in alphabetical order | |  Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) — also known asO. P. Archer — of McAllen,HidalgoCounty, Tex.Born in Garland,TiptonCounty, Tenn.,November29, 1869.Mayorof McAllen, Tex., 1913-23.Member,Rotary.DiedMay 3,1930 (age60 years, 155days).Interment atRoselawnCemetery, McAllen, Tex. | | William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) — also known asWilliam H. Ashley — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inPowhatanCounty, Va., about 1778.Democrat.Furtrader;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.Died near Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,March26, 1838 (ageabout 60years).Interment in private or family graveyard.| |  Relatives:Married,November17, 1806, to Mary Able; married,October17, 1832, to Elizabeth Woodson Moss. | | | | The AshleyNational Forest (established1908), inDaggett,Duchesne,Summit,Uintah,andUtahcounties, Utah, andSweetwaterCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known asEdward D. Baker — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Oregon City,ClackamasCounty, Ore.Born in London,England,February24, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-40; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Killedin battle at Balls Bluff,LoudounCounty, Va.,October21, 1861 (age50 years, 239days).Interment atSanFrancisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.| | Relatives:Married,April27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. | | | | Baker County,Ore. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBakerCity, Oregon, isnamed forhim. —FortBaker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed FortBaker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate NationalRecreationArea), inMarinCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — BakerStreet,inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) — also known asMatthias W. Baldwin — Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,December10, 1795.Jeweler;inventor;locomotivemanufacturer; abolitionist;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September7, 1866 (age70 years, 271days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue atPhiladelphia City Hall Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa.  | William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) — also known asWilliam B. Bankhead — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born in Moscow (now Sulligent),LamarCounty, Ala.,April12, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1900-02;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7thDistrict 1933-40); died in office 1940;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;OddFellows;JuniorOrder;Woodmen.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1940 (age66 years, 156days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala. | | Vito Piranesi Battista (1909-1990) — also known asVito P. Battista — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bari,Italy,September7, 1909.Republican.Architect;United Taxpayers candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1957, 1961, 1965, 1977; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1962; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 38th District, 1969-74; defeated, 1964 (UnitedTaxpayers, Kings County 22nd District), 1974 (38th District), 1982(54th District); member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1970-73; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1972;Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1978 (primary, 15th District), 1980(9th District).Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Delta;AmericanInstitute of Architects;Kiwanis.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1990 (age80 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March 6,1856.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toPersia, 1891-92;Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1912;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Died near Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,June 2,1936 (age80 years, 88days).Interment atBrutonParish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardFitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married,April30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter ofJamesGillespie Blaine); married,April23, 1903, to Marie Oge. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | TruxtunAvenueand BealeAvenue,inBakersfield,California, arenamed forhim. — BealePark, inBakersfield,California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ronald Bird (1941-2019) — also known asKeith Bird — of Meridian,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,February18, 1941.Republican. Candidate formayorof Meridian, Idaho, 2003; candidate forIdahostate house of representatives 20th District, 2008.Died, in Meridian St. Luke'sHospital,Meridian,AdaCounty, Idaho,February1, 2019 (age77 years, 348days).Interment atKohlerlawnCemetery, Nampa, Idaho. | | Gabriel Augustus Bodenheim (1873-1957) — also known asG. A. Bodenheim;"Bodie" —of Longview,GreggCounty, Tex.Born in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,August13, 1873.Democrat.Cottonbuyer;insurancebusiness;mayorof Longview, Tex., 1904-16, 1918-20; defeated, 1920; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Texas,1956.Died in Longview,GreggCounty, Tex.,August12, 1957 (age83 years, 364days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Longview, Tex. | | Harvey Wesley Bolin (1909-1978) — also known asH. Wesley Bolin — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Butler,BatesCounty, Mo.,July 1,1909.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Arizona, 1949-77;Governor ofArizona, 1977-78; died in office 1978.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Moose;Jaycees;Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,March 4,1978 (age68 years, 246days).Interment atStateCapitol Grounds, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Frank G. Bonelli (1906-1972) — of Huntington Park,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Grand Junction,MesaCounty, Colo.,October15, 1906.Democrat.Mayorof Huntington Park, Calif., 1949-50; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District, 1953-58; resigned 1958;LosAngeles County Supervisor, 1958-72.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis;Toastmasters;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Lynwood,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February14, 1972 (age65 years, 122days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | Daniel Boone (1734-1820) — Born inBerksCounty, Pa.,November2, 1734.Explorer and frontiersman; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781, 1787.EnglishandWelshancestry.Died inSt. CharlesCounty, Mo.,September26, 1820 (age85 years, 329days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;reinterment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives:Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father ofJessieBryan Boone andNathanBoone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who marriedHiramHowell Baber); granduncle ofLeviDay Boone; second great-grandfather ofElmerCharless Henderson. | | | | Political families:Boonefamily of St. Charles County, Missouri;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Boone counties inArk.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Neb. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Daniel BooneNational Forest(established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed 1966), inBath,Clay,Estill,Harlan,Jackson,Knox,Laurel,Lee,Leslie,McCreary,Menifee,Morgan,Owsley,Perry,Powell,Pulaski,Rockcastle,Rowan,Wayne,Whitley,andWolfecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — BooneDam(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, inSullivanandWashingtoncounties, Tennessee, and the BooneLakereservoir behind the dam, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Walter Bowne (1770-1846) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,September26, 1770.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1816-24 (Southern District 1816-22, 1st District1823-24);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1829-33.DiedAugust31, 1846 (age75 years, 339days).Burial location unknown.  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownandvillageofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Buildingin 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark, and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Stanton,StantonCounty, Neb.,July 6,1901.Republican.Lumberdealer;mayorof Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1952;member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.Died in acaraccident,August22, 1972 (age71 years, 47days).Burial location unknown.  | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known asStephen Grover Cleveland;"UncleJumbo";"The Veto Mayor";"GroverThe Good";"The Sage of Princeton";"Dumb Prophet";"Buffalo Hangman";"The Veto President";"Beast ofBuffalo";"Big Steve" —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Caldwell,EssexCounty, N.J.,March18, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1870-73;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882;Governor ofNew York, 1883-85;Presidentof the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1935.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 24,1908 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue atCity Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,June2, 1886, toFrancesClara Folsom (first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom); father ofRichardFolsom Cleveland (son-in-law ofThomasFrank Gailor; brother-in-law ofFrankHoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed ofFrancisLandon Cleveland; second cousin ofJamesHarlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed ofJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanUsher andJosephWheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed ofJohnPalmer Usher andRobertCleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed ofEphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLord andRollinUsher Tyler. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryT. Ellett —WilsonS. Bissell —DavidKing Udall —EdwardS. Bragg —ThomasF. Grady —LymanK. Bass —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —J.Hampton Hoge —WilliamGorham Rice —J.Scott Harrison —BenjaminFolsom | | | | Cleveland counties inArk. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountCleveland, a volcano onChuginadakIsland, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofGrover,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The ClevelandNational Forest(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 |
| | | Charles Emmett Coffin (1849-1934) — also known asCharles E. Coffin — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,July 14,1849.Realestate business;banker;Vice-Consulfor Paraguay inIndianapolis,Ind., 1900-04.Methodist.Member,OptimistClub;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,October15, 1934 (age85 years, 93days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | John H. Coyne — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1906-07; defeated, 1907 (Democratic), 1913(Progressive).Burial location unknown. | | David Crockett (1786-1836) — also known asDavy Crockett;"King of the WildFrontier" —of Tennessee. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1786.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1821;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during theTexas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age49 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married,August16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married1815 toElizabeth Patton; father ofJohnWesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesCarroll Walcutt. | | | | Political family:Crockett-Walcuttfamily of Tennessee. | | | | Crockett counties inTenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | The Davy CrockettNational Forest(established 1936), inHoustonandTrinitycounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,then go ahead." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by David Crockett:ANarrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State ofTennessee | | | | Books about David Crockett: William C.Davis,ThreeRoads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, JamesBowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,DavyCrockett — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Elaine Alphin,DavyCrockett (for young readers) |
| | Samuel Dale (1772-1841) — also known asSam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,1772.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died near Daleville,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.,May 24,1841 (ageabout 68years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;reinterment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) — also known asJay N. Darling;"Ding" —of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Norwood,CharlevoixCounty, Mich.,October21, 1876.Republican.Cartoonist;received thePulitzerPrize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1932;founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head ofthe U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildliferefuges.Member,BetaTheta Pi.DiedJanuary12, 1962 (age85 years, 83days).Interment atLoganPark Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. | | Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H., about 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J.F. McElwainShoeCompany;secretary-treasurer,New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union;HillsboroughCounty Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate formayorof Manchester, N.H., 1963.Catholic.Member,CatholicWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Foresters.Suffered aheartattack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre DameHospital,Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December12, 1963 (ageabout 48years).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | Bernard Albert Eckhart (1848-1931) — also known asBernard A. Eckhart — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Alsace,France,September4, 1848.Republican.Miller;bankdirector; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1887-90; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1912,1928.Alsatianancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 11,1931 (age82 years, 249days).Entombed in mausoleum atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Asher Bates Emery (1867-1924) — also known asAsher B. Emery — of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1867.Republican.Physician;lawyer;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1908;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1922-24; appointed 1922;died in office 1924.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromkidneydisease, in SistersHospital,Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1924 (age57 years, 172days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, East Aurora, N.Y. | | James Edgar Evins — also known asJ. Edgar Evins — of Smithville,DeKalbCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1940,1944.Entombed in mausoleum atSmithvilleTown Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn. | | Clyde Edward Fant (1905-1973) — also known asClyde E. Fant — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born in Linden,CassCounty, Tex.,1905.Democrat.Mayorof Shreveport, La., 1946-54, 1958-70.Baptist.Died in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,1973(ageabout68 years).Interment atForestPark East Cemetery, Shreveport, La. | | Herman Daniel Farrell Jr. (1932-2018) — also known asDenny Farrell — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1932.Democrat.Automobilemechanic; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1975-2017 (74th District 1975-82, 71st District1983-2017); resigned 2017; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1980,1984,1996,2000,2004,2008;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1985; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1988, 2004-08; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman);New YorkDemocratic state chair, 2001-06.Africanancestry.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 26,2018 (age86 years, 111days).Burial location unknown.  | Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) — also known asEdwin H. Fitler — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1825.Republican.Rope andcordage manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler);mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1888.Germanancestry.Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1896 (age70 years, 181days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fitler and Elizabeth (Wonderly) Fitler; married1850 toJosephine R. Baker; great-grandfather ofMargarettaLarge Fitler (who marriedNelsonAldrich Rockefeller). | | | | Political families:Rockefellerfamily of New York City, New York;Rockefellerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Edwin H. FitlerSchool(built 1897-98), inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — Fitler Square, apublic park inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,June 20, 1888 |
| | | Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) — also known asLucy L. Flower;Lucy Louisa Coues;"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 10,1837.Republican.Schoolteacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate forthe creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquentchildren; her efforts led to the world'sfirstjuvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Courtin 1899;Universityof Illinois trustee; elected 1894.Female.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April27, 1921 (age83 years, 352days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Elliott Flower andHarriet Dean Flower (daughter-in-law ofJohnVilliers Farwell; who marriedJohnVilliers Farwell Jr.). | | | | Political family:Farwellfamily of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lucy FlowerPark, on West MoffatStreet, and Lucy Flower TechnicalHighSchool (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed FlowerVocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy HighSchool, 1995; closed, 2003), both inChicago,Illinois, werenamed forher. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) — also known asDavid R. Francis — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1850.Democrat.Grainmerchant;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1884,1912(HonoraryVice-President;speaker);mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89;Governor ofMissouri, 1889-93;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1916-17.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,January15, 1927 (age76 years, 106days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | | Irving C. Freese (b. 1903) — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in East Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February19, 1903.Socialist.Photographer;candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Norwalk, 1946;mayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1947-55, 1957-59; defeated, 1939, 1941, 1943,1945.Burial location unknown. | | Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) — also known asMelville W. Fuller — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,February11, 1833.Democrat.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,1862; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1863; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1864,1876,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee);ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910.Episcopalian.Died in Sorrento,HancockCounty, Maine,July 4,1910 (age77 years, 143days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) — also known asThomas O. Fuller, Sr. — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Franklinton,FranklinCounty, N.C.,October25, 1867.Minister;member ofNorthCarolina state senate; elected 1898;historian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 21,1942 (age74 years, 239days).Interment atNewPark Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.  | William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) — also known asWilliam J. Gaynor;"Brother AdrianDenys" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oriskany,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1908-09;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913;shotin the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, onAugust 9, 1910.; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, on board thesteamshipBaltic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September10, 1913 (age64 years, 220days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) — also known asAndy Guest — of Front Royal,WarrenCounty, Va.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1939.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1973-99.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Rotary;IzaakWalton League;Ruritan.Died, ofcancer,in Front Royal,WarrenCounty, Va.,April 2,2001 (age61 years, 185days).Interment atOldChapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va. | | Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) — also known asLouis F. Haffen;"Father of theBronx" —of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,November6, 1854.Democrat.Civilengineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),1893-98;boroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909;removed fromoffice by Gov.CharlesEvans Hughes overmaladministrationcharges,1909;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry. Member,RoyalArcanum;TammanyHall.Died, fromarteriosclerosis,in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1935 (age81 years, 49days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) — also known asKenneth Hahn;Kenny Hahn — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August19, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, LosAngeles City Council, 1947-52;LosAngeles County Supervisor, 1952-92; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1952;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1970.Churchof Christ.Died, fromheartfailure, in ahospitalat Inglewood,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October12, 1997 (age77 years, 54days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.  | Phil Hardberger (b. 1934) — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Morton,CochranCounty, Tex.,July 27,1934.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 2005-09.Baptist.Still living as of 2014. | | William Hasson (1833-1923) — of Oil City,VenangoCounty, Pa.Born in Shippenville,ClarionCounty, Pa.,March17, 1833.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;oilbusiness;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1872,1904,1912;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Venango County, 1875-76,1883-84, 1899-1900.Died in Oil City,VenangoCounty, Pa.,May 15,1923 (age90 years, 59days).Interment atSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Oil City, Pa. | | Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) — of Wisconsin. Born in Lierbyen,Norway,December21, 1829.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsinstate prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Norwegianancestry.Suffered wounds inbattle,and died the next day, at Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September20, 1863 (age33 years, 273days).Interment atNorwayLutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue atState Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis.  | 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. | | Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) — also known asHenry E. Huntington — of Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; San Marino,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oneonta,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,February27, 1850.Republican. Owned and expanded thestreetcarand trolley system in Southern California;real estatedeveloper; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, fromkidneydisease andpneumonia,in LankenauHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 23,1927 (age77 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum atHuntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married1873 to MaryAlice Prentice; married1913 toArabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. | | | | ThecityofHuntingtonBeach, California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHuntingtonPark, California, isnamed forhim. — HuntingtonLake,inFresnoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonHotel(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as theHuntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntingtonhotel) inPasadena,California, isnamed forhim. — The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanical Gardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edgar Lanier Jenkins (1933-2012) — also known asEd Jenkins — of Jasper,PickensCounty, Ga.Born in Young Harris,TownsCounty, Ga.,January4, 1933.Democrat.Lawyer;staff member for U.S. Rep.PhillipM. Landrum, 1959-62;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1977-93.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,January1, 2012 (age78 years, 362days).Interment atAntioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blairsville, Ga. | | John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) — also known asJ. Winthrop Jones — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,February14, 1817.Democrat.Schoolteacher;merchant;shipbuilder;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1860;lumberbusiness.Died, frompneumonia,in Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,September19, 1887 (age70 years, 217days).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene A. Leahy (1929-2000) — also known asGene Leahy — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Imogene,FremontCounty, Iowa,May 8,1929.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1969-73.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, from complications oflungcancer, at the Veterans AdministrationMedicalCenter, Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January18, 2000 (age70 years, 255days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.| | Gene Leahy Mall, adowntownpark (created 1977 as "Central Park Mall", renamed1992, closed and demolished 2019), inOmaha,Nebraska, wasnamed forhim. |
| | James T. Lennon — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1910-17; defeated, 1917; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912.Burial location unknown.  | John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) — also known asJohn A. Logan;"Black Jack";"Black Eagle of Illinois" —of Benton,FranklinCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Murphysboro,JacksonCounty, Ill.,February9, 1826.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1852; Democratic PresidentialElector for Illinois,1856;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1859-62, 1867-71 (9th District1859-62, at-large 1867-71); general in the Union Army during theCivil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1868,1880;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1871-77, 1879-86; died in office 1886;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1884;Republican candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1884.Member,Freemasons.Conceived the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance inMay 1868.Died inWashington,D.C.,December26, 1886 (age60 years, 320days).Entombed atU.S.Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) — also known asJack London;John GriffithChaney —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January12, 1876.Socialist.Novelist;candidate formayorof Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist).Died in Glen Ellen,SonomaCounty, Calif.,November22, 1916 (age40 years, 315days).Interment atJack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married1900 toElizabeth May Maddern; married1905 toCharmian 'Clara' Kittredge. | | | | MountLondon, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHainesBorough, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — Jack London Square (entertainment and businessdevelopment),and the surrounding Jack London Districtneighborhood,inOakland,California, arenamed forhim. — Jack LondonLake(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | Francis Marion (1732-1795) — also known as"Swamp Fox" — of South Carolina. Born in1732.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1782-90.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.DiedFebruary27, 1795 (ageabout 62years).Interment atBelleIsle Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C.| | Marion counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,Miss.,Mo.,Ohio,Ore.,S.C.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Francis MarionNational Forest(established 1936), inCharleston,Berkeleycounties, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrancisM. Bristow—FrancisM. D. Hopkins—FrancisMarion Ziebach—FrancisMarion Drake—FrancisMarion Martin—F. M.Crosby—FrancisM. Cockrell—FrancisM. Hamilton—FrancisMarion Gregory—FrancisM. Griffith—FrancisM. Nichols—FrancisMarion Morris—FrancisM. Taitt—FrancisMarion Bryan—F.M. Norman—FrancisM. Fields—FrancisMarion Whaley—FrancisM. Bistline | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
 | Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) — also known asPatrick H. McCarren;"Friend of theSugar Trust" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 18,1849.Democrat.Cooper;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7thDistrict 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1892(delegation secretary),1900,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, fromintestinaldegeneration, complicated byappendicitisandmyocarditis,in St. Catherine'sHospital,Williamsburg, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1909 (age60 years, 127days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881-1956) — also known asSam R. McKelvie — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Fairfield,ClayCounty, Neb.,April15, 1881.Republican. Publisher, The Nebraska Farmermagazine;member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1911-13;LieutenantGovernor of Nebraska, 1913-15;Governor ofNebraska, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1928(speaker),1932,1936,1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Arizona,October6, 1956 (age75 years, 174days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb. | | Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) — also known asStewart B. McKinney — of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January30, 1931.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1967-71;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died inoffice 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1972.Bisexual. Member,Rotary;AmericanLegion.Died, fromacquired immunedeficiency syndrome,Washington,D.C.,May 7,1987 (age56 years, 97days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married,October2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father ofJohnP. McKinney. | | | | The Stewart B. McKinneyTransportationCenter (built 1987), inStamford,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — The Stewart B. McKinneyNational WildlifeRefuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife Refuge;renamed 1987), inFairfield,NewHaven, andMiddlesexcounties, Connecticut, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Wilson Mead (1871-1961) — also known asGeorge W. Mead — of Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids),WoodCounty, Wis.; Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February22, 1871.Republican.Papermanufacturer;banker;mayorof Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1926-32; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1932.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ThetaDelta Chi;UnionLeague.Died in Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.,October2, 1961 (age90 years, 222days).Interment atForest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. | | George Newton (1810-1883) — of Volinia,CassCounty, Mich.Born inPrebleCounty, Ohio,August10, 1810.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1858-59.Englishancestry.Died in Volinia,CassCounty, Mich.,January23, 1883 (age72 years, 166days).Interment atCrane Cemetery, Volinia, Mich. | | Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) — also known asEugene H. Nickerson — of Roslyn Harbor,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,August2, 1918.Democrat.Lawyer; lawclerk for U.S. Circuit JudgeAugustusN. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court JusticeHarlanF. Stone, 1944-46;NassauCounty Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1964,1968,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1968;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.Hisright armwas paralyzed by polio in his youth.Died, from complications ofulcersurgery, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 2002 (age83 years, 152days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y. | | Pat Nixon (1912-1993) — also known asThelma Catherine Ryan;"Starlight" —of California. Born in Ely,White PineCounty, Nev.,March16, 1912.Republican.Schoolteacher;Second Ladyof the United States, 1953-61;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1956 ;First Ladyof the United States, 1969-74;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.Female.Protestant.IrishandGermanancestry.Died, fromlungcancer, in Park Ridge,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 22,1993 (age81 years, 98days).Interment atRichardNixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.| | Relatives:Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;married,June 21,1940, toRichardMilhous Nixon. | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Patricia NixonElementarySchool (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), inCerritos,California, isnamed forher. — Pat NixonPark (established 1969), inCerritos,California, isnamed forher. | | | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speakyour language, they can tell if you have love in yourheart." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known asRansom E. Olds — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,June 3,1864.Republican. Founder in 1897 of OldsMotorVehicle Company, maker of thefirstcommercially successful American-madeautomobile;founder in 1905 of the REOMotor CarCompany (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division ofGeneralMotors, and Reo became part oftruckmanufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of severalhotels;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 84days).Entombed atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married,June 5,1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinOlds. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | OldsHall(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed forhim. — R. E. OldsPark, on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) — also known asCarroll W. Parcher;"Mr.Glendale" —of Tujunga, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Glendale,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September13, 1903.Republican.Newspapereditor-publisher,columnist;candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1952,1956(alternate);mayorof Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.Member,NativeSons of the Golden West;SigmaDelta Chi;Kiwanis.Died, ofcancer,in Glendale AdventistMedicalCenter, Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March31, 1992 (age88 years, 200days).Interment atGrand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Frank Pate Jr. — of Port St. Joe,GulfCounty, Fla.Born in Paul,ConecuhCounty, Ala.Mayorof Port St. Joe, Fla., 1966-97, 1999-2007.Baptist.Member,Rotary.Still living as of 2009. | | Lynn F. Pett (1940-2017) — of Murray,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Payson,UtahCounty, Utah,December20, 1940.Mayorof Murray, Utah, 1990-98.Died in Taylorsville,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September17, 2017 (age76 years, 271days).Burial location unknown. | | Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August11, 1865.Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926(Republican primary);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,1938.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanForestry Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromleukemia,at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1946 (age81 years, 54days).Interment atMilfordCemetery, Milford, Pa. | | J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,October26, 1868.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;meatmerchant;real estatebusiness; president, LansingIce andFuel; vice-president, WeissingerPaperCo.;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1940.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Struckby a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in ahospitalat Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October20, 1954 (age85 years, 359days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | John Long Routt (1826-1907) — also known asJohn L. Routt — of Central City,GilpinCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.BornApril25, 1826.Republican.Governorof Colorado Territory, 1875-76; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1876,1880;Governorof Colorado, 1876-79, 1891-93;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1883-85.Died inDenver,Colo.,August13, 1907 (age81 years, 110days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Routt County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | RouttNational Forest (established1905, now part of Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest), inRoutt,Jackson,RioBlanco,Grand,Moffat,andGarfieldcounties, Colorado, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Books about John Routt: Joyce B. Lohse,FirstGovernor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt ofColorado |
| | Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) — also known asEdgar B. Schermerhorn — of Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.Born in Channahon,WillCounty, Ill.,November19, 1851.Organizer, CitizensBank ofGalena; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Boardof Control, 1905-11.Episcopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died, ofheartfailure, in Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.,February1, 1923 (age71 years, 74days).Entombed atMt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.  | 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. —MountSchurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzPark, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1873.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905;judgeof New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive),1913; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1958 (age85 years, 74days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.  | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassinationattempt on April 14, 1865 (the same nightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofSeward,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofSeward,Alaska, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark (300 acres on a forestedpeninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — SewardPark (three acres on EastBroadway, 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 |
| | Edwin Alonzo Sherman (1844-1916) — also known asE. A. Sherman — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.Born in Wayland,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 19,1844.Republican.Treasurerof Dakota Territory, 1871-74;Dakotaterritorial auditor, 1879-81; member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1911-12.DiedJune 13,1916 (age71 years, 360days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak. | | James Richard Slack (1818-1881) — also known asJ. R. Slack — of Huntington,HuntingtonCounty, Ind.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,September28, 1818.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1856,1868,1880(ConventionVice-President); member ofIndianastate senate, 1850; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.Died, of aheartattack, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 28,1881 (age62 years, 303days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind. | | Thomas A. Soetaert (1936-2016) — also known asTony Soetaert — of Shawnee,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Born in Shawnee,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,October1, 1936.Insuranceagent;mayorof Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89.Catholic.DiedDecember16, 2016 (age80 years, 76days).Interment atSt. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Shawnee, Kan. | | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugarCompany; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectricRailway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.Germanancestry.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre,inSanDiego, California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — SpreckelsPark, inCoronado,California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known asWilliam C. Sproul — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Octoraro,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September16, 1870.Republican.Farmer;manufacturer;journalist;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1920,1924;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920.Quaker. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiKappa Psi;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;UnionLeague;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedMarch21, 1928 (age57 years, 187days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;married,January21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. | | | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — The SproulState Forest, inClintonCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) — also known asRobert T. Stafford — of Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August8, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;RutlandCounty State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy duringthe Korean conflict;Vermontstate attorney general, 1955-57;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1957-59;Governor ofVermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVermont,1960;U.S.Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Eagles;Elks;Freemasons.Died in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,December23, 2006 (age93 years, 137days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Rutland, Vt. | | William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known asWilliam B. Stansbury — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March18, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;chair ofJefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference inAtlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for atrystwith his administrative assistant; thescandalled to an effort toimpeachhim; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty toextorting$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grandjury as to whether this money came to hiscampaignor to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the FifthAmendment right againstself-incrimination.Member,DeltaUpsilon;American BarAssociation.While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of AssisiChurch,he washit by acar, and died soon after, in HumanaHospital-University,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1985 (age62 years, 17days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wifewas injured.Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | 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 |
| | Robert William Straub (1920-2002) — also known asRobert W. Straub;Bob Straub — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 6,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofOregonstate senate, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oregon,1964;Oregonstate treasurer, 1965-73;Governor ofOregon, 1975-79; defeated, 1966, 1978.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in along-termcare facility at Springfield,LaneCounty, Ore.,November27, 2002 (age82 years, 205days).Cremated. | | Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (nowGermany),February6, 1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.Jewish.One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in NewYork.Perishedin thewreckof the steamshipTitanic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April15, 1912 (age67 years, 69days); his body was subsequently recovered.Originally entombed atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atStrausPark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother ofOscarSolomon Straus; married,July 12,1871, to Ida Blum; father ofJesseIsidor Straus; uncle ofNathanStraus Jr.; grandfather of Evelyn Straus Weil (who marriedGeorgeBacker) andStuartScheftel; granduncle ofRonaldPeter Straus. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory atHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim and his wife. — StrausPark (established1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale Square; renamed1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue in MorningsideHeights,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forhim and his wife. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isidor Straus: June HallMcCash,ATitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
 | Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) — of Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,August14, 1734.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from District Eastward of Wateree River,1781-82;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801);U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1809-19.Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.,June 1,1832 (age97 years, 292days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives:Grandfather ofThomasDe Lage Sumter. | | | | FortSumter (built during 1829-61), inCharleston,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The SumterNational Forest (established1936), inOconee,Union,Newberry,McCormick,Edgefield,Abbeville,Laurens,Chester,Fairfield,Greenwood,Saludacounties, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Leslie M. Sutherland — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Republican. Vice-president, Third AvenueRailway,New York;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1900,1920.Burial location unknown.  | Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1774.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805;Governor ofNew York, 1807-17;VicePresident of the United States, 1817-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.PresbyterianorChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1825 (age50 years, 355days).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Donald John Trump (b. 1946) — also known asDonald Trump;David Dennison;"Drumpf" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1946.Republican.Presidentof the United States, 2017-21, 2025-; defeated, 2020;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.GermanandScottishancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Brother ofMaryanneTrump Barry; married,January22, 2005, toMelanijaKnavs; father ofDonaldJohn Trump Jr.. | | | | Political family:Trumpfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:JoeArpaio —DuncanD. Hunter —SamClovis —AlexanderWillette | | | | Donald J. TrumpState Park, inWestchesterandPutnamcounties, New York, isnamed forhim. — Donald J. TrumpHighway,a part of U.S. 287, inCimmaronCounty, Oklahoma, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —Encyclopediaof American Loons |
| | William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) — also known asWilliam B. Umstead — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in Mangum Township,DurhamCounty, N.C.,May 13,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1933-39;NorthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1945;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1946-48; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1948;Governorof North Carolina, 1953-54; died in office 1954.Methodist.Died, fromarterioscleroticheart disease andcongestiveheart failure, while also suffering frombronchopneumonia,in WattsHospital,Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,November7, 1954 (age59 years, 178days).Interment atMt.Tabor Church Cemetery, Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C. | | Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (1944-1993) — also known asRobert F. Wagner III;BobbyWagner —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary6, 1944.Democrat. Candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1977.Catholic.Died in his room at the Embassy SuitesHotel,San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,November15, 1993 (age49 years, 313days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) — also known asLurleen B. Wallace;Lurleen BrighamBurns —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,September19, 1926.Democrat.Governor ofAlabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.Female.Methodist.Died, ofuterinecancer, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,May 7,1968 (age41 years, 231days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married,May 21,1943, toGeorgeCorley Wallace Jr.. | | | | Political family:Wallace-Folsomfamily of Montgomery, Alabama. | | | | The Lurleen WallaceTumorInstitute, at theUniversityof AlabamaBirmingham,isnamed forher. — Lurleen B. WallaceCommunityCollege (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),with campuses inCovington,Butler,andCrenshawcounties, Alabama, isnamed forher. —LakeLurleen, and Lake LurleenState Park, inTuscaloosaCounty, Alabama, arenamed forher. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | Albert Harold Wheeler (1915-1994) — also known asAlbert H. Wheeler — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornDecember11, 1915.Democrat.Universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.Catholic.Africanancestry.DiedApril 4,1994 (age78 years, 114days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | 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 | | | | MountWoodrow Wilson, inFremontCounty andSubletteCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Woodrow WilsonPlaza, in the FederalTriangle,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 |
| | George Wingfield (1876-1959) — of Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,August16, 1876.Republican.Rancher;miningbusiness;banker;hotelowner; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nevada, 1920-24; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Nevada,1924.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in WashoeMedicalCenter, Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,December25, 1959 (age83 years, 131days).Interment atMasonicMemorial Gardens, Reno, Nev. | | Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) — also known asA. P. Wooldridge — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,April13, 1847.Lawyer;bankpresident;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1909-19.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September8, 1930 (age83 years, 148days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known asCarl Zeidler;"Singing Mayor";"Boy Mayor" —of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January4, 1908.Mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II.Killedwhen the munitionsshipLaSalle was struck by torpedos,exploded,andsank,about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in theIndianOcean,November7, 1942 (age34 years, 307days); his remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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