in alphabetical order | |  William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) — also known asWilliam W. Atterbury;"The RailroadGeneral" —of Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,January31, 1866.Republican.Railroadsuperintendent; president, AmericanRailwayAssociation; during World War I, he was called on to organizeorganized U.S. militaryrailroadoperations in France; he was designated Director-General ofTransportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1920(speaker);President, PennsylvaniaRailroad,1925-35.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, ofapoplexy,in Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.,September20, 1935 (age69 years, 232days).Interment atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa. | | 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. —Fort Baker (previously, Lime PointMilitary Reservation; renamed Fort Baker in 1897; now part of GoldenGate NationalRecreationArea), inMarinCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — BakerStreet,inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1822.Surveyor;explorer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led the experiment touse camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six tripsbetween Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying militaryinformation; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washingtonof the discovery of gold in California; Superintendent of IndianAffairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1876-77.Died inWashington,D.C.,April22, 1893 (age71 years, 77days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa. | | Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) — also known asHenry L. Benning;"OldRock" —of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,April 2,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1853-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,July 10,1875 (age61 years, 99days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | 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. | | 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 |
| | John Adams Dix (1798-1879) — also known asJohn A. Dix — of Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 24,1798.Republican.Secretaryof state of New York, 1833-39; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1842;U.S.Senator from New York, 1845-49; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1860-61;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1866-69;Governor ofNew York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848 (Free Soil), 1874; candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1876.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1879 (age80 years, 271days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Presumably namedfor:JohnAdams | | | | Relatives: Son-in-law ofJohnJordan Morgan; son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr. and Abigail (Wilkins)Dix; married to Catharine Waine Morgan; first cousin thrice removedofRogerSherman; second cousin once removed ofNathanRead; third cousin once removed ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts,GeorgeFrisbie Hoar,JohnHill Walbridge andHenryE. Walbridge; third cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg,JudahDana andCharlesKirk Tilden; fourth cousin ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelMerrill,SamuelLaning,OrsamusCook Merrill,AmariahKibbe Jr.,JohnLanning,TimothyMerrill,DanielPutnam Tyler,JohnWinchester Dana,CharlesSmith Dana,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,JohnFrederick Addis,Henryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Fort Dix (established 1917 as Camp Dix; laterFort Dix; now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), aU.S. Armypost inBurlingtonCounty, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — DixMountain,in the Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | 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. | | John Fairfield (1797-1847) — of Saco,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,January30, 1797.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4thDistrict 1837-38); resigned 1838;Governor ofMaine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.Died inWashington,D.C.,December24, 1847 (age50 years, 328days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | 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.  | 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. |  | 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. —Fort Madison (1808-13), and thesubsequentcityofFortMadison, 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) |
| | | Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) — also known asRobert McCoy — of Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.Born in Kenosha,KenoshaCounty, Wis.,September5, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;MonroeCounty Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-AmericanWar; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in theU.S. Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1920.Died, ofperniciousanemia, in Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.,January5, 1926 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Sparta, Wis.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political family:Monroefamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —Fort Monroe (military installation1819-2011), 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) |
| | | 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.  | 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. | | | | Fort Scott (military installation1842-73), 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) |
| | John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known asMorris Sheppard — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.Born in Wheatville,MorrisCounty, Tex.,May 28,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1stDistrict 1903-13);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.Methodist.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, inWalterReed Hospital,Washington,D.C.,April 9,1941 (age65 years, 316days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Dallas Burton Smith (1883-1936) — also known asDallas B. Smith — of Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.Born in Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.,March 9,1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1920;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1920.Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died, in the VeteransHospital,Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,August1, 1936 (age53 years, 145days).Interment atRosemereCemetery, Opelika, Ala. | | Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) — also known asFloyd Spence — of Lexington,LexingtonCounty, S.C.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April 9,1928.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1964,1972(delegation chair),1988;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7thDistrict 1969-70); resigned 1970;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; diedin office 2001.Lutheran.Member,Sonsof Confederate Veterans;FarmBureau;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Forty andEight;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;KappaAlpha Order.Died, following surgery to remove ablood clotfrom his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson MemorialHospital,Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,August16, 2001 (age73 years, 129days).Interment atSt. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C. | | 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. | | | | Fort Stevens (established 1863;decomissioned 1947; now astatepark) inWarrenton,Oregon, wasnamed forhim. —Fort Stevens (active during the CivilWar, 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 |
 | Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) — of Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,August14, 1734.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from District Eastward of Wateree River,1781-82;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801);U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1809-19.Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.,June 1,1832 (age97 years, 292days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives:Grandfather ofThomasDe Lage Sumter. | | | | Fort Sumter (built during 1829-61), inCharleston,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The SumterNationalForest (established 1936), inOconee,Union,Newberry,McCormick,Edgefield,Abbeville,Laurens,Chester,Fairfield,Greenwood,Saludacounties, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | 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. | | | | Fort Wayne (1794), and the subsequentcityofFortWayne, Indiana, werenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
 | Leonard Wood (1860-1927) — Born in Winchester,CheshireCounty, N.H.,October9, 1860.Republican.Physician;received theMedalof Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander ofthe "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; majorgeneral in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief ofStaff; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1921-27; died in office 1927.Englishancestry.Died, following surgery for abraintumor, in the Peter Bent BrighamHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August7, 1927 (age66 years, 302days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. |
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