in alphabetical order | |  John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,January9, 1757.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,May 19,1840 (age83 years, 131days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Alva Adams (1850-1922) — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in alogcabin inIowaCounty, Wis.,May 14,1850.Democrat.Hardwaremerchant; member of Colorado state legislature, 1876; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Colorado,1880(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);Governorof Colorado, 1887-89, 1897-99, 1905; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Colorado, 1908-.Member,Freemasons.Died at asanitariumin Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,November1, 1922 (age72 years, 171days).Interment atRoselawnCemetery, Pueblo, Colo.  | John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as"His Rotundity";"The Duke ofBraintree";"American Cato";"OldSink and Swim";"The Colossus ofIndependence";"Father of the AmericanNavy" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass., October 19, 1735 o.s. ((October30,1735)).Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1781-88;Great Britain, 1785-88;VicePresident of the United States, 1789-97;Presidentof the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1826 (age90 years, 247days).Original interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 atUnitedFirst Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married,October25, 1764, toAbigailQuincy Smith (aunt ofWilliamCranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith) andJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) (who marriedLouisaCatherine Johnson); grandfather ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofArthurChapin; first cousin six times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; second cousin ofSamuelAdams; second cousin once removed ofJosephAllen; second cousin twice removed ofJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass andEmersonRichard Boyles; third cousin ofThomasCogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofDayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,CalebStetson,OakesAmes,OliverAmes Jr.,BenjaminW. Waite,AlfredElisha Ames,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,JosephWashburn Yates,AugustusBrown Reed Sprague,FranklinFairbanks,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,ErskineMason Phelps,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,ArthurNewton Holden,JohnAlden Thayer,IrvingHall Chase,IsaiahKidder Stetson andGilesRussell Taggart. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Adams counties inIdaho,Iowa,Miss.,Neb.,Ohio,Pa.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountAdams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Adams (built 1941-42 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theCoralSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnAdams Harper—JohnA. Cameron—JohnA. Dix—JohnAdams Fisher—JohnA. Taintor—JohnA. Gilmer—JohnA. Perkins—JohnAdams Hyman—JohnA. Damon—John A.Lee—JohnAdams Aiken—JohnA. Sanders—JohnA. Kingsbury—JohnAdams Hurson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,JohnAdams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis,ThePassionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of JohnAdams — David McCullough,JohnAdams — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — JamesGrant,JohnAdams : Party of One — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
|  | John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as"Old Man Eloquent";"TheAccidental President";"The MassachusettsMadman" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 11,1767.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1794-97;Prussia, 1797-1801;Russia, 1809-14;Great Britain, 1815-17; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1802;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808;U.S.Secretary of State, 1817-25;Presidentof the United States, 1825-29;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office1848; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1834.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Suffered astrokewhile speaking on the floor of the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later inthe Speaker'soffice,U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,February23, 1848 (age80 years, 227days).Original interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment atUnitedFirst Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofJohnAdams andAbigailAdams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith); married,July 26,1797, toLouisaCatherine Johnson (daughter ofJoshuaJohnson; sister-in-law ofJohnPope; niece ofThomasJohnson); father ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin ofWilliamCranch; second cousin once removed ofSamuelAdams; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed ofArthurChapin; second cousin five times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; third cousin ofJosephAllen; third cousin once removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy,ThomasCogswell (1799-1868) andJohnMilton Thayer; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; fourth cousin ofJeremiahMason,JosiahQuincy Jr.,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer,BaileyFrye Adams andSamuelMiller Quincy. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnSmith —ThurlowWeed | | | | Adams counties inIll. andInd. arenamed for him. | | | | MountQuincy Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —MountQuincy Adams, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHoonah-AngoonCensus Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Q. A. Vale—JohnQ. A. Brackett—JohnQ. A. Shelden—J.Q. A. Reber | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C.Nagel,JohnQuincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — LynnHudson Parsons,JohnQuincy Adams — Robert V. Remini,JohnQuincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan,Mr.Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's ExtraordinaryPost-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | William Aiken Jr. (1806-1887) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,January28, 1806.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1838-42; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1842-44;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1844-46;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1851-57 (6th District1851-53, 2nd District 1853-57); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1872.Slaveowner. Died in Flat Rock,HendersonCounty, N.C.,September6, 1887 (age81 years, 221days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | James Lusk Alcorn (1816-1894) — also known asJames L. Alcorn — ofLivingstonCounty, Ky.; Friars Point,CoahomaCounty, Miss.Born near Golconda,PopeCounty, Ill.,November4, 1816.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1846, 1856-57; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848-54; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1856; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1870-71; defeated, 1873;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1871-77.Slaveowner. Died in Friars Point,CoahomaCounty, Miss.,December20, 1894 (age78 years, 46days).Interment atAlcornCemetery, Friars Point, Miss. | | William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) — ofMecklenburgCounty, N.C.; Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C., March,1797.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent ofthe U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51.Died in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,February15, 1857 (age59 years, 0days).Interment atSt. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C. | | William M. Alexander — of Illinois. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1822;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1822.Burial location unknown.  | Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known asRussell A. Alger — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin, Lafayette Township,MedinaCounty, Ohio,February27, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1884,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);Governor ofMichigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1888;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;U.S.Secretary of War, 1897-99;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office1907.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,January24, 1907 (age70 years, 331days).Entombed atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) — of Texas; Louisiana. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,April29, 1820.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofLouisiana, 1864-65.Presbyterian.Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México),DistritoFederal,April22, 1866 (age45 years, 358days).Interment atOldState Capitol, Baton Rouge, La. | | William Allen (1803-1879) — also known as"Earthquake Allen";"PetticoatAllen";"The Fog Horn";"The OhioGong";"Rise Up William Allen" —of Ohio. Born in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,December27, 1803.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1833-35;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1837-49; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1864;Governorof Ohio, 1874-76.Died near Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,July 11,1879 (age75 years, 196days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio. | | Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) — also known asJoseph C. Anderson — of Kansas. Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,1830.Lawyer;member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855;arrestedandimprisonedduring the Civil War forrefusingto sign an oath of allegiance to the Union.Died in1891(ageabout61 years).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Joseph Inslee Anderson (1757-1837) — also known asJoseph Anderson — of Tennessee. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November5, 1757.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1791;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-1815; Comptroller of the U.S.Treasury, 1815-36.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died inWashington,D.C.,April17, 1837 (age79 years, 163days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805-1845) — of Texas. Born in North Carolina,September11, 1805.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; died in office 1845.Died at the FanthorpInn, inFanthorp (now Anderson),GrimesCounty, Tex.,July 3,1845 (age39 years, 295days).Interment atFanthorpCemetery, Anderson, Tex. | | Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) — also known asRichard C. Anderson, Jr. — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August4, 1788.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. MinistertoGran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.Slaveowner. Died, ofyellowfever, near Cartagena,Colombia,July24, 1826 (age37 years, 354days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky. | | Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) — Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,December13, 1790.Physician;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1819-20;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1840-41.Member,Freemasons.Died in Brazoria,BrazoriaCounty, Tex.,September22, 1856 (age65 years, 284days).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex. | | Antonio D. Archuleta (born c.1845) — of Colorado. Born about 1845. Member ofColoradostate senate, 1885.Burial location unknown. | | John Armstrong (1717-1795) — also known as"Hero of Kittanny" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),October13, 1717.Civilengineer;surveyor;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80.Died in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,March 9,1795 (age77 years, 147days).Interment atOldCarlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | Moses Kimball Armstrong (1832-1906) — also known asMoses K. Armstrong — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Milan,ErieCounty, Ohio,September19, 1832.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1862-63;memberDakota territorial council, 1865-67, 1870-71;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1866-67;treasurerof Dakota Territory, 1865-68;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1871.Died in Albert Lea,FreebornCounty, Minn.,January11, 1906 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.  | Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) — ofNewHanover County, N.C.Born in Bath,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,March24, 1725.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1777;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1795-98; Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1804.Died in Rocky Point,PenderCounty, N.C.,February3, 1813 (age87 years, 316days).Interment atAsheFamily Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.; memorial monument atPack Square Park, Asheville, N.C. | | Chester Ashley (1790-1848) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 1,1790.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48; died in office 1848.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April29, 1848 (age57 years, 333days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy (Pomeroy) Ashley and William Ashley; married,July 4,1821, to Mary Worthington Watkins Elliot; first cousin five timesremoved ofBoydKenneth Benedict; second cousin once removed ofSamuelClesson Allen; second cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin ofElishaHunt Allen; third cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842),OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielFiske Kellogg,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; third cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick; fourth cousin ofLutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,GreeneCarrier Bronson,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,JohnRussell Kellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,LamanIngersoll,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill andCharlesKellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard,OrlandoKellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg,StephenWright Kellogg,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,WilliamPitt Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ArthurTappan Kellogg,SelahMerrill,EdwinW. Kellogg andSamuelHerbert Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Ashley County,Ark. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) — also known asDavid R. Atchison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.; Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Frogtown,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August11, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge inMissouri, 1841;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailroad.Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, becausePresidentZacharyTaylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.Slaveowner. Died near Gower,ClintonCounty, Mo.,January26, 1886 (age78 years, 168days).Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue atClintonCounty Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo. | | William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) — of Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.Born in Oakland,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,November11, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1886-94;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 1890-92;Governor ofGeorgia, 1894-98.Presbyterian.Died in Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.,August8, 1899 (age44 years, 270days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga. | | James H. Audrain (1782-1831) — of Missouri. Born in1782.Member of Missouri state legislature, 1820. Died in1831(ageabout49 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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. AustinStateUniversity,Nacogdoches,Texas, isnamed forhim. — AustinCollege,Sherman,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Handbookof Texas Online | | | | Books about Stephen F. Austin: GreggCantrell,StephenF. Austin : Empresario of Texas |
| | Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — ofBurkeCounty, N.C.Born in Groton,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 10,1741.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1796.Fought apistolduel withAndrewJackson in 1788; neither man was injured.Died in thejudge'schambers at the BurkeCountyCourthouse, Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,March13, 1821 (age79 years, 307days).Interment atSwanPonds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married,October3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (whomarriedWilliamBallard Lenoir); grandfather ofIsaacThomas Lenoir andWilliamWaigstill Avery; granduncle ofLorenzoBurrows; first cousin four times removed ofHoraceBillings Packer; second cousin once removed ofNoyesBarber; second cousin twice removed ofDanielPacker,AsaPacker,EdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,EdwinDenison Morgan andAlfredAvery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed ofJudsonB. Phelps,MorganGardner Bulkeley,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,RobertAsa Packer andWilliamFrederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed ofHenryBrewster Stanton,JonathanR. Herrick,ErskineMason Phelps andSpencerGale Frink; second cousin five times removed ofD-CadyHerrick,HermanArod Gager,WalterRichmond Herrick andBurdetteBurt Bliss; third cousin twice removed ofNathanBelcher,SamuelTownsend Douglass,SilasHamilton Douglas andJoshuaPerkins; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeMortimer Beakes,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,ChaunceyC. Pendleton,DanielParrish Witter,AlbertLemando Bingham,CorneliaCole Fairbanks,LlewellynJames Barden andHenryWoolsey Douglas. | | | | Political families:Douglasfamily of Ann Arbor, Michigan;Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Avery County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839-1914) — also known asAugustus O. Bacon — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inBryanCounty, Ga.,October20, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia,1868;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1871-83, 1892-93; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1884;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1895-1914; died in office 1914.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1914 (age74 years, 117days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known asEdward D. Baker — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Oregon City,ClackamasCounty, Ore.Born in London,England,February24, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-40; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Killedin battle at Balls Bluff,LoudounCounty, Va.,October21, 1861 (age50 years, 239days).Interment atSanFrancisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.| | Relatives:Married,April27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. | | | | Baker County,Ore. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBakerCity, Oregon, isnamed forhim. —FortBaker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed FortBaker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate NationalRecreationArea), inMarinCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — BakerStreet,inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | James McNair Baker (1821-1892) — of Florida. Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,July 20,1821.Candidate forU.S.Representative from Florida, 1856; state court judge in Florida,1859-62, 1881-90;Senatorfrom Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1865-68.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 20,1892 (age70 years, 336days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in North Guilford, Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November22, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1785;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.Congregationalist.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.One of thefounders,and firstpresident,of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 4,1807 (age52 years, 102days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atGreenfieldHill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn. | | Bland Ballard (1761-1853) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,October16, 1761.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800-05; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812.DiedSeptember5, 1853 (age91 years, 324days).Original intermentsomewhere in Shelbyville, Ky.; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | James Barbour (1775-1842) — of Barboursville,OrangeCounty, Va.Born near Gordonsville,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 10,1775.Whig.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1812;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1809;Governor ofVirginia, 1812-14;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1815-25;U.S.Secretary of War, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Conventionfrom Virginia, 1839 (Convention President; speaker).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Barboursville,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 7,1842 (age66 years, 362days).Interment atBarboursvilleVineyards and Winery, Barboursville, Va.  | Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) — of Luckettsville,OrangeCounty, Va.Born near Gordonsville,OrangeCounty, Va.,May 25,1783.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-14;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1832;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1841 (age57 years, 276days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Alanson Hamilton Barnes (1817-1890) — also known asA. H. Barnes — Born in Turin,LewisCounty, N.Y.,April15, 1817.Justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-81.DiedMay 10,1890 (age73 years, 25days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry D. Barron (1833-1882) — of Waukesha,WaukeshaCounty, Wis.; St. Croix Falls,PolkCounty, Wis.BornJanuary1, 1833.Postmaster atWaukesha,Wis., 1853-55, 1856-57; circuit judge in Wisconsin, 1860, 1877-82(8th Circuit 1860, 11th Circuit 1877-82); member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1863-64, 1866-69, 1872-73; Presidential Electorfor Wisconsin,1868;Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1872;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1874-76.DiedJanuary22, 1882 (age49 years, 21days).Interment atPrairieHome Cemetery, Waukesha, Wis. | | William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known asWilliam T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg,LunenburgCounty, Va.,February5, 1784.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1807, 1814;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,1816-17; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1817-21;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1820-24;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1824-25;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1828;U.S.Postmaster General, 1829-35.Slaveowner. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,England,August30, 1835 (age51 years, 206days).Original interment and cenotaph atSt.James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | David Barton (1783-1837) — also known as"Little Red" — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,December14, 1783.Missouriterritory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,1815-17; member ofMissouriterritorial House of Representatives, 1818;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member ofMissouristate senate 7th District, 1834-35.Died in Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,September28, 1837 (age53 years, 288days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Boonville, Mo.; reinterment in 1858 atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo. | | Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) — also known asFrancis S. Bartow — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,September6, 1816.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifleshot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during thefirst battle ofManassas,Va.,July 21,1861 (age44 years, 318days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,April18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter ofJohnMacpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of TheodosiaBartow (who marriedAaronBurr). | | | | Political family:Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bartow County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBartow,Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofBartow,Georgia, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofBartow,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — BartowElementarySchool (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), inSavannah,Georgia, was formerlynamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick Bates (1777-1825) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,June 23,1777.Lawyer;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1802-05;justice ofMichigan territorial supreme court, 1805;secretaryof Missouri Territory, 1806;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820;Governor ofMissouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825.Died in Chesterfield,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,August4, 1825 (age48 years, 42days).Interment atThornhillCemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo. | | Elisha Baxter (1827-1899) — of Batesville,IndependenceCounty, Ark.Born inRutherfordCounty, N.C.,September1, 1827.Republican. Mayor of Batesville, Ark., 1853; member of Arkansas statelegislature, 1854; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1864; district judge in Arkansas3rd District, 1868-73; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Arkansas,1872;Governorof Arkansas, 1873-74.Died in Batesville,IndependenceCounty, Ark.,May 31,1899 (age71 years, 272days).Interment atOaklawnCemetery, Batesville, Ark. | | William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) — also known asWilliam H. H. Beadle — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Madison,LakeCounty, S.Dak.Born, in alogcabin at Howard,ParkeCounty, Ind.,January1, 1838.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1869-71; member ofRepublican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1877-79;DakotaTerritory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86;president,Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.Member,Freemasons.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November15, 1915 (age77 years, 318days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Becker — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Locke,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1829.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;member ofMinnesotastate senate 1st District, 1868-71; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.Dutchancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,January6, 1904 (age74 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) — also known asJ. C. W. Beckham — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,August5, 1869.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1894-98;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1900;Governor ofKentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1900,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916,1920,1936;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January9, 1940 (age70 years, 157days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Barnard Elliott Bee (1787-1853) — also known asBarnard E. Bee — of Texas. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,1787.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1837-38;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1838-39; Texas Republic Minister tothe United States, 1838-41.Died in1853(ageabout66 years).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Joshua Fry Bell (1811-1870) — also known asJoshua F. Bell — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,November26, 1811.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1845-47; candidate forGovernorof Kentucky, 1859; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1862-67.Slaveowner. Died in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,August17, 1870 (age58 years, 264days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky. | | Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) — also known asPeter H. Bell — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 12,1812.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTexas, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March 8,1898 (age85 years, 300days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument atCourthouseGrounds, Belton, Tex. | | Granville Gaylord Bennett (1833-1910) — also known asG. G. Bennett — of Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born near Bloomingburg,FayetteCounty, Ohio,October9, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1865-67; member ofIowastate senate, 1867-71;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1875-78;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1879-81; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Dakota,1900.Died in Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.,June 28,1910 (age76 years, 262days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak. | | John Emory Bennett (1833-1893) — also known asJohn E. Bennett — of Morrison,WhitesideCounty, Ill.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.; Clark,ClarkCounty, S.Dak.Born in East Bethany,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1833.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuitjudge in Arkansas, 1868;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1871-74;judge ofSouth Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1889-93; died inoffice 1893.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,December31, 1893 (age60 years, 288days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak. | | B. W. Benson — of Valley City,BarnesCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1883-84.Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as"Old Bullion" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.;St.Louis, Mo.Born near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,March14, 1782.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; BentonDemocrat candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1856.Fought aduelwithAndrewJackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, hecaused ascandalwith his attempt toassaultSen.HenryStuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in hishand and undoubtedly would have shot him.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1858 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) — also known asJohn M. Berrien — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Rocky Hill,SomersetCounty, N.J.,August23, 1781.Democrat.Lawyer;state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1822-23;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52;U.S.Attorney General, 1829-31.Slaveowner. Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January1, 1856 (age74 years, 131days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) — also known asWilliam W. Bibb — of Petersburg,ElbertCounty, Ga.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,October2, 1781.Democrat.Physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13);U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1813-16;Governorof Alabama Territory, 1817-19;Governor ofAlabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.Fellfrom hishorseduring athunderstorm,sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now inElmoreCounty), Ala.,July 10,1820 (age38 years, 282days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala. | | Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) — Born in Royalton,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September27, 1823.Republican.Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1846-48;lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, Northern PacificRailway,1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1880.Died in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September30, 1890 (age67 years, 3days).Interment atRiverStreet Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt. | | Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) — also known asHenry H. Bingham — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December4, 1841.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1867-72; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872,1876,1884,1888,1892,1896(alternate; chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1900,1904;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died inoffice 1912.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1912 (age70 years, 109days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Isaac Newton Blackford (1786-1859) — of Indiana. Born in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November6, 1786.Territorial court judge in Indiana, 1814-15; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-17;justice ofIndiana state supreme court, 1817-53; candidate for PresidentialElector for Indiana,1824;candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1825;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1855-59.Died inWashington,D.C.,December31, 1859 (age73 years, 55days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) — also known asJames G. Blaine;"The PlumedKnight";"Belshazzar Blaine";"Magnetic Man" —of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in West Brownsville,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,January31, 1830.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1856(HonorarySecretary); member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1859-62;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1876,1880;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1876-81;U.S.Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1884.Congregationalist.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1893 (age62 years, 362days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 atBlaineMemorial Park, Augusta, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Ephraim Lyon Blaine and Maria Louise (Gillespie) Blaine; married,June30, 1850, to Harriet Stanwood; father of Harriet Blaine (whomarriedTruxtunBeale); nephew of Ellen Blaine (who marriedJohnHoge Ewing); grandfather ofJamesGillespie Blaine III. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertG. Ingersoll | | | | Blaine counties inIdaho,Mont.,Neb. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountBlaine, inParkCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBlaine,Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofBlaine,Maine, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James G. Blaine (built 1942 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:J.B. McLaughlin | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about James G. Blaine: MarkWahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Edward P. Crapol,JamesG. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | John Blair (born c.1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born about 1786. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820. Burial location unknown. | | Richard Bland (1710-1776) — of Virginia. Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,May 6,1710.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774.Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,October26, 1776 (age66 years, 173days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Bland (1665-1720) and Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland; marriedto Martha Macon; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790); granduncle ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; great-granduncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; second great-granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth great-granduncle ofWilliamWelby Beverley; fifth great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bland County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) — also known asLogan E. Bleckley — of Clarkesville,HabershamCounty, Ga.Born inRabunCounty, Ga.,July 3,1827.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1875-80;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.Methodist.Died in Clarkesville,HabershamCounty, Ga.,March 6,1907 (age79 years, 246days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | William Blount (1749-1800) — Born in Windsor,BertieCounty, N.C.,April 6,1749.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1781, 1783;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-83, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1788;Governorof Southwest Territory, 1790-96;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1798-1800; died in office 1800;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1798-99.Presbyterian.Became involved in aconspiracyto turn Florida over to British control; when this plot was uncoveredin 1797, wasexpelledfrom the U.S. Senate; afterwards, on July 7, 1797, he wasimpeached,but the Senate dropped the matter for lack of jurisdiction.Slaveowner. Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,March21, 1800 (age50 years, 349days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | William Blount (1768-1835) — also known asWillie Blount — of Tennessee. Born inBertieCounty, N.C.,April18, 1768.Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1807-09;Governor ofTennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1835 (age67 years, 145days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.;reinterment atGreenwoodCemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.  | Shadrach Bond (1773-1832) — also known asShadrack Bond — of Indiana; Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,November24, 1773.MemberIndiana territorial council, 1805-08;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1812-13;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1816;Governor ofIllinois, 1818-22;registerof U.S. Land Office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1823-31; candidateforU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1824.Slaveowner. Died in Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.,April12, 1832 (age58 years, 140days).Original intermentsomewherein Kaskaskia, Ill.; reinterment atEvergreenCemetery, Chester, Ill. | | | Daniel Boone (1734-1820) — Born inBerksCounty, Pa.,November2, 1734.Explorer and frontiersman; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781, 1787.EnglishandWelshancestry.Died inSt. CharlesCounty, Mo.,September26, 1820 (age85 years, 329days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;reinterment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives:Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father ofJessieBryan Boone andNathanBoone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who marriedHiramHowell Baber); granduncle ofLeviDay Boone; second great-grandfather ofElmerCharless Henderson. | | | | Political families:Boonefamily of St. Charles County, Missouri;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Boone counties inArk.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Neb. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Daniel BooneNationalForest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed1966), inBath,Clay,Estill,Harlan,Jackson,Knox,Laurel,Lee,Leslie,McCreary,Menifee,Morgan,Owsley,Perry,Powell,Pulaski,Rockcastle,Rowan,Wayne,Whitley,andWolfecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — BooneDam(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, inSullivanandWashingtoncounties, Tennessee, and the BooneLakereservoir behind the dam, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathan Boone (1781-1857) — ofSt.Charles County, Mo.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,March 2,1781.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. CharlesCounty, 1820; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War.Died in1857(ageabout76 years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Greene County, Mo. | | Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) — Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1801.Schoolteacher;surveyor;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;newspaperpublisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the TexasRepublic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, heinventeda dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failedcommercially; in 1853, heinventeda process to make sweetenedcondensedmilk, which could be transported without refrigeration, anddeveloped sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.Died in Borden,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,January11, 1874 (age72 years, 63days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) — also known asPierre E. J. B. Bossier — of Louisiana. Born in Natchitoches,NatchitochesParish, La.,March22, 1797.Planter;member ofLouisianastate senate, 1833-43;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died inoffice 1844.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April24, 1844 (age47 years, 33days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atCatholicCemetery, Natchitoches, La. | | E. M. Bowman — Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1883-84.Burial location unknown. | | James E. Boyd (1834-1906) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),September9, 1834.Democrat.Grain commissionmerchant; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1866;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1881-83, 1885-87; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nebraska,1888,1892(ConventionVice-President); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Nebraska, 1888;Governor ofNebraska, 1891, 1892-93.DiedApril30, 1906 (age71 years, 233days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Linn Boyd (1800-1859) — of Cadiz,TriggCounty, Ky.; Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November22, 1800.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1827-32;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1835-37, 1839-55;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1851-55;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1859; died in office 1859.Slaveowner. Died in Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.,December17, 1859 (age59 years, 25days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky. | | John Boyle (1774-1834) — of Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.Born inBotetourtCounty, Va.,October28, 1774.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1800;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1803-09;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1809-26;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1827-34; died in office 1834.Slaveowner. Died near Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,January28, 1834 (age59 years, 92days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky. | | William Bradford (1755-1795) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September14, 1755.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1780-91;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94;U.S.Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795.Presbyterian.DiedAugust23, 1795 (age39 years, 343days).Interment atSt.Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. | | John Branch Jr. (1782-1863) — of Enfield,HalifaxCounty, N.C.Born in Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,November4, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1811, 1813-17, 1834;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1817-20;federaljudge, 1822;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1823-29;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1831-33;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;Governorof Florida Territory, 1844-45.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Enfield,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,January4, 1863 (age80 years, 61days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Enfield, N.C. | | Carter Braxton (1736-1797) — of Virginia. Born inKing andQueen County, Va.,September16, 1736.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Died inRichmond,Va.,October10, 1797 (age61 years, 24days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, King William County, Va.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Breathitt (1786-1834) — of Kentucky. Born inLoudounCounty, Va.,September9, 1786.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1828-32;Governor ofKentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died oftuberculosisin Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February21, 1834 (age47 years, 165days).Original interment atBreathittCemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. | | John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,December2, 1760.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1793-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798-1801;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05;U.S.Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, from astomachinfection, in near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December14, 1806 (age46 years, 12days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;half-brother ofRobertBreckinridge; brother ofJamesBreckinridge; married,June 28,1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (sister-in-law ofWilliamJ. Lewis; aunt ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell); father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge(who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; nephew ofWilliamPreston; uncle ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge; grandfather ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who marriedPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864)),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown andJamesBrown; first cousin ofFrancisSmith Preston andJamesPatton Preston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BreckinridgeCounty, Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Percy Brewster (1816-1884) — of Texas. Born in Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.,November22, 1816.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836;Texasstate attorney general, 1849-50; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.DiedNovember27, 1884 (age68 years, 5days).Buried at sea in Gulf of Mexico. | | Andrew Briscoe (1810-1849) — of Texas. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,November25, 1810.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Harrisburg, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.DiedOctober4, 1849 (age38 years, 313days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Robert Brooke (1751-1800) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,1751.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Spotsylvania County, 1791-94;Governor ofVirginia, 1794-96;Virginiastate attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800.Member,Freemasons.Died inFredericksburg,Va.,February27, 1800 (ageabout 48years).Interment atMasonic Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Anne Hay (Taliaferro) Brooke and Richard Brooke; married1786 to Mary'Mollie' Ritchie Hoppe; grandfather ofRobertThomas Brooke; first cousin once removed ofFrancisTaliaferro Helm; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesJohn Helm andHubbardDozier Helm; second cousin once removed ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; third cousin ofGeorgeMadison,MeriwetherLewis andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner andDavidShelby Walker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,HubbardT. Smith,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Brooke County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,October23, 1830.Lawyer;in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard andlost bothfeet;memberDakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1863-66;Speakerof the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1905(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) — of Falfurrias,BrooksCounty, Tex.Born inBourbonCounty, Ky.,November20, 1855.TexasRanger; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1909-11;BrooksCounty Judge, 1911-39.Died in Falfurrias,BrooksCounty, Tex.,January15, 1944 (age88 years, 56days).Interment atFalfurriasBurial Park, Falfurrias, Tex. | | Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduelwithLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly witha cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over ananti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate andbeatSenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevereinjuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Broome (1738-1810) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1738.Importerand exporter;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; colonel in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1803-04;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1804-10; died in office 1810.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1810 (age72 years, 20days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910) — also known asNapoleon B. Broward — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born inDuvalCounty, Fla.,April19, 1857.Democrat.Steamboatbusiness;phosphatemining business;DuvalCounty Sheriff, 1889-96; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1900;Governor ofFlorida, 1905-09; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1908.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,October1, 1910 (age53 years, 165days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880) — also known asAlbert G. Brown — of Terry,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,May 31,1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1835-39;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1839-41, 1847-53 (at-large1839-41, 4th District 1847-53); circuit judge in Mississippi,1842-43;Governor ofMississippi, 1844-48;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1854-61; served in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Senatorfrom Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died near Terry,HindsCounty, Miss.,June 12,1880 (age67 years, 12days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Alfred Brown (1836-1919) — also known as"Consolidation Brown" — of Scotland,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born near Ottawa,Ontario,January1, 1836.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879-80.Died in1919(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870) — also known asJoseph R. Brown — of Wisconsin; Minnesota. BornJanuary11, 1805.Member ofWisconsinterritorial legislature, 1840-42;memberMinnesota territorial council 6th District, 1854-55; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 10th District, 1857;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 10th District, 1857.Died in New York,1870(ageabout65 years).Interment atBrownCemetery, Henderson, Minn.  | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) — also known asWilliam J. Bryan;"The GreatCommoner";"The Peerless Leader";"The Silver-Tongued Orator";"The Boy Oratorof the Platte";"The NiagaricNebraskan" —of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Salem,MarionCounty, Ill.,March19, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Nebraska,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1920;U.S.Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;SigmaPi;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Dayton,RheaCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1925 (age65 years, 129days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue atRhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: SonofSilasLillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother ofCharlesWayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who marriedThomasStinson Allen); married,October1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father ofRuthBryan Owen; grandfather ofHelenRudd Brown; first cousin ofWilliamSherman Jennings. | | | | Political family:Bryan-Jenningsfamily of Illinois. | | | | Cross-reference:ClarenceS. Darrow —WillisJ. Abbot —AdolphusR. Talbot | | | | Bryan County,Okla. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamJ. Bryan Jarvis—W.J. Bryan Dorn | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen toone." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:Robert W. Cherny,ARighteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —Michael Kazin,AGodly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Gerard N. Magliocca,TheTragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and thePolitics of Backlash — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,October 1903 |
|  | James Buchanan (1791-1868) — also known as"The Sage of Wheatland";"Buck";"Old Buck" —of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in alogcabin near Mercersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,April23, 1791.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-31 (3rd District 1821-23,4th District 1823-31); U.S. Minister toRussia, 1832-33;Great Britain, 1853-56;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1844,1848,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1845-49;Presidentof the United States, 1857-61.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died near Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 1,1868 (age77 years, 39days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; memorial monument atMeridianHill Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Buchanan (c.1761-1821) and Elizabeth (Speer)Buchanan. | | | | Cross-reference:DavidFullerton Robison —JohnA. Quitman —JohnGallagher Montgomery | | | | Buchanan counties inIowa,Mo. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofBuchanan,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Buchanan (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesShearer—JamesBuchanan Richmond—JamesB. Duke—JamesB. Cullison—JamesB. Holland—JamesBuchanan Siggins—J.B. Marcum—JamesB. Searcy | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Buchanan: Philip S.Klein,PresidentJames Buchanan: A Biography — Jean H. Baker,JamesBuchanan — R. G. Horton,TheLife And Public Services Of James Buchanan: Late Minister To EnglandAnd Formerly Minister To Russia, Senator And Representative InCongress, And Sec. Of State — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about James Buchanan:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,1761.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; memberofKentuckystate senate, 1792-99;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1800-04.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April13, 1816 (ageabout 54years).Interment atOxmoor-BullittFamily Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) — of Georgia. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C., about 1730.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;Presidentof Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February22, 1777 (ageabout 47years).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | John Burke (1859-1937) — of Devils Lake,RamseyCounty, N.Dak.; Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.; Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born in Sigourney,KeokukCounty, Iowa,February25, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1891; member ofNorthDakota state senate, 1893-97; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1896;Governor ofNorth Dakota, 1907-13; candidate for Democratic nomination forVice President,1912;Treasurer of the United States, 1913-21; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1916; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Dakota,1924;justiceof North Dakota state supreme court, 1925-37;chiefjustice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1935-36.Catholic.Irishancestry.DiedMay 14,1937 (age78 years, 78days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.; statue atState Capitol Grounds, Bismarck, N.Dak. | | Thomas Burke (c.1747-1783) — ofOrangeCounty, N.C.Born in Galway,Ireland,about 1747.Physician;lawyer;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1776; member ofNorth Carolina state legislature, 1777;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1781-82.Died near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,December2, 1783 (ageabout 36years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Orange County, N.C. | | Edward Burleson (1798-1851) — of Texas. Born inBuncombeCounty, N.C.,December15, 1798.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette,1838-39;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1844; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,December26, 1851 (age53 years, 11days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) — also known asDavid G. Burnet — of Texas. Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,April14, 1788.U.S. Consul inGalveston, 1832-35;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1838-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40.Member,Freemasons.DiedDecember5, 1870 (age82 years, 235days).Original interment and cenotaph atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location. | | Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) — of Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,September3, 1800.Lawyer;walked with alimpdue to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of BlackHawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832;memberWisconsin territorial council, 1836.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftyphoid,in Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.,November7, 1845 (age45 years, 65days).Interment atHermitageCemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis. | | Francis Burt (1807-1854) — Born in Pendleton, Pendleton District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,January13, 1807.Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1832-44;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1844;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1852;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1854; died in office 1854.Died in Bellevue,SarpyCounty, Neb.,October18, 1854 (age47 years, 278days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) — also known asAndrew P. Butler — of Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,November18, 1796.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1824-31;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield, 1832-33; resigned 1833;common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1834-46;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner. Died near Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,May 25,1857 (age60 years, 188days).Interment atButlerUnited Methodist Church Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamButler and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother ofWilliamButler Jr. andPierceMason Butler; married,December5, 1829, to Susan Ann Simkins (daughter ofEldredSimkins); married1831 toRebecca Harriet Hayne; uncle ofMatthewCalbraith Butler. | | | | Political family:Butler-Belmontfamily of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Butler County,Kan. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He was of very noble nature,of high endowments, of lofty moral qualities. As a judge, theJudicial Records of the State sho whis abilities. In the Senate ofthe United States, that illustrious body was illustrated by hiscreer. In all that he said and did, there was a dash of genius andheroism. His fire seemed to be passed on a high stage of PublicDalies, but his heart was always amidst tender and gentle affections.He was prompt to weep with those who wept, he was equally ready torejoice with those who were in joy. His death, elicited lamentationsmade of Public Expression to the circle of his intimacies. It spreadthe deepest of affections." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | David Christy Butler (1829-1891) — also known asDavid C. Butler — of Nebraska. BornDecember15, 1829.Republican. Member ofNebraskaterritorial House of Representatives, 1861;memberNebraska territorial council, 1864;Governor ofNebraska, 1867-71; removed 1871; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-71;impeachedon March 4, 1871, andremoved fromoffice as Governor on June 2, 1871.Member,Freemasons.DiedMay 25,1891 (age61 years, 161days).Interment atPawneeCity Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb. | | Richard Butler (1743-1791) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,April1, 1743.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; statecourt judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790.Killed on anexpeditionagainst Indian tribes,November4, 1791 (age48 years, 217days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSoldiersMonument, Fort Recovery, Ohio. | | William Butler (d. 1818) — of Georgia. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1800.Killed byIndians at Butler Springs,ButlerCounty, Ala.,March20, 1818.Burial location unknown. | | William Orlando Butler (1791-1880) — also known asWilliam O. Butler — of Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ky.Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,April19, 1791.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1817-18;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 13th District, 1839-43; candidateforGovernor ofKentucky, 1844; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1848.Slaveowner. Died in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ky.,August6, 1880 (age89 years, 109days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Stephen Cabarrus (1754-1808) — of North Carolina. Born in1754.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1790.Died in1808(ageabout54 years).Interment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Edenton, N.C.  | William Henry Cabell (1772-1853) — also known asWilliam H. Cabell — of Virginia. Born inCumberlandCounty, Va.,December16, 1772.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector forVirginia,1800;Presidential Elector for Virginia,1804;Governorof Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11;Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1830-51.Died inRichmond,Va.,January12, 1853 (age80 years, 27days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married1795 toElizabeth Cabell; married1805 to AgnesSarah Bell Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamWirt); father ofEdwardCarrington Cabell; nephew ofWilliamCabell andPaulCarrington; first cousin ofWilliamCabell Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andFrederickMortimer Cabell; first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin once removed ofCameronErskine Thom; second cousin twice removed ofErskineMayo Ross. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cabell County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Huntington ThroughSeventy-Five Years (1947) |
| | Ezequiel Cabeza=de Baca (1864-1917) — also known asEzequiel C. de Baca — of New Mexico. BornNovember1, 1864.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New MexicoTerritory,1900;LieutenantGovernor of New Mexico, 1911; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Mexico,1916;Governorof New Mexico, 1917; died in office 1917.DiedFebruary18, 1917 (age52 years, 109days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Las Vegas, N.M. | | John Caldwell (1757-1804) — of Kentucky. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1757.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably astroke),while presiding over the KentuckyStateSenate, at the thenstatecapitol building, Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,1804(ageabout47 years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known asJohn C. Calhoun — of Pickens District (nowPickensCounty), S.C.Born in Abbeville District (part now inMcCormickCounty), S.C.,March18, 1782.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1808;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1817-25;VicePresident of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office1850;U.S.Secretary of State, 1844-45.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1850 (age68 years, 13days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atMarionPark, Charleston, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married,December27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau andFlorideColhoun (daughter ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (whomarriedThomasGreen Clemson); uncle ofJohnAlfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who marriedArmisteadBurt); great-granduncle ofJohnTemple Graves; first cousin ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) andJosephCalhoun; first cousin once removed ofAndrewPickens; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisWilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah AnnCalhoun (who marriedAlexanderHenry Brown); second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFrancis Calhoun. | | | | Political family:Calhoun-Pickensfamily of South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Calhoun counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Iowa,Mich.,Miss.,S.C.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The John C. CalhounStateOffice Building (opened 1926), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. —LakeCalhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnC. Johnson—JohnCalhoun Nicholls—JohnCalhoun Cook—JohnC. Sheppard—John C.Bell—JohnC. C. Mayo—JohnC. Phillips | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes(1862). | | | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer thanunion." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John C. Calhoun: MargaretL. Coit,JohnC. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson,JohnC. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Warren Brown,JohnC. Calhoun (for young readers) | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as"The Czar ofPennsylvania" —of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,March 8,1799.AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1829-30;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1860;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1862.Member,Freemasons.Died near Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 26,1889 (age90 years, 110days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) — of Gilmer,UpshurCounty, Tex.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ala.,February20, 1828.Democrat.Planter;lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1872;member ofTexasstate senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,July 16,1891 (age63 years, 146days).Interment atDignowittyCemetery, San Antonio, Tex. | | George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) — also known asGeorge W. Campbell — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inScotland,February9, 1769.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1803-09; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1809;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1811-14, 1815-18;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1818-20.Scottishancestry.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February17, 1848 (age79 years, 8days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Allen Campbell (1835-1880) — of Wyoming. Born in Salem,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,October8, 1835.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governorof Wyoming Territory, 1869-75.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 14,1880 (age44 years, 280days).Burial location unknown. | | Norman B. Campbell — of Bon Homme,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | Allen Daniel Candler (1834-1910) — also known asAllen D. Candler;"The One-EyedPloughboy from Pigeon Roost" —of Jonesboro,ClaytonCounty, Ga.; Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.Born in Auraria,LumpkinCounty, Ga.,November4, 1834.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inthe battle of Jonesboro, 1864, he was wounded, andlost aneye;railroadpresident;mayorof Gainesville, Ga., 1872; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1873-77; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1878-79;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1883-91;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1894-98;Governor ofGeorgia, 1898-1902.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October26, 1910 (age75 years, 356days).Interment atAltaVista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga. | | Newton Cannon (1781-1841) — of Tennessee. Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 22,1781.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1811-13, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1814-17, 1819-23;Governor ofTennessee, 1835-39; defeated, 1827, 1839.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September16, 1841 (age60 years, 117days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Williamson County, Tenn.  | John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) — also known asJohn G. Carlisle — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born in Campbell County (part now inKentonCounty), Ky.,September5, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesD. Foote; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-61; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1868;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1871-75;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned1890;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1884;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.Died, reportedly fromintestinaltrouble andheartdisease, in theHotelWolcott, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1910 (age74 years, 329days).Interment atLindenGrove Cemetery, Covington, Ky. | | Reuben B. Carlton (1812-1863) — of Minnesota. Born in1812.Member ofMinnesotastate senate 26th District, 1857-58.Died in1863(ageabout51 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,September19, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1777-1800;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1789-92.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,November14, 1832 (age95 years, 56days).Interment atDoughoreganManor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Carroll and Elizabeth (Brooke) Carroll; married,June 5,1768, to Mary Darnell; father of Catharine 'Kitty' Carroll (whomarriedRobertGoodloe Harper); grandfather of Louisa Carroll (who marriedIsaacRand Jackson), Mary Sophia Carroll (who marriedRichardHenry Bayard) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who marriedJohnLee); great-grandfather ofJohnLee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); second great-grandfather ofJohnHowell Carroll; third great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll(who marriedJohnBoynton Philip Clayton Hill); third great-granduncle ofJohnDuffy Alderson; first cousin ofDanielCarroll; second cousin ofCharlesCarroll, Barrister; second cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,AlexanderContee Hanson andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnRead Magruder; third cousin twice removed ofReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andLevinIrving Handy. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Carroll counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Md.,Miss.,Mo.,N.H.,Ohio andVa.,East CarrollParish, La. andWest CarrollParish, La., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:CharlesC. Walcutt—CharlesC. Fitch—CharlesC. Frick—CharlesCarroll Glover, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | William Carroll (1788-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 3,1788.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governor ofTennessee, 1821-27, 1829-35.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March22, 1844 (age56 years, 19days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838) — also known asSamuel P. Carson — of Pleasant Garden,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Pleasant Garden,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January22, 1798.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1822-24, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1825-33;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,November2, 1838 (age40 years, 284days).Interment atGovernmentCemetery, Hot Springs, Ark. | | Benjamin Wisnor Carter (born c.1830) — of Oklahoma. Born about 1830. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; territorialcourt judge in Oklahoma, 1870.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Henry Carter (1854-1911) — also known asThomas H. Carter — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Junior Furnace,SciotoCounty, Ohio,October30, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1889;U.S.Representative from Montana at-large, 1889-91; defeated, 1890;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1891-92;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1892-96;firstCatholic to lead the national Republican Party;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1895-1901, 1905-11; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Montana,1896(speaker),1900,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,September17, 1911 (age56 years, 322days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834-38.Died, ofcholera,in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 11,1849.Burial location unknown.  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownandvillageofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Buildingin 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Richard Caswell (1729-1789) — of Dobbs County (part now inLenoirCounty), N.C.Born in Harford County (part now inBaltimoreCounty), Md.,August3, 1729.Lawyer;surveyor;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; memberofNorthCarolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; diedin office 1789.Died in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,November10, 1789 (age60 years, 99days).Interment atCaswellMemorial Cemetery, Kinston, N.C. | | Thomas Benton Catron (1840-1921) — also known asThomas B. Catron — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born near Lexington,LafayetteCounty, Mo.,October6, 1840.Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;NewMexico territory attorney general, 1869-72;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1872-78;member NewMexico territorial council, 1884;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1895-97;mayorof Santa Fe, N.M., 1906-08;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1912-17; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,1916.Died in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,May 15,1921 (age80 years, 221days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | Jerome Bunty Chaffee (1825-1886) — also known asJerome B. Chaffee — ofDenver,Colo.Born inNiagaraCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1825.Republican. Member ofColoradoterritorial House of Representatives, 1861-63;Speakerof Colorado Territory House of Representatives, 1863; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado Territory, 1866-68, 1870-72;delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory,1868;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1871-75; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Colorado,1876;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1876-79;ColoradoRepublican state chair, 1884.One of the founders of the city of Denver. Died in Salem Center,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1886 (age60 years, 326days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich. | | Henry H. Chambers (1790-1826) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born near Kenbridge,LunenburgCounty, Va.,October1, 1790.Democrat.Physician;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1820; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1821, 1823;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1825-26; died in office 1826.Died near Kenbridge,LunenburgCounty, Va.,January24, 1826 (age35 years, 115days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va. | | Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854) — also known asRobert M. Charlton — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January19, 1807.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Attorney for Georgia, 1835-36, 1839-40;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1839-41;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1852-53.Slaveowner. Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January18, 1854 (age46 years, 364days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Champion S. Chase (d. 1898) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Cornish,SullivanCounty, N.H.Nebraskastate attorney general, 1867-69; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1874-77, 1879-81, 1883-84.DiedNovember3, 1898.Burial location unknown.  | 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 HarvardUniversityBusiness 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) |
| | Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) — also known asEdward S. Cheatham — of Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,July 31,1818.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853-55; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1855-57, 1861-63;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1855-57, 1861-62; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1872.Died in Horn Lake,DeSotoCounty, Miss.,December21, 1878 (age60 years, 143days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | George Campbell Childress (1804-1841) — also known asGeorge C. Childress — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Milam, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Killedhimself with aBowieknife, in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,October6, 1841 (age37 years, 271days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; statue atWashington-on-the-BrazosState Park, Washington, Tex. | | William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) — also known asWilliam P. Chilton — of Alabama. Born near Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August10, 1810.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1859;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 6th District, 1862-65.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,January20, 1871 (age60 years, 163days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.  | Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January6, 1730.Governorof Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.Died in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,August25, 1797 (age67 years, 231days).Interment atThomasChittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue atTownGreen, Williston, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married1749 toElizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who marriedJonasGalusha), Beulah Chittenden (who marriedMatthewLyon) andMartinChittenden; grandfather ofChittendenLyon; first cousin twice removed ofJosiahC. Chittenden andAbelMadison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; second cousin twice removed ofJeduthunWilcox,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; second cousin thrice removed ofLeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden; third cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich andFrederickWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofEnsignHosmer Kellogg andEliCoe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin andRogerWolcott; fourth cousin ofJonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; fourth cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,ElijahHunt Mills,HenryMeigs andZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ChittendenCounty, Vt. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofChittenden,Vermont, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Vermont(1894) |
| | Pierre Chouteau Jr. (1789-1865) — also known asPierre Cadet Chouteau — ofSt.Louis County, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January19, 1789.Merchant;lead miningbusiness;fur trader;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820.DiedSeptember6, 1865 (age76 years, 230days).Burial location unknown. | | William Christian (c.1743-1786) — Born inStaunton,Va., about 1743.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Manxancestry.Killedwhile fighting Indians in what is nowClarkCounty, Ind.,April 9,1786 (ageabout 43years).Interment atBullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known asWilliam C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,1775.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1801-04;Governorof Orleans Territory, 1804-12;Governor ofLouisiana, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Fought aduelwith Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.Died of aliverailment, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,November23, 1817 (ageabout 42years).Originally entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Newton Clark — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | William Clark (1770-1838) — of Missouri. Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,August1, 1770.Governorof Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1820.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withMeriwetherLewis to Oregon, 1803-04.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,September1, 1838 (age68 years, 31days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known asWilliam A. Clark — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born near Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,January8, 1839.Democrat.Banker;mine owner;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidateforDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Montana,1892,1904;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1925 (age86 years, 53days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,July 5,1812.Secretaryof Iowa Territory, 1839-41;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County,1844;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1845-46.Died in acholeraepidemic, in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,July 28,1850 (age38 years, 23days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Green Clay (1757-1826) — Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,August14, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;surveyor;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788-89; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-94; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1795-98, 1807;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Member,Freemasons.Died in White Hall,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October31, 1826 (age69 years, 78days).Interment atWhiteHall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.  | Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as"The Sage of Ashland";"TheGreat Compromiser" —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,April12, 1777.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; diedin office 1852;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rdDistrict 1823-25);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844(Whig);U.S.Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination forPresident, 1839.Member,Freemasons.In 1809, he fought aduelwithHumphreyMarshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1852 (age75 years, 78days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother ofPorterClay; married,April11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; grandfather ofHenryClay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who marriedJamesReily); first cousin once removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; second cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; second cousin once removed ofGreenClay Smith andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr.. | | | | Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Clay counties inAla.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.C.,S.Dak.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | MountClay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HenryClay Longnecker—HenryClay Dean—H.Clay Dickinson—HenryC. Brockmeyer—HenryClay Sexton—H.Clay Cockerill—HenryClay Ewing—HenryClay Caldwell—HenryClay Hall—HenryClay Gooding—HenryClay Naill—HenryC. Myers—HenryC. Peabody—HenryC. Cole—HenryC. Platt—H.Clay Harris—HenryC. Hines—HenryC. Miner—HenryC. Warmoth—HenryClay Cleveland—HenryC. Erman—H.Clay Evans—HenryC. Payne—HenryC. Bates—H.Clay Foster—HenryC. McCormick—HenryC. Ide—HenryClay Williams—HenryC. Simms—HenryClay Ferguson—HenryC. Glover—H.Clay Park—HenryC. Hansbrough—HenryC. Snodgrass—H.Clay Maydwell—HenryC. Gleason—HenryC. Loudenslager—H.Clay Van Voorhis—HenryC. Smith—HenryC. Clippinger—H.Clay Crawford—H.Clay Bascom—H.Clay Michie—H.Clay Chisolm—H.Clay Howard—HenryC. Hall—HenryClay McDowell—HenryC. Truesdell—H.Clay Jones—H.Clay Heather—H.Clay Day—HenryClay Hines—HenryClay Meacham—HenryClay Calloway—H.Clay Suter—H.Clay Hall—H.Clay Warth—HenryClay Elwood—H.Clay Kennedy—H.Clay Davis—H.Clay Needham—H.Clay Pence—HenryClay Etherton—H.Clay Mace—H.Clay Armstrong—H.Clay Baldwin—H.Clay Haynes—H.Clay Burkholder—Mrs.H. Clay Kauffman—H.Clay Bentley—HenryC. Greenberg—H.Clay Gardenhire, Jr.—HenryClay Cox—H.Clay Myers, Jr.—H.Clay Johnson—HenryClay Dennison | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20thcenturies. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert VincentRemini,HenryClay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter,HenryClay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler,HenryClay: The Essential American — Fergus M. Bordewich,America'sGreat Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise ThatPreserved the Union | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | | Henry Clay Jr. (1811-1847) — of Kentucky. Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April10, 1811.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War.Episcopalian.Killedin action at the Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista,Coahuila,February23, 1847 (age35 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) — also known asAugustin S. Clayton — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,November27, 1783.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1810; state court judge inGeorgia, 1819; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1826;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1832-35.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 21,1839 (age55 years, 206days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | John M. Clayton — of Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.Republican. Member ofArkansasstate senate, 1873; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1874, 1888; delegateto Republican National Convention from Arkansas,1888.Burial location unknown. | | John Middleton Clayton (1796-1856) — also known asJohn M. Clayton — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Dagsboro,SussexCounty, Del.,July 24,1796.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County, 1824;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1826-28;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1829-36, 1845-49, 1853-56; resigned 1836,1849; died in office 1856;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1837-39;U.S.Secretary of State, 1849-50.Slaveowner. Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,November9, 1856 (age60 years, 108days).Interment atOldPresbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.  | Powell Clayton (1833-1914) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.; Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.Born in Bethel,DelawareCounty, Pa.,August7, 1833.Republican.Engineer;surveyor;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;planter;president and general manager, Eureka SpringsRailway;Governorof Arkansas, 1868-71;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arkansas,1872(delegation chair),1876,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896(speaker),1908,1912;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1898-1905.Died inWashington,D.C.,August25, 1914 (age81 years, 18days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known asStephen Grover Cleveland;"UncleJumbo";"The Veto Mayor";"GroverThe Good";"The Sage of Princeton";"Dumb Prophet";"Buffalo Hangman";"The Veto President";"Beast ofBuffalo";"Big Steve" —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Caldwell,EssexCounty, N.J.,March18, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1870-73;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882;Governor ofNew York, 1883-85;Presidentof the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1935.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 24,1908 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue atCity Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,June2, 1886, toFrancesClara Folsom (first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom); father ofRichardFolsom Cleveland (son-in-law ofThomasFrank Gailor; brother-in-law ofFrankHoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed ofFrancisLandon Cleveland; second cousin ofJamesHarlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed ofJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanUsher andJosephWheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed ofJohnPalmer Usher andRobertCleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed ofEphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLord andRollinUsher Tyler. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryT. Ellett —WilsonS. Bissell —DavidKing Udall —EdwardS. Bragg —ThomasF. Grady —LymanK. Bass —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —J.Hampton Hoge —WilliamGorham Rice —J.Scott Harrison —BenjaminFolsom | | | | Cleveland counties inArk. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountCleveland, a volcano onChuginadakIsland, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofGrover,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The ClevelandNationalForest (established 1908), inSanDiego,Riverside,Orangecounties, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GroverC. Cook—GroverC. Meyrs—GroverC. Talbot—GroverC. Helm—GroverC. Robertson—G. C.Cooley—GroverA. Whalen—GroverC. Taylor—GroverC. Winn—GroverC. Luke—GroverC. Albright—GroverCleveland Welsh—GroverC. Belknap—GroverC. Worrell—GroverB. Hill—GroverC. Dillman—GroverC. Brenneman—GroverC. George—GroverC. Mitchell—GroverC. Ladner—GroverC. Hall—GroverC. Tye—GroverC. Cisel—GroverC. Hedrick—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Montgomery—GroverC. Farwell—GroverC. Gillingham—GroverC. Studivan—GroverC. Layne—GroverC. Hudson—GroverC. Combs—GroverC. Snyder—GroverC. Guernsey—GroverC. Henderson—GroverC. Smith—GroverC. Jackson—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Bower—GroverC. Land—GroverC. Moritz—GroverC. Gregg—GroverC. Richman, Jr.—GroverC. Anderson—GroverC. Chriss—GroverC. Allen—GroverC. Criswell—GroverC. Brown—GroverC. Robinson III—GroverC. Robinson IV | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill(1928-46). | | | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love himfor the enemies he has made." | | | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,Where's My Pa?" | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Grover Cleveland: AlynBrodsky,GroverCleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers,AnHonest President: The Life and Presidencies of GroverCleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Henry F. Graff,GroverCleveland — Troy Senik,AMan of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of GroverCleveland — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Jeff C. Young,GroverCleveland (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:Matthew Algeo,ThePresident Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover ClevelandSurvives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the CourageousNewspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — CharlesLachman,ASecret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President GroverCleveland | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | | Duncan Lamont Clinch (1787-1849) — also known asDuncan L. Clinch — of St. Marys,CamdenCounty, Ga.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,April 6,1787.U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1844-45.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,November27, 1849 (age62 years, 235days).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga.  | De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesClinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother ofJamesGraham Clinton; brother ofCharlesClinton,GeorgeClinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorgeWilliam Clinton; nephew ofGeorgeClinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:Clintonfamily of New York;DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownshipand city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Missouri, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | George Clinton (1739-1812) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76;Governor ofNew York, 1777-95, 1801-04;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01;VicePresident of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.ChristianReformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April20, 1812 (age72 years, 269days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | Thomas Willis Cobb (1784-1830) — also known asThomas W. Cobb — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.; Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,1784.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia,1828-30.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,February1, 1830 (ageabout 45years).Interment atGreensboroCemetery, Greensboro, Ga.| | Cobb County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: In his domestic circle he wasfond and affectionate. "As a friend he was ardent and devoted. As aman, honorable, generous, and sincere. As a statesman, independent,and inflexible. As a judge, pure, and incorruptible. Amiable inprivate and useful in public life, his death was a deep affliction tohis children, his friends, and his country"; "An honest man's thenoblest work of God." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Cocke (1747-1828) — Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,September6, 1747.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,August22, 1828 (age80 years, 351days).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | George S. S. Codington — also known asG. S. S. Codington — of Medary,BrookingsCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Minister;member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1877-78.CongregationalistorPresbyterian.Died oftuberculosisin Wisconsin.Burial location unknown. | | John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,December3, 1782.Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office1836.Slaveowner. Died near Jacksonville,TelfairCounty, Ga.,September25, 1836 (age53 years, 297days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in1921 atMcRaeCity Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | A. M. Coffey (born c.1805) — of Kansas. Born about 1805. Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1840.Burial location unknown.  | Richard Coke (1829-1897) — of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,March13, 1829.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; statecourt judge in Texas, 1865;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1866;Governor ofTexas, 1874-76;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1877-95.Slaveowner. Died in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,May 14,1897 (age68 years, 62days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex. | | | Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837) — also known asR. M. Coleman — of Texas. Born in Kentucky,1799.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Mina, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Drownedin the Brazos River at Velasco,BrazoriaCounty, Tex.,July 1,1837 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Coles (1786-1868) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,December15, 1786.Private secretary to PresidentJamesMadison, 1809-15;registerof U.S. Land Office at Edwardsville, Illinois, 1819-22;Governor ofIllinois, 1822-26.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 7,1868 (age81 years, 205days).Cenotaph atValleyView Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill.  | Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) — also known as"The Christian Statesman";"Smiler" —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1823.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate toWhig National Convention from Indiana, 1852;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1863-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1872.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.,January13, 1885 (age61 years, 296days).Interment atSouthBend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.| | Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married1844 to EvelynClark; married,November18, 1868, toEllenMaria Wade (niece ofBenjaminFranklin Wade andEdwardWade; first cousin ofDeciusSpear Wade); father ofSchuylerColfax III. | | | | Political family:Wade-Colfaxfamily of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. | | | | Colfax counties inNeb. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofSchuyler,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.Smith,SchuylerColfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax: a reappraisal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee,1806.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837.Member,Freemasons.While acandidatefor the presidency of the Texas Republic,jumpedoff a boat anddrownedinGalvestonBay,1838(ageabout32 years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) — also known asWalter T. Colquitt — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December27, 1799.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-40, 1842-43;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1843-48.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,May 7,1855 (age55 years, 131days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortallywounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1794.Lawyer;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. CommercialAgent (Consul) inHavana, 1827.Died inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1827 (age33 years, 0days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Philip Cook (1817-1894) — of Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.Born inTwiggsCounty, Ga.,July 31,1817.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1850; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1873-83;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1890-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 21,1894 (age76 years, 294days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,March26, 1808.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1844-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1846;AdjutantGeneral of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.Member,Freemasons.Died oftuberculosis,at Seguin,GuadalupeCounty, Tex.,December24, 1847 (age39 years, 273days).Original intermentsomewherein Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Dighton Corson (1827-1915) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.Born in Canaan,SomersetCounty, Maine,October21, 1827.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1858;MilwaukeeCounty District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st JudicialDistrict of Nevada;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889;judge ofSouth Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,May 7,1915 (age87 years, 198days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan. | | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October30, 1768.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in FrenchsMills (now Fort Covington),FranklinCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1813 (age45 years, 15days).Original intermentsomewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 atMt.Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph atMilitaryPost Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. | | Robert Craig (1792-1852) — of Virginia. Born near Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.,1792.Democrat.Planter;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1817-18, 1825-29, 1850-52; member,Virginia Board of Public Works, 1820-23;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1835-41 (20th District1829-33, 5th District 1835-37, 4th District 1837-39, 5th District1839-41).Slaveowner. Died inRoanokeCounty, Va.,November25, 1852 (ageabout 60years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Roanoke County, Va. | | Thomas B. Craighead (b. 1800) — of Mississippi. Born in1800.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1840.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Johnson Crawford (1835-1913) — of Garnett,AndersonCounty, Kan.Born near Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,April10, 1835.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofKansas, 1865-68; resigned 1868; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kansas, 1866-68.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,October21, 1913 (age78 years, 194days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) — also known asWilliam H. Crawford — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born inNelsonCounty, Va.,February24, 1772.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1807-13; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1813-15;U.S.Secretary of War, 1815-16;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1816-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824; state court judge in Georgia, 1827.Slaveowner. Died inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,September15, 1834 (age62 years, 203days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Oglethorpe County, Ga.| | Relatives: UncleofNathanCrawford Barnett. | | | | Crawford counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Mo. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:CrawfordWheatley | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William Harris Crawford:Philip Jackson Green,Thelife of William Harris Crawford — Philip JacksonGreen,Thepublic life of William Harris Crawford, 1807-1825 —Everette Wayne Cutler,WilliamH. Crawford: A contextual biography — Robert ColemanLorish,WilliamH. Crawford and the presidential election of 1824 |
 | Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896) — also known asCharles F. Crisp — of Ellaville,SchleyCounty, Ga.; Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire,England,of American parents,January29, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;superior court judge in Georgia, 1876-82;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1883-96; died in office1896;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1891-95.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October23, 1896 (age51 years, 268days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.  | John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) — also known asJohn J. Crittenden — of Illinois; Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,September10, 1787.Whig.Lawyer;Illinoisterritory attorney general, 1809-10; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1824;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1834-35;U.S.Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53;Governor ofKentucky, 1848-50;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; agrandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against theSioux in 1876.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 26,1863 (age75 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Robert Crittenden (1797-1834) — of Arkansas. Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,January1, 1797.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1819-29.Mortally woundedHenryWharton Conway in aduelon October 29, 1827.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December18, 1834 (age37 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | David Crockett (1786-1836) — also known asDavy Crockett;"King of the WildFrontier" —of Tennessee. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1786.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1821;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during theTexas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age49 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married,August16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married1815 toElizabeth Patton; father ofJohnWesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesCarroll Walcutt. | | | | Political family:Crockett-Walcuttfamily of Tennessee. | | | | Crockett counties inTenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | The Davy CrockettNationalForest (established 1936), inHoustonandTrinitycounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,then go ahead." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by David Crockett:ANarrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State ofTennessee | | | | Books about David Crockett: William C.Davis,ThreeRoads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, JamesBowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,DavyCrockett — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Elaine Alphin,DavyCrockett (for young readers) |
| | Edward Cross (1798-1887) — of Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.Born in Hawkins City (unknowncounty), Tenn.,November11, 1798.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1839-45.Slaveowner. Died near Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,April 6,1887 (age88 years, 146days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hempstead County, Ark. | | John H. Crowley (born c.1851) — of Colorado. Born about 1851. Member ofColoradostate senate, 1890.Burial location unknown. | | David Browning Culberson (1830-1900) — also known asDavid B. Culberson — of Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.Born inTroupCounty, Ga.,September29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1873;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1875-97 (2nd District 1875-83, 4thDistrict 1883-97).Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,May 7,1900 (age69 years, 220days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Tex. | | Thomas B. Cuming (d. 1858) — of Nebraska.Secretaryof Nebraska Territory, 1854-58; died in office 1858;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1854-55, 1857-58.DiedMarch23, 1858.Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Douglas County, Neb.; subsequentinterment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.; reinterment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | George Curry (1861-1947) — of Kingston,SierraCounty, N.M.Born in Bayou Sara,WestFeliciana Parish, La.,April 3,1861.Republican.LincolnCounty Clerk, 1888-90;LincolnCounty Assessor, 1890-92;LincolnCounty Sheriff, 1892-94; member ofNew Mexicoterritorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;OteroCounty Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, PhilippineIslands, 1901;chiefof police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor, Isabella, P.I., 1904-05;governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1907-10;U.S.Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,November24, 1947 (age86 years, 235days).Interment atSantaFe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | George Law Curry (1820-1878) — also known asGeorge L. Curry — of Oregon. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 2,1820.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;jeweler;member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1848-49, 1851-52;secretaryof Oregon Territory, 1853-55;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1853, 1854, 1854-59; candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 28,1878 (age58 years, 26days).Interment atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Samuel Dale (1772-1841) — also known asSam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,1772.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died near Daleville,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.,May 24,1841 (ageabout 68years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;reinterment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) — also known asAlexander J. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kingston,Jamaica,June21, 1759.Lawyer;newspapereditor;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.Scottishancestry.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,January16, 1817 (age57 years, 209days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) — also known asGeorge M. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 10,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1837-39;Great Britain, 1856-61;VicePresident of the United States, 1845-49.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1864 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: SonofAlexanderJames Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of SophiaBurrell Dallas (who marriedRichardBache Jr.); married,May 23,1816, toSophiaChew Nicklin (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache(who marriedRobertJohn Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin) andGeorgeMifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle ofRobertWalker Irwin; second great-granduncle ofClaibornede Borda Pell; third great-granduncle ofDanielBaugh Brewster. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Dallas counties inArk.,Iowa,Mo. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofDallas,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeorgeM. D. Hart—GeorgeM. Condon | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: JohnM. Belohlavek,GeorgeMifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
| | Nathan Dane (1752-1835) — of Massachusetts. Born in Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1752.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1782-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1785-88; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1790-91, 1793-97; Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1812.Died in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,February15, 1835 (age82 years, 48days).Interment atBeverlyCentral Cemetery, Beverly, Mass. | | William Darke (1736-1801) — ofBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,May 6,1736.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BerkeleyCounty, 1788.Died inJeffersonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),November26, 1801 (age65 years, 204days).Interment atDarke-Engle-Ronemous Cemetery, Shenandoah Junction, W.Va. | | William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) — also known as"Father of the University of NorthCarolina" —of Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.Born in Egremont,England,June22, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1798-99.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Land's Ford,ChesterCounty, S.C.,November5, 1820 (age64 years, 136days).Interment atOldWaxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C. | | Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. | | Garrett Davis (1801-1872) — of Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.Born in Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,September10, 1801.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1839-47 (12th District 1839-43, 8thDistrict 1843-47);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861-72; died in office 1872.Slaveowner. Died in Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.,September22, 1872 (age71 years, 12days).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky.  | Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known asJefferson Davis — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, Miss.;WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in alogcabin, Fairview, Christian County (nowToddCounty), Ky.,June 3,1808.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate forMississippistate house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector forMississippi,1844;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1851;U.S.Secretary of War, 1853-57;Presidentof the Confederacy, 1861-65.CapturedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial for about two years.Slaveowner. Died ofbronchitisandmalariain New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December6, 1889 (age81 years, 186days).Original interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atMemorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married,June 17,1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter ofZacharyTaylor andMargaretTaylor); married,February25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter ofRichardHowell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who marriedRichardBrodhead); granduncle ofJosephDavis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who marriedThomasEdmund Dewey). | | | | Political family:Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JesseD. Bright —JohnH. Reagan —HoraceGreeley —SolomonCohen —GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelA. Roberts —WilliamT. Sutherlin —VictorVifquain —CharlesO'Conor | | | | Jeff DavisCounty, Ga.,Jefferson DavisParish, La.,Jefferson DavisCounty, Miss. andJeff DavisCounty, Tex. are named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Davis Brodhead—JeffersonD. Hostetter—JeffersonD. Blount—JeffersonDavis Carwile—JeffersonD. Helms—JeffersonDavis Wiggins—JeffersonDavis Parris | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Jefferson Davis:TheRise and Fall of the Confederate Government(1881) | | | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.Cooper, Jr.,JeffersonDavis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis,JeffersonDavis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoirby His Wife — William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter DonaldKennedy,WasJefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren,JeffersonDavis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &Richard E. Beringer,JeffersonDavis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen,JeffersonDavis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson,Pursuit:The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release ofConfederate President Jefferson Davis | | | | Image source: Frank Leslie'sIllustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
| | James William Dawes (1845-1918) — also known asJames W. Dawes — of Crete,SalineCounty, Neb.Born in McConnelsville,MorganCounty, Ohio,January8, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875;NebraskaRepublican state chair, 1876-82; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1877; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1880;Governorof Nebraska, 1883-87.Died in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October8, 1918 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | William Crosby Dawson (1798-1856) — also known asWilliam C. Dawson — of Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.Born in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,January4, 1798.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1836-41; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1841; circuit judge in Georgia, 1845;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1849-55.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,May 5,1856 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atGreensboroCemetery, Greensboro, Ga. | | Merritt H. Day (1844-1900) — of Scotland,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.Born in1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;memberDakota territorial council, 1879-82.Died in Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.,1900(ageabout56 years).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February23, 1751.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,1st District 1795-97);U.S.Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1822-24.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 6,1829 (age78 years, 103days).Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives:Father ofHenryAlexander Scammell Dearborn. | | | | Dearborn County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofDearborn,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The DearbornRiver,inLewis &Clark andCascadecounties, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Mount Dearborn, a formermilitaryarsenal on an island in the Catawba River,ChesterCounty, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1959) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | James William Denver (1817-1892) — also known asJames W. Denver — Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,October23, 1817.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53; killed newspaper editor Edward Gilbert inaduelon August 2, 1852;secretaryof state of California, 1853-55;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57;secretaryof Kansas Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857-58, 1858, 1858; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1866.Died inWashington,D.C.,August9, 1892 (age74 years, 291days).Interment atSugarGrove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio. | | Jacob S. Deuel (b. 1830) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born inDutchessCounty, N.Y.,1830.Sawmillowner;memberDakota territorial council, 1862-63.Germanancestry.Died inDutchessCounty, N.Y.Burial location unknown. | | William Pitt Dewey (d. 1900) — also known asWilliam P. Dewey — of Wisconsin; Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in New York. U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1873-77;memberDakota territorial council, 1883-84.Died in1900.Burial location unknown. | | Green DeWitt (1787-1835) — ofRallsCounty, Mo.; Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,February12, 1787.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;RallsCounty Sheriff;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Gonzales, 1833.Died in Monclova,Coahuila,May18, 1835 (age48 years, 95days).Intermentsomewherein Mexico. | | Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836) — also known asManuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala ySáenz —of Mérida,Yucatan;La Porte,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Tecoh,Yucatan,October3, 1788.Active in politics in Mexico, 1812-34;imprisonedin 1814-17 by Mexican authorities over hisadvocacyof democratic reforms;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Harrisburg, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1836.Died, ofpneumonia,November15, 1836 (age48 years, 43days).Interment atdeZavala Family Cemetery, La Porte, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Anastasio de Zavala=y=Velázquez and Maria BárbaraSáenz=y=Castro; married1807 to TeresaCorrea=y=Correa; married,November12, 1831, to Emily West. | | | | Zavala County,Tex. is named for him. |
| | William J. Dickenson — Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1859-61, 1865-67, 1877-82.Burial location unknown. | | Alfred M. Dickey — of North Dakota. Republican.LieutenantGovernor of North Dakota, 1889-90.Burial location unknown.  | Daniel Stevens Dickinson (1800-1866) — also known asDaniel S. Dickinson;"Bray" —of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Goshen,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September11, 1800.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1837-40;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1843-44;U.S.Senator from New York, 1844-51;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1862-63; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1864;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1865-66; died inoffice 1866.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1866 (age65 years, 213days).Interment atSpringForest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.  | Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) — also known asDon M. Dickinson — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Port Ontario,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1876; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1880,1892(speaker);U.S.Postmaster General, 1888-89.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association.DiedOctober15, 1917 (age71 years, 271days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Dickson (1770-1816) — of Tennessee. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,May 5,1770.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1799-1803;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1799-1803;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1801-07.Member,Freemasons.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February21, 1816 (age45 years, 292days).Intermentsomewherein Davidson County, Tenn. | | Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) — of Virginia. Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,May 17,1773.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1829-32; died inoffice 1832.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November19, 1832 (age59 years, 186days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known asAugustus C. Dodge — of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.; Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,January2, 1812.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;registerof U.S. Land Office at Burlington, Iowa, 1838-40;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840-46;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; resigned 1855;firstU.S. Senator who was born west of the Mississippi River; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1855-59; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860,1864;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1874-75.Scottishancestry.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,November20, 1883 (age71 years, 322days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — ofSte.Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville,IowaCounty, Wis.Born near Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,October12, 1782.Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33;Governorof Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57.Slaveowner. Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,June 19,1867 (age84 years, 250days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | William Earle Dodge (1805-1883) — also known asWilliam E. Dodge — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September4, 1805.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1865-67; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1872.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1883 (age77 years, 158days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty,ClayCounty, Mo.; Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,July 9,1808.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1836, 1840, 1854; in 1838, herefused to obey an order to execute Joseph Smith and other Mormonleaders, calling it "cold-blooded murder"; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico,1846-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1876.Died in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,August8, 1887 (age79 years, 30days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Liberty, Mo.; statue atCounty Courthouse Grounds, Richmond, Mo. | | Stockton P. Donley (1831-1871) — of Texas. Born in Missouri,May 27,1831.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1866.DiedFebruary17, 1871 (age39 years, 266days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Tyler, Tex. | | Charles Dougherty (1801-1853) — of Georgia. Born in1801.State court judge in Georgia, 1840. DiedNovember26, 1853 (ageabout 52years).Interment atOldAthens Cemetery, Athens, Ga.  | Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) — also known asStephen A. Douglas;Arnold Douglass;"The Little Giant" —of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Brandon,RutlandCounty, Vt.,April23, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39;registerof U.S. Land Office at Springfield, Illinois, 1837;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1840-41;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-43;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1852,1856;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860.Slaveowner. Died, oftyphoidfever, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 3,1861 (age48 years, 41days).Entombed atDouglasMonument Park, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married1847 toMartha Denny Martin; married1856 to RoseAdele Cutts; father ofRobertMartin Douglas; grandfather ofRobertDick Douglas; second cousin once removed ofSylvesterGardiner Shearman; third cousin twice removed ofJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin ofSamuelTownsend Douglass andSilasHamilton Douglas; fourth cousin once removed ofAlmarF. Dickson andHenryWoolsey Douglas. | | | | Political family:Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Douglas counties inColo.,Ga.,Ill.,Kan.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb.,Nev.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: RobertW. Johannsen,StephenA. Douglas — James L. Huston,StephenA. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Fergus M. Bordewich,America'sGreat Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise ThatPreserved the Union — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802-1879) — also known asThomas S. Drew — of Arkansas. Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,August25, 1802.Democrat.Governor ofArkansas, 1844-49; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1858.Died in Lipan,HoodCounty, Tex.,1879(ageabout76 years).Original intermentsomewherein Lipan, Tex.; reinterment in 1923 atMasonicCemetery, Pocahontas, Ark. | | Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896) — also known asElmer S. Dundy — of Falls City,RichardsonCounty, Neb.Born inTrumbullCounty, Ohio,March 5,1830.Lawyer;memberNebraska territorial council, 1858-62;justice ofNebraska territorial supreme court, 1863-67;U.S.District Judge for Nebraska, 1868.DiedOctober28, 1896 (age66 years, 237days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Daniel Dunklin (1790-1844) — ofWashingtonCounty, Mo.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,January14, 1790.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1828-32;Governor ofMissouri, 1832-36.Died ofpneumonia,August25, 1844 (age54 years, 224days).Interment atDanielDunklin Grave State Historic Site, Herculaneum, Mo. | | Charles Dunn — of Wisconsin.Chiefjustice of Wisconsin territorial supreme court, 1836-48.Burial location unknown. | | John P. Dunn (born c.1823) — of Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born about 1823.Mayorof Bismarck, N.Dak., 1860.Burial location unknown. | | William Pope Duval (1784-1854) — also known asWilliam P. Duval — of Kentucky;CalhounCounty, Fla.Born in Virginia,1784.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Florida, 1821-22;Governorof Florida Territory, 1822-34;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Calhoun County,1838-39; member ofFloridastate senate, 1839-42.He was the model forWashingtonIrving's character "Ralph Ringwood" and James K. Paulding'scharacter "Nimrod Wildfire".Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1854 (ageabout 69years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Henry Dyer (1774-1826) — Born in North Carolina,1774.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1820.Died inMadisonCounty, Tenn.,May 11,1826 (ageabout 51years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Peter Early (1773-1817) — of Georgia. Born near Madison,MadisonCounty, Va.,June 20,1773.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 2ndDistrict 1805-07); superior court judge in Georgia, 1807-13;Governor ofGeorgia, 1813-15; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1815-17; died in office 1817.Slaveowner. Died near Scull Shoals,GreeneCounty, Ga.,August15, 1817 (age44 years, 56days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atCityCemetery, Greensboro, Ga.  | John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) — also known asJohn H. Eaton — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Scotland Neck,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,June 18,1790.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1815-16;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29;U.S.Secretary of War, 1829-31;Governorof Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1836-40.Member,Freemasons.Resignedfrom Cabinet in 1831 during thescandal(called the "Petticoat Affair") over pastinfedelitiesof his second wife, Peggy Eaton.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November17, 1856 (age66 years, 152days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | Robert Milner Echols (1798-1847) — also known asRobert M. Echols — ofWaltonCounty, Ga.Born near Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,1798.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1824-29; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1830-44; general in the U.S. Army during theMexican War.Killedin action when hefell fromhis horse during battle, at National Bridge (Puente Nacional), nearVeracruz,Veracruz,December3, 1847 (ageabout 49years).Original intermentsomewherein Mexico; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Walton County, Ga. | | Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-1879) — Born inPutnamCounty, Ga.,February28, 1822.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1850; member of Texas statelegislature, 1855; general in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar; Judge, Texas Court of Appeals, 1866-79; died in office 1879.Wounded during the Civil War, andlost aleg.DiedOctober29, 1879 (age57 years, 243days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | John Edgar (c.1750-1832) — of Fort Kaskaskia (now Kaskaskia),RandolphCounty, Ill.Born inIreland,about 1750.Member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; justice of thepeace.Died in1832(ageabout82 years).Cenotaph atGarrison Hill Cemetery, Kaskaskia, Ill. | | Newton Edmunds (1819-1908) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Hartland,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1819.Republican.Governorof Dakota Territory, 1863-66; member of Republican NationalCommittee from Dakota Territory, 1866-70;memberDakota territorial council, 1879-80.Died, following a series of paralyticstrokes,in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,February13, 1908 (age88 years, 258days).Burial location unknown. | | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera,in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill. | | Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) — of Georgia. Born in South Carolina,1740.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784;Governor ofGeorgia, 1785-86.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November1, 1788 (ageabout 48years).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) — of Plattsmouth,CassCounty, Neb.;Denver,Colo.Born inLoganCounty, Ohio,April 3,1833.Republican. Member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1860; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Nebraska Territory,1860;secretaryof Colorado Territory, 1862-66; member ofColoradoterritorial legislature, 1869;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1873-74;justice ofColorado state supreme court, 1877-88; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1884.Methodist.Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,November27, 1899 (age66 years, 238days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known asJohn M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Va.,May 20,1820.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1868-74;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 forsupportingthe Confederacy.Slaveowner.Shotandkilled byCol. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel,in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky. | | Albert H. Ellis (born c.1867) — of Oklahoma. Born about 1867.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Burial location unknown. | | Richard Ellis (1781-1846) — Born in Virginia,February14, 1781.Delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.Slaveowner. Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes takingfire", athis home inBowieCounty, Tex.,December20, 1846 (age65 years, 309days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Archer Elmore (1762-1834) — of Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.;AutaugaCounty, Ala.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,August21, 1762.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof South Carolina state legislature, 1800; member of Alabama statelegislature, 1820.Slaveowner. Died inAutaugaCounty, Ala.,April24, 1834 (age71 years, 246days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala. | | David Emanuel (1744-1808) — of Georgia. Born in1744.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1780;Governor ofGeorgia, 1801.Jewish.DiedFebruary19, 1808 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | George W. Emery (1830-1909) — of Utah. Born in Corinth,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August13, 1830.Governorof Utah Territory, 1875-80.Died in Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 10,1909 (age78 years, 331days).Burial location unknown. | | George Bernard Erath (1813-1891) — also known asGeorge B. Erath — ofMilamCounty, Tex.Born in Vienna,Austria,January1, 1813.Member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1843; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1846; member ofTexasstate senate, 1857.DiedMay 13,1891 (age78 years, 132days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex. | | Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) — also known asClement A. Evans — of Georgia. Born inStewartCounty, Ga.,March25, 1833.State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Methodistminister.Methodist.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.DiedJuly 2,1911 (age78 years, 99days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) — also known asAndrew J. Faulk — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.,November26, 1814.Newspaperpublisher;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1866-69.Methodist.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,September4, 1898 (age83 years, 282days).Burial location unknown. | | James Fentress — of Tennessee. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1814-25;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1815-17, 1819-25.Burial location unknown.  | Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) — also known asElisha P. Ferry — of Waukegan,LakeCounty, Ill.; Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born inMonroeCounty, Mich.,August9, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois,1852;postmaster atWaukegan,Ill., 1853-54;villagepresident of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57;mayorof Waukegan, Ill., 1859;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Lake County,1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Surveyor-General for Washington, 1871;Governorof Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget SoundNationalBank;Governor ofWashington, 1889-93.Frenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died ofpneumoniaandcongestiveheart failure, on board asteamerinPugetSound,October14, 1895 (age70 years, 66days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.  | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1800.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1844; in 1846, he was one of thefoundersof the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1848-49;VicePresident of the United States, 1849-50;Presidentof the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1856; candidate for Whignomination for President, 1852.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died, after a series ofstrokes,in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1874 (age74 years, 60days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.; statue atBuffalo City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married,February5, 1826, toAbigailPowers (1798-1853) and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married,February10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew ofCalvinFillmore; first cousin once removed ofGeorgeLoomis Becker; third cousin ofJohnLeslie Russell; third cousin once removed ofJonathanBrace,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor,LeslieWead Russell,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AlphonsoAlva Hopkins,CharlesHazen Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin ofThomasKimberly Brace,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,CharlesHenry Pendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne,ElijahAbel,SamuelClesson Allen,GreeneCarrier Bronson,WillardJ. Chapin,RussellSage andSamuelLount Kilbourne. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardH. Thompson | | | | Fillmore counties inMinn. andNeb., andMillard County,Utah, are named for him. | | | | ThecityofFillmore,Utah, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MillardF. Riley—MillardF. McCray—MillardF. Ross—MillardF. Parker—MillardF. Dunlap—MillardF. Voies—MillardF. Burgess—MillardF. Cottrell—MillardF. Andrew—MillardF. Leonard—MillardF. Vores—MillardF. Saunders—MillardF. Barnes—MillardF. Tawes—MillardF. Caldwell, Jr.—MillardF. Sims—MillardF. Page—MillardF. Clement | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.Raybach,MillardFillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | David W. Finney — of Neosho Falls,WoodsonCounty, Kan.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Kansas, 1881-85.Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839) — also known asS. Rhoads Fisher — of Texas. Born in Pennsylvania,December31, 1794.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Matagorda, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836-37.DiedMarch14, 1839 (age44 years, 73days).Interment atMatagordaCemetery, Matagorda, Tex. | | John Floyd (1769-1839) — of Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.Born in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,October3, 1769.Planter;shipbuilder;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1820-27;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1827-29.Slaveowner. Died near Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.,June 24,1839 (age69 years, 264days).Interment atFloydFamily Cemetery, Woodbine, Ga. | | John Floyd (1783-1837) — of Newbern,PulaskiCounty, Va.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April24, 1783.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20thDistrict 1821-29);Governor ofVirginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President,1832.Slaveowner. Died in Sweetsprings,MonroeCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August17, 1837 (age54 years, 115days).Interment atLewisFamily Cemetery, Sweetsprings, W.Va. | | Thomas Ford (1800-1850) — ofOgleCounty, Ill.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,December5, 1800.Democrat. State court judge in Illinois, 1837;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-42;Governor ofIllinois, 1842-46.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November3, 1850 (age49 years, 333days).Interment atSpringdaleCemetery, Peoria, Ill. | | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacredAfrican-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,since the Confederacyrefused torecognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen asawarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu KluxKlan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violenttactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealth Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 atNational Confederate Museum at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn. | | Benjamin Forsyth (c.1775-1814) — of North Carolina. Born about 1775. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807. Died in1814(ageabout39 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Forsyth (1780-1841) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,October22, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;Georgiastate attorney general, 1808;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1819-23;Governor ofGeorgia, 1827-29;U.S.Secretary of State, 1834-41.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,October21, 1841 (age60 years, 364days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as"Silence Dogood";"AnthonyAfterwit";"Poor Richard";"AliceAddertongue";"Polly Baker";"HarryMeanwell";"Timothy Turnstone";"Martha Careful";"Benevolus";"Caelia Shortface" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1706.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;U.S.Postmaster General, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1778-85;Sweden, 1782-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Deist. Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Famed for his experiments with electricity;inventedbifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1790 (age84 years, 90days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 atOld City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue atLaArcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married,September1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (whomarriedRichardBache); uncle ofFranklinDavenport; grandfather ofRichardBache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who marriedWilliamJohn Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, MaryBlechenden Bache (who marriedRobertJohn Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin); second great-grandfather ofRobertWalker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather ofDanielBaugh Brewster andElisedu Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofWalterFolger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesJames Folger,BenjaminDexter Sprague andWhartonBarker; first cousin five times removed ofAlonzoMendonhall Folger andAlfredRobert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed ofThomasMott Osborne,JohnHamlin Folger,AlonzoDillard Folger andWorthBarnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne,LithgowOsborne andFredFolger; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanWilliams | | | | Franklin counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Mass.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,Vt.,Va. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | MountFranklin, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1958) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:BenjaminF. Deming—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. H. Witherell—BenjaminF. Hallett—BenjaminF. Wade—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminCromwell Franklin—BenjaminFranklin Perry—BenjaminFranklin Robinson—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Massey—BenjaminF. Rawls—BenjaminFranklin Leiter—BenjaminFranklin Thomas—BenjaminF. Hall—BenjaminF. Angel—BenjaminFranklin Ross—BenjaminF. Flanders—BenjaminF. Bomar—BenjaminFranklin Hellen—BenjaminF. Mudge—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. Loan—BenjaminF. Simpson—BenjaminFranklin Terry—BenjaminFranklin Junkin—BenjaminF. Partridge—B.F. Langworthy—BenjaminF. Harding—BenjaminMebane—B.F. Whittemore—BenjaminFranklin Bradley—BenjaminFranklin Claypool—BenjaminFranklin Arthur—BenjaminFranklin Saffold—BenjaminF. Coates—B.Franklin Martin—BenjaminF. Howey—BenjaminF. Martin—BenjaminFranklin Rice—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Jackson—BenjaminF. Hopkins—BenjaminF. Tracy—BenjaminFranklin Briggs—BenjaminF. Grady—BenjaminF. Farnham—BenjaminF. Meyers—BenjaminFranklin White—BenjaminFranklin Prescott—BenjaminF. Jonas—B.Franklin Fisher—BenjaminFranklin Potts—BenjaminF. Funk—B.F. Brimberry—BenjaminF. Marsh—FrankB. Arnold—BenjaminF. Heckert—BenjaminF. Bradley—BenjaminF. Howell—BenjaminFranklin Miller—BenjaminF. Mahan—BenFranklin Caldwell—BenjaminFranklin Tilley—BenjaminF. Hackney—B.F. McMillan—BenjaminF. Shively—BenjaminFranklin Keller—B.Frank Hires—B.Frank Mebane—BenF. Stuart—B.Frank Murphy—BenjaminF. Starr—BenjaminFranklin Jones, Jr.—BenjaminF. Welty—BenjaminF. Jones—BenjaminFranklin Boley—BenFranklin Looney—BenjaminF. Bledsoe—BenjaminFranklin Williams—B.Frank Kelley—BenjaminFranklin Butler—BenjaminF. James—FrankB. Heintzleman—BenjaminF. Feinberg—B.Franklin Bunn—B.Franklin Blotz—BenF. Cameron—BenF. Blackmon—B.Frank Whelchel—B.F. Merritt, Jr.—BenF. Hornsby—BenDillingham II—BenFranklin Biddle, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. halfdollar coin (1948-63). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record | | | | Books by Benjamin Franklin:TheAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin —AnAccount of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place(1744) | | | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.Brands,TheFirst American: The Life and Times of BenjaminFranklin — Edmund S. Morgan,BenjaminFranklin — Stacy Schiff,AGreat Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth ofAmerica — Gordon S. Wood,TheAmericanization of Benjamin Franklin — WalterIsaacson,BenjaminFranklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren,BenjaminFranklin — Philip Dray,StealingGod's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Inventionof America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (1805-1873) — of Texas. Born in1805.State court judge in Texas, 1836; member ofTexasstate senate, 1845.Died in1873(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown. | | William S. Freeborn (1816-1900) — of Minnesota. Born in Iowa,1816.MemberMinnesota territorial council 4th District, 1854-57.Died in1900(ageabout84 years).Interment atSanLuis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  | John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) — also known asJohn C. Frémont;"ThePathfinder";"The Champion ofFreedom" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January21, 1813.Republican.Explorer;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1847;arrestedformutiny,1847;court-martialed;foundguilty ofmutiny,disobedience,andconductprejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres.JamesK. Polk;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1878-81;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.Episcopalian.Frenchancestry.Died, ofperitonitis,in ahotelroom at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atRocklandCemetery, Nyack, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)Frémont; married,October19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter ofThomasHart Benton). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SelahHill | | | | Fremont County,Colo.,Fremont County,Idaho,Fremont County,Iowa andFremont County,Wyo. are named for him. | | | | FremontPeak,inMontereyCounty andSan BenitoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnF. Hill—JohnC. F. Slayton—JohnFremont Cox | | | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,Free Men, Fremont." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by John C. Fremont:Memoirsof My Life and Times | | | | Books about John C. Fremont: TomChaffin,Pathfinder:John Charles Fremont and the Course of AmericanEmpire — David Roberts,ANewer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of theAmerican West — Andrew Rolle,JohnCharles Fremont: Character As Destiny — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | William Savin Fulton (1795-1844) — also known asWilliam S. Fulton — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inCecilCounty, Md.,June 2,1795.Democrat.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1829-35;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1835-36;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1836-44; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,August15, 1844 (age49 years, 74days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824-1905) — also known asRobert W. Furnas — of Brownville,NemahaCounty, Neb.Born inMiamiCounty, Ohio,May 5,1824.Republican.Printer;farmer;member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1856; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75;Governor ofNebraska, 1873-75.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.DiedJune 1,1905 (age81 years, 27days).Interment atBrownvilleCemetery, Brownville, Neb. | | James Gadsden (1788-1858) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 15,1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Floridastate legislature, 1840; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1853-56.Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase, which added30,000 square miles to the U.S. (parts of southern Arizona and NewMexico).Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December25, 1858 (age70 years, 224days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. | | James Taylor Gaines (1776-1856) — also known asJames Gaines — of Texas. Born in1776.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Sabine, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Shelby, Sabine and Harrison,1840-42.Died in Quartsburg,MariposaCounty, Calif.,1856(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown.  | 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), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known asJames A. Garfield — of Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in alogcabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November19, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;collegeprofessor;president,Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member ofOhiostate senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81;Presidentof the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.Disciplesof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaUpsilon.Shotby theassassinCharles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & PotomacRailroadStation, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from theeffects of the wound andinfection,in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September19, 1881 (age49 years, 304days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 atGarfieldCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atGoldenGate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue atPiatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married,November11, 1858, toLucretiaRudolph; father ofHarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; fourth cousin ofEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlden Thayer. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Maynard | | | | Garfield counties inColo.,Mont.,Neb.,Okla.,Utah andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | GarfieldMountain,in the Cascade Range,KingCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofGarfield,Washington, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JamesG. Stewart | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James A. Garfield: AllanPeskin,Garfield:A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) — also known asAugustus H. Garland — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 11,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Arkansas,1860;delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868;Governorof Arkansas, 1874-77;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85;U.S.Attorney General, 1885-89.Slaveowner. Died suddenly while arguing a case before theSupremeCourt, in theU.S.Capitol Building,Washington,D.C.,January26, 1899 (age66 years, 229days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | James Garrard (1749-1822) — Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,January14, 1749.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1796-1804.Baptist.Died inBourbonCounty, Ky.,January19, 1822 (age73 years, 5days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky.  | 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 famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Horatio Gates (1726-1806) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1726.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01.Died in1806(ageabout80 years).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | John White Geary (1819-1873) — also known asJohn W. Geary — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born near Mt. Pleasant,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,December30, 1819.Republican.Civilengineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster atSanFrancisco, Calif., 1849; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1849;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1867-73.Methodist.Died after suffering aheartattack, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,February8, 1873 (age53 years, 40days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Richard Gentry (1788-1837) — of Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,August25, 1788.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate, 1826-29; postmaster atColumbia,Mo., 1829-37.One of the founders of Smithton, later Columbia, Mo., 1820.Killedwhile fighting Indians at the battle of Okeechobee,OkeechobeeCounty, Fla.,December25, 1837 (age49 years, 122days).Original intermentsomewhere in Okeechobee, Fla.; reinterment atJeffersonBarracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo. | | James Zachariah George (1826-1897) — also known asJames Z. George — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.; Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Miss.Born inMonroeCounty, Ga.,October20, 1826.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1881-97; died in office 1897.Slaveowner. Died in Mississippi City,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,August14, 1897 (age70 years, 298days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, North Carrollton, Miss. | | 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. | | William Branch Giles (1762-1830) — also known asWilliam B. Giles — ofAmeliaCounty, Va.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,August12, 1762.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1790-98, 1801-03 (at-large 1790-91,9th District 1791-97, at-large 1797-98, 1801-03); member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1800, 1816-17, 1826-27;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1804, 1805-15;Governor ofVirginia, 1827-30;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.Slaveowner. Died inAmeliaCounty, Va.,December4, 1830 (age68 years, 114days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Amelia County, Va. | | George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known asGeorge R. Gilmer — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (nowOglethorpeCounty), Ga.,April11, 1790.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35;Governorof Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1836;Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia,1840.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1859 (age69 years, 219days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Lexington, Ga. | | Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 6,1802.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39;Governor ofVirginia, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5thDistrict 1843-44);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age41 years, 328days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married toAnne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); grandnephew ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofAylettHawes; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes,AlbertGallatin Hawes andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin twice removed ofHubbardT. Smith; third cousin thrice removed ofArcherWoodford; fourth cousin ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Gilmer County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Gilpin (1813-1894) — of Colorado. Born inNew CastleCounty, Del.,October4, 1813.Lawyer;newspapereditor;explorer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862.Run over by ahorse andbuggy, and later died as a result, inDenver,Colo.,January20, 1894 (age80 years, 108days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo. | | Thomas Glascock (1790-1841) — of Georgia. Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,October21, 1790.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1821-23, 1831-34, 1839;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.Slaveowner. Died in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,May 19,1841 (age50 years, 210days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | George Washington Glasscock (1810-1879) — of Texas. Born in1810.Member of Texas state legislature, 1850. Died in1879(ageabout69 years).Burial location unknown. | | Frank Robert Gooding (1859-1928) — also known asFrank R. Gooding — of Shoshone,LincolnCounty, Idaho; Gooding,GoodingCounty, Idaho.Born in Tiverton, Devon,England,September16, 1859.Republican.Miningcontractor;farmer;member ofIdahostate senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Idaho,1904,1924,1928;Governorof Idaho, 1905-09;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1921-28; defeated, 1918; died in office 1928.Methodist.Died in Gooding,GoodingCounty, Idaho,June 24,1928 (age68 years, 282days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Gooding, Idaho. | | William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inScrevenCounty, Ga.,January17, 1796.Lawyer;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1835; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838; founder and president of the CentralRailroadandBanking Co.Died, frombiliouspleurisy, in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March22, 1842 (age46 years, 64days).Original interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atWrightSquare, Savannah, Ga. | | John J. Gosper (born c.1843) — of Nebraska. Born about 1843.Secretaryof state of Nebraska, 1873-75.Burial location unknown. | | William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) — also known asWilliam A. Graham — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born near Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,September5, 1804.Whig.Lawyer;planter;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1833-40;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1840-43;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1845-49;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1850-52; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1852; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1854-66;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1875 (age70 years, 340days).Interment atHillsboroughOld Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C. | | Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856) — also known asJedediah M. Grant;"Brigham'sSledgehammer" —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1816.Mayorof Salt Lake City, Utah, 1851-56; died in office 1856.Mormon.Died, ofpneumonia,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,December1, 1856 (age40 years, 284days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.  | Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known asUlysses S. Grant;Hiram Ulysses Grant;"Savior of the Union";"Lion ofVicksburg";"The Austerlitz of AmericanPolitics";"Unconditional Surrender Grant";"The Galena Tanner";"The SilentSoldier";"The Silent General" —of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.Born in Point Pleasant,ClermontCounty, Ohio,April27, 1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Presidentof the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died ofthroatcancer, at Mt. McGregor,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1885 (age63 years, 87days).Interment atGeneralGrant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married,August22, 1848, toJuliaBoggs Dent (sister-in-law ofAlexanderSharp; sister ofGeorgeWrenshall Dent andLewisDent); father ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who marriedWilliamPigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop,AbelHuntington andWilliamRush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,TheodoreDavenport,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,JesseMonroe Hatch,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,FrancisWatkinson Cole andWarrenDelano Robbins. | | | | Political family:Grantfamily of San Francisco, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HoracePorter —AyresPhillips Merrill —RobertMartin Douglas —ThomasL. Hamer —JamesArkell —JosephD. Webster | | | | Grant counties inArk.,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Neb.,N.M.,N.Dak.,Okla.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:UlyssesG. Owings—UlyssesG. Argetsinger—UlyssesG. Scalley—U. S.G. Cherry—UlyssesG. Palmer—UlyssesS. G. Bieber—UlyssesG. Denman—UlyssesG. Crandell—UlyssesS. G. Blakely—S. U.G. Rhodes—UlyssesG. Borden—U.Grant Mengel—UlyssesG. Foster—U.S. Balentine—UlyssesG. Byers—U.Grant Burch, Jr.—U.S. Grant Leverett | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5silver certificates in 1887-1927. | | | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,fight." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: JeanEdward Smith,Grant —Frank J. Scaturro,PresidentGrant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely,Grant —Brooks D. Simpson,UlyssesS. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — BrooksD. Simpson,LetUs Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War andReconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Josiah Bunting III,UlyssesS. Grant — Michael Korda,UlyssesS. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,AVictor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked MilitaryGenius — Harry J. Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — H. W. Brands,TheMan Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War andPeace — Charles Bracelen Flood,Grant'sFinal Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —Joan Waugh,U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: NewtGingrich & William R. Forstchen,GrantComes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,NeverCall Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) — of Texas. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,December12, 1819.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1850; member ofTexasstate senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1874.Died oftuberculosis,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October3, 1874 (age54 years, 295days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Grayson (1736-1790) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1736.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.Slaveowner. Died in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,March12, 1790 (ageabout 53years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Prince William County, Va.  | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue atCity Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atHerald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoraceG. Snover—HoraceG. Knowles—HoraceGreeley Dawson, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Go West, youngman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Horace Greeley:Americanconflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States ofAmerica, 1860-1865 (1869) —RecollectionsOf A Busy Life | | | | Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G.Van Deusen,HoraceGreeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J.Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg,Spreadthe truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber,HoraceGreeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross,GoWest Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision forAmerica — J. Parton,TheLife of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New YorkTribune | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Christopher Greenup (c.1750-1818) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia, about 1750. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785;U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1792-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798; Clerk of the Kentucky StateSenate, 1799-1802; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802;Governor ofKentucky, 1804-08; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1808;justice of the peace.Slaveowner. Died in Blue Licks Spring,NicholasCounty, Ky.,April27, 1818 (ageabout 68years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Alfred Burton Greenwood (1811-1889) — also known asAlfred B. Greenwood — of Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.Born inFranklinCounty, Ga.,July 11,1811.Democrat. Member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1842-45; circuit judge inArkansas, 1851-53;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1853-59.Incorrectly credited in some sources as having been a member of theConfederate Congress.Slaveowner. Died in Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.,October4, 1889 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark. | | John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) — of Texas. Born in Shelbyville,BedfordCounty, Tenn.,July 18,1802.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847-51.Member,Freemasons.Died whilecampaigningfor the governorship,July 4,1855 (age52 years, 351days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Gregg (1828-1864) — of Texas. Born inLawrenceCounty, Ala.,September28, 1828.State court judge in Texas, 1856;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Killedin action on the Charles City Road near Richmond (unknowncounty), Va.,October7, 1864 (age36 years, 9days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss. | | John Shaw Gregory (b. 1831) — also known asJ. Shaw Gregory — of Fort Randall,GregoryCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in New York,1831.MemberDakota territorial council, 1862-66.Burial location unknown. | | Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) — of Texas. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,February6, 1788.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1836-37, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-43.DiedMarch15, 1866 (age78 years, 37days).Original interment atJohnMcGinty Cemetery, Near Navasota, Grimes County, Tex.; reintermentin 1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Felix Grundy (1777-1840) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September11, 1777.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1800;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1806;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-14; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1815;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1829-38, 1839-40; died in office 1840;U.S.Attorney General, 1838-39.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December19, 1840 (age63 years, 99days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire,England,March3, 1735.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777.Mortallywounded in aduel withLachlanMcIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, nearSavannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 19,1777 (age42 years, 77days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,July 28,1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1792-93;U.S.Postmaster General, 1795-1801.Member,Freemasons.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November17, 1815 (age64 years, 112days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Augustus Caesar Hall (1814-1861) — also known asAugustus Hall — of Keosauqua,Van BurenCounty, Iowa.Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1855-57;justice ofNebraska territorial supreme court, 1858-61; died in office 1861;chiefjustice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1858-61; died inoffice 1861.Died in Bellevue,SarpyCounty, Neb.,February1, 1861 (age46 years, 278days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | Lyman Hall (1724-1790) — of Georgia. Born in Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April12, 1724.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofGeorgia, 1783-84.Congregationalist.DiedOctober19, 1790 (age66 years, 190days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atCourthouseGrounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall (1788-1867) — also known asWarren D. C. Hall — of Texas. Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,1788.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836.DiedApril 8,1867 (ageabout 78years).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.  | 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), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1830-32.Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through somemishap, wasdrownedin theGulf ofMexico,November15, 1857 (age71 years, 191days). His remains were probablyneverfound. | | William H. Hamilton (born c.1816) — of Iowa. Born about 1816. Member ofIowastate senate, 1856.Burial location unknown.  | 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 theUniversityof Maine,Orono,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: CharlesEugene Hamlin,TheLife and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins,Hannibal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) — also known as"Savior of SouthCarolina" —of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880;U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of ConfederateVeterans.Lost aleg in an accident in 1878.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April11, 1902 (age84 years, 14days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWadeHampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married,October10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter ofFrancisSmith Preston; sister ofWilliamCampbell Preston); married1858 to MarySingleton McDuffie (daughter ofGeorgeMcDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who marriedJohnSmith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who marriedJohnLaurence Manning); grandson ofWadeHampton (1752-1835). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hampton County,S.C. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHampton,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Wade HamptonHighSchool (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), inGreenville,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The Wade HamptonStateOffice Building (opened 1940), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter BrianCisco,WadeHampton: Confederate Warrior, ConservativeStatesman | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | John Hancock (1737-1793) — of Massachusetts. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January23, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4electoral votes,1789.Congregationalist.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1793 (age56 years, 258days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Hancock and Mary (Hawke) Hancock; married,August28, 1775, to Dorothy 'Dolly'(Quincy) Scott. | | | | Hancock counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Maine,Miss.,Ohio,Tenn. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofHancock,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. —MountHancock, in the White Mountains,GraftonCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Hancock (built 1941 atPortland,Oregon; torpedoed and lost in theCaribbeanSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Hancock: Harlow GilesUnger,JohnHancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — HarlowGiles Unger,JohnHancock: Merchant King & American Patriot |
| | George H. Hand (1837-1891) — Born in Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio,August9, 1837.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Dakotaterritory attorney general, 1866-69;U.S.Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1866-69;secretaryof Dakota Territory, 1874-83.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,March10, 1891 (age53 years, 213days).Burial location unknown. | | John M. Hansford (c.1800-1844) — of Texas. Born about 1800. Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40; judge of TexasRepublic, 1840-42.Resignedas judge in 1842 while beingimpeachedover hishandlingof a trial arising out of the "Regulator-Moderator War" in EastTexas.Killedby members of the Regulators who had seized his home, in Texas,1844(ageabout44 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph R. Hanson (1837-1917) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,1837.Republican. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1868.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,1917(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805-1854) — also known asHugh A. Haralson — of LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.Born near Penfield,GreeneCounty, Ga.,November13, 1805.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1831; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1837;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-51 (at-large 1843-45, 4thDistrict 1845-51).Slaveowner. DiedSeptember25, 1854 (age48 years, 316days).Interment atHillView Cemetery, LaGrange, Ga. | | Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) — also known asCary A. Hardee — of Live Oak,SuwanneeCounty, Fla.Born inTaylorCounty, Fla.,November13, 1876.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1915-17;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1917;Governor ofFlorida, 1921-25.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen.DiedNovember21, 1957 (age81 years, 8days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Madison, Fla. | | Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February26, 1795.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Matagorda, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836.Died in Caney Creek,MatagordaCounty, Tex.,October12, 1836 (age41 years, 229days).Original intermentsomewherein Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January31, 1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of TexasRepublic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inBastropCounty, Tex.,January15, 1854 (age65 years, 349days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1937 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother ofBaileyHardeman; married1814 to MaryOphelia Polk (aunt ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk); married,October26, 1836, to Eliza DeWitt; fourth cousin ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,FrancisWayles Eppes,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hardeman County,Tenn. is named for him;Hardeman County,Tex. is named partly for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known asWarren G. Harding — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Blooming Grove,MorrowCounty, Ohio,November2, 1865.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofOhiostate senate 13th District, 1901-03;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904(alternate),1912,1916(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker);candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1910;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1915-21;Presidentof the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;PhiAlpha Delta.Firstpresident ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,1922.Died, probably from aheartattack, in a room at the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August2, 1923 (age57 years, 273days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not acceptedby historians.Originally entombed atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 atHardingMemorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) atWoodland Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;married,July 8,1891, toFlorenceDeWolfe. | | | | Harding County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | HardingHighSchool, inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingHighSchool, inWarren,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Warren G. HardingMiddleSchool, inFrankford,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofHardingTownship, New Jersey (created 1922) isnamed forhim. — WarrenStreet,GStreet,and HardingStreet(now Boardwalk), inKetchikan,Alaska, were allnamed forhim. — HardingMountain,inChelanCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. —MountHarding, inSkagway,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Remember there are twosides to every question. Get both." | | | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back tonormalcy with Harding." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Warren G. Harding: FrancisRussell,TheShadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In HisTimes — Robert K. Murray,TheHarding Era : Warren G. Harding and HisAdministration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson,ThePresidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,InsideStory of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee,TheOhio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.Dean,WarrenG. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell,TheStrange Deaths of President Harding — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Russell Roberts,WarrenG. Harding (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) — of Virginia. Born inIsle ofWight County, Va., about 1758.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1778, 1780-82;LieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office1785.Died while attending theContinentalCongress in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October17, 1785 (ageabout 27years).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Judson Harmon (1846-1927) — of Wyoming,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Newtown,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February3, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge inOhio, 1878-87;U.S.Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankruptrailways,1905-09;Governor ofOhio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1916,1924;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1924.Baptist.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February22, 1927 (age81 years, 19days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) — of North Carolina. Born near Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April20, 1723.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.Captured by the British in January 1781, anddiedas aprisoner, ofdiseasecontracted in captivity, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April20, 1781 (age58 years, 0days).Interment atSt.James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C. | | Albert Galliton Harrison (1800-1839) — of Missouri. Born in Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,June 26,1800.U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1835-39.Slaveowner. Died in Fulton,CallawayCounty, Mo.,September7, 1839 (age39 years, 73days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) — also known as"The Signer" — ofCharlesCity County, Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,April 5,1726.Planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1749-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81;Governor ofVirginia, 1781-84;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CharlesCity County, 1788.Died inCharlesCity County, Va.,April24, 1791 (age65 years, 19days).Interment atBerkeleyPlantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as"Tippecanoe";"OldTip";"Farmer of North Bend";"General Mum";"Cincinnatus of theWest" —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Berkeley,CharlesCity County, Va.,February9, 1773.Whig.Secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1798-99;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member ofOhiostate senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1820; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGran Colombia, 1828-29;Presidentof the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniaortyphoid,at theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,April 4,1841 (age68 years, 54days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother ofCarterBassett Harrison; married,November22, 1795, toAnnaTuthill Symmes (daughter ofJohnCleves Symmes); father ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); grandfather ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); great-grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; second cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofRobertMonroe Harrison. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Harrison counties inInd.,Iowa,Miss. andOhio arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHarrison,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamH. Harrison Taylor—WilliamH. H. Bingham—WilliamH. H. Ross—WilliamH. H. Comstock—WilliamH. H. Bailey—WilliamH. H. Lewis—W.H. H. Eba—WilliamH. H. Wroe—WilliamH. H. Dickinson—WilliamH. H. Gere—WilliamH. H. Clayton—WilliamH. H. Allen—WilliamH. H. Beadle—WilliamH. H. Keeney—WilliamH. H. Varney—WilliamH. H. Cowles—WilliamH. H. Stowell—WilliamH. H. Miller—WilliamH. H. Cook—WilliamH. H. Hill—WilliamH. H. Flick—WilliamH. H. Sieg—WilliamH. H. Slack—WilliamH. H. Webster—WilliamH. H. Fine—WilliamH. Heard—WilliamH. H. Hart—WilliamH. H. Llewellyn—WilliamH. H. Lea—WilliamH. H. Cash—WilliamH. H. Bowen—WilliamH. H. Heath—WilliamH. H. Gardner | | | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe andTyler Too." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Henry Harrison:Freeman Cleaves,OldTippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —Norma Lois Peterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — DavidLillard,WilliamHenry Harrison (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Oliver Cromwell Hartley (1823-1859) — of Texas. Born in1823.Member of Texas state legislature, 1851. Died in1859(ageabout36 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Madison Harvey (1833-1894) — also known asJames M. Harvey — of Fort Riley,GearyCounty, Kan.; Vinton,CowleyCounty, Kan.Born near Salt Sulphur Springs,MonroeCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September21, 1833.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1865-66; member ofKansasstate senate, 1867-68;Governor ofKansas, 1869-73;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1874-77.Died near Junction City,GearyCounty, Kan.,April15, 1894 (age60 years, 206days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Junction City, Kan.  | Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) — also known asCharles N. Haskell — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.Born in Leipsic,PutnamCounty, Ohio,March13, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;oilbusiness;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906;Governor ofOklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1928.Died, ofpneumonia,in the SkirvinHotel,Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,July 5,1933 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atGreenhillCemetery, Muskogee, Okla. | | 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. | | Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) — of North Carolina. Born in Granville County (part now inWarrenCounty), N.C.,August15, 1754.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1778-79, 1784;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1781-83, 1787;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1789;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1789-95.Slaveowner. Died inCrawfordCounty, Ga.,June 6,1818 (age63 years, 295days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ga.  | 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 Coffee Hays (1817-1883) — also known asJack C. Hays — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Cedar Lick,WilsonCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1817.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1876.Joined the Texas Rangers in the 1830s (later named to Texas RangersHall of Fame). Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850; U.S. SurveyorGeneral for California, 1853; one of the founders of the city ofOakland.DiedApril21, 1883 (age66 years, 83days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | John Haywood (1762-1826) — also known as"The Father of TennesseeHistory" —Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C.,March16, 1762.NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1792-95;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1794;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1816.Founder of Tennesee Antiquarian Society. Died inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1826(ageabout64 years).Interment atTusculumBaptist Church Grounds, Near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. | | Stephen Heard (1741-1815) — ofElbertCounty, Ga.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,November13, 1741.Engineer;planter;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofGeorgia, 1780-81; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1794-95.Died inElbertCounty, Ga.,November15, 1815 (age74 years, 2days).Interment atHeardCemetery, Elberton, Ga.| | Relatives:Married1760 to JaneGermany; married,August25, 1785, to Elizabeth Darden; father of Jane Lanier Heard (whomarriedSingletonWalthall Allen),GeorgeWashington Heard,BarnardCarroll Heard andThomasJefferson Heard; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who marriedLutherH. O. Martin Sr.), Rebecca Allen (who marriedWilliamH. Mattox),JamesLawrence Heard,RobertMiddleton Heard andWilliamHenry Heard; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (whomarriedBuddClay Wall), Nancy Middleton Heard (who marriedPhillipWatkins Davis),WilliamHenry Harrison Heard andLutherH. O. Martin Jr.. | | | | Political family:Heardfamily of Elberton, Georgia. | | | | Heard County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,December18, 1803.Lawyer;newspapereditor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; diedin office 1862; candidate forSenatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,January7, 1862 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,June 3,1780.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.Wasthrownfrom ahorse,which resulted in his death six days later, atSt.Louis, Mo.,August10, 1817 (age37 years, 68days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) — also known asJ. Pinckney Henderson — of Marshville (unknowncounty), Tex.Born in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,March31, 1808.Lawyer;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836-37;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Governor ofTexas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 4,1858 (age50 years, 65days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Leonard Henderson (1772-1833) — of North Carolina. Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,October6, 1772.State court judge in North Carolina, 1808;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1818;chiefjustice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1829-33.Died in Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C.,August13, 1833 (age60 years, 311days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C. | | William Hendricks (1782-1850) — of Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.Born in Ligonier Valley,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,November12, 1782.Democrat. Member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1813-14;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1814-17;U.S.Representative from Indiana at-large, 1816-22;Governor ofIndiana, 1822-25;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1825-37.Died in Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.,May 16,1850 (age67 years, 185days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Madison, Ind.  | Patrick Henry (1736-1799) — ofPrinceEdward County, Va.Born in Studley,HanoverCounty, Va.,May 29,1736.Lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1765;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofVirginia, 1776-79, 1784-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from PrinceEdward County, 1788; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1799.ScottishandEnglishancestry.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1920.Died near Brookneal,CampbellCounty, Va.,June 6,1799 (age63 years, 8days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry(1738-1790; who marriedWilliamChristian) and Elizabeth Henry (who marriedWilliamRussell andWilliamCampbell); married1754 to SarahShelton; married,October25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (whomarriedSpencerRoane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who marriedAlexanderScott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who marriedFrancisSmith Preston); grandfather ofWilliamHenry Roane; granduncle ofValentineWood Southall,WilliamCampbell Preston,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andJohnSmith Preston; great-granduncle ofStephenValentine Southall,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather ofRobertLee Henry; cousin *** ofIsaacColes. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Henry counties inAla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:PatrickH. Davis—PatrickHenry Bradley—PatrickHenry—PatrickH. Roche—PatrickH. McCarren—PatrickH. Cashin—PatrickH. McGarry—PatrickHenry McCarthy—PatrickHenry Callahan—PatrickH. Kelley—PatrickH. O'Brien—P.H. Moynihan—PatrickH. Quinn—PatrickH. Drewry—PatrickHenry Kennedy—J.H. Culkin—DatBarthel | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow GilesUnger,Lionof Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a NewNation — Thomas S. Kidd,PatrickHenry: First Among Patriots | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882) — also known asBenjamin H. Hill — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inJasperCounty, Ga.,September14, 1823.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1851; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1857;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1875-77;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1877-82; died in office 1882.Slaveowner. Died ofcancer inAtlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1882 (age58 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | George Washington Hill (1814-1860) — of Texas. Born in Hill Creek,WarrenCounty, Tenn.,April22, 1814.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-41, 1842-43;TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1843-44.Died in Spring Hill,NavarroCounty, Tex.,May 29,1860 (age46 years, 37days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Near Dawson, Navarro County, Tex. | | Thomas Hinds (1780-1840) — of Greenville,JeffersonCounty, Miss.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January9, 1780.Democrat.MemberMississippi territorial council, 1805-06;Speakerof Mississippi Territory House of Representatives, 1810; major inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1819;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1828-31.Slaveowner. Died in Greenville,JeffersonCounty, Miss.,August23, 1840 (age60 years, 227days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Miss. | | Phineas Warren Hitchcock (1831-1881) — also known asPhineas W. Hitchcock — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1831.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NebraskaTerritory,1860;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1865-67;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1871-77.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,July 10,1881 (age49 years, 222days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | George Washington Hockley (1802-1854) — of Texas. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1802.TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1841-42.Died in Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.,June 6,1854 (ageabout 51years).Interment atOldBayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex. | | James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906) — also known asJim Hogg — ofWoodCounty, Tex.Born in alogcabin, near Rusk,CherokeeCounty, Tex.,March24, 1851.Democrat.WoodCounty Attorney, 1878-80; District Attorney, 7th District,1880-84;Texasstate attorney general, 1886-90;Governor ofTexas, 1891-95.DiedMarch 3,1906 (age54 years, 344days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | David Holmes (1769-1832) — ofWinchester,Va.; Washington,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born near Hanover,YorkCounty, Pa.,March10, 1769.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4thDistrict 1807-09);Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1809-11, 1812-15;Governor ofMississippi, 1817-20, 1826;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1820-25.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,August20, 1832 (age63 years, 163days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. | | Joseph Holt (1807-1894) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.;Washington,D.C.Born inBreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,January6, 1807.Lawyer;newspapereditor;JeffersonCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1833-35; U.S. Commissioner ofPatents, 1857;U.S.Postmaster General, 1859-60;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861.Died inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1894 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Breckinridge County, Ky. | | Peter Horry (1743-1815) — Born inGeorgetownCounty, S.C.,1743.Planter;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1792-94; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1785-87.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February28, 1815 (ageabout 71years).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.  | George Smith Houston (1811-1879) — also known asGeorge S. Houston — of Athens,LimestoneCounty, Ala.Born near Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,January17, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1832;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,5th District 1843-49, 1851-61);Governor ofAlabama, 1874-78;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,LimestoneCounty, Ala.,December31, 1879 (age68 years, 348days).Interment atAthensCity Cemetery, Athens, Ala.  | Samuel Houston (1793-1863) — also known asSam Houston — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.Born near Lexington,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 2,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7thDistrict 1825-27);Governor ofTennessee, 1827-29;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Refugio, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-59;Governor ofTexas, 1859-61.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,July 26,1863 (age70 years, 146days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 atHermanPark, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives:Father ofAndrewJackson Houston; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin(who marriedMarionPrice Daniel); third great-grandfather ofMarionPrice Daniel Jr.; cousin *** ofDavidHubbard. | | | | Political family:Daniel-Houstonfamily of Texas. | | | | Houston counties inMinn.,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHouston,Texas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941, atHouston,Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in theAtlanticOcean) andSS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the sameshipyard; scrapped 1959) werenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoustonJustice—SamH. Jones—SamHouston Clinton, Jr.—SamH. Melton, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Sam Houston: James L.Haley,SamHouston — Marquis James,TheRaven : A Biography of Sam Houston — Randolph B.Campbell,SamHouston and the American Southwest — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Jean Fritz,MakeWay for Sam Houston (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | John Houstoun (1744-1796) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Waynesboro,BurkeCounty, Ga.,August31, 1744.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775;Governor ofGeorgia, 1778, 1784-85; defeated, 1787;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1790-91; superior court judge in Georgia, 1792.Scottishancestry.Died near Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,July 20,1796 (age51 years, 324days).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,1760.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1801-02;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10;Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12;Governorof Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,September18, 1814 (ageabout 54years).Original interment atOldGrace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | James H. Howard (b. 1838) — ofPikeCounty, Ark.Born in Tennessee,1838.Shoemaker;lawyer;PikeCounty Clerk, 1862-68; member ofArkansasstate senate 17th District, 1871-73.Burial location unknown. | | John Eager Howard (1752-1827) — also known as"Hero of Cowpens" — of Maryland. Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,June 4,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1787-88;Governor ofMaryland, 1788-91; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-94; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1796-1803; received 22 electoral votes forVice-President,1816.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,October12, 1827 (age75 years, 130days).Entombed atOldSt. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; statue erected 1904 atWashingtonPlace, Baltimore, Md. | | Tilghman Ashurst Howard (1797-1844) — also known asTilghman A. Howard — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.; Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.Born in Pickensville,PickensCounty, S.C.,November14, 1797.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1824;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1833-39;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1839-40; candidate forGovernorof Indiana, 1840; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTexas Republic, 1844, died in office 1844.Died in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,August16, 1844 (age46 years, 276days).Interment atRockvilleCemetery, Rockville, Ind. | | Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) — also known asVolney E. Howard — of Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Norridgewock,SomersetCounty, Maine,October22, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Texasstate attorney general, 1846;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superiorcourt judge in California, 1879.Injured induelwithHiramG. Runnels.Slaveowner. Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 14,1889 (age79 years, 204days).Original interment atFortHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known asLucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing,GoodhueCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1836.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;grainbusiness;railroadbuilder; member ofMinnesotastate senate 16th District, 1872-75;Governor ofMinnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1896;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February5, 1913 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Red Wing, Minn. | | Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941) — also known asClaude B. Hudspeth;C. B.Hudspeth —of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Medina,BanderaCounty, Tex.,May 12,1877.Democrat.Lawyer;livestockgrower; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1902-06; member ofTexasstate senate, 1906-18;U.S.Representative from Texas 16th District, 1919-31.DiedMarch19, 1941 (age63 years, 311days).Interment atMissionBurial Park South, San Antonio, Tex. | | Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) — of Elk Point,UnionCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born in Brantford,Ontario,September30, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;memberDakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1872,1876,1880(alternate);Dakotaterritory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from North Dakota,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November24, 1907 (age61 years, 55days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) — also known asBenjamin G. Humphreys — of Mississippi. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,August26, 1808.Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1837; member ofMississippistate senate, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1865-68.DuringReconstruction,he wasphysicallyejected from the governor's office by an armed force under theorders of the U.S. military commander of Mississippi.Died inLefloreCounty, Miss.,December20, 1882 (age74 years, 116days).Interment atWintergreenCemetery, Port Gibson, Miss. | | Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Hernando,DeSotoCounty, Miss.Born inStaunton,Va.,1778.Democrat.Lawyer;superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09; circuit judge inTennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15;banker.Slaveowner. Died in Hernando,DeSotoCounty, Miss.,February12, 1839 (ageabout 60years).Interment atMethodistCemetery, Hernando, Miss. | | Memucan Hunt (1807-1856) — of Texas. Born inVanceCounty, N.C.,August7, 1807.General in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1838-39; candidate forVicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1841; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1852.Died inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 5,1856 (age48 years, 303days).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Huntington (1731-1796) — of Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Windham,WindhamCounty, Conn.,July 16,1731.Lawyer;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1773-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776-84;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-83;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1784-86;Governor ofConnecticut, 1786-96; died in office 1796; received 2 electoralvotes,1789.Congregationalist.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January5, 1796 (age64 years, 173days).Interment atOldNorwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Huntington (1691-1767) and Mehetabel (Thurston)Huntington; married,January5, 1761, to Martha Devotion; uncle and adoptive father ofSamuelH. Huntington; granduncle ofNathanielHuntington (1793-1828),JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington andElishaMills Huntington; great-granduncle ofCollinsDwight Huntington andGeorgeMilo Huntington; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Ridgely; third great-granduncle ofHelenHuntington Hull; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofJabezHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; second cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,JohnDavenport,EbenezerHuntington,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,CharlesPhelps Huntington andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnHall Brockway,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andWilliamClark Huntington; second cousin four times removed ofAlexanderHamilton Waterman,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JosiahQuincy,WilliamBrainard Coit,HenryArthur Huntington,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,EdmondOtis Dewey,AustinEugene Lathrop,GeorgeMartin Dewey,SchuylerCarl Wells,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,JohnFoster Dulles,JamesGillespie Blaine III,AllenWelsh Dulles,RandolphAppleton Kidder andArthurGayton Postlethwaite; third cousin ofSamuelAdams andBenjaminLincoln; third cousin once removed ofJosephAllen,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),SamuelNicholls Smallwood andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelLathrop,BelaEdgerton,WillardJ. Chapin,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,PhiloFairchild Barnum,PhineasTaylor Barnum,AlansonPike andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHard,CharlesRobert Sherman,HemanTicknor,GideonHard,NormanA. Phelps,AlphonsoTaft,AlfredPeck Edgerton,EmersonWight,JosephKetchum Edgerton,WilliamHenry Barnum,UlyssesSimpson Grant,WilliamVincent Wells,AugustusFrank,EdwardM. Chapin,ElizurStillman Goodrich,RhamanthusMenville Stocker andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); fourth cousin once removed ofMartinKeeler andThaddeusBetts. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | HuntingtonCounty, Ind. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipedia article |
| | James Hyde (1842-1902) — Born in1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Died in1902(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Delucenna Ingham (1779-1860) — also known asSamuel D. Ingham — of New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.Born near New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.,September16, 1779.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1806;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1813-18, 1822-29 (6th District1813-18, 7th District 1822-23, 8th District 1823-25, 7th District1825-27, 8th District 1827-29);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1819-20;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-31.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 5,1860 (age80 years, 263days).Interment atSoleburyPresbyterian Churchyard, Solebury, Pa. | | James Iredell Jr. (1788-1853) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,November2, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1813; state court judge in NorthCarolina, 1819;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1827-28;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1828-31.Slaveowner. Died in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April13, 1853 (age64 years, 162days).Interment atJohnstonBurial Ground, Edenton, N.C. | | Robert Anderson Irion (1802-1861) — of Texas. Born in1802.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Nacogdoches, 1836-37;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1837-38.Died in1861(ageabout59 years).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex. | | Jared Irwin (1750-1818) — of Georgia. Born in Georgia,1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789, 1798; member ofGeorgia state legislature, 1790;Governor ofGeorgia, 1796-98, 1806-09.DiedMarch 1,1818 (ageabout 67years).Interment atIrwinFamily Cemetery, Near Tennille, Washington County, Ga. | | George Izard (1776-1828) — of Arkansas. Born inEngland,October21, 1776.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Died of an illness caused by thegout,in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,November22, 1828 (age52 years, 32days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) — also known asPatrick C. Jack — of Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,1808.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-44.Died ofyellowfever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August4, 1844 (ageabout 36years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Houston Jack (1806-1844) — of Alabama; Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,April12, 1806.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died inoffice 1844.Died ofyellowfever inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,August20, 1844 (age38 years, 130days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as"Old Hickory";"The Farmer ofTennessee";"King Andrew theFirst" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born, in alogcabin, in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March15, 1767.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Florida Territory, 1821;Presidentof the United States, 1829-37;censuredby the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits fromthe Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attendingfuneral services at the Capitol Building for Rep.WarrenR. Davis of South Carolina, he wasshotat with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, ahouse painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistolduel,May 30, 1806; alsodueledwithThomasHart Benton andWaightstillAvery. Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (congestiveheart failure), in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1845 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atTheHermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 atLafayettePark, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 atJacksonSquare, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;married,January17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt ofAndrewJackson Donelson). | | | | Political families:Cafferyfamily of Franklin, Louisiana;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisP. Blair | | | | Jackson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex.,W.Va. andWis., andHickory County,Mo., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AndrewJ. Donelson—AndrewJackson Miller—AndrewJ. Faulk—AndrewJackson Titus—AndrewJackson Isacks—AndrewJackson Hamilton—AndrewJ. Harlan—AndrewJ. Kuykendall—AndrewJ. Thayer—ElamA. J. Greeley—AndrewJackson Ingle—AndrewJ. Ogle—AndrewJackson Carr—AndrewJ. Waterman—AndrewJ. Bentley—AndrewJ. Rogers—WilliamA. J. Sparks—AndrewJackson Poppleton—AndrewJ. Hunter—AndrewJackson Bryant—AndrewJ. Beale—A.J. Clements—AndrewJackson Baker—AndrewJ. Felt—A. J.King—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJackson Greenfield—AndrewJackson Caldwell—AndrewJackson Gahagan—AndrewJackson Biship—AndrewJackson Houston—AndrewJackson Speer—AndrewJ. Cobb—AndrewJ. Montague—AndrewJ. Barchfeld—AndrewJ. Balliet—AndrewJ. Kirk—AndrewJ. Howell, Jr.—AndrewJ. Livingston—A.J. Sherwood—AndrewJackson Stewart—AndrewJ. May—AndrewJ. McConnico—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJ. Brewer—AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr.—AndrewBettwy—AndrewJ. Transue—AndrewJackson Graves—AndrewJackson Gilbert—AndrewJ. Goodwin—AndrewJ. Hinshaw—AndyYoung—AndrewJackson Kupper | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitappeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Let the peoplerule." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about Andrew Jackson: RobertVincent Remini,TheLife of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Democracy,1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —Andrew Burstein,ThePassions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & JeanneT. Heidler,OldHickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest forEmpire — Donald B. Cole,ThePresidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands,AndrewJackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham,AmericanLion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald BarrChidsey,AndrewJackson, Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | James Jackson (1757-1806) — of Georgia. Born in Devon,England,September21, 1757.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806;Governor ofGeorgia, 1798-1801.KilledGeorgeWells in aduelin 1780; injured in both knees.Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1806 (age48 years, 179days).Original interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1832 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | John Jay (1745-1829) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1745.Lawyer;law partner ofRobertR. Livingston;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; statecourt judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1779-82;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788; received 9 electoral votes,1789;received 5 electoral votes,1796;received one electoral vote,1800;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795;U.S.Secretary of State, 1789-90;Governor ofNew York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792.Episcopalian.FrenchHuguenot andDutchancestry.Died in Bedford,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1829 (age83 years, 156days).Interment atJayFamily Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother ofJamesJay andFrederickJay; married to Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (daughter ofWilliamLivingston; sister-in-law ofJohnCleves Symmes; sister ofHenryBrockholst Livingston; niece ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston; first cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston andPhilipPeter Livingston); father ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandson ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; grandfather ofJohnJay II; grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; second great-grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,PhilipP. Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,EdwardLivingston,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Jay County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Jay (built 1941-42 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnLovett—JohnJ. Walbridge—JohnJ. Jackson—JohnJ. Hardin—JohnJay Jackson, Jr.—JohnJay Hart—John J.Good—JohnJay Knox—JohnJ. Jamieson—JohnJay Philbrick—JohnJ. Kleiner—JohnJ. Carton—JohnJ. McCarthy—JohnJ. Dorman—JohnJay Hopkins—JohnJ. McCloy—JohnJay Justice—JohnJay Pilar—JohnJay Hooker—JohnJay LaValle—JohnJay Myers | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr,JohnJay : Founding Father — Phil Webster,Cana Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1958) |
|  | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as"Apostle of Liberty";"Sage ofMonticello";"Friend of the People";"Father of the University of Virginia" —ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,April13, 1743.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofVirginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1785-89;U.S.Secretary of State, 1790-93;VicePresident of the United States, 1797-1801;Presidentof the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),1796.Deist.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.He was elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 4,1826 (age83 years, 82days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaphatUniversityof Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married,January1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father ofMarthaJefferson (who marriedThomasMann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who marriedJohnWayles Eppes); uncle ofDabneyCarr; grandfather ofThomasJefferson Randolph,FrancisWayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who marriedNicholasPhilip Trist),BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; granduncle ofDabneySmith Carr; great-grandfather ofThomasJefferson Coolidge andFrederickMadison Roberts; second great-grandfather ofJohnGardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle ofEdithWilson; first cousin once removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed ofJohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker andWilliamSegar Archer; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,NathanielBeverly Tucker andEdmundRandolph; second cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,EdmundRandolph Cocke andJohnAugustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JeffersonM. Levy —JoshuaFry | | | | Jefferson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,Tenn.,Tex.,Wash.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountJefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), inCoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ThomasJefferson Kennard—ThomasJ. Randolph—ThomasJefferson Campbell—ThomasJ. Gazley—ThomasJ. Drake—ThomasJefferson Heard—ThomasJefferson Green—ThomasJ. Rusk—ThomasJefferson Withers—ThomasJ. Parsons—ThomasJ. Word—ThomasJ. Henley—ThomasJ. Dryer—ThomasJ. Foster—ThomasJ. Barr—ThomasJefferson Jennings—ThomasJ. Stewart—ThomasJ. Henderson—ThomasJ. Van Alstyne—ThomasJefferson Cason—T.J. Coghlan—ThomasJefferson Buford—T.Jefferson Coolidge—ThomasJ. Megibben—ThomasJ. Bunn—ThomasJ. Hardin—ThomasJ. McLain, Jr.—ThomasJ. Brown—ThomasJefferson Speer—ThomasJefferson Counts—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. Hudson—ThomasJ. Brady—ThomasJ. Selby—ThomasJefferson Deavitt—ThomasJefferson Majors—ThomasJefferson Wood—T.J. Jarratt—ThomasJefferson Nunn—ThomasJ. Douglas—ThomasJ. Strait—ThomasJ. Humes—T.J. Appleyard—ThomasJ. Clunie—ThomasJ. Steele—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. O'Donnell—ThomasJ. Shaw—ThomasJ. Halsey—ThomasJ. Graham—T.J. Martin—ThomasJefferson Lilly—ThomasJ. Randolph—TomJ. Terral—T.Jeff Busby—ThomasJefferson Murphy—ThomasJ. Hamilton—TomMangan—ThomasJ. Ryan—TomJ. Murray—ThomasJ. Tydings—ThomasJ. Tubb—TomSteed—ThomasJefferson Edmonds, Jr.—ThomasJ. Anderson—ThomasJefferson Roberts—ThomasJ. Barlow III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, andon the $2 bill since the 1860s. | | | | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrantsis obedience to God." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.Ellis,AmericanSphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — WillardSterne Randall,ThomasJefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein,ThomasJefferson — Joyce Appleby,ThomasJefferson — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — SusanDunn,Jefferson'sSecond Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —Andrew Burstein,Jefferson'sSecret: Death and Desire at Monticello — ChristopherHitchens,ThomasJefferson : Author of America — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed aboutThomas Jefferson — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed AboutThomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:Joseph Wheelan,Jefferson'sVendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and theJudiciary | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Charles Jones Jenkins (1805-1883) — also known asCharles J. Jenkins — of Georgia. BornJanuary6, 1805.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;Georgiastate attorney general, 1831; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1856;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1860-66;Governor ofGeorgia, 1865-68; received 2 electoral votes for President,1872;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.DiedJune 14,1883 (age78 years, 159days).Interment atSummervilleCemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) — of Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born in Readington,HunterdonCounty, N.J.,March27, 1784.Democrat.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1809-16;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;Governor ofIndiana, 1816-22; resigned 1822;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1822-31 (at-large 1822-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-31).Member,Freemasons.Died near Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,July 26,1834 (age50 years, 121days).Interment atCharlestownCemetery, Charlestown, Ind.  | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880) — also known asHerschel V. Johnson — of Georgia. Born near Farmer's Bridge,BurkeCounty, Ga.,September18, 1812.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1848-49; state court judge in Georgia,1849, 1873-80; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia, 1853;Governor ofGeorgia, 1853-57; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Senatorfrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.Slaveowner. Died near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1880 (age67 years, 333days).Interment atOldLouisville Cemetery, Louisville, Ga. | | Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) — Born in1810.Member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabamastate legislature, 1844; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1849; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.DiedMay 15,1866 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; reinterment atJohnsonPlantation Cemetery, Arlington, Tex.  | Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) — also known asRichard M. Johnson — of Great Crossings,ScottCounty, Ky.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,October17, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1804;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19, 1829-37 (4th District1807-13, at-large 1813-15, 3rd District 1815-19, 5th District1829-33, 13th District 1833-37);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1819-29;VicePresident of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,November19, 1850 (age70 years, 33days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Thomas Johnson (1802-1865) — of Kansas. Born in1802.Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855.Robbed andmurdered,1865(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in the RiceHotel,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,April12, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister toNew Grenada, 1859-61.Welshancestry.In 1861, wasarrestedin New York City by order of Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward on achargeofdisloyalty,based on correspondence with his friendJeffersonDavis;imprisonedfor 64 days; released by order of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 22,1896 (age92 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | James Jones (d. 1801) — of Georgia. Born in Maryland. Republican. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1796-98;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1801; died in office1801.DiedJanuary11, 1801.Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) — also known asLaurent-Salomon Juneau — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in L'Asumption,Quebec,August9, 1793.Democrat.Furtrader; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster atMilwaukee,Wis., 1835-43;mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died, reportedly fromappendicitis,in Keshena, Shawano County (nowMenomineeCounty), Wis.,November14, 1856 (age63 years, 97days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 atCalvaryCemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph atJuneauPark, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) — also known asElias K. Kane — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1794.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Randolph County,1818;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1818-22; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,December12, 1835 (age41 years, 188days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atEvergreenCemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) — also known asDavid S. Kaufman — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in Boiling Springs,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December18, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office1851.Jewish. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,January31, 1851 (age37 years, 44days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Amos Kendall (1789-1869) — Born in Dunstable,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August16, 1789.U.S.Postmaster General, 1835-40.Died inWashington,D.C.,November12, 1869 (age80 years, 88days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | James Kent (1763-1847) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Doanesburgh,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1763.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1793;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1798-1814;Chancellorof New York, 1814-23;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.AuthorofCommentaries on American Law, thefirstcomprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1847 (age84 years, 134days).Intermentsomewherein Fishkill, N.Y. | | | Jefferson Parish Kidder (1815-1883) — also known asJefferson P. Kidder — of Snowsville, Braintree,OrangeCounty, Vt.; West Randolph, Randolph,OrangeCounty, Vt.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Braintree,OrangeCounty, Vt.,June 4,1815.Lawyer;delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1841;OrangeCounty State's Attorney, 1843-47; member ofVermontstate senate, 1847-48;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Vermont,1856;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 1, 1861, 1863-64;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1865-75, 1879-83; died inoffice 1883;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1875-79.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October2, 1883 (age68 years, 120days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| | Relatives: SonofLymanKidder and Ruth (Nichols) Kidder; brother ofIraKidder; married,February26, 1838, to Mary Ann Stockwell; father ofSilasWright Kidder; uncle ofLymanKidder Bass; granduncle ofLymanMetcalfe Bass; first cousin ofAlvanKidder; first cousin once removed ofDanielS. Kidder; second cousin ofFrancisKidder; second cousin twice removed ofHarleyWalter Kidder; third cousin once removed ofIsaiahKidder,EzraKidder,DavidKidder andNathanParker Kidder; fourth cousin ofJarvisKing Pike,CharlesStetson,LutherKidder,ArbaKidder,JosephSouther Kidder,PascalPaoli Kidder andIsaiahStetson; fourth cousin once removed ofCalebBlodgett,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,OrlandoBurr Kidder,AdoniramJudson Kneeland,AlansonPike andIsaiahKidder Stetson. | | | | Political family:Blodgettfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Kidder County,N.Dak. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial —MinnesotaLegislator record |
| | William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known asWilliam R. King — of Cahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April 7,1786.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1844-46;VicePresident of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he hadgone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation nearCahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.,April18, 1853 (age67 years, 11days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Dallas County, Ala.; reinterment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) — also known asGeorge W. Kingsbury — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.Born in Lee,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1837.Republican.Printer;memberDakota territorial council, 1863-67; Republican PresidentialElector for South Dakota,1892;member ofSouthDakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96;newspapereditor.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,January28, 1925 (age87 years, 43days).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak. | | Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) — also known asNorman W. Kittson;"CommodoreKittson" —of Pembina,PembinaCounty, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy,Quebec),March5, 1814.Democrat.Furtrader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopolyin 1849;memberMinnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operatedsteamboatson the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis andManitobaRailwayin 1879-81.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in thediningcar of atrainen route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,May 10,1888 (age74 years, 66days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) — also known asJ. Proctor Knott — of Lebanon,MarionCounty, Ky.; Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Raywick, Washington County (nowMarionCounty), Ky.,August29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1857-58;Missouristate attorney general, 1858-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1867-71, 1875-83;Governor ofKentucky, 1883-87;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1891.Presbyterian.DiedJune 18,1911 (age80 years, 293days).Interment atRyderCemetery, Lebanon, Ky. | | Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 25,1750.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged hisintestines,and died three days later ofperitonitis,in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,October21, 1806 (age56 years, 88days).Interment atThomastonVillage Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.| | Knox counties inIll.,Ind.,Ky.,Maine,Mo.,Neb.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofKnoxville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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 theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | 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. | | James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known asJames H. Lane;"Liberator ofKansas";"Fighting Jim" —of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,June 22,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1855;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Deranged, andchargedwith financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by aself-inflictedgunshoton July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,July 11,1866 (age52 years, 19days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | Joseph Lane (1801-1881) — of Winchester,DouglasCounty, Ore.Born in alogcabin near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,December14, 1801.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; memberofIndianastate senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1852;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860; candidate forOregonstate senate, 1880.Baptist;laterCatholic.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Roseburg,DouglasCounty, Ore.,April19, 1881 (age79 years, 126days).Original interment atMasonicCemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; reinterment atMemorialGarden Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; cenotaph atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | Henry Laurens (1724-1792) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 6,1724.Merchant;planter;Vice-Presidentof South Carolina, 1776-77;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1785.Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December8, 1792 (age68 years, 277days).Cremated;ashes interred atMepkinAbbey, Moncks Corner, S.C. | | | Walter Daniel Leake (1762-1825) — also known asWalter Leake — of Mississippi. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,May 25,1762.Democrat.Judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1807;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1817-20;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821;Governor ofMississippi, 1822-25; died in office 1825.Slaveowner. Died in Mt. Salus,HindsCounty, Miss.,November17, 1825 (age63 years, 176days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hinds County, Miss. | | Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December10, 1783.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1815-16.DiedJuly 21,1834 (age50 years, 223days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as"Light Horse Harry" — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January29, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromWestmoreland County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.EulogizedGeorgeWashington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in thehearts of his countrymen.".Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island,CamdenCounty, Ga.,March25, 1818 (age62 years, 55days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reintermentin 1913 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1782 toMatilda Ludwell Lee; married,June 18,1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle |
 | Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,January20, 1732.Democrat.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,June 19,1794 (age62 years, 150days).Interment atBurntHouse Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | | Greenwood Leflore (1800-1865) — of Mississippi. Born in1800.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1841.ChoctawIndian ancestry.Died in1865(ageabout65 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Lenoir (1751-1839) — Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,May 8,1751.Schoolteacher;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Slaveowner. DiedMay 6,1839 (age87 years, 363days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C. | | Preston Hopkins Leslie (1819-1907) — of Kentucky; Montana. Born in Wayne County (part now inClintonCounty), Ky.,March 2,1819.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1844, 1850; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1851-55, 1867;Governor ofKentucky, 1871-75; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1881;Governorof Montana Territory, 1887-89;U.S.Attorney for Montana, 1894-98.Baptist.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,February7, 1907 (age87 years, 342days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Robert Perkins Letcher (1788-1861) — also known asRobert P. Letcher — of Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,February10, 1788.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1813;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1834-35 (4th District1823-33, 5th District 1834-35); defeated, 1853;Governor ofKentucky, 1840-44; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1849-52.Slaveowner. DiedJanuary24, 1861 (age72 years, 349days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshotwounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn onthe Natchez Trace near Hohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
 | Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,Dutchess County 1791-92);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1792-1801;Governor ofNew York, 1804-07; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1844 (age89 years, 174days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. |  | 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) |
| | Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,January24, 1733.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1788-89; received one electoral vote,1789;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1809.Died in Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,May 9,1810 (age77 years, 105days).Interment atHinghamCemetery, Hingham, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln and Benjamin Lincoln (1699-1771);married1756 to MaryCushing; father of Elizabeth Lincoln (who marriedHodijahBaylies); second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderLincoln; second cousin five times removed ofCaroDawes; third cousin ofJosephOtis,SamuelHuntington andSamuelAllyne Otis; third cousin once removed ofHarrisonGray Otis,SamuelH. Huntington andAsahelOtis; third cousin twice removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.,NathanielHuntington,DayOtis Kellogg,JamesHuntington,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis,JosephLyman Huntington,SamuelAustin Gager,ElishaMills Huntington,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing; third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminFessenden,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,EmersonWight,AlfredAvery Burnham,CharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andJamesOtis. | | | | Political families:Lincolnfamily of Kentucky;Lincolnfamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Lincolnfamily of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lincoln counties inGa.,Ky.,Mo.,N.C. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known asLewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1796.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;physician;member ofMissouristate senate 3rd District, 1830-31;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October3, 1843 (age46 years, 332days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother ofHenryDodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister ofJamesHugh Relfe); uncle ofAugustusCaesar Dodge. | | | | Political family:Dodgefamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Linn counties inIowa,Kan.,Mo. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLinneus,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofLinn,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofWestLinn, Oregon, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofLinnton,Oregon, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856) — Born in South Carolina,February10, 1789.Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1818;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1820-35;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1846-56.DiedDecember8, 1856 (age67 years, 302days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Edward Livingston (1764-1836) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Clermont,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1764.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99,2nd District 1799-1801);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1801-03;U.S.Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31;U.S.Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1833-35.Slaveowner. DiedMay 23,1836 (age71 years, 361days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reintermentsomewherein Rhinebeck, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;brother ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813), Gertrude Livingston (who marriedMorganLewis) and Alida Livingston (who marriedJohnArmstrong Jr.); married,April10, 1788, to Mary McEvers; married,June 3,1805, to Louisa D'Avezac=de=Castera (sister ofAugusteDavezac); uncle of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who marriedEdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843)); grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJacob Astor III; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin ofPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Livingston counties inIll.,Mich. andMo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofLivingston,Guatemala, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:EdwardL. Davis—EdwardL. Martin—EdwardL. Taylor, Jr.—EdwardL. Robertson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier |
 | Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1746.Lawyer;law partner ofJohnJay;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretaryfor Foreign Affairs, 1781-83;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1798; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary26, 1813 (age66 years, 91days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;brother of Alida Livingston (who marriedJohnArmstrong Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who marriedMorganLewis) andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); married1770 to MaryStevens (daughter ofJohnStevens; sister ofJohnStevens III); father of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who marriedEdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843)); uncle ofRobertLivingston Tillotson; grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJacob Astor III; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandfather ofRobertReginald Livingston; second great-granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; ancestor *** ofRobertLivingston Beeckman; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin ofPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Livingston counties inKy.,La. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Benjamin Logan (1743-1802) — Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,May 1,1743.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781-87;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1792-95.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, near Stanford,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,December11, 1802 (age59 years, 224days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Shelby County, Ky. | | John Logan (born c.1800) — of Illinois. Born inIreland,about 1800.Physician;member of Illinois state legislature, 1840.Interment atMurphysboroCity Cemetery, Murphysboro, Ill.  | John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) — also known asJohn A. Logan;"Black Jack";"Black Eagle of Illinois" —of Benton,FranklinCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Murphysboro,JacksonCounty, Ill.,February9, 1826.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1852; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1856;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1859-62, 1867-71 (9th District1859-62, at-large 1867-71); general in the Union Army during theCivil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1868,1880;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1871-77, 1879-86; died in office 1886;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1884;Republican candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1884.Member,Freemasons.Conceived the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance inMay 1868.Died inWashington,D.C.,December26, 1886 (age60 years, 320days).Entombed atU.S.Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) — also known asStephen T. Logan — ofBarrenCounty, Ky.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,February24, 1800.Republican.Lawyer;BarrenCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois,1835-40; law partner ofAbrahamLincoln, 1841-44; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1843-47, 1855-56;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1860.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 24,1880 (age80 years, 151days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known asWilliam Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,February11, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1806-08;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).Slaveowner. Diedaboard aship in theNorthAtlantic Ocean while en route to England,October27, 1822 (age40 years, 258days).Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Lucas (1781-1853) — of Piketon,PikeCounty, Ohio; Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Shepherdstown,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),April 1,1781.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1808-09, 1831-32; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofOhiostate senate, 1814-22, 1824-30; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Ohio,1828(voted forAndrewJackson andJohnC. Calhoun);Governor ofOhio, 1832-36; defeated, 1830;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1838-41; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1842;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Johnson County, 1844.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary7, 1853 (age71 years, 312days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.  | Cyrus Gray Luce (1824-1905) — also known asCyrus G. Luce — of Gilead Township,BranchCounty, Mich.; Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,July 2,1824.Whig candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1848; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County 2nd District,1855-56;BranchCounty Treasurer, 1859-62; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1865-68 (15th District 1865-66, 13th District1867-68);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1885-86; resigned 1886;Governor ofMichigan, 1887-90.Presbyterian.Member,Grange.Died in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,March18, 1905 (age80 years, 259days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich. | | Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison,MorganCounty, Ga.; Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.; Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,January14, 1783.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1808; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1812;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17,4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31);Governor ofGeorgia, 1831-35;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1837-41.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,December28, 1870 (age87 years, 348days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.Born in Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.,February22, 1787.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1822; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1827;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1stDistrict 1833-35).Slaveowner. Died in Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.,November23, 1842 (age55 years, 274days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewLyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; married1817 to NancyVaughn; married to Fances Baker; father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (whomarriedWillisBenson Machen); nephew ofMartinChittenden; grandson ofThomasChittenden; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); fifth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; first cousin five times removed ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; second cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr. andHenryMeigs; third cousin ofJosiahC. Chittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,AbelMadison Scranton,HenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; third cousin once removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt; fourth cousin ofJeduthunWilcox,JohnWillard,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; fourth cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich,FrederickWolcott,ElijahHunt Mills,LeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle. | | | | Political families:Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lyon County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born near Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,December17, 1757.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97,5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05,at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1801-05;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24electoral votes for Vice-President,1824;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1836.Slaveowner. Died inWarrenCounty, N.C.,June 29,1837 (age79 years, 194days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.  | James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as"Father of the Constitution and the Bill ofRights" —of Virginia. Born in Port Conway,King GeorgeCounty, Va.,March16, 1751.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5thDistrict 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97);U.S.Secretary of State, 1801-09;Presidentof the United States, 1809-17.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.He was elected in 1905 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 28,1836 (age85 years, 104days).Interment atMontpelierPlantation, Montpelier Station, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison;brother ofWilliamTaylor Madison; married,September15, 1794, toDolleyTodd (sister-in-law ofRichardCutts andJohnGeorge Jackson); first cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin once removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton andColebyChew; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,SamuelBullitt Churchill andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin ofClementF. Dorsey,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofGabrielSlaughter,AndrewDorsey,PhilipColeman Pendleton andGeorgeHunt Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry,DavidShelby Walker,AlexanderWarfield Dorsey,FrancisKey Pendleton andCharlesRittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesRice Slaughter,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andEliHuston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardColes | | | | Madison counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Tenn.,Tex. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMadison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. —MountMadison, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMadison (1808-13), and the subsequentcityofFortMadison, Iowa, werenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Madison (built 1942 atHouston,Texas; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMadison Broom—JamesMadison Hite Beale—JamesMadison Porter—JamesM. Buchanan—JamesMadison Gregg—J.Madison Wells—JamesM. Tarleton—JamesMadison Hughes—JamesM. Marvin—JamesM. Edmunds—JamesMadison Gaylord—JamesM. Leach—JamesTurner—JamesM. Harvey—JamesM. Seymour—JamesMadison Bowler—JamesMadison Barker—JamesMadison Mullen—JamesM. Candler—JamesMadison McKinney—JamesM. Morton—JamesMadison Barrett, Sr.—JamesM. Gudger, Jr.—JamesMadison Morton, Jr.—JamesMadison Woodard—JamesM. Waddell, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Madison: Ralph LouisKetcham,JamesMadison : A Biography — Garry Wills,JamesMadison — Robert Allen Rutland,ThePresidency of James Madison — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — SamuelKernell, ed.,JamesMadison: The Theory and Practice of RepublicanGovernment — Kevin R. C. Gutzman,JamesMadison and the Making of America | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,April18, 1815.Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856;Governorof Kentucky, 1859-62; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1867.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,February28, 1885 (age69 years, 316days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky. | | John C. Major — of Oklahoma.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Interment atMulhallCity Cemetery, Mulhall, Okla.  | Francis Marion (1732-1795) — also known as"Swamp Fox" — of South Carolina. Born in1732.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1782-90.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.DiedFebruary27, 1795 (ageabout 62years).Interment atBelleIsle Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C.| | Marion counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,Miss.,Mo.,Ohio,Ore.,S.C.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Francis MarionNationalForest (established 1936), inCharleston,Berkeleycounties, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrancisM. Bristow—FrancisM. D. Hopkins—FrancisMarion Ziebach—FrancisMarion Drake—FrancisMarion Martin—F. M.Crosby—FrancisM. Cockrell—FrancisM. Hamilton—FrancisMarion Gregory—FrancisM. Griffith—FrancisM. Nichols—FrancisMarion Morris—FrancisM. Taitt—FrancisMarion Bryan—F.M. Norman—FrancisM. Fields—FrancisMarion Whaley—FrancisM. Bistline | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Francis J. Marshall — of Kansas. Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1850.Burial location unknown.  | John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown,FauquierCounty, Va.,September24, 1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782-96;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1789;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800;U.S.Secretary of State, 1800-01;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President,1816.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PhiBeta Kappa.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 6,1835 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;brother-in-law ofWilliamMcClung,GeorgeKeith Taylor andJosephHamilton Daviess; brother ofJamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall (1770-1825); married,January3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter ofJacquelinAmbler); father ofThomasMarshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who marriedJacquelinBurwell Harvie) andJamesKeith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed ofThomasAlexander Marshall; uncle ofEdwardColston,ThomasFrancis Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall (1808-1884),AlexanderKeith McClung,CharlesAlexander Marshall andEdwardColston Marshall; granduncle by marriage ofHumphreyMarshall (1812-1872); granduncle ofJohnAugustine Marshall; great-grandfather ofLewisMinor Coleman; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; great-granduncle ofHudsonSnowden Marshall,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law ofHumphreyMarshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed ofWilliamMarshall Anderson andCharlesAnderson; first cousin twice removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnRandolph of Roanoke,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge; third cousin ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; third cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,EdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofEdithWilson andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Tuck-Marshallfamily of Annapolis, Maryland;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Marshall counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Miss.,Tenn. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Marshall (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnMarshall Stone—JohnMarshall Martin—JohnMarshall Harlan—JohnM. Clark—J.Marshall Hagans—JohnM. Claiborne—JohnM. Hamilton—JohnM. Raymond—John M.Rose—JohnM. Slaton—JohnMarshall Quintero—JohnM. Wolverton—JohnM. Robsion—JohnMarshall Hutcheson—JohnM. Butler—JohnMarshall Harlan—JohnM. Robsion, Jr.—JohnMarshall Briley—JohnMarshall Lindley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the$500 bill in the early 20th century. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges | | | | Books about John Marshall: Jean EdwardSmith,JohnMarshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson,TheGreat Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule ofLaw — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge,AChief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginiato the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer,JohnMarshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) — also known asWilliam R. Marshall — of St. Croix Falls,PolkCounty, Wis.; St. Anthony,HennepinCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.,October17, 1825.Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1848; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMinnesota, 1866-70; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,1876.Swedenborgian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesotastate constitution.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January8, 1896 (age70 years, 83days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | John Preston Martin (1811-1862) — also known asJohn P. Martin — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born in Jonesville,LeeCounty, Va.,October11, 1811.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1841-43;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1845-47; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1855-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856.Slaveowner. Died in Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.,December23, 1862 (age51 years, 73days).Interment atMayCemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky. | | John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) — also known asJohn W. Martin — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Plainfield,MarionCounty, Fla.,June 21,1884.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23;Governor ofFlorida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1948,1952,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Moose.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February22, 1958 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Charles H. Mason — of Washington.Secretaryof Washington Territory, 1850.Burial location unknown. | | 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 |
 | Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known asStevens T. Mason;Tom Mason;"TheBoy Governor";"Young Hotspur";"The Stripling" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October27, 1811.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1831;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1834-35;Governor ofMichigan, 1835-40.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1843 (age31 years, 69days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 atCapitolPark, Detroit, Mich. | | Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) — also known asSamuel A. Maverick — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Pendleton District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,July 23,1803.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Bexar, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40, 1862-63; member ofTexasstate house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53.His name is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow,which later came to mean a political party dissident.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,September2, 1870 (age67 years, 41days).Interment atCityCemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex. | | Charles M. McClain — of Oklahoma.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Burial location unknown. | | George James McCone (1853-1929) — also known asGeorge McCone — of Glendive,DawsonCounty, Mont.Born inLivingstonCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1853.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMontana,1916;member ofMontanastate senate, 1910.Died in Glendive,DawsonCounty, Mont.,September21, 1929 (age76 years, 170days).Interment atDawsonCounty Cemetery, Glendive, Mont. | | Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ohio,March26, 1837.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled byPeter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at asaloonin Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),September11, 1873 (age36 years, 169days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | James Bennett McCreary (1838-1918) — also known asJames B. McCreary — of Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 8,1838.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1869-73;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1871-73;Governor ofKentucky, 1875-79, 1911-15;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1885-97;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1903-09; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1908,1912(speaker),1916.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October8, 1918 (age80 years, 92days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) — also known asBen McCulloch — of Texas. BornNovember11, 1811.Member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Killedin the Civil War at Pea Ridge,BentonCounty, Ark.,March 7,1862 (age50 years, 116days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | James McDowell (1795-1851) — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,October13, 1795.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838;Governor ofVirginia, 1843-46;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.Slaveowner. Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,August24, 1851 (age55 years, 315days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va. | | Joseph McDowell (1758-1799) — also known asP. G. McDowell;"PleasantGardens" —of North Carolina. Born near Marion, Burke County (nowMcDowellCounty), N.C.,February25, 1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1785;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1793-95.DiedMarch 7,1799 (age41 years, 10days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, McDowell County, N.C.  | George McDuffie (1790-1851) — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,August10, 1790.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1818-20;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34 (6th District1821-23, 5th District 1823-34);Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1834-36;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1842-46.Slaveowner. Died in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,March11, 1851 (age60 years, 213days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Sumter County, S.C. | | | William McHenry (1771-1835) — ofWhiteCounty, Ill.Born in Kentucky,October3, 1771.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from White County,1818; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1818-27; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1832-35.Died in Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.,February3, 1835 (age63 years, 123days).Original interment atOld State Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 atSouthHill Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill. | | E. H. McIntosh — of North Dakota. Member of North Dakota state legislature, 1890. Burial location unknown. | | Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New London Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,March19, 1734.Lawyer;member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,1765-74;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1777-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1799-1808;impeachedby the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 24,1817 (age83 years, 97days).Original interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in1843 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as"Idol of Ohio" — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,January29, 1843.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1884,1888;Governorof Ohio, 1892-96;Presidentof the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.Methodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Shotby theassassinLeon Czolgosz, at areceptionin the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1901 (age58 years, 228days).Originally entombed atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 atMcKinleyMonument, Canton, Ohio; statue atLucasCounty Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married toIdaSaxton; first cousin ofWilliamMcKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryPrather Fletcher. | | | | Political family:McKinleyfamily of Canton, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:AlbertHalstead —LoranL. Lewis —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —JohnGoodnow | | | | McKinley County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | MountMcKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by itstraditional name, Denali), inDenaliBorough, Alaska, wasnamed forhim. — McKinleyHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamM. Bell—WilliamM. Branch | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The FullDinner Pail." | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The AdvanceAgent of Prosperity." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.Gould,ThePresidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips,WilliamMcKinley — H. Wayne Morgan,WilliamMcKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Collin McKinney (1776-1861) — of Texas. BornApril17, 1776.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1830.DiedSeptember8, 1861 (age85 years, 144days).Interment atVanAlstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Tex. | | Alney McLean (1779-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in North Carolina,1779.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-13; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1815-17, 1819-21;state court judge in Kentucky, 1821-41; Presidential Elector forKentucky,1824.Slaveowner. Died in1841(ageabout62 years).Interment atOldCaney Station Cemetery, Near Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Ky. | | John McLean (1791-1830) — of Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,February4, 1791.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1818-19; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1821-23, 1827-29;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1824-25, 1829-30; died in office 1830.Died in Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.,October14, 1830 (age39 years, 252days).Interment atWestwoodCemetery, Shawneetown, Ill. | | Martin McLeod (1813-1860) — ofLacqui Parle County, Minn.Born in1813.MemberMinnesota territorial council, 1849-53 (7th District 1849-51, 6thDistrict 1852-53);Presidentof the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1853.Died in1860(ageabout47 years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) — also known as"The Quaker Governor" — of Tennessee. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,June 27,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1796-98, 1805-12;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1805-11;Governor ofTennessee, 1815-21.Quaker.DiedOctober17, 1824 (age66 years, 112days).Interment atShilohPresbyterian Cemetery, Calhoun, Tenn. | | John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,March30, 1762.Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1790;U.S.District Judge for Tennessee, 1797-1802;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November12, 1837 (age75 years, 227days).Original interment atEpiscopalChurch Burying Ground, Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) — of Montana. Born inIreland,August3, 1823.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Montana Territory, 1865;Governorof Montana Territory, 1865-66.Fell from asteamboatinto the Missouri River and presumablydrowned,at Fort Benton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.,July 1,1867 (age43 years, 332days). His body wasneverfound.Statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Helena, Mont. | | Bradley Burr Meeker (1813-1873) — also known asBradley B. Meeker — of Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inFairfieldCounty, Conn.,March13, 1813.Lawyer;justiceof Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.Died in1873(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown. | | Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. (1740-1823) — Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December28, 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justiceof the peace; member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; U.S. Indian Agentto Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, 1801-23.Died inBradleyCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1823 (age82 years, 31days).Interment atGarrison Cemetery, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofJosiahMeigs; married,February14, 1764, to Joanna Winborn; married,December22, 1774, to Grace Starr; father ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; uncle ofHenryMeigs; grandfather ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; granduncle ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Meigs County,Tenn. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) — also known asReturn J. Meigs, Jr. — of Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November17, 1764.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atMarietta,Ohio, 1794-95;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804;federaljudge, 1807-08;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1808-10;Governor ofOhio, 1810-14;U.S.Postmaster General, 1814-23.Member,Freemasons.Died in Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,March29, 1825 (age60 years, 132days).Interment atMoundCemetery, Marietta, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Joanna (Winborn) Meigs andReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; father of Mary Sophia Meigs (who marriedJohnGeorge Jackson); nephew ofJosiahMeigs; uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin ofHenryMeigs; first cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; second cousin ofMartinChittenden; second cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon; third cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt andJohnWillard; third cousin twice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; fourth cousin ofElijahHunt Mills; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden. | | | | Political families:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Huntingtonfamily of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Meigs County,Ohio is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842-1896) — also known asArthur C. Mellette — of Watertown,CodingtonCounty, S.Dak.Born inHenryCounty, Ind.,June 23,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1871-75;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1889;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1889-93.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons.Died in Pittsburg,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,May 25,1896 (age53 years, 337days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak. | | Michel Brindamour Menard (1805-1858) — also known asM. B. Menard — of Texas. Born in Laprairie,Quebec,December5, 1805.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Liberty, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1840-42.One of the founders of the city of Galveston. Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,September2, 1858 (age52 years, 271days).Interment atOldCatholic Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. | | Pierre Menard (1766-1844) — Born in1766.Whig. Member ofIndianaterritorial legislature, 1803-09; member ofIllinoisterritorial legislature, 1812;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1818-22; Whig candidate for PresidentialElector for Illinois,1832.Died in1844(ageabout78 years).Interment atFortKaskaskia, Kaskaskia, Ill. | | Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky,1809.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39.Died in1841(ageabout32 years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in1893 atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | David Meriwether (1755-1822) — of Georgia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,March27, 1755.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1797-1800;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1797-1800;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02,1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia,1816;Presidential Elector for Georgia,1820.Died near Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1822 (age67 years, 234days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) — also known as"Old Stonehammer" — of Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,March20, 1780.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-16;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1819-28 (4th District 1819-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-28); resigned 1828;Governor ofKentucky, 1828-32; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention fromKentucky, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, BallotingCommittee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1848-49.Slaveowner. During an epidemic, died ofcholera,near Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.,August18, 1855 (age75 years, 151days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Nicholas County, Ky.  | Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January10, 1744.Democrat.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75, 1782-84;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1788-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1790-99.Lutheran.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,January20, 1800 (age56 years, 10days).Interment atTrinityLutheran Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa. | | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806-1856) — of Georgia. Born in1806.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838-56.Died in1856(ageabout50 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Miller (1776-1851) — Born in Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,April25, 1776.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1819-24; electedU.S.Representative from New Hampshire 1824, but never took office.Died, following a series ofstrokes,at Temple,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,July 7,1851 (age75 years, 73days).Burial location unknown. | | John Miller (1781-1846) — of Franklin,HowardCounty, Mo.; Florissant,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born near Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),November25, 1781.Newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of1812;Governor ofMissouri, 1826-32;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.Died in Florissant,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,March18, 1846 (age64 years, 113days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | William Read Miller (1823-1887) — of Arkansas. Born inIndependenceCounty, Ark.,November23, 1823.Governorof Arkansas, 1877-81.DiedNovember29, 1887 (age64 years, 6days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | John T. Mills (1817-1871) — of Texas. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November12, 1817.Justiceof Texas Republic supreme court, 1839-40, 1842-45; district judgein Texas, 1846-50.DiedNovember30, 1871 (age54 years, 18days).Interment atMarshallCemetery, Marshall, Tex.  | Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) — also known asRoger Q. Mills — of Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.Born inToddCounty, Ky.,March30, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4thDistrict 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1892-99.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.,September2, 1911 (age79 years, 156days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Corsicana, Tex. | | John Milton (c.1740-1817) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C., about 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1777-99; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1789;received 2 electoral votes,1789;mayorof Augusta, Ga., 1792.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in1817(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ephraim Miner (b. 1833) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1833.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | Nelson Miner (1827-1879) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1827.MemberDakota territorial council, 1870-73, 1877-79; died in office 1879.Died in1879(ageabout52 years).Burial location unknown.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political family:Monroefamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
|  | Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) — also known asGideon C. Moody — of Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born in Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75;Speakerof the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from DakotaTerritory Territory,1868;justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March17, 1904 (age71 years, 153days).Cremated. | | Alfred Moore (1755-1810) — ofBrunswickCounty, N.C.Born inNew HanoverCounty, N.C.,May 21,1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1782;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1782-91; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1792; superior court judge in NorthCarolina, 1798-99;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1799-1804; resigned 1804.Episcopalian.Died inBladenCounty, N.C.,October15, 1810 (age55 years, 147days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Winnabow, N.C. | | William Moore — of Tennessee. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1825-27.Burial location unknown. | | Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) — of Virginia. Born inHunterdonCounty, N.J.,1736.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.Presbyterian.Welshancestry.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 6,1802 (ageabout 66years).Original interment atOldStone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reintermentatMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue atMorganSquare, Spartanburg, S.C. | | Thomas Morris (1776-1844) — of Bethel,ClermontCounty, Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania,1776.Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806-08, 1810, 1820-21;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1809; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15, 1821-23, 1825-29, 1831-33;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1833-39; Liberty candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1844.Died in1844(ageabout68 years).Interment atFirstBethel Cemetery, Bethel, Ohio. | | Jackson L. Morrow — of Oregon. Member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1850.Burial location unknown. | | Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852) — of Montgomery,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born near Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,October6, 1771.Democrat. Member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1801-02;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1802; member ofOhiostate senate, 1803, 1827;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1803-13, 1840-43 (at-large 1803-13, 4thDistrict 1840-43);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1813-19; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins);Governor ofOhio, 1822-26; defeated, 1820; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1829, 1835.Died near Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,March22, 1852 (age80 years, 168days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Symmes Township, Warren County, Ohio. | | Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) — also known asOliver P. Morton — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salisbury,WayneCounty, Ind.,August4, 1823.Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1861;Governor ofIndiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1876.Hislegs wereparalyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered anotherstroke in1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November1, 1877 (age54 years, 89days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue atVicksburgNational Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; statue atStatehouseGrounds, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Junius William Mottley (1812-1836) — also known asWilliam Mottley — of Texas. Born in1812.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Goliad, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence.Killedat the battle of San Jacinto,HarrisCounty, Tex.,April21, 1836 (ageabout 23years).Interment atSanJacinto Park Cemetery, La Porte, Tex. | | William Moultrie (1730-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,November23, 1730.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1783-84;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1784;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1787-92.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,September27, 1805 (age74 years, 308days).Original interment atWindsor Hill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in1977 atFortMoultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph atSt.James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard, Goose Creek, S.C. | | John E. Mower — ofWashingtonCounty, Minn.MemberMinnesota territorial council 1st District, 1854-55; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 22, 1875.Burial location unknown. | | John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — of Virginia; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Trappe,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October12, 1746.Democrat.Pastor;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801);delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790;Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1796;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1802-07.Lutheran;laterEpiscopalian.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1807 (age60 years, 354days).Interment atAugustusLutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa. | | Thomas W. Murray (1790-1832) — of Georgia. Born in1790.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1818.Died in1832(ageabout42 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Henry David Murray (1869-1956) — also known asWilliam H. Murray;"AlfalfaBill";"Cocklebur Bill";"BoliviaBill";"The Sage of Tishomingo" —of Tishomingo,JohnstonCounty, Okla.Born near Collinsville,GraysonCounty, Tex.,November21, 1869.Democrat. Candidate forTexasstate senate, 1890;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1907-09; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Oklahoma,1912(speaker),1916;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma, 1913-17 (at-large 1913-15, 4thDistrict 1915-17); defeated, 1940;Governor ofOklahoma, 1931-35; defeated in primary, 1918, 1938; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1942.Member,Freemasons.DiedOctober15, 1956 (age86 years, 329days).Interment atTishomingoCemetery, Tishomingo, Okla. | | William Pitt Murray (c.1825-1910) — also known asWilliam P. Murray;BillMurray —of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio, about 1825.Member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1852-53, 1857;memberMinnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1854-55;Presidentof the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1855;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 1, 1863, 1868; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1866-67, 1875-76 (1st District 1866-67, 23rdDistrict 1875-76).Irishancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,June 20,1910 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown. | | Albinus Nance (1848-1911) — of Osceola,PolkCounty, Neb.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in La Fayette,StarkCounty, Ill.,March30, 1848.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1875-78;Speaker ofthe Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1877-78; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nebraska,1876;Governorof Nebraska, 1879-83; president, OsceolaBank andStromsburgBank,1879-88.Congregationalist.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December6, 1911 (age63 years, 251days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb. | | Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1742.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War.Welshancestry.During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit bycannonballandmusketshot, wasmortallywounded, and died soon after, inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October7, 1777 (ageabout 35years).Interment atTowamencinMennonite Churchyard, Near Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa. | | José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) — of Texas. Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,February27, 1795.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Bexar, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-49.Catholic.Member,Freemasons.DiedJanuary13, 1871 (age75 years, 320days).Interment atSanFernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Tex.; statue atNavarroCounty Courthouse Grounds, Corsicana, Tex. | | Nelson E. Nelson — of Pembina,PembinaCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Pembina,PembinaCounty, N.Dak.Born inNorway.Republican.MemberDakota territorial council, 1881-82; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1884;U.S.Collector of Customs at Pembina, N.Dak., North Dakota, 1891.Norwegianancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738-1789) — of Virginia. Born in Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,December26, 1738.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77, 1779-80;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofVirginia, 1781.Member,Freemasons.Died inHanoverCounty, Va.,January4, 1789 (age50 years, 9days).Interment atGraceChurchyard, Yorktown, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Willoughby Newton (1804-1853) — also known asThomas W. Newton — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inAlexandria,Va.,January18, 1804.Whig. Member ofArkansasstate senate, 1844-48;U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1847; defeated, 1848.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1853 (age49 years, 247days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | George Nicholas (1753-1799) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,August11, 1753.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbemarleCounty, 1788;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1789, 1793;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1792.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 25,1799 (age45 years, 348days).Interment atOldEpiscopal Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) and Ann (Cary) Nicholas; brother ofElizabeth Nicholas (who marriedEdmundJenings Randolph),WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; married to Mary Smith; father ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Henrietta Morrison Nicholas (whomarriedRichardHawes); uncle ofPeytonRandolph; granduncle ofPeterMyndert Dox andEdmundRandolph; great-grandfather ofHarryBartow Hawes; great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; second great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; second cousin ofCarterBassett Harrison andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin once removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); second cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); second cousin thrice removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; third cousin ofBurwellBassett; third cousin twice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair. | | | | Political family:Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Nicholas County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofNicholasville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761-1820) — also known asWilson C. Nicholas — ofCharlottesville,Va.Born in Virginia,January31, 1761.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-88, 1789, 1794-1800;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbemarleCounty, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1799-1804;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1807-09 (21st District 1807-09,20th District 1809);Governor ofVirginia, 1814-16.Slaveowner. DiedOctober10, 1820 (age59 years, 253days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va. | | James Noble (1785-1831) — of Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.Born near Berryville,ClarkeCounty, Va.,December16, 1785.Lawyer;member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1813-14;memberIndiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,1815;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,February26, 1831 (age45 years, 72days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | John Willock Noble (1831-1912) — also known asJohn W. Noble — of Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa;St.Louis, Mo.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,October26, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,March22, 1912 (age80 years, 148days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble; married1864 toLizabeth Halstead. | | | | Noble County,Okla. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: History of Iowa(1903) |
| | | William H. Nobles (1816-1876) — of Minnesota. Born in New York,1816.Member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1854, 1856 (6th District1854, 2nd District 1856); served in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December28, 1876 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | Stephen Friel Nuckolls (1825-1879) — of Linden,ClayCounty, Mo.; Nebraska City,OtoeCounty, Neb.; Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born inGraysonCounty, Va.,August16, 1825.Democrat.Merchant;member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1859;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1869-71;memberWyoming territorial council, 1871.Founder of Nebraska City, Nebraska. Slaveowner. Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,February14, 1879 (age53 years, 182days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | James Warren Nye (1814-1876) — also known asJames W. Nye — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;CarsonCity, Nev.Born in DeRuyter,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1814.Republican.Lawyer;MadisonCounty Surrogate, 1844-47;MadisonCounty Judge, 1847-51; Free Soil candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1848; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1860;Governorof Nevada Territory, 1861-64;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nevada, 1870-.Died in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1876 (age62 years, 198days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867) — of Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October18, 1811.Judge of Texas Republic, 1842;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1845-46;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1859, 1866;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,December27, 1867 (age56 years, 70days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Tex. | | Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) — Born inFranklinCounty, Tenn.,July 19,1813.Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives, 1853; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1859;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died oftyphoidfever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 8,1868 (age54 years, 294days).Original interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 atBrooksideMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | David Olmsted (1822-1861) — also known asDavid Olmstead — ofClaytonCounty, Iowa; Belle Prairie,MorrisonCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Fairfax,FranklinCounty, Vt.,May 5,1822.Democrat.Newspaperwork;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Clayton County,1846;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1854-55.Died in Fairfax,FranklinCounty, Vt.,February2, 1861 (age38 years, 273days).Burial location unknown. | | Miguel Antonio Otero II (1859-1944) — also known asMiguel A. Otero — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.; Ancon, Canal Zone (nowPanama).Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,October17, 1859.Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,1892,1900,1904;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1897-1906;treasurerof New Mexico Territory, 1909-11; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Canal Zone,1920,1924;member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1920-24;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Mexico, 1920.Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,August7, 1944 (age84 years, 295days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | William Owsley (1782-1862) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,March24, 1782.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1810-11;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1812-28; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1832;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1835-36;Governor ofKentucky, 1844-48.Died inBoyleCounty, Ky.,December9, 1862 (age80 years, 260days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky. | | Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) — of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.Born in New Jersey,September22, 1777.Lawyer;Indianaterritory attorney general, 1804-08; member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1805;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; resigned 1808;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35.Died in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,July 12,1835 (age57 years, 293days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Isaac Parker (1793-1883) — of Texas. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,April 7,1793.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40, 1842-43; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-53; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855-56.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,April14, 1883 (age90 years, 7days).Interment atTurnerCemetery, Near Weatherford, Parker County, Tex. | | Martin Parmer (1778-1850) — of Missouri; Texas. Born in Virginia,June 4,1778.Member ofMissouristate senate, 1824-25;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Tenaha, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of San Augustine, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Died inJasperCounty, Tex.,March 2,1850 (age71 years, 271days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) — ofCarolineCounty, Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,September9, 1721.Planter;lawyer;justice of the peace;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1776;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1777;chiefjustice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died inoffice 1803;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CarolineCounty, 1788.Anglican.Died inRichmond,Va.,October23, 1803 (age82 years, 44days).Original interment atEdmundsburyGraveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 atBrutonParish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married,January21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married,January20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; granduncle ofPhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; great-granduncle ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; third great-granduncle ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed ofJohnPenn; first cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison andZacharyTaylor; first cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; first cousin four times removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andCharlesSumner Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamByrd III; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pendleton counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
 | John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) — also known asJohn J. Pershing;"BlackJack" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in Laclede,LinnCounty, Mo.,September13, 1860.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920;his autobiography won thePulitzerPrize for history in 1932.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 15,1948 (age87 years, 306days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known asSpencer D. Pettis — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1802.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office1831.The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately aduel withMaj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fellmortallywounded; died the next day, inSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1831 (ageabout 29years).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Smith Phelps (1814-1886) — also known asJohn S. Phelps — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December22, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5thDistrict 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1864;Governorof Missouri, 1877-81; defeated, 1868.Slaveowner. Died, in Sisters'Hospital,St.Louis, Mo.,November20, 1886 (age71 years, 333days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Springfield, Mo.| | Relatives: SonofElishaPhelps and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married1837 to MaryWhitney; grandson ofNoahPhelps; second cousin ofNormanA. Phelps; second cousin once removed ofWilliamWalter Phelps; second cousin twice removed ofSheffieldPhelps; second cousin thrice removed ofPhelpsPhelps; third cousin ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin once removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase,RufusPettibone,CharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; third cousin twice removed ofOliverEllsworth,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; fourth cousin ofParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),EdmundHolcomb,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,HiramBidwell Case,PeterAugustus Porter,SelahMerrill andTimothyE. Griswold. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Phelps County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914) — of Tennessee; New Mexico; Tombstone,CochiseCounty, Ariz.Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,August13, 1847.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880.Died, fromcoloncancer, in Tombstone,CochiseCounty, Ariz.,July 12,1914 (age66 years, 333days).Intermentsomewherein Tombstone, Ariz.  | 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) |
| | Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) — also known asGilbert A. Pierce — ofPorterCounty, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in East Otto,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;journalist;newspapereditor;author;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1869;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1884-86;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1893.Died at the LexingtonHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February15, 1901 (age62 years, 35days).Interment atAdamsCemetery, Valparaiso, Ind. | | Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) — also known asFrederick W. Pitkin — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August31, 1837.Lawyer;Governorof Colorado, 1879-83.Died in Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.,December18, 1886 (age49 years, 109days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Relatives: Sonof Eli Pitkin and Hannah M. (Torrey) Pitkin; married,June 17,1862, to Fidelia Maria James; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; first cousin five times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr. andDanielPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofGeorgeEastman; third cousin twice removed ofRayGreene; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,ThomasChittenden,JonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,MosesSeymour,JosiahMeigs,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; fourth cousin ofAbelMadison Scranton andJosephPomeroy Root; fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political families:Greenefamily of Rhode Island;Greenefamily of Rhode Island (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pitkin County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851) — of Travelers Rest,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 2,1779.Democrat. U.S. Consul General inBuenos Aires, 1811-14; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1816-20;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1821-25; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1825-29;U.S.Secretary of War, 1837-41.Member,Freemasons.Gave important help to Latin American independence movements. Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.,December12, 1851 (age72 years, 285days).Interment atChurchof Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery, Statesburg, S.C.  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atPolk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | John Pope (1770-1845) — also known as"One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1770.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1800;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1816-19; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); member ofKentuckystate senate, 1825-29;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1829-35;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.Losthis right arm as a youth.Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.,July 12,1845 (ageabout 75years).Interment atSpringfieldCemetery, Springfield, Ky. | | Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) — of Illinois. Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January5, 1784.Secretaryof Illinois Territory, 1809-16;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1816-18;U.S.District Judge for Illinois, 1819-50; died in office 1850.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,January22, 1850 (age66 years, 17days).Intermentsomewherein St. Louis, Mo. | | Thomas Lloyd Posey (1750-1818) — also known asThomas Posey — Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,July 9,1750.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1805-06;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1806-08;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1816.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died oftyphusfever in Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.,March19, 1818 (age67 years, 253days).Interment atWestwoodCemetery, Shawneetown, Ill. | | Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C., about 1800.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;died in office 1842.Resignedfrom the U.S. Congress in 1831 aftermaimingtwo men in a jealous rage;convicted,andsentencedto six months inprison.Expelledin 1834 from the North Carolina House forcheatingat cards.Shotandkilled bymembers of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in HarrisonCounty (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Lazarus Whitehead Powell (1812-1867) — also known asLazarus W. Powell — of Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.Born near Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,October6, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofArchibaldDixon, 1835-39; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1836; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Kentucky,1844;Governorof Kentucky, 1851-55; defeated, 1848;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1859-65; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1864.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died near Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,July 3,1867 (age54 years, 270days).Interment atFernwoodCemetery, Henderson, Ky. | | James Patton Preston (1774-1853) — also known asJames P. Preston — ofRichmond,Va.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,June 21,1774.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;crippledby injuries received in the war; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816;Governor ofVirginia, 1816-19; postmaster atRichmond,Va., 1824-37.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,May 4,1853 (age78 years, 317days).Interment atPreston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Va.  | Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) — also known asMatthew S. Quay — of Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Dillsburg,YorkCounty, Pa.,September30, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;BeaverCounty Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; received theMedalof Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,1862; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1872,1876,1880,1888,1892,1896,1900;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1885-1904;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1888-91;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1886-87;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1896;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1896.Presbyterian.Scottish,Manx,andAmericanIndian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.,May 28,1904 (age70 years, 241days).Interment atBeaverCemetery, Beaver, Pa. | | William Rabun (1771-1819) — of Georgia. BornApril 8,1771.Governorof Georgia, 1817-19.DiedOctober25, 1819 (age48 years, 200days).Interment atPoweltonBaptist Church, Near Sparta, Hancock County, Ga. | | Emory Rains (1800-1878) — of Texas. Born inWarrenCounty, Tenn.,May 4,1800.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Shelby and Sabine, 1837-39;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847-48, 1851-54; member ofTexasstate senate, 1859.Prime supporter of the Texas homestead law; in 1861, stood with SamHouston in opposition to secession.Died in Emory,RainsCounty, Tex.,March 4,1878 (age77 years, 304days).Interment atCityCemetery, Emory, Tex. | | Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,September8, 1815.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47;Governorof Minnesota Territory, 1849-53;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Minnesota,1856(ConventionVice-President; member,PlatformCommittee);Governor ofMinnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75;U.S.Secretary of War, 1879-81.MethodistorPresbyterian.ScottishandGermanancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,April22, 1903 (age87 years, 226days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Edmund Jenings Randolph (1753-1813) — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,August10, 1753.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776;Virginiastate attorney general, 1776-82;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1779-82;Governor ofVirginia, 1786-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788;U.S.Attorney General, 1789-94;U.S.Secretary of State, 1794-95.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Millwood,ClarkeCounty, Va.,September12, 1813 (age60 years, 33days).Interment atOldChapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Ariana (Jenings) Randolph; married,August29, 1776, to Elizabeth Nicholas (daughter ofRobertCarter Nicholas; sister ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas); father ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); nephew ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); grandfather ofEdmundRandolph; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; great-grandfather ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; second great-grandfather ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin once removed ofRichardBland; second cousin ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; second cousin four times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; third cousin twice removed ofColebyChew; third cousin thrice removed ofSt.Clair Ballard,LewisBallard andWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Randolph County,Ill. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Edmund Jenings Randolph:John J. Reardon,EdmundRandolph : A Biography |
| | Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,1721.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October22, 1775 (ageabout 54years).Interment atCollegeof William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law ofBenjaminHarrison; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofEdmundJenings Randolph; granduncle ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph; second great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; third great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin ofRichardBland; first cousin once removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,EdmundJennings Lee,DabneyCarr andHenrySt. George Tucker; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin six times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin seven times removed ofLeeMarvin; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; second cousin four times removed ofSt.Clair Ballard,LewisBallard andWilliamHenry Robertson; second cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Randolph County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier |
| | Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) — also known asHenry M. Rice — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November29, 1816.Democrat.Furtrader;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1865.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January15, 1894 (age77 years, 47days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Franklin Dewey Richards (1821-1899) — of Utah. Born in1821.Member ofUtahterritorial legislature, 1849; state court judge in Utah, 1869.Died in1899(ageabout78 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Alexander Richardson (1811-1875) — also known asWilliam A. Richardson — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1811.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39, 1845-47; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1838-42; Democratic Presidential Elector forIllinois,1844;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1847-56, 1861-63; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1856;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1858; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1860,1868;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1863-65.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,December27, 1875 (age64 years, 345days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Quincy, Ill. | | Archibald Roane (c.1755-1819) — of Tennessee. Born in Derry,LancasterCounty, Pa., about 1755.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;Governor ofTennessee, 1801-03; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1811-14;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1815-18.Died in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January18, 1819 (ageabout 64years).Interment atPleasantForest Cemetery, Farragut, Tenn. | | Spencer Roane (1762-1822) — Born in Tappahannock,EssexCounty, Va.,April 4,1762.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1783-84; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1785-86; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals,1794-1822; died in office 1822.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Warm Springs,BathCounty, Va.,September4, 1822 (age60 years, 153days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Bath County, Va.  | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.ChristianReformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshotin the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued hisspeech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamedfor him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | John Long Routt (1826-1907) — also known asJohn L. Routt — of Central City,GilpinCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.BornApril25, 1826.Republican.Governorof Colorado Territory, 1875-76; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1876,1880;Governorof Colorado, 1876-79, 1891-93;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1883-85.Died inDenver,Colo.,August13, 1907 (age81 years, 110days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Routt County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | RouttNationalForest (established 1905, now part of Medicine Bow-Routt NationalForest), inRoutt,Jackson,RioBlanco,Grand,Moffat,andGarfieldcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Books about John Routt: Joyce B. Lohse,FirstGovernor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt ofColorado |
| | Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) — also known asHiram G. Runnels — Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,December17, 1796.Mississippistate auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature,1830, 1841;Governor ofMississippi, 1833-35;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Fought aduelwithVolneyE. Howard.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December17, 1857 (age61 years, 0days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — also known as"Father of AmericanPsychiatry" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1746.Physician;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April19, 1813 (age67 years, 105days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Married,January2, 1776, to Julia Stockton (daughter ofRichardStockton); father ofRichardRush. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Rush County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | RushStreet,inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Benjamin Rush: AlynBrodsky,BenjaminRush : Patriot and Physician — David Barton,BenjaminRush — David Barton,BenjaminRush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
 | Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893) — also known asJeremiah M. Rusk — of Viroqua,VernonCounty, Wis.Born in Malta,MorganCounty, Ohio,June 17,1830.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-77 (6th District 1871-73, 7thDistrict 1873-77);Governor ofWisconsin, 1882-89;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1889-93.Died in Viroqua,VernonCounty, Wis.,November21, 1893 (age63 years, 157days).Interment atViroquaCemetery, Viroqua, Wis. | | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — also known asThomas J. Rusk — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in South Carolina,December5, 1803.Democrat.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1838-40;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner.Killedhimself, in Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,July 29,1857 (age53 years, 236days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue atRuskCounty Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex. | | William Russell (1735-1793) — Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1735.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-91.Died inShenandoahCounty, Va.,January14, 1793 (age57 years, 314days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Russell (1758-1825) — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1790-91; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1792, 1796-1800, 1802, 1823;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,July 3,1825 (age67 years, 119days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) — Born inScotland,March23, 1734.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87;Governorof Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1790.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Injured in afall froman overturnedhorsedrawncart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August31, 1818 (age84 years, 161days).Interment atOldSt. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.  | Wilbur Fiske Sanders (1834-1905) — also known asWilbur F. Sanders — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Leon,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1834.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1864, 1867, 1880, 1886;delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory,1868(speaker),1872,1876,1884;member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1873-80;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1890-93; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Montana,1900.Member,Freemasons.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,July 7,1905 (age71 years, 66days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Alvin Saunders (1817-1899) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born in Flemingsburg,FlemingCounty, Ky.,July 12,1817.Republican.Delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Henry County, 1846;member ofIowastate senate, 1854-56, 1858-60; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1860;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1861-67; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Nebraska,1868;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1877-83.Disciplesof Christ.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,November1, 1899 (age82 years, 112days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.  | Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900) — of Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born in Whiting,AddisonCounty, Vt.,September22, 1816.Republican.Lumberbusiness; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1857, 1861;mayorof Oshkosh, Wis., 1863-64;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1865-75 (5th District 1865-73, 6thDistrict 1873-75);U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1881-93; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1896.Died in Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,March29, 1900 (age83 years, 188days).Entombed atRiversideCemetery, Oshkosh, Wis. | | Gustave Schleicher (1823-1879) — of Texas. Born inGermany,November19, 1823.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853-54; member ofTexasstate senate, 1859-61; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from Texas 6th District, 1875-79; died in office1879.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January10, 1879 (age55 years, 52days).Interment atUnitedStates National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex. | | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) — also known asHenry R. Schoolcraft — of Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Guilderland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1793.Glassmaker;geologist;U.S. Indian Agent, 1822-41;memberMichigan territorial council from Brown, Chippewa, Crawford andMichilimackinac counties, 1828-31.Died inWashington,D.C.,December10, 1864 (age71 years, 257days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence Schoolcraft and Margaret Anna Barbara (Rowe) Schoolcraft;married,October12, 1823, to Jane Johnston; married,January12, 1847, to Mary Howard; uncle ofJohnLawrence Schoolcraft andRichardUpdike Sherman; granduncle ofJamesSchoolcraft Sherman (who marriedCarrieBabcock Sherman) andJamesTeller Schoolcraft; first cousin once removed ofPeterP. Schoolcraft. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SchoolcraftCounty, Mich. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchoolcraft,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry R. Schoolcraft (built 1943 atRichmond,California; wrecked and scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reintermentatAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue (now gone) atAlbanyCity Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Charles Scott (1739-1813) — Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,1739.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof Virginia state legislature, 1789;Governor ofKentucky, 1808-12.Died inClarkCounty, Ky.,October22, 1813 (ageabout 74years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | John Scott (1782-1861) — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,May 18,1782.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October1, 1861 (age79 years, 136days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.  | Winfield Scott (1786-1866) — also known as"Old Fuss and Feathers" — Born inDinwiddieCounty, Va.,June 13,1786.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate forWhig nomination for President, 1839, 1844, 1848; general in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1852.Died in West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1866 (age79 years, 350days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.;statue erected 1874 atScottCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Scott and Anna (Mason) Scott; married1817 to MaryD. Mayo (granddaughter ofJohnDe Hart); great-granduncle ofPhilipC. Hanna; first cousin twice removed ofFrankNewsum Julian. | | | | Political family:Scott-DeHart-Hannafamily of New Jersey and Alabama. | | | | Scott County,Iowa is named for him. | | | | FortScott (military installation 1842-73), and the subsequentcityofFortScott, Kansas, werenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldScott Featherston—WinfieldS. Hancock—WinfieldS. Cameron—WinfieldS. Hanford—WinfieldS. Smyth—WinfieldS. Bird—W. S.Bell—WinfieldS. Holden—WinfieldS. Huntley—WinfieldScott Nay—WinfieldS. Smith—WinfieldS. Kerr—WinfieldScott Moore—WinfieldS. Little—WinfieldS. Withrow—WinfieldS. Choate—WinfieldS. Holt—WinfieldS. Pope—WinfieldS. Watson—WinfieldS. Keenholts—WinfieldScott Silloway—WinfieldS. Vandewater—WinfieldS. Braddock—W. S.Allen—WinfieldS. Hammond—WinfieldS. Phillips—WinfieldS. Spencer—WinfieldS. Rose—WinfieldS. Schuster—WinfieldScott Allison—WinfieldS. Boynton—WinfieldS. Kenyon—WinfieldS. Tibbetts—WinfieldS. Harrold—WinfieldScott Reed—WinfieldS. Grove—WinfieldS. Rogers—WinfieldS. Brown—WinfieldS. Hooper—WinfieldS. Pealer—WinfieldS. Wallace, Jr.—WinfieldS. Hinds | | | | Epitaph: "History records his EminentServices as a Warrior, Pacificator, and General In Chief of theArmies of the United States. Medals, and an Equestrian Statue orderedby Congress in the Capital of his Country, are his Public Monuments.This stone is a mark of the love and veneration of his Daughters.Requiescat in Pace." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Winfield Scott: Timothy D.Johnson,WinfieldScott: The Quest for Military Glory | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | William King Sebastian (1812-1865) — also known asWilliam K. Sebastian — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.Born in Centerville,HickmanCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacyduring the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumouslyrevoked in 1877.Slaveowner. Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1865 (age52 years, 342days).Interment in private or family graveyard.  | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassinationattempt on April 14, 1865 (the same nightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofSeward,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Alaska, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:W.Seward Whittlesey—W.H. Seward Thomson—WilliamS. Shanahan | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William H. Seward: DorisKearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan,WilliamHenry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of St. Charles,St.Charles County, Mo.Born in alogcabin inWashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1785.Youngest member of theLewisandClarkexpedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 andlost aleg;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge inKentucky, 1820;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahotel atPalmyra,MarionCounty, Mo.,August30, 1836 (ageabout 51years).Interment atMasseyMill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo. | | Peter Chrystostum Shannon (1821-1899) — also known asPeter C. Shannon — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New Alexandria,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August25, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Pennsylvania, 1852-53; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1872;justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-82.Killed in acarriageaccident in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April12, 1899 (age77 years, 230days).Interment atCalvary Pioneer Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.  | William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) — also known asWilliam L. Sharkey — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inSumnerCounty, Tenn.,July 12,1798.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge inMississippi, 1832;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul inHavana, 1851-53;Governor ofMississippi, 1865.Died inWashington,D.C.,March30, 1873 (age74 years, 261days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Ephraim Sharp (1815-1898) — Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 30,1815.Member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1865-68.Died inLawrenceCounty, Ark.,November17, 1898 (age83 years, 110days).Interment atHibarger Cemetery, Saffell, Ark.| | Relatives: Sonof John Sharp and Elizabeth (Elston) Sharp; married,October29, 1833, to Margaret Stevens; married,January8, 1854, to Malinda Eliza Murphy; married,April27, 1873, to Nancy Croom Smith. | | | | Sharp County,Ark. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Founder of SharpCounty." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial —Encyclopediaof Arkansas |
| | Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now inWashingtonCounty), Md.,December11, 1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died of abroken bloodvessel in the head, inLincolnCounty, Ky.,July 18,1826 (age75 years, 219days).Interment atShelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married,April19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (whomarriedJamesShannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who marriedBeriahMagoffin) andThomasHart Shelby; great-grandfather ofBeriahMagoffin Jr.. | | | | Political family:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Shelby counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofShelby,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; mined and wrecked in theTyrrhenianSea, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Mt. Vernon,KennebecCounty, Maine,January25, 1808.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1842; member ofMainestate senate, 1845; candidate forU.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1852;justice ofMinnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.Member,Freemasons.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,March29, 1868 (age60 years, 64days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.  | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue atGrand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atSherman Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecommunityofSherman,Michigan, isnamed forhim. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) — also known asHenry H. Sibley — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.; Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February20, 1811.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855;Governor ofMinnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February18, 1891 (age79 years, 363days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| | Relatives: SonofSolomonSibley and Sarah Whipple (Sproat) Sibley; brother of CatherineWhipple Sibley (who marriedCharlesChristopher Trowbridge); married to Sarah Jane Steele (daughterofJamesSteele). | | | | Political families:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sibley County,Minn. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofHastings,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — Henry SibleyHighSchool (founded 1954, rebuilt 1971), inMendotaHeights, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry H. Sibley (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Hastings Sibley:Rhoda R. Gilman,HenryHastings Sibley: Divided Heart |
| | John Simpson (d. 1813) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Killed in theBattleof River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe),MonroeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1813.Original intermentsomewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Simon Snyder (1759-1819) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,November9, 1759.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1797;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1808-17; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1818-19; died in office 1819.Died in Selinsgrove,SnyderCounty, Pa.,November9, 1819 (age60 years, 0days).Interment atOldLutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Pa. | | Alexander Somervell (1796-1854) — of Texas. Born in Maryland,June 11,1796.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Colorado and Austin, 1836-38.Died undermysteriouscircumstances in1854(ageabout58 years); his body was found lashed to the timbers of a capsizedboat.Burial location unknown. | | James Harper Starr (1809-1890) — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.; Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in New Hartford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December18, 1809.TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1839-40.DiedJuly 25,1890 (age80 years, 219days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | John Hall Stephens (1847-1924) — also known asJohn H. Stephens — of Vernon,WilbargerCounty, Tex.Born inShelbyCounty, Tex.,November22, 1847.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1886-88;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1897-1917.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Monrovia,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November18, 1924 (age76 years, 362days).Interment atEastView Cemetery, Vernon, Tex. | | Benjamin Stephenson (d. 1822) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born in Kentucky. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1814-17;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Edwardsville, Illinois, 1816;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,1818.Slaveowner. Died in Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.,October10, 1822.Burial location unknown. | | 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 |
 | Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Danville,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,April 4,1792.Republican. Born with aclubfoot, whichimpairedhis walk;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1856(speaker),1860.Died inWashington,D.C.,August11, 1868 (age76 years, 129days).Interment atShreiner-ConcordCemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Duncan Stewart (1763-1819) — of North Carolina; Tennessee;WilkinsonCounty, Miss.Born in1763.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1790; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1800; member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1813;LieutenantGovernor of Mississippi, 1810; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1810.Died in1819(ageabout56 years).Interment atStewartTwo Cemetery, Near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Miss.  | Joseph Story (1779-1845) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,September18, 1779.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1805-07, 1811;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1811;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1808-09;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-45; died in office 1845;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September10, 1845 (age65 years, 357days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | Matthew Talbot (1762-1827) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,1762.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1808;Governor ofGeorgia, 1819.DiedSeptember17, 1827 (ageabout 65years).Interment atSmyrnaCemetery, Wilkes County, Ga. | | Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,1750.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofGeorgiastate senate, 1790;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1802; superior courtjudge in Georgia, 1800.Slaveowner. Died inWilkesCounty, Ga.,September3, 1821 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known asRoger B. Taney — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,March17, 1777.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1799-1800;bankdirector; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1816-21;Marylandstate attorney general, 1827-31;U.S.Attorney General, 1831-33;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.Catholic.FirstCatholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.Died inWashington,D.C.,October12, 1864 (age87 years, 209days).Interment atSt.John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married,January7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister ofFrancisScott Key; niece ofPhilipBarton Key (1757-1815); aunt ofPhilipBarton Key (1818-1859)). | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnMerryman | | | | Taney County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and ablelawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplaryChristian." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges | | | | Books by Roger Taney:Memoirof Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. | | | | Books about Roger Taney: BernardChristian Steiner,Lifeof Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States SupremeCourt — Charles Smith,RogerB. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman,RogerTaney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
| | Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,1799.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-53.Member,Freemasons.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,August2, 1858 (ageabout 59years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequentinterment in 1859 ataprivate or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atPioneerRest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex. | | Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803) — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,1762.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1795;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1796-99;Governor ofGeorgia, 1801-02.Died in Nassau,Bahamas,June6, 1803 (ageabout 40years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824) — of Port Royal,CarolineCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,December19, 1753.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;political theorist; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1796-1800;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1792-94, 1803, 1822-24; died in office1824; Presidential Elector for Virginia,1796.Slaveowner. Died inCarolineCounty, Va.,August21, 1824 (age70 years, 246days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Caroline County, Va. | | William Robert Taylor (1820-1909) — also known asWilliam R. Taylor — of Cottage Grove,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Connecticut,July 10,1820.Democrat.Governor ofWisconsin, 1874-76; defeated, 1875.DiedMarch17, 1909 (age88 years, 250days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.  | Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,1753.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1775;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1794-99; died in office 1799.Slaveowner. Died in1799(ageabout46 years).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) — also known asLittleton W. Tazewell — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,December17, 1774.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1796;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1800-01;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1824-32;Governor ofVirginia, 1834-36; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1840.Slaveowner. DiedMay 6,1860 (age85 years, 141days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1866 atElmwoodCemetery, Norfolk, Va. | | Edward Telfair (1735-1807) — of Georgia. Born inScotland,1735.Signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1778, 1780-82; received oneelectoral vote,1789;Governorof Georgia, 1789-93.DiedSeptember17, 1807 (ageabout 72years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga.  | Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914) — also known asHenry M. Teller — of Central City,GilpinCounty, Colo.Born in Granger,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,May 23,1830.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1876-82, 1885-1909;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1882-85; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Died inDenver,Colo.,February23, 1914 (age83 years, 276days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Alexander Watkins Terrell (1827-1912) — also known asAlexander Terrell;AlexTerrell —of Texas. Born inPatrickCounty, Va.,November23, 1827.District judge in Texas, 1857-62; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1875-82; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1891-93, 1903-07; U.S. MinistertoTurkey, 1893-97.Died in Mineral Wells,Palo PintoCounty, Tex.,September9, 1912 (age84 years, 291days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Terrell (1778-1855) — of Sparta,HancockCounty, Ga.Born in Virginia,1778.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1810;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21.Slaveowner. Died in1855(ageabout77 years).Interment atSpartaCemetery, Sparta, Ga. | | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) — also known asFrank Terry — Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,February18, 1821.Planter;in 1844, he wasattackedby two rebellious slaves with knives and axes;railroadbuilder;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilled inaction while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle ofWoodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), inHartCounty, Ky.,December17, 1861 (age40 years, 302days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reintermentin 1880 atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | John Milton Thayer (1820-1906) — also known asJohn M. Thayer — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Bellingham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January24, 1820.Republican.MemberNebraska territorial council, 1860; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1867-71;Governorof Wyoming Territory, 1875-78;Governor ofNebraska, 1887-91, 1891-92.Died in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,March19, 1906 (age86 years, 54days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Nelson Thayer and Ruth (Staples) Thayer; married,December17, 1842, to Mary Laura Albee; granduncle ofArthurLaban Bates; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams,JohnAdams andAlmurStiles Whiting; third cousin once removed ofJosephAllen,JohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andPeterRawson Taft; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821) andWilsonHenry Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed ofBurtonL. Rockwood; fourth cousin ofWillardJ. Chapin,GeorgeWashington Adams,CharlesFrancis Adams,AlphonsoTaft andEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,ElijahBoardman,JohnAllen,WilliamBostwick,ElijahHunt Mills,DanielWarner Bostwick,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,AlexanderWheelock Thayer,WilliamAldrich,WilliamVincent Wells,StaleyN. Wood,EdwardM. Chapin,JohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894),CharlesPhelps Taft,WilliamNelson Taft,BrooksAdams,JohnAlden Thayer,WilliamHoward Taft andHenryWaters Taft. | | | | Political families:Adamsfamily of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts;Adamsfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thayer County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography |
 | John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) — also known asJohn M. Thurston — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,August21, 1847.Republican.Lawyer;general solicitor for Union PacificRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,1872,1888(TemporaryChair),1896(PermanentChair; chair,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1875-77; Republican PresidentialElector for Nebraska,1880;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nebraska, 1896; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1896.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,August9, 1916 (age68 years, 354days).Cremated;ashes interred atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) — of Oregon. Born in Monmouth,KennebecCounty, Maine,April15, 1816.Lawyer;newspapereditor;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.Diedaboardthe steamerCalifornia, in theNorthPacific Ocean,April 9,1851 (age34 years, 359days).Original intermentsomewherein Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore. | | Nelson Tift (1810-1891) — of Georgia. Born in Connecticut,1810.Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1840; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1841; served in the ConfederateNavy during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1868-69.Slaveowner. Died in1891(ageabout81 years).Interment atOakviewCemetery, Albany, Ga.  | Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) — also known asBenjamin R. Tillman;"PitchforkBen";"The One-Eyed Plowboy" —of Trenton,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August11, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost hisleft eye in 1864;farmer;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1890-94; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1892(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from EdgefieldCounty, 1895;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; inFebrury, 1902, heaccusedfellow South Carolina senatorJohnMcLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the twocame toblows on the Senate floor; both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.Englishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 3,1918 (age70 years, 326days).Interment atEbenezerCemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C. | | John Tipton (1786-1839) — of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born inSevierCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1786.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1819-23;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1832-39.Died in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,April 6,1839 (age52 years, 235days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855) — of Texas. Born inRutherfordCounty, Tenn.,March12, 1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas statelegislature, 1851-52.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedApril 9,1855 (age41 years, 28days).Interment atSavannahCemetery, Red River County, Tex. | | John Blair Smith Todd (1814-1872) — also known asJohn B. S. Todd — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April 4,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1861-63, 1864-65; memberofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1866-67.Died inYanktonCounty, S.Dak.,January5, 1872 (age57 years, 276days).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.  | Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1774.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805;Governor ofNew York, 1807-17;VicePresident of the United States, 1817-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.PresbyterianorChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1825 (age50 years, 355days).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Joseph Kemp Toole (1851-1929) — also known asJoseph K. Toole — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.,May 12,1851.Democrat. Member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879-81;memberMontana territorial council, 1881-83;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1885-89;Governor ofMontana, 1889-93, 1901-08; resigned 1908; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;HonoraryVice-President).Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,March11, 1929 (age77 years, 303days).Interment atResurrectionCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) — also known asRobert Toombs;Bob Toombs — of Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,July 2,1810.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837-43;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1853-61;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;fledto Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest byUnionforces; he was suspected of involvement in theassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln; later returned to Georgia;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.One of the greatest orators of his time. Slaveowner. Died in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December15, 1885 (age75 years, 166days).Interment atRestHaven Cemetery, Washington, Ga. | | George Washington Bonaparte Towns (1801-1854) — also known asGeorge W. B. Towns — of Talbotton,TalbotCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,May 4,1801.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1829; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1832;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1835-36, 1837-39, 1846-47 (at-large1835-36, 1837-39, 3rd District 1846-47);Governor ofGeorgia, 1847-51.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 15,1854 (age53 years, 72days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | William Barret Travis (1809-1836) — also known asWilliam B. Travis — of Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.; Anahuac,ChambersCounty, Tex.Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (nowSaludaCounty), S.C.,August9, 1809.Lawyer;newspapereditor;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age26 years, 210days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex. | | John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) — also known asJohn A. Treutlen;Hans AdamTreuettlen —of Georgia. Born in Kürnbach,Germany,January16, 1734.Merchant;planter;justice of the peace;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777-78.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Seized andmurderedby a group of men, probably in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March 1,1782 (age48 years, 44days).Cenotaph atVeterans Park of Effingham County, Springfield, Ga. | | Stephen Trigg (1742-1782) — Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,1742.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-80.Killedin the Battle of Blue Licks, in what is nowRobertsonCounty, Ky.,August19, 1782 (ageabout 40years).Intermentsomewherein Nicholas County, Ky. | | Robert Trimble (1776-1828) — of Kentucky. Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,November17, 1776.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802; state court judge inKentucky, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16;federaljudge, 1817;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedAugust25, 1828 (age51 years, 282days).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky.  | Bartlett Tripp (1842-1911) — of South Dakota. Born in Illinois,1842.Democrat.Delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Dakota,1892;U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1893-97.Died in1911(ageabout69 years).Intermentsomewherein Yankton, S.Dak. | | George McIntosh Troup (1780-1856) — also known asGeorge M. Troup;"The Hercules of StatesRights" —of Dublin,LaurensCounty, Ga.Born in McIntosh Bluff, Ga. (now McIntosh,WashingtonCounty, Ala.),September8, 1780.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-15 (at-large 1807-09, 4thDistrict 1809-11, at-large 1811-15);U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1816-18, 1829-33;Governor ofGeorgia, 1823-27; defeated, 1819; Southern Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1852.Slaveowner. DiedApril26, 1856 (age75 years, 231days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Treutlen County, Ga. | | William Trousdale (1790-1872) — of Tennessee. Born inOrangeCounty, N.C.,September23, 1790.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1835-36; candidate forU.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1837, 1839, 1845; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1840;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTennessee, 1849-51; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1853-57.Died in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,March27, 1872 (age81 years, 186days).Interment atGallatinCemetery, Gallatin, Tenn. | | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740-1809) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March26, 1740.U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-95;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1791-93;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1795-96;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1796-97;Governor ofConnecticut, 1797-1809; died in office 1809.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August7, 1809 (age69 years, 134days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) — of Virginia. Born inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,December29, 1780.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1819-23;lawprofessor; chancellor, 4th District, 1824-31; Judge, VirginiaCourt of Appeals, 1831-41.Slaveowner. Died inWinchester,Va.,August28, 1848 (age67 years, 243days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Frances (Bland) Tucker andSt.George Tucker; half-brother ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; married,September23, 1806, to Ann Evelina Hunter; father ofNathanielBeverly Tucker andJohnRandolph Tucker; nephew ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790) andThomasTudor Tucker; grandfather ofHenrySt. George Tucker (1853-1932); grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofGeorgeTucker; first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; second cousin twice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin five times removed ofLeeMarvin; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); third cousin once removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),MeriwetherLewis,ThomasMarshall,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andDouglassTownshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed ofJoelWalker Flood,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,BenjaminEarl Cabell,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle andRichardWalker Bolling; fourth cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Tucker County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904) — also known asHenry G. Turner — of Quitman,BrooksCounty, Ga.Born in North Carolina,1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1874; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1876;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1881-97 (2nd District 1881-93, 11thDistrict 1893-97);justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1903-04.Died in1904(ageabout65 years).Interment atWestEnd Cemetery, Quitman, Ga. | | John W. Turner (1800-1883) — ofLenaweeCounty, Mich.;SaginawCounty, Mich.; Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1800.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1847, 1849, 1851-52 (LenaweeCounty 1847, 1849, Saginaw County 1851-52); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1862;memberDakota territorial council, 1865-67, 1870-71.Died in1883(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Tyler (1747-1813) — ofCharlesCity County, Va.Born inJames CityCounty, Va.,February28, 1747.Lawyer;planter;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CharlesCity County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1808-11.Died inCharlesCity County, Va.,January6, 1813 (age65 years, 313days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Charles City County, Va.  | 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 TylerCommunityCollege, 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) |
| | | Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born inNorthamptonCounty, Va.,June 17,1790.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge inVirginia, 1826-41;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age53 years, 256days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | 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. | | Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) — of New York. Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1721.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1777-78;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1778-95.Died inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1814 (age93 years, 111days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.;reinterment atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) VanCortlandt; married,May 29,1748, to Joanna Livingston (daughter ofGilbertLivingston); father ofPhilipVan Cortlandt (1749-1831),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. and Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (who marriedPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andAbrahamde Peyster; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofStephanusBayard,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),NicholasBayard,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; first cousin six times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,HenryRutgers,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipDePeyster,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cortland County,N.Y. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofCortland,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) — of Texas. Born inFranklinCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1813.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charged'Affaires to the United States, 1842;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic tothe United States.Died ofyellowfever whilecampaigningfor Governor, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October11, 1847 (age34 years, 93days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex.  | William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908) — also known asWilliam F. Vilas — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Chelsea,OrangeCounty, Vt.,July 9,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1876,1880,1884,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1880; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1885;U.S.Postmaster General, 1885-88;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97.Died in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,August28, 1908 (age68 years, 50days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | Samuel Finley Vinton (1792-1862) — also known asSamuel F. Vinton — of Gallipolis,GalliaCounty, Ohio.Born in South Hadley,HampshireCounty, Mass.,September25, 1792.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1823-37, 1843-51 (7th District 1823-33,6th District 1833-37, 12th District 1843-51); Whig PresidentialElector for Ohio,1840;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1851.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 11,1862 (age69 years, 228days).Interment atPineStreet Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abiathar Vinton and Sarah (Day) Vinton; married,August18, 1824, to Romaine Madeleine Bureau (daughter ofJeanPierre Roman Bureau); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesOtis Nason; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr. andAltonFestus Hayden; fourth cousin ofJabezUpham,GeorgeBaxter Upham,NathanielUpham,WilliamUpham,CharlesWentworth Upham,DonAlonzo Joshua Upham andAlonzoSidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnBaldwin,NathanAppleton,NathanielGookin Upham,IsaiahBlood,JamesPhineas Upham,CalvinHoadley Upham,CharlesLeslie Upham andWilliamHenry Upham. | | | | Political families:Greenefamily of Rhode Island;Greenefamily of Rhode Island (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Vinton County,Ohio is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Freeman Walker (1780-1827) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,October25, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1807-11;mayorof Augusta, Ga., 1818-19, 1823;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1819-21; resigned 1821.Slaveowner. Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September23, 1827 (age46 years, 333days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | John Williams Walker (1783-1823) — also known asJohn W. Walker — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,August12, 1783.Democrat. Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1810;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-22.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,April23, 1823 (age39 years, 254days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Robert John Walker (1801-1869) — also known asRobert J. Walker — of Madisonville,MadisonCounty, Miss.;Washington,D.C.Born in Northumberland,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,July 19,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857;newspaperpublisher.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November11, 1869 (age68 years, 115days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edwin Waller (1800-1881) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,November4, 1800.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Postmaster General, 1839;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861.Member,Freemasons.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January3, 1881 (age80 years, 60days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) — also known asEdward C. Walthall — of Grenada,GrenadaCounty, Miss.Born inRichmond,Va.,April 4,1831.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofFlaviusJ. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,1876,1880;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April21, 1898 (age67 years, 17days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Holly Springs, Miss. | | George Walton (c.1749-1804) — of Georgia. Born near Farmville,CumberlandCounty, Va., about 1749.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofGeorgia, 1779-80, 1789;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1783;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.Member,Freemasons.Died near Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February2, 1804 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atRosneyCemetery, Augusta, Ga.; reinterment in 1848 atCourthouseGrounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known asReuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October26, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23;Chancellorof New York, 1828-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inIreland,1807.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865;TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.Lost aleg in the storming of Bexar, 1835;lost hisright arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,1841.Died oftyphoidfever, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November25, 1872 (ageabout 65years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882) — also known asCadwallader C. Washburn — of Mineral Point,IowaCounty, Wis.; La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April22, 1818.Republican.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1855-61, 1867-71 (2nd District1855-61, 6th District 1867-71); general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governor ofWisconsin, 1872-74; defeated, 1873.Died in Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.,May 15,1882 (age64 years, 23days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofIsraelWashburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn; brother ofIsraelWashburn Jr.,ElihuBenjamin Washburne,CharlesAmes Washburn andWilliamDrew Washburn; married,January1, 1849, to Jeannette Garr; father of Fanny Washburn (who marriedCharlesPayson); nephew ofReuelWashburn; uncle ofCharlesFox Washburn,HempsteadWashburne,RobertCharles Washburn,WilliamDrew Washburn Jr. andStanleyWashburn; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesSumner andDwightMay Sabin. | | | | Political family:Washburnfamily of Raynham, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Washburn County,Wis. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
 | George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as"Father of His Country";"TheAmerican Fabius" —of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va., February 11, 1732/31 o.s. ((February22,1732)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof the United States, 1789-97.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, heserved as thefirstPresident and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected totheHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died, probably fromacute bacterialepiglottitis, atFairfaxCounty, Va.,December14, 1799 (age67 years, 295days).Entombed atMt.Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 atWashingtonCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 atBoston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married,January6, 1759, toMarthaDandridge Custis (aunt ofBurwellBassett); step-father ofJohnParke Custis; uncle ofBushrodWashington; granduncle by marriage ofCharlesMagill Conrad; granduncle ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington andGeorgeCorbin Washington; great-granduncle of Jane Washington AugustaThornton (who marriedJamesBurnie Beck); second great-granduncle ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin six times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1772-1818),SulifandSutherland Ross andDavidShelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed ofWalkerPeyton Conway,HowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin five times removed ofThomasHenry Ball Jr.,Williamde Bruyn=Kops,HoraceLee Washington,EdwinMcPherson Holden,ClaudeC. Ball,ArthurWesley Holden andFranklinDelano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed ofHenryRootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andThomasLeonidas Crittenden. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryLee —JoshuaFry —AlexanderDimitry —TobiasLear —DavidMathews —RufusPutnam | | | | Washington counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Md.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,R.I.,Tenn.,Tex.,Utah,Vt.,Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — Thestate of Washington isnamed forhim. —MountWashington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeneralWashington Johnston—GeorgeWashington Lent Marr—GeorgeWashington Heard—GeorgeWashington Barnett—GeorgeWashington Davis—GeorgeW. Owen—GeorgeW. Toland—GeorgeW. Lay—GeorgeW. Patterson—GeorgeW. B. Towns—GeorgeWashington Adams—GeorgeWashington Hockley—GeorgeW. Smyth—G.W. Ingersoll—GeorgeW. Hopkins—GeorgeWashington Montgomery—JosephGeorge Washington Duncan—GeorgeW. Kittredge—GeorgeWashington Juden, Sr.—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeWashington Lane—GeorgeW. Harrison—GeorgeWashington Ewing—GeorgeWashington Seabrook—GeorgeW. Morrison—GeorgeW. Woodward—GeorgeWashington Wright—GeorgeWashington Triplett—GeorgeWashington Glasscock—GeorgeW. Schuyler—GeorgeWashington Holman—GeorgeW. Greene—GeorgeW. Johnson—GeorgeW. Wolcott—GeorgeW. Paschal—GeorgeWashington Dunlap—GeorgeWashington Warren—GeorgeWashington Hill—GeorgeWashington Logan—GeorgeW. Getchell—GeorgeW. Wright—GeorgeW. Julian—GeorgeWashington Dyal—GeorgeW. Ladd—GeorgeW. Peck—GeorgeWashington Nesmith—GeorgeW. Morgan—GeorgeWashington Brooks—GeorgeWashington Cowles—GeorgeW. Geddes—GeorgeWashington Whitmore—GeorgeWashington Bridges—GeorgeW. Cate—GeorgeW. Houk—GeorgeW. Webber—GeorgeW. Bemis—GeorgeW. Batchelder—GeorgeWashington Fairbrother—GeorgeW. Glick—GeorgeW. Ryland—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeW. Baker—GeorgeW. Shell—GeorgeW. Anderson—GeorgeW. Crouse—GeorgeW. Hulick—GeorgeW. Allen—GeorgeW. F. Harper—GeorgeWashington Clark—GeorgeW. McCrary—GeorgeW. Gordon—GeorgeW. Kingsbury—GeorgeW. Covington—GeorgeWashington Fleeger—GeorgeW. Steele—GeorgeW. Wilson—GeorgeW. Martin—GeorgeW. E. Dorsey—GeorgeW. Plunkitt—GeorgeW. Furbush—GeorgeW. Sutton—GeorgeW. Curtin—GeorgeW. Ray—GeorgeW. Roosevelt—GeorgeW. Smith—GeorgeW. Kipp—GeorgeW. Campbell—GeorgeW. Taylor—GeorgeW. Stone—GeorgeW. Bartch—GeorgeW. Shonk—GeorgeW. Paul—GeorgeW. Cook—GeorgeW. Clarke—GeorgeW. Murray—GeorgeW. Faris—GeorgeW. Fithian—GeorgeW. Prince—GeorgeW. Buckner—GeorgeW. Cromer—GeorgeW. Donaghey—GeorgeT. Beck—GeorgeW. Aldridge—GeorgeWashington Wagoner—GeorgeWashington Goethals—GeorgeW. Armstrong—GeorgeW. Lovejoy—GeorgeW. Oakes—GeorgeW. Hays—GeorgeW. Edmonds—GeorgeW. Lindsay—GeorgeWashington Jones—T.G. W. Tarver—GeorgeW. Darden—GeorgeW. McCaskrin—GeorgeWashington English—GeorgeWashington Jones—GeorgeW. Mead—GeorgeW. Collins—GeorgeW. Gibbons—GeorgeW. List—GeorgeW. Calkin—GeorgeWashington Sullivan—GeorgeW. Rauch—GeorgeW. Michell—GeorgeWashington Jackson—GeorgeW. Blanchard—GeorgeWashington Herz—GeorgeW. Bristow—GeorgeWashington Hardy—GeorgeW. Ballard—GeorgeW. McKown—GeorgeW. Collins | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. Hisportraitalso appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about George Washington: RichardBrookhiser,FoundingFather: Rediscovering George Washington — James ThomasFlexner,Washington:The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall,GeorgeWashington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith,Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation —Henry Wiencek,AnImperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation ofAmerica — James MacGregor Burns,GeorgeWashington — Joseph J. Ellis,HisExcellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,TheBulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's ProvidentialCare — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Wendie C. Old,GeorgeWashington (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as"Mad Anthony" — ofChesterCounty, Pa.;ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Easttown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,January1, 1745.Surveyor;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.Englishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie),ErieCounty, Pa.,December15, 1796 (age51 years, 349days).Original interment atGarrisonHill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married1766 to MaryPenrose; father ofIsaacWayne (1772-1852). | | | | Wayne counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | FortWayne (1794), and the subsequentcityofFortWayne, Indiana, werenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Robert Weakley (1764-1845) — of Tennessee. Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,July 20,1764.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1809-11;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1819-21, 1823-25; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1823-25;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Slaveowner. Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February4, 1845 (age80 years, 199days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | James Webb (1792-1856) — of Florida; Texas. Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,March31, 1792.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;justice ofFlorida territorial supreme court, 1828-38;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales andTravis, 1841-42, 1842-44;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;secretaryof state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56;died in office 1856.Member,Freemasons.DiedNovember1, 1856 (age64 years, 215days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.  | Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as"Black Dan";"Defender of theConstitution";"Great Expounder of theConstitution" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin),MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January18, 1782.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820;Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1820;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned1827;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1836;U.S.Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.Presbyterian.Englishancestry.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,October24, 1852 (age70 years, 280days).Interment atWinslowCemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 atScottCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atState House Grounds, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married,May 29,1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed ofHiramAugustus Huse; second cousin twice removed ofEdwinGeorge Eastman; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryNichols Blake andJohnLeffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahSabin,CharlesRowell andAmosTuck. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Webster counties inGa.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DanielWebster Wilder—DanielW. Mills—DanielW. Jones—DanielWebster Comstock—DanielW. Waugh—DanielW. Tallmadge—DanielWebster Heagy—DanielW. Whitmore—DanielW. Hamilton—DanielW. Allaman—WebsterTurner—DanielW. Shepperson—DanW. Turner—DanielW. Hoan—DanielW. Ambrose, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20thcentury. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Daniel Webster: RobertVincent Remini,DanielWebster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter,Oneand Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —Robert A. Allen,DanielWebster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,DanielWebster and the Rise of National Conservatism —Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — JohnF. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Lewis Ledyard Weld — of Colorado.Secretaryof Colorado Territory, 1861.Burial location unknown. | | John Austin Wharton (1806-1838) — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1806.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838; died in office1838.Member,Freemasons.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December17, 1838 (ageabout 32years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Virginia,1802.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died inoffice 1839.Killed when heaccidentallyshothimself while dismounting from hishorse,near Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,March14, 1839 (ageabout 36years).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex.  | Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) — also known as"Fighting Joe" — of Wheeler,LawrenceCounty, Ala.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September10, 1836.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;planter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1906 (age69 years, 137days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married,February6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter ofPeterEarly); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. | | | | Wheeler County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | WheelerDam(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River inLauderdaleandLawrencecounties, Alabama, and the WheelerLakereservoir, which extends intoLimestone,Morgan,andMadisoncounties, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in America(1906) |
| | Royal Tyler Wheeler (1810-1864) — of Texas. Born in Vermont,1810.District judge in Texas, 1844;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1845-64; died in office 1864.Died bysuicide,inWashingtonCounty, Tex.,April 9,1864 (ageabout 53years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840) — also known asHugh L. White — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inRowanCounty, N.C.,October30, 1773.Whig.Justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1801; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1807;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1808-09;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1825-40; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1836.Slaveowner. Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April10, 1840 (age66 years, 163days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Samuel A. Whiteside (1783-1868) — Born inRutherfordCounty, N.C.,April12, 1783.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1819-21; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Black Hawk War.Died in Mt. Auburn,ChristianCounty, Ill.,January3, 1868 (age84 years, 266days).Interment atHunterCemetery, Christian County, Ill. | | Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inOrangeCounty, N.Y., about 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;secretaryof Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War.Killedin battle at Tupelo,LeeCounty, Miss.,July 14,1864 (ageabout 44years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed inthe Civil War.Burial location unknown. | | Conrad Will — ofJacksonCounty, Ill.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Jackson County,1818.Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in West Nottingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December5, 1735.Preacher;universityprofessor;physician;member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.Presbyterian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 22,1819 (age83 years, 168days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Robert McAlpin Williamson (1806-1859) — also known as"Three Legged Willie" — of Texas. Born in Georgia,1806.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837-40; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-43, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-44; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-48; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1849; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1851.Due to a deformity developed during an illness when he was 15,causing his right leg to be drawn back at the knee, he wore a partialwooden leg attached at the knee.Died in Wharton,WhartonCounty, Tex.,December22, 1859 (ageabout 53years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) — of Texas. Born in Yorkshire,England,August21, 1818.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-50; member ofTexasstate senate, 1851-53.Methodist.Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famedorator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,secession to join the Confederacy.Died oftuberculosis,at Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,February7, 1860 (age41 years, 170days).Original interment atAskeyCemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known asLouis D. Wilson — ofEdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,May 12,1789.Democrat.Notarypublic; justice of the peace;merchant;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died inoffice 1847;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegateto Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1835;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromyellowfever, while serving in the U.S. Army in theMexicanWar, in Veracruz,Veracruz,August12, 1847 (age58 years, 92days).Original interment atRocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in1904 atTarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C. | | John Anthony Winston (1812-1871) — also known asJohn A. Winston — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.BornSeptember4, 1812.Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1840; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1845;Governor ofAlabama, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1860,1868;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.DiedDecember21, 1871 (age59 years, 108days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Sumter County, Ala. | | Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) — of Mississippi. Born in Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,November24, 1784.Delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824.Died in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,August20, 1824 (age39 years, 270days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Adams County, Miss.  | William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November8, 1772.Lawyer;prosecuting attorney at the treason trial ofAaronBurr, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17;U.S.Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1832.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,February18, 1834 (age61 years, 102days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married,May 28,1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; aunt ofThomasWalker Gilmer); married,September7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamHenry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who marriedAlexanderRandall); grandfather ofJohnWirt Randall; great-grandfather ofHannahParker Randall (who marriedWilliamBladen Lowndes). | | | | Wirt County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WirtAdams—WilliamWirt Virgin—WilliamWirt Watkins—WilliamWirt Vaughan—WilliamW. Warren—WilliamWirt Culbertson—WilliamWirt Herod—WilliamW. Dixon—WilliamWirt Henderson—WilliamW. Hastings—W.Wirt Courtney | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory KurtGlassner,AdoptedSon: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,1772-1834 | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) — also known asHenry A. Wise — of Accomac,AccomackCounty, Va.; Princess Anne County, Va. (nowVirginiaBeach, Va.).Born in Virginia,December3, 1806.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21stDistrict 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.Minister toBrazil, 1844-47;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;Governor ofVirginia, 1856-59;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Princess Anne County, 1861;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember12, 1876 (age69 years, 284days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Nathaniel Wolfe (1810-1865) — ofJeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inRichmond,Va.,October20, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1853-55; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-63; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee).Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 3,1865 (age54 years, 256days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | George Tyler Wood (1795-1858) — Born in Cuthbert,RandolphCounty, Ga.,March12, 1795.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar;Governor ofTexas, 1847-49; defeated, 1849, 1853.Slaveowner. Died inSan JacintoCounty, Tex.,September3, 1858 (age63 years, 175days).Interment atRobinsonGraveyard, Near Point Blank, San Jacinto County, Tex. | | James Wood (1747-1813) — of Virginia. Born in1747.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775;Governor ofVirginia, 1796-99.DiedJune 16,1813 (ageabout 65years).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va. | | Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Francestown,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December22, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1823-24; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1825;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September4, 1851 (age61 years, 256days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. | | Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867) — of Indiana. Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,April17, 1810.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37; member ofIndianastate senate, 1839-40;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1843-45;Governor ofIndiana, 1849-57; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1857-61, 1865-67, died in office 1867;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1862-63.Methodist.Died in Berlin,Germany,May11, 1867 (age57 years, 24days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) — of Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 24,1795.Democrat.Lawyer;St.Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1824-27;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1829-34;U.S.Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1844;Governorof New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.Died in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,August27, 1847 (age52 years, 95days).Interment atSilasWright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument atWeybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thriceremoved ofHenryMerrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesEllsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; fourth cousin ofMorrisWoodruff,MartinKeeler,MarshallChapin,WilliamDean Kellogg,JoshuaGrosvenor Abbe andSamuelBadger Abbe; fourth cousin once removed ofTheodoreDwight,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,GreeneCarrier Bronson,CharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeCatlin Woodruff,StephenHiram Keeler,LewisBartholomew Woodruff,EdmundGillett Chapin,WilliamChapman Williston,ZenasFerry Moody,CharlesEdward Phelps,ArthurChapin andJohnWingate Weeks. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Wright counties inMinn. andMo. arenamed for him;Wright County,Iowa may have been named for him. | | | | WrightPeak,in the Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until1913. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | George Wythe (1726-1806) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part ofHampton,Va.),December3, 1726.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1758-68;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Virginia,1777;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788.Episcopalian.Apparentlymurdered—poisonedby his grandnephew — and died two weeks later, inRichmond,Va.,June 8,1806 (age79 years, 187days).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828) — of North Carolina. Born near Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,February19, 1785.U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,9th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1817-27.Slaveowner. Died near Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,August30, 1828 (age43 years, 193days).Interment in private or family graveyard.  | Joseph Christopher Yates (1768-1837) — also known asJoseph C. Yates — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1768.Democrat.Lawyer; oneof thefoundersof Union College, 1795;mayorof Schenectady, N.Y., 1798-1807; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1805-08;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1808-22; Presidential Elector for NewYork,1812;Governorof New York, 1823-24; Presidential Elector for New York,1828.Died in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1837 (age68 years, 130days).Burial location unknown. | | | Archibald Yell (1797-1847) — of Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.Born in North Carolina,August9, 1797.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;federaljudge, 1832-35;U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1836-39, 1845-46; resigned1846;Governor ofArkansas, 1840-44; colonel in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar.Slaveowner. Killed in theMexicanWar Battle of Buena Vista,Coahuila,February22, 1847 (age49 years, 197days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. | | Henderson King Yoakum (1810-1856) — of Tennessee. BornSeptember6, 1810.Mayorof Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1837; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1839.DiedNovember30, 1856 (age46 years, 85days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex. | | David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known asDavid Levy;"Father of Florida'sRailroads" —of St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.; Homosassa,CitrusCounty, Fla.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,June 12,1810.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61;imprisonedas aConfederateat Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.Jewish.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1886 (age76 years, 120days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Francis Marion Ziebach (1830-1929) — also known asFrank Ziebach — of South Dakota. Born in1830.Democrat.MemberDakota territorial council, 1883-84;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1884;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,1908.Died in1929(ageabout99 years).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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