinFairbanks,CollinsDwight Huntington,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,GeorgeMilo Huntington,EdgarWeeks andArthurNewton Holden; third cousin four times removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1848-1911). | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofAdams,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. —MountSam Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Adams (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Samuel Adams: Donald BarrChidsey,TheWorld of Samuel Adams |
| | James Alexander (1691-1756) — Born in Muthill, Perthshire,Scotland,May27,1691.In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, arevoltthat attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "OldPretender") as king; to avoidprosecutionfortreason,hefledto New York;surveyor;lawyer;member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737;ColonialAttorney-General of New York, 1721-23.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New York,April 2,1756 (age64 years, 311days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | S. J. Alexander — of Nebraska.Secretaryof state of Nebraska, 1879-83.Burial location unknown.  | Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known asRussell A. Alger — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin, Lafayette Township,MedinaCounty, Ohio,February27, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1884,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);Governor ofMichigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1888;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;U.S.Secretary of War, 1897-99;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office1907.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,January24, 1907 (age70 years, 331days).Entombed atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) — of Orono,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,April 8,1804.Lawyer;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1844-45;Texasstate attorney general, 1850-52;railroadpromoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in theCivilWar inRichmond,Va.,1863(ageabout59 years).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) — of Texas; Louisiana. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,April29, 1820.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofLouisiana, 1864-65.Presbyterian.Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México),DistritoFederal,April22, 1866 (age45 years, 358days).Interment atOldState Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.  | Ira Allen (1751-1814) — also known as"Founder of Vermont" — of Vermont. Born in Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,April21, 1751.Vermontstate treasurer, 1776-86.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January7, 1814 (age62 years, 261days).Interment atArchStreet Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaphatWetherillsCemetery, Audubon, Pa.; cenotaph atGreenmountCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | | Samuel Allen (1635-1705) — Born in London,England,1635.ColonialGovernor of New Hampshire, 1692-99.Englishancestry.Died in1705(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Allen (1704-1780) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August5, 1704.Merchant;lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1735-36.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September6, 1780 (age76 years, 32days).Burial location unknown. | | Fisher Ames (1758-1808) — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 9,1758.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1788;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-97 (1st District 1789-95,6th District 1795-97); member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1798-1800.Englishancestry.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1808 (age50 years, 86days).Interment atOldVillage Cemetery, Dedham, Mass. | | 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 thefirsttranscontinentalrailroadline, 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. | | George Tobey Anthony (1824-1896) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born in Mayfield,FultonCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1824.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofKansas, 1877-79; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1885.Died, ofpneumonia,Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,August5, 1896 (age72 years, 57days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) — also known asJames T. Archer — of Florida. Born in Gillisonville,JasperCounty, S.C.,May 15,1819.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840;secretaryof state of Florida, 1845-48.Died, ofheartdisease, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 1,1859 (age40 years, 17days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.  | Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | Thevillage ofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) — ofNewHanover County, N.C.Born in Bath,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,March24, 1725.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1777;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1795-98; Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1804.Died in Rocky Point,PenderCounty, N.C.,February3, 1813 (age87 years, 316days).Interment atAsheFamily Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.; memorial monument atPack Square Park, Asheville, N.C. | | David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) — also known asDavid R. Atchison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.; Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Frogtown,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August11, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge inMissouri, 1841;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailroad.Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, becausePresidentZacharyTaylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.Slaveowner. Died near Gower,ClintonCounty, Mo.,January26, 1886 (age78 years, 168days).Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue atClintonCounty Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo. | | Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) — also known asStephen F. Austin;"Father ofTexas" —Born inWytheCounty, Va.,November3, 1793.Member ofMissouriterritorial legislature, 1814-19;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment ofTexas as a separate Mexican state, 1832;chargedwithattemptingrevolution, andimprisoneduntil 1835;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1835; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,December27, 1836 (age43 years, 54days).Original interment atPeachPoint Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin. | | | | Austin County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofAustin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — Stephen F. AustinStateUniversity,Nacogdoches,Texas, isnamed forhim. — AustinCollege,Sherman,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Handbookof Texas Online | | | | Books about Stephen F. Austin: GreggCantrell,StephenF. Austin : Empresario of Texas |
| | Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known asEdward D. Baker — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Oregon City,ClackamasCounty, Ore.Born in London,England,February24, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-40; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Killedin battle at Balls Bluff,LoudounCounty, Va.,October21, 1861 (age50 years, 239days).Interment atSanFrancisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.| | Relatives:Married,April27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. | | | | Baker County,Ore. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofBakerCity, Oregon, isnamed forhim. —FortBaker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed FortBaker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate NationalRecreationArea), inMarinCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — BakerStreet,inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) — also known asThomas H. Ball;Tom Ball — of Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,January14, 1859.Democrat.Farmer;merchant;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1892,1896,1900,1904,1912(speaker),1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8thDistrict 1903); candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1914.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 7,1944 (age85 years, 114days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Bland Ballard (1761-1853) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,October16, 1761.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800-05; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812.DiedSeptember5, 1853 (age91 years, 324days).Original intermentsomewhere in Shelbyville, Ky.; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known asP. T. Barnum;"Prince ofHumbugs" —of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 5,1810.Republican.Grocer;auctioneer;newspaperpublisher; Entrepreneur,impressario,museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Baileycircus,known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79;mayorof Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.Died, ofheartfailure, in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 7,1891 (age80 years, 276days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atSeasidePark, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atBethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother ofPhiloFairchild Barnum; married,November8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married,September16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin ofAndrewGould Chatfield; second cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington andAlmonFerdinand Rockwell; third cousin ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; third cousin once removed ofWilliamHenry Barnum; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andCharlesWilliam Barnum; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,AbelHuntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andRhamanthusMenville Stocker. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BarnumAvenue,inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Thetown of Barnum (incorporated 1887;annexed 1896 toDenver,Colorado), wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS P. T. Barnum (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by P. T. Barnum:TheLife of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself |
| | Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) — also known asFrancis S. Bartow — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,September6, 1816.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifleshot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during thefirst battle ofManassas,Va.,July 21,1861 (age44 years, 318days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,April18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter ofJohnMacpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of TheodosiaBartow (who marriedAaronBurr). | | | | Political family:Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bartow County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofBartow,Florida, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofBartow,Georgia, isnamed forhim. — Thecommunity ofBartow,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — BartowElementarySchool (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), inSavannah,Georgia, was formerlynamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Armstrong Beattie — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Mayorof St. Joseph, Mo., 1857-59, 1860-61, 1866-67, 1878-80.Burial location unknown. | | George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Becker — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Locke,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1829.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;member ofMinnesotastate senate 1st District, 1868-71; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.Dutchancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,January6, 1904 (age74 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | 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. | | Roswell Beebe (1795-1856) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inDutchessCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1795.Lawyer;president, Cairo and FultonRailroadCompany;mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1849-50.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1856 (age60 years, 274days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) — also known asPeter H. Bell — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 12,1812.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTexas, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March 8,1898 (age85 years, 300days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument atCourthouseGrounds, Belton, Tex. | | August Belmont (1816-1890) — also known asAugust Schönberg — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Alzei,Germany,December2, 1816.Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1854-57;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1860,1864,1876;speaker,1864,1868.Jewish.Fought aduelwith Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; both men were injured.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1890 (age73 years, 357days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I. | | Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,August14, 1781.Lumberbusiness;architect;banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1804-06, 1808-18;Speaker ofthe South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1814-18;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1812-13; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1819-20,1836-40;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1820-22.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January30, 1865 (age83 years, 169days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) — Born in Royalton,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September27, 1823.Republican.Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1846-48;lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, Northern PacificRailway,1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1880.Died in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September30, 1890 (age67 years, 3days).Interment atRiverStreet Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt. | | William Bingham (1752-1804) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 8,1752.Banker;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-91;Speaker ofthe Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1791; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1794-95;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1795-1801.Died in Bath,England,February7, 1804 (age51 years, 336days).Interment atParisChurch, Bath, England. | | Redmond Black (1863-1937) — ofReynoldsCounty, Mo.; Redmondville,IronCounty, Mo.; Shepard,IronCounty, Mo.Born in Ellington,ReynoldsCounty, Mo.,September15, 1863.Democrat.Farmer;ReynoldsCounty Assessor, 1898-1902; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Iron County, 1921-26, 1929-30.Died in Ironton,IronCounty, Mo.,December18, 1937 (age74 years, 94days).Interment atOttery Cemetery, Near Belleview, Iron County, Mo.  | James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) — also known asJames G. Blaine;"The PlumedKnight";"Belshazzar Blaine";"Magnetic Man" —of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in West Brownsville,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,January31, 1830.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1856(HonorarySecretary); member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1859-62;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1876,1880;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1876-81;U.S.Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1884.Congregationalist.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1893 (age62 years, 362days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 atBlaineMemorial Park, Augusta, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Ephraim Lyon Blaine and Maria Louise (Gillespie) Blaine; married,June30, 1850, to Harriet Stanwood; father of Harriet Blaine (whomarriedTruxtunBeale); nephew of Ellen Blaine (who marriedJohnHoge Ewing); grandfather ofJamesGillespie Blaine III. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertG. Ingersoll | | | | Blaine counties inIdaho,Mont.,Neb. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountBlaine, inParkCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofBlaine,Washington, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofBlaine,Maine, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James G. Blaine (built 1942 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:J.B. McLaughlin | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about James G. Blaine: MarkWahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Edward P. Crapol,JamesG. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
 | John Insley Blair (1802-1899) — also known asJohn I. Blair — of Blairstown,WarrenCounty, N.J.Born inWarrenCounty, N.J.,August22, 1802.Republican.Merchant;postmaster;manufacturer;railroadbuilder; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1860,1868;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1868.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died in Blairstown,WarrenCounty, N.J.,December2, 1899 (age97 years, 102days).Interment atGravelHill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married,September20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma ElizabethBlair. | | | | — Thecity ofBlair,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. Thetownship ofBlairstown,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofBlairstown,Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Blair Hall, at PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: King's Notable NewYorkers of 1896-1899 |
| | | Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823) — of Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.Born in Woodbridge,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,October18, 1753.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;NewJersey state attorney general, 1783-92; Presidential Elector forNew Jersey,1792;mayorof Burlington, N.J., 1795-1800;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1801-02, 1803-12;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1801-02, 1803-12; general in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1817-21.Died in Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,October3, 1823 (age69 years, 350days).Interment atSt.Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. | | Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) — of Boonville,WarrickCounty, Ind.Born inFranklinCounty, N.C.,January18, 1781.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-18; member ofIndianastate senate, 1818-19;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24;Governor ofIndiana, 1822;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1828.Presbyterian.Died in Louisiana,PikeCounty, Mo.,November20, 1844 (age63 years, 307days).Original interment atLousianaCemetery, Louisiana, Mo.; reinterment atRiverviewCemetery, Louisiana, Mo. | | Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) — Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1801.Schoolteacher;surveyor;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;newspaperpublisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the TexasRepublic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, heinventeda dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failedcommercially; in 1853, heinventeda process to make sweetenedcondensedmilk, which could be transported without refrigeration, anddeveloped sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.Died in Borden,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,January11, 1874 (age72 years, 63days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | William C. Bouck (1786-1859) — also known as"Old White Hoss ofSchoharie" —ofSchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in Fultonham,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1786.Farmer;sheriff;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schoharie County, 1813-16, 1817-18; member ofNewYork state senate Middle District, 1820-22;Governor ofNew York, 1843-45; defeated, 1840;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died inSchoharieCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1859 (age73 years, 102days).Interment atMiddleburghCemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y. | | | James Bowdoin (1726-1790) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August7, 1726.Delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1785-87;delegateto Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, ofconsumption(tuberculosis),in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November6, 1790 (age64 years, 91days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) — also known asFranklin W. Bowdon — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.; Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,February17, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1844-45;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1846-51; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Texas,1856.Died in Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.,June 8,1857 (age40 years, 111days).Interment atOldHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tex. | | William Bradford (1755-1795) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September14, 1755.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1780-91;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94;U.S.Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795.Presbyterian.DiedAugust23, 1795 (age39 years, 343days).Interment atSt.Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. | | Gerard Chittocque Brandon (1788-1850) — also known asGerard C. Brandon — of Mississippi. Born near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,September15, 1788.Member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1815-17;LieutenantGovernor of Mississippi, 1817-20, 1822-25;Governor ofMississippi, 1825-26, 1826-32.Died near Fort Adams,WilkinsonCounty, Miss.,March28, 1850 (age61 years, 194days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Wilkinson County, Miss. | | John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known asJohn C. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1849-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;VicePresident of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democraticcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in theConfederatemilitary.Fledto Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andlivercirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | Sidney Breese (1800-1878) — of Carlyle,ClintonCounty, Ill.Born in Whitesborough,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1800.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for Illinois, 1827-29; circuit judge in Illinois 2ndCircuit, 1835-41, 1855-57;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-43, 1857-78; died in office1878;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1843-49; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1851-52;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1851.Died in Pinckneyville,PerryCounty, Ill.,June 27,1878 (age77 years, 347days).Interment atCarlyleCemetery, Carlyle, Ill. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortallywounded in aduel onSeptember 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Brooks (1752-1825) — of Massachusetts. Born in Medford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,May 4,1752.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1785-86;delegateto Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1791;AdjutantGeneral of Massachusetts, 1812-16;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1816-23.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Medford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,March 1,1825 (age72 years, 301days).Interment atSalemStreet Burial Ground, Medford, Mass. | | Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduelwithLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly witha cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over ananti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate andbeatSenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevereinjuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Broome (1738-1810) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1738.Importerand exporter;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; colonel in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1803-04;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1804-10; died in office 1810.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1810 (age72 years, 20days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Jared L. Brush (1835-1913) — of Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.Born inClermontCounty, Ohio,July 6,1835.Republican. Member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1879-93;LieutenantGovernor of Colorado, 1895-99; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1912.Died in Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.,April24, 1913 (age77 years, 292days).Interment atLinnGrove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo. | | John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) — also known asJohn A. Bryan — of Ellicottville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Menasha,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born inBerkshireCounty, Mass.,April13, 1794.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1827;Ohioauditor of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toPeru, 1845.Member,Freemasons.Died in Menasha,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,May 24,1864 (age70 years, 41days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.  | James Buchanan (1791-1868) — also known as"The Sage of Wheatland";"Buck";"Old Buck" —of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in alogcabin near Mercersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,April23, 1791.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-31 (3rd District 1821-23,4th District 1823-31); U.S. Minister toRussia, 1832-33;Great Britain, 1853-56;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1844,1848,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1845-49;Presidentof the United States, 1857-61.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died near Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 1,1868 (age77 years, 39days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; memorial monument atMeridianHill Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Buchanan (c.1761-1821) and Elizabeth (Speer)Buchanan. | | | | Cross-reference:DavidFullerton Robison —JohnA. Quitman —JohnGallagher Montgomery | | | | Buchanan counties inIowa,Mo. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofBuchanan,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Buchanan (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesShearer—JamesBuchanan Richmond—JamesB. Duke—JamesB. Cullison—JamesB. Holland—JamesBuchanan Siggins—J.B. Marcum—JamesB. Searcy | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Buchanan: Philip S.Klein,PresidentJames Buchanan: A Biography — Jean H. Baker,JamesBuchanan — R. G. Horton,TheLife And Public Services Of James Buchanan: Late Minister To EnglandAnd Formerly Minister To Russia, Senator And Representative InCongress, And Sec. Of State — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about James Buchanan:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in New Berlin,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1820.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1852-54;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.Minister toChina, 1861-67.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in St. Petersburg,Russia,February23, 1870 (age49 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Freelove (Angell) Burlingame andJoelBurlingame; married,June 3,1847, to Jane Cornelia Livermore; fourth cousin ofOssianRay; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesMontgomery Burlingame andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofBurlingame,California, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofBurlingame,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofAnson,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Anson Burlingame (built 1943 atRichmond,California; sold private 1947; sank 1950) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otway Burns (c.1775-1850) — of Swansboro,OnslowCounty, N.C.; Beaufort,CarteretCounty, N.C.Born near Swansboro,OnslowCounty, N.C., about 1775.Shipcaptain;privateerduring the War of 1812;shipbuilder;planter;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1821-22, 1824-27, 1832; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1828-30, 1834;lighthousekeeper at the Brant Island Shoal Light, 1835-50.Died in Portsmouth,CarteretCounty, N.C.,August25, 1850 (ageabout 75years).Interment atOldBurying Ground, Beaufort, N.C.; statue atTown Square, Burnsville, N.C. | | James Burrill Jr. (1772-1820) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April25, 1772.RhodeIsland state attorney general, 1797-1812; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1810;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1814-16;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1817-20; died in office 1820.Died inWashington,D.C.,December25, 1820 (age48 years, 244days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) — also known as"The Lone Pine ofMichigan" —of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Pike,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1831.Lumber andtimber business;railroadbuilder;mayorof East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872,1880;Fusion candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1900,1912;Convention Vice-President,1892;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1912;member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,1908; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democraticcandidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1903;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,1907-08.Died, fromstomachtrouble, in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,March 2,1919 (age87 years, 188days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. | | Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) — also known asRoderick R. Butler — of Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,April 9,1827.Republican.Tailor;postmaster;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1859, 1893-1901;arrestedby Confederate authorities in 1862, andchargedwithtreason;eventuallyfledto Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1865;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;unanimouslycensuredby the U.S. House in March 1870, foracceptingpayment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academyat West Point; a vote toexpelhim failed; in August, 1870, he wasarrestedforforgeryin connection with pensionfraud;in December, 1870, he wasindictedby a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, atrialwas begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed;delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1872;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1879-85.Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,August18, 1902 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn. | | Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born in Drakes Ferry,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,March 1,1830.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;banker;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in St. Joseph'sHospital,Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 19,1917 (age87 years, 79days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan. | | Benjamin Campbell (1826-1907) — of Campbell,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Kentucky,1826.Sawmillowner; postmaster atCampbell,Calif., 1885-88.Died inSanta ClaraCounty, Calif.,1907(ageabout81 years).Interment atMissionCity Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Calif. | | Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) — also known asJulian S. Carr;Jule Carr — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,October12, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham"tobacco;founder of the DurhamCottonManufacturing Company and DurhamHosieryMills; involved inrailroads,utilities,andbanking;mayorof Durham, N.C., 1873; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1888,1904,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1900.Methodist.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died, ofpneumonia,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April29, 1924 (age78 years, 200days).Entombed in mausoleum atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) — of McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Georgetown,MeigsCounty, Tenn.,January12, 1892.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1915-18; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1919-22;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in theU.S. Army during World War II;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1947-51;Oklahomastate auditor, 1951-55.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Acacia;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,March14, 1979 (age87 years, 61days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla. | | Samuel Fenton Cary (1814-1900) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February18, 1814.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1864;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1867-69; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1875; Greenback candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1876.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Died in College Hill (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September29, 1900 (age86 years, 223days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | Thetown andvillage ofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofCass City,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcity ofCass Lake,Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Buildingin 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Henry Champion (1751-1836) — of Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Westchester, Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March16, 1751.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;banker;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1806-17; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Colchester, 1820.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 13,1836 (age85 years, 119days).Interment atWestchester Cemetery, Westchester, Colchester, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Champion (1724-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion;brother ofEpaphroditusChampion; married,October10, 1781, to Abigail Tinker; father of Harriet Champion (whomarriedJosephTrumbull); second great-grandfather ofFrancisWatkinson Cole; first cousin four times removed ofCharlotteH. McMorran; second cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard; second cousin twice removed ofLeveretBrainard; second cousin four times removed ofAsahelRowland DeWolf,WinthropRoger De Wolf andJohnAnderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGates Dawes,RufusCutler Dawes,BemanGates Dawes andHenryMay Dawes; third cousin ofDanielUpson; third cousin twice removed ofChesterAckley,CharlesUpson,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; third cousin thrice removed ofAlmarF. Dickson. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofChampion,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thetownship ofChampion,Ohio,named forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) — also known asAndrew G. Chatfield — of Addison,SteubenCounty, N.Y.; Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.; Belle Plaine,ScottCounty, Minn.Born in Butternuts,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1810.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846;justice ofMinnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Belle Plaine,ScottCounty, Minn.,October3, 1875 (age65 years, 249days).Interment atEpiscopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,Minn.| | Relatives: Sonof Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married,June 27,1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin thrice removed ofAlmonFerdinand Rockwell; second cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum andPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andTrumanHotchkiss; fourth cousin ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,BenjaminPulaski Chatfield andGloverWheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,NathanSummers Beardslee andHobartChatfield Chatfield-Taylor. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity of Chatfield, inFillmoreandOlmstedcounties, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstructionalong with other members of theKu KluxKlan; he was among thoseimplicatedin themurderofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga.  | Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January6, 1730.Governorof Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.Died in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,August25, 1797 (age67 years, 231days).Interment atThomasChittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue atTownGreen, Williston, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married1749 toElizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who marriedJonasGalusha), Beulah Chittenden (who marriedMatthewLyon) andMartinChittenden; grandfather ofChittendenLyon; first cousin twice removed ofJosiahC. Chittenden andAbelMadison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; second cousin twice removed ofJeduthunWilcox,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; second cousin thrice removed ofLeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden; third cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich andFrederickWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofEnsignHosmer Kellogg andEliCoe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin andRogerWolcott; fourth cousin ofJonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; fourth cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,ElijahHunt Mills,HenryMeigs andZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ChittendenCounty, Vt. is named for him. | | | | Thetown ofChittenden,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Vermont(1894) |
| | Pierre Chouteau Jr. (1789-1865) — also known asPierre Cadet Chouteau — ofSt.Louis County, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January19, 1789.Merchant;lead miningbusiness;fur trader;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820.DiedSeptember6, 1865 (age76 years, 230days).Burial location unknown.  | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known asStephen Grover Cleveland;"UncleJumbo";"The Veto Mayor";"GroverThe Good";"The Sage of Princeton";"Dumb Prophet";"Buffalo Hangman";"The Veto President";"Beast ofBuffalo";"Big Steve" —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Caldwell,EssexCounty, N.J.,March18, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1870-73;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882;Governor ofNew York, 1883-85;Presidentof the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1935.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 24,1908 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue atCity Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,June2, 1886, toFrancesClara Folsom (first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom); father ofRichardFolsom Cleveland (son-in-law ofThomasFrank Gailor; brother-in-law ofFrankHoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed ofFrancisLandon Cleveland; second cousin ofJamesHarlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed ofJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanUsher andJosephWheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed ofJohnPalmer Usher andRobertCleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed ofEphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLord andRollinUsher Tyler. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryT. Ellett —WilsonS. Bissell —DavidKing Udall —EdwardS. Bragg —ThomasF. Grady —LymanK. Bass —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —J.Hampton Hoge —WilliamGorham Rice —J.Scott Harrison —BenjaminFolsom | | | | Cleveland counties inArk. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountCleveland, a volcano onChuginadakIsland, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofGrover,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The ClevelandNationalForest (established 1908), inSanDiego,Riverside,Orangecounties, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GroverC. Cook—GroverC. Meyrs—GroverC. Talbot—GroverC. Helm—GroverC. Robertson—G. C.Cooley—GroverA. Whalen—GroverC. Taylor—GroverC. Winn—GroverC. Luke—GroverC. Albright—GroverCleveland Welsh—GroverC. Belknap—GroverC. Worrell—GroverB. Hill—GroverC. Dillman—GroverC. Brenneman—GroverC. George—GroverC. Mitchell—GroverC. Ladner—GroverC. Hall—GroverC. Tye—GroverC. Cisel—GroverC. Hedrick—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Montgomery—GroverC. Farwell—GroverC. Gillingham—GroverC. Studivan—GroverC. Layne—GroverC. Hudson—GroverC. Combs—GroverC. Snyder—GroverC. Guernsey—GroverC. Henderson—GroverC. Smith—GroverC. Jackson—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Bower—GroverC. Land—GroverC. Moritz—GroverC. Gregg—GroverC. Richman, Jr.—GroverC. Anderson—GroverC. Chriss—GroverC. Allen—GroverC. Criswell—GroverC. Brown—GroverC. Robinson III—GroverC. Robinson IV | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill(1928-46). | | | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love himfor the enemies he has made." | | | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,Where's My Pa?" | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Grover Cleveland: AlynBrodsky,GroverCleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers,AnHonest President: The Life and Presidencies of GroverCleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Henry F. Graff,GroverCleveland — Troy Senik,AMan of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of GroverCleveland — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Jeff C. Young,GroverCleveland (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:Matthew Algeo,ThePresident Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover ClevelandSurvives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the CourageousNewspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — CharlesLachman,ASecret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President GroverCleveland | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
|  | De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesClinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother ofJamesGraham Clinton; brother ofCharlesClinton,GeorgeClinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorgeWilliam Clinton; nephew ofGeorgeClinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:Clintonfamily of New York;DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownship and city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed forhim. — Thecity ofDe Witt,Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofDe Witt,Missouri, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) — also known as"The Christian Statesman";"Smiler" —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1823.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate toWhig National Convention from Indiana, 1852;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1863-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1872.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.,January13, 1885 (age61 years, 296days).Interment atSouthBend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.| | Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married1844 to EvelynClark; married,November18, 1868, toEllenMaria Wade (niece ofBenjaminFranklin Wade andEdwardWade; first cousin ofDeciusSpear Wade); father ofSchuylerColfax III. | | | | Political family:Wade-Colfaxfamily of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. | | | | Colfax counties inNeb. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofSchuyler,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.Smith,SchuylerColfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax: a reappraisal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Abraham Bogart Conger (1814-1887) — also known asAbraham B. Conger — of Waldberg (now Congers),RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1852-53; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1864.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1887 (age72 years, 323days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof John Smith Conger and Sarah (Bogart) Conger; married,November12, 1836, to Mary Rutgers McCrea Hedges; third cousin twiceremoved ofHughConger; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesLockwood Conger,AnsonGriffith Conger,HarmonSweatland Conger,OmarDwight Conger,MooreConger,FrederickWard Conger,ChaunceyStewart Conger andCharlesFranklin Conger. | | | | Political family:Congerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecommunity ofCongers,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) — also known as"The Oneida Chieftan";"MyLord Roscoe" —of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District1859-63, 21st District 1865-67);U.S.Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1880.Died, frommastoiditis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1888 (age58 years, 171days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAlfredConkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother ofFrederickAugustus Conkling; married,June 25,1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter ofHenrySeymour; sister ofHoratioSeymour; granddaughter ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff Seymour); uncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe,AlfredRonalds Conkling andHowardConkling; granduncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelHuntington. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecommunity ofRoscoe,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:RoscoeC. Chandley—RoscoeC. Patterson—RoscoeC. Waterbury—RoscoeC. McCulloch—RoscoeC. Marcum—RoscoeC. Emery—RoscoeConkling Simmons—RoscoeConkling Fitch—RoscoeC. Van Marter—RoscoeC. Summers—RoscoeC. Rowe—RoscoeC. Lennon—RoscoeC. Austin—RoscoeC. Hobbs—RoscoeC. Stacey—RoscoeC. Brown, Jr.—RoscoeC. Howard | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: DonaldBarr Chidsey,Thegentleman from New York: A life of RoscoeConkling | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | William Cooper (1754-1809) — of New York. Born in aloghouse, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1754.Merchant;common pleas court judge in New York, 1791;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.Englishancestry.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1809 (age55 years, 20days).Interment atChristChurchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y. | | Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903) — also known asHenry W. Corbett — of Oregon. Born in Westborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,February18, 1827.Republican.U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1867-73; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Oregon,1868;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Oregon, 1868-72.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,May 31,1903 (age76 years, 102days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Erastus Corning (1794-1872) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December14, 1794.Democrat.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1834-37; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1842-45; founder (1853) and firstpresident of the New York CentralRailroad;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1872 (age77 years, 117days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October30, 1768.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in FrenchsMills (now Fort Covington),FranklinCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1813 (age45 years, 15days).Original intermentsomewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 atMt.Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph atMilitaryPost Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. | | James Craig (1818-1888) — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,February28, 1818.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1860,1880;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Hannibal &St. JosephRailroad.Slaveowner. Died in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,October22, 1888 (age70 years, 237days).Interment atMt.Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. | | John Lovick Crawford (1816-1902) — also known asJohn L. Crawford — of Florida. Born in Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.,April17, 1816.Physician;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1847; member ofFloridastate senate, 1860;secretaryof state of Florida, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January24, 1902 (age85 years, 282days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) — also known asD. L. Crossman — of Dansville,InghamCounty, Mich.; Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1836.Republican.Postmaster;miller;banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1869; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872;clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1876.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.,March 7,1901 (age64 years, 123days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairviewCemetery, Dansville, Mich.  | Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) — also known asCharles M. Croswell — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1825.Republican.Carpenter;contractor;lawyer;LenaweeCounty Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner ofThomasM. Cooley, 1855;mayor ofAdrian, Mich., 1862-63; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8thDistrict 1867-68);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1868;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,1873-74;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74;Governor ofMichigan, 1877-80.Presbyterian.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.Died in Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,December13, 1886 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich.  | Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) — also known asShelby M. Cullom — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Monticello,WayneCounty, Ky.,November22, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1856;U.S.Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71;Governor ofIllinois, 1877-83; resigned 1883;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1884,1892,1904(delegation chair;speaker),1908.Died inWashington,D.C.,January28, 1914 (age84 years, 67days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey) Cullom; married,December12, 1855, to Hannah M. Fisher; married,May 5,1863, to Julia Fisher; father of Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (whomarriedWilliamBarret Ridgely); nephew ofAlvinCullom andWilliamCullom. | | | | Political family:Cullomfamily of Springfield, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thevillage ofCullom,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1901 |
| | Thomas Cushing (1725-1788) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March24, 1725.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-76;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1780-88; died in office 1788;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1785.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February28, 1788 (age62 years, 341days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | John Alfred Cuthbert (1788-1881) — also known asJohn A. Cuthbert — of Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.; Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,June 3,1788.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1811-13, 1817, 1822; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1814-15;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-21;newspapereditor and publisher.Slaveowner. Died in Mon Louis Island,MobileCounty, Ala.,September22, 1881 (age93 years, 111days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Mobile County, Ala. | | Samuel Dale (1772-1841) — also known asSam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,1772.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died near Daleville,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.,May 24,1841 (ageabout 68years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;reinterment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) — also known asGeorge M. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 10,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1837-39;Great Britain, 1856-61;VicePresident of the United States, 1845-49.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1864 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: SonofAlexanderJames Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of SophiaBurrell Dallas (who marriedRichardBache Jr.); married,May 23,1816, toSophiaChew Nicklin (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache(who marriedRobertJohn Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin) andGeorgeMifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle ofRobertWalker Irwin; second great-granduncle ofClaibornede Borda Pell; third great-granduncle ofDanielBaugh Brewster. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Dallas counties inArk.,Iowa,Mo. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofDallas,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeorgeM. D. Hart—GeorgeM. Condon | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: JohnM. Belohlavek,GeorgeMifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
| | William Darke (1736-1801) — ofBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,May 6,1736.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BerkeleyCounty, 1788.Died inJeffersonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),November26, 1801 (age65 years, 204days).Interment atDarke-Engle-Ronemous Cemetery, Shenandoah Junction, W.Va. | | Andrew Duncan Davidson (1853-1916) — also known asA. D. Davidson — of Little Falls,MorrisonCounty, Minn.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Glencoe,Ontario,May18, 1853.Republican. President, Canadian WesternLumberCompany; vice-president, Columbia RiverLumberCompany; land commissioner, Canadian NorthernRailway;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Died, fromacutestomach trouble, in theMayoClinic, Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,April22, 1916 (age62 years, 340days).Entombed atForestHill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn. | | Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) — also known asHenry G. Davis — of Piedmont,MineralCounty, W.Va.Born near Woodstock,HowardCounty, Md.,November16, 1823.Democrat.Railroadpromoter; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;member ofWestVirginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1872,1880,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,March11, 1916 (age92 years, 116days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va.; statue atDavis Park, Charleston, W.Va. | | William Crosby Dawson (1798-1856) — also known asWilliam C. Dawson — of Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.Born in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,January4, 1798.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1836-41; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1841; circuit judge in Georgia, 1845;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1849-55.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,May 5,1856 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atGreensboroCemetery, Greensboro, Ga. | | Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,October16, 1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790,1814-15;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1795-99;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Arrestedin 1807 onchargesof conspiring withAaronBurr intreasonableprojects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,October9, 1824 (age63 years, 359days).Entombed atSt.John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J. | | Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February23, 1751.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,1st District 1795-97);U.S.Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1822-24.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 6,1829 (age78 years, 103days).Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives:Father ofHenryAlexander Scammell Dearborn. | | | | Dearborn County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofDearborn,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The DearbornRiver,inLewis &Clark andCascadecounties, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Mount Dearborn, a formermilitaryarsenal on an island in the Catawba River,ChesterCounty, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1959) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | Columbus Delano (1809-1896) — of Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,June 4,1809.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1845-47, 1865-67, 1868-69 (10thDistrict 1845-47, 13th District 1865-67, 1868-69); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1860;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1863;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1870-75.Died in Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio,October23, 1896 (age87 years, 141days).Interment atMoundView Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. | | William Jennings Demorest (1822-1895) — also known asW. Jennings Demorest — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJune 10,1822.Magazinepublisher; he and his wife were pioneers in making mass-producedpaper patterns for sewingclothes;Prohibition candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1890.DiedApril 9,1895 (age72 years, 303days).Burial location unknown.  | Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) — also known asMark L. De Motte — of Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.; Lexington,LafayetteCounty, Mo.Born in Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.,December28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor and publisher; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegateto Republican National Convention from Missouri,1876;U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member ofIndianastate senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1888;postmaster atValparaiso,Ind., 1890-94.Methodist.FrenchandDutchancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.,September23, 1908 (age75 years, 270days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Valparaiso, Ind. | | William Dennison Jr. (1815-1882) — of Ohio. BornNovember23, 1815.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;Governorof Ohio, 1860-62;U.S.Postmaster General, 1864-66.DiedJune 15,1882 (age66 years, 204days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | Harmar Denny (1794-1852) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 13,1794.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-37 (16th District 1829-33,22nd District 1833-37).Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January29, 1852 (age57 years, 261days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | James William Denver (1817-1892) — also known asJames W. Denver — Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,October23, 1817.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53; killed newspaper editor Edward Gilbert inaduelon August 2, 1852;secretaryof state of California, 1853-55;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57;secretaryof Kansas Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857-58, 1858, 1858; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1866.Died inWashington,D.C.,August9, 1892 (age74 years, 291days).Interment atSugarGrove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.  | Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) — also known asChauncey M. Depew — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1834.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63;secretaryof state of New York, 1864-65;WestchesterCounty Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1868,1892,1896(speaker),1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920(speaker),1924;Liberal Republican candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New YorkCentralRailroad;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1888;U.S.Senator from New York, 1899-1911.FrenchHuguenot,Dutch,andEnglishancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Societyof the Cincinnati;Skulland Bones.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1928 (age93 years, 348days).Entombed atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married,November9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married,December28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew ofRogerSherman; second cousin twice removed ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed ofAaronBurr; third cousin once removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andMertonWilliam Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed ofReubenBostwick Heacock; fourth cousin ofJohnFrederick Addis,Henryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAdams Dix,CharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,CharlesWarren Fairbanks,NewtonHamilton Fairbanks,JohnStanley Addis andArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thevillage ofDepew, NewYork, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) — of Lunenburg,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 14,1761.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1788-90;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800;U.S.Secretary of War, 1800;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1814, 1815, 1816.Died in Athens,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1816 (age54 years, 356days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Samuel William Dexter (1792-1863) — also known asSamuel W. Dexter — of Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February18, 1792.Newspaperpublisher;WashtenawCounty Judge, 1826-27; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831.Died in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February6, 1863 (age70 years, 353days).Interment atForest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich. | | Archibald Dixon (1802-1876) — of Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.Born near Redhouse,CaswellCounty, N.C.,April 2,1802.Whig.Lawyer; lawpartner ofLazarusPowell, 1835-39;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1844-48; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1851;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1851-55.Slaveowner. Died in Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,April23, 1876 (age74 years, 21days).Interment atFernwoodCemetery, Henderson, Ky. | | William Polk Dobson (1793-1846) — also known asWilliam P. Dobson — ofSurryCounty, N.C.Born inStokesCounty, N.C.,1793.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 1836, 1842 (SurryCounty 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 43rd District 1836, 1842).Died in Rockford,SurryCounty, N.C.,1846(ageabout53 years).Interment atDobsonFamily Cemetery, Near Rockford, Surry County, N.C. | | Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — ofSte.Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville,IowaCounty, Wis.Born near Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,October12, 1782.Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33;Governorof Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57.Slaveowner. Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,June 19,1867 (age84 years, 250days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Joseph Norton Dolph (1835-1897) — also known asJoseph N. Dolph — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inSchuylerCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Oregon, 1865-68; member ofOregonstate senate, 1866-74;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1883-95.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March10, 1897 (age61 years, 142days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty,ClayCounty, Mo.; Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,July 9,1808.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1836, 1840, 1854; in 1838, herefused to obey an order to execute Joseph Smith and other Mormonleaders, calling it "cold-blooded murder"; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico,1846-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1876.Died in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,August8, 1887 (age79 years, 30days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Liberty, Mo.; statue atCounty Courthouse Grounds, Richmond, Mo. | | Kelsey Harris Douglass (d. 1840) — of Texas. Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38.Member,Freemasons.Died in1840.Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex. | | John Gately Downey (1827-1894) — also known asJohn G. Downey — ofLosAngeles County, Calif.Born in County Roscommon,Ireland,June24, 1827.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 1st District, 1856-57;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1860;Governor ofCalifornia, 1860-62; defeated, 1863; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1864.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 1,1894 (age66 years, 250days).Original interment atOldCalvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;reinterment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Jesse K. Dubois — ofLawrenceCounty, Ill.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1835-41, 1843-45;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1857-64; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1868.Burial location unknown. | | James Henry Duncan (1793-1869) — also known asJames H. Duncan — of Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,December5, 1793.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1827, 1837-38, 1857; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1828-31; delegate to Whig National Convention fromMassachusetts, 1839;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1849-53.Died in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,February8, 1869 (age75 years, 65days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Haverhill, Mass. | | George Harman Durand (1838-1903) — also known asGeorge H. Durand — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJohnJ. Carton;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1873-75;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1875-77; defeated,1876;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1892; appointed 1892; defeated,1893; Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,June 8,1903 (age65 years, 107days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich. | | Theophilus Eaton (1590-1658) — Born in Buckinghamshire,England,1590.Co-founder and first Governor of New Haven Colony, 1639-58.Puritan.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January17,1658 (ageabout 67years).Original interment and cenotaph atNew Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph atMontowese Cemetery, North Haven, Conn. | | William Eaton (1764-1811) — of Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.; Brimfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,February23, 1764.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Clerk,Vermont House of Representatives, 1791-92; U.S. Consul General inTunis, 1797-1803; led multinational military force in NorthAfrica, 1804-05, in an effort to overthrow the Barbary pirates;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1807-08.Died in Brimfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 1,1811 (age47 years, 98days).Interment atBrimfieldCemetery, Brimfield, Mass. | | Alfred Peck Edgerton (1813-1897) — also known asAlfred P. Edgerton — of Hicksville,DefianceCounty, Ohio; Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1813.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate senate, 1845-46;U.S.Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1868; Bourbon Democrat candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1872.Died in Hicksville,DefianceCounty, Ohio,May 14,1897 (age84 years, 123days).Interment atLindenwoodCemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofBelaEdgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother ofJosephKetchum Edgerton; married,February9, 1841, to Charlotte Elizabeth Dixon; second cousin once removedofHemanTicknor; second cousin twice removed ofHarryAndrews Gager; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofElijahAbel andCalvinFillmore; third cousin twice removed ofZinaHyde Jr. andFrankHeman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold,JabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; fourth cousin ofMillardFillmore,JohnArnold Rockwell,JohnLeslie Russell andHiramBingham; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLathrop,WilliamWoodbridge,HenryMeigs,PhineasLyman Tracy,CharlesRobert Sherman,IsaacBackus,WillardJ. Chapin,AlbertHaller Tracy,MartinOlds,HarrisonBlodget,HenryTitus Backus,DavidEdgerton,AugustusFrank,LeslieWead Russell,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,CharlesHazen Russell,JohnClarence Keeler,HiramBingham Jr.,AlfredMitchell Bingham andJonathanBrewster Bingham. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thevillage ofEdgerton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera,in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill. | | Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) — of Georgia. Born in South Carolina,1740.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784;Governor ofGeorgia, 1785-86.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November1, 1788 (ageabout 48years).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.  | Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) — also known asStephen B. Elkins — of Messilla,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.; Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.; Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born near New Lexington,PerryCounty, Ohio,September26, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Mexicoterritorial House of Representatives, 1864-65;NewMexico territory attorney general, 1867;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77;U.S.Secretary of War, 1891-93;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.Died inWashington,D.C.,January4, 1911 (age69 years, 100days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | William Ellery (1727-1820) — of Rhode Island. Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,December22, 1727.Delegateto Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;justice ofRhode Island state supreme court, 1785.Congregationalist.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,February15, 1820 (age92 years, 55days).Interment atCommonBurying Ground, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863) — of Winchester,WayneCounty, Miss.Born inAmherstCounty, Va.,January17, 1790.Democrat.Justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1823;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1825-26, 1827-32;federaljudge, 1832; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toMexico, 1836; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1839-42.Died inRichmond,Va.,March18, 1863 (age73 years, 60days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) — of Connecticut. Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April29, 1745.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes,1796;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November26, 1807 (age62 years, 211days).Interment atPalisadoCemetery, Windsor, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof David Ellsworth and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth; married1772 toAbigail Wolcott (grandniece ofRogerWolcott); father of Delia Ellsworth (who marriedThomasScott Williams),HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin ofJonathanHunt; second cousin once removed ofAbijahBlodget; second cousin twice removed ofHarrisonBlodget,ElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen,WalterHarrison Blodget andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofLutherThomas Ellsworth; second cousin five times removed ofHalletThomas Ellsworth andWayneLyman Morse; third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold andElishaPhelps; third cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCase,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr. andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofParmenioAdams,OliverDwight Filley,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamDean Kellogg,CharlesJenkins Hayden,AlmonCase,NoahWebster Holcomb,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,WilliamWalter Phelps andLafayetteBlanchard Gleason. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofEllsworth,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges |
| | Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer (1793-1883) — also known asLucius Q. C. Elmer — of Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.Born in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,February3, 1793.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1820-23;Speakerof the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1823;U.S.Attorney for New Jersey, 1824-28;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1843-45;NewJersey state attorney general, 1850-52;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1852-59, 1861-69.Died in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,March11, 1883 (age90 years, 36days).Interment atOldBroad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofEbenezerElmer and Hannah P. (Seeley) Elmer; married to Catharine Hay;nephew ofJonathanElmer; first cousin once removed ofEliElmer andJosephH. Elmer; second cousin ofReubenFithian; second cousin once removed ofAmosFithian Garrison Sr.; second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderRobeson Fithian; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesGrant Garrison,LindleyMiller Garrison andJamesHampton Fithian; third cousin ofApollosMorrell Elmer; third cousin once removed ofJohnAllen,HenryWard Beecher andGeorgeFrederick Stone; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821) andGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; fourth cousin ofAmaziahBrainard,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg (1791-1875) andJohnWilliam Allen; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahBoardman,WilliamBostwick,DanielWarner Bostwick,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,AnsonLevi Holcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,LeveretBrainard,HenryPurdy Day,EdmundDay,DanielKellogg (1835-1918) andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Elmerfamily of Bridgeton and Cedarville, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Theborough ofElmer, NewJersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Evans (1814-1897) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Waynesville,WarrenCounty, Ohio,March 9,1814.Republican.Physician;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado Territory,1868(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker).Methodist.One of thefoundersof Northwestern University, and of the University of Denver.Died inDenver,Colo.,July 3,1897 (age83 years, 116days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. |  | Edward Everett (1794-1865) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,April11, 1794.Unitarianminister;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1841-45;president,Harvard College, 1846-49;U.S.Secretary of State, 1852-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Unioncandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860; Republican PresidentialElector for Massachusetts,1864.Unitarian.Delivered a lengthy speech immediately precedingAbrahamLincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January15, 1865 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | Charles Ewing (1780-1832) — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,June 8,1780.Lawyer;Federalist candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1815;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1824-32.Died, fromcholera,in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August5, 1832 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; cenotaph atRiverviewCemetery, Trenton, N.J.  | Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) — also known asCharles W. Fairbanks — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in alogcabin near Unionville Center,UnionCounty, Ohio,May 11,1852.Republican.Lawyer;general solicitor for Ohio SouthernRailroad,and for the Dayton and IrontonRailroad;president, Terre Haute and PeoriaRailroad;director and general solicitor, Cincinnati, Hamilton, and DaytonRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1896(TemporaryChair;speaker;chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1900,1904,1912;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905;VicePresident of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1908,1916.Died, fromrenalfailure, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,June 4,1918 (age66 years, 24days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Franklin Mills (now Kent),PortageCounty, Ohio,December27, 1831.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedat the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, andlost anarm;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1864-66;Governor ofWisconsin, 1866-72; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1872;U.S. Consul General inParis, as of 1879; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1880-81; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1889.Englishancestry.Died in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 23,1896 (age64 years, 148days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofJairusCassius Fairchild and Sarah 'Sally' (Blair) Fairchild; brother ofCassiusFairchild; married1864 toFrances Bull; second cousin thrice removed ofAndrewAdams. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnC. Spooner | | | | Thevillage ofFairchild,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — FairchildMountain,a summit in Rocky Mountain National Park,LarimerCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — FairchildAvenue,inKent,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Lucius Fairchild (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | John Fairfield (1797-1847) — of Saco,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,January30, 1797.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4thDistrict 1837-38); resigned 1838;Governor ofMaine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.Died inWashington,D.C.,December24, 1847 (age50 years, 328days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) — also known asJ. Sloat Fassett — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;ChemungCounty District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1880,1892,1904,1908,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1884-91;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1888-92;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1891; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1891;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,1910;banker;lumberbusiness.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,April21, 1924 (age70 years, 160days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,February13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter ofEdwinBryant Crocker; niece ofCharlesCrocker); fourth cousin once removed ofZenasFerry Moody andAlfredClark Chapin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thevillage ofFassett,Quebec, Canada, isnamed forhim. — FassettElementarySchool, inElmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fassett Commons, abuildingat ElmiraCollege,Elmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Fenner (1771-1846) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January22, 1771.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1805-07;Governor ofRhode Island, 1807-11, 1824-31, 1843-45; Presidential Elector forRhode Island,1816(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Democratic Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1836(voted forMartinVan Buren andRichardM. Johnson);delegateto Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1842.DiedApril17, 1846 (age75 years, 85days).Interment atNorthBurial Ground, Providence, R.I.  | Reuben Eaton Fenton (1819-1885) — also known asReuben E. Fenton — of Frewsburg,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Born in Carroll,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1819.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1853-55, 1857-65 (33rd District1853-55, 1857-63, 29th District 1863-65); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1856;Governorof New York, 1865-69; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1868;U.S.Senator from New York, 1869-75.Died in Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1885 (age66 years, 52days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Fenton and Elsie (Owen) Fenton; married,February5, 1840, to Jane Frew; married,June 12,1844, to Elizabeth Scudder; second cousin once removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; third cousin ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed ofDesdaChapin; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnBaldwin,LeviYale,HerschelHarrison Hatch andFrankP. Fenton. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofFenton,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecommunity ofFentonville,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fenton Hall, at the StateUniversityof New York atFredonia,isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | | James Fergus (1813-1902) — of Little Falls,MorrisonCounty, Minn.Born in Lanarkshire,Scotland,October8, 1813.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;MorrisonCounty Probate Judge, 1857-58;MorrisonCounty Treasurer, 1859-60;rancher;member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884.Scottishancestry.Died inFergusCounty, Mont.,June 5,1902 (age88 years, 240days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont.  | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1800.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1844; in 1846, he was one of thefoundersof the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1848-49;VicePresident of the United States, 1849-50;Presidentof the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1856; candidate for Whignomination for President, 1852.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died, after a series ofstrokes,in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1874 (age74 years, 60days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.; statue atBuffalo City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married,February5, 1826, toAbigailPowers (1798-1853) and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married,February10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew ofCalvinFillmore; first cousin once removed ofGeorgeLoomis Becker; third cousin ofJohnLeslie Russell; third cousin once removed ofJonathanBrace,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor,LeslieWead Russell,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AlphonsoAlva Hopkins,CharlesHazen Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin ofThomasKimberly Brace,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,CharlesHenry Pendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne,ElijahAbel,SamuelClesson Allen,GreeneCarrier Bronson,WillardJ. Chapin,RussellSage andSamuelLount Kilbourne. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardH. Thompson | | | | Fillmore counties inMinn. andNeb., andMillard County,Utah, are named for him. | | | | Thecity ofFillmore,Utah, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MillardF. Riley—MillardF. McCray—MillardF. Ross—MillardF. Parker—MillardF. Dunlap—MillardF. Voies—MillardF. Burgess—MillardF. Cottrell—MillardF. Andrew—MillardF. Leonard—MillardF. Vores—MillardF. Saunders—MillardF. Barnes—MillardF. Tawes—MillardF. Caldwell, Jr.—MillardF. Sims—MillardF. Page—MillardF. Clement | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.Raybach,MillardFillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) — also known asFrank P. Flint — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in North Reading,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 15,1862.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1896(alternate),1920,1928;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901;U.S.Senator from California, 1905-11.While on a world tour, diedon theocean linerPresident Polk, probably in theSouth ChinaSea, while approaching Manila, Philippines,February11, 1929 (age66 years, 211days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) — also known asRoswell P. Flower — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Theresa,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1835.Democrat.Jeweler;banker;U.S.Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1888(speaker),1892(ConventionVice-President; member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1896;Governorof New York, 1892-95.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Eastport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 12,1899 (age63 years, 278days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y.; statue atWashington Street Median, Watertown, N.Y. | | William Anson Floyd (1734-1821) — also known asWilliam Floyd — of New York. Born in Brookhaven,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,December17, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77, 1778-83;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1777-88, 1807-08 (Southern District 1777-88,Western District 1807-08); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1787;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton);delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Westernville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1821 (age86 years, 230days).Interment atPresbyterianChurch Cemetery, Westernville, N.Y.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Tabitha (Smith) Floyd and Nicoll Floyd (1705-1755); married,August23, 1760, to Hannah Jones; married,May 16,1784, to Joanna Strong; father ofNicollFloyd (1762-1852); grandfather ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge,DavidGelston Floyd andJohnGelston Floyd; granduncle ofCharlesAlbert Floyd; third cousin once removed ofMartinKeeler; third cousin twice removed ofStephenHiram Keeler andDanielDarling Whitney; third cousin thrice removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs andJohnClarence Keeler. | | | | Political families:Tallmadge-Floydfamily of New York;Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofFloyd, NewYork, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Floyd (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacredAfrican-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,since the Confederacyrefused torecognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen asawarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu KluxKlan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violenttactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealth Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 atNational Confederate Museum at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn. | | Theodore Foster (1752-1828) — of Rhode Island. Born in Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April29, 1752.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January13, 1828 (age75 years, 259days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) — also known asJohn C. Frémont;"ThePathfinder";"The Champion ofFreedom" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January21, 1813.Republican.Explorer;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1847;arrestedformutiny,1847;court-martialed;foundguilty ofmutiny,disobedience,andconductprejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres.JamesK. Polk;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1878-81;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.Episcopalian.Frenchancestry.Died, ofperitonitis,in ahotelroom at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atRocklandCemetery, Nyack, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)Frémont; married,October19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter ofThomasHart Benton). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SelahHill | | | | Fremont County,Colo.,Fremont County,Idaho,Fremont County,Iowa andFremont County,Wyo. are named for him. | | | | FremontPeak,inMontereyCounty andSan BenitoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofFremont,California, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofFremont,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnF. Hill—JohnC. F. Slayton—JohnFremont Cox | | | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,Free Men, Fremont." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by John C. Fremont:Memoirsof My Life and Times | | | | Books about John C. Fremont: TomChaffin,Pathfinder:John Charles Fremont and the Course of AmericanEmpire — David Roberts,ANewer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of theAmerican West — Andrew Rolle,JohnCharles Fremont: Character As Destiny — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | James Gadsden (1788-1858) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 15,1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Floridastate legislature, 1840; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1853-56.Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase, which added30,000 square miles to the U.S. (parts of southern Arizona and NewMexico).Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December25, 1858 (age70 years, 224days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.  | Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known asAbraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,January29, 1761.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-92;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1815-23;Great Britain, 1826-27.Swissancestry.Died in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1849 (age88 years, 195days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;married1789 to SophieAllègre; married,November11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather ofMayPreston Davie; cousin by marriage ofJosephHopper Nicholson. | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnL. Dawson | | | | Gallatin counties inIll.,Ky. andMont. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Addison Gardiner (1797-1883) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rindge,CheshireCounty, N.H.,March19, 1797.Democrat.Lawyer;MonroeCounty District Attorney, 1825;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1845-47;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1847-55;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1854-55; Democratic candidatefor Presidential Elector for New York,1856.Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,June 5,1883 (age86 years, 78days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | Henry Joseph Gardner (1819-1892) — also known asHenry J. Gardner — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 14,1819.Dry goodsmerchant;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1855-58; defeated (American), 1857.Died in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 21,1892 (age73 years, 37days).Burial location unknown.  | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known asJames A. Garfield — of Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in alogcabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November19, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;collegeprofessor;president,Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member ofOhiostate senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81;Presidentof the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.Disciplesof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaUpsilon.Shotby theassassinCharles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & PotomacRailroadStation, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from theeffects of the wound andinfection,in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September19, 1881 (age49 years, 304days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 atGarfieldCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atGoldenGate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue atPiatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married,November11, 1858, toLucretiaRudolph; father ofHarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; fourth cousin ofEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlden Thayer. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Maynard | | | | Garfield counties inColo.,Mont.,Neb.,Okla.,Utah andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | GarfieldMountain,in the Cascade Range,KingCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofGarfield,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofGarfield,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofGarfield,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofGarfield,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JamesG. Stewart | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James A. Garfield: AllanPeskin,Garfield:A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) — also known asAugustus H. Garland — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 11,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Arkansas,1860;delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868;Governorof Arkansas, 1874-77;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85;U.S.Attorney General, 1885-89.Slaveowner. Died suddenly while arguing a case before theSupremeCourt, in theU.S.Capitol Building,Washington,D.C.,January26, 1899 (age66 years, 229days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927) — of Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.,October8, 1846.Lawyer;banker;DuPageCounty Judge, 1882-90;mayorof Wheaton, Ill., 1890-92; founder (1901) and president(1901-11), U.S.Steel.Died, fromchronicmyocarditis, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1927 (age80 years, 311days).Entombed atWheatonCemetery, Wheaton, Ill.  | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 17,1744.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1786;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812;VicePresident of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.The wordgerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined todescribe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his partycreated in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1814 (age70 years, 129days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; brother ofSamuelRussell Gerry; married,January12, 1786, toAnnThompson; grandfather ofElbridgeThomas Gerry; great-grandfather ofPeterGoelet Gerry; third cousin ofLeviLincoln; third cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr. andEnochLincoln. | | | | Political families:Lincolnfamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky;Lincolnfamily of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofElbridge,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofGerry, NewYork, isnamed forhim. — Thetown of Gerry (nowPhillipston,Massachusetts), wasnamed forhim until 1812. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Elbridge Gerry (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ElbridgeG. Baldwin—ElbridgeG. Knowlton—ElbridgeG. Creacraft—ElbridgeG. Spaulding—ElbridgeG. Gale—ElbridgeGerry—ElbridgeG. Lapham—EldridgeGerry Pearl—ElbridgeG. Moulton—ElbridgeG. Cracraft—ElbridgeG. Kelley—ElbridgeG. Haynes—ElbridgeG. Brown—ElbridgeG. Davis | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Elbridge Gerry: GeorgeAthan Billias,ElbridgeGerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman |
| | Moses Gill (1734-1800) — of Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,January18, 1734.LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1794-1800; died in office 1800;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1799-1800; died in office 1800.Congregationalist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1800 (age66 years, 122days).Burial location unknown. | | John Joseph Glennon (1862-1946) — also known asJohn J. Glennon — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Kinnegad, County Westmeath,Ireland,June14, 1862.Democrat.Catholicpriest; Archbishop of St. Louis, 1903-46;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Dublin,Ireland,March9, 1946 (age83 years, 268days).Entombed atCathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo. | | William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inScrevenCounty, Ga.,January17, 1796.Lawyer;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1835; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838; founder and president of the CentralRailroadandBanking Co.Died, frombiliouspleurisy, in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March22, 1842 (age46 years, 64days).Original interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atWrightSquare, Savannah, Ga.  | 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;firstblind member 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.  | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue atCity Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atHerald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoraceG. Snover—HoraceG. Knowles—HoraceGreeley Dawson, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Go West, youngman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Horace Greeley:Americanconflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States ofAmerica, 1860-1865 (1869) —RecollectionsOf A Busy Life | | | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.Van Deusen,HoraceGreeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg,Spreadthe truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,HoraceGreeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross,GoWest Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision forAmerica — J. Parton,TheLife of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New YorkTribune | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Asahel Gridley (1810-1881) — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1810.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;lawyer;merchant;banker;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; member ofIllinoisstate senate 11th District, 1851-54.Died in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,January25, 1881 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | James Wilson Grimes (1816-1872) — also known asJames W. Grimes — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Deering,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,October20, 1816.Member ofIowaterritorial legislature, 1838-43; member of Iowa statelegislature, 1852-54;Governor ofIowa, 1854-58;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1859-69.Congregationalist.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,February7, 1872 (age55 years, 110days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) — also known asJosiah B. Grinnell — of Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa.Born in New Haven,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December22, 1821.Republican.Pastor;abolitionist; member ofIowastate senate, 1856-60;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860;U.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, RockIslandRailroad;receiver, Iowa CentralRailroad;president, First NationalBank ofGrinnell.Congregationalist.He claimed to be the original recipient ofHoraceGreeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".Died, from athroatailment andasthma,in Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa,March31, 1891 (age69 years, 99days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Grinnell, Iowa. | | Roger Griswold (1762-1812) — of Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 21,1762.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805,4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1809-11;Governor ofConnecticut, 1811-12; died in office 1812.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October25, 1812 (age50 years, 157days).Interment atGriswoldCemetery at Black Hall, Old Lyme, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married toFanny Rogers; nephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); grandfather ofMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second great-grandfather ofSeldenChapin; third great-grandfather ofFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; first cousin twice removed ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,PhineasLyman Tracy,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andAlbertHaller Tracy; second cousin twice removed ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott andGeorgeGriswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord (1831-1880) andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,JosephAugustine Scranton,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,SamuelLord (1859-1925),HenryAugustus Wolcott andJosephBuell Ely; second cousin five times removed ofHarryAndrews Gager andAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin andZinaHyde Jr.; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,TheodoreSill andThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,HenryWard Beecher,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,AugustusBrandegee,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin,ClaudeCarpenter Pinney,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofNathanielMerriam,PeterB. Garnsey andJamesDoolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,DanielGreene Garnsey,BelaEdgerton,SamuelGeorge Andrews andRosciusR. Kennedy. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofGriswold,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Mariano Guadalupe=Vallejo (1808-1890) — Born in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,July 7,1808.Rancher;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850.Spanishancestry.Died in Sonoma,SonomaCounty, Calif.,January18, 1890 (age81 years, 195days).Interment atMountain Cemetery, Sonoma, Calif. | | Walter Smith Gurnee (1813-1903) — also known asWalter S. Gurnee — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1813.Democrat.Saddle andharness maker;real estatebusiness;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.Scottishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1903 (age90 years, 39days).Entombed atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.  | John Hailey (1835-1921) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born inSmithCounty, Tenn.,August29, 1835.Electedmayor ofBoise, Idaho 1871, but never took office;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1873-75, 1885-87;defeated, 1886;memberIdaho territorial council, 1880.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,April10, 1921 (age85 years, 224days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. |  | Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) — also known asThomas L. Hamer — of Georgetown,BrownCounty, Ohio.Born inNorthumberlandCounty, Pa., July,1800.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; PresidentialElector for Ohio,1828(voted forAndrewJackson andJohnC. Calhoun);U.S.Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War.NominatedUlyssesS. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.Diedin the military service, probably fromdysentery,at Monterrey,NuevoLeón,December2, 1846 (age46 years, 0days).Original intermentsomewherein near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment atOldGeorgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shotandmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | Paul Hamilton (1762-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,October16, 1762.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1787; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1794;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1804-06;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1809-12.Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.,June 30,1816 (age53 years, 258days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Beaufort County, S.C.  | Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) — of Hampden,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,August27, 1809.Farmer;surveyor;compositor;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Maine,1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81;Governor ofMaine, 1857;VicePresident of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1864,1868;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1865-66;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1881-82.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,July 4,1891 (age81 years, 311days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue atKenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother ofElijahLivermore Hamlin; married,December10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); married,September25, 1856, toEllenVesta Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); father ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; granduncle ofIsaiahKidder Stetson; great-granduncle ofClarenceCutting Stetson; first cousin once removed ofJohnAppleton; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesSumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed ofDavidSears; fourth cousin ofGeorgePickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryFisk Janes,JohnMason Jr.,WilliamHenry Harrison Stowell,WalterS. Bemis andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hamlin County,S.Dak. is named for him. | | | | Thetown ofHamlin,Maine, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofHamlin,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofHamlin,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. — Hannibal HamlinHall,at theUniversityof Maine,Orono,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: CharlesEugene Hamlin,TheLife and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins,Hannibal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) — also known as"Savior of SouthCarolina" —of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880;U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of ConfederateVeterans.Lost aleg in an accident in 1878.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April11, 1902 (age84 years, 14days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWadeHampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married,October10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter ofFrancisSmith Preston; sister ofWilliamCampbell Preston); married1858 to MarySingleton McDuffie (daughter ofGeorgeMcDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who marriedJohnSmith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who marriedJohnLaurence Manning); grandson ofWadeHampton (1752-1835). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hampton County,S.C. is named for him. | | | | Thetown ofHampton,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Wade HamptonHighSchool (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), inGreenville,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The Wade HamptonStateOffice Building (opened 1940), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter BrianCisco,WadeHampton: Confederate Warrior, ConservativeStatesman | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | John Hancock (1737-1793) — of Massachusetts. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January23, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4electoral votes,1789.Congregationalist.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1793 (age56 years, 258days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Hancock and Mary (Hawke) Hancock; married,August28, 1775, to Dorothy 'Dolly'(Quincy) Scott. | | | | Hancock counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Maine,Miss.,Ohio,Tenn. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Thetown ofHancock,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. —MountHancock, in the White Mountains,GraftonCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Hancock (built 1941 atPortland,Oregon; torpedoed and lost in theCaribbeanSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Hancock: Harlow GilesUnger,JohnHancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — HarlowGiles Unger,JohnHancock: Merchant King & American Patriot |
| | Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892) — also known asCharles H. Hardin — of Missouri. Born inTrimbleCounty, Ky.,July 15,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 9th District, 1873-74;Governor ofMissouri, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Missouri,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Mexico,AudrainCounty, Mo.,July 29,1892 (age72 years, 14days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Audrain County, Mo.; reinterment atJewellCemetery, Near Columbia, Boone County, Mo.  | 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.Firstpresident 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. — Thecommunity ofHardingTownship, 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 |
| | James Harlan (1820-1899) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born inClarkCounty, Ill.,August26, 1820.Republican.Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1847;presidentof Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1868.Methodist.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,October5, 1899 (age79 years, 40days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. | | Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.;Baltimore,Md.Born near Fredericksburg,SpotsylvaniaCounty, Va., January,1765.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1790-95;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes forVice-President,1816;received one electoral vote for Vice-President,1820;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1819-20.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,January14, 1825 (ageabout 60years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Samuel M. Harrington — ofKentCounty, Del.Democrat.Chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1857-65.Burial location unknown.  | William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as"Tippecanoe";"OldTip";"Farmer of North Bend";"General Mum";"Cincinnatus of theWest" —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Berkeley,CharlesCity County, Va.,February9, 1773.Whig.Secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1798-99;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member ofOhiostate senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1820; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGran Colombia, 1828-29;Presidentof the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniaortyphoid,at theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,April 4,1841 (age68 years, 54days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother ofCarterBassett Harrison; married,November22, 1795, toAnnaTuthill Symmes (daughter ofJohnCleves Symmes); father ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); grandfather ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); great-grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; second cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofRobertMonroe Harrison. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Harrison counties inInd.,Iowa,Miss. andOhio arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofHarrison,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamH. Harrison Taylor—WilliamH. H. Bingham—WilliamH. H. Ross—WilliamH. H. Comstock—WilliamH. H. Bailey—WilliamH. H. Lewis—W.H. H. Eba—WilliamH. H. Wroe—WilliamH. H. Dickinson—WilliamH. H. Gere—WilliamH. H. Clayton—WilliamH. H. Allen—WilliamH. H. Beadle—WilliamH. H. Keeney—WilliamH. H. Varney—WilliamH. H. Cowles—WilliamH. H. Stowell—WilliamH. H. Miller—WilliamH. H. Cook—WilliamH. H. Hill—WilliamH. H. Flick—WilliamH. H. Sieg—WilliamH. H. Slack—WilliamH. H. Webster—WilliamH. H. Fine—WilliamH. Heard—WilliamH. H. Hart—WilliamH. H. Llewellyn—WilliamH. H. Lea—WilliamH. H. Cash—WilliamH. H. Bowen—WilliamH. H. Heath—WilliamH. H. Gardner | | | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe andTyler Too." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Henry Harrison:Freeman Cleaves,OldTippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —Norma Lois Peterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — DavidLillard,WilliamHenry Harrison (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Eurotus P. Hastings (1791-1866) — of Michigan. BornJuly 20,1791.Whig. President of theBank ofMichigan, 1825-39;Michiganstate auditor general, 1840-42.Presbyterian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 1,1866 (age74 years, 316days).Burial location unknown.  | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) — also known asNathaniel Hathorne — of Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 4,1804.Famednovelistand short storywriter;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Salem, Mass., Massachusetts, 1846-49; U.S.Consul inLiverpool, 1853-57.Englishancestry.Died in Plymouth,GraftonCounty, N.H.,May 19,1864 (age59 years, 320days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.; statue atHawthorneBoulevard, Salem, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke (Manning) Hathorne;married,July 9,1842, to Sophia Amelia Peabody (sister-in-law ofHoraceMann); great-grandfather ofOlcottHawthorne Deming; second great-grandfather ofRustMacpherson Deming; fourth cousin ofJudahDana; fourth cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler,JohnWinchester Dana andCharlesSmith Dana. | | | | Political families:Dana-Ripleyfamily of Fryeburg, Maine;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Theborough ofHawthorne,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne:TheHouse of Seven Gables —TheScarlet Letter —SelectedShort Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne | | | | Books about Nathaniel Hawthorne: BrendaWineapple,Hawthorne: A Life — Luther S. Luedtke,NathanielHawthorne and the Romance of the Orient — Raymona E.Hull,NathanielHawthorne, the English Experience, 1853-1864 | | | | Image source: ProjectGutenberg |
 | Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known asRutherford B. Hayes;"Rutherfraud B.Hayes";"His Fraudulency" —of Ohio. Born in Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,October4, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67;Governor ofOhio, 1868-72, 1876-77;Presidentof the United States, 1877-81.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Stricken by aheartattack at therailroadstation in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont,SanduskyCounty, Ohio,January17, 1893 (age70 years, 105days).Original interment and cenotaph atOakwoodCemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 atRutherfordB. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married,December30, 1852, toLucyWare Webb; father ofJamesWebb Cook Hayes. | | | | Political family:Hayesfamily of Fremont, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:LeopoldMarkbreit —JamesM. Comly —JosephP. Bradley | | | | Hayes County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | Rutherford B. HayesHighSchool, inDelaware,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The Presidente Hayes Department (province),and itscapital city, Villa Hayes, inParaguay,arenamed forhim. — HayesHall(built 1893), at Ohio StateUniversity,Columbus,Ohio, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "He serves his partybest who serves his country best." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: AriHoogenboom,RutherfordB. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse,RutherfordB. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Augustus George Hazard (1802-1868) — also known asAugustus G. Hazard — of Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in South Kingstown,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,April28, 1802.Democrat. Founder, Hazard Gunpowder Company; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1860.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1868 (age66 years, 9days).Interment atEnfieldStreet Cemetery, Enfield, Conn. | | Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) — also known asCharles B. Henderson — of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.;Washington,D.C.Born in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 8,1873.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;ElkoCounty District Attorney, 1901-05; member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1905-07;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada,1928,1936;president and director, ElkoTelephoneand Telegraph Company; director, Western PacificRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,PhiKappa Psi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November8, 1954 (age81 years, 153days).Interment atElkoCemetery, Elko, Nev.  | William Peters Hepburn (1833-1916) — also known asWilliam P. Hepburn — of Marshalltown,MarshallCounty, Iowa; Clarinda,PageCounty, Iowa.Born in Wellsville,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,November4, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860,1888,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1881-87, 1893-1909.DiedFebruary7, 1916 (age82 years, 95days).Interment atClarindaCemetery, Clarinda, Iowa.  | Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) — also known asWeldon B. Heyburn — of Wallace,ShoshoneCounty, Idaho.Born in Chadds Ford Township,DelawareCounty, Pa.,May 23,1852.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho Territory,1888;delegateto Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Idaho,1892,1900,1904;candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho, 1898;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,October17, 1912 (age60 years, 147days).Interment atLafayetteCemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa. | | Isaac Hill (1789-1851) — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in West Cambridge (now Arlington),MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April 6,1789.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state senate 4th District, 1820-23, 1827-28; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1826;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1831-36;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1836-39; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1840.Died inWashington,D.C.,March22, 1851 (age61 years, 350days).Interment atBlossomHill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.  | Robert Roberts Hitt (1834-1906) — also known asRobert R. Hitt — of Mt. Morris,OgleCounty, Ill.Born in Urbana,ChampaignCounty, Ohio,January16, 1834.Republican. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1881;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1882-1906 (5th District 1882-83,6th District 1883-95, 9th District 1895-1903, 13th District 1903-06);died in office 1906.Died in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,September20, 1906 (age72 years, 247days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Mt. Morris, Ill. | | Andrew J. Hoisington (1848-1907) — of Great Bend,BartonCounty, Kan.Born near Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,July 12,1848.Republican.Newspapereditor; postmaster atGreatBend, Kan., 1875-77.Died near Winterset,MadisonCounty, Iowa,February25, 1907 (age58 years, 228days).Interment atJefferson-Goar Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa. | | Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900) — also known asCyrus K. Holliday — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born inCumberlandCounty, Pa.,April 3,1826.Republican.Mayor ofTopeka, Kan., 1859-60, 1867-68, 1869-70; first president of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa FeRailway,1860-63; member ofKansasstate senate, 1861;AdjutantGeneral of Kansas, 1864-65; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas, 1874.Member,Freemasons.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,March29, 1900 (age73 years, 360days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) — also known asEdward D. Holton — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April28, 1815.Abolitionist;wheattrader; Liberty candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,Milwaukee and Prairie du ChienRailroad;banker;Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1853; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1856;delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1856;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.Died, frommalariaanderysipelas,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,April21, 1892 (age76 years, 359days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.| | Relatives:Married,October14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. | | | | Thecity ofHolton,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Holton Hall, at theUniversityof WisconsinMilwaukee,isnamed forhim. — HoltonStreet,inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Philip Hone (1780-1851) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1780.Whig.Merchant;president, Delaware and HudsonCanalCompany;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1826-27.Germanancestry.Kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1851 (age70 years, 192days).Interment atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | | Samuel Hooper (1808-1875) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,February3, 1808.Republican.Importingbusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1851-53; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1858; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1860;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1861-75 (5th District 1861-63,4th District 1863-75); died in office 1875.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1875 (age67 years, 11days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) — also known asAlbert H. Horton — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Brookfield,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas,1868;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1873; member ofKansasstate senate; elected 1876;chiefjustice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.Died, fromheartdisease andlivercancer, in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,September2, 1902 (age65 years, 174days).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.  | Samuel Houston (1793-1863) — also known asSam Houston — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.Born near Lexington,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 2,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7thDistrict 1825-27);Governor ofTennessee, 1827-29;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Refugio, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-59;Governor ofTexas, 1859-61.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,July 26,1863 (age70 years, 146days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 atHermanPark, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives:Father ofAndrewJackson Houston; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin(who marriedMarionPrice Daniel); third great-grandfather ofMarionPrice Daniel Jr.; cousin *** ofDavidHubbard. | | | | Political family:Daniel-Houstonfamily of Texas. | | | | Houston counties inMinn.,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofHouston,Texas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941, atHouston,Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in theAtlanticOcean) andSS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the sameshipyard; scrapped 1959) werenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoustonJustice—SamH. Jones—SamHouston Clinton, Jr.—SamH. Melton, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Sam Houston: James L.Haley,SamHouston — Marquis James,TheRaven : A Biography of Sam Houston — Randolph B.Campbell,SamHouston and the American Southwest — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Jean Fritz,MakeWay for Sam Houston (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Church Howe (1838-1915) — of Auburn,NemahaCounty, Neb.BornDecember13, 1838.Republican.Banker;candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1886; U.S. Consul inPalermo, 1897; U.S. Consul General inAntwerp, as of 1903-06;mayor ofAuburn, Neb.; elected 1913.DiedOctober7, 1915 (age76 years, 298days).Burial location unknown. | | Dudley Mays Hughes (1848-1927) — also known asDudley M. Hughes — of Danville,WilkinsonCounty, Ga.Born in Jeffersonville,TwiggsCounty, Ga.,October10, 1848.Democrat.Farmer;railroadpresident; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1882-83;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1909-17 (3rd District 1909-13, 12thDistrict 1913-17).Baptist.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,January20, 1927 (age78 years, 102days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Perry, Ga. | | Charles Humphrey (1792-1850) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1792.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1825-27;villagepresident of Ithaca, New York, 1828-29;TompkinsCounty Surrogate, 1831-34; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1834-36, 1842;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1835-36;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1843-47.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1850 (age58 years, 62days).Interment atIthacaCity Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y. | | David Humphreys (1752-1818) — of Connecticut. Born in Derby (part now in Ansonia),New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 10,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.Minister toPortugal, 1791-97;Spain, 1796-1801; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1812-14.Imported the Merino sheep to the U.S. Died in hishotelroom, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February21, 1818 (age65 years, 226days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Frank Williams Hunt (1861-1906) — also known asFrank W. Hunt — ofLemhiCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.,December16, 1861.Democrat. Member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1892; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War;Governor ofIdaho, 1901-03; defeated, 1902; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Idaho,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died, ofpneumonia,in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,November25, 1906 (age44 years, 344days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) — also known asHenry E. Huntington — of Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; San Marino,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1850.Republican. Owned and expanded thestreetcarand trolley system in Southern California;real estatedeveloper; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, fromkidneydisease andpneumonia,in LankenauHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 23,1927 (age77 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atHuntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married1873 to MaryAlice Prentice; married1913 toArabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. | | | | Thecity ofHuntingtonBeach, California, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofHuntingtonPark, California, isnamed forhim. — HuntingtonLake,inFresnoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonHotel(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as theHuntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntingtonhotel) inPasadena,California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John James Ingalls (1833-1900) — also known asJohn J. Ingalls — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Middleton,EssexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofKansasstate senate, 1862; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kansas, 1862, 1864;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.Died in Las Vegas,San MiguelCounty, N.M.,August16, 1900 (age66 years, 230days).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.  | Washington Irving (1783-1859) — also known as"Dietrich Knickerbocker";"Jonathan Oldstyle";"GeoffreyCrayon" —of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1783.Essayist;historian;authorofThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1842-46.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Tarrytown,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1859 (age76 years, 239days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Irving (1731-1807) and Sarah (Sanders) Irving; brother ofWilliamIrving (1766-1821),PeterIrving andJohnTreat Irving; great-granduncle ofRobertBroadnax Glenn. | | | | Political family:Irvingfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamP. Duval | | | | Thecity ofIrving,Texas, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage ofIrvington,New York, isnamed forhim. — Washington IrvingElementarySchool, inEdmond,Oklahoma, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WashingtonIrving Howard—W.Irving Babcock—WashingtonI. Wallace—W.I. Babb—WashingtonIrving Gadbois—WashingtonI. Smith—W.Irving Vanderpoel—WashingtonI. Kilpatrick | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Washington Irving: GeorgeS. Hellman,WashingtonIrving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to theOld | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1940) |
| | Clinton Fillmore Irwin (1854-1923) — also known asClinton F. Irwin — of Oklahoma; Elgin,KaneCounty, Ill.Born in Franklin Grove,LeeCounty, Ill.,January1, 1854.Justiceof Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1899-1907; circuit judgein Illinois 16th Circuit, 1913-19.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Elgin,KaneCounty, Ill.,November4, 1923 (age69 years, 307days).Interment atBluffCity Cemetery, Elgin, Ill. | | Jared Irwin (1750-1818) — of Georgia. Born in Georgia,1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789, 1798; member ofGeorgia state legislature, 1790;Governor ofGeorgia, 1796-98, 1806-09.DiedMarch 1,1818 (ageabout 67years).Interment atIrwinFamily Cemetery, Near Tennille, Washington County, Ga. | | Freeborn Garrettson Jewett (1791-1858) — also known asFreeborn G. Jewett — of Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1791.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1826; Presidential Electorfor New York,1828;U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1831-33;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1847-53; resigned 1853;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1847-49.Died in Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1858 (age66 years, 176days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y.  | Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) — also known asLyndon B. Johnson;"L.B.J.";"Landslide Lyndon";"PreacherLyndon";"The Accidental President";"Volunteer";"Light BulbJohnson" —of Johnson City,BlancoCounty, Tex.Born near Stonewall,GillespieCounty, Tex.,August27, 1908.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1937-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1940,1956,1960;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1949-61; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1956,1960,1968;VicePresident of the United States, 1961-63;Presidentof the United States, 1963-69.Disciplesof Christ. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.Died from aheartattack, inGillespieCounty, Tex.,January22, 1973 (age64 years, 148days).Interment atLBJRanch, Stonewall, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Sam Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson; married,November17, 1934, to Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor andClaudiaAlta Taylor; father of Lynda Bird Johnson (who marriedCharlesSpittal Robb). | | | | Political family:Johnsonfamily of Stonewall, Texas. | | | | Cross-reference:RogerKent —IrvineH. Sprague —A.W. Moursund —EliotJaneway —BarefootSanders | | | | LakeLBJ (created as Lake Granite Shoals; renamed in 1965), inBurnetandLlanocounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Thevillage of Kampung LB Johnson,Malaysia,isnamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1964): "All The WayWith L.B.J." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lyndon B. Johnson: DorisKearns Goodwin,LyndonJohnson and the American Dream — Robert Dallek,FlawedGiant : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 — SeanJ. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Robert A. Caro,ThePassage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson — MarkUpdegrove,IndomitableWill: LBJ in the Presidency — Nicholas deB.Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Robert A.Caro,ThePassage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol.IV — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Michael A. Schuman,LyndonB. Johnson (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Lyndon B. Johnson:Robert A. Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power — Robert A.Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent — Robert A. Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate — LanceMorrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1973) |
| | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in the RiceHotel,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | Willie Jones (1741-1801) — of North Carolina. Born inSurryCounty, Va.,May 25,1741.Delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1780.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,June 18,1801 (age60 years, 24days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Luther Martin Kennett (1807-1873) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Falmouth,PendletonCounty, Ky.,March15, 1807.Whig.Mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1850-53;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1855-57.Slaveowner. Died in Paris,France,April12, 1873 (age66 years, 28days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Edward Kent (1802-1877) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January8, 1802.Lawyer;mayorof Bangor, Maine, 1836-37;Governor ofMaine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; U.S.Consul inRio de Janeiro, 1849-53; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1856(speaker);justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.Died ofheartfailure, in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 19,1877 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Marvin Kent (1816-1908) — Born in Ravenna,PortageCounty, Ohio,September21, 1816.Republican. Founder and president, Atlantic and Great WesternRailroad;member ofOhiostate senate, 1870.Died in Kent,PortageCounty, Ohio,December10, 1908 (age92 years, 80days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Killberry, County Meath,Ireland,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadbuilder; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member,Arrangements Committee, Republican NationalConvention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador toAustria-Hungary, 1910-13.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Merion,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,September4, 1916 (ageabout 74years).Entombed atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) — also known asHeber C. Kimball — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Sheldon,FranklinCounty, Vt.,June 14,1801.One of the original Twelve Apostles in the early Mormon Church;memberUtah territorial council, 1851-58.Mormon. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Injured in acarriageaccident, and died soon after, in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 22,1868 (age67 years, 8days).Interment atKimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) — of Fargo,CassCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).Born inMorrisCounty, N.J., about 1849.Civilengineer;railroadbuilder;banker;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1891 (ageabout 42years).Burial location unknown. | | James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) — also known asJ. Proctor Knott — of Lebanon,MarionCounty, Ky.; Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Raywick, Washington County (nowMarionCounty), Ky.,August29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1857-58;Missouristate attorney general, 1858-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1867-71, 1875-83;Governor ofKentucky, 1883-87;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1891.Presbyterian.DiedJune 18,1911 (age80 years, 293days).Interment atRyderCemetery, Lebanon, Ky. | | Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 25,1750.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged hisintestines,and died three days later ofperitonitis,in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,October21, 1806 (age56 years, 88days).Interment atThomastonVillage Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.| | Knox counties inIll.,Ind.,Ky.,Maine,Mo.,Neb.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofKnoxville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Sebastian Kronenwetter (1833-1902) — of Mosinee,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Wurttemberg,Germany,January21, 1833.Democrat.Hotelier;lumber millbusiness; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Marathon County, 1885-86.Germanancestry.Died in Mosinee,MarathonCounty, Wis.,April27, 1902 (age69 years, 96days).Interment atMosinee Union Cemetery, Mosinee, Wis.  | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.; Abbeville,LafayetteCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born near Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,September17, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;president,University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,1877, 1881;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.Methodist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Slaveowner. Died in Vineville (now part of Macon),BibbCounty, Ga.,January23, 1893 (age67 years, 128days).Original interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.| | Relatives: SonofLuciusQuintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew ofMirabeauBuonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who marriedAbsalomHarris Chappell); uncle ofWilliamBailey Lamar; fourth cousin ofWilliamMcKendree Robbins andJosephRucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed ofGastonAhi Robbins. | | | | Political family:Lamarfamily of Georgia. | | | | Lamar counties inAla.,Ga. andMiss. arenamed for him. | | | | Themunicipality ofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — LamarHall,at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) — also known asAmos A. Lawrence — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 31,1814.Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker ofcotton andwoollengoods; abolitionist; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).Episcopalian.Died in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,August22, 1886 (age72 years, 22days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Amos Lawrence and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence; married,March31, 1842, to Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (daughter ofWilliamAppleton); father of Susan Mason Lawrence (who marriedWilliamCaleb Loring); nephew ofLutherLawrence andAbbottLawrence; great-grandfather ofLeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; second great-grandfather ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; first cousin ofSamuelAbbott Green; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesMoore Bancroft andCharlesSumner Dana; fourth cousin ofAlonzoM. Garcelon; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlbion Andrew,CharlesCourtney Pinkney Holden,EbenezerGregg Danforth Holden,WinfieldScott Holden andAlonzoMarston Garcelon. | | | | Political family:Lawrencefamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofLawrence,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — LawrenceUniversity,inAppleton,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Walter Daniel Leake (1762-1825) — also known asWalter Leake — of Mississippi. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,May 25,1762.Democrat.Judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1807;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1817-20;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821;Governor ofMississippi, 1822-25; died in office 1825.Slaveowner. Died in Mt. Salus,HindsCounty, Miss.,November17, 1825 (age63 years, 176days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hinds County, Miss. | | Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December10, 1783.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1815-16.DiedJuly 21,1834 (age50 years, 223days).Burial location unknown.  | Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,Dutchess County 1791-92);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1792-1801;Governor ofNew York, 1804-07; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1844 (age89 years, 174days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | | John Alexander Lillington (c.1725-1786) — also known asAlexander Lillington — Born in North Carolina, about 1725. Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1777; general in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Died in New Hanover County (part now inPenderCounty), N.C., April,1786(ageabout61 years).Interment atLillington Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.  | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shotby theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoardingHouse, across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December28, 1788.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5thDistrict 1825-26);Governor ofMaine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.DiedOctober8, 1829 (age40 years, 284days).Entombed in mausoleum atStateof Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine. | | Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known asLewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1796.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;physician;member ofMissouristate senate 3rd District, 1830-31;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October3, 1843 (age46 years, 332days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother ofHenryDodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister ofJamesHugh Relfe); uncle ofAugustusCaesar Dodge. | | | | Political family:Dodgefamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Linn counties inIowa,Kan.,Mo. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofLinneus,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofLinn,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofWest Linn,Oregon, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofLinnton,Oregon, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) — of Indiana. Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,1795.Member ofIndianastate senate, 1828-31; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1833.Presbyterian.Died of aheartattack in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January31, 1835 (ageabout 39years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Edward Livingston (1764-1836) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Clermont,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1764.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99,2nd District 1799-1801);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1801-03;U.S.Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31;U.S.Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1833-35.Slaveowner. DiedMay 23,1836 (age71 years, 361days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reintermentsomewherein Rhinebeck, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;brother ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813), Gertrude Livingston (who marriedMorganLewis) and Alida Livingston (who marriedJohnArmstrong Jr.); married,April10, 1788, to Mary McEvers; married,June 3,1805, to Louisa D'Avezac=de=Castera (sister ofAugusteDavezac); uncle of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who marriedEdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843)); grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJacob Astor III; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin ofPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Livingston counties inIll.,Mich. andMo. arenamed for him. | | | | Thetown ofLivingston,Guatemala, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:EdwardL. Davis—EdwardL. Martin—EdwardL. Taylor, Jr.—EdwardL. Robertson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier |
| | Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) — also known asJack London;John GriffithChaney —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January12, 1876.Socialist.Novelist;candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist).Died in Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1916 (age40 years, 315days).Interment atJack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married1900 toElizabeth May Maddern; married1905 toCharmian 'Clara' Kittredge. | | | | MountLondon, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHainesBorough, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — Jack London Square (entertainment and businessdevelopment),and the surrounding Jack London Districtneighborhood, inOakland,California, arenamed forhim. — Jack LondonLake(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as"Father of the Constitution and the Bill ofRights" —of Virginia. Born in Port Conway,King GeorgeCounty, Va.,March16, 1751.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5thDistrict 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97);U.S.Secretary of State, 1801-09;Presidentof the United States, 1809-17.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.He was elected in 1905 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 28,1836 (age85 years, 104days).Interment atMontpelierPlantation, Montpelier Station, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison;brother ofWilliamTaylor Madison; married,September15, 1794, toDolleyTodd (sister-in-law ofRichardCutts andJohnGeorge Jackson); first cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin once removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton andColebyChew; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,SamuelBullitt Churchill andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin ofClementF. Dorsey,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofGabrielSlaughter,AndrewDorsey,PhilipColeman Pendleton andGeorgeHunt Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry,DavidShelby Walker,AlexanderWarfield Dorsey,FrancisKey Pendleton andCharlesRittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesRice Slaughter,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andEliHuston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardColes | | | | Madison counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Tenn.,Tex. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofMadison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. —MountMadison, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMadison (1808-13), and the subsequentcity ofFortMadison, Iowa, werenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Madison (built 1942 atHouston,Texas; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMadison Broom—JamesMadison Hite Beale—JamesMadison Porter—JamesM. Buchanan—JamesMadison Gregg—J.Madison Wells—JamesM. Tarleton—JamesMadison Hughes—JamesM. Marvin—JamesM. Edmunds—JamesMadison Gaylord—JamesM. Leach—JamesTurner—JamesM. Harvey—JamesM. Seymour—JamesMadison Bowler—JamesMadison Barker—JamesMadison Mullen—JamesM. Candler—JamesMadison McKinney—JamesM. Morton—JamesMadison Barrett, Sr.—JamesM. Gudger, Jr.—JamesMadison Morton, Jr.—JamesMadison Woodard—JamesM. Waddell, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Madison: Ralph LouisKetcham,JamesMadison : A Biography — Garry Wills,JamesMadison — Robert Allen Rutland,ThePresidency of James Madison — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — SamuelKernell, ed.,JamesMadison: The Theory and Practice of RepublicanGovernment — Kevin R. C. Gutzman,JamesMadison and the Making of America | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | John Laurence Manning (1816-1889) — also known asJohn L. Manning — of Fulton, Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,January29, 1816.Democrat.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1842-46, 1865-67; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1846-52, 1861-65, 1878 (Clarendon 1846-52,1861-65, Clarendon County 1878); resigned 1852, 1865; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1848;Governorof South Carolina, 1852-54; Presidential Elector for SouthCarolina,1856;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Clarendon, 1860-62;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1868;Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1884.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows;Societyof the Cincinnati;Grange.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,October29, 1889 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.  | Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) — also known asThomas R. Marshall — of Columbia City,WhitleyCounty, Ind.Born in North Manchester,WabashCounty, Ind.,March14, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofIndiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912,1920;VicePresident of the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiGamma Delta.Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-centcigar.".Died, from the effects of aheartattack, in his room at the WillardHotel,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1925 (age71 years, 79days).Originally entombed atEstatesof Serenity, Marion, Ind.; re-entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) — also known asWilliam R. Marshall — of St. Croix Falls,PolkCounty, Wis.; St. Anthony,HennepinCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.,October17, 1825.Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1848; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMinnesota, 1866-70; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,1876.Swedenborgian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesotastate constitution.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January8, 1896 (age70 years, 83days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.  | Claude Matthews (1845-1898) — of Indiana. Born inBathCounty, Ky.,December14, 1845.Democrat.Farmer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1876;secretaryof state of Indiana, 1891-93;Governor ofIndiana, 1893-97.Suffered astrokewhilemaking aspeech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later,April28, 1898 (age52 years, 135days).Interment atCityCemetery, Clinton, Ind. | | J. J. McAlmont — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1866.Burial location unknown. | | Collin McKinney (1776-1861) — of Texas. BornApril17, 1776.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1830.DiedSeptember8, 1861 (age85 years, 144days).Interment atVanAlstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Tex. | | Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) — also known as"The Quaker Governor" — of Tennessee. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,June 27,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1796-98, 1805-12;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1805-11;Governor ofTennessee, 1815-21.Quaker.DiedOctober17, 1824 (age66 years, 112days).Interment atShilohPresbyterian Cemetery, Calhoun, Tenn. | | Samuel Medary (1801-1864) — also known as"The Wheel Horse of OhioDemocracy" —of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Montgomery Square,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February25, 1801.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1834; member ofOhiostate senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Ohio,1844,1856,1864;postmaster atColumbus,Ohio, 1847-49, 1858;Governorof Minnesota Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate forGovernorof Kansas, 1859.Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling foraggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britainin the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia.Indictedby a federal grand jury in 1864 forconspiracyagainst the government;arrested;released on bond; never tried.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,November7, 1864 (age63 years, 256days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; St. Georges,Bermuda;Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,August21, 1757.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; actingpresident,University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1822 (age65 years, 14days).Original interment atHolmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; married1782 to ClaraBenjamin; father ofHenryMeigs and Clara Meigs (who marriedJohnForsyth); uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; granduncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofMeigs,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Milton (c.1740-1817) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C., about 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1777-99; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1789;received 2 electoral votes,1789;mayorof Augusta, Ga., 1792.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in1817(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire,Scotland,October17, 1817.Democrat.Banker;president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PaulRailway,1864-87;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4thDistrict 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Scottishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1887 (age69 years, 184days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political family:Monroefamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | James Turner Morehead (1797-1854) — also known asJames T. Morehead — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born near Shepherdsville,BullittCounty, Ky.,May 24,1797.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1828;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1832-34;Governor ofKentucky, 1834-36;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1841-47.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,December28, 1854 (age57 years, 218days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) — also known as"Penman of theConstitution" —ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,January31, 1752.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1777;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1792-94;U.S.Senator from New York, 1800-03.Episcopalian.Died in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,November6, 1816 (age64 years, 280days).Interment atSt.Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.  | Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) — also known asLevi P. Morton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,May 16,1824.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;banker;financier;U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; defeated,1876; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1881-85;VicePresident of the United States, 1889-93;Governor ofNew York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1896.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;UnionLeague.Died in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1920 (age96 years, 0days).Interment atRhinebeckCemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) — also known asHenry L. Muldrow — of Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.Born inClayCounty, Miss.,February8, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; district attorney,6th District, 1869-71; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1875-76;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1877-85;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,1892(ConventionVice-President); chancellor, 1st District, 1899-1905.Died in Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.,March 1,1905 (age68 years, 21days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Starkville, Miss. | | Eli Huston Murray (1843-1896) — also known asEli H. Murray — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,February10, 1843.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1872;Governorof Utah Territory, 1880-86.Died ofdiabetes,in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,November18, 1896 (age53 years, 282days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1742.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War.Welshancestry.During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit bycannonballandmusketshot, wasmortallywounded, and died soon after, inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October7, 1777 (ageabout 35years).Interment atTowamencinMennonite Churchyard, Near Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa. | | William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938) — also known asWilliam C. Newland;WillNewland —of Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.Born in Marion,McDowellCounty, N.C.,October8, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1881-82;mayor ofLenoir, N.C., 1887-88, 1901-02; resigned 1902; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County,1889-90, 1903-04; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1904;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1909-13; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1912,1928.Methodist.DiedNovember18, 1938 (age78 years, 41days).Intermentsomewherein Lenoir, N.C. | | Daniel Newnan (c.1780-1851) — of McDonough,HenryCounty, Ga.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C., about 1780.Planter;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Walker County (part now inCatoosaCounty), Ga.,January16, 1851 (ageabout 71years).Interment atNewnanSprings Churchyard, Newnan Springs, Ga. | | George Nicholas (1753-1799) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,August11, 1753.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbemarleCounty, 1788;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1789, 1793;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1792.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 25,1799 (age45 years, 348days).Interment atOldEpiscopal Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) and Ann (Cary) Nicholas; brother ofElizabeth Nicholas (who marriedEdmundJenings Randolph),WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; married to Mary Smith; father ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Henrietta Morrison Nicholas (whomarriedRichardHawes); uncle ofPeytonRandolph; granduncle ofPeterMyndert Dox andEdmundRandolph; great-grandfather ofHarryBartow Hawes; great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; second great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; second cousin ofCarterBassett Harrison andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin once removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); second cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); second cousin thrice removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; third cousin ofBurwellBassett; third cousin twice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair. | | | | Political family:Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Nicholas County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofNicholasville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
 | George William Norris (1861-1944) — also known asGeorge W. Norris — of McCook,Red WillowCounty, Neb.Born inSanduskyCounty, Ohio,July 11,1861.Lawyer;district judge in Nebraska 14th District, 1896-1903; resigned 1903;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1903-13;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43; defeated (Independent), 1942;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1928.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in McCook,Red WillowCounty, Neb.,September2, 1944 (age83 years, 53days).Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, McCook, Neb.| | Relatives:Married1890 to PlumaLashley; married1903 to EllaLeonard; grandfather ofHarveyFrans Nelson Jr.. | | | | NorrisDam(built 1933-36), on the Clinch River, inAndersonandCampbellcounties, Tennessee, and the NorrisLakereservoir, which also extends intoClaiborne,Grainger,andUnioncounties, arenamed forhim. — Thecity ofNorris,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS George W. Norris (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; wrecked and lost in theNorthPacific Ocean, 1946) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about George Norris: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1961) |
| | 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 thefirstcommercially successful 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. — Thecity ofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1765.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1796, 1803-05;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,1814;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1823;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1829-32.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1848 (age83 years, 20days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelAllyne Otis and Elizabeth (Gray) Otis; married,May 31,1790, to Sally Foster; nephew ofJosephOtis; grandfather ofJamesOtis (1836-1898); second great-grandfather ofRobertHelyer Thayer; second cousin once removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; second cousin thrice removed ofAlbertClinton Griswold; third cousin ofAsahelOtis; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminLincoln,OranGray Otis,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis,JohnOtis,WilliamShaw Chandler Otis,DavidPerry Otis,HarrisF. Otis,JamesOtis (1826-1875) andHarrisonGray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin twice removed ofCharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,GeorgeLorenzo Otis,JohnGrant Otis,NortonPrentiss Otis,LaurenFord Otis andCharlesEugene Otis; fourth cousin ofChillusDoty; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDuane Doty,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing. | | | | Political families:Otisfamily of Boston, Massachusetts;Otisfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofHarrison,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:HarrisonGray Otis Blake | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) — also known asHenry T. Oxnard — of Oxnard,VenturaCounty, Calif.; Upperville,FauquierCounty, Va.Born in Marseille,France,June22, 1860.Republican. President, later vice-president, AmericanBeet SugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1908.Died, from aheartattack, at the University Club, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1922 (age61 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December24, 1745.Delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776;NewJersey state attorney general, 1776-83;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1790-93;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Injured in ahorsedrawncoach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three yearslater, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1806 (age60 years, 259days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reintermentatAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; cenotaph atVanLiew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J. | | James N. Paul (1839-1922) — of St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.Born inBeaverCounty, Pa.,September23, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;surveyor;newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofNebraskastate senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,1901-17.Member,Freemasons.Died in St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.,March 9,1922 (age82 years, 167days).Burial location unknown. | | Nicholas Jay Paul (1841-1921) — also known asNicholas J. Paul — of St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.Born inMeigsCounty, Ohio,July 27,1841.Probate judge in Nebraska, 1872-75; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1877;HowardCounty Treasurer, 1880-83;banker.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofapoplexy,at his desk in hisoffice,in St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.,July 18,1921 (age79 years, 356days).Burial location unknown. | | Madison Stark Perry (1814-1865) — also known asMadison S. Perry — of Florida. Born in Lancaster District (nowLancasterCounty), S.C.,1814.Democrat.Cottonplanter;Governor ofFlorida, 1857-61; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Died in Rochelle,AlachuaCounty, Fla., March,1865(ageabout50 years).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Near Micanopy, Alachua County, Fla. | | Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) — Born in New Iberia,IberiaParish, La.,July 19,1872.Republican.Sugar caneplanter;engineer;manufacturer;bankdirector; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1908.Methodist.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers.DiedOctober28, 1966 (age94 years, 101days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. | | Sir William Phips (1651-1695) — Born in Nequasset (now Woolwich),SagadahocCounty, Maine,February2,1651.Shipbuilder;hunter of sunken treasure;ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.Died inFebruary18,1695 (age44 years,16 days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February25, 1746.Lawyer;law partner ofEdwardRutledge;planter;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1783-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-96,1800-04; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1796-97; received one electoral vote,1796;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1800; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1804 (Federalist), 1808.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,August16, 1825 (age79 years, 172days).Interment atSt.Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.  | Xenophon Overton Pindall (1873-1935) — of Arkansas. Born in Middle Grove,MonroeCounty, Mo.,August21, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1902-06; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1907-09;Governor ofArkansas, 1907-09.Member,Freemasons;KappaSigma.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,January2, 1935 (age61 years, 134days).Interment atRoselawnMemorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atPolk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecity ofPolk City,Florida, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofPolk City,Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Theborough ofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 1,1816.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate; elected 1848; member ofArkansasstate house of representatives; elected 1854;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1859-60;Governor ofArkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,August12, 1899 (age83 years, 103days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.  | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt;"F.D.R." —of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928;speaker,1944;contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, hislegs wereparalyzed for the rest of his life;Governor ofNew York, 1929-33;Presidentof the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayorAntonJ. Cermak wereshotat by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Elks;Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of acerebralhemorrhage, in Warm Springs,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,April12, 1945 (age63 years, 72days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,March17, 1905, toAnnaEleanor Roosevelt (niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJamesRoosevelt (1907-1991),ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofWarrenDelano Robbins andKatharinePrice Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of HelenLloyd Aspinwall (who marriedFrancisEmanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed ofElizabethKortright; first cousin four times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who marriedWilliamPhillips); second cousin once removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur andFrancisHolden Aspinwall; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJamesI. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertBarnwell Roosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RossT. McIntire —MiltonLipson —W.W. Howes —BruceBarton —HamiltonFish, Jr. —JosephW. Martin, Jr. —SamuelI. Rosenman —RexfordG. Tugwell —RaymondMoley —AdolfA. Berle —GeorgeE. Allen —LorenceE. Asman —GrenvilleT. Emmet —EliotJaneway —JonathanDaniels —RalphBellamy —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Franklin Delano RooseveltBridge(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, betweenLubec,Maine andCampobelloIsland, New Brunswick, Canada, isnamed forhim. — Theborough ofRoosevelt,New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), isnamed forhim. — F. D. RooseveltAirport,on the Caribbean island ofSintEustatius, isnamed forhim. — The F. D. RooseveltTeachingHospital, inBanskáBystrica, Slovakia, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrankGarrison—FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — Doris Kearns Goodwin,NoOrdinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front inWorld War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt,FDR: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush,FranklinRoosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,ThatMan : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —Jonas Klein,BelovedIsland : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy ofCampobello — Conrad Black,FranklinDelano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — CharlesPeters,FiveDays in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —Steven Neal,HappyDays Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergenceof FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.Brands,Traitorto His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — AlanBrinkley,FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub,YoungMr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, andLife — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Karen Bornemann Spies,FranklinD. Roosevelt (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Franklin D.Roosevelt: Jim Powell,FDR'sFolly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the GreatDepression — John T. Flynn,TheRoosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom,NewDeal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has DamagedAmerica | | | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:Philip Roth,ThePlot Against America: A Novel — Philip K. Dick,TheMan in the High Castle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Huron,ErieCounty, Ohio,December25, 1828.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kansas,1860;mayorof Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.Died, ofstomachcancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,1889 (age60 years, 162days).Original interment atEvergreenCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — also known asThomas J. Rusk — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in South Carolina,December5, 1803.Democrat.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1838-40;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner.Killedhimself, in Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,July 29,1857 (age53 years, 236days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue atRuskCounty Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex. | | Anson Peacely Killen Safford (1830-1891) — also known asA. P. K. Safford;"The LittleGovernor";"Father of Arizona PublicSchools" —of California;HumboldtCounty, Nev.; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born in Hyde Park,LamoilleCounty, Vt.,February14, 1830.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 17th District, 1857-59;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1869-77; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona Territory,1880.Died in Tarpon Springs,PinellasCounty, Fla.,December15, 1891 (age61 years, 304days).Interment atCycadiaCemetery, Tarpon Springs, Fla.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Warren Safford and Diantha (Little) Safford; married,July 24,1869, to Jennie L. Tracy; married,December12, 1878, to Marguerite F. Grijalva; married,September10, 1881, to Soledad Bonillas; first cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford; second cousin ofJohnJay Walbridge,JamesSafford andDavidSafford Walbridge; second cousin once removed ofRobertCrawford Safford; second cousin twice removed ofCyrusPackard Walbridge andEdwardL. Safford. | | | | Political family:Saffordfamily of Michigan and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofSafford,Arizona, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Anson P. K. Safford (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Pierce St. John (1833-1916) — also known asJohn P. St. John — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Olathe,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Born in Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.,February25, 1833.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate senate, 1873;Governor ofKansas, 1879-83; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1884.Congregationalist;laterChristianScientist.Died in Olathe,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,August31, 1916 (age83 years, 188days).Interment atOlatheMemorial Cemetery, Olathe, Kan. | | Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) — Born in Woodbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 15,1823.U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1861-69.DiedMay 21,1891 (age67 years, 340days).Interment atLongHill Cemetery, Shelton, Conn. | | Jedediah Sanger (1751-1829) — of Jaffrey,CheshireCounty, N.H.; Whitestown, Herkimer County (part now in NewHartford,OneidaCounty), N.Y.; New Hartford,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Sherborn,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February28, 1751.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;farmer;tavernkeeper;paper millbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1793-95 (Herkimer County 1793-94, Herkimer andOnondaga counties 1794-95); member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1796-1804.DiedJune 6,1829 (age78 years, 98days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) — also known asHenry R. Schoolcraft — of Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Guilderland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1793.Glassmaker;geologist;U.S. Indian Agent, 1822-41;memberMichigan territorial council from Brown, Chippewa, Crawford andMichilimackinac counties, 1828-31.Died inWashington,D.C.,December10, 1864 (age71 years, 257days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence Schoolcraft and Margaret Anna Barbara (Rowe) Schoolcraft;married,October12, 1823, to Jane Johnston; married,January12, 1847, to Mary Howard; uncle ofJohnLawrence Schoolcraft andRichardUpdike Sherman; granduncle ofJamesSchoolcraft Sherman (who marriedCarrieBabcock Sherman) andJamesTeller Schoolcraft; first cousin once removed ofPeterP. Schoolcraft. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SchoolcraftCounty, Mich. is named for him. | | | | Thevillage ofSchoolcraft,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry R. Schoolcraft (built 1943 atRichmond,California; wrecked and scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known asCarl Schurz — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.;St.Louis, Mo.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt),Germany,March2, 1829.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1860;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1868(TemporaryChair;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1869-75;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1906 (age77 years, 73days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue atMorningsidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother ofAntoinette Schurz (who marriedEdmundJüssen); married1852 toMargarethe 'Molly' Meyer. | | | | Political family:Jussen-Schurzfamily of Watertown, Wisconsin. | | | | Thecommunity ofSchurz,Nevada, isnamed forhim. —MountSchurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzPark,inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
|  | 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. | | | | Thevillage ofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Charles Scott (1739-1813) — Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,1739.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof Virginia state legislature, 1789;Governor ofKentucky, 1808-12.Died inClarkCounty, Ky.,October22, 1813 (ageabout 74years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | Winfield Scott (1786-1866) — also known as"Old Fuss and Feathers" — Born inDinwiddieCounty, Va.,June 13,1786.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate forWhig nomination for President, 1839, 1844, 1848; general in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1852.Died in West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1866 (age79 years, 350days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.;statue erected 1874 atScottCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Scott and Anna (Mason) Scott; married1817 to MaryD. Mayo (granddaughter ofJohnDe Hart); great-granduncle ofPhilipC. Hanna; first cousin twice removed ofFrankNewsum Julian. | | | | Political family:Scott-DeHart-Hannafamily of New Jersey and Alabama. | | | | Scott County,Iowa is named for him. | | | | FortScott (military installation 1842-73), and the subsequentcityofFortScott, Kansas, werenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldScott Featherston—WinfieldS. Hancock—WinfieldS. Cameron—WinfieldS. Hanford—WinfieldS. Smyth—WinfieldS. Bird—W. S.Bell—WinfieldS. Holden—WinfieldS. Huntley—WinfieldScott Nay—WinfieldS. Smith—WinfieldS. Kerr—WinfieldScott Moore—WinfieldS. Little—WinfieldS. Withrow—WinfieldS. Choate—WinfieldS. Holt—WinfieldS. Pope—WinfieldS. Watson—WinfieldS. Keenholts—WinfieldScott Silloway—WinfieldS. Vandewater—WinfieldS. Braddock—W. S.Allen—WinfieldS. Hammond—WinfieldS. Phillips—WinfieldS. Spencer—WinfieldS. Rose—WinfieldS. Schuster—WinfieldScott Allison—WinfieldS. Boynton—WinfieldS. Kenyon—WinfieldS. Tibbetts—WinfieldS. Harrold—WinfieldScott Reed—WinfieldS. Grove—WinfieldS. Rogers—WinfieldS. Brown—WinfieldS. Hooper—WinfieldS. Pealer—WinfieldS. Wallace, Jr.—WinfieldS. Hinds | | | | Epitaph: "History records his EminentServices as a Warrior, Pacificator, and General In Chief of theArmies of the United States. Medals, and an Equestrian Statue orderedby Congress in the Capital of his Country, are his Public Monuments.This stone is a mark of the love and veneration of his Daughters.Requiescat in Pace." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Winfield Scott: Timothy D.Johnson,WinfieldScott: The Quest for Military Glory | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | David Sears (1787-1871) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1787.Merchant;realestate developer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1820; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1840; philanthropist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January14, 1871 (age83 years, 98days).Entombed atChrist Church, Brookline, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof David Sears (1752-1816) and Ann (Winthrop) Sears; married,June 13,1809, to Miriam Clarke Mason; nephew ofThomasLindall Winthrop; great-grandfather ofAugustusPeabody Gardner andCharlesFrancis Adams; second great-grandfather ofGeorgeCabot Lodge; second great-grandnephew ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; third great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); third great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot; fourth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin ofRobertCharles Winthrop; first cousin four times removed ofJohnForbes Kerry; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesCoats Auchincloss,GordonAuchincloss andHughDudley Auchincloss; second cousin four times removed ofHughDudley Auchincloss III; third cousin once removed ofElijahLivermore Hamlin,HannibalHamlin andHenryBarrett Crosby; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesKilbourne,IsaiahKidder Stetson,CharlesSumner Hamlin andRuthBaker Pratt. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofSearsport,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Juan Nepomucena Seguin (1806-1890) — also known asJuan N. Seguin — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,October27, 1806.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1838-40;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1841, 1841-42.Died in Nuevo Laredo,Tamaulipas,August27, 1890 (age83 years, 304days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1974somewherein Seguin, Tex. | | Cato Hedden Sells (1859-1948) — also known asCato Sells — of Vinton,BentonCounty, Iowa;Washington,D.C.; Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Vinton,BentonCounty, Iowa,October6, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1888,1900;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1894-98; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Texas, 1912; U.S. Commissioner of IndianAffairs, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1924.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,December30, 1948 (age89 years, 85days).Interment atCleburneMemorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.  | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassinationattempt on April 14, 1865 (the same nightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofSeward,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofSeward,Alaska, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:W.Seward Whittlesey—W.H. Seward Thomson—WilliamS. Shanahan | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William H. Seward: DorisKearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan,WilliamHenry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as"The Great Decliner" — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Pompey Hill,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1845;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1843;Governor ofNew York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1868; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1876.Episcopalian.Died in Deerfield,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1886 (age75 years, 257days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHenrySeymour and Mary Ledyard (Forman) Seymour; brother of JuliaCatherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); married,May 31,1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); uncle ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); grandson ofMosesSeymour; first cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; first cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; second cousin ofEdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SeymourMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofSeymour,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:SeymourMerritt | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Horatio Seymour: StewartMitchell,HoratioSeymour of New York | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) — also known asThomas H. Seymour;Thomas HartSeymour —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September29, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel inthe U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofConnecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1864.Died oftyphoidfever, in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September3, 1868 (age60 years, 340days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Seymour (1754-1846) and Jane (Ellery) Seymour; married,September17, 1827, to Henrietta Maria Stanley; grandson ofThomasSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour; third cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour (1780-1837) andCalebSeymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,SilasSeymour,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,AugustusSherrill Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofSeymour,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now inWashingtonCounty), Md.,December11, 1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died of abroken bloodvessel in the head, inLincolnCounty, Ky.,July 18,1826 (age75 years, 219days).Interment atShelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married,April19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (whomarriedJamesShannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who marriedBeriahMagoffin) andThomasHart Shelby; great-grandfather ofBeriahMagoffin Jr.. | | | | Political family:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Shelby counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | Thetown ofShelby,New York, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofShelbyville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofShelbyville,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofShelbyville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofShelbyville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; mined and wrecked in theTyrrhenianSea, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Roger Sherman (1721-1793) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April19, 1721.Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.Congregationalist.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 23,1793 (age72 years, 95days).Original interment atNew Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment in 1821 atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman and William Sherman; married,November17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell; married,May 12,1763, to Rebecca Prescott; father of Rebecca Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who marriedSamuelHoar); grandfather ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; great-grandfather ofRogerSherman Greene,SimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; second great-grandfather ofHenrySherman Boutell,EdwardBaldwin Whitney,Henryde Forest Baldwin,ThomasDay Thacher,RogerSherman Greene II,RogerSherman Hoar andRogerKent; second great-granduncle ofChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third great-grandfather ofArchibaldCox; third great-granduncle ofJohnStanley Addis; fourth great-grandfather ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; ancestor *** ofGeorgeSherman Batcheller; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnAdams Dix; second cousin five times removed ofHoraceBemis andLorinAndrews Lathrop. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofSherman,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Thetown andvillage ofSherman,New York, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue atGrand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atSherman Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | Thecommunity ofSherman,Michigan, isnamed forhim. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known asCharles D. Sherwood — of Rushford,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Sherwood,FranklinCounty, Tenn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1833.Republican.Physician;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 91859-60, District 14 1861, 1863);postmaster;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1864-66.Drowned,reportedly as asuicide,inLakeMichigan, near Chicago, Illinois,July 2,1895 (age61 years, 226days).Interment atMoundGrove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill. | | James Shields (1806-1879) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.;RiceCounty, Minn.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Mo.Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),May 10,1806.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1836; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1839-41;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when theSpringfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,Shields demanded to know who wrote them;AbrahamLincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,and Shields challenged him to aduel,which was averted only through the intervention of friends;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri, 1868; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1874, 1879;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1879.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Ottumwa,WapelloCounty, Iowa,June 1,1879 (age73 years, 22days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atCourthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn. | | Edward Shippen (1703-1781) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 9,1703.Merchant;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September25, 1781 (age78 years, 78days).Interment atSt.James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa. | | William Shirley (1694-1771) — Born in Sussex,England,December2,1694.ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1741-49, 1753-56; Governor of theBahamas, 1760-68.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,March24, 1771 (age76 years, 112days).Burial location unknown. | | George Laird Shoup (1836-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Shoup — of Colorado;LemhiCounty, Idaho; Salmon,LemhiCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,June 15,1836.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;merchant;delegateto Colorado state constitutional convention, 1864;LemhiCounty Treasurer; member ofIdahoterritorial House of Representatives, 1874;memberIdaho territorial council, 1878; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Idaho Territory,1880;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho Territory, 1880-84, 1888-90;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1889-90; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1890-92, 1896;Governor ofIdaho, 1890;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1890-1901.Member,Freemasons.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,December21, 1904 (age68 years, 189days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Samuel Shute (1662-1742) — Born inEngland,January12,1662.Lawyer;ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1716-23;ColonialGovernor of New Hampshire, 1716-23.Englishancestry.DiedApril15, 1742 (age80 years, 93days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) — also known asHenry H. Sibley — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.; Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February20, 1811.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855;Governor ofMinnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February18, 1891 (age79 years, 363days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| | Relatives: SonofSolomonSibley and Sarah Whipple (Sproat) Sibley; brother of CatherineWhipple Sibley (who marriedCharlesChristopher Trowbridge); married to Sarah Jane Steele (daughterofJamesSteele). | | | | Political families:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sibley County,Minn. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofHastings,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — Henry SibleyHighSchool (founded 1954, rebuilt 1971), inMendotaHeights, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry H. Sibley (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Hastings Sibley:Rhoda R. Gilman,HenryHastings Sibley: Divided Heart |
| | John Simpson (d. 1813) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Killed in theBattleof River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe),MonroeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1813.Original intermentsomewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | John Slidell (1793-1871) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1793.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; memberof Louisiana state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned1845;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61;ConfederateStates Envoy to France, 1861.Scottishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight,England,July29, 1871 (ageabout 78years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | | John Sparks (1843-1908) — also known as"Honest John" — of Nevada. Born inWinstonCounty, Miss.,August30, 1843.Rancher;Governorof Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,May 22,1908 (age64 years, 266days).Interment atMasonicMemorial Gardens, Reno, Nev. | | John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) — also known asJohn W. Sprague — of Sandusky,ErieCounty, Ohio; Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in White Creek,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1817.ErieCounty Treasurer, 1851-52;steamboatbusiness; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;received theMedalof Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,in 1862;railroadexecutive;mayor ofTacoma, Wash., 1883-84.Died in Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,December27, 1893 (age76 years, 267days).Interment atTacomaCemetery, Tacoma, Wash. | | Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) — also known as"The Sugar King of Hawaii";"His Royal Saccharinity" —Born in Lamstedt,Germany,July9, 1828.Republican.Sugarmagnate; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).Germanancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December26, 1908 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known asIsaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,March25, 1818.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Washington Territory, 1853-57;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Shotand killed at theCivilWar battle of Chantilly,FairfaxCounty, Va.,September1, 1862 (age44 years, 160days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atOx Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.| | Relatives:Cousin *** ofCharlesAbbot Stevens andMosesTyler Stevens. | | | | Political family:Stevens-Woodhullfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Stevens counties inMinn. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | FortStevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now astatepark) inWarrenton,Oregon, wasnamed forhim. —FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)inWashington,D.C., wasnamed forhim. — Thecity (andlake)ofLakeStevens, Washington, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofStevensville,Montana, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(6,838 feet), inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(5,372 feet), inBinghamCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — Upper StevensLake,and Lower StevensLake,inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, arenamed forhim. — The Stevens Halldormitory,at Washington StateUniversity,Pullman,Washington, isnamed forhim. — Isaac I. StevensElementarySchool (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensMiddleSchool, inPortAngeles, Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensJuniorHigh School (now Middle School), inPasco,Washington, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service ofhis country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generousheart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying hiscommand, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at thebattle of Chantilly, Va." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:Joseph Taylor Hazard,Companionof Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor ofWashington |
| | Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale (1825-1890) — also known asFletcher S. Stockdale — of Port Lavaca,CalhounCounty, Tex.Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,1825.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1860,1872,1880;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1863-65;Governor ofTexas, 1865;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Texas, 1876-80.Died in Cuero,DeWittCounty, Tex.,February4, 1890 (ageabout 64years).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. | | Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866) — also known asRobert F. Stockton — of New Jersey. Born in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August20, 1795.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; served inthe U.S. Navy during the Mexican War;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1846-47;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1851-53.Slaveowner. Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,October7, 1866 (age71 years, 48days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofRichardStockton (1764-1828); father ofJohnPotter Stockton; grandson ofRichardStockton (1730-1781); grandfather ofRichardStockton (c.1857-1929). | | | | Political family:Stocktonfamily of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecity ofStockton,California, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofStockton,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — Theborough ofStockton,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — Thecity ofFortStockton, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Stockton Creek, atidalchannel inMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
 | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunity of Taft, now partofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed forhim. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
| | Matthew Talbot (1762-1827) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,1762.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1808;Governor ofGeorgia, 1819.DiedSeptember17, 1827 (ageabout 65years).Interment atSmyrnaCemetery, Wilkes County, Ga. | | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) — of Charles Town,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio.Born in Carlisle,England,June19, 1766.Democrat.Physician;minister;member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799-1801;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;Governorof Ohio, 1803-07;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General forOhio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.Methodist.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,August9, 1829 (age63 years, 51days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio. | | Robert Troup (1757-1832) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,August19, 1757.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1796-98.Columbia classmate and close friend ofAlexanderHamilton.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1832 (age74 years, 148days).Entombed in mausoleum atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Nathan Udell (1817-1903) — of Unionville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa; Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa.Born inSusquehannaCounty, Pa.,February18, 1817.Democrat.Physician;member ofIowastate senate, 1854, 1860-66.Member,Freemasons.Died inDenver,Colo.,March 6,1903 (age86 years, 16days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | Thecity ofVan Buren,Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — Thetown ofVan Buren,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) — of New York. Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1721.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1777-78;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1778-95.Died inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1814 (age93 years, 111days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.;reinterment atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) VanCortlandt; married,May 29,1748, to Joanna Livingston (daughter ofGilbertLivingston); father ofPhilipVan Cortlandt (1749-1831),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. and Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (who marriedPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andAbrahamde Peyster; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofStephanusBayard,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),NicholasBayard,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; first cousin six times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,HenryRutgers,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,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipDePeyster,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). | | | | Cortland County,N.Y. is named for him. | | | | Thecity ofCortland,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) — of Iowa. Born in Kentucky,October18, 1830.Republican.Physician;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofIowastate senate, 1869-73.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,December28, 1894 (age64 years, 71days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | Robert John Walker (1801-1869) — also known asRobert J. Walker — of Madisonville,MadisonCounty, Miss.;Washington,D.C.Born in Northumberland,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,July 19,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857;newspaperpublisher.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November11, 1869 (age68 years, 115days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known asReuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October26, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23;Chancellorof New York, 1828-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  | John Wanamaker (1838-1922) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 11,1838.Republican.Merchant;opened John Wanamaker & Companystore in1877 (forerunner of moderndepartmentstore); organizer and director, Merchants'Bank;director, Philadelphia and ReadingRailroad;organizer (with others) and trustee, PresbyterianHospital;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1889;U.S.Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1912,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1921.Presbyterian.Alsatianancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December12, 1922 (age84 years, 154days).Interment atSt.James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.  | 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 thefirstPresident and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected totheHallof 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. | | | | Thecity ofWashington,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) |
| | Martha Washington (1731-1802) — also known asMartha Dandridge;Martha DandridgeCustis —Born inNew KentCounty, Va.,June 13,1731.FirstLady of the United States, 1789-97.Female.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,May 22,1802 (age70 years, 343days).Entombed atMt.Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.  | Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as"Mad Anthony" — ofChesterCounty, Pa.;ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Easttown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,January1, 1745.Surveyor;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.Englishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie),ErieCounty, Pa.,December15, 1796 (age51 years, 349days).Original interment atGarrisonHill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married1766 to MaryPenrose; father ofIsaacWayne (1772-1852). | | | | Wayne counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | FortWayne (1794), and the subsequentcity ofFortWayne, Indiana, werenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | James A. Weaver (1826-1898) — of Sulphur Springs,HopkinsCounty, Tex.Born inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,July 15,1826.Democrat.HopkinsCounty Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1876.Died inHopkinsCounty, Tex.,February27, 1898 (age71 years, 227days).Interment atCityCemetery, Sulphur Springs, Tex. | | William Wheelwright (1798-1873) — Born in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.,March18, 1798.Shipcaptain; U.S. Consul inGuayaquil, 1825-28; builtrailroadsin South America; organized the PacificSteamshipNavigation Company; created the firsttelegraphlines in South America.Died in London,England,September26, 1873 (age75 years, 192days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass. | | John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) — of Amesbury,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,December17, 1807.Poet;newspapereditor; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1835; Liberty candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1842.Quaker. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in Hampton Falls,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September7, 1892 (age84 years, 265days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Amesbury, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof John Whittier and Abigail (Hussey) Whittier; third cousin twiceremoved ofRobertFoss Fernald; fourth cousin once removed ofNicholasGilman,JohnWentworth Jr.,DanielDavis,AlbertGallatin Dole,WilliamHenry Barnum,GeorgeWinthrop Maston Pitman andJosephPitman. | | | | Political families:Wentworth-Gilmanfamily of New Hampshire;Gilmanfamily of Exeter, New Hampshire;Appletonfamily of New Hampshire (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamDavenport | | | | Thecity ofWhittier,California, isnamed forhim. — WhittierCollege,inWhittier,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John G. Whittier (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JohnGreenleaf Whittier Lewis | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1750.Secretary toBenjaminFranklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, 1802;engineer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died inoffice 1815.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1815 (age64 years, 361days).Original interment atPine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,1749.Merchant;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Baltimore, Md., Maryland, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in1794(ageabout45 years).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Williamsport, Md. | | Westel Willoughby Jr. (1769-1844) — ofHerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Goshen,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November20, 1769.Democrat.Physician;common pleas court judge in New York, 1805-21; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1815-17.Died in Newport,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1844 (age74 years, 318days).Interment atNewportCemetery, Newport, N.Y. | | Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known asLouis D. Wilson — ofEdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,May 12,1789.Democrat.Notarypublic; justice of the peace;merchant;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died inoffice 1847;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegateto Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1835;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromyellowfever, while serving in the U.S. Army in theMexicanWar, in Veracruz,Veracruz,August12, 1847 (age58 years, 92days).Original interment atRocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in1904 atTarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C. | | William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.Born inBelmontCounty, Ohio,May 10,1827.Republican.U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1stDistrict 1863-69); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1880;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891.Quaker.Fell dead, fromheartdisease, at theannualbanquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, justafter finishing a speech, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1891 (age63 years, 264days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,June 17,1746.Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1790;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).Slaveowner. Died near Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,April21, 1815 (age68 years, 308days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGuilfordCourthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C. | | Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December1, 1726.Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1786-96;Governor ofConnecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797.Congregationalist.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December1, 1797 (age71 years, 0days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); married,January21, 1755, to Laura Collins; father ofOliverWolcott Jr., Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; uncle ofRogerGriswold; great-grandfather ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); great-granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third great-granduncle ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth great-granduncle ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fifth great-granduncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; second cousin ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin once removed ofDanielPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin,HenryMerrill Wolcott,FrancesPayne Bolton andHaroldB. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andOliverMorgan Hungerford. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January11, 1760.Connecticutstate comptroller, 1788-90;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800;banker;Governor ofConnecticut, 1817-27;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.Congregationalist.Accused,by political adversaries in 1800, ofsettingfire to the State Department, andresignedfrom the Cabinet in protest against theinvestigation.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1833 (age73 years, 141days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverWolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary AnnWolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; nephew ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); granduncle ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofRogerGriswold; first cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,JamesHillhouse,JosephSilliman (1756-1829) andTimothyPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,RogerCalvin Leete andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,ElizurGoodrich,MartinChittenden,WilliamWoodbridge andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,JosiahC. Chittenden,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge andJosephFitch Silliman. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetown ofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary(1919) |
| | George Wolf (1777-1840) — of Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Allen Township,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,August12, 1777.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atEaston,Pa., 1802-03; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.Treasury, 1836-38;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1838-40;died in office 1840.Germanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March11, 1840 (age62 years, 212days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). | | | | WolfTownship, inLycomingCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — WolfHall,at Penn StateUniversity,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — Governor WolfElementarySchool (built 1956), inBethlehem,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — George WolfElementarySchool, inBath,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The Governor WolfBuilding(built 1893, a former school converted to apartments), inEaston,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Tyler Wood (1795-1858) — Born in Cuthbert,RandolphCounty, Ga.,March12, 1795.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar;Governor ofTexas, 1847-49; defeated, 1849, 1853.Slaveowner. Died inSan JacintoCounty, Tex.,September3, 1858 (age63 years, 175days).Interment atRobinsonGraveyard, Near Point Blank, San Jacinto County, Tex.  | William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August20, 1780.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1815-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;justiceof Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1838-40;Governor ofMichigan, 1840-41;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1861 (age81 years, 61days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge;married,June 29,1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna TrumbullWoodbridge (who marriedHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; first cousin five times removed ofGeorgePhilip Kazen; second cousin ofIsaacBackus; second cousin once removed ofEnochWoodbridge andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,JosephSilliman (1756-1829),SamuelH. Huntington,TimothyPitkin,AbelHuntington,PhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge,MatthewGriswold,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit andJamesDavenport; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnFoster Dulles,AllenWelsh Dulles andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,DudleyWoodbridge (1782-1844),HenryMeigs,JosephSilliman (c.1786-1850),BelaEdgerton,JabezWilliams Huntington,HemanTicknor,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,MartinOlds,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,TheodoreDavenport,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,EdwardGreen Bradford,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,JosephFitch Silliman,WilliamClark Huntington,HenryStark Culver,HiramBingham,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thetownship ofWoodbridge,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — WoodbridgeStreet,in downtownDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | George Wythe (1726-1806) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part ofHampton,Va.),December3, 1726.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1758-68;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Virginia,1777;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788.Episcopalian.Apparentlymurdered—poisonedby his grandnephew — and died two weeks later, inRichmond,Va.,June 8,1806 (age79 years, 187days).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Brigham Young (1801-1877) — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Whitingham,WindhamCounty, Vt.,June 1,1801.Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877;Governorof Utah Territory, 1850-58.Mormon. Member,Freemasons.Died, ofperitonitisandappendicitis,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,August29, 1877 (age76 years, 89days).Interment atMormonPioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue atTempleSquare, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue atHeritagePlaza, St. George, Utah.
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