in alphabetical order | |  Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) — also known as"Red" — of Ansonia,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Shelton,FairfieldCounty, Conn.BornJune 23,1940.Democrat. Playedfootballfor the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League;schoolteacher;mayorof Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976;president,Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003.Killed in anautomobileaccident, inSardinia,July31, 2005 (age65 years, 38days).Interment atMt.St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn. | | George Ade (1866-1944) — of Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.Born in Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.,February9, 1866.Republican.Author;humorist;newspapercolumnist;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1908.Member,SigmaChi.Suffered aheartattack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook,NewtonCounty, Ind.,May 16,1944 (age78 years, 97days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Kentland, Ind. | | Leon Joseph Albert (1840-1912) — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born in1840.Democrat.Steamboatbuilder;mayorof Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1877-79, 1886-91.Died in1912(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown.  | Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) — also known asNelson W. Aldrich;"General Manager ofthe United States" —of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.Born in Foster,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November6, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;grocer;director, Roger WilliamsBank;president, First NationalBank ofProvidence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and FishkillRailroad;organizer and president, UnitedTractionandElectricCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from RhodeIsland,1872;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1875-77;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-VreelandCurrency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from anapoplecticstroke, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1915 (age73 years, 161days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | 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. |  | James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known asJames B. Angell — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Scituate,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January7, 1829.Editor of Sen.HenryB. Anthony'snewspaper,Providence Journal, 1860-66;president,University of Vermont, 1866-71;president,University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister toChina, 1880-81;Turkey, 1897-98.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanHistorical Association.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April 1,1916 (age87 years, 85days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | | Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known asBenjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March16, 1838.Republican.School teacherand principal;ordainedminister; member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87;firstBlack state legislator elected to represent a majority whiteconstituency;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.African,Scottish,AmericanIndian, andIrishancestry.Lost aleg due to a tumor in 1858.Died, ofuremia,in Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October7, 1906 (age68 years, 205days).Interment atWilberforceCemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio. | | Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) — also known asMarcus Jacob Austad;"MarkEvans" —of Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Ogden,WeberCounty, Utah,April 1,1917.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;radioannouncer,broadcastnewsman, and host of his owntelevisionnews show; U.S. Ambassador toFinland, 1975-77;Norway, 1981-84.Mormon.Norwegianancestry.Died in Arizona,October20, 1988 (age71 years, 202days).Interment atWashington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah. | | 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. | | | | ThecityofAustin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — Stephen F. AustinState University,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 |
| | John Bascom (1827-1911) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Genoa,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1827.Collegeprofessor;president,University of Wisconsin, 1874-87; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1897.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October2, 1911 (age84 years, 155days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married1853 to AbbieBurt; married,January8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. | | | | BascomHall,on the campus of theUniversity of Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bascom (built 1942-43 atPanamaCity, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor atBari,Italy, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) — also known asKemp P. Battle — ofWakeCounty, N.C.Born in Louisburg,FranklinCounty, N.C.,December19, 1831.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, ChathamRailroadduring the Civil War;NorthCarolina state treasurer, 1866-68;president,University of North Carolina, 1876-91;historian.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February4, 1919 (age87 years, 47days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known asRobert E. B. Baylor — Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,May 10,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819-20; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge inTexas, 1845-60.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.One of thefounders,in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor).Slaveowner. Died in Gay Hill,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January6, 1874 (age80 years, 241days).Original interment atOldBaylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886atUniversityof Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex. | | Frederick William Behmler (1895-1966) — also known asFred W. Behmler — of Appleton,SwiftCounty, Minn.; Morris,StevensCounty, Minn.Born in Jordan,ScottCounty, Minn.,February2, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;physician;surgeon;member ofMinnesotastate senate 48th District, 1955-58; defeated, 1958.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;Kiwanis;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from amyocardialinfarction, in Abbott NorthwesternHospital,Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November6, 1966 (age71 years, 277days).Interment atSummit Cemetery, Morris, Minn.  | William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) — also known asWilliam Benton — of Southport, Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Advertisingbusiness; introduced sound effects into television commercials;popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the EncyclopediaBrittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,1945-47;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956,1960,1968.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;ZetaPsi.Died, in the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1973 (age72 years, 351days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | | William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) — also known asWilliam H. Berkey — of Cassopolis,CassCounty, Mich.Born inCambriaCounty, Pa.,February24, 1874.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920(alternate),1940;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,1933.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March22, 1952 (age78 years, 27days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.  | 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. | | | | — ThecityofBlair,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. ThetownshipofBlairstown,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBlairstown,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 |
| | | John Frederick Bohler (1885-1960) — also known asJ. Fred Bohler — of Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,April14, 1885.Athleticcoach;mayorof Pullman, Wash., 1949-51.Died in Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.,July 12,1960 (age75 years, 89days).Interment atAssociatedOrder of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash. | | James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) — also known asJames W. Bosler — of Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Silver Spring Township,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,April 4,1833.Lawyer;merchant;realestate agent;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 32nd District, 1882.Germanancestry.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December17, 1883 (age50 years, 257days).Interment atAshlandCemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | 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. | | Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) — also known asLouis D. Brandeis — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November13, 1856.Lawyer;law clerk to JusticeHoraceGray, 1879-80;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.Jewish.Died inWashington,D.C.,October5, 1941 (age84 years, 326days).Cremated;ashes interred atUniversityof Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother ofFannie Brandeis (who marriedCharlesNagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law ofWalterM. Taussig); married,March23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. | | | | Political family:Taussig-Brandeisfamily of St. Louis, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:DeanAcheson —JamesM. Landis —CalvertMagruder | | | | BrandeisUniversity, inWaltham,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The Louis D. BrandeisSchool of Law, inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.Paper,Brandeis:An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme CourtJustices — Stephen W. Baskerville,OfLaws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis DembitzBrandeis — Philippa Strum,LouisD. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,TwoJewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
| | George Nathaniel Briggs (1874-1952) — also known asGeorge N. Briggs — of Lamoni,DecaturCounty, Iowa.Born in Tabor,FremontCounty, Iowa,May 10,1874.Schoolteacher; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1893-94;superintendentof schools;president,Philippine Normal School, 1909-10;president,Graceland College (now Graceland University), 1915-44; Dry candidatefordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.ReorganizedChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,December26, 1952 (age78 years, 230days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.  | Clark Louis Brody (1879-1961) — also known asClark L. Brody — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fabius,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,February1, 1879.Republican.Farmer;county agricultural agent, 1915-21; executive with Farm Bureau;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1921-59; appointed 1921; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1956.Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;AlphaZeta;PhiKappa Phi;Kiwanis.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October12, 1961 (age82 years, 253days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich. |  | Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) — also known asMartin G. Brumbaugh;"Hercules of theEducational World" —ofHuntingdonCounty, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Penn Township,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,April14, 1862.Republican.HuntingdonCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90;universityprofessor;president,Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education,1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1916;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916.Brethren.Germanancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Pinehurst,MooreCounty, N.C.,March14, 1930 (age67 years, 334days).Interment atValleyView Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married1884 to AnnaKonigmacher; married,January29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. | | | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall atPennsylvania StateUniversity, University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:Earl C. Kaylor, Jr.,MartinGrove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman toBedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 | | | | Image source: Smull's Legislative HandBook and Manual 1916 |
| | George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) — also known asGeorge Bush;"Poppy";"Sheepskin";"Timberwolf" —of Midland,MidlandCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 12,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1964;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970;U.S.Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.Representative toUnited Nations, 1971-73;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison toChina, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1980;VicePresident of the United States, 1981-89;Presidentof the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Skulland Bones;Council onForeign Relations;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Societyof the Cincinnati;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,November30, 2018 (age94 years, 171days).Interment atGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, CollegeStation, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofPrescottSheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married,January6, 1945, toBarbaraPierce; father ofGeorgeWalker Bush (who marriedLauraLane Welch) andJohnEllis Bush; grandfather ofGeorgePrescott Bush; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavis. | | | | Political family:Bushfamily of Texas and Massachusetts. | | | | Cross-reference:CasparW. Weinberger —JohnH. Sununu —DonEvans —JamesC. Oberwetter —MaryMcClure Bibby | | | | The George Bush School of Government andPublic Service, at Texas A&MUniversity,CollegeStation, Texas, isnamed forhim. — George BushHighSchool, inRichmond,Texas, isnamed forhim. — George Herbert Walker BushElementarySchool, inAddison,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by George H. W. Bush:AllThe Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings(1999) —LookingForward (1987) —AWorld Transformed (1998) | | | | Books about George H. W. Bush: JohnRobert Greene,ThePresidency of George Bush — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,GeorgeH. W. Bush (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:Kevin Phillips,AmericanDynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in theHouse of Bush — Kitty Kelly,TheFamily : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
| | Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) — also known asCharles C. Chapman;"The Orange King ofCalifornia" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Fullerton,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Illinois,June 2,1853.Republican.Publishingbusiness;mayorof Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1916,1924.Disciplesof Christ.Died inOrangeCounty, Calif.,March 5,1944 (age90 years, 277days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue atChapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.  | Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known asSalmon P. Chase;"Old Mr.Greenbacks" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cornish,SullivanCounty, N.H.,January13, 1808.Republican. Liberty candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1846;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861;Governor ofOhio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.Episcopalian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1873 (age65 years, 114days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Ithamar Chase and Janette Chase; married to Eliza Ann Smith;father of Katherine Jane 'Kate' Chase (who marriedWilliamSprague); nephew ofDudleyChase; cousin *** ofDudleyChase Denison. | | | | Political family:Chasefamily of Vermont and Rhode Island (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Chase County,Kan. is named for him. | | | | Chase Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at HarvardUniversity Business School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Salmon P. Chase (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:ChaseS. Osborn | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on various U.S. currency, including $1 and $10 notes inthe 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Salmon P. Chase: FrederickJ. Blue,SalmonP. Chase : A Life in Politics — John Niven,SalmonP. Chase : A Biography — Albert B. Hart,SalmonP. Chase — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of AbrahamLincoln | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 1,1807.Miningengineer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1844-51; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Among thefoundersof the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolinafor the purpose ofestablishingan agricultural college, which went on to become Clemson University.Died inPickensCounty, S.C.,April 6,1888 (age80 years, 280days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | William Thad Cochran (1937-2019) — also known asThad Cochran — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Pontotoc,PontotocCounty, Miss.,December7, 1937.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1973-79;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1979-2018; resigned 2018; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Mississippi,2004,2008,2012.Baptist.Member,PiKappa Alpha.Died, fromrenalfailure, in Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,May 30,2019 (age81 years, 174days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (Berry) Cochran; married1964 to RoseClayton; married,May 23,2015, to Kay Webber. | | | | The Thad CochranU.S.Courthouse, inJackson,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — The Thad Cochran Centerbuilding,at theUniversity of Southern Mississippi,Hattiesburg,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known asThomas M. Cooley — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.; Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Attica,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1824.Lawyer;newspapereditor; law partner ofCharlesM. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;lawprofessor;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1865-85;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September12, 1898 (age74 years, 249days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | William A. Craven (1921-1999) — also known asBill Craven — of Oceanside,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 30,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1973-79; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1979-99.Advocated and won thecreationof a California State University campus at San Marcos.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure and complications ofdiabetes,at the Villas de CarlsbadHealthCenter, Carlsbad,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,July 11,1999 (age78 years, 11days).Interment atEternalHills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif. | | Michael Curb (b. 1944) — also known asMike Curb — of California; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December24, 1944.Republican.Musician;recordcompany executive;racecar owner; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1977;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1982.In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia MusicHall ofFame.Still living as of 2014.  | Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) — also known asJabez L. M. Curry — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.;Washington,D.C.Born near Double Branches,LincolnCounty, Ga.,June 5,1825.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;president,Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68;collegeprofessor; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1885-88.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,February12, 1903 (age77 years, 252days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) — also known asC. Douglas Dillon;Clarence DouglassDillon —of Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,of American parents,August21, 1909.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;financier;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1952(alternate),1968;U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1953-57;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.Scottish,French,Swedish,andJewishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;Societyof Colonial Wars.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January10, 2003 (age93 years, 142days).Burial location unknown. | | James H. Donovan (1923-1990) — of Chadwicks,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Marcy,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1966-90 (51st District 1966, 46th District 1967-82,47th District 1983-90); died in office 1990; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1980.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus.Represented Oneida County in the New York State Senate longer thanany other senator in the history of the county.Died, ofcoloncancer, in Chadwicks,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August31, 1990 (age66 years, 292days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y. | | Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) — of Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa.Born in Rushville,SchuylerCounty, Ill.,December30, 1830.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;railroadbuilder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1888;Governorof Iowa, 1896-98.Disciplesof Christ. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, ofdiabetes,in Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,November20, 1903 (age72 years, 325days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa.  | Abel Elsworth Eaton (1834-1917) — also known asA. E. Eaton — of Union,UnionCounty, Ore.Born in Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.,May 20,1834.Woollenmanufacturer; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofOregon, 1910.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,January15, 1917 (age82 years, 240days).Interment atUnionVictorian Cemetery, Union, Ore. | | | Bernard Albert Eckhart (1848-1931) — also known asBernard A. Eckhart — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Alsace,France,September4, 1848.Republican.Miller;bankdirector; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1887-90; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1912,1928.Alsatianancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 11,1931 (age82 years, 249days).Entombed in mausoleum atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) — also known asJohn M. Eshleman;JackEshleman —of California. Born in Villa Ridge,PulaskiCounty, Ill.,June 14,1876.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1912;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftuberculosis,in atrainstation at at Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February28, 1916 (age39 years, 259days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSunsetView Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif. | | William Nash Everett (1864-1928) — of Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.Born in Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.,December29, 1864.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1917-18; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,1919-22;secretaryof state of North Carolina, 1923-28; died in office 1928.Died of aheartattack in his room at the Sir Walter RaleighHotel,Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February7, 1928 (age63 years, 40days).Interment atEverettCemetery, Rockingham, N.C. | | Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) — of Hawaii. Born in Orono,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 3,1871.Governorof Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.Congregationalist.Died ofheartdisease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,October6, 1933 (age62 years, 156days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth (Holyoke)Farrington; married,October26, 1896, to Catharine McAlpine Crane; father ofJosephRider Farrington (1897-1954); second cousin ofEdwardSilsby Farrington; fourth cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie. | | | | Political family:Farringtonfamily of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | FarringtonHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. — FarringtonStreetand FarringtonHighway,inHonolulu,Hawaii, arenamed forhim. — Farrington Hallauditorium(built 1930, demolished in the 1970s), at theUniversity ofHawaii,Honolulu,Hawaii, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Wallace R. Farrington (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | 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). | | | | ThevillageofFassett,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 Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) — also known asJimmy Faulkner — of Bay Minette,BaldwinCounty, Ala.Born inLamarCounty, Ala.,March 1,1916.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;insuranceagent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member ofAlabamaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1948,1952(alternate); member ofAlabamastate senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of sevenradiostations;bankdirector.Churchof Christ.Died, in OakwoodNursingHome, Bay Minette,BaldwinCounty, Ala.,August22, 2008 (age92 years, 174days).Interment atBayMinette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.  | 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). | | | | ThetownofFenton,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofFentonville,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fenton Hall, at the StateUniversity ofNew York atFredonia,isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) — also known asWoodbridge N. Ferris;"The Big RapidsSchoolmaster";"The Good GreyGovernor" —of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin near Spencer,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1853.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; founder andpresident,Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate forMichigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916,1924;Governorof Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big RapidsSavingsBank;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1924.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1928 (age75 years, 77days).Entombed atHighlandView Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich. | | Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) — also known asClinton B. Fisk — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.; New Jersey.Born in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1828.Merchant;miller;banker;insurancebusiness; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1886; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1888.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1890 (age61 years, 213days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich. | | William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) — also known asW. Cameron Forbes — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 21,1870.Merchant;investmentbanker;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1909-13; receiver for arailwayin Brazil, 1914-19; treasurer and president of anelectriccompany; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1930-32.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December24, 1959 (age89 years, 217days).Cremated. | | Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) — also known asHenry H. Fowler;Joe Fowler — ofAlexandria,Va.Born inRoanoke,Va.,September5, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1956,1960(alternate);U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofpneumonia,in anursinghome atFallsChurch, Va.,January3, 2000 (age91 years, 120days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married,October19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. | | | | Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940,named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), atHarvardUniversity Business School,Boston,Massachusetts, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) — also known asDavid R. Francis — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1850.Democrat.Grainmerchant;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1884,1912(HonoraryVice-President;speaker);mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89;Governor ofMissouri, 1889-93;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1916-17.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,January15, 1927 (age76 years, 106days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | | Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) — also known asRobert H. Frazier — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January8, 1899.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanSociety for International Law;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,August21, 1978 (age79 years, 225days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.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. | | | | ThecityofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversity Business 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 |
| | Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) — also known asDean A. Gallo — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.; Parsippany,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.,November23, 1935.Republican.Realtor;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1976-84;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died inoffice 1994.Methodist.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,November6, 1994 (age58 years, 348days).Burial location unknown. | | Ettie Garner (1869-1948) — also known asMariette Elizabeth Rheiner — Born in Sabinal,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,July 17,1869.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1933-41.Female.Swissancestry.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Uvalde,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,September17, 1948 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atUvaldeCemetery, Uvalde, Tex.  | 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. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,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 famedauditoriumatGeorgetown University,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) |
|  | Edwin Peabody Gerry (1846-1911) — also known asE. Peabody Gerry — of Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Standish,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November2, 1846.Republican.Physician;candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1903.Died in Phillipston,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 22,1911 (age64 years, 232days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | Don Lee Gevirtz (1928-2001) — also known asDon L. Gevirtz — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 1,1928.Democrat. Venture capitalist and philanthropist; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1968(alternate),1988;U.S. Ambassador toFiji, 1995-97;Nauru, 1995-97;Tonga, 1995-97;Tuvalu, 1995-97.Died, of aheartattack, in Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,April22, 2001 (age73 years, 52days).Interment atSantaBarbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif. | | Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) — also known asAlbert W. Gilchrist — of Punta Gorda,CharlotteCounty, Fla.Born in Greenwood,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.,January15, 1858.Democrat.Civilengineer;real estatedealer;orangegrower; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in theU.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofFlorida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1912(speaker),1924;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, from atumor of thethigh, in theHospitalfor the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1926 (age68 years, 120days).Interment atIndianSpring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla. | | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871-1953) — also known asEugene A. Gilmore — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Brownville,NemahaCounty, Neb.,July 4,1871.Lawyer;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1927, 1929;president,University of Iowa, 1934-40.Died, from aheartattack, in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,November4, 1953 (age82 years, 123days).Cremated.  | Carter Glass (1858-1946) — also known asGeorge Carter Glass;"Father of theFederal Reserve";"Pluck" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,January4, 1858.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1892,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940,1944;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1899-1902;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Lynchburg city,1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1916-28;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1920.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in his room at the MayflowerHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1946 (age88 years, 144days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | | John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) — also known asJohn B. Gordon — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inUpsonCounty, Ga.,February6, 1832.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1868;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1873-80, 1891-97;Governor ofGeorgia, 1886-90; defeated, 1868.Slaveowner. Died in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January9, 1904 (age71 years, 337days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) — also known asFrank P. Graham — of Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October14, 1886.Democrat.Schoolteacher;collegeinstructor;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;universityprofessor;presidentof the University of North Carolina, 1931-49;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,1950.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.,February16, 1972 (age85 years, 125days).Interment atOldChapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C. | | Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) — also known asThomas W. Gregory — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Crawfordsville (unknowncounty), Miss.,November6, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Attorney General, 1914-19.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofpneumonia,in his room at theHotelPennsylvania, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1933 (age71 years, 112days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Tex. | | 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. | | Charles Harold Haden II (1937-2004) — also known asCharles H. Haden II — of Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.; Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.,April16, 1937.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,1963-64; defeated, 1964; candidate forWestVirginia state attorney general, 1968; West Virginia State TaxCommissioner, 1969-72;judge ofWest Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1972-75; appointed 1972;resigned 1975;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia,1975-83;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,1975-2004; died in office 2004.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,March20, 2004 (age66 years, 339days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | 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. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversity Business 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) |
| | Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) — also known asLee H. Hamilton — of Columbus,BartholomewCounty, Ind.Born in Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,April20, 1931.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1968,1996;received theMedalof Freedom in 2015.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;TrilateralCommission;Rotary;Jaycees;AlphaTau Omega.Inducted into the Indiana BasketballHall ofFame.Still living as of 2018.  | 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. | | | | ThetownofHamlin,Maine, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofHamlin,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHamlin,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. — Hannibal HamlinHall,at theUniversity of 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) |
| | Dudley Chase Haskell (1842-1883) — also known asDudley C. Haskell — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March23, 1842.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1872;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1877-83; died in office1883.DiedDecember16, 1883 (age41 years, 268days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.  | 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 itscapitalcity, 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) |
| | John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) — also known asJohn W. Herron — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Shippensburg,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,May 10,1827.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1873;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August5, 1912 (age85 years, 87days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) — also known asPhilip H. Hoff — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Turners Falls, Montague,FranklinCounty, Mass.,June 29,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1961-62;Governor ofVermont, 1963-69; candidate forU.S.Senator from Vermont, 1970; member ofVermontstate senate, 1983-88.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;Freemasons;Shriners;Grange;Eagles;Moose.Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bayassistedliving facility, in Shelburne,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,April26, 2018 (age93 years, 301days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | | | ThecityofHolton,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Holton Hall, at theUniversity ofWisconsinMilwaukee,isnamed forhim. — HoltonStreet,inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881-1972) — also known asEnoch A. Holtwick — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.Born in Rhineland,MontgomeryCounty, Mo.,January3, 1881.Schoolteacher;president,Los Angeles Pacific Junior College, 1915-18;collegeprofessor; Prohibition candidate forIllinoisstate treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;Prohibition candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1956.FreeMethodist.Germanancestry.Died, in Fair OaksNursingHome, Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.,March28, 1972 (age91 years, 85days).Interment atMt. Auburn Cemetery, Greenville, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Holtwick and Elida (Heying) Holtwick; married,June 30,1908, to Clara Wilmot Uglow; married,June 27,1946, to Ruth Elmira (Turner) Hamilton. | | | | HoltwickHall, a student residence building atGreenvilleUniversity,Greenville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alice Merrill Horne (1868-1948) — also known asAlice Smith Merrill — of Utah. Born in Fillmore,MillardCounty, Utah,January2, 1868.Schoolteacher; member ofUtahstate house of representatives, 1898.Female.Mormon.Died, of aheartattack,October7, 1948 (age80 years, 279days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) — also known asRobert M. Hughes — Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,September10, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1902, 1904; member,Virginia state board of education, 1930-35.DiedJanuary15, 1940 (age84 years, 127days).Burial location unknown. | | Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,October17, 1840.Republican.Merchant;operated a toll road between Lynchburg and Rustberg; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1896,1904.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died, fromendocarditis,inLynchburg,Va.,October4, 1926 (age85 years, 352days).Interment atHumbles Family Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.  | George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — also known asGeorge M. Humphrey — of Mentor,LakeCounty, Ohio.Born in Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.,March 8,1890.Republican.Lawyer;president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining andprocessingiron andnickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh ConsolidatedCoalCompany; chairman, Executive Committee, NationalSteelCorporation;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Episcopalian.Died, fromheartdisease, in UniversityHospital,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January20, 1970 (age79 years, 318days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | James Baxter Hunt Jr. (b. 1937) — also known asJames B. Hunt, Jr.;Jim Hunt — of North Carolina. Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 16,1937.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1973-77;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1977-85, 1993-2001; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1984; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Still living as of 2014.| | The James B. Hunt, Jr.Library,at the North Carolina StateUniversity Centennial Campus,Raleigh,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Hunt Hall, adormitoryat theUniversity of North Carolina Charlotte, inCharlotte,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The James B. Hunt Jr.ResidenceHall, at the North CarolinaSchoolof Science and Mathematics, inDurham,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books about James B. Hunt: WayneGrimsley,JamesB. Hunt: A North Carolina Progressive — Gary Pearce,JimHunt: A Biography |
| | Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) — also known asClaude B. Hutchison — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.,April 9,1885.Botanist;agriculturaleconomist;universityprofessor;mayorof Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.Member,AlphaPhi Omega.DiedAugust25, 1980 (age95 years, 138days).Burial location unknown. | | Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) — also known asBeauford Jester — of Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.Born in Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.,January12, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Governor ofTexas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1948.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;KappaSigma;SigmaDelta Chi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Rotary;Lions.Died, aboard a Pullmanrailroadcar, near Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 11,1949 (age56 years, 180days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Corsicana, Tex. | | Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913) — also known asHerbert W. Ladd — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,October15, 1843.Newspaperreporter;dry goodsmerchant;Governor ofRhode Island, 1889-90, 1891-92.Member,Freemasons.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in ButlerHospital,Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November29, 1913 (age70 years, 45days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | 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. | | | | ThemunicipalityofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — LamarHall,at theUniversity of 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) |
| | Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859) — also known asMirabeau B. Lamar — of Texas. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1798.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1829-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1836-38;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S.Minister toCosta Rica, 1858-59;Nicaragua, 1858-59.Member,Freemasons.Died of aheartattack, near Richmond,Fort BendCounty, Tex.,December19, 1859 (age61 years, 125days).Interment atMortonCemetery, Richmond, Tex. | | 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). | | | | ThecityofLawrence,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — LawrenceUniversity, inAppleton,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known asHerbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1878.Democrat. Director, ConsolidatedCotton DuckCo., ImperialCotton Co.,U.S.CottonDuck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1928,1932,1936,1940,1948,1952,1956,1960;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1929-32;Governor ofNew York, 1933-42;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Council onForeign Relations;PhiGamma Delta;Americansfor Democratic Action.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into theJewish-AmericanHall ofFame in 1974.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1963 (age85 years, 252days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | | Merit E. Leming (1862-1938) — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born inDearbornCounty, Ind.,March14, 1862.Republican.Lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMissouri,1900;mayorof Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1909-11.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion andinfluenza,in Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,March 4,1938 (age75 years, 355days).Interment atCapeCounty Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof William Leming and Elizabeth (Rosecrans) Leming; married toEugenia R. Bouchman. | | | | Leming Hall (built 1905, demolished 1972), oneof the first two dormitory buildings at Southeast Missouri StateUniversity inCapeGirardeau, Missouri, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Asbury Francis Lever (1875-1940) — also known asA. Frank Lever — of Lexington,LexingtonCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born near Springhill,LexingtonCounty, S.C.,January5, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Rep.J.William Stokes, 1897-1901; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Lexington County,1900-01; resigned 1901;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1901-19.Member,Freemasons.Died inLexingtonCounty, S.C.,April28, 1940 (age65 years, 114days).Interment atWoodland Cemetery, Clemson, S.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. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,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) |
| | John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (b. 1930) — also known asJohn L. Loeb, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 2,1930.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1964;U.S. Ambassador toDenmark, 1981-83.Still living as of 1996. | | Richard Green Lugar (1932-2019) — also known asRichard G. Lugar — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,April 4,1932.Republican.Rhodesscholar;mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1968-75; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1968,1972;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1977-; defeated, 1974; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1996.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PiDelta Epsilon;PiSigma Alpha;BetaTheta Pi;Rotary;BlueKey.Died in Annandale,FairfaxCounty, Va.,April28, 2019 (age87 years, 24days).Burial location unknown. | | Kenneth Leon Maddy (1934-2000) — also known asKenneth L. Maddy;Ken Maddy — of Fresno,FresnoCounty, Calif.Born in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 22,1934.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1971-78; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1978; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1979-98; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1992.Member,Rotary;SigmaNu;PhiDelta Phi.Died, oflungcancer, at Sutter MemorialHospital,Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,February19, 2000 (age65 years, 273days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | David Parshall Mapes (1798-1890) — also known asDavid P. Mapes — of Roxbury,DelawareCounty, N.Y.; Ripon,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Coxsackie,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1798.Steamboatbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1831;merchant;Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1848.Principalfounderof Ripon College, 1850.Died in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,May 18,1890 (age92 years, 128days).Interment atHillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes; married,April14, 1822, to Ruth Frisbee; married,January26, 1855, to Mary C. Frisbee; married,November9, 1864, to Emeline (Huntsinger) Wilson; married,September15, 1883, to Augusta R. Miles; father ofFannieMapes (who marriedOttoChristian Neuman); first cousin once removed ofJonasMapes; third cousin once removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall; third cousin thrice removed ofIrvingAnthony Jennings andRenzL. Jennings; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidGardiner andBerthaMapes. | | | | Mapes Hall (built 1959), at RiponCollege,Ripon,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "In grateful recognition ofDavid P, Mapes, for his vision and valuable services as pioneer,founder, benefactor and promoter of the City of Ripon and itsCollege, the citizens of Ripon dedicate this marker." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph M. Margiotta (1927-2008) — of Uniondale,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Brookville,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;legislative counsel to Sen.EdwardJ. Speno, 1960-61; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-75 (15th District 1966, 12th District1967-72, 17th District 1973-75);chair ofNassau County Republican Party, 1967-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968,1972;convictedin 1981 on federalextortioncharges,over a scheme to redirect municipal insurance fees to his cronies;sentencedto two years inprison;served 14 months.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis;Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in St. FrancisHospital,Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November28, 2008 (age81 years, 175days).Interment atCemeteryof the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.  | Clarence Daniel Martin (1886-1955) — also known asClarence D. Martin — of Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,June 29,1886.Democrat.Grain millingbusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWashington,1920,1924,1928(alternate); mayor of Cheney, Wash., 1928-32;Governor ofWashington, 1933-41; defeated in primary, 1948; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1944.Died in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,August11, 1955 (age69 years, 43days).Entombed atFairmountMemorial Park, Spokane, Wash. | | Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) — also known asEnoch M. Marvin — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inWarrenCounty, Mo.,June 12,1823.Democrat.Methodistbishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1876.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died, ofpneumonia,inSt.Louis, Mo.,November26, 1877 (age54 years, 167days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | George Mason (1725-1792) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,December11, 1725.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1759; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-80, 1786-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-88.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,October7, 1792 (age66 years, 301days).Interment atGunstonHall Grounds, Near Lorton, Fairfax County, Va.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother ofThomsonMason; married,April 4,1750, to Ann Eilbeck; married,April11, 1780, to Sarah Brent (aunt ofGeorgeGraham); uncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1760-1803) andJohnThomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather ofThomsonFrancis Mason andJamesMurray Mason; granduncle ofJohnThomson Mason (1787-1850),ArmisteadThomson Mason andJohnThomson Mason Jr.; great-grandfather ofFitzhughLee; great-granduncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather ofCharlesO'Conor Goolrick; fourth great-granduncle ofJerauldWright. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mason counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | George MasonUniversity,Fairfax,Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mason: JeffBroadwater,GeorgeMason : Forgotten Founder |
 | Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.; Vansville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,December7, 1808.Republican.Lawyer;banker;U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.Died in Vansville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 24,1895 (age86 years, 168days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;married,June 23,1834, to Eunice Hardy; married,March21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. | | | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversity Business School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —Comptrollersof the Currency | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known asBob McWhorter — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,June 4,1891.Lawprofessor;mayor ofAthens, Ga., 1940-47; named to the College FootballHall ofFame in 1954.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Chi Phi.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 29,1960 (age69 years, 25days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother ofCamilla Oliver McWhorter (who marriedAndrewCobb Erwin); married,October12, 1921, to Louise Walker. | | | | Political family:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuiltin new location 2004),University of Georgia,Athens,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known asAndrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March24, 1855.Republican.Banker;co-founder,Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became CarnegieMellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1920,1924(speaker),1928;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1932-33.Episcopalian.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August26, 1937 (age82 years, 155days).Original interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment atTrinityEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married1900 to NoraMcMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who marriedDavidKirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle ofWilliamLarimer Mellon; granduncle ofRichardMellon Scaife. | | | | Political family:Bruce-Mellonfamily of Virginia. | | | | Cross-reference:J.McKenzie Moss | | | | Carnegie MellonUniversity, inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, is partlynamed forhim. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversity Business School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —FederalReserve History | | | | Books about Andrew Mellon: DavidCannadine,Mellon: An American Life | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
| | Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool,England,January31, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.Imprisonedfordebt fromFebruary 1798 to August 1801.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1806 (age72 years, 97days).Entombed atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue atIndependenceNational Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) — also known asFrancis T. Nicholls — of Napoleonville,AssumptionParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.,August20, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost anarm in the battle of Winchester, Va.;lost afoot at Chancellorsville;Governor ofLouisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92;chiefjustice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed1892;justice ofLouisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911.Died near Thibodaux,LafourcheParish, La.,January4, 1912 (age77 years, 137days).Entombed atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La. | | Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) — also known asStephen C. O'Connell — of Florida. Born in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January22, 1916.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67;firstCatholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956;president,University of Florida, 1967-73.Catholic.Died, ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April13, 2001 (age85 years, 81days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Gary M. Owen (b. 1944) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inLawrenceCounty, Ala.,September9, 1944.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 22nd District, 1973-88;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1983-88.Baptist.Member,Jaycees;PhiDelta Kappa.Still living as of 1995. | | Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) — also known asRalph Paiewonsky — of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,VirginIslands.Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (nowVirginIslands),November9, 1907.Democrat. Manager or president ofdistillery,movietheaters, aliquorstore and agiftshop; one of the organizers of the West IndiesBank andTrust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from VirginIslands,1940,1944(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee;speaker),1948,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1956,1964,1980;member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;Governorof U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in St. ThomasHospital,St. Thomas,VirginIslands,November9, 1991 (age84 years, 0days).Entombed atAltona Jewish Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VirginIslands.  | John Rockey Park (1833-1900) — also known asJohn R. Park — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Tiffin,SenecaCounty, Ohio,May 7,1833.Republican.Schoolteacher;president,University of Deseret (now University of Utah), 1869-92;Utahsuperintendent of public instruction, 1895-1900; died in office1900.Mormon.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September29, 1900 (age67 years, 145days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.| | Relatives: Sonof John Park and Anna Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park. | | | | The ParkBuildingat theUniversity of Utah,Salt LakeCity, Utah, isnamed forhim. — Draper ParkSchool(built 1912; converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), inDraper,Utah, wasnamed forhim. — Draper ParkMiddleSchool (built 2013), inDraper,Utah, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John R. Park (built 1943 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theEnglishChannel, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,September 30, 1900 |
| | | Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) — also known asEdwin W. Pauley — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Indiana,January7, 1903.Democrat. President, FortunaPetroleum,and involved in otheroilcompanies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72;Treasurerof Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1944(speaker),1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of theLos Angeles Ramsfootballteam; director, WesternAirlines.DiedJuly 28,1981 (age78 years, 202days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) — also known as"The Maker of ModernTennessee" —of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,June 1,1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1901-05;TennesseeDemocratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1916(HonoraryVice-President),1924;Governorof Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, at theGovernor'sResidence, Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October2, 1927 (age51 years, 123days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Clarksville, Tenn. | | James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born inTyrrellCounty, N.C.,July 4,1828.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Mortally wounded at theBattle ofGettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,July 17,1863 (age35 years, 13days).Original intermentsomewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 atPettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.  | Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) — also known as"Young Hickory";"YoungHickory of the Granite Hills";"The FaintingGeneral" —of Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,November23, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42;U.S.Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850;Presidentof the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1856.Episcopalian.Died in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October8, 1869 (age64 years, 319days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Concord, N.H.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminPierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of ElizabethAndrews Pierce (who marriedJohnMcNeil Jr.); married,November19, 1834, toJaneMeans Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who marriedTappanWentworth); granduncle of Frances McNeil (who marriedJohnMurray Corse); cousin by marriage ofDavidMeriwether; fourth cousin ofCharlesJohnson Aspinwall; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahSabin. | | | | Political family:Appletonfamily of New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pierce counties inGa.,Neb.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Franklin PierceUniversity,Rindge,New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —MountPierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; receivedcurrent name 1913), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FranklinP. Saunders—FrankP. Woodbury—FrankP. Holland—FrankP. Dunwell—FrankTyler—F.P. Combest—F.Pierce Mortimer—FrankP. Alspaugh—FranklinPierce Lambert—FranklinPierce McGowan—FranklinPierce Huddle, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin Pierce: RoyNichols,FranklinPierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — LarryGara,ThePresidency of Franklin Pierce | | | | Critical books about Franklin Pierce:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | John W. Porter (1931-2012) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,August13, 1931.Schoolteacher;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1969-79;firstAfrican-American state school superintendent;president,Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;PhiDelta Kappa;NAACP.DiedJune 27,2012 (age80 years, 319days).Burial location unknown. | | Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947) — also known asFrances Clara Folsom;Frances FolsomCleveland —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1864.FirstLady of the United States, 1886-89, 1893-97.Female.Died inBaltimore,Md.,October29, 1947 (age83 years, 100days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives:Daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma (Harmon) Folsom; married,June 2,1886, toGroverCleveland; married,February10, 1913, to Thomas Jecks Preston; mother ofRichardFolsom Cleveland; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ClevelandHallof Languages (built 1911), at WellsCollege,Aurora,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Nick James Rajkovich (1910-1969) — also known asNick J. Rajkovich — of Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.; Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.Born in Krispolje, Austria (now Krizpolje,Croatia),February8, 1910.Republican.Schoolteacher;collegeprofessor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Grand TraverseDistrict, 1961-62;mayorof Traverse City, Mich., 1969; died in office 1969.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, in MunsonHospital,in Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.,November11, 1969 (age59 years, 276days).Interment atOakwood Catholic Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich. | | Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) — also known asElmer E. Rasmuson — of Alaska. Born inYakutat,Alaska,February15, 1909.Republican. President, NationalBank ofAlaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968.Swedishancestry.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December1, 2000 (age91 years, 290days).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.  | Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known asJames Whitelaw Reid;"Agate" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cedarville,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October27, 1837.Republican.Newspapereditor;librarian;cottonplanter;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1889-92; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.Died in London,England,December15, 1912 (age75 years, 49days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | | Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) — also known asRoland Renne — of Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.Born in Greenwich,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,December12, 1905.Democrat.Economist;collegeprofessor;president,Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1964.PresbyterianorUnitarian.Member,Rotary;AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;AlphaZeta.DiedAugust30, 1989 (age83 years, 261days).Interment atSunsetHills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont. | | John Stanley Rice (1899-1985) — also known asJohn S. Rice — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.Born in Brysonia,AdamsCounty, Pa.,January28, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;manufacturer;fruitgrower;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1933-40; served in the U.S. Army AirForce in World War II; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1948,1952,1956,1960(delegation chair),1964,1968;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1958-61;PennsylvaniaDemocratic state chair, 1959-61, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1961-64.Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,August2, 1985 (age86 years, 186days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. | | Bonny Kaslo Roberts (1907-1999) — also known asB. K. Roberts — of Florida. Born in Sopchoppy,WakullaCounty, Fla.,February5, 1907.Lawyer;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1949-76.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,August4, 1999 (age92 years, 180days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Roberts and Florida (Morrison) Roberts; married to MaryNewman. | | | | The B.K. Roberts Main Classroom Building, atFlorida StateUniversity College of Law,Tallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Qualis vita, finis eta." / Asthe quality of life is, so the end will be. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) — also known asSul Ross — of Texas. Born in Benton,RinggoldCounty, Iowa,September27, 1838.General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member ofTexasstate senate, 1880;Governor ofTexas, 1887-91;president,Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&MUniversity), 1891-98.Died in College Station,BrazosCounty, Tex.,January3, 1898 (age59 years, 98days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex.; statue atAcademic Plaza, College Station, Tex. | | Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.DutchReformed.DiedFebruary17, 1830 (age84 years, 133days).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,JohnStevens III andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDuer andDenningDuer; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofRobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | RutgersUniversity (founded 1766 asQueens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) inNewBrunswick, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — HenryStreetand RutgersStreet,inManhattan,New York, are bothnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-2016) — also known asAntonin Scalia — Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,March11, 1936.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1982-86;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2016; died in office 2016.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Shafter,PresidioCounty, Tex.,February13, 2016 (age79 years, 339days).Burial location unknown. | | Peter Finley Secchia (1937-2020) — also known asPeter F. Secchia — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Ferrysburg,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,April15, 1937.Republican. Chief executive, UniversalForestProducts, 1971-89; owner ofrestaurants;realestate developer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1980-88; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1984,2000(alternate),2004;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988(voted forGeorgeBush andDanQuayle); U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1989-93.Italianancestry.Died, fromCOVID-19and other health issues, in East Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,October21, 2020 (age83 years, 189days).Burial location unknown. | | John S. R. Shad (1923-1994) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in1923.Investmentbanker; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1981-87;U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1987-89.Died in1994(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Smith (1719-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Dublin,Ireland,September17, 1719.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1780.Presbyterian.Died in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,July 11,1806 (age86 years, 297days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Preston Earnest Smith (1912-2003) — also known asPreston Smith — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.BornMarch 8,1912.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1963-69; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1964,1972;Governorof Texas, 1969-73.DiedOctober18, 2003 (age91 years, 224days).Burial location unknown. | | Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) — also known asAbraham O. Smoot;A. O.Smoot —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah; Provo,UtahCounty, Utah.Born in Owenton,OwenCounty, Ky.,February17, 1815.Mayorof Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857-66;mayor ofProvo, Utah, 1868-81;banker;lumberbusiness.Mormon.Died in Provo,UtahCounty, Utah,March 6,1895 (age80 years, 17days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washigton Smoot and Nancy Ann (Rowlett) Smoot; married,November11, 1838, to Margaret Thompson McMeans; married,February17, 1856, to Anna Kirstine Mauritzdatter; father ofAbrahamOwen Smoot (1856-1911) andReedOwen Smoot; nephew ofDanielOwen Rowlett andJosephRowlett; grandfather ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot. | | | | Political family:Bullock-Smootfamily of Provo, Utah (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building(opened 1962), at Brigham YoungUniversity,Provo,Utah, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Sam Solon (1931-2001) — also known as"Senator Sam" — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 25,1931.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1971-72; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.EasternOrthodox.Greekancestry.Pleadedguilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting hisex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line;reprimandedby the Senate in 1996.Died, oflivercancer, in St. Mary'sMedicalCenter, Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,December28, 2001 (age70 years, 186days).Burial location unknown.| | The Solon Campus Center(built 1995, named 2001), at theUniversity of MinnesotaDuluth,isnamed forhim. |
| | William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known asWilliam C. Sproul — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Octoraro,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September16, 1870.Republican.Farmer;manufacturer;journalist;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1920,1924;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920.Quaker. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiKappa Psi;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;UnionLeague;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedMarch21, 1928 (age57 years, 187days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;married,January21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. | | | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The SproulStateForest, inClintonCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1935.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).Died, oflungcancer, in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 24,2005 (age69 years, 360days).Entombed atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.  | Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) — also known asLeland Stanford — of Port Washington,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1824.Republican.Lawyer;merchant;builder and president, Central PacificRailroad;founderof Stanford University;Governor ofCalifornia, 1862-63; defeated, 1859;U.S.Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.Member,Freemasons.Died in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 21,1893 (age69 years, 104days).Entombed atStanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Phillips) Stanford and Josiah Stanford; brotherofCharlesStanford; married1850 to JaneElizabeth Lathrop; first cousin ofDeWitt Clinton Stanford. | | | | Political family:Stanfordfamily of Watervliet, New York. | | | | StanfordUniversity, inPalo Alto,California, isnamed forhim. — StanfordJuniorHigh School, inSacramento,California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E.Tutorow,TheGovernor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a CaliforniaColossus | | | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.)Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893 |
| | | 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. — ThetownofStevensville,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 |
| | Walter William Stiern (1914-1988) — also known asWalter W. Stiern — of Bakersfield,KernCounty, Calif.Born in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March 8,1914.Democrat.Veterinarian;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1959-86 (34th District 1959-66, 18th District1967-86); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1960.Died in Bakersfield,KernCounty, Calif.,February21, 1988 (age73 years, 350days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Bakersfield, Calif.  | William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) — also known asWilliam A. Stone — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Delmar Township,TiogaCounty, Pa.,April18, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;TiogaCounty District Attorney, 1875-77;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-86;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1891-98; delegateto Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1896;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 1,1920 (age73 years, 318days).Interment atWellsboroCemetery, Wellsboro, Pa. | | | Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (nowGermany),February6, 1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.Jewish.One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in NewYork.Perishedin thewreckof the steamshipTitanic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April15, 1912 (age67 years, 69days); his body was subsequently recovered.Originally entombed atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atStrausPark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother ofOscarSolomon Straus; married,July 12,1871, to Ida Blum; father ofJesseIsidor Straus; uncle ofNathanStraus Jr.; grandfather of Evelyn Straus Weil (who marriedGeorgeBacker) andStuartScheftel; granduncle ofRonaldPeter Straus. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory atHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim and his wife. — StrausPark(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as BloomingdaleSquare; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenuein Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim and his wife. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isidor Straus: June HallMcCash,ATitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
 | Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) — also known asBooth Tarkington — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,July 29,1869.Republican.Novelist;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1903-04.Member,SigmaChi.Won thePulitzerPrize in fiction, 1919, forThe Magnificent Ambersons andin 1922 forAlice Adams.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 19,1946 (age76 years, 294days).Entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofJohnStevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington;brother-in-law ofOvidButler Jameson; married,June 18,1902, to Laura Louisa Fletcher; married1912 toSusannah Kiefer Robinson; nephew ofNewtonBooth; uncle ofJohnTarkington Jameson andDonaldOvid Butler Jameson; grandnephew ofWilliamClayborne Tarkington; first cousin ofFentonWhitlock Booth. | | | | Political family:Booth-Tarkington-Jamesonfamily of Indianapolis, Indiana. | | | | Tarkington Hall, at PurdueUniversity,inWestLafayette, Indiana, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Booth Tarkington:TheGentleman from Indiana (1899) —InThe Arena : Stories of Political Life (1905) | | | | Fiction by Booth Tarkington:TheTurmoil —AliceAdams —Penrodand Sam —TheMagnificent Ambersons —Penrod —Seventeen —GentleJulia —RamseyMilholland —TheConquest of Canaan —TheTwo Vanrevels —Harlequinand Columbine —TheBeautiful Lady —MonsieurBeaucaire —TheGibson Upright —TheGuest of Quesnay —HisOwn People —Women —Beasley'sChristmas Party | | | | Books about Booth Tarkington: James L.Woodress,BoothTarkington : Gentleman from Indiana — Keith J.Fennimore,BoothTarkington | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, December21, 1925 |
| | Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876-1939) — also known asE. Lee Trinkle — of Virginia. Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,March12, 1876.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate 5th District, 1916-21;Governor ofVirginia, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1924,1928.Died inRichmond,Va.,November25, 1939 (age63 years, 258days).Interment atEastEnd Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.  | Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as"Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Lamar,BartonCounty, Mo.,May 8,1884.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge inMissouri, 1922-24, 1926-34;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1952,1960;VicePresident of the United States, 1945;Presidentof the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1952.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;AmericanLegion;Eagles;Elks;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta.Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresolaand Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,temporary residence of the President, as part of anattemptedassassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, LeslieCoffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, andconvicted of murder.Died at ResearchHospitaland Medical Center, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,December26, 1972 (age88 years, 232days).Interment atTrumanPresidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue atIndependenceSquare, Independence, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married,June 28,1919, toElizabethVirginia Wallace (granddaughter ofBenjaminFranklin Wallace); grandnephew ofJamesC. Chiles. | | | | Political family:Trumanfamily of Independence, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:AndrewJ. May —MiltonLipson —SamuelI. Rosenman —StephenJ. Spingarn —JamesM. Curley —GeorgeE. Allen —GeorgeE. Allen —JonathanDaniels | | | | TrumanState University,Kirksville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — TrumanCollege,Chicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — Harry S. TrumanHighSchool, inLevittown,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:H.Truman Chafin—HarryTruman Moore | | | | Personal motto: "The Buck StopsHere." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Harry S. Truman:TheAutobiography of Harry S. Truman | | | | Books about Harry S. Truman: DavidMcCullough,Truman —Alonzo L. Hamby,Manof the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman — Sean J.Savage,Trumanand the Democratic Party — Ken Hechler,WorkingWith Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White HouseYears — Alan Axelrod,Whenthe Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman onLeadership — Ralph Keyes,TheWit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman — William LeeMiller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Matthew Algeo,HarryTruman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American RoadTrip — David Pietrusza,1948:Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that TransformedAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Who's Who in UnitedStates Politics (1950) |
| | | Theodore Francis Turner (1868-1951) — also known asTheo F. Turner;"Father of Idaho StateCollege" —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Ringgold,MorganCounty, Ohio,May 4,1868.Republican.Abstract andtitle business; member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1901-02;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1913-15;Idaho stateauditor, 1903-05; in March 1915, the commissioner of the U.S.General Land Officefound himguilty ofirregularpractices in land office transactions; later, in August 1915, theDepartment of the Interior announced that he had been exonerated;acting postmaster atPocatello,Idaho, 1932-33.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,April17, 1951 (age82 years, 348days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.  | John Tyler (1790-1862) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —ofWilliamsburg,Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,March29, 1790.Whig.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21;Governor ofVirginia, 1825-27;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1827-36;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate toWhig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (ConventionVice-President);VicePresident of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836;Presidentof the United States, 1841-45;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Charles City, James City &New Kent counties, 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;died in office 1862.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.A bill toimpeachhim was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.Slaveowner. Died, probably from astroke,in ahotelroom atRichmond,Va.,January18, 1862 (age71 years, 295days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJohnTyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; married,March29, 1813, toLetitiaChristian; married,June 26,1844, toJuliaGardiner (daughter ofDavidGardiner); father ofDavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; great-grandfather ofAdeleGoodwyn; third cousin ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton andAylettHawes Buckner; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting. | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminTappan | | | | Tyler County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | John TylerHighSchool, inTyler,Texas, isnamed forhim. — John TylerCommunity College, inChester,Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnT. Rich—JohnT. Cutting—JohnTyler Cooper—JohnTyler Cambpell—JohnTyler Taylor—JohnTyler Hammons | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.Chitwood,JohnTyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma LoisPeterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.Walker,JohnTyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,JohnTyler, the Accidental President — Gary May,JohnTyler: The 10th President, 1841-1845 — Donald BarrChidsey,AndTyler Too | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
|  | Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) — also known asZebulon B. Vance — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,May 13,1830.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1854;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1858-61; colonelin the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1862-65, 1877-79;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1879-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1894 (age63 years, 336days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C.; statue atUnionSquare, Raleigh, N.C. | | Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) — also known asLurleen B. Wallace;Lurleen BrighamBurns —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,September19, 1926.Democrat.Governor ofAlabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.Female.Methodist.Died, ofuterinecancer, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,May 7,1968 (age41 years, 231days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married,May 21,1943, toGeorgeCorley Wallace Jr.. | | | | Political family:Wallace-Folsomfamily of Montgomery, Alabama. | | | | The Lurleen WallaceTumorInstitute, at theUniversity of AlabamaBirmingham,isnamed forher. — Lurleen B. WallaceCommunity College(established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College), withcampuses inCovington,Butler,andCrenshawcounties, Alabama, isnamed forher. —LakeLurleen, and Lake LurleenStatePark, inTuscaloosaCounty, Alabama, arenamed forher. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) — also known asAdonijah S. Welch — of Jonesville,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.; Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.; Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in East Hampton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,April12, 1821.Republican. Firstprincipal,in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.(later Eastern Michigan University); member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1863-66; established alumber millat Jacksonville, Fla.;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1868-69; firstpresident,in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (laterIowa State University);collegeprofessor;author.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March14, 1889 (age67 years, 336days).Interment atIowaState College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. | | Hezekiah Griffith Wells (1812-1885) — also known asHezekiah G. Wells — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,June 16,1812.Lawyer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;Whig candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; WhigPresidential Elector for Michigan,1840;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1856,1872(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1860;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1871-83; member ofMichiganstate constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.Episcopalian.Died in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,April 4,1885 (age72 years, 292days).Interment atMountainHome Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1840 to AchsahStrong. | | | | Wells Hall (built 1877 as dormitory, burned1905; rebuilt on same site 1907, converted to offices 1940s,demolished 1966; rebuilt on different site 1960s as a major classroomand office building, and expanded since) at Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed forhim. |
| | 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 | | | | ThecityofWhittier,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 |
| | 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 |
| | Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November21, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1963.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 11,1996 (age90 years, 203days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married,June 14,1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. | | | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), whichhouses the law school at theUniversity of Louisville,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — Wyatt Hall (includingtheatersand anartgallery), at BellarmineUniversity,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Charles Emmett Yeater (1861-1943) — also known asCharles E. Yeater — of Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.Born in Osceola,St. ClairCounty, Mo.,April24, 1861.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate 15th District, 1893-96;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1921; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Philippine Islands,1928.Died in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,July 20,1943 (age82 years, 87days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Sedalia, Mo. | | 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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