in alphabetical order  |  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. | | | | Mount Adams (second highest peak in theNortheast), 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. | | | | Mount Quincy Adams, in the WhiteMountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —Mount Quincy Adams, on the borderbetweenBritishColumbia, 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) |
| | Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as"The Tribune of the People";"The Cromwell of New England";"Determinatus";"The Psalm Singer";"Amendment Monger";"AmericanCato";"Samuel the Publican" —of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., September 16, 1722 o.s. ((September27,1722)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1781; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1788;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1789-94;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes,1796.Congregationalist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1803 (age81 years, 5days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married1749 toElizabeth Checkley; married1764 toElizabeth Wells; uncle ofJosephAllen; granduncle ofCharlesAllen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who marriedAlfredCumming) andWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin ofJohnAdams; second cousin once removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington Adams,CharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) andJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin,JohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurChapin,ArthurLaban Bates,CharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954) andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass,EmersonRichard Boyles andThomasBoylston Adams; third cousin ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington andCalebCushing; third cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin,ErastusFairbanks,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,CharlesAdams Jr.,JamesBrooks andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofAlphonsoTaft,BenjaminW. Waite,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,FranklinFairbanks,CollinsDwight Huntington,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,GeorgeMilo Huntington,EdgarWeeks andArthurNewton Holden; third cousin four times removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1848-1911). | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofAdams,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. —Mount Sam Adams, in the WhiteMountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Adams (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Samuel Adams: Donald BarrChidsey,TheWorld of Samuel Adams |
 | Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known asThomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October29, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1880,1884;U.S.Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-97.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September28, 1898 (age69 years, 334days).Interment atOldSwedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.| | Relatives: SonofJamesAsheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married1856 to LouisaLee; married,November7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father ofThomasFrancis Bayard Jr.; nephew ofRichardHenry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson ofJamesAsheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (whomarriedJosephGardner Bradley),ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson ofRichardBassett; great-grandfather ofRichardHenry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew ofJohnBubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; second cousin once removed ofThomasClayton andLittletonKirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard; third cousin ofAndrewKirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin ofJohnSluyter Wirt. | | | | Political families:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mount Bayard, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, and thePrince ofWales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known asRalph E. Becker — of Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for District of Columbia,1972;U.S. Ambassador toHonduras, 1976-77.Jewish;laterEpiscopalian.LithuanianandBelarusianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;B'naiB'rith;AmericanJewish Committee.Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to theSmithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South PoleOperation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1994 (age87 years, 207days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known asNick Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April 6,1932.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate senate, 1963-71;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlaska,1972.AlaskaNative andCroatianancestry.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age40 years, 193days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known asWilliam W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1829.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869-76.Impeachedin 1876 by the House of Representatives fortakingbribes;resignedon March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lackedjurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachmenttrialwas held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,short of the necessary two-thirds.Died, of an apparentheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October13, 1890 (age61 years, 21days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918) — also known asJoseph C. S. Blackburn — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born near Spring Station,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,October1, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871-75;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1875-85;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1885-97, 1901-07; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1896,1900,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died inWashington,D.C.,September12, 1918 (age79 years, 346days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofLukePryor Blackburn; married,February10, 1858, to Therese Graham; married,December11, 1901, to Mary E. Blackburn; father of Corinne Blackburn (whomarriedWilliamHolt Gale); granduncle ofSmithAlford Blackburn; great-granduncle ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed ofGabrielSlaughter; third cousin ofCharlesRice Slaughter; third cousin once removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry andGustavusAdolphus Henry. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mount Blackburn, the highest peak ofthe Wrangell Mountains, in theCopperRiver Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 atBrunswick,Georgia; sold for scrap 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
 | 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. | | | | Mount Blaine, 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) |
| | Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known asHale Boggs — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Long Beach,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,February15, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948,1956,1960,1968;Parliamentarian,1964;chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair,1968;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1952;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;CatholicWar Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age58 years, 244days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;married,January22, 1938, toCorinneClaiborne; father ofBarbaraBoggs Sigmund,ThomasHale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. | | | | BoggsPeak in the Chugach Mountains,Anchorage,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: GaryBoulard,TheBig Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and LeanderPerez |
| | 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.  | 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. | | | | Mount Clay (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 |
|  | 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. | | | | Mount Cleveland, 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 |
| | | Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known asThomas L. Clingman;"The Prince ofPoliticians" —of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Huntsville,YadkinCounty, N.C.,July 27,1812.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1stDistrict 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1868,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Died in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,November3, 1897 (age85 years, 99days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C. | | Columbus Delano (1809-1896) — of Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,June 4,1809.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1845-47, 1865-67, 1868-69 (10thDistrict 1845-47, 13th District 1865-67, 1868-69); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1860;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1863;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1870-75.Died in Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio,October23, 1896 (age87 years, 141days).Interment atMoundView Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. | | 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.Army post inBurlingtonCounty, New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — DixMountain, in the ArdirondackMountains,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 |
 | Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known asDwight D. Eisenhower;"Ike" —Born in Denison,GraysonCounty, Tex.,October14, 1890.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II;presidentof Columbia University, 1948-53;Presidentof the United States, 1953-61.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;LoyalLegion.Died, after a series ofheartattacks, atWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,March28, 1969 (age78 years, 165days).Interment atEisenhowerCenter, Abilene, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;brother ofMiltonStover Eisenhower; married,July 1,1916, toMaryGeneva Doud; father ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David EisenhowerII (son-in-law ofRichardMilhous Nixon). | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ShermanAdams —CarterL. Burgess —WoodrowWilson Mann —JacquelineC. Odlum —GeorgeE. Allen —MeyerKestnbaum —BernardM. Shanley —JudahNadich | | | | The EisenhowerExpressway,from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, inCookCounty, Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The EisenhowerTunnel(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the ContinentalDivide, in the Rocky Mountains, fromClearCreek County toSummitCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The Eisenhower Range ofmountains, inVictoriaLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. —Mount Eisenhower (formerly MountPleasant), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). | | | | Campaign slogan: "I LikeIke." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:Stephen E. Ambrose,Eisenhower: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein,TheHidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlod'Este,Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk,DwightD. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.Buchanan, Jr.,RedCarpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in theEisenhower Administration — Jim Newton,Eisenhower:The White House Years — William Lee Miller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1969) |
| | 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 Evans (1814-1897) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Waynesville,WarrenCounty, Ohio,March 9,1814.Republican.Physician;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado Territory,1868(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker).Methodist.One of thefoundersof Northwestern University, and of the University of Denver.Died inDenver,Colo.,July 3,1897 (age83 years, 116days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | | Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Franklin Mills (now Kent),PortageCounty, Ohio,December27, 1831.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; woundedat the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, andlost anarm;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1864-66;Governor ofWisconsin, 1866-72; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1872;U.S. Consul General inParis, as of 1879; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1880-81; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1889.Englishancestry.Died in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 23,1896 (age64 years, 148days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofJairusCassius Fairchild and Sarah 'Sally' (Blair) Fairchild; brother ofCassiusFairchild; married1864 toFrances Bull; second cousin thrice removed ofAndrewAdams. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnC. Spooner | | | | ThevillageofFairchild,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — FairchildMountain, a summit in RockyMountain National Park,LarimerCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — FairchildAvenue,inKent,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Lucius Fairchild (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
 | 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.  | Joseph Benson Foraker (1846-1917) — also known asJoseph B. Foraker;"Fire AlarmForaker" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born near Rainsboro,HighlandCounty, Ohio,July 5,1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;superior court judge in Ohio, 1879-82;Governor ofOhio, 1886-90; defeated, 1883, 1889; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1896,1900,1904;speaker,1888,1896;chair, Resolutions Committee, chair,1896;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1897-1909; candidate for Republican nominationfor President,1908.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,May 10,1917 (age70 years, 309days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | 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. | | | | Mount Franklin, 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 |
 | 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) |
 | 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 CascadeRange,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) |
| | 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.  | 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. —Mount Horace 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) |
| | Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) — also known asErnest Gruening;"Mr.Alaska" —ofJuneau,Alaska.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1887.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor;writer;Governorof Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alaska Territory,1956;member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,1952;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska,1960,1968,1972;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska,1972(on behalf ofGeorgeMcGovern andR.Sargent Shriver, Jr.).Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only twoSenators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gavePresident Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.Died ofcancer inWashington,D.C.,June 26,1974 (age87 years, 140days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | 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. —Mount Hancock, 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 |
 | Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known asWinfield S. Hancock — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February14, 1824.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1868,1876;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880.Member,Freemasons;LoyalLegion.Died in Governor's Island,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1886 (age61 years, 360days).Interment atMontgomeryCemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 atHancockCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Presumably namedfor:WinfieldScott | | | | Relatives: Son of Benjamin FranklinHancock and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock; married,February1, 1850, to Almira Dubois Russell; uncle of Laura ElizabethHancock (who marriedWilliamRush Merriam). | | | | Political family:Merriam-Hancockfamily of Wadham's Mills, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mount Hancock, in Yellowstone NationalPark,TetonCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early1890s. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Winfield Scott Hancock:David M. Jordan,WinfieldScott Hancock : A Soldier's Life — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Cornell UniversityLibrary |
 | 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. —Mount Harding, 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 |
| | Cornelius Hedges (1837-1907) — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in1837.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1874; member ofMontanastate senate 7th District, 1889-92.Died in1907(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown.  | Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) — also known asWeldon B. Heyburn — of Wallace,ShoshoneCounty, Idaho.Born in Chadds Ford Township,DelawareCounty, Pa.,May 23,1852.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho Territory,1888;delegateto Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Idaho,1892,1900,1904;candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho, 1898;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,October17, 1912 (age60 years, 147days).Interment atLafayetteCemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa. | | John Wesley Hoyt (1831-1912) — also known asJohn W. Hoyt — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born near Worthington,FranklinCounty, Ohio,October13, 1831.Wisconsinrailroad commissioner, 1874-76;Governorof Wyoming Territory, 1878-82.Methodist.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 23,1912 (age80 years, 223days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | 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. | | | | Mount Jefferson (third highest peak inthe 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) |
| | Joseph Henry Kibbey (1853-1924) — also known asJoseph H. Kibbey — of Florence,PinalCounty, Ariz.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Centerville,WayneCounty, Ind.,March 4,1853.Republican.Justice ofArizona territorial supreme court, 1889;memberArizona territorial council, 1902;Arizonaterritory attorney general, 1904-05; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arizona Territory,1904;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1905-09; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1916.Died in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,June 14,1924 (age71 years, 102days).Interment atGreenwoodMemory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) — also known asJack London;John GriffithChaney —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January12, 1876.Socialist.Novelist;candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist).Died in Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1916 (age40 years, 315days).Interment atJack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married1900 toElizabeth May Maddern; married1905 toCharmian 'Clara' Kittredge. | | | | Mount London, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHainesBorough, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — Jack London Square (entertainment and businessdevelopment),and the surrounding Jack London Districtneighborhood,inOakland,California, arenamed forhim. — Jack LondonLake(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known asClarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April17, 1874.Republican.Financier;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916.Catholic.IrishandEnglishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1938 (age64 years, 209days).Entombed atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | 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. —Mount Madison, 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) |
|  | William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known asWilliam L. Marcy — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December12, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1823-29;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1829;U.S.Senator from New York, 1831-33;Governor ofNew York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838;U.S.Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1853-57.Died in Ballston Spa,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1857 (age70 years, 204days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. |  | 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. | | | | Mount McKinley (the highest peak inNorth America, now known by its traditional 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 |
| | John W. Meldrum (1843-1936) — of Laramie,AlbanyCounty, Wyo.Born in Caledonia,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1843.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;carpenter;wagonmaker; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1882; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wyoming Territory,1884;Surveyor General of Wyoming Territory, 1884-85;secretaryof Wyoming Territory, 1889-90; U.S. Commissioner in YellowstoneNational Park, 1894-1935.Died inDenver,Colo.,February27, 1936 (age92 years, 163days).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. —Mount Monroe, 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) |
| | | Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (b. 1961) — also known asBarack Obama;"The Messiah";"Renegade";"The LoinKing" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,August4, 1961.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate senate 13th District, 1997-2004; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,2004(speaker),2008;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 2005-08; resigned 2008;Presidentof the United States, 2009-17; received theNobelPeace Prize in 2009.UnitedChurch of Christ.Kenyanancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives: Sonof Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama; married,October18, 1992, toMichelleLaVaughn Robinson. | | | | Cross-reference:JoeWilson —PhilipJ. Berg —RodBlagojevich —TimothyW. Jones | | | | Barack ObamaElementarySchool (formerly J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School; renamed 2018),inRichmond,Virginia, isnamed forhim. —AvingudaBarack Obama, inNáquera,Spain, isnamed forhim. — Barack ObamaDrive,inDares Salaam, Tanzania, isnamed forhim. —Mount Obama (now and previously BoggyPeak), in the Shekerley Mountains,Antigua,wasnamed forhim from 2009 to 2016. | | | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Yes WeCan!" | | | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Change We CanBelieve In." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Barack Obama:Dreamsfrom My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance(2004) —TheAudacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaimig the American Dream(2006) | | | | Books about Barack Obama: SteveDougherty,Hopesand Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — David Mendell,Obama:From Promise to Power — John K. Wilson,BarackObama: This Improbable Quest — Shelby Steele,ABound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can'tWin — Joseph Vogel,TheObama Movement: Why Barack Obama Speaks to America'sYouth — Jodi Kantor,TheObamas — David Maraniss,BarackObama: The Making of the Man — Jonathan Alter,ThePromise: President Obama, Year One — Pete Souza,TheRise of Barack Obama — Jonathan Alter,TheCenter Holds: Obama and His Enemies — Chuck Todd,TheStranger: Barack Obama in the White House | | | | Critical books about Barack Obama:Webster Griffin Tarpley,Obama- The Postmodern Coup: Making of a ManchurianCandidate — Gordon Heslop,TheHope of Audacity: Barack Obama, A Bad Choice — EdwardKlein,TheAmateur: Barack Obama in the White House — MichelleMalkin,Cultureof Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, andCronies — David Limbaugh,TheGreat Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic —David Limbaugh,CrimesAgainst Liberty: An Indictment of President BarackObama — Dinesh D'Souza,TheRoots of Obama's Rage — David Freddoso,GangsterGovernment: Barack Obama and the New WashingtonThugocracy — Stanley Kurtz,Radical-in-Chief:Barack Obama and the Untold Story of AmericanSocialism — Jerome R. Corsi,TheObama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult ofPersonality — Jack Cashill,DeconstructingObama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First PostmodernPresident — Kate Obenshain,Divider-in-Chief:The Fraud of Hope and Change — Dinesh D'Souza,Obama'sAmerica: Unmaking the American Dream — Dinesh D'Souza,TheRoots of Obama's Rage — Phyllis Schlafly & GeorgeNeumayr,NoHigher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom |
 | 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. —Mount Pierce (formerly called BaldMountain; later, Mount Clinton; received current name 1913), in theWhite 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) |
| | Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known asRonald Reagan;"Dutch";"The Gipper";"The GreatCommunicator";"The Teflon President";"Rawhide" —of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tampico,WhitesideCounty, Ill.,February6, 1911.Republican. Worked as asportsbroadcasterin Iowa in the 1930s, doing localradiobroadcastof Chicago Cubsbaseballgames; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professionalactorin 1937-64; appeared in dozens offilmsincludingKings Row,Dark Victory,Santa FeTrail,Knute Rockne, All American, andThe WinningTeam;president ofthe Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofCalifornia, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968,1976;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);Presidentof the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside theWashington Hilton hotel, he and three others wereshotand wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1993.Disciplesof Christ. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Lions;AmericanLegion;TauKappa Epsilon.Died, frompneumoniaandAlzheimer'sdisease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,2004 (age93 years, 120days).Interment atRonaldReagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married,January25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married,March 4,1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923;actress)andNancyDavis (1921-2016); father ofMaureenElizabeth Reagan. | | | | Political family:Reaganfamily of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. | | | | Cross-reference:KatherineHoffman Haley —DanaRohrabacher —DonaldT. Regan —HenrySalvatori —L.William Seidman —ChristopherCox —PatrickJ. Buchanan —BayBuchanan —EdwinMeese III | | | | Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport(opened 1941; renamed 1998), inArlington,Virginia, isnamed forhim. —Mount Reagan (officially known as MountClay), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The Ronald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Ronald Reagan:RonaldReagan : An American Life | | | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,PresidentReagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon,GovernorReagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer,Reagan'sWar : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final TriumphOver Communism — Lee Edwards,RonaldReagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor,Godand Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary BethBrown,Handof Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of RonaldReagan — Edmund Morris,Dutch:A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan,WhenCharacter Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — PeterJ. Wallison,RonaldReagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of HisPresidency — Dinesh D'Souza,RonaldReagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an ExtraordinaryLeader — William F. Buckley, Jr.,RonaldReagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley,Reagan'sRevolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started ItAll — Richard Reeves,PresidentReagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan,MyFather at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.Bossie,RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,TheReagan I Knew — Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:Haynes Johnson,SleepwalkingThrough History: America in the Reagan Years — WilliamKleinknecht,TheMan Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main StreetAmerica |
| | James Delmage Ross (1872-1939) — also known asJ. D. Ross — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Chatham,Ontario,November9, 1872.Electricalengineer;Seattle superintendent of lighting (electricpower), 1911-39; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,1935-37; administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1937.Died, from aheartattack, following surgery forstomachandintestinalailments, in theMayoClinic, Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,March14, 1939 (age66 years, 125days).Interment atRoss Family Burial Site, Newhalem, Wash.| | Relatives:Married1907 to AliceM. Wilson. | | | | Mount Ross, inWhatcomCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — RossDam(built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, inWhatcomCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — RossLake,a reservoir inWhatcomCounty, Washington, which also extends intoBritishColumbia, Canada, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS J. D. Ross (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold and renamedSS Lampsis; sank during a stormin theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) was originallynamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "J.D. Ross, one of thegreatest Americans of our generation, was an outstandingmathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practicalability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion andsuccessful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and loverand student of trees and flowers. His successful career andespecially his long service in behalf of the public interest areworthy of study by every American boy." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known asCarl Schurz — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.;St.Louis, Mo.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt),Germany,March2, 1829.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1860;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1868(TemporaryChair;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1869-75;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1906 (age77 years, 73days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue atMorningsidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother ofAntoinette Schurz (who marriedEdmundJüssen); married1852 toMargarethe 'Molly' Meyer. | | | | Political family:Jussen-Schurzfamily of Watertown, Wisconsin. | | | | ThecommunityofSchurz,Nevada, isnamed forhim. —Mount Schurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzPark,inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
|  | 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 AdirondackMountains,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 |
 | Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as"The Great Decliner" — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Pompey Hill,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1845;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1843;Governor ofNew York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1868; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1876.Episcopalian.Died in Deerfield,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1886 (age75 years, 257days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHenrySeymour and Mary Ledyard (Forman) Seymour; brother of JuliaCatherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); married,May 31,1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); uncle ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); grandson ofMosesSeymour; first cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; first cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; second cousin ofEdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SeymourMountain, in the AdirondackMountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeymour,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:SeymourMerritt | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Horatio Seymour: StewartMitchell,HoratioSeymour of New York | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
 | 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. —Mount Sherman, 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) |
| | Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) — of Shandaken,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1813.U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1854-55; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Mortallywounded bygunshotin battle, and died the next day, at Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,July 4,1863 (age50 years, 138days).Interment atWashingtonStreet Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y. | | Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull),FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August8, 1779.Republican.Lawyer;chemist;universityprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1856.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November24, 1864 (age85 years, 108days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; statue erected 1884 atSterling Chemistry Laboratory Grounds, Yale University, NewHaven, Conn. | | Richard Sopris (1813-1893) — ofDenver,Colo.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,June 26,1813.Carpenter;steamboatcaptain;prospector;mayorof Denver, Colo., 1878-81.Member,Freemasons.Died inDenver,Colo.,April 7,1893 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | 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 |
| | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) — also known asAdolph Sutro — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born inGermany,April29, 1830.Cigar andtobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the SutroTunnel, to drain water from thesilvermines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada;real estateinvestor;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.Jewish.Germanancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August8, 1898 (age68 years, 101days).Interment atHomeof Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | 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. —Mount Van 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) |
| | Carl Vinson (1883-1981) — also known as"Father of the Two-OceanNavy" —of Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.Born inBaldwinCounty, Ga.,November18, 1883.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia,1912-14;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6thDistrict 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromGeorgia,1952.Methodist.Member,KappaAlpha Order.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1964.Died in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,June 1,1981 (age97 years, 195days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) — also known asHenry D. Washburn — of Clinton,VermillionCounty, Ind.Born in Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the WashburnExpedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.Died oftuberculosis,in Clinton,VermillionCounty, Ind.,January26, 1871 (age38 years, 304days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Clinton, Ind.  | 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. — Thestateof Washington isnamed forhim. —Mount Washington (highest peak in theNortheast), 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) |
| | James Wickersham (1857-1939) — of Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.; Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska;Juneau,Alaska.Born in Patoka,MarionCounty, Ill.,August24, 1857.Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1898;Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1900;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921,1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from AlaskaTerritory,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business; member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died inJuneau,Alaska,October24, 1939 (age82 years, 61days).Cremated;ashes interred atTacomaCemetery, Tacoma, Wash. | | Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) — also known asBenjamin D. Wilson;"DonBenito" —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,December1, 1811.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1851-52; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1860.Died in San Gabriel,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March11, 1878 (age66 years, 100days).Interment atChurchof Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.  | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) — also known asThomas Woodrow Wilson;"Schoolmaster inPolitics" —of New Jersey. Born inStaunton,Va.,December28, 1856.Democrat.Universityprofessor;presidentof Princeton University, 1902-10;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1911-13;Presidentof the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,PhiKappa Psi;PhiAlpha Delta.Recipient ofNobelPeace Prize in 1919; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died inWashington,D.C.,February3, 1924 (age67 years, 37days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 atMain Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;married,June 24,1885, toEllenLouise Axson; married,December18, 1915, toEdithBolling Galt; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who marriedWilliamGibbs McAdoo); grandfather ofWoodrowWilson Sayre. | | | | Political family:Wilsonfamily of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamC. Bullitt —BainbridgeColby —JosephE. Davies —JosephP. Tumulty —ThomasH. Birch —ByronR. Newton | | | | Mount Woodrow Wilson, inFremontCounty andSubletteCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Woodrow WilsonPlaza,in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., is isnamed forhim. — WilsonDam(built 1924), on the Tennessee River inColbertandLauderdalecounties, Alabama, as well as the WilsonLakereservoir, which extends intoLawrencecounty, arenamed forhim. —RamblaPresidente Wilson, inMontevideo,Uruguay, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WoodrowW. Bean—WoodrowW. Jones—WoodrowW. Scott—TomWoodrow Payne—W.W. Dumas—WoodrowWilson Mann—WoodrowW. Lavender—WoodrowWilson Sayre—WoodrowW. Baird—WoodrowW. Mathna—WoodrowW. Hulme—WoodrowW. Kline—WoodrowW. McDonald—WoodrowW. Hollan—WoodrowW. Carter—WoodrowW. Ferguson—W.Wilson Goode—WoodrowWilson Storey—WoodrowW. Bean III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issuedin 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. | | | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us outof war." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: LouisAuchincloss,WoodrowWilson — Herbert Hoover,TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — John Milton Cooper,ReconsideringWoodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, andPeace — A. Scott Berg,Wilson —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Anne Schraff,WoodrowWilson (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:Jim Powell,Wilson'sWar : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,Stalin, and World War II | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1902 |
 | 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 ArdirondackMountains,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 |
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