in alphabetical order | |  George Abernethy (1807-1877) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1807.Governorof Oregon Territory, 1845-49;newspaperpublisher.Methodist.Scottishancestry.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March 2,1877 (age69 years, 146days).Original intermentsomewhere in Vancouver, Wash.; reinterment in 1883 atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as"His Rotundity";"The Duke ofBraintree";"American Cato";"OldSink and Swim";"The Colossus ofIndependence";"Father of the AmericanNavy" —of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass., October 19, 1735 o.s. ((October30,1735)).Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1781-88;Great Britain, 1785-88;VicePresident of the United States, 1789-97;Presidentof the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1826 (age90 years, 247days).Original interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 atUnitedFirst Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married,October25, 1764, toAbigailQuincy Smith (aunt ofWilliamCranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith) andJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) (who marriedLouisaCatherine Johnson); grandfather ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; first cousin four times removed ofArthurChapin; first cousin six times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; second cousin ofSamuelAdams; second cousin once removed ofJosephAllen; second cousin twice removed ofJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass andEmersonRichard Boyles; third cousin ofThomasCogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofDayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,CalebStetson,OakesAmes,OliverAmes Jr.,BenjaminW. Waite,AlfredElisha Ames,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,JosephWashburn Yates,AugustusBrown Reed Sprague,FranklinFairbanks,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,ErskineMason Phelps,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,ArthurNewton Holden,JohnAlden Thayer,IrvingHall Chase,IsaiahKidder Stetson andGilesRussell Taggart. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Adams counties inIdaho,Iowa,Miss.,Neb.,Ohio,Pa.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountAdams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn 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) |
| | | 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. —MountSam Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSSamuel 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 |
 | Jane Addams (1860-1935) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cedarville,StephensonCounty, Ill.,September6, 1860.Progressive.Socialworker;sociologist;lecturer;woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive NationalConvention from Illinois, 1912; Progressive candidate forPresidential Elector for Illinois,1924;received theNobelPeace Prize in 1931.Female.PresbyterianorUnitarian.Englishancestry.Lesbian. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American CivilLiberties Union;Women'sInternational League for Peace and Freedom;NAACP.Died, fromcancer,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 21,1935 (age74 years, 257days).Interment atCedarvilleCemetery, Cedarville, Ill. | | | George Ade (1866-1944) — of Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.Born in Kentland,NewtonCounty, Ind.,February9, 1866.Republican.Author;humorist;newspapercolumnist;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1908.Member,SigmaChi.Suffered aheartattack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook,NewtonCounty, Ind.,May 16,1944 (age78 years, 97days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Kentland, Ind.  | John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) — also known asJohn P. Altgeld — ofAndrewCounty, Mo.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Hesse,Germany,December30, 1847.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;AndrewCounty State's Attorney, 1875; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge inIllinois, 1886-91;Governor ofIllinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1899.Germanancestry.Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident inChicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railwaystrikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he neverwon another election.As he finished aspeechat the JolietOperaHouse, he suffered astroke,was carried across the street to theHotelMonroe, and died the next morning, in Joliet,WillCounty, Ill.,March12, 1902 (age54 years, 72days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; statue atLincolnPark, Chicago, Ill. | | John Armstrong Jr. (1758-1843) — also known as"Old Soldier";"MonsieurTombo" —of Pennsylvania;DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,November25, 1758.Republican. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1783-87;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1787-88;U.S.Senator from New York, 1800-02, 1803-04; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1804-10; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812;U.S.Secretary of War, 1813-14;blamedfor the British capture of Washington, D.C. in August 1814, andforced toresign; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1825.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in Red Hook,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1843 (age84 years, 127days).Entombed atRhinebeckCemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | John Baptista Ashe (1748-1802) — of North Carolina. Born in Rocky Point,PenderCounty, N.C.,1748.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1784-86;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1789;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93; electedGovernor ofNorth Carolina 1802, but died before taking office.Slaveowner. Died in Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,November27, 1802 (ageabout 54years).Interment atChurchyardCemetery, Halifax, N.C.; cenotaph atAsheFamily Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C. | | Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) — ofNewHanover County, N.C.Born in Bath,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,March24, 1725.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1777;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1795-98; Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1804.Died in Rocky Point,PenderCounty, N.C.,February3, 1813 (age87 years, 316days).Interment atAsheFamily Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.; memorial monument atPack Square Park, Asheville, N.C. | | James Benjamin Aswell (1869-1931) — also known asJames B. Aswell — of Natchitoches,NatchitochesParish, La.Born inJacksonParish, La.,December23, 1869.Democrat.School teacherand principal;Louisianasuperintendent of public instruction, 1904-08;Chancellor,University of Mississippi, 1907;president,Louisiana State Normal College, 1908-11;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1913-31; died inoffice 1931.Baptist.Died inWashington,D.C.,March16, 1931 (age61 years, 83days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) — also known asGeorge E. Badger — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,April17, 1795.Lawyer;member of North Carolina state legislature, 1816; superior courtjudge in North Carolina, 1820-25;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1841;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1846-55;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,May 11,1866 (age71 years, 24days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | George Luis Baker (1868-1941) — also known asGeorge L. Baker — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in The Dalles,WascoCounty, Ore.,August23, 1868.Republican.Mayorof Portland, Ore., 1917-33.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen;Elks;Rotary.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,May 16,1941 (age72 years, 266days).Cremated;ashes interred atWilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore. | | Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in North Guilford, Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November22, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1785;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.Congregationalist.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.One of thefounders,and firstpresident,of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 4,1807 (age52 years, 102days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atGreenfieldHill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn. | | Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January14, 1780.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April21, 1844 (age64 years, 98days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atGreendaleCemetery, Meadville, Pa. | | George Bancroft (1800-1891) — of Massachusetts. Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October3, 1800.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1832-34;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1844;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1844;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1846-49;Prussia, 1867-71;Germany, 1871-74.Congregationalist.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1910.Died inWashington,D.C.,January17, 1891 (age90 years, 106days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | James Barbour (1775-1842) — of Barboursville,OrangeCounty, Va.Born near Gordonsville,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 10,1775.Whig.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1812;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1809;Governor ofVirginia, 1812-14;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1815-25;U.S.Secretary of War, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1828-29; delegate to Whig National Conventionfrom Virginia, 1839 (Convention President; speaker).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Barboursville,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 7,1842 (age66 years, 362days).Interment atBarboursvilleVineyards and Winery, Barboursville, Va. | | Henry Barnard (1811-1900) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January24, 1811.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1837-39; secretaryto the Connecticut Commissioners of Common Schools, 1838-42; RhodeIsland commissioner of public schools, 1845-49; ConnecticutSuperintendent of Common Schools, 1851-55;chancellor,University of Wisconsin, 1859-60;president,St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, 1866; U.S. Commissioner ofEducation, 1867-70; editor, American Journal of Education.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 5,1900 (age89 years, 162days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known asP. T. Barnum;"Prince ofHumbugs" —of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 5,1810.Republican.Grocer;auctioneer;newspaperpublisher; Entrepreneur,impressario,museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Baileycircus,known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79;mayorof Bridgeport, Conn., 1875-76.Died, ofheartfailure, in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 7,1891 (age80 years, 276days).Interment atMountainGrove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atSeasidePark, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue atBethel Public Library Grounds, Bethel, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Philo Barnum and Irena (Taylor) Barnum; half-brother ofPhiloFairchild Barnum; married,November8, 1829, to Charity Hallet; married,September16, 1874, to Nancy Fish; second cousin ofAndrewGould Chatfield; second cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington andAlmonFerdinand Rockwell; third cousin ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; third cousin once removed ofWilliamHenry Barnum; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andCharlesWilliam Barnum; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,SamuelH. Huntington,AbelHuntington,BenjaminNicoll Huntington andRhamanthusMenville Stocker. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BarnumAvenue,inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — Thetownof Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 toDenver,Colorado), wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSS P.T. Barnum (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by P. T. Barnum:TheLife of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself |
| | Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) — also known asFrancis S. Bartow — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,September6, 1816.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; diedin office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifleshot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during thefirst battle ofManassas,Va.,July 21,1861 (age44 years, 318days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,April18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter ofJohnMacpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of TheodosiaBartow (who marriedAaronBurr). | | | | Political family:Edwards-Burr-Davenportfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bartow County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBartow,Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofBartow,Georgia, isnamed forhim. — ThecommunityofBartow,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — BartowElementarySchool (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), inSavannah,Georgia, was formerlynamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSFrancis S. Bartow (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Bascom (1827-1911) — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Genoa,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1827.Collegeprofessor;president,University of Wisconsin, 1874-87; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1897.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October2, 1911 (age84 years, 155days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married1853 to AbbieBurt; married,January8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. | | | | BascomHall,on the campus of theUniversityof Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Bascom (built 1942-43 atPanamaCity, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor atBari,Italy, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as"The Chevalier";"The Goliathof His Party";"High Priest of theConstitution" —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 28,1767.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1804-13.Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August6, 1815 (age48 years, 9days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in1842 atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | Hiram Iddings Bearss (1875-1938) — also known asHiram I. Bearss — of Peru,MiamiCounty, Ind.Born in Peru,MiamiCounty, Ind.,April13, 1875.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Spanish-AmericanWar; received theMedalof Honor for his actions in the Philippine Islands, 1901-02;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1920,1936.Died in anautomobileaccident, in Columbia City,WhitleyCounty, Ind.,August28, 1938 (age63 years, 137days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Peru, Ind. | | John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) — also known asJ. C. W. Beckham — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,August5, 1869.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1894-98;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1900;Governor ofKentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1900,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916,1920,1936;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January9, 1940 (age70 years, 157days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 24,1813.Republican.Minister;orator;abolitionist; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;in 1872, he wasaccusedof anadulterousaffair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;Beecher's church conducted aninvestigationand declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husbandTheodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-longtrialtook place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.Presbyterian;laterCongregationalist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1887 (age73 years, 257days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of HarrietBeecher Stowe; married,August3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle ofGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer andEliElmer; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofLeveretBrainard; third cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard andLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,JohnAllen,FrederickWolcott,WalterKeene Linscott,SidneySmythe Linscott andFrancesPayne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg,DanielChapin andOliverPayne Bolton; fourth cousin ofAmbroseTuttle,JosephH. Elmer andGeorgeFrederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg,GideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,JohnWilliam Allen,JuliusHotchkiss,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss,CharlesFrancis Chidsey,ErnestHarvey Woodford andSamuelRussell Chidsey. | | | | Political families:Kelloggfamily of Vermont and New York;Kelloggfamily of New York;Kelloggfamily of New York;Kelloggfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryW. Beecher | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry Ward Beecher (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Martin Behrman (1864-1926) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October14, 1864.Democrat.Delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921;Louisianastate auditor, 1904-05;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1904-20, 1925-26; defeated, 1920; died inoffice 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1908,1912,1916(member,CredentialsCommittee),1924;LouisianaDemocratic state chair, 1925.GermanandJewishancestry.Died, ofheartdisease, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January12, 1926 (age61 years, 90days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | John Bell (1796-1869) — also known as"The Great Apostate" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February18, 1796.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1817;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1827-41;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1834-35;U.S.Secretary of War, 1841; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1847;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1847-59; Constitutional Union candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1860.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died near Cumberland Furnace,DicksonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1869 (age73 years, 204days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) — also known asHenry L. Benning;"OldRock" —of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,April 2,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1853-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,July 10,1875 (age61 years, 99days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | George Mortimer Bibb (1776-1859) — also known asGeorge M. Bibb — of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro),DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,October30, 1776.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1806, 1817;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1807-08, 1819-24;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1808-10, 1828;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1829-35;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45.Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,April14, 1859 (age82 years, 166days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | John Bidwell (1819-1900) — of Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.Born inChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1819.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1849-50; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1860;U.S.Representative from California 3rd District, 1865-67; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1875 (Independent), 1890 (Prohibition); Prohibitioncandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1892.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.,April 4,1900 (age80 years, 242days).Interment atChicoCemetery, Chico, Calif.  | Horace Binney (1780-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Northern Liberties (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1780.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1806-07;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-35.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August12, 1875 (age95 years, 220days).Interment atSt.James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | | James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) — also known asJames G. Birney — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City,BayCounty), Mich.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,February4, 1792.Lawyer;studied law in the office ofAlexanderJ. Dallas in Philadelphia; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1816-18; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general ofAlabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama,1828;mayorof Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1843, 1845.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.While traveling in 1845, thehorse hewas riding bucked; hefell andwas injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors andparalysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,November25, 1857 (age65 years, 294days).Interment atWilliamsburghCemetery, Groveland, N.Y.  | Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) — also known asJeremiah S. Black — of Somerset,SomersetCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.; York,YorkCounty, Pa.Born in Stonycreek Township,SomersetCounty, Pa.,January10, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54;U.S.Attorney General, 1857-60;U.S.Secretary of State, 1860-61;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.Disciplesof Christ.Scotch-IrishandGermanancestry.Died in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,August19, 1883 (age73 years, 221days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, York, Pa.  | 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). | | | | MountBlackburn, the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains, in theCopperRiver Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSS JoeC. 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. | | | | MountBlaine, inParkCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBlaine,Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofBlaine,Maine, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJames G. Blaine (built 1942 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:J.B. McLaughlin | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about James G. Blaine: MarkWahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Edward P. Crapol,JamesG. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | John Blair Jr. (1732-1800) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,1732.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1766-71;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia,1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1789;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795.PresbyterianorEpiscopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,August31, 1800 (ageabout 68years).Interment atBrutonParish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va. | | Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known asHenry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,January29, 1825.Republican.Farmer;merchant;riverboatcaptain;miller;miningbusiness;Governor ofNevada, 1864-71.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 22,1900 (age75 years, 174days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Samuel M. Blatchford (1820-1893) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1820.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1867-78;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1878-82;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1882-93; died in office 1893.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,July 7,1893 (age73 years, 120days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Henry Hooper Blood (1872-1942) — also known asHenry H. Blood — of Utah. Born in Kaysville,DavisCounty, Utah,October1, 1872.Democrat.DavisCounty Treasurer, 1898-1901;schoolteacher;bankdirector; member, Utah Public Utilities Commission, 1917-21;member, Utah State Road Commission, 1922-32;Governor ofUtah, 1933-41.Mormon.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 19,1942 (age69 years, 261days).Interment atKaysvilleCity Cemetery, Kaysville, Utah. | | George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) — also known asGeorge S. Boutwell — of Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January28, 1818.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1842-50;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1851-53;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1860,1864(alternate);firstU.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1862;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1863-69 (7th District 1863-69,9th District 1869);U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-73;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1873-77.Died, frompneumonia,in Groton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February27, 1905 (age87 years, 30days).Interment atGrotonCemetery, Groton, Mass. | | James Bowdoin (1726-1790) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August7, 1726.Delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1785-87;delegateto Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, ofconsumption(tuberculosis),in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November6, 1790 (age64 years, 91days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | John Green Brady (1848-1918) — also known asJohn G. Brady — of Alaska. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 25,1848.Republican.Missionary;co-founderof the school that later became Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka,Alaska;merchant;Governorof Alaska District, 1897-1906;forced toresign as governor in 1906, after aninquiryabout his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.Presbyterian.Ill withdiabetes,he suffered astrokeand died inSitka,Alaska,December17, 1918 (age70 years, 206days).Interment atSitkaNational Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska. | | John Branch Jr. (1782-1863) — of Enfield,HalifaxCounty, N.C.Born in Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,November4, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1811, 1813-17, 1834;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1817-20;federaljudge, 1822;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1823-29;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1831-33;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;Governorof Florida Territory, 1844-45.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Enfield,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,January4, 1863 (age80 years, 61days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Enfield, N.C. | | John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known asJohn C. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1849-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;VicePresident of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democraticcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in theConfederatemilitary.Fledto Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andlivercirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 15,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;laundrybusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.Died, from aheartattack, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September7, 1972 (age72 years, 115days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) — also known asHeywood Broun — of New York; Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1888.Socialist.Sportswriter;columnistfor New Yorknewspapers;;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1930;founder ofthe American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its firstpresident;expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.Catholic.Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Died, ofpneumonia,in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1939 (age51 years, 11days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. | | Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880) — also known asAlbert G. Brown — of Terry,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,May 31,1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1835-39;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1839-41, 1847-53 (at-large1839-41, 4th District 1847-53); circuit judge in Mississippi,1842-43;Governor ofMississippi, 1844-48;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1854-61; served in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Senatorfrom Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died near Terry,HindsCounty, Miss.,June 12,1880 (age67 years, 12days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) — also known asHenry B. Brown — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.;Washington,D.C.Born in South Lee, Lee,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,March 2,1836.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.Congregationalist.Died in Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1913 (age77 years, 186days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | John William Brown (c.1867-1941) — also known asJohn W. Brown — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born inCanada,about 1867.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen;carpenter;labororganizer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1904; candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1910;newspapercolumnist.Member,UnitedMine Workers.While working on hishuntingrifle, itaccidentallydischarged, and he died soon after, in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,June 19,1941 (ageabout 74years).Burial location unknown. |  | James Buchanan (1791-1868) — also known as"The Sage of Wheatland";"Buck";"Old Buck" —of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in alogcabin near Mercersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,April23, 1791.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-31 (3rd District 1821-23,4th District 1823-31); U.S. Minister toRussia, 1832-33;Great Britain, 1853-56;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1844,1848,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1845-49;Presidentof the United States, 1857-61.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died near Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 1,1868 (age77 years, 39days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; memorial monument atMeridianHill Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Buchanan (c.1761-1821) and Elizabeth (Speer)Buchanan. | | | | Cross-reference:DavidFullerton Robison —JohnA. Quitman —JohnGallagher Montgomery | | | | Buchanan counties inIowa,Mo. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofBuchanan,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJames Buchanan (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesShearer—JamesBuchanan Richmond—JamesB. Duke—JamesB. Cullison—JamesB. Holland—JamesBuchanan Siggins—J.B. Marcum—JamesB. Searcy | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Buchanan: Philip S.Klein,PresidentJames Buchanan: A Biography — Jean H. Baker,JamesBuchanan — R. G. Horton,TheLife And Public Services Of James Buchanan: Late Minister To EnglandAnd Formerly Minister To Russia, Senator And Representative InCongress, And Sec. Of State — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about James Buchanan:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Aedanus Burke (1743-1802) — also known as"Cassius" — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in County Galway,Ireland,June16, 1743.Circuit judge in South Carolina, 1778; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1787-88; servedin the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-91.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March30, 1802 (age58 years, 287days).Interment atBurntChurch Burial Ground, Jacksonboro, S.C. | | John Burke (1859-1937) — of Devils Lake,RamseyCounty, N.Dak.; Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.; Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born in Sigourney,KeokukCounty, Iowa,February25, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1891; member ofNorthDakota state senate, 1893-97; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1896;Governor ofNorth Dakota, 1907-13; candidate for Democratic nomination forVice President,1912;Treasurer of the United States, 1913-21; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1916; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Dakota,1924;justiceof North Dakota state supreme court, 1925-37;chiefjustice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1935-36.Catholic.Irishancestry.DiedMay 14,1937 (age78 years, 78days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.; statue atState Capitol Grounds, Bismarck, N.Dak. | | Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) — also known asAlbert S. Burleson — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in San Marcos,HaysCounty, Tex.,June 7,1863.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1899-1913 (9th District 1899-1903,10th District 1903-13); alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1912(speaker);U.S.Postmaster General, 1913-21.Died, from aheartattack, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November24, 1937 (age74 years, 170days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in New Berlin,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1820.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1852-54;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.Minister toChina, 1861-67.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in St. Petersburg,Russia,February23, 1870 (age49 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Freelove (Angell) Burlingame andJoelBurlingame; married,June 3,1847, to Jane Cornelia Livermore; fourth cousin ofOssianRay; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesMontgomery Burlingame andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBurlingame,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBurlingame,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofAnson,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSAnson Burlingame (built 1943 atRichmond,California; sold private 1947; sank 1950) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Otway Burns (c.1775-1850) — of Swansboro,OnslowCounty, N.C.; Beaufort,CarteretCounty, N.C.Born near Swansboro,OnslowCounty, N.C., about 1775.Shipcaptain;privateerduring the War of 1812;shipbuilder;planter;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1821-22, 1824-27, 1832; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1828-30, 1834;lighthousekeeper at the Brant Island Shoal Light, 1835-50.Died in Portsmouth,CarteretCounty, N.C.,August25, 1850 (ageabout 75years).Interment atOldBurying Ground, Beaufort, N.C.; statue atTown Square, Burnsville, N.C. | | Pierce Butler (1744-1822) — of South Carolina. Born in County Carlow,Ireland,July11, 1744.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1778-89;AdjutantGeneral of South Carolina, 1779;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February15, 1822 (age77 years, 219days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph atSt.Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.  | John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known asJohn C. Calhoun — of Pickens District (nowPickensCounty), S.C.Born in Abbeville District (part now inMcCormickCounty), S.C.,March18, 1782.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1808;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1817-25;VicePresident of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office1850;U.S.Secretary of State, 1844-45.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1850 (age68 years, 13days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atMarionPark, Charleston, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married,December27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau andFlorideColhoun (daughter ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (whomarriedThomasGreen Clemson); uncle ofJohnAlfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who marriedArmisteadBurt); great-granduncle ofJohnTemple Graves; first cousin ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) andJosephCalhoun; first cousin once removed ofAndrewPickens; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisWilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah AnnCalhoun (who marriedAlexanderHenry Brown); second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFrancis Calhoun. | | | | Political family:Calhoun-Pickensfamily of South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Calhoun counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Iowa,Mich.,Miss.,S.C.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The John C. CalhounStateOffice Building (opened 1926), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. —LakeCalhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnC. Johnson—JohnCalhoun Nicholls—JohnCalhoun Cook—JohnC. Sheppard—John C.Bell—JohnC. C. Mayo—JohnC. Phillips | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes(1862). | | | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer thanunion." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John C. Calhoun: MargaretL. Coit,JohnC. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson,JohnC. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Warren Brown,JohnC. Calhoun (for young readers) | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) — also known asGeorge W. Campbell — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inScotland,February9, 1769.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1803-09; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1809;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1811-14, 1815-18;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1818-20.Scottishancestry.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February17, 1848 (age79 years, 8days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) — also known asJohn A. Campbell — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.;Baltimore,Md.Born in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,June 24,1811.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1837;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate StatesAssistant Secretary of War, 1861-65; at the end of the Civil War, hewassuspectedof involvement in theassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln;arrestedin May 1865; held in detention for five months, but never charged;released in October 1865.Episcopalian.Died inBaltimore,Md.,March12, 1889 (age77 years, 261days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.  | John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) — also known asJohn G. Carlisle — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born in Campbell County (part now inKentonCounty), Ky.,September5, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofCharlesD. Foote; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-61; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1868;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1871-75;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned1890;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1884;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.Died, reportedly fromintestinaltrouble andheartdisease, in theHotelWolcott, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1910 (age74 years, 329days).Interment atLindenGrove Cemetery, Covington, Ky. | | John Catron (1786-1865) — of Tennessee. Born in Virginia,January7, 1786.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1824-34;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedMay 30,1865 (age79 years, 143days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) — also known asAnton J. Cermak;"PushcartTony" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Kladno, Bohemia (nowCzechia),May9, 1873.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1910; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1924,1928,1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1928;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.Bohemianancestry.On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board ofanopencar from which president-electFranklinD. Roosevelt had just given a speech, wasshot andbadlywounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who hadaimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound becameinfected,and he died, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March 6,1933 (age59 years, 301days).Entombed atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) — also known asGeorge E. Chamberlain — of Albany,LinnCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,January1, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1880-84;Oregonstate attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891;Governor ofOregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1904(speaker),1924(alternate);U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1912;member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 9,1928 (age74 years, 190days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | John Chandler (1762-1841) — of Monmouth,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Epping,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February1, 1762.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1805-09;KennebecCounty Sheriff, 1808; served in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1819;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819-20;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1820-29;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1829-37.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,September25, 1841 (age79 years, 236days).Interment atMt. Vernon Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. |  | Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known asSalmon P. Chase;"Old Mr.Greenbacks" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cornish,SullivanCounty, N.H.,January13, 1808.Republican. Liberty candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1846;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861;Governor ofOhio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873.Episcopalian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1873 (age65 years, 114days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Ithamar Chase and Janette Chase; married to Eliza Ann Smith;father of Katherine Jane 'Kate' Chase (who marriedWilliamSprague); nephew ofDudleyChase; cousin *** ofDudleyChase Denison. | | | | Political family:Chasefamily of Vermont and Rhode Island (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Chase County,Kan. is named for him. | | | | Chase Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at HarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSSalmon P. Chase (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:ChaseS. Osborn | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on various U.S. currency, including $1 and $10 notes inthe 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Salmon P. Chase: FrederickJ. Blue,SalmonP. Chase : A Life in Politics — John Niven,SalmonP. Chase : A Biography — Albert B. Hart,SalmonP. Chase — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of AbrahamLincoln | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | George Campbell Childress (1804-1841) — also known asGeorge C. Childress — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Milam, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Killedhimself with aBowieknife, in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,October6, 1841 (age37 years, 271days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; statue atWashington-on-the-BrazosState Park, Washington, Tex. | | Abraham Clark (1726-1794) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.Born near Elizabethtown, Essex County (now ElizabethUnionCounty), N.J.,February15, 1726.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-78, 1779-83,1787-89;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1776, 1783-85;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-94; died in office1794.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Rahway,UnionCounty, N.J.,September15, 1794 (age68 years, 212days).Interment atRahwayCemetery, Rahway, N.J.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) — also known asAlexander S. Clay — of Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.Born near Powder Springs,CobbCounty, Ga.,September25, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1892-94;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November13, 1910 (age57 years, 49days).Interment atMariettaCity Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.  | Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as"The Sage of Ashland";"TheGreat Compromiser" —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,April12, 1777.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; diedin office 1852;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rdDistrict 1823-25);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844(Whig);U.S.Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination forPresident, 1839.Member,Freemasons.In 1809, he fought aduelwithHumphreyMarshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1852 (age75 years, 78days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother ofPorterClay; married,April11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; grandfather ofHenryClay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who marriedJamesReily); first cousin once removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; second cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; second cousin once removed ofGreenClay Smith andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr.. | | | | Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Clay counties inAla.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.C.,S.Dak.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | MountClay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry 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 |
| | | John Middleton Clayton (1796-1856) — also known asJohn M. Clayton — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Dagsboro,SussexCounty, Del.,July 24,1796.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County, 1824;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1826-28;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1829-36, 1845-49, 1853-56; resigned 1836,1849; died in office 1856;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1837-39;U.S.Secretary of State, 1849-50.Slaveowner. Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,November9, 1856 (age60 years, 108days).Interment atOldPresbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.  | James Merritt Clements (1849-1921) — also known asJames M. Clements — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.; Nome,Nomecensus area, Alaska.Born in Ohio,October1, 1849.Lawyer;Lewisand Clark County Probate Judge, 1887-88; People's candidate forjusticeof Montana state supreme court, 1896, 1898; district judge inMontana, 1901-16;U.S.Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1919-21;resigned 1921.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,September1, 1921 (age71 years, 335days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont.| | Relatives: Sonof John R. Clements and Belinda (Ramage) Clements; married to Alta D.Cook. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJames M. Clements (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Butte (Mont.) Miner,September 2, 1921 |
| | George Clymer (1739-1813) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March16, 1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1789-91.Episcopalian.Died in Morrisville,BucksCounty, Pa.,January23, 1813 (age73 years, 313days).Interment atFriendsGraveyard, Trenton, N.J.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Howell Cobb (1815-1868) — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ga.,September7, 1815.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,6th District 1845-51, 1855-57);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1849-51;Governor ofGeorgia, 1851-53;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1868 (age53 years, 32days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Isaac Coles (1747-1813) — ofHalifaxCounty, Va.;PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,March 2,1747.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;planter;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Halifax County, 1780-81, 1783-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from HalifaxCounty, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-91, 1793-97 (at-large 1789-91,6th District 1793-97).Slaveowner. Died near Chatham,PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,June 3,1813 (age66 years, 93days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.  | James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) — also known asJane Morgan — of Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,September15, 1789.Novelist;U.S. Consul inLyon, 1826-28.Episcopalian.Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans. Inducted into the New York WritersHallof Fame.Died in Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1851 (age61 years, 364days).Interment atChristChurchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.; statue atCooperGarden, Cooperstown, N.Y. | | Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903) — also known asHenry W. Corbett — of Oregon. Born in Westborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,February18, 1827.Republican.U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1867-73; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Oregon,1868;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Oregon, 1868-72.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,May 31,1903 (age76 years, 102days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) — also known asGeorge H. Corliss — of North Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Easton,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,June 2,1817.Republican.Mechanicalengineer;inventor;developed the Corliss steam engine; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1868-70; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Rhode Island,1876(did not serve).Congregationalist.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,February21, 1888 (age70 years, 264days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | George Bruce Cortelyou (1862-1940) — also known asGeorge B. Cortelyou — of Huntington Bay,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1862.Republican.Schoolprincipal; confidential stenographer to PresidentGroverCleveland, 1895-96; Executive Clerk of the White House, 1896-98;secretary to PresidentWilliamMcKinley, 1900-01; secretary to PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt, 1901-03;financier;U.S.Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1903-04;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1904-07;U.S.Postmaster General, 1905-07;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1907-09; president, ConsolidatedGasCompany, New York, 1909-35; director, New YorkLifeInsurance Company; first president, Edison Electric Institute,1933.Member,UnionLeague.Died, following twoheartattacks, in Huntington Bay,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October23, 1940 (age78 years, 89days).Interment atMemorialCemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. | | Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) — also known asJesse S. Cottrell — of Tennessee; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.; Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,October23, 1878.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.NewellSanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1921-28.Baptist.Member,Elks.DiedMarch24, 1944 (age65 years, 153days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | George Walker Crawford (1798-1872) — of Georgia. Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,December22, 1798.Georgiastate attorney general, 1827; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843;Governor ofGeorgia, 1843-47;U.S.Secretary of War, 1849-50;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861.Slaveowner. Died near Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,July 27,1872 (age73 years, 218days).Interment atSummervilleCemetery, Augusta, Ga.  | John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) — also known asJohn J. Crittenden — of Illinois; Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,September10, 1787.Whig.Lawyer;Illinoisterritory attorney general, 1809-10; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1824;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1834-35;U.S.Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53;Governor ofKentucky, 1848-50;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; agrandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against theSioux in 1876.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 26,1863 (age75 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | Albert Baird Cummins (1850-1926) — also known asAlbert B. Cummins — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born, in aloghouse, near Carmichaels,GreeneCounty, Pa.,February15, 1850.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1888; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Iowa,1892(alternate),1896,1904,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Iowa, 1896-1900;Governor ofIowa, 1902-08;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1908-26; died in office 1926; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1912,1916.Congregationalist.Died of aheartattack, in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,July 30,1926 (age76 years, 165days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | George Law Curry (1820-1878) — also known asGeorge L. Curry — of Oregon. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 2,1820.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;jeweler;member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1848-49, 1851-52;secretaryof Oregon Territory, 1853-55;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1853, 1854, 1854-59; candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 28,1878 (age58 years, 26days).Interment atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) — also known asJabez L. M. Curry — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.;Washington,D.C.Born near Double Branches,LincolnCounty, Ga.,June 5,1825.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;president,Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68;collegeprofessor; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1885-88.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,February12, 1903 (age77 years, 252days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) — also known asAndrew G. Curtin;"War Governor ofPennsylvania" —of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,April22, 1815.Lawyer;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1848;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1852;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1868;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1869-72;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,October7, 1894 (age79 years, 168days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; statue atGettysburgNational Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue atCentreCounty Courthouse Square, Bellefonte, Pa. | | Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,May 13,1742.Ordainedminister;physician;member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1801-05.Congregationalist.Died in Hamilton,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 28,1823 (age81 years, 76days).Interment atHamiltonCemetery, Hamilton, Mass. | | Samuel Dale (1772-1841) — also known asSam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,1772.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1819; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died near Daleville,LauderdaleCounty, Miss.,May 24,1841 (ageabout 68years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;reinterment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) — also known asAlexander J. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kingston,Jamaica,June21, 1759.Lawyer;newspapereditor;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.Scottishancestry.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,January16, 1817 (age57 years, 209days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Porter's Neck,PenderCounty, N.C.,March 1,1820.Lawyer;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;ConfederateAttorney General, 1864-65.Episcopalian.At the end of the Civil War, with otherConfederateofficials,attemptedto flee overseas, butturnedhimself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months inprisonat Fort Hamilton;pardonedin 1866.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February23, 1896 (age75 years, 359days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 atThirdand Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;half-brother and fourth cousin ofHoratioDavis; married,November17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed ofFrankLyon Polk; second cousin once removed ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk; third cousin ofMarshallTate Polk); married,May 9,1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew ofSamuelAshe; cousin four different ways ofJohnBaptista Ashe (1748-1802),JohnBaptista Ashe (1810-1857),ThomasSamuel Ashe andWilliamShepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways ofAlfredMoore Waddell; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamHenry Hill. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSGeorge Davis (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known asJefferson Davis — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, Miss.;WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in alogcabin, Fairview, Christian County (nowToddCounty), Ky.,June 3,1808.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate forMississippistate house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector forMississippi,1844;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1851;U.S.Secretary of War, 1853-57;Presidentof the Confederacy, 1861-65.CapturedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial for about two years.Slaveowner. Died ofbronchitisandmalariain New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December6, 1889 (age81 years, 186days).Original interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atMemorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married,June 17,1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter ofZacharyTaylor andMargaretTaylor); married,February25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter ofRichardHowell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who marriedRichardBrodhead); granduncle ofJosephDavis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who marriedThomasEdmund Dewey). | | | | Political family:Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JesseD. Bright —JohnH. Reagan —HoraceGreeley —SolomonCohen —GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelA. Roberts —WilliamT. Sutherlin —VictorVifquain —CharlesO'Conor | | | | Jeff DavisCounty, Ga.,Jefferson DavisParish, La.,Jefferson DavisCounty, Miss. andJeff DavisCounty, Tex. are named for him. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Davis Brodhead—JeffersonD. Hostetter—JeffersonD. Blount—JeffersonDavis Carwile—JeffersonD. Helms—JeffersonDavis Wiggins—JeffersonDavis Parris | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Jefferson Davis:TheRise and Fall of the Confederate Government(1881) | | | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.Cooper, Jr.,JeffersonDavis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis,JeffersonDavis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoirby His Wife — William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter DonaldKennedy,WasJefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren,JeffersonDavis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &Richard E. Beringer,JeffersonDavis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen,JeffersonDavis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson,Pursuit:The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release ofConfederate President Jefferson Davis | | | | Image source: Frank Leslie'sIllustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
| | John Wesley Davis (1799-1859) — also known asJohn W. Davis — of Carlisle,SullivanCounty, Ind.Born in New Holland,LancasterCounty, Pa.,April16, 1799.Democrat. Candidate forIndianastate senate, 1828; state court judge in Indiana, 1829-31; memberofIndianastate house of representatives, 1831-33, 1841-43, 1851-52, 1857;Speakerof the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42,1851-52;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1835-37, 1839-41, 1843-47 (2ndDistrict 1835-37, 1839-41, 6th District 1843-47);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1845-47; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toChina, 1848-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIndiana,1852;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1853-54.Died in Carlisle,SullivanCounty, Ind.,August22, 1859 (age60 years, 128days).Interment atCityCemetery, Carlisle, Ind. | | Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February23, 1751.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,1st District 1795-97);U.S.Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1822-24.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 6,1829 (age78 years, 103days).Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives:Father ofHenryAlexander Scammell Dearborn. | | | | Dearborn County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofDearborn,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The DearbornRiver,inLewis &Clark andCascadecounties, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Mount Dearborn, a formermilitaryarsenal on an island in the Catawba River,ChesterCounty, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry Dearborn (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1959) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | John Deere (1804-1886) — of Moline,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,February7, 1804.Blacksmith;inventorof the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere &Company, manufacturers offarmimplements; president, NationalBank ofMoline;mayor ofMoline, Ill., 1873-75.Died in Moline,Rock IslandCounty, Ill.,May 17,1886 (age82 years, 99days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Moline, Ill.; statue atJohnDeere Historic Site, Grand Detour, Ill. | | James William Denver (1817-1892) — also known asJames W. Denver — Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,October23, 1817.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53; killed newspaper editor Edward Gilbert inaduelon August 2, 1852;secretaryof state of California, 1853-55;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57;secretaryof Kansas Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857-58, 1858, 1858; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1866.Died inWashington,D.C.,August9, 1892 (age74 years, 291days).Interment atSugarGrove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.  | George Henry Dern (1872-1936) — also known asGeorge H. Dern — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born inDodgeCounty, Neb.,September8, 1872.Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur GoldMining andMilling Company; jointinventor,with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member ofUtahstate senate, 1915-23;Governor ofUtah, 1925-33;U.S.Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Utah,1936.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahospital,ofinfluenzaandkidneyfailure,August27, 1936 (age63 years, 354days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | James De Wolf (1764-1837) — of Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.Born in Bristol,BristolCounty, R.I.,March18, 1764.Democrat.Slavetrader; built an earlycottonmill;manufacturer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1800;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December21, 1837 (age73 years, 278days).Original interment atDeWolf Family Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment atJuniperHill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I. | | Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) — also known asM. H. de Young — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,September30, 1849.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; in 1879, his brother Charles de Young (1846-1880),then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot and wounded SanFrancisco mayorIsaacS. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in hisoffice by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he wasshot andseriously wounded byAdolphB. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in theChronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, wastried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1888,1892,1908,1920.Catholic.Jewishancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February15, 1925 (age75 years, 138days).Entombed atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | John Dickinson (1732-1808) — also known as"Penman of theRevolution" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Trappe,TalbotCounty, Md.,November13, 1732.Planter;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1781;Presidentof Delaware, 1781-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1782-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1793.Quaker;laterEpiscopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February14, 1808 (age75 years, 93days).Interment atFriendsBurial Ground, Wilmington, Del. | | 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 Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn 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 |
| | John Francis Dockweiler (1895-1943) — also known asJohn F. Dockweiler — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September19, 1895.Democrat.U.S.Representative from California 16th District, 1933-39; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1938;LosAngeles County District Attorney, 1940-43.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January31, 1943 (age47 years, 134days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) — of Virginia. Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,May 17,1773.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1829-32; died inoffice 1832.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November19, 1832 (age59 years, 186days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) — also known asGrenville M. Dodge — of Iowa. Born in Danvers,EssexCounty, Mass.,April12, 1831.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1868(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.Member,LoyalLegion.Chiefengineerof the Union PacificRailroad.Died in Council Bluffs,PottawattamieCounty, Iowa,January3, 1916 (age84 years, 266days).Entombed atWalnutHill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa. | | Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — ofSte.Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville,IowaCounty, Wis.Born near Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,October12, 1782.Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33;Governorof Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57.Slaveowner. Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,June 19,1867 (age84 years, 250days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | John Addie Donald (1857-1922) — also known asJohn A. Donald — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire,Scotland,July24, 1857.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;steamshipbusiness; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-21.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1922 (age64 years, 173days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Alexander William Doniphan (1808-1887) — of Liberty,ClayCounty, Mo.; Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,July 9,1808.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1836, 1840, 1854; in 1838, herefused to obey an order to execute Joseph Smith and other Mormonleaders, calling it "cold-blooded murder"; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; led Doniphan's Expedition into Mexico,1846-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1876.Died in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,August8, 1887 (age79 years, 30days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Liberty, Mo.; statue atCounty Courthouse Grounds, Richmond, Mo. | | Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901) — also known asIgnatius L. Donnelly — of Nininger,DakotaCounty, Minn.; Hastings,DakotaCounty, Minn.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November3, 1831.Lawyer;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1860-63;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1863-69; defeated,1868, 1870; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1874-78, 1891-94 (20th District 1874-78, 24thDistrict 1891-94); member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1887-88, 1897-98 (District 251887-88, District 24 1897-98); People's candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1892; People's candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1900.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,January1, 1901 (age69 years, 59days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | James Duane Doty (1799-1865) — also known asJames D. Doty — of Neenah,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,November5, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;federaljudge, 1828-32;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1834-35;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1839-41;Governorof Wisconsin Territory, 1841-44;delegateto Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1849-53;Governorof Utah Territory, 1863-65; died in office 1865.Presbyterian.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 13,1865 (age65 years, 220days).Interment atFortDouglas Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | John Drayton (1766-1822) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 22,1766.Lawyer;author;botanist;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1792-96, 1798, 1802-04;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1798-1800;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1800-02, 1808-10;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1803-04; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1805-08;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1812-22.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November27, 1822 (age56 years, 158days).Interment atCathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, S.C. | | Josiah Hayden Drummond (1827-1902) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Winslow,KennebecCounty, Maine,August30, 1827.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1857-58, 1869;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1858; member ofMainestate senate, 1859-60;Mainestate attorney general, 1860-63; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1864,1884.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October25, 1902 (age75 years, 56days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) — also known asJames B. Duke;"Buck";"Tobacco King" —of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born near Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,December23, 1856.Republican. Organizer and president, AmericanTobaccoCompany, which monopolized thetobaccoindustry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer ofelectricpower companies; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1904.Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University. Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1925 (age68 years, 291days).Entombed atDukeUniversity Chapel, Durham, N.C. | | Henry Durant (1802-1875) — of Byfield, Newbury,EssexCounty, Mass.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Acton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 18,1802.Pastor;founder,College of California; firstpresident,University of California, 1870-72;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.Congregationalist.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,January22, 1875 (age72 years, 218days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Gabriel Duvall (1752-1844) — of Maryland. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,December6, 1752.Member of Maryland state legislature, 1787;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1794-96; state courtjudge in Maryland, 1796-1802; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1796;Democratic-Republican Presidential Elector for Maryland,1800(voted forThomasJefferson andAaronBurr);AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-35.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,March 6,1844 (age91 years, 91days).Interment atDuvallMemorial Garden, Marietta House, Glenn Dale, Md.  | George Eastman (1854-1932) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1854.Republican.Inventor;founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; RepublicanPresidential Elector for New York,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1928.Englishancestry.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1932 (age77 years, 246days). Hissuicidenote was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?".Interment atKodakPark, Rochester, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; firstcousin ofHarveyGridley Eastman; third cousin ofFrederickWalker Pitkin; third cousin twice removed ofJamesKilbourne andDanielKellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,ByronH. Kilbourn,HarrisonBlodget,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSGeorge Eastman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1977) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Eastman: Carl W.Ackerman,GeorgeEastman: Founder of Kodak and the PhotographyBusiness — Elizabeth Brayer,GeorgeEastman: A Biography — Lynda Pflueger,GeorgeEastman: Bringing Photography to the People (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, March 31,1924 |
 | John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) — also known asJohn H. Eaton — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born near Scotland Neck,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,June 18,1790.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1815-16;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29;U.S.Secretary of War, 1829-31;Governorof Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1836-40.Member,Freemasons.Resignedfrom Cabinet in 1831 during thescandal(called the "Petticoat Affair") over pastinfedelitiesof his second wife, Peggy Eaton.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November17, 1856 (age66 years, 152days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | | William Eaton (1764-1811) — of Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.; Brimfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Woodstock,WindhamCounty, Conn.,February23, 1764.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Clerk,Vermont House of Representatives, 1791-92; U.S. Consul General inTunis, 1797-1803; led multinational military force in NorthAfrica, 1804-05, in an effort to overthrow the Barbary pirates;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1807-08.Died in Brimfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 1,1811 (age47 years, 98days).Interment atBrimfieldCemetery, Brimfield, Mass. | | Morris Michael Edelstein (1888-1941) — also known asM. Michael Edelstein — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Meseritz (Międzyrzec),Poland,February5, 1888.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1940-41; died inoffice 1941.Jewish.Completed delivery of a speech on the floor of the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, and then died nearby in the House cloakroom, intheU.S.Capitol Building,Washington,D.C.,June 4,1941 (age53 years, 119days).Interment atMt.Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, N.Y. | | Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) — also known asHenry L. Ellsworth;"Father of the U.S.Department of Agriculture" —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November10, 1791.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hartford, 1830;mayorof Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S.Patent Office, 1835-45.Died in Fair Haven, New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December28, 1858 (age67 years, 48days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverEllsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth; married,June 22,1813, to Nancy Allen Goodrich (daughter ofElizurGoodrich); married to Marietta Mariana Bartlett and CatherineSmith; great-grandnephew ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); fourth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; first cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofSamuelClesson Allen andAbijahBlodget; third cousin once removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,HarrisonBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,GouverneurMorris,HenryTitus Backus,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,WalterHarrison Blodget,AlfredWolcott andFrederickHobbes Allen; third cousin thrice removed ofRobertTreat Paine,JudsonH. Warner,LutherThomas Ellsworth,HenryAugustus Wolcott,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,GaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps andGideonHard; fourth cousin once removed ofEbenezerHuntington,HezekiahCase,GershomBirdsey,BenjaminHard,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,PhineasLyman Tracy,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,AlbertHaller Tracy,IsraelCoe,EliCoe Birdsey,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andAllenJacob Holcomb; twin brother ofWilliamWolcott Ellsworth. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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. | | | Henry Failing (1834-1898) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1834.Republican.Mayorof Portland, Ore., 1864-65, 1873-75.DiedNovember8, 1898 (age64 years, 295days).Burial location unknown.  | Charles Stebbins Fairchild (1842-1924) — also known asCharles S. Fairchild — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.; Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1842.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1876-77;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89; president, New York SecurityandTrustCompany, 1889-1904; president, Atlanta and Charlotte Air LineRailroad;director, Erie and PittsburghRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1924 (age82 years, 208days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Cazenovia, N.Y. | | 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 Rocky Mountain National Park,LarimerCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — FairchildAvenue,inKent,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSLucius 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 |
| | John Fairfield (1797-1847) — of Saco,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,January30, 1797.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4thDistrict 1837-38); resigned 1838;Governor ofMaine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847.Died inWashington,D.C.,December24, 1847 (age50 years, 328days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William George Fargo (1818-1881) — also known asWilliam Fargo — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Pompey,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1818.Democrat.Mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1862-65; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 31st District, 1871.With Henry Wells in 1851, founded Wells, Fargo & Co. Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August3, 1881 (age63 years, 75days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Wallace Rider Farrington (1871-1933) — of Hawaii. Born in Orono,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 3,1871.Governorof Hawaii Territory, 1921-29.Congregationalist.Died ofheartdisease in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,October6, 1933 (age62 years, 156days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Rider Farrington (1830-1897) and Ellen Elizabeth (Holyoke)Farrington; married,October26, 1896, to Catharine McAlpine Crane; father ofJosephRider Farrington (1897-1954); second cousin ofEdwardSilsby Farrington; fourth cousin once removed ofCalvinFrisbie. | | | | Political family:Farringtonfamily of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | FarringtonHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed forhim. — FarringtonStreetand FarringtonHighway,inHonolulu,Hawaii, arenamed forhim. — Farrington Hallauditorium(built 1930, demolished in the 1970s), at theUniversityof Hawaii,Honolulu,Hawaii, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSWallace R. Farrington (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) — also known asJ. Sloat Fassett — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;ChemungCounty District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1880,1892,1904,1908,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1884-91;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1888-92;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1891; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1891;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,1910;banker;lumberbusiness.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,April21, 1924 (age70 years, 160days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,February13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter ofEdwinBryant Crocker; niece ofCharlesCrocker); fourth cousin once removed ofZenasFerry Moody andAlfredClark Chapin. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofFassett,Quebec, Canada, isnamed forhim. — FassettElementarySchool, inElmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fassett Commons, abuildingat ElmiraCollege,Elmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Fergus (1813-1902) — of Little Falls,MorrisonCounty, Minn.Born in Lanarkshire,Scotland,October8, 1813.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;MorrisonCounty Probate Judge, 1857-58;MorrisonCounty Treasurer, 1859-60;rancher;member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884.Scottishancestry.Died inFergusCounty, Mont.,June 5,1902 (age88 years, 240days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) — also known asWoodbridge N. Ferris;"The Big RapidsSchoolmaster";"The Good GreyGovernor" —of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin near Spencer,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1853.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; founder andpresident,Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate forMichigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916,1924;Governorof Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big RapidsSavingsBank;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1924.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1928 (age75 years, 77days).Entombed atHighlandView Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.  | 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. | | William Few (1748-1828) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,June 8,1748.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof Georgia state legislature, 1777-79;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,1796-99; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1801-05.Methodist.Died in Fishkill Landing (now part of Beacon),DutchessCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1828 (age80 years, 38days).Original interment atReformedDutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment in 1976 atSt.Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.  | Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known asStephen J. Field — ofYubaCounty, Calif.Born in Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November4, 1816.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1857-63;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1859-63;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97;arrestedin San Francisco, August 16, 1889, onchargesof being party to the allegedmurderofDavidS. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled tobe justifiable homicide.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 9,1899 (age82 years, 156days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas FitzSimons (1741-1811) — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Wexford,Ireland,October,1741.Merchant;banker;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1782-83; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1786-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-93, 1stDistrict 1793-95).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August26, 1811 (age69 years, 0days).Interment atSt.Mary's Roman Catholic Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) — also known asDuncan U. Fletcher — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born near Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,January6, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1893;mayorof Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03;FloridaDemocratic state chair, 1905-08;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 17,1936 (age77 years, 163days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863) — also known asJohn B. Floyd — of Virginia. Born in Smithfield,Isle ofWight County, Va.,June 1,1806.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1847-48;Governor ofVirginia, 1849-52;U.S.Secretary of War, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Died near Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,August26, 1863 (age57 years, 86days).Interment atSinkingSpring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va. | | William Anson Floyd (1734-1821) — also known asWilliam Floyd — of New York. Born in Brookhaven,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,December17, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77, 1778-83;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1777-88, 1807-08 (Southern District 1777-88,Western District 1807-08); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1787;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andGeorgeClinton);delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Westernville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1821 (age86 years, 230days).Interment atPresbyterianChurch Cemetery, Westernville, N.Y.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Tabitha (Smith) Floyd and Nicoll Floyd (1705-1755); married,August23, 1760, to Hannah Jones; married,May 16,1784, to Joanna Strong; father ofNicollFloyd (1762-1852); grandfather ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge,DavidGelston Floyd andJohnGelston Floyd; granduncle ofCharlesAlbert Floyd; third cousin once removed ofMartinKeeler; third cousin twice removed ofStephenHiram Keeler andDanielDarling Whitney; third cousin thrice removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs andJohnClarence Keeler. | | | | Political families:Tallmadge-Floydfamily of New York;Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofFloyd, NewYork, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSWilliam Floyd (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | Charles James Folger (1818-1884) — also known asCharles J. Folger — of Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Nantucket,NantucketCounty, Mass.,April16, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in New York, 1844; county judge in New York,1851-55; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1862-69;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1870-80;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1880-81;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84; died in office 1884;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1882.Died in Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1884 (age66 years, 141days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Geneva, N.Y.  | Joseph Wingate Folk (1869-1923) — also known asJoseph W. Folk;"HolyJoe" —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Brownsville,HaywoodCounty, Tenn.,October28, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forTennesseestate house of representatives, 1892;Governor ofMissouri, 1905-09;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1918.Member,KappaAlpha Order;Knightsof Pythias.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1923 (age53 years, 212days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Brownsville, Tenn. | | | Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — also known asHenry S. Foote;"HangmanFoote" —of Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,February28, 1804.Lawyer;co-founderof LaGrange College, which later became the University of NorthAlabama; fought fourduels;fledAlabama in 1830 toescapeprosecution fordueling;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows withThomasHart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate;Governor ofMississippi, 1852-54;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;expelledfrom the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on anunauthorizedpeace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1880 (age76 years, 81days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Murray Forbes (1813-1898) — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Bordeaux,France,February23, 1813.Republican. President, Michigan CentralRailroad,1846-55; president, Chicago, Burlington & QuincyRailroad;Republican Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1860;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1876,1880,1884.Scottishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October12, 1898 (age85 years, 231days).Interment atMiltonCemetery, Milton, Mass. | | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as"Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (nowMarshallCounty), Tenn.,July 13,1821.Democrat.Cottonplanter;slavetrader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inApril 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederatetroops under his commandmassacredAfrican-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,since the Confederacyrefused torecognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen asawarcrime, sparkedoutrageacross the North, and a congressionalinquiry;in 1867, he became involved in theKu KluxKlan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violenttactics tointimidateBlack voters andsuppresstheir votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1868;in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering thatthe Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on todenounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendlyspeech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of formerslaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southernpress as a race traitor.Englishancestry. Member,Ku Klux Klan.After his death, he became a folk hero among white racists,particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws inthe early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rightsmovement in the 1950s and 1960s.Slaveowner. Died, from complications ofdiabetes,in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October29, 1877 (age56 years, 108days).Original interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; subsequent interment in 1904 atHealth Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 2021 atNational Confederate Museum at Elm Springs, Columbia, Tenn. | | Walter Forward (1786-1852) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in East Granby,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January24, 1786.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1822-25 (14th District 1822-23,16th District 1823-25); defeated, 1824;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1841-43; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toDenmark, 1849-51; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851.Methodist.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November24, 1852 (age66 years, 305days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother ofOliverOwen Forward andChaunceyForward; married,January12, 1808, to Henrietta Elizabeth 'Hetty' Barclay; granduncle ofChaunceyForward Black; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephWells Holcomb,BanksonTaylor Holcomb andThomasHolcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofEdmondAlfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed ofMarcusHensey Holcomb andBurtonEverett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed ofOliverEllsworth,JohnAllen,CharlesOgden Tappan,MartinHarris Holcomb andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielChapin andLyleDonald Holcomb; fourth cousin ofHezekiahCase,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,AbielCase,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,AnsonLevi Holcomb andWilliamGleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,JeremiahMason,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LutherWalter Badger,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AbijahBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,OliverDwight Filley,FarrandFassett Merrill,NoahWebster Holcomb andLafayetteBlanchard Gleason. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSWalter Forward (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record |
| | Abiel Foster (1735-1806) — of Canterbury, Rockingham County (nowMerrimackCounty), N.H.Born in Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,August8, 1735.Pastor;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1783-85; common pleascourt judge in New Hampshire, 1784-88;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-91, 1795-1803;member ofNewHampshire state senate, 1792-95 (Rockingham County 1792-94, 4thDistrict 1794-95).Died in Canterbury,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,February6, 1806 (age70 years, 182days).Interment atCenterCemetery, Canterbury, N.H.  | John Watson Foster (1836-1917) — also known asJohn W. Foster — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.Born inPikeCounty, Ind.,March 2,1836.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1868;postmaster atEvansville,Ind., 1869-73;IndianaRepublican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1873-80;Russia, 1880-81;Spain, 1883-85;U.S.Secretary of State, 1892-93.Presbyterian.Member,LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,November15, 1917 (age81 years, 258days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Theodore Foster (1752-1828) — of Rhode Island. Born in Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April29, 1752.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January13, 1828 (age75 years, 259days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | 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. |  | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as"Silence Dogood";"AnthonyAfterwit";"Poor Richard";"AliceAddertongue";"Polly Baker";"HarryMeanwell";"Timothy Turnstone";"Martha Careful";"Benevolus";"Caelia Shortface" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1706.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;U.S.Postmaster General, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1778-85;Sweden, 1782-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Deist. Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Famed for his experiments with electricity;inventedbifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1790 (age84 years, 90days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 atOld City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue atLaArcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married,September1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (whomarriedRichardBache); uncle ofFranklinDavenport; grandfather ofRichardBache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who marriedWilliamJohn Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, MaryBlechenden Bache (who marriedRobertJohn Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin); second great-grandfather ofRobertWalker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather ofDanielBaugh Brewster andElisedu Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofWalterFolger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesJames Folger,BenjaminDexter Sprague andWhartonBarker; first cousin five times removed ofAlonzoMendonhall Folger andAlfredRobert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed ofThomasMott Osborne,JohnHamlin Folger,AlonzoDillard Folger andWorthBarnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne,LithgowOsborne andFredFolger; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanWilliams | | | | Franklin counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Mass.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,Vt.,Va. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | MountFranklin, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSBenjamin 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 |
 | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) — also known asFrederick T. Frelinghuysen — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Millstone,SomersetCounty, N.J.,August4, 1817.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1860;NewJersey state attorney general, 1861-66; defeated, 1857;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77;U.S.Secretary of State, 1881-85.DutchReformed.Died in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,May 20,1885 (age67 years, 289days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.  | 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 IILiberty shipSSJohn 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) |
| | Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) — Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,April20, 1850.Sculptor;member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1910-15; chair, U.S. Commissionof Fine Arts, 1912-15.Died in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,October7, 1931 (age81 years, 170days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.  | William Pierce Frye (1830-1911) — also known asWilliam P. Frye — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September2, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1861-62; Republican PresidentialElector for Maine,1864;mayorof Lewiston, Maine, 1865-66;Mainestate attorney general, 1867-69;U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1871-81; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1872,1876,1880;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1872-80;MaineRepublican state chair, 1881;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1881-1911; died in office 1911.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.One of the founders of Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. Died in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,August8, 1911 (age80 years, 340days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lewiston, Maine. | | 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. | | Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February16, 1724.Merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; general inthe Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1778-80;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Suffered an accidentalfall, anddied as a result, in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,September15, 1805 (age81 years, 211days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. | | John Pollard Gaines (1795-1857) — Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,September22, 1795.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentuckystate legislature, 1830; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1847-49;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1850-53.Slaveowner. Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,December9, 1857 (age62 years, 78days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore. | | George Gale (1756-1815) — of Maryland. Born inSomersetCounty, Md.,June 3,1756.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1784; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1784-90; state court judge in Maryland, 1785-86;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inCecilCounty, Md.,January2, 1815 (age58 years, 213days).Interment atSt.Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Perryville, Md.  | Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known asAbraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,January29, 1761.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-92;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1815-23;Great Britain, 1826-27.Swissancestry.Died in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1849 (age88 years, 195days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;married1789 to SophieAllègre; married,November11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather ofMayPreston Davie; cousin by marriage ofJosephHopper Nicholson. | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnL. Dawson | | | | Gallatin counties inIll.,Ky. andMont. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSAlbert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Jacob Harold Gallinger (1837-1918) — also known asJacob H. Gallinger — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in Cornwall,Ontario,March28, 1837.Republican.Physician;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1872-73, 1891;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1876; member ofNewHampshire state senate, 1878-80 (4th District 1878-79, 10thDistrict 1879-80);New HampshireRepublican state chair, 1882-90, 1898-1907;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1885-89; delegateto Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1888,1900,1904,1908;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1891-1918; died in office 1918;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Hampshire, 1902-04.Died in Franklin,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,August17, 1918 (age81 years, 142days).Interment atBlossomHill Cemetery, Concord, N.H. | | Stephen Warfield Gambrill (1873-1938) — also known asStephen W. Gambrill — ofBaltimore,Md.; near Laurel,HowardCounty, Md.Born near Savage,HowardCounty, Md.,October2, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1920-22; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1924;U.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1924-38; died inoffice 1938.Episcopalian.Died inWashington,D.C.,December19, 1938 (age65 years, 78days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) — also known asHarry A. Garfield;HalGarfield —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio,October11, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;universityprofessor; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1904;presidentof Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;LoyalLegion.Died in Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,December12, 1942 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atWilliamsCollege Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.  | Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) — also known asAugustus H. Garland — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 11,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Arkansas,1860;delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868;Governorof Arkansas, 1874-77;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85;U.S.Attorney General, 1885-89.Slaveowner. Died suddenly while arguing a case before theSupremeCourt, in theU.S.Capitol Building,Washington,D.C.,January26, 1899 (age66 years, 229days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) — also known asDaniel E. Garrett — of Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born near Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,April28, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1893-96; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1903-06;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,December13, 1932 (age63 years, 229days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) — also known asLindley M. Garrison — Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,November28, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1904-13;U.S.Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916.Episcopalian.Died in Sea Bright,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,October19, 1932 (age67 years, 326days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Fithian Garrison and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant)Garrison; brother ofCharlesGrant Garrison; married,June 30,1900, to Margaret Hildeburn; grandnephew ofAmosFithian Garrison Sr.; first cousin thrice removed ofReubenFithian; second cousin thrice removed ofLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin once removed ofJamesEzra Sayers,AlexanderRobeson Fithian andMaryEstelle Sayers; third cousin twice removed ofDanielGarrison; third cousin thrice removed ofFloydJames Fithian; fourth cousin ofGeorgeHires,BenjaminFranklin Hires,AlbertHarwood Sayers,JamesHampton Fithian andJaneSayers; fourth cousin once removed ofLuciusE. Hires,NathanielStretch Hires,CharlesRoyal Hires andAlbertAllison Sayers. | | | | Political family:Hiresfamily of Salem, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSLindley M. Garrison (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSWilliam Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Henry George (1839-1897) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September2, 1839.Economist;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886 (United Labor); candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1887.AuthorofProgress and Poverty.DiedOctober29, 1897 (age58 years, 57days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 17,1744.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1786;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812;VicePresident of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.The wordgerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined todescribe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his partycreated in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1814 (age70 years, 129days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; brother ofSamuelRussell Gerry; married,January12, 1786, toAnnThompson; grandfather ofElbridgeThomas Gerry; great-grandfather ofPeterGoelet Gerry; third cousin ofLeviLincoln; third cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr. andEnochLincoln. | | | | Political families:Lincolnfamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky;Lincolnfamily of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofElbridge,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofGerry, NewYork, isnamed forhim. — Thetownof Gerry (nowPhillipston,Massachusetts), wasnamed forhim until 1812. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Elbridge Gerry (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ElbridgeG. Baldwin—ElbridgeG. Knowlton—ElbridgeG. Creacraft—ElbridgeG. Spaulding—ElbridgeG. Gale—ElbridgeGerry—ElbridgeG. Lapham—EldridgeGerry Pearl—ElbridgeG. Moulton—ElbridgeG. Cracraft—ElbridgeG. Kelley—ElbridgeG. Haynes—ElbridgeG. Brown—ElbridgeG. Davis | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Elbridge Gerry: GeorgeAthan Billias,ElbridgeGerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman |
| | Ernest Willard Gibson (1871-1940) — also known asErnest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Londonderry,WindhamCounty, Vt.,December29, 1871.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1906; member ofVermontstate senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Vermont,1912;Progressive candidate forVermontstate attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I;WindhamCounty State's Attorney, 1919-21;Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922;U.S.Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33,at-large 1933);U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Redmen.Died, frompneumoniaand aheartailment, in Doctors'Hospital,Washington,D.C.,June 20,1940 (age68 years, 174days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. | | William Branch Giles (1762-1830) — also known asWilliam B. Giles — ofAmeliaCounty, Va.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,August12, 1762.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1790-98, 1801-03 (at-large 1790-91,9th District 1791-97, at-large 1797-98, 1801-03); member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1800, 1816-17, 1826-27;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1804, 1805-15;Governor ofVirginia, 1827-30;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.Slaveowner. Died inAmeliaCounty, Va.,December4, 1830 (age68 years, 114days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Amelia County, Va. | | Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) — of Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,August3, 1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; member ofNewHampshire state senate 2nd District, 1804-05;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814.Congregationalist.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 2,1814 (age58 years, 272days).Interment atExeterCemetery, Exeter, N.H. | | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) — Born in London,England,January27, 1850.Democrat.Cigarmaker;Founder andpresident, American Federation of Labor; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December13, 1924 (age74 years, 321days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument atGompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue atGompers Park, Chicago, Ill.| | Samuel GompersHighSchool (built 1930, closed about 2012), inBronx, NewYork, wasnamed forhim. — GompersSchool(also known as Eastern High School),Baltimore,Maryland, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSSamuel Gompers (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theSouthPacific Ocean) wasnamed forhim; a secondLiberty ship,SS Samuel Gompers II,(built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1960) was alsonamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Goode Jr. (1829-1909) — ofNorfolk,Va.Born near Liberty (now Bedford),BedfordCounty, Va.,May 27,1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1851; Democratic Presidential Electorfor Virginia,1852;Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia,1856;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Bedford County, 1861;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member ofVirginia state legislature, 1866; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1868,1892;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1875-81; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1876; Democratic PresidentialElector for Virginia,1884;U.S. Solicitor General, 1885-86;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Bedford County,1901-02.Slaveowner. Died inNorfolk,Va.,July 14,1909 (age80 years, 48days).Interment atLongwoodCemetery, Bedford, Va. | | Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,September20, 1748.Merchant;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; memberofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1780-82; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1783, 1786-88;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-96 (2nd District 1789-93,1st District 1793-95, 11th District 1795-96);U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1796-1800.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 28,1814 (age65 years, 311days).Interment atBroadStreet Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) — also known asJohn B. Gordon — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inUpsonCounty, Ga.,February6, 1832.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1868;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1873-80, 1891-97;Governor ofGeorgia, 1886-90; defeated, 1868.Slaveowner. Died in Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January9, 1904 (age71 years, 337days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.  | John Gorrie (1803-1855) — of Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.Born inNevis,October3, 1803.Physician;postmaster atApalachicola,Fla., 1834-38;mayorof Apalachicola, Fla., 1837-38;banker;inventorof the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.,June 29,1855 (age51 years, 269days).Original interment atMagnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment atGorrie Square, Apalachicola, Fla.| | Relatives:Married1838 toCaroline Frances Myrick. | | | | The John Gorrie MemorialBridge(built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, inFranklinCounty, Florida, isnamed forhim. — John GorrieJuniorHigh School (built 1923; closed 1997; now anapartmentbuilding called The John Gorrie), inJacksonville,Florida, wasnamed forhim. — GorrieElementarySchool (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), inTampa,Florida, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Gorrie (built 1942-43 atJacksonville,Florida; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,October 17, 1993 |
|  | Horace Gray (1828-1902) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March24, 1828.Lawyer;justiceof Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81;chiefjustice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.Unitarian.Died in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,September15, 1902 (age74 years, 175days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. |  | Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as"Old Honesty";"Old WhiteHat" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,February3, 1811.Founder and editor of the New YorkTribunenewspaper;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated(Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOregon,1860;after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty forConfederates; offered bail in May 1867 forJeffersonDavis; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1866-70;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate forNewYork state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1872.Died in Pleasantville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1872 (age61 years, 300days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue atCity Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atHerald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married,July 5,1836, to Mary Young Cheney; second cousin ofWallaceM. Greeley. | | | | Cross-reference:JosiahB. Grinnell | | | | Greeley counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGreeley,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed forhim. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHorace 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) |
| | James Wilson Grimes (1816-1872) — also known asJames W. Grimes — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Deering,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,October20, 1816.Member ofIowaterritorial legislature, 1838-43; member of Iowa statelegislature, 1852-54;Governor ofIowa, 1854-58;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1859-69.Congregationalist.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,February7, 1872 (age55 years, 110days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Mariano Guadalupe=Vallejo (1808-1890) — Born in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,July 7,1808.Rancher;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850.Spanishancestry.Died in Sonoma,SonomaCounty, Calif.,January18, 1890 (age81 years, 195days).Interment atMountain Cemetery, Sonoma, Calif. | | James McClurg Guffey (1839-1930) — also known asJames M. Guffey — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Pa.,January19, 1839.Democrat.Oilproducer; at one point was the largest individual oil, coal andgas land owner in the world; his company later merged with others toform the Gulf Oil Corporation; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1892,1900,1904;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1897.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March20, 1930 (age91 years, 60days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Guffey and Jane (Campbell) Guffey; married,February16, 1888, to Nancy Elizabeth (Over) Cook. | | | | The World War INavy tankerSS J.M.Guffey (built 1902 atCamden,New Jersey; used by the British Ministry of War Transport, andthen the U.S. Navy, for transporting oil supplies during World War I;returned to private owners after the war; renamedMeloria in1926; scrapped in 1935) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Gunn (1753-1801) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,March13, 1753.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1787;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1789-1801.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,July 30,1801 (age48 years, 139days).Interment atRevolutionaryWar Cemetery, Louisville, Ga. | | James Guthrie (1792-1869) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,December5, 1792.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1827-29; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1831-40;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57; president, Louisville andNashvilleRailroad,1860-68;president,University of Louisville; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1860;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1864;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1864;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1865-68.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March13, 1869 (age76 years, 98days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Paul Hamilton (1762-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,October16, 1762.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1787; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1794;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1804-06;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1809-12.Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.,June 30,1816 (age53 years, 258days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Beaufort County, S.C.  | Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) — of Hampden,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,August27, 1809.Farmer;surveyor;compositor;lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-41, 1847;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1837, 1839-40; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Maine,1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 6th District, 1843-47;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1848-57, 1857-61, 1869-81;Governor ofMaine, 1857;VicePresident of the United States, 1861-65; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1864,1868;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1865-66;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1881-82.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,July 4,1891 (age81 years, 311days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine; statue atKenduskeag Parkway, Bangor, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Cyrus Hamlin and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin; brother ofElijahLivermore Hamlin; married,December10, 1833, to Sarah Jane Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); married,September25, 1856, toEllenVesta Emery (daughter ofStephenEmery (1790-1863)); father ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; granduncle ofIsaiahKidder Stetson; great-granduncle ofClarenceCutting Stetson; first cousin once removed ofJohnAppleton; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesSumner Hamlin; third cousin once removed ofDavidSears; fourth cousin ofGeorgePickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryFisk Janes,JohnMason Jr.,WilliamHenry Harrison Stowell,WalterS. Bemis andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hamlin County,S.Dak. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHamlin,Maine, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofHamlin,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofHamlin,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. — Hannibal HamlinHall,at theUniversityof Maine,Orono,Maine, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Hannibal Hamlin: CharlesEugene Hamlin,TheLife and Times of Hannibal Hamlin — Mark Scroggins,Hannibal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;SouthAfrica;Washington,D.C.; Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March31, 1855.Republican.Miningengineer;worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, anattemptto overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; wasarrestedwith other leaders andsentencedto be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventuallyreleased to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nominationfor Vice President,1908;chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion, in Gloucester,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 8,1936 (age81 years, 69days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Hancock (1737-1793) — of Massachusetts. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January23, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4electoral votes,1789.Congregationalist.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1793 (age56 years, 258days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Hancock and Mary (Hawke) Hancock; married,August28, 1775, to Dorothy 'Dolly'(Quincy) Scott. | | | | Hancock counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Maine,Miss.,Ohio,Tenn. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofHancock,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. —MountHancock, in the White Mountains,GraftonCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Hancock (built 1941 atPortland,Oregon; torpedoed and lost in theCaribbeanSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Hancock: Harlow GilesUnger,JohnHancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — HarlowGiles Unger,JohnHancock: Merchant King & American Patriot |
| | George Handley (1752-1793) — ofRichmondCounty, Ga.Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire,England,February9, 1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;Governor ofGeorgia, 1788-89;RichmondCounty Sheriff, 1790-93.Died near Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September17, 1793 (age41 years, 220days).Burial location unknown.  | Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known asMarcus A. Hanna;Mark Hanna;"Dollar Mark" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,September24, 1837.Republican. Partner inwholesalegrocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co.,coaldealers; director, GlobeShipManufacturing Co.; president, Union NationalBank;president, Cleveland CityRailroadCo. president, ChapinMining Co.;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,February15, 1904 (age66 years, 144days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | John Hanson (1721-1783) — of Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,April14, 1721.Planter;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1757-73;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1779-82;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781.Swedishancestry.Died in Oxon Hill,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November22, 1783 (age62 years, 222days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; statueatFrederick County Courthouse Grounds, Frederick, Md. | | James Harlan (1820-1899) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born inClarkCounty, Ill.,August26, 1820.Republican.Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1847;presidentof Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1868.Methodist.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,October5, 1899 (age79 years, 40days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.  | John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) — of Kentucky. Born inBoyleCounty, Ky.,June 1,1833.Republican.Lawyer;county judge in Kentucky, 1858-59;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1861-65; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1871; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1876(delegation chair);AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911.Presbyterian.DiedOctober14, 1911 (age78 years, 135days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Judson Harmon (1846-1927) — of Wyoming,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Newtown,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February3, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge inOhio, 1878-87;U.S.Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankruptrailways,1905-09;Governor ofOhio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1916,1924;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1924.Baptist.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February22, 1927 (age81 years, 19days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | John Hart (c.1713-1779) — also known as"Honest John" — of Hopewell, Hunterdon County (nowMercerCounty), N.J.Born about 1713.HunterdonCounty Judge, 1768-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1776-78;Speaker ofthe New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1776-78.Died, fromkidneyfailure, in Hopewell, Hunterdon County (nowMercerCounty), N.J.,May 11,1779 (ageabout 66years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in1865 atFirstBaptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Hathorn (1749-1825) — ofOrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January9, 1749.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County, 1777-78, 1779-80, 1781-85,1794-95, 1804-05; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1786-89, 1799-1803; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1787, 1789;U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1789-91, 1795-97.Slaveowner. DiedFebruary19, 1825 (age76 years, 41days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atWarwickCemetery, Warwick, N.Y.  | John Milton Hay (1838-1905) — also known asJohn Hay — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,October8, 1838.Private secretary and assistant to PresidentAbrahamLincoln; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-98;U.S.Secretary of State, 1898-1905; died in office 1905.Died in Newbury,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 1,1905 (age66 years, 266days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Helen (Leonard) Hay and Dr. Charles Hay; married,February4, 1874, to Clara Louise Stone; father ofAdelbertStone Hay and Alice Evelyn Hay (who marriedJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.); grandfather ofJohnHay Whitney andJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesHodges; third cousin twice removed ofJamesLeonard Hodges; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamDean Kellogg andMarcusMorton. | | | | Political family:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SpencerF. Eddy | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Hay (built 1943 atPanamaCity, Florida; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "The Fruit of Righteousness issown in peace of they that make peace." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about John Milton Hay: MichaelBurlingame, ed.,AtLincoln's Side : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and SelectedWritings — Robert L. Gale,JohnHay — Howard I. Kushner,JohnMilton Hay : The Union of Poetry and Politics —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — John Taliaferro,Allthe Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln toRoosevelt | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,October 1903 |
| | | 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.  | Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) — of North Carolina; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Mocksville,DavieCounty, N.C.,December27, 1829.Author and publisher ofThe Impending Crisis of the South(1857), an attack on the institution of slavery as holding the Southback economically; the book caused a furor, and was banned in theSouth; U.S. Consul inBuenos Aires, 1861-66.Killedhimself withilluminatinggas, inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1909 (age79 years, 72days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. | | James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) — also known asJ. Pinckney Henderson — of Marshville (unknowncounty), Tex.Born in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,March31, 1808.Lawyer;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836-37;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Governor ofTexas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 4,1858 (age50 years, 65days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Henry (1750-1798) — of Maryland. Born inDorchesterCounty, Md., November,1750.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1777-80;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1778-80, 1785-86; memberofMarylandstate senate, 1780-90;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1789-97; received 2 electoral votes,1796;Governorof Maryland, 1797-98.Episcopalian.Died inDorchesterCounty, Md.,December16, 1798 (age48 years, 0days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.  | Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) — also known asHilary A. Herbert — of Greenville,ButlerCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.;Washington,D.C.Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens,LaurensCounty), S.C.,March12, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.Slaveowner. DiedMarch 6,1919 (age84 years, 359days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) — also known asAbram S. Hewitt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1822.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;early manufacturer ofwroughtiron;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1876;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1880; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1880;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1887-88; defeated (County Democratic),1888.EnglishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Ringwood,PassaicCounty, N.J.,January18, 1903 (age80 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (1859-1934) — also known asGilbert M. Hitchcock — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,September18, 1859.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1903-05, 1907-11;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1911-23; defeated, 1922, 1930; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Nebraska,1912(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1932;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1920.Died inWashington,D.C.,February3, 1934 (age74 years, 138days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906) — also known asJim Hogg — ofWoodCounty, Tex.Born in alogcabin, near Rusk,CherokeeCounty, Tex.,March24, 1851.Democrat.WoodCounty Attorney, 1878-80; District Attorney, 7th District,1880-84;Texasstate attorney general, 1886-90;Governor ofTexas, 1891-95.DiedMarch 3,1906 (age54 years, 344days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900) — also known asCyrus K. Holliday — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born inCumberlandCounty, Pa.,April 3,1826.Republican.Mayor ofTopeka, Kan., 1859-60, 1867-68, 1869-70; first president of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa FeRailway,1860-63; member ofKansasstate senate, 1861;AdjutantGeneral of Kansas, 1864-65; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas, 1874.Member,Freemasons.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,March29, 1900 (age73 years, 360days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | John Holmes (1773-1843) — of Alfred,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Kingston,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,March14, 1773.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1802-03, 1812; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1813-14;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1820-27, 1829-33; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1836-37;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1841-43; died in office 1843.DiedJuly 7,1843 (age70 years, 115days).Entombed atEasternCemetery, Portland, Maine; cenotaph atParish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.  | Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) — also known asAlanson B. Houghton — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October10, 1863.Republican. President, CorningGlass Works,1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim CreekCoal andCoke Company; director, MetropolitanLifeInsurance Company; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1912,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;U.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.Ambassador toGermany, 1922-25;Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1928.Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth,BristolCounty, Mass.,September15, 1941 (age77 years, 340days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.  | Samuel Houston (1793-1863) — also known asSam Houston — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.Born near Lexington,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 2,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7thDistrict 1825-27);Governor ofTennessee, 1827-29;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Refugio, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-59;Governor ofTexas, 1859-61.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,July 26,1863 (age70 years, 146days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 atHermanPark, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives:Father ofAndrewJackson Houston; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin(who marriedMarionPrice Daniel); third great-grandfather ofMarionPrice Daniel Jr.; cousin *** ofDavidHubbard. | | | | Political family:Daniel-Houstonfamily of Texas. | | | | Houston counties inMinn.,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHouston,Texas, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipsSSSam Houston (built 1941, atHouston,Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in theAtlanticOcean) andSS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the sameshipyard; scrapped 1959) werenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HoustonJustice—SamH. Jones—SamHouston Clinton, Jr.—SamH. Melton, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Sam Houston: James L.Haley,SamHouston — Marquis James,TheRaven : A Biography of Sam Houston — Randolph B.Campbell,SamHouston and the American Southwest — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Jean Fritz,MakeWay for Sam Houston (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | John 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. | | Wilson G. Hunt (1804-1892) — also known asWilson Hunt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Macedonia (now Tinton Falls),MonmouthCounty, N.J.,November26, 1804.Democrat.Wholesale drygoods business; Reform Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1854;bankdirector; director, Western UnionTelegraphCompany; director, ConsolidatedGasCompany; president, Illinois CentralRailroad.Died, in the ClarendonHotel,New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1892 (age88 years, 11days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | 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, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John James Ingalls (1833-1900) — also known asJohn J. Ingalls — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Middleton,EssexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofKansasstate senate, 1862; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kansas, 1862, 1864;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.Died in Las Vegas,San MiguelCounty, N.M.,August16, 1900 (age66 years, 230days).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan. | | Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October24, 1749.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780-81;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1791-1800, 1811-16;U.S.Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1800-01; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1812; district judge inPennsylvania, 1821-22.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October31, 1822 (age73 years, 7days).Interment atOldPine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | James Iredell (1751-1799) — of North Carolina. Born inEngland,October5, 1751.State court judge in North Carolina, 1778;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1779-82;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99; received 3 electoralvotes,1796.Episcopalian.DiedOctober20, 1799 (age48 years, 15days).Interment atJohnstonBurial Ground, Edenton, N.C. | | John Ireland (1827-1896) — also known as"Oxcart John" — of Texas. Born near Millerstown,GraysonCounty, Ky.,January21, 1827.Democrat.Mayor ofSeguin, Tex., 1858;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge inTexas, 1866-67; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1870; member ofTexasstate senate, 1870;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1878; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892(ConventionVice-President);Governor ofTexas, 1883-87.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedMarch 5,1896 (age69 years, 44days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832-1895) — of Tennessee. Born in Paris,HenryCounty, Tenn.,April 8,1832.Democrat. State court judge in Tennessee, 1875; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1881-86;federaljudge, 1886;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1893-95; died in office 1895.Baptist.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,August8, 1895 (age63 years, 122days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | James Jackson (1757-1806) — of Georgia. Born in Devon,England,September21, 1757.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806;Governor ofGeorgia, 1798-1801.KilledGeorgeWells in aduelin 1780; injured in both knees.Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1806 (age48 years, 179days).Original interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1832 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | John Jay (1745-1829) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1745.Lawyer;law partner ofRobertR. Livingston;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; statecourt judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1779-82;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788; received 9 electoral votes,1789;received 5 electoral votes,1796;received one electoral vote,1800;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795;U.S.Secretary of State, 1789-90;Governor ofNew York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792.Episcopalian.FrenchHuguenot andDutchancestry.Died in Bedford,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1829 (age83 years, 156days).Interment atJayFamily Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother ofJamesJay andFrederickJay; married to Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (daughter ofWilliamLivingston; sister-in-law ofJohnCleves Symmes; sister ofHenryBrockholst Livingston; niece ofRobertLivingston,PeterVan Brugh Livingston andPhilipLivingston; first cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston andPhilipPeter Livingston); father ofPeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; grandson ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; grandfather ofJohnJay II; grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt; second great-grandfather ofPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,PhilipP. Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,EdwardLivingston,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker,CharlesWolcott Parker,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Jay County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Jay (built 1941-42 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnLovett—JohnJ. Walbridge—JohnJ. Jackson—JohnJ. Hardin—JohnJay Jackson, Jr.—JohnJay Hart—John J.Good—JohnJay Knox—JohnJ. Jamieson—JohnJay Philbrick—JohnJ. Kleiner—JohnJ. Carton—JohnJ. McCarthy—JohnJ. Dorman—JohnJay Hopkins—JohnJ. McCloy—JohnJay Justice—JohnJay Pilar—JohnJay Hooker—JohnJay LaValle—JohnJay Myers | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr,JohnJay : Founding Father — Phil Webster,Cana Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1958) |
| | | William Sherman Jennings (1863-1920) — also known asW. S. Jennings — of Brooksville,HernandoCounty, Fla.; Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Walnut Hill,MarionCounty, Ill.,March24, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer;HernandoCounty Judge, 1888-93; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1893-96;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1895; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Florida,1897;Governorof Florida, 1901-05; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1908.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,February27, 1920 (age56 years, 340days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.  | James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known asJames W. Johnson;James WilliamJohnson —of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 17,1871.Schoolprincipal;author;lawyer;U.S. Consul inPuerto Cabello, 1906-07;Dakar, 1907-08;Corinto, 1908-09;universityprofessor.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;SigmaPi Phi;PhiBeta Sigma;Freemasons.Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," whichbecame known as the "Negro National Anthem".Killed in acar-traincollision, in Wiscasset,LincolnCounty, Maine,June 26,1938 (age67 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | George Washington Julian (1817-1899) — also known asGeorge W. Julian — of Centerville,WayneCounty, Ind.Born near Centerville,WayneCounty, Ind.,May 5,1817.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1845;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1849-51, 1861-71 (4th District1849-51, 5th District 1861-69, 4th District 1869-71); Free Soilcandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1852; received 5 electoral votesfor Vice-President,1872.DiedJuly 7,1899 (age82 years, 63days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) — also known asJ. Warren Keifer — of Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Bethel Township,ClarkCounty, Ohio,January30, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;banker;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofOhiostate senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Ohio,1876,1908;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79,4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11);defeated, 1910;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Member,PhiKappa Psi;GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;UnitedSpanish War Veterans.DiedApril22, 1932 (age96 years, 83days).Interment atFerncliffCemetery, Springfield, Ohio. | | James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) — also known asJames K. Kelly — ofClackamasCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Blanchard,CentreCounty, Pa.,February16, 1819.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1853;delegateto Oregon state constitutional convention from Clackamas County,1857; member ofOregonstate senate, 1860;U.S.Attorney for Oregon, 1860-62;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1871-77; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oregon, 1876;justice ofOregon state supreme court, 1878-80;chiefjustice of Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Oregon,1888.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1903 (age84 years, 211days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933) — also known asJohn B. Kendrick — of Sheridan,SheridanCounty, Wyo.Born near Jacksonville,CherokeeCounty, Tex.,September6, 1857.Democrat.Rancher;member ofWyomingstate senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Wyoming,1916,1924;Honorary Vice-President,1912;member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1916,1924;Governorof Wyoming, 1915-17;U.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1917-33; died in office 1933.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Sheridan,SheridanCounty, Wyo.,November3, 1933 (age76 years, 58days).Interment atSheridanMunicipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.  | Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) — also known as"Kilcavalry" — of New Jersey. Born near Deckertown (now Sussex),SussexCounty, N.J.,January14, 1836.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Minister toChile, 1866-70, 1881, died in office 1881; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1880.Died of akidneyailment, in Santiago,Chile,December2, 1881 (age45 years, 322days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y. | | James Gore King (1791-1853) — also known asJames G. King — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1791.Whig.Banker;president, ErieRailroad,1835-37;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1849-51.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.,October3, 1853 (age62 years, 148days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | John Henry Kinkead (1826-1904) — also known asJohn H. Kinkead — ofCarsonCity, Nev.;Sitka,Alaska; Unionville,PershingCounty, Nev.Born in Smithfield,SomersetCounty, Pa.,December10, 1826.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;treasurerof Nevada Territory, 1862-64;delegateto Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; postmaster atSitka,Alaska, 1867-69;Governor ofNevada, 1879-83;Governorof Alaska District, 1884-85.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,August15, 1904 (age77 years, 249days).Interment atLoneMountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. | | Henry Knox (1750-1806) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 25,1750.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.He brought 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester, Mass.,leading the British forces to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776.Swallowed a small chicken bone that damaged hisintestines,and died three days later ofperitonitis,in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,October21, 1806 (age56 years, 88days).Interment atThomastonVillage Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.| | Knox counties inIll.,Ind.,Ky.,Maine,Mo.,Neb.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofKnoxville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) — also known asPhilander C. Knox — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,May 6,1853.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJamesH. Reed, 1877-1902;U.S.Attorney General, 1901-04;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1904-09, 1917-21; resigned 1909; diedin office 1921; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1908,1916;U.S.Secretary of State, 1909-13; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1920.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, inWashington,D.C.,October12, 1921 (age68 years, 159days).Interment atWashingtonMemorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa. | | Harry Lane (1855-1917) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Corvallis,BentonCounty, Ore.,August28, 1855.Democrat.Mayorof Portland, Ore., 1905-09;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1913-17; died in office 1917.DiedMay 23,1917 (age61 years, 268days).Interment atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | Henry Smith Lane (1811-1881) — also known asHenry S. Lane — of Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.Born near Sharbsburg,BathCounty, Ky.,February24, 1811.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1837-38;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1840-43; candidate forPresidential Elector for Indiana,1844;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1856(PermanentChair;speaker),1868;Governorof Indiana, 1861;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1861-67.Methodist.Died in Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,June 18,1881 (age70 years, 114days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind. | | James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known asJames H. Lane;"Liberator ofKansas";"Fighting Jim" —of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,June 22,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1855;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Deranged, andchargedwith financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by aself-inflictedgunshoton July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,July 11,1866 (age52 years, 19days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | John Langdon (1741-1819) — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,June 26,1741.Democrat.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1787; servedin the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNewHampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85;Presidentof New Hampshire, 1785-86, 1788-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1789-1801;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1805-09, 1810-12; received 9 electoral votes forVice-President,1808.Congregationalist.Died in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September18, 1819 (age78 years, 84days).Entombed atNorthCemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. | | John Laurance (1750-1810) — of New York. Born near Falmouth,England,1750.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1785-87; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1787-89;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1789-93;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1794-96; resigned 1796;U.S.Senator from New York, 1796-1800.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1810 (ageabout 60years).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.  | Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) — also known asHugh S. Legaré — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January2, 1797.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'AffairestoBelgium, 1832-36;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39;U.S.Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.ScottishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 20,1843 (age46 years, 169days).Original interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Asbury Francis Lever (1875-1940) — also known asA. Frank Lever — of Lexington,LexingtonCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born near Springhill,LexingtonCounty, S.C.,January5, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Rep.J.William Stokes, 1897-1901; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Lexington County,1900-01; resigned 1901;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1901-19.Member,Freemasons.Died inLexingtonCounty, S.C.,April28, 1940 (age65 years, 114days).Interment atWoodland Cemetery, Clemson, S.C. | | John Alexander Lillington (c.1725-1786) — also known asAlexander Lillington — Born in North Carolina, about 1725. Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1777; general in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Died in New Hanover County (part now inPenderCounty), N.C., April,1786(ageabout61 years).Interment atLillington Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C. | | John Lind (1854-1930) — of New Ulm,BrownCounty, Minn.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Kanna, Smaland,Sweden,March25, 1854.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1887-93, 1903-05 (2nd District1887-93, 5th District 1903-05); served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofMinnesota, 1899-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1896, 1900; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1904;Prohibition candidate forMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1916.Unitarian.Swedishancestry.Losthis left hand in a boyhood accident.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,September18, 1930 (age76 years, 177days).Cremated;ashes interred atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Henry Dickinson Lindsley (1872-1938) — also known asHenry D. Lindsley — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February29, 1872.Mayorof Dallas, Tex., 1915-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November18, 1938 (age66 years, 263days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) — also known asGlenard P. Lipscomb — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,August19, 1915.Republican.Accountant;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1947-53;U.S.Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died inoffice 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1956,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Kiwanis;Elks.Died, ofintestinalcancer, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February1, 1970 (age54 years, 166days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.  | 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 IILiberty shipSSJack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | James Longstreet (1821-1904) — also known as"Old Pete" — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,January8, 1821.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1880-81.Died in Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.,January2, 1904 (age82 years, 359days).Interment atAltaVista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.  | James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February22, 1819.Writer,poet,critic,professor,and abolitionist; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1877-80;Great Britain, 1880-85.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died ofcancer,in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August12, 1891 (age72 years, 171days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) — of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.,February26, 1844.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1886-93;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909;lawprofessor;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.Episcopalian.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 12,1914 (age70 years, 136days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.  | James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as"Father of the Constitution and the Bill ofRights" —of Virginia. Born in Port Conway,King GeorgeCounty, Va.,March16, 1751.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5thDistrict 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97);U.S.Secretary of State, 1801-09;Presidentof the United States, 1809-17.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.He was elected in 1905 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 28,1836 (age85 years, 104days).Interment atMontpelierPlantation, Montpelier Station, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison;brother ofWilliamTaylor Madison; married,September15, 1794, toDolleyTodd (sister-in-law ofRichardCutts andJohnGeorge Jackson); first cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin once removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton andColebyChew; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,SamuelBullitt Churchill andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin ofClementF. Dorsey,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofGabrielSlaughter,AndrewDorsey,PhilipColeman Pendleton andGeorgeHunt Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry,DavidShelby Walker,AlexanderWarfield Dorsey,FrancisKey Pendleton andCharlesRittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesRice Slaughter,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andEliHuston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardColes | | | | Madison counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Tenn.,Tex. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMadison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. —MountMadison, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMadison (1808-13), and the subsequentcityofFortMadison, Iowa, werenamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJames 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) |
|  | James George Maguire (1853-1920) — also known asJames G. Maguire — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February22, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 13th District, 1875-77; superior court judge inCalifornia, 1882-88;U.S.Representative from California 4th District, 1893-99; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1900,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 20,1920 (age67 years, 119days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif.  | Horace Mann (1796-1859) — also known as"The Father of American PublicEducation" —of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Franklin,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 4,1796.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1827-33; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board ofEducation, 1837-48; founder and editor ofThe Common SchoolJournal; became a national leader in improving and reformingpublic schools;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; FreeSoil candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1852;presidentandprofessorat Antioch College, 1852-59.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Yellow Springs,GreeneCounty, Ohio,August2, 1859 (age63 years, 90days).Original intermentsomewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment atNorthBurial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue atState House Grounds, Boston, Mass. | | | James Manning (1738-1791) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,October22, 1738.Delegateto Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1786.Baptist.Co-founder,in 1764, of Rhode Island College (now Brown University).Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,July 29,1791 (age52 years, 280days).Interment atNorthBurial Ground, Providence, R.I.  | John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown,FauquierCounty, Va.,September24, 1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782-96;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1789;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800;U.S.Secretary of State, 1800-01;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President,1816.Episcopalian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PhiBeta Kappa.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 6,1835 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;brother-in-law ofWilliamMcClung,GeorgeKeith Taylor andJosephHamilton Daviess; brother ofJamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall (1770-1825); married,January3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter ofJacquelinAmbler); father ofThomasMarshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who marriedJacquelinBurwell Harvie) andJamesKeith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed ofThomasAlexander Marshall; uncle ofEdwardColston,ThomasFrancis Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall (1808-1884),AlexanderKeith McClung,CharlesAlexander Marshall andEdwardColston Marshall; granduncle by marriage ofHumphreyMarshall (1812-1872); granduncle ofJohnAugustine Marshall; great-grandfather ofLewisMinor Coleman; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; great-granduncle ofHudsonSnowden Marshall,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law ofHumphreyMarshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed ofWilliamMarshall Anderson andCharlesAnderson; first cousin twice removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnRandolph of Roanoke,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge; third cousin ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; third cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,EdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofEdithWilson andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Tuck-Marshallfamily of Annapolis, Maryland;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Marshall counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Miss.,Tenn. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Marshall (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnMarshall Stone—JohnMarshall Martin—JohnMarshall Harlan—JohnM. Clark—J.Marshall Hagans—JohnM. Claiborne—JohnM. Hamilton—JohnM. Raymond—John M.Rose—JohnM. Slaton—JohnMarshall Quintero—JohnM. Wolverton—JohnM. Robsion—JohnMarshall Hutcheson—JohnM. Butler—JohnMarshall Harlan—JohnM. Robsion, Jr.—JohnMarshall Briley—JohnMarshall Lindley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the$500 bill in the early 20th century. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges | | | | Books about John Marshall: Jean EdwardSmith,JohnMarshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson,TheGreat Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule ofLaw — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge,TheLife of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge,AChief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginiato the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer,JohnMarshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Alexander Martin (1740-1807) — ofGuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inHunterdonCounty, N.J.,1740.Lawyer;Governorof North Carolina, 1782-85, 1789-92;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1786;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1793-99.Slaveowner. Died inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,November2, 1807 (ageabout 67years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Stokes County, N.C.  | George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known asGeorge B. McClellan;"LittleMac" —of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December3, 1826.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1864;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1878-81.Member,Freemasons;LoyalLegion.DiedOctober29, 1885 (age58 years, 330days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 atConnecticutAvenue, Washington, D.C. | | George Washington McCrary (1835-1890) — also known asGeorge W. McCrary — of Iowa. Born near Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,August29, 1835.Republican. Member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1857; member ofIowastate senate, 1861-65;U.S.Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1869-77; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Iowa, 1870-72;U.S.Secretary of War, 1877-79; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the8th Circuit, 1879-84; resigned 1884.Died in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,June 23,1890 (age54 years, 298days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.  | Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.; Vansville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,December7, 1808.Republican.Lawyer;banker;U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.Died in Vansville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 24,1895 (age86 years, 168days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;married,June 23,1834, to Eunice Hardy; married,March21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. | | | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHugh McCulloch (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —Comptrollersof the Currency | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | James McHenry (1753-1816) — of Maryland. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November16, 1753.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1781-85, 1791-95;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1783-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1788-89;U.S.Secretary of War, 1796-1800.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died near Baltimore (unknowncounty), Md.,May 3,1816 (age62 years, 169days).Interment atWestminsterBurying Ground, Baltimore, Md. | | James Iver McKay (1792-1853) — also known asJames I. McKay — of Elizabethtown,BladenCounty, N.C.Born near Elizabethtown,BladenCounty, N.C.,July 17,1792.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1815-19, 1822, 1826, 1830;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1831-49 (5th District1831-43, 6th District 1843-47, 7th District 1847-49).Slaveowner. Died in Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.,September14, 1853 (age61 years, 59days).Interment atJamesIver McKay Cemetery, Bladen County, N.C. | | John McKinley (1780-1852) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.; Florence,LauderdaleCounty, Ala.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,May 1,1780.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1820;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1826-31, 1837;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1833-35;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-52; died in office 1852.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 19,1852 (age72 years, 79days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | John McLean (1785-1861) — of Ridgeville,WarrenCounty, Ohio; Clifton (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born inMorrisCounty, N.J.,March11, 1785.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1813-16;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1816-22; Commissioner of the GeneralLand Office, 1822-23;U.S.Postmaster General, 1823-29;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1829-61; died in office 1861;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1856,1860.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio,April 4,1861 (age76 years, 24days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | 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. | | Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860-1942) — also known asJesse H. Metcalf — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November16, 1860.President of awoolenmanufacturing company; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Rhode Island,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1889-91, 1907;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1924-37; defeated (Republican), 1936;delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Rhode Island, 1935-40.Unitarian.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October9, 1942 (age81 years, 327days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | George von Lengerke Meyer (1858-1918) — also known asGeorge V. L. Meyer — of Hamilton,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 24,1858.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1892-96;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1894-96; U.S.Ambassador toItaly, 1900-05;Russia, 1905-07;U.S.Postmaster General, 1907-09;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13.DiedMarch 9,1918 (age59 years, 258days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Middleton (1717-1784) — of South Carolina. Born near Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,1717.Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1778.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 13,1784 (ageabout 66years).Interment atChurchof St. James, Charleston, S.C. | | John Milledge (1757-1818) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,1757.Georgiastate attorney general, 1780-81;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1792-93, 1795-99, 1801-02;Governorof Georgia, 1802-06;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1806-09.Slaveowner. DiedFebruary9, 1818 (ageabout 60years).Interment atSummervilleCemetery, Augusta, Ga.  | John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) — of New York. Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,July 19,1879.Lawyer;law partner ofGeorgeV. Mullan, 1902-13;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1913;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; onApril 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he wasshotat by an Michael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bulletmissed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city'sCorporation Counsel.Catholic.Irishancestry.Killed in aplanecrash duringWorldWar I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood,CalcasieuParish, La.,July 6,1918 (age38 years, 352days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atColumbia University, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire,Scotland,October17, 1817.Democrat.Banker;president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PaulRailway,1864-87;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4thDistrict 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Scottishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1887 (age69 years, 184days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political family:Monroefamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJames 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) |
| | | John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) — ofGuilfordCounty, N.C.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,July 4,1796.Whig.Lawyer;railroadpromoter; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1841-45;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62.Died in Alum Springs,GreenbrierCounty, W.Va.,August27, 1866 (age70 years, 54days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.  | John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) — also known asJohn T. Morgan — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Athens,McMinnCounty, Tenn.,June 20,1824.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1860;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1876,1900;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1876;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1907 (age82 years, 356days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) — also known as"Penman of theConstitution" —ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,January31, 1752.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1777;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1792-94;U.S.Senator from New York, 1800-03.Episcopalian.Died in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,November6, 1816 (age64 years, 280days).Interment atSt.Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y. | | Ira Nelson Morris (1875-1942) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 8,1875.Democrat. U.S. Minister toSweden, 1914-23;Consul-Generalfor Romania inChicago,Ill., 1929.Jewish.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January15, 1942 (age66 years, 313days).Entombed atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | John Morton (c.1724-1777) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Ridley Township,DelawareCounty, Pa., about 1724.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Anglican.Finnishancestry.DiedApril 1,1777 (ageabout 53years).Interment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Chester, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) — also known asJ. Sterling Morton — ofOtoeCounty, Neb.Born in Adams,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1832.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofNebraskaterritorial House of Representatives, 1855-57;secretaryof Nebraska Territory, 1858-61;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate forGovernor ofNebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1880(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1888;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Member,Chi Psi.Died in Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.,April27, 1902 (age70 years, 5days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Nebraska City, Neb. | | John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) — also known asJohn S. Mosby;"The GrayGhost" —ofBristol,Va.; Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,December6, 1833.In 1852, heshotand wounded George R. Turpin, with whom he had quarreled;arrestedandtried,ultimatelyconvictedonly of the misdemeanor charge ofunlawfulshooting andsentencedto one year injail;pardonedby Gov.JosephJohnson in 1853; colonel in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar; U.S. Consul inHong Kong, 1878-85.ScottishandWelshancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1916 (age82 years, 176days).Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va. | | John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) — also known asJ. Lothrop Motley — of Massachusetts. Born in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,April15, 1814.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1840; U.S. Minister toAustria, 1861-67;Great Britain, 1869-70.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1910.Died in Dorset,England,May29, 1877 (age63 years, 44days).Interment atKensalGreen Cemetery, London, England. | | Abner Nash (1740-1786) — ofJonesCounty, N.C.Born near Farmville,PrinceEdward County, Va.,August8, 1740.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-65; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member ofNorthCarolina state senate from Jones County, 1779;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1780-81;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died inoffice 1786.Welshancestry.Died while attending a session of theContinentalCongress, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December2, 1786 (age46 years, 116days).Original interment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment atPembrokePlantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C. | | James Willis Nesmith (1820-1885) — also known asJames W. Nesmith — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.; Rickreall,PolkCounty, Ore.Born inNewBrunswick of American parents,July 23,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1861-67;U.S.Representative from Oregon at-large, 1873-75.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Rickreall,PolkCounty, Ore.,June 17,1885 (age64 years, 329days).Interment atNesmith Family Cemetery, Rickreall, Ore. | | John George Nicolay (1832-1901) — also known asJohn G. Nicolay;JohannGeorg —Born in Essingen,Germany,February26, 1832.Newspapereditor; private secretary to PresidentAbrahamLincoln, 1861-65; U.S. Consul inParis, as of 1865-69.Died inWashington,D.C.,September26, 1901 (age69 years, 212days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Ignatius Nolan (1874-1922) — also known asJohn I. Nolan — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January14, 1874.Republican.Iron molder;officer,International Iron Moulders Union;secretary,San Francisco Labor Council, 1912;U.S.Representative from California 5th District, 1913-22; died inoffice 1922.DiedNovember18, 1922 (age48 years, 308days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | George William Norris (1861-1944) — also known asGeorge W. Norris — of McCook,Red WillowCounty, Neb.Born inSanduskyCounty, Ohio,July 11,1861.Lawyer;district judge in Nebraska 14th District, 1896-1903; resigned 1903;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1903-13;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43; defeated (Independent), 1942;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1928.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in McCook,Red WillowCounty, Neb.,September2, 1944 (age83 years, 53days).Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, McCook, Neb.| | Relatives:Married1890 to PlumaLashley; married1903 to EllaLeonard; grandfather ofHarveyFrans Nelson Jr.. | | | | NorrisDam(built 1933-36), on the Clinch River, inAndersonandCampbellcounties, Tennessee, and the NorrisLakereservoir, which also extends intoClaiborne,Grainger,andUnioncounties, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofNorris,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSGeorge W. Norris (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; wrecked and lost in theNorthPacific Ocean, 1946) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about George Norris: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1961) |
| | James Warren Nye (1814-1876) — also known asJames W. Nye — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;CarsonCity, Nev.Born in DeRuyter,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1814.Republican.Lawyer;MadisonCounty Surrogate, 1844-47;MadisonCounty Judge, 1847-51; Free Soil candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1848; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1860;Governorof Nevada Territory, 1861-64;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nevada, 1870-.Died in White Plains,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1876 (age62 years, 198days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) — also known as"The Hero of Deme" — of Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,1776.During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led adetachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in NorthAfrica, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pashaof Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymncommemorate these events; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1824-26.Irishancestry.Died inHenryCounty, Ky.,September12, 1850 (ageabout 74years).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Jeremiah O'Brien (1744-1818) — of Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Kittery,YorkCounty, Maine,1744.Captain in the Massachusetts State Navy; commanded ships during theRevolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Machias, Maine, Maine, 1811-18; died inoffice 1818.Irishancestry.Died in Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine,1818(ageabout74 years).Interment atO'BrienCemetery, Machias, Maine. | | Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inWashingtonCounty, Ohio,February10, 1837.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1860;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspaperpublisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1892;general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Died, from arupture of theheart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 30,1917 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | John Owen (1787-1841) — ofBladenCounty, N.C.Born inBladenCounty, N.C.,1787.Whig.Lawyer;planter;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1828-30; delegate to Whig National Conventionfrom North Carolina, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; chair,Balloting Committee; member, Committee on Permanent Organization;chair, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker).DiedOctober9, 1841 (ageabout 54years).Intermentsomewherein Pittsboro, N.C. | | John Page (1743-1808) — of Virginia. Born inGloucesterCounty, Va.,April17, 1743.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1780;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 10thDistrict 1791-93, 12th District 1793-97);Governor ofVirginia, 1802-05.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,October11, 1808 (age65 years, 177days).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va. | | Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) — also known asA. Mitchell Palmer;"The FightingQuaker" —of Stroudsburg,MonroeCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Moosehead,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 4,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1912(speaker),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,1917-19;U.S.Attorney General, 1919-21; target ofassassinationattempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, inwhich over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held fordeportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1932.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiKappa Psi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from aheartcondition following surgery forappendicitis,in EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,May 11,1936 (age64 years, 7days).Interment atLaurelwoodCemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.  | John McAuley Palmer (1817-1900) — also known asJohn M. Palmer — of Carlinville,MacoupinCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Eagle Creek,ScottCounty, Ky.,September13, 1817.Lawyer;probate judge in Illinois, 1843-47;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Macoupin County,1847; county judge in Illinois, 1849-52; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1852-56; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1856;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1859; Republican PresidentialElector for Illinois,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofIllinois, 1869-73; defeated (Democratic), 1888; received 3electoral votes for Vice-President,1872;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1884;speaker,1892;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1891-97; delegate to Gold DemocratNational Convention from Illinois, 1896; Gold Democratic candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1896.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,September25, 1900 (age83 years, 12days).Interment atCarlinvilleCity Cemetery, Carlinville, Ill.  | John Rockey Park (1833-1900) — also known asJohn R. Park — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Tiffin,SenecaCounty, Ohio,May 7,1833.Republican.Schoolteacher;president,University of Deseret (now University of Utah), 1869-92;Utahsuperintendent of public instruction, 1895-1900; died in office1900.Mormon.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September29, 1900 (age67 years, 145days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.| | Relatives: Sonof John Park and Anna Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park. | | | | The ParkBuildingat theUniversityof Utah,Salt LakeCity, Utah, isnamed forhim. — Draper ParkSchool(built 1912; converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), inDraper,Utah, wasnamed forhim. — Draper ParkMiddleSchool (built 2013), inDraper,Utah, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn R. Park (built 1943 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theEnglishChannel, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,September 30, 1900 |
| | | John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) — also known asJohn M. Parker — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Washington,St. LandryParish, La.,March16, 1863.Cottonbusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1920;Governorof Louisiana, 1920-24; defeated (Progressive), 1916.Presbyterian.DiedMay 20,1939 (age76 years, 65days).Entombed atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860) — Born in Pleasant Valley,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August22, 1778.Novelist;poet;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1838-41.Said to have written the rhyme 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickledpeppers'.Died in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,April 6,1860 (age81 years, 228days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known asHenry C. Payne — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Ashfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,November23, 1843.Republican. Postmaster atMilwaukee,Wis., 1876-85; president, WisconsinTelephoneCompany; president, MilwaukeeElectricRailway andLightCompany; president, AmericanStreetRailway Association; receiver, Northern PacificRailroad;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1904;WisconsinRepublican state chair, 1892;U.S.Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.Methodist.Died inWashington,D.C.,October4, 1904 (age60 years, 316days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | John Barton Payne (1855-1935) — of Kingwood,PrestonCounty, W.Va.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Pruntytown,TaylorCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January26, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofPreston County Democratic Party, 1877-82; superior court judge inIllinois, 1893-98; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-20; resigned1920; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-20;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1920-21.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedJanuary24, 1935 (age79 years, 363days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Howard Payne (1791-1852) — also known asJohn H. Payne — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1791.Actor;playwright;author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home SweetHome"; U.S. Consul inTunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.Inducted into the SongwritersHall ofFame, 1970.Died in Tunis,Tunisia,April10, 1852 (age60 years, 306days).Original interment atSt.George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atProspectPark, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889) — also known asGeorge H. Pendleton — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 19,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate 1st District, 1854-55;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1857-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Ohio,1864(speaker);candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1864; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1868;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1869; president, Kentucky CentralRailroad,1869-79;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1879-85; U.S. Minister toGermany, 1885-89.Died in Brussels,Belgium,November24, 1889 (age64 years, 128days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Jane (Hunt) Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; married1846 to MaryAlicia 'Alice' Key (daughter ofFrancisScott Key; sister ofPhilipBarton Key); father ofFrancisKey Pendleton; nephew ofEdmundHenry Pendleton; grandson ofNathanielPendleton; great-grandnephew ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin once removed ofPhilipClayton Pendleton; first cousin twice removed ofJohnPendleton Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJohnPenn; third cousin ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,ZacharyTaylor,WilliamBarret Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; third cousin twice removed ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; fourth cousin ofColebyChew; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamByrd III,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSGeorge H. Pendleton (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | John Penn (1741-1788) — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Port Royal,CarolineCounty, Va.,May 17,1741.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1777.Died inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,September14, 1788 (age47 years, 120days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reintermentin 1894 atGuilfordCourthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Penn and Catherine (Taylor) Penn; married,July 28,1763, to Susannah Lyne; first cousin once removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; second cousin once removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,PhilipClayton Pendleton,ZacharyTaylor,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,CharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin once removed ofWilliamByrd III; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Penn (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theGreenlandSea, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) — also known asGeorge C. Perkins — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Kennebunkport,YorkCounty, Maine,August23, 1839.Republican.Merchant;banker;miller;steamshipbusiness; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1869-76;Governor ofCalifornia, 1880-83;U.S.Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;LoyalLegion.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,February26, 1923 (age83 years, 187days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born inTyrrellCounty, N.C.,July 4,1828.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Mortally wounded at theBattle ofGettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,July 17,1863 (age35 years, 13days).Original intermentsomewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 atPettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C. | | James Duval Phelan (1861-1930) — also known asJames D. Phelan — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April20, 1861.Democrat.Banker;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1897-1902; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1900,1916,1924,1928;custodian of the Relief and Red Cross Funds after the 1906 SanFrancisco earthquake and fire;U.S.Senator from California, 1915-21; defeated, 1920; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for California,1924;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1928.Died in Saratoga,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,August7, 1930 (age69 years, 109days).Entombed in mausoleum atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | John Sargent Pillsbury (1827-1901) — also known asJohn S. Pillsbury — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Sutton,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 29,1827.Republican. Member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1864-68, 1871, 1873-75 (4th District 1864-68, 1871,25th District 1873-75);Governor ofMinnesota, 1876-82.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,October18, 1901 (age74 years, 81days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue erected 1900 atUniversityof Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) — of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,February5, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member ofNewJersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1908-12;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,December9, 1924 (age66 years, 308days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Morristown, N.J. | | John Prentiss Poe (1836-1909) — also known asJohn P. Poe — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,August22, 1836.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate from Baltimore city 2nd District, 1890-92;Marylandstate attorney general, 1891-95; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1896;member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1904.Died in Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,October14, 1909 (age73 years, 53days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Neilson Poe and Josephine Emily (Clemm) Poe; married to AnneJohnson Hough; father ofEdgarAllan Poe. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn P. Poe (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1972) wasnamed forhim. |
| | George Poindexter (1779-1853) — of Woodville,WilkinsonCounty, Miss.; Wilkinson,WilkinsonCounty, Miss.Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,1779.Mississippiterritory attorney general, 1803-07; member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1806;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1807-13; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812;judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1813-17;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1817-19; defeated,1820, 1822;Governor ofMississippi, 1820-22;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1830-35.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember5, 1853 (ageabout 74years).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851) — of Travelers Rest,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 2,1779.Democrat. U.S. Consul General inBuenos Aires, 1811-14; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1816-20;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1821-25; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1825-29;U.S.Secretary of War, 1837-41.Member,Freemasons.Gave important help to Latin American independence movements. Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.,December12, 1851 (age72 years, 285days).Interment atChurchof Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery, Statesburg, S.C.  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atPolk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJames K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | John Russell Pope (1874-1937) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1874.Architect;member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1917-22.Died, following an operation, at the Harkness Pavilion of theColumbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1937 (age63 years, 125days).Interment atBerkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I. | | George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — also known asGeorge B. Porter — Born in Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February9, 1791.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1824-29; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1827;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died in acholeraepidemic in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 6,1834 (age43 years, 147days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | James Madison Porter (1793-1862) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January6, 1793.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawprofessor;U.S.Secretary of War, 1843-44; member of Pennsylvania statelegislature, 1849.Presbyterian.Founder,in 1826, of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.Died in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,November11, 1862 (age69 years, 309days).Interment atEastonCemetery, Easton, Pa. | | James Hubert Price (1878-1943) — also known asJames H. Price — of Virginia. Born inGreenbrierCounty, W.Va.,September7, 1878.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1916-30; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Virginia,1928;LieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1930-38;Governor ofVirginia, 1938-42; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1940.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died inRichmond,Va.,November22, 1943 (age65 years, 76days).Interment atThornroseCemetery, Staunton, Va. | | John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known asJohn A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,September1, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;cotton andsugarplanter;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1826-27;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member ofMississippistate senate, 1835-36;Governor ofMississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1848,1856;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died inoffice 1858.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of PresidentJamesBuchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributedtopoison,but probablydysentery),and subsequently died, near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 17,1858 (age58 years, 319days).Interment atNatchezCity Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) — also known asHenry T. Rainey — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,August20, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;U.S.Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34;defeated, 1920; died in office 1934;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1920,1924,1932.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,August19, 1934 (age73 years, 364days).Interment atCarrolltonCemetery, Carrollton, Ill. | | Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,September8, 1815.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47;Governorof Minnesota Territory, 1849-53;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Minnesota,1856(ConventionVice-President; member,PlatformCommittee);Governor ofMinnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75;U.S.Secretary of War, 1879-81.MethodistorPresbyterian.ScottishandGermanancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,April22, 1903 (age87 years, 226days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.  | John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) — ofCharlotteCounty, Va.Born in Cawsons,PrinceGeorge County, Va.,June 2,1773.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25,1827-29, 1833 (at-large 1799-1807, 15th District 1807-13, 16thDistrict 1815-17, 1819-21, 5th District 1821-25, 1827-29, 1833); diedin office 1833;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1830.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 24,1833 (age59 years, 356days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.; reintermentatHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Frances (Bland) Randolph; half-brother ofHenrySt. George Tucker; nephew ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790); uncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; grandson ofRichardRandolph; grandnephew ofRichardBland; first cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775) andThomasMann Randolph Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; first cousin four times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge; second cousin ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),JohnRobertson andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,FitzhughLee,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed ofJoelWalker Flood,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,EdithWilson andFrederickMadison Roberts; second cousin four times removed ofHenryDe La Warr Flood,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle,WilliamWelby Beverley,JoelWest Flood andEarleCabell; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd andLeeMarvin; third cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes andTheodorickBland (1776-1846); third cousin once removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817) andMeriwetherLewis; third cousin twice removed ofDouglassTownshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,WilliamHenry Robertson andRichardWalker Bolling; fourth cousin ofThomasJones Hardeman,JamesMeriwether (1788-1852),BaileyHardeman,DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Randolph (built 1941 atBaltimore,Maryland; mined and sank, in theDenmarkStrait, 1942) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) — also known asJohn A. Rawlins — Born in Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.,February13, 1831.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869.Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),inWashington,D.C.,September6, 1869 (age38 years, 205days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 atRawlinsPark, Washington, D.C. | | Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869) — also known asHenry J. Raymond — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lima town,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,January24, 1820.Republican.Newspapereditor; founder of the New York Times; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 7th District, 1850-51, 1862;Speakerof the New York State Assembly, 1851, 1862;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1855-56;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1864-66;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1865-67.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1869 (age49 years, 145days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | George Read (1733-1798) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near North East,CecilCounty, Md.,September18, 1733.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-79,1782-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777-78; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1779-80;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1789-93;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1793-98.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,September21, 1798 (age65 years, 3days).Interment atImmanuelChurchyard, New Castle, Del.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905) — also known asJohn H. Reagan — of Palestine,AndersonCounty, Tex.Born in Sevierville,SevierCounty, Tenn.,October8, 1818.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847; district judge in Texas,1852-57;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1857-61, 1875-87 (1st District1857-61, 1875-83, 2nd District 1883-87);delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;ConfederatePostmaster General, 1861-65; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1872,1904(HonoraryVice-President);delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1887-91.Methodist.ArrestedbyUniontroops in May 1865, along withJeffersonDavis, andimprisonedfor several months.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniain Palestine,AndersonCounty, Tex.,March 6,1905 (age86 years, 149days).Interment atEastHill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex. | | Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) — also known asHenry M. Rice — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November29, 1816.Democrat.Furtrader;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1865.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January15, 1894 (age77 years, 47days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | James Burchill Richardson (1770-1836) — of South Carolina. Born in Camden District (part now inClarendonCounty), S.C.,October28, 1770.Planter;Governorof South Carolina, 1802-04; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1806-13 (Clarendon & Claremont 1806-10,Clarendon 1810-13); resigned 1813; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1816-18.Episcopalian.Died in Sumter District (part now inClarendonCounty), S.C.,April28, 1836 (age65 years, 183days).Interment atRichardsonCemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C. | | Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876-1936) — also known asAlbert C. Ritchie — ofBaltimore,Md.; Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born inRichmond,Va.,August29, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;Marylandstate attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1916(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1924,1928;Governorof Maryland, 1920-35; defeated, 1934; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1924,1932.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;DeltaPhi.Died, of aparlyticstroke, inBaltimore,Md.,February24, 1936 (age59 years, 179days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | James Rolph Jr. (1869-1934) — also known as"Sunny Jim" — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August23, 1869.Republican.Banker;shipbuilder;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1912-31; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1920(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928,1932;Governorof California, 1931-34; defeated, 1918; died in office 1934.Died inSanta ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 2,1934 (age64 years, 283days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Carter Rose (1861-1927) — of Maryland. Born inBaltimore,Md.,April27, 1861.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maryland, 1898-1910;U.S.District Judge for Maryland, 1910-22;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1922-27; died inoffice 1927.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,March26, 1927 (age65 years, 333days).Interment atLoudonPark Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | George Ross (1730-1779) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 10,1730.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge inPennsylvania, 1779.DiedJuly 14,1779 (age49 years, 65days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | 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. | | | | MountRoss, 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 IILiberty shipSS 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 |
| | John Henry Rosseter (1869-1936) — also known asJohn H. Rosseter — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1869.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1920.Irishancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April28, 1936 (age66 years, 266days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.  | Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893) — also known asJeremiah M. Rusk — of Viroqua,VernonCounty, Wis.Born in Malta,MorganCounty, Ohio,June 17,1830.Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-77 (6th District 1871-73, 7thDistrict 1873-77);Governor ofWisconsin, 1882-89;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1889-93.Died in Viroqua,VernonCounty, Wis.,November21, 1893 (age63 years, 157days).Interment atViroquaCemetery, Viroqua, Wis.  | John Rutledge (1739-1800) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,September18, 1739.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina House of Commons, 1761-76;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1764-65;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774;Presidentof South Carolina, 1776-78;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1779-82; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1784-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;received 6 electoral votes,1789;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-91;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1795; common pleas court judge inSouth Carolina, 1791-95.Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandEnglishancestry.Died in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,July 23,1800 (age60 years, 308days).Interment atSt.Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Anson Peacely Killen Safford (1830-1891) — also known asA. P. K. Safford;"The LittleGovernor";"Father of Arizona PublicSchools" —of California;HumboldtCounty, Nev.; Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.Born in Hyde Park,LamoilleCounty, Vt.,February14, 1830.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 17th District, 1857-59;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1869-77; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arizona Territory,1880.Died in Tarpon Springs,PinellasCounty, Fla.,December15, 1891 (age61 years, 304days).Interment atCycadiaCemetery, Tarpon Springs, Fla.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Warren Safford and Diantha (Little) Safford; married,July 24,1869, to Jennie L. Tracy; married,December12, 1878, to Marguerite F. Grijalva; married,September10, 1881, to Soledad Bonillas; first cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford; second cousin ofJohnJay Walbridge,JamesSafford andDavidSafford Walbridge; second cousin once removed ofRobertCrawford Safford; second cousin twice removed ofCyrusPackard Walbridge andEdwardL. Safford. | | | | Political family:Saffordfamily of Michigan and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofSafford,Arizona, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSAnson P. K. Safford (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) — Born in Woodbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 15,1823.U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1861-69.DiedMay 21,1891 (age67 years, 340days).Interment atLongHill Cemetery, Shelton, Conn. | | John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) — also known asJohn M. Schofield — Born in Gerry,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1831.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1868-69.Member,LoyalLegion.Received theMedalof Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10,1861.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,March 4,1906 (age74 years, 156days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) — also known asHenry R. Schoolcraft — of Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Guilderland,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1793.Glassmaker;geologist;U.S. Indian Agent, 1822-41;memberMichigan territorial council from Brown, Chippewa, Crawford andMichilimackinac counties, 1828-31.Died inWashington,D.C.,December10, 1864 (age71 years, 257days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence Schoolcraft and Margaret Anna Barbara (Rowe) Schoolcraft;married,October12, 1823, to Jane Johnston; married,January12, 1847, to Mary Howard; uncle ofJohnLawrence Schoolcraft andRichardUpdike Sherman; granduncle ofJamesSchoolcraft Sherman (who marriedCarrieBabcock Sherman) andJamesTeller Schoolcraft; first cousin once removed ofPeterP. Schoolcraft. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SchoolcraftCounty, Mich. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchoolcraft,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry R. Schoolcraft (built 1943 atRichmond,California; wrecked and scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Schureman (1756-1824) — of New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February12, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;merchant;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1783-85,1788;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1786-87;U.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1789-91, 1797-99, 1813-15(at-large 1789-91, 1797-99, 2nd District 1813-15);U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1801;mayorof New Brunswick, N.J., 1801-13, 1821-24; died in office 1824;member ofNew JerseyState Council from Middlesex County, 1808, 1810, 1812-13.Slaveowner. Died in New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,January22, 1824 (age67 years, 344days).Interment atFirstReformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J. | | Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) — also known asIrving M. Scott — Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,December25, 1837.Republican.Civilengineer;shipbuilder;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April28, 1903 (age65 years, 124days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) — also known asGeorge N. Seger — of Passaic,PassaicCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1866.Republican.Builder;mayorof Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1916;U.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33,8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940.Member,RoyalArcanum;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.DiedAugust26, 1940 (age74 years, 235days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December5, 1779.Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1stDistrict 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republicancandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1832.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November23, 1852 (age72 years, 354days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | John Sevier (1745-1815) — Born near Harrisonburg,RockinghamCounty, Va.,September23, 1745.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1790-91;Governor ofTennessee, 1796-1801, 1803-09; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1810;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-15; died in office1815.Slaveowner. Died in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,September24, 1815 (age70 years, 1days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1889 atKnoxCounty Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville, Tenn. | | John Franklin Shafroth (1854-1922) — also known asJohn F. Shafroth — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,June 9,1854.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1895-1904; resigned1904;Governor ofColorado, 1909-13;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1913-19; defeated (Democratic), 1918.Died inDenver,Colo.,February20, 1922 (age67 years, 256days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | George Sharswood (1810-1883) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 7,1810.Lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1837; district judge inPennsylvania, 1845-67;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1868-82;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1879-82.Presbyterian.DiedMay 28,1883 (age72 years, 325days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.| | The World War IILiberty shipSS George Sharswood (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "This monument, erected bymembes of the Philadelphia bar, commemorates the genius and virtuesof one distinguished as a legal author and professor of law,President Judge of the District Court, Associate and Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now inWashingtonCounty), Md.,December11, 1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died of abroken bloodvessel in the head, inLincolnCounty, Ky.,July 18,1826 (age75 years, 219days).Interment atShelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married,April19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (whomarriedJamesShannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who marriedBeriahMagoffin) andThomasHart Shelby; great-grandfather ofBeriahMagoffin Jr.. | | | | Political family:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Shelby counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofShelby,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSIsaac Shelby (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; mined and wrecked in theTyrrhenianSea, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835-1902) — also known asAlexander R. Shepherd;"BossShepherd";"The Father of ModernWashington" —ofWashington,D.C.; Batopilas,Chihuahua.Born inWashington,D.C.,January30, 1835.Republican.Plumber;realestate developer;Governor ofthe District of Columbia, 1873-74.Died, fromappendicitisandperitonitis,in Batopilas,Chihuahua,September12, 1902 (age67 years, 225days).Entombed atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue atJohn A. Wilson Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.  | John Sherman (1823-1900) — also known as"The Ohio Icicle" — of Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,May 10,1823.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880,1884,1888;U.S.Secretary of State, 1897-98.Methodist.Died inWashington,D.C.,October22, 1900 (age77 years, 165days).Interment atMansfieldCemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman andLampsonParker Sherman; married,August31, 1848, to Margaret Sarah Cecilia Stewart; uncle of Mary HoytSherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles); 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). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Sherman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | | James Shields (1806-1879) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.;RiceCounty, Minn.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Mo.Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),May 10,1806.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1836; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1839-41;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when theSpringfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,Shields demanded to know who wrote them;AbrahamLincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,and Shields challenged him to aduel,which was averted only through the intervention of friends;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri, 1868; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1874, 1879;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1879.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Ottumwa,WapelloCounty, Iowa,June 1,1879 (age73 years, 22days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atCourthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn. | | George Shiras Jr. (1832-1924) — Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January26, 1832.Lawyer;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1892-1903; retired 1903.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died, as the result of afall, inPittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August2, 1924 (age92 years, 189days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | George Laird Shoup (1836-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Shoup — of Colorado;LemhiCounty, Idaho; Salmon,LemhiCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,June 15,1836.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;merchant;delegateto Colorado state constitutional convention, 1864;LemhiCounty Treasurer; member ofIdahoterritorial House of Representatives, 1874;memberIdaho territorial council, 1878; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Idaho Territory,1880;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho Territory, 1880-84, 1888-90;Governorof Idaho Territory, 1889-90; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1890-92, 1896;Governor ofIdaho, 1890;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1890-1901.Member,Freemasons.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,December21, 1904 (age68 years, 189days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) — also known asHenry H. Sibley — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.; Mendota,DakotaCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February20, 1811.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855;Governor ofMinnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,February18, 1891 (age79 years, 363days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| | Relatives: SonofSolomonSibley and Sarah Whipple (Sproat) Sibley; brother of CatherineWhipple Sibley (who marriedCharlesChristopher Trowbridge); married to Sarah Jane Steele (daughterofJamesSteele). | | | | Political families:Trowbridgefamily of Detroit, Michigan;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sibley County,Minn. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofHastings,Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — Henry SibleyHighSchool (founded 1954, rebuilt 1971), inMendotaHeights, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry H. Sibley (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Hastings Sibley:Rhoda R. Gilman,HenryHastings Sibley: Divided Heart |
| | John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) — Born in Sloatsburg,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 6,1781.Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States onJuly 7, 1846;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1846.Dutchancestry.Died in New Brighton, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1867 (age86 years, 145days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atPresidioof Monterey, Monterey, Calif. | | Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912) — also known asAlbert K. Smiley — Born in Vassalboro,KennebecCounty, Maine,March17, 1828.Schoolprincipal; created aresorthotel, now known as Mohonk Mountain House, where many importantconferences were held; member, U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners,1879-1912; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1888.Died in Redlands,SanBernardino County, Calif.,December2, 1912 (age84 years, 260days).Interment atPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.  | Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) — also known asAlfred E. Smith;Al Smith;"TheHappy Warrior";"The Brown Derby";"The King of Oliver Street";"The FirstCitizen" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1873.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1904-15;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1913; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1916,1920,1932,1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1915;Governorof New York, 1919-21, 1923-29; defeated, 1920; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1920,1932;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1928;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1938.Catholic.Irish,German, andItalianancestry.DiedOctober4, 1944 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.; statue atAlfredE. Smith Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred Emanuel Smith and Catherine (Mulvihill) Smith; married,May 6,1900, to Catherine A. Dunn. | | | | Cross-reference:RaymondV. Ingersoll —JosephM. Proskauer —GeorgeR. Van Namee —JohnRoach Straton —ClarenceJ. Shearn —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Alfred E. SmithStateOffice Building (built 1928) inAlbany,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSAlfred E. Smith (built 1944 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alfred E. Smith: Robert A.Slayton,EmpireStatesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith —Christopher M. Finan,AlfredE. Smith : The Happy Warrior — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1924 |
| | | James Smith (1719-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Dublin,Ireland,September17, 1719.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1780.Presbyterian.Died in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,July 11,1806 (age86 years, 297days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.  | Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) — also known asM. Hoke Smith — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Newton,CatawbaCounty, N.C.,September2, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96;Governor ofGeorgia, 1907-09, 1911;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.Presbyterian.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November27, 1931 (age76 years, 86days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Hildreth Hosea Smith and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith; married toMarion Birdie Cobb (daughter ofThomasReade Rootes Cobb); grandson ofMichaelHoke; grandnephew ofJohnFranklin Hoke; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAlexander Hoke. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Hokefamily of Lincolnton, North Carolina;King-Cobbfamily of Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hoke SmithHighSchool (opened 1923 as junior high, became high school 1947,closed 1985), inAtlanta,Georgia, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSHoke Smith (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York World, March 5,1893 |
| | | John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) — Born inWashington,D.C.,November6, 1854.Republican.Bandconductor;composer;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1924.BavarianandPortugeseancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;AudubonSociety.He was elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1973.Died, in his room at the Abraham LincolnHotel,Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,March 6,1932 (age77 years, 121days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) — also known asJohn C. Spencer — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1788.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmasteratCanandaigua,N.Y., 1816;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1820; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1825-28;secretaryof state of New York, 1839-42;U.S.Secretary of War, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1855 (age67 years, 130days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.  | James Sprunt (1846-1924) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Glasgow,Scotland,June9, 1846.Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War;cottonexporter;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inWilmington,N.C., 1884-1915.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and hisfoot wasamputated.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,July 9,1924 (age78 years, 30days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C. | | | Abel Stearns (1798-1871) — also known as"Cara de Caballo";"HorseFace" —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Lunenburg,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,February9, 1798.Delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1851-52, 1861-62 (2nd District 1851-52, 1stDistrict 1861-62).Member,Freemasons.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August23, 1871 (age73 years, 195days).Original intermentsomewherein San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | John Steele (1764-1815) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina,1764.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1780;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.Slaveowner. Died in1815(ageabout51 years).Interment atChestnutHill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.  | Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) — also known asAlexander H. Stephens;"The Little PaleStar from Georgia" —of Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.Born near Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.,February11, 1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1842;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); PresidentialElector for Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;VicePresident of the Confederacy, 1861-65;arrestedfortreasonin May 1865, and held for five months at Fort Warren;Governor ofGeorgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March 4,1883 (age71 years, 21days).Original interment and cenotaph atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; reinterment atAlexanderH. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga. | | 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 IILiberty shipSSIsaac 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 |
| | John Stevens III (1749-1838) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 26,1749.Lawyer;inventor;NewJersey state treasurer, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the firstU.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships andlocomotives; builtrailroadsin New Jersey.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken,HudsonCounty), N.J.,March 6,1838 (age88 years, 253days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofJohnStevens and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of MaryStevens (who marriedRobertR. Livingston); married,October17, 1782, to Rachel Cox; grandson ofJamesAlexander; great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster andJohannesde Peyster; second great-granduncle ofRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin ofPhilipPeter Livingston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesDePeyster,WilliamDuer andDenningDuer; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin four times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin six times removed ofHamiltonFish,AlexaFish Ward andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin once removed ofPierreVan Cortlandt,MatthewClarkson andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andPhilipDePeyster. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn Stevens (built 1942 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John White Stevenson (1812-1886) — also known asJohn W. Stevenson — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born inRichmond,Va.,May 2,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1848,1852,1856,1880(PermanentChair);delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1867;Governor ofKentucky, 1867-71;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Slaveowner. Died in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,August10, 1886 (age74 years, 100days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Granville Stuart (1834-1918) — of Montana. Born in1834.U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1894-98;Uruguay, 1894-98.DiedOctober2, 1918 (ageabout 84years).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Deer Lodge, Mont. | | James Sullivan (1744-1808) — of Massachusetts. Born in Berwick,YorkCounty, Maine,April22, 1744.State court judge in Massachusetts, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782-83;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1790-1807;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1807-08; died in office 1808.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December10, 1808 (age64 years, 232days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | John Sullivan (1740-1795) — of Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.Born in Somersworth,StraffordCounty, N.H.,February17, 1740.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1780-81; servedin the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;NewHampshire state attorney general, 1782-86;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; memberofNewHampshire Governor's Council, 1785-86;Presidentof New Hampshire, 1786-88, 1789-90;federaljudge, 1789;U.S.District Judge for New Hampshire, 1789-95; died in office 1795.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;Freemasons.Died in Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.,January23, 1795 (age54 years, 340days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | 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. | | John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) — also known asJohn A. Sutter;Johann AugustSutter —of Lititz,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Kandern, Baden (nowGermany),February23, 1803.Established a Swiss settlement in California called New Helvetia, andbuilt Sutter's Fort; became famous following the 1848 discovery ofgold at his mill, which started the California Gold Rush; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1849.Swissancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 18,1880 (age77 years, 116days).Interment atMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, Pa. | | James Swan (1754-1830) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Paris,France.Born in Fife,Scotland,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; twicewounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1777-78;imprisonedfordebt inParis, from 1808 to about 1830.Died in Paris,France,July31, 1830 (ageabout 76years).Burial location unknown. | | George Taylor (1716-1781) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,1716.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Presbyterian.Died in1781(ageabout65 years).Original interment atSt.John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; reinterment atEastonCemetery, Easton, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) — of Alabama. Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September21, 1851.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1893-97.Authorof a biography of Cicero and numerous other books.Died inWashington,D.C.,December26, 1922 (age71 years, 96days).Originally entombed atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atFortLincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.  | Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914) — also known asHenry M. Teller — of Central City,GilpinCounty, Colo.Born in Granger,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,May 23,1830.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1876-82, 1885-1909;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1882-85; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker).Died inDenver,Colo.,February23, 1914 (age83 years, 276days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | George Thacher (1754-1824) — also known asGeorge Thatcher — of Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Yarmouth,BarnstableCounty, Mass.,April12, 1754.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1787-89;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-1801 (6th District1789-91, 8th District 1791-93, 4th District 1793-95, 3rd District1795-97, at-large 1797-1801); district judge in Massachusetts,1792-1800;justice ofMassachusetts state supreme court, 1801-24;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819.Died in Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine,April 6,1824 (age69 years, 360days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Biddeford, Maine. | | Jacob Thompson (1810-1885) — of Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Leasburg,CaswellCounty, N.C.,May 15,1810.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1839-51 (at-large 1839-47, 1stDistrict 1847-51);U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1857-61; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,March24, 1885 (age74 years, 313days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | John Tipton (1786-1839) — of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born inSevierCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1786.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1819-23;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1832-39.Died in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,April 6,1839 (age52 years, 235days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Harry Toulmin (1766-1823) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Taunton,England,September7, 1766.Secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1796-1804; firstpresident,Transylvania University, 1804-18;judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1804;U.S.District Judge for Alabama, 1818-19.Died in Millry,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,November11, 1823 (age57 years, 65days).Intermentsomewherein Millry, Ala.; cenotaph atSpring Hill Graveyard, Mobile, Ala. | | John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) — also known asJohn A. Treutlen;Hans AdamTreuettlen —of Georgia. Born in Kürnbach,Germany,January16, 1734.Merchant;planter;justice of the peace;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777-78.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Seized andmurderedby a group of men, probably in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March 1,1782 (age48 years, 44days).Cenotaph atVeterans Park of Effingham County, Springfield, Ga. | | John Trumbull (1750-1831) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Westbury, New Haven County (now Watertown,LitchfieldCounty), Conn.,April24, 1750.Lawyer;poet;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1801-19.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 10,1831 (age81 years, 16days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) — of Virginia. Born inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,December29, 1780.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1819-23;lawprofessor; chancellor, 4th District, 1824-31; Judge, VirginiaCourt of Appeals, 1831-41.Slaveowner. Died inWinchester,Va.,August28, 1848 (age67 years, 243days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Frances (Bland) Tucker andSt.George Tucker; half-brother ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; married,September23, 1806, to Ann Evelina Hunter; father ofNathanielBeverly Tucker andJohnRandolph Tucker; nephew ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790) andThomasTudor Tucker; grandfather ofHenrySt. George Tucker (1853-1932); grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofGeorgeTucker; first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; second cousin twice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin five times removed ofLeeMarvin; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); third cousin once removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),MeriwetherLewis,ThomasMarshall,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andDouglassTownshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed ofJoelWalker Flood,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,BenjaminEarl Cabell,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle andRichardWalker Bolling; fourth cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Tucker County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSHenry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Turner (1766-1824) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born inSouthamptonCounty, Va.,December20, 1766.Democrat.Farmer;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1802-05;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1805-16.Slaveowner. Died inWarrenCounty, N.C.,January15, 1824 (age57 years, 26days).Interment atBloomsburyCemetery, Warrenton, N.C. | | Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born inNorthamptonCounty, Va.,June 17,1790.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge inVirginia, 1826-41;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age53 years, 256days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSMartin 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) |
 | Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) — of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November10, 1852.Poet;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1913-17;Luxembourg, 1913-17.Presbyterian.DiedApril10, 1933 (age80 years, 151days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J. | | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1738.Democrat.Merchant;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-89;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1800;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1801-04.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1810 (age71 years, 176days).Original interment atDutchReformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes VanRensselaer; brother ofRobertVan Rensselaer; married,July 3,1760, to Judith Bayard; married1764 to HelenaLansing; father ofSolomonVan Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; granduncle ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) — of Texas. Born inFranklinCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1813.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charged'Affaires to the United States, 1842;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic tothe United States.Died ofyellowfever whilecampaigningfor Governor, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October11, 1847 (age34 years, 93days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | George Vickers (1801-1879) — of Maryland. Born in Chestertown,KentCounty, Md.,November19, 1801.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1866-67;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1868-73.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Chestertown,KentCounty, Md.,October8, 1879 (age77 years, 323days).Interment atChesterCemetery, Chestertown, Md. | | Jacques Philippe Villere (1761-1830) — of Louisiana. Born in Louisiana,April28, 1761.Sugarcaneplanter;Governor ofLouisiana, 1816-20; defeated, 1824.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in Conseil Plantation,St. BernardParish, La.,March 7,1830 (age68 years, 313days).Entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives:Married,August18, 1784, to Jeanne Henriette de Fazende. | | | | The World War IILiberty shipSSJacques Phillippe Villere (built 1944 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; redesignated asUSS Basilan; scrapped1972) was originallynamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Cette Tombe Renferme Aussiles Restes / Du Vertueux Villere / L'estime de sesConcitoyens fit sa Gloire / L'Union de sa Famille Son BonBonheur." [This tomb also contains the remains / fromVirtuous Villers / The esteem of his fellow citizens made hisglory] | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Middleton Vining (1758-1802) — also known asJohn Vining;Jack Vining — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,December23, 1758.Member of Delaware state legislature, 1780;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1780;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1789-93; member ofDelawarestate senate from Kent County, 1793, 1800-02; died in office1802;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1793-98.Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del., February,1802(age43years, 0 days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Dover, Del. | | 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. | | Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 12,1743.Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1788;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-95; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1795-1800.Slaveowner. Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April30, 1804 (age60 years, 293days).Interment atAncientBurying Ground, Hartford, Conn. | | George Ernest Waldo (1851-1942) — also known asGeorge E. Waldo — of Ulysses,ButlerCounty, Neb.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1851.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1896; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1900;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1905-09.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 16,1942 (age91 years, 156days).Cremated;ashes interred atNewCemetery, Scotland, Conn.  | Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Rock Island,Rock IslandCounty, Ill.,May 11,1866.Farmer;collegeprofessor;magazineeditor;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.Presbyterian.Member,DeltaTau Delta;PhiKappa Phi;Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,October25, 1924 (age58 years, 167days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | George Walton (c.1749-1804) — of Georgia. Born near Farmville,CumberlandCounty, Va., about 1749.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofGeorgia, 1779-80, 1789;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1783;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1795-96.Member,Freemasons.Died near Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February2, 1804 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atRosneyCemetery, Augusta, Ga.; reinterment in 1848 atCourthouseGrounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Elliott Ward (1814-1902) — also known asJohn E. Ward — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in1814.Mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1853-54;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1853-54; U.S.Minister toChina, 1858-60.Died in1902(ageabout88 years).Interment atMidwayChurch Cemetery, Midway, Ga.  | Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — also known as"Marse Henry" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;editor, Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876(TemporaryChair),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received thePulitzerPrize in Journalism, 1918.Methodist.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,December22, 1921 (age81 years, 309days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) — also known asJames M. Wayne — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,1790.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1815-16;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1817-19; state court judge in Georgia, 1820-22;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67; died in office 1867.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,July 5,1867 (ageabout 77years).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.  | James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) — also known asJames B. Weaver — of Bloomfield,DavisCounty, Iowa; Colfax,JasperCounty, Iowa.Born in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,June 12,1833.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);Greenback candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1883; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Methodist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,February6, 1912 (age78 years, 239days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | Gideon Welles (1802-1878) — of Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Glastonbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,July 1,1802.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1827, 1829-30,1832, 1834-35;Connecticutstate comptroller, 1835-36, 1842-44; postmaster atHartford,Conn., 1836-41; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1856-64; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1860;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1861-69.Episcopalian.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,February11, 1878 (age75 years, 225days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. | | Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) — also known asJacob Westervelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.,January20, 1800.Democrat.Shipbuilder;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1853-54; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1857.DutchReformed.Dutchancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1879 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Alexander White (1738-1804) — ofFrederickCounty, Va.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,June 17,1738.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1772-73; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Frederick County, 1782-86, 1788;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from FrederickCounty, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-93 (at-large 1789-91, 1stDistrict 1791-93).Slaveowner. Died inFrederickCounty, Va.,October9, 1804 (age66 years, 114days).Interment atWood Family Cemetery, Winchester, Va.  | Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) — also known asAndrew D. White — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Homer,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1832.Republican.Universityprofessor; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1864-67; co-founder and firstpresidentof Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1872(alternate),1884,1912;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1872;U.S. Minister toGermany, 1879-81;Russia, 1892-94; U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1897-1902.Member,AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1918 (age85 years, 362days).Entombed atSageChapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue atArtsQuad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. | | Henry White (1850-1927) — Born inBaltimore,Md.,March29, 1850.U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1905-07;France, 1906-09.Episcopalian.Died in Lenox,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,July 15,1927 (age77 years, 108days).Cremated;ashes interred atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | | John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) — of Amesbury,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,December17, 1807.Poet;newspapereditor; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1835; Liberty candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1842.Quaker. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in Hampton Falls,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September7, 1892 (age84 years, 265days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Amesbury, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof John Whittier and Abigail (Hussey) Whittier; third cousin twiceremoved ofRobertFoss Fernald; fourth cousin once removed ofNicholasGilman,JohnWentworth Jr.,DanielDavis,AlbertGallatin Dole,WilliamHenry Barnum,GeorgeWinthrop Maston Pitman andJosephPitman. | | | | Political families:Wentworth-Gilmanfamily of New Hampshire;Gilmanfamily of Exeter, New Hampshire;Appletonfamily of New Hampshire (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamDavenport | | | | ThecityofWhittier,California, isnamed forhim. — WhittierCollege,inWhittier,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILiberty shipSSJohn G. Whittier (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Politician named for him:JohnGreenleaf Whittier Lewis | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Henry Williams (1823-1910) — also known asGeorge H. Williams — ofLeeCounty, Iowa;MarionCounty, Ore.; Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1823.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Iowa 1st District, 1847-52;justice ofOregon territorial supreme court, 1853-57;delegateto Oregon state constitutional convention from Marion County,1857;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1865-71;U.S.Attorney General, 1872-75;mayorof Portland, Ore., 1902-05.Episcopalian.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,April 4,1910 (age87 years, 12days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) — of Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,July 30,1854.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,1892,1904(TemporaryChair; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee;speaker),1912(speaker),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1920;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09);U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons;Elks.Died near Yazoo City,YazooCounty, Miss.,September7, 1932 (age78 years, 39days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss. | | Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in West Nottingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December5, 1735.Preacher;universityprofessor;physician;member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.Presbyterian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 22,1819 (age83 years, 168days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.  | Henry Wilson (1812-1875) — also known asJeremiah Jones Colbaith — of Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Farmington,StraffordCounty, N.H.,February16, 1812.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1841-42; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1844-46, 1850-52; delegate to Whig NationalConvention from Massachusetts, 1848; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1852;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidateforGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1853;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1855-73;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856 ;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1868;VicePresident of the United States, 1873-75; died in office 1875.Congregationalist.Died, of astroke,in the U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,November22, 1875 (age63 years, 279days).Interment atDellPark Cemetery, Natick, Mass. | | | James Wilson (1742-1798) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Carskerdo, Fife,Scotland,September14, 1742.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.Episcopalian.Died in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,August28, 1798 (age55 years, 348days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in1906 atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | James Withycombe (1854-1919) — of Oregon. Born in Tavistock, Devon,England,March21, 1854.Republican.Farmer;Governor ofOregon, 1915-19; defeated in primary, 1906; died in office 1919.Member,Grange.Died, from aheartcondition, in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,March 3,1919 (age64 years, 347days).Entombed atMountCrest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore. | | George Washington Woodward (1809-1875) — also known asGeorge W. Woodward — of Pennsylvania. Born in Bethany,WayneCounty, Pa.,March26, 1809.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837, 1873;district judge in Pennsylvania, 1841-51; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1852-67;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1863-67; candidateforGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1863;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1867-71.Died in Rome,Italy,May10, 1875 (age66 years, 45days).Interment atHollenbackCemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. | | Henry Wynkoop (1737-1816) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Northampton Township,BucksCounty, Pa.,March 2,1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1779-82; state courtjudge in Pennsylvania, 1783-89;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1789-91.Slaveowner. Died inBucksCounty, Pa.,March25, 1816 (age79 years, 23days).Interment atLowDutch Reformed Church Graveyard, Richboro, Pa. | | George Wythe (1726-1806) — ofYorkCounty, Va.Born in Elizabeth City County, Va. (now part ofHampton,Va.),December3, 1726.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1758-68;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Virginia,1777;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from YorkCounty, 1788.Episcopalian.Apparentlymurdered—poisonedby his grandnephew — and died two weeks later, inRichmond,Va.,June 8,1806 (age79 years, 187days).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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