in alphabetical order  |  Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known asChester A. Arthur;Chester Abell Arthur;"The Gentleman Boss";"HisAccidency";"Elegant Arthur";"OurChet";"Dude President" —of New York. Born in Fairfield,FranklinCounty, Vt.,October5, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1870-78;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1880;VicePresident of the United States, 1881;Presidentof the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1884.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;PsiUpsilon;UnionLeague.Died, ofBright'sdisease and acerebralhemorrhage, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1886 (age57 years, 44days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married,October25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin onceremoved ofBenjaminFranklin Flanders andCassiusMontgomery Clay Twitchell. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Arthur County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | ThevillageofArthur,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. —Lake Arthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ChesterA. Heitman—ChesterArthur Pike—ChesterA. Johnson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: ThomasC. Reeves,GentlemanBoss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — George Frederick Howe,ChesterA. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —Zachary Karabell,ChesterAlan Arthur — Paul Joseph,ChesterArthur (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | John Bigler (1805-1871) — ofCentreCounty, Pa.;SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,January8, 1805.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12thDistrict 1851-52);Governor ofCalifornia, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister toChile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1864,1868.DiedNovember29, 1871 (age66 years, 325days).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | Daniel Boone (1734-1820) — Born inBerksCounty, Pa.,November2, 1734.Explorer and frontiersman; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781, 1787.EnglishandWelshancestry.Died inSt. CharlesCounty, Mo.,September26, 1820 (age85 years, 329days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;reinterment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives:Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father ofJessieBryan Boone andNathanBoone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who marriedHiramHowell Baber); granduncle ofLeviDay Boone; second great-grandfather ofElmerCharless Henderson. | | | | Political families:Boonefamily of St. Charles County, Missouri;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Boone counties inArk.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Neb. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Daniel BooneNationalForest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed1966), inBath,Clay,Estill,Harlan,Jackson,Knox,Laurel,Lee,Leslie,McCreary,Menifee,Morgan,Owsley,Perry,Powell,Pulaski,Rockcastle,Rowan,Wayne,Whitley,andWolfecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — BooneDam (built 1950-52), on the SouthFork Holston River, inSullivanandWashingtoncounties, Tennessee, and the BooneLake reservoir behind thedam, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. (1905-1996) — also known asEdmund G. Brown, Sr.;PatBrown —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April21, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;Republican candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1944,1948,1956,1960,1964,1988;Californiastate attorney general, 1951-59;Governor ofCalifornia, 1959-67; defeated, 1966; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1960.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;Moose;Eagles;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died of aheartattack, in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February16, 1996 (age90 years, 301days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Edmund Brown and Ida (Schuckman) Brown; brother ofHaroldC. Brown; married,October30, 1930, toBerniceLayne; father ofEdmundGerald Brown Jr. andKathleenLynn Brown. | | | | Political family:Brownfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | Cross-reference:WarrenChristopher —WilliamK. Coblentz | | | | The Edmund G. Brown CaliforniaAqueduct, a system of canals and pipelines that brings waterto Southern California, inContraCosta,Alameda,SanJoaquin,Stanislaus,Merced,Fresno,Kings,Kern,SanLuis Obispo,SantaBarbara, andLosAngeles counties, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Edmund G. Brown: EthanRarick,CaliforniaRising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown |
| | James Paul Buchanan (1867-1937) — also known asJames P. Buchanan — of Brenham,WashingtonCounty, Tex.Born in Midway, Barnwell District (nowBambergCounty), S.C.,April30, 1867.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1906-13;U.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1913-37; died in office1937.Died inWashington,D.C.,February22, 1937 (age69 years, 298days).Interment atPrairieLea Cemetery, Brenham, Tex.  | 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. —Lake Calhoun (now known by its Dakotaname, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnC. Johnson—JohnCalhoun Nicholls—JohnCalhoun Cook—JohnC. Sheppard—John C.Bell—JohnC. C. Mayo—JohnC. Phillips | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes(1862). | | | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer thanunion." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John C. Calhoun: MargaretL. Coit,JohnC. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson,JohnC. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Warren Brown,JohnC. Calhoun (for young readers) | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | Thomas Henry Carter (1854-1911) — also known asThomas H. Carter — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Junior Furnace,SciotoCounty, Ohio,October30, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1889;U.S.Representative from Montana at-large, 1889-91; defeated, 1890;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1891-92;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1892-96;firstCatholic to lead the national Republican Party;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1895-1901, 1905-11; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Montana,1896(speaker),1900,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,September17, 1911 (age56 years, 322days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownandvillageofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake, and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver, inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Buildingin 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) — also known asBert T. Combs — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born in Manchester,ClayCounty, Ky.,August13, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge inKentucky, 1957-59;Governor ofKentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1966;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Order ofthe Coif;PhiDelta Phi.Drownedwhen hisautomobilewas washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, nearRosslyn,PowellCounty, Ky.,December4, 1991 (age80 years, 113days).Interment atBeechCreek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs; married,June 15,1937, to Mabel Hall. | | | | The Bert T. Combs MountainParkway,which runs throughClark,Powell,Wolfe,Morgan,andMagoffincounties in Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — Bert T. CombsLake, inClayCounty, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | George N. Culmback (1888-1960) — of Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.Born in Jedsted,Denmark,December30, 1888.Republican. Member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives 38th District, 1926-32;mayorof Everett, Wash., 1956-60; died in office 1960.Died in Everett,SnohomishCounty, Wash.,July 6,1960 (age71 years, 189days).Burial location unknown. | | Glenn Clarence Cunningham (1912-2003) — also known asGlenn Cunningham — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,September10, 1912.Republican.Insuranceagent;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1948-54; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1948,1952;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1957-71.Episcopalian.Member,PiKappa Alpha.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,December18, 2003 (age91 years, 99days).Interment atWestlawn-HillcrestMemorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February23, 1751.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95,1st District 1795-97);U.S.Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1822-24.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 6,1829 (age78 years, 103days).Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives:Father ofHenryAlexander Scammell Dearborn. | | | | Dearborn County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofDearborn,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The DearbornRiver, inLewis &Clark andCascadecounties, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Mount Dearborn, a formermilitaryarsenal on an island in the Catawba River,ChesterCounty, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1959) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary |
 | Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899) — also known asRoswell P. Flower — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Theresa,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1835.Democrat.Jeweler;banker;U.S.Representative from New York, 1881-83, 1889-91 (11th District1881-83, 12th District 1889-91); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1888(speaker),1892(ConventionVice-President; member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1896;Governorof New York, 1892-95.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Eastport,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 12,1899 (age63 years, 278days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y.; statue atWashington Street Median, Watertown, N.Y.  | Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known asAbraham Albert Alphonse de Gallatin — ofFayetteCounty, Pa.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,January29, 1761.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-92;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1815-23;Great Britain, 1826-27.Swissancestry.Died in Astoria, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1849 (age88 years, 195days).Entombed atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin;married1789 to SophieAllègre; married,November11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; second great-grandfather ofMayPreston Davie; cousin by marriage ofJosephHopper Nicholson. | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnL. Dawson | | | | Gallatin counties inIll.,Ky. andMont. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofGallatin,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The GallatinRiver, which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed forhim. — Gallatin Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlbertGalliton Harrison—AlbertG. Jewett—AlbertG. Hawes—AlbertG. Wakefield—AlbertG. Pendleton—AlbertGallatin Talbott—AlbertG. Dow—AlbertG. Dole—AlbertGallatin Kellogg—AlbertGallatin Marchand—AlbertG. Brown—AlbertG. Brodhead, Jr.—AlbertG. Allison—AlbertG. Riddle—AlbertGaliton Watkins—AlbertGallatin Rhea—AlbertG. Porter—AlbertGallatin Egbert—AlbertGallatin Jenkins—AlbertGallatin Calvert—AlbertG. Lawrence—AlbertG. Foster—AlbertG. Simms | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 note in 1862-63. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Albert Gallatin: JohnAustin Stevens,AlbertGallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer,AlbertGallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability — NicholasDungan,Gallatin:America's Swiss Founding Father — Raymond Walters,AlbertGallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | William Gaston (1778-1844) — of New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September19, 1778.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1800, 1812, 1818-19; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,4th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824, 1827-31;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1833-44; died in office 1844;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835.Catholic.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January23, 1844 (age65 years, 126days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Gaston and Margaret (Sharpe) Gaston; married,September4, 1803, to Susan Sarah Hay; married,October6, 1805, to Hannah McClure; married,September3, 1816, to Elizabeth Worthington. | | | | Gaston County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofGastonia,North Carolina, wasnamed forhim. — Lake Gaston, areservoir (created 1963)inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Gaston Hall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | William Gilpin (1813-1894) — of Colorado. Born inNew CastleCounty, Del.,October4, 1813.Lawyer;newspapereditor;explorer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862.Run over by ahorse andbuggy, and later died as a result, inDenver,Colo.,January20, 1894 (age80 years, 108days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo. | | Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) — also known asAndrew H. Green;"Father of Greater NewYork";"Handy Andy" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October6, 1820.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1880;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1894.Protestant.Guided creation of Central Park in New York, and Niagara StatePreserve (firststate park in the U.S.); led crusade to consolidate the five boroughsinto today's New York City; helped create the New York PublicLibrary, the Bronx Zoo, and other cultural institutions.Shotandkilled,by a murderer who mistook him for someone else, in front of his home,on Park Avenue, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1903 (age83 years, 38days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.  | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.SwissandDutchancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | | | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | | | HooverDam (built 1931-36 as BoulderDam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River betweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
| | Edward J. Howard — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1948-59; resigned 1959.Intermentsomewherein Sylacauga, Ala.  | Cordell Hull (1871-1955) — also known as"Father of the UnitedNations" —of Carthage,SmithCounty, Tenn.Born in alogcabin at Olympus, Overton County (nowPickettCounty), Tenn.,October2, 1871.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;defeated, 1920; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1928,1940,1944;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33;U.S.Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1936.Baptist;laterEpiscopalian.Received theNobelPeace Prize in 1945.Died, ofheartdisease andsarcoidosis,atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 23,1955 (age83 years, 294days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. | | | | Cross-reference:ThomasK. Finletter | | | | Cordell HullDam on the CumberlandRiver, and its impoundment, Cordell HullLake, inSmithandJacksoncounties, Tennessee, arenamed forhim. — The Cordell HullStateOffice Building (built 1952-54), inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — Cordell HullHighway,inBarrenandMonroecounties, Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Cordell Hull:TheMemoirs of Cordell Hull | | | | Books about Cordell Hull: JuliusWilliam Pratt,CordellHull, 1933-44 | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1963) |
| | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) — also known asLyndon B. Johnson;"L.B.J.";"Landslide Lyndon";"PreacherLyndon";"The Accidental President";"Volunteer";"Light BulbJohnson" —of Johnson City,BlancoCounty, Tex.Born near Stonewall,GillespieCounty, Tex.,August27, 1908.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1937-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1940,1956,1960;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1949-61; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1956,1960,1968;VicePresident of the United States, 1961-63;Presidentof the United States, 1963-69.Disciplesof Christ. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.Died from aheartattack, inGillespieCounty, Tex.,January22, 1973 (age64 years, 148days).Interment atLBJRanch, Stonewall, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Sam Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson; married,November17, 1934, to Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor andClaudiaAlta Taylor; father of Lynda Bird Johnson (who marriedCharlesSpittal Robb). | | | | Political family:Johnsonfamily of Stonewall, Texas. | | | | Cross-reference:RogerKent —IrvineH. Sprague —A.W. Moursund —EliotJaneway —BarefootSanders | | | | Lake LBJ (created as Lake GraniteShoals; renamed in 1965), inBurnetandLlanocounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Thevillageof Kampung LB Johnson,Malaysia,isnamed forhim. | | | | Campaign slogan (1964): "All The WayWith L.B.J." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lyndon B. Johnson: DorisKearns Goodwin,LyndonJohnson and the American Dream — Robert Dallek,FlawedGiant : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 — SeanJ. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Robert A. Caro,ThePassage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson — MarkUpdegrove,IndomitableWill: LBJ in the Presidency — Nicholas deB.Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Robert A.Caro,ThePassage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol.IV — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Michael A. Schuman,LyndonB. Johnson (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Lyndon B. Johnson:Robert A. Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power — Robert A.Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent — Robert A. Caro,Yearsof Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate — LanceMorrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1973) |
| | John Hosea Kerr (1873-1958) — also known asJohn H. Kerr — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born in Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,December31, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor of Warrenton, N.C., 1897-98; superior court judge in NorthCarolina 3rd District, 1916-21;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1923-53;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1940.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,June 21,1958 (age84 years, 172days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Warrenton, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Capt. John H. Kerr and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr; married toElla Foote; grandnephew ofJohnKerr. | | | | Political family:Kerr-Settlefamily of North Carolina. | | | | The John H. Kerrdam, inMecklenburgCounty, Virginia, isnamed forhim. — KerrLake, an impoundment on theRoanoke River, inMecklenburg,Charlotte,andHalifaxcounties, Virginia, andVance,Granville,andWarrencounties, North Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "He Loved God And His FellowMan." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.; Abbeville,LafayetteCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born near Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,September17, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;president,University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,1877, 1881;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.Methodist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Slaveowner. Died in Vineville (now part of Macon),BibbCounty, Ga.,January23, 1893 (age67 years, 128days).Original interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.| | Relatives: SonofLuciusQuintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew ofMirabeauBuonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who marriedAbsalomHarris Chappell); uncle ofWilliamBailey Lamar; fourth cousin ofWilliamMcKendree Robbins andJosephRucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed ofGastonAhi Robbins. | | | | Political family:Lamarfamily of Georgia. | | | | Lamar counties inAla.,Ga. andMiss. arenamed for him. | | | | ThemunicipalityofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — LamarHall,at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarRiver, in Yellowstone NationalPark,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | 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 DzhejaLondona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Robert Thomas Miller (1893-1962) — also known asTom Miller — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September21, 1893.Democrat.Mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1933-49, 1955-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1940,1944,1956,1960.DiedApril30, 1962 (age68 years, 221days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex.  | 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 theClinch River, inAndersonandCampbellcounties, Tennessee, and the NorrisLake reservoir, which alsoextends intoClaiborne,Grainger,andUnioncounties, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofNorris,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS George 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) |
| | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) — also known asJackie Onassis;Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;Jacqueline Kennedy —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 28,1929.FirstLady of the United States, 1961-63.Female.Catholic.Longtime companion ofMauriceTempelsman.Died, fromnon-Hodgkinlymphoma, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 19,1994 (age64 years, 295days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and JanetNorton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III; married,September12, 1953, toJohnFitzgerald Kennedy (son ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother ofJeanKennedy Smith; grandson ofJohnFrancis Fitzgerald); married1968 toAristotle Socrates Onassis; mother ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisHighSchool for International Careers, inManhattan,New York, isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed forher. — Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941) — also known asGeorge C. Pardee — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 25,1857.Physician;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 1893-95; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1900,1904,1912,1924;Governorof California, 1903-07; Progressive Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1913;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1925.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,September1, 1941 (age84 years, 38days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | James Percy Priest (1900-1956) — also known asJ. Percy Priest — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Carter's Creek,MauryCounty, Tenn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Schoolteacher;newspaperwork;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1941-56 (5th District 1941-43, 6thDistrict 1943-53, 5th District 1953-56); died in office 1956.Died, in ahospitalat Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October12, 1956 (age56 years, 194days).Interment atWoodlawnMemorial Park, Nashville, Tenn. | | Harmon Liveright Remmel (1852-1927) — also known asH. L. Remmel — of Newport,JacksonCounty, Ark.; Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Stratford,FultonCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1852.Republican.Lumberbusiness; postmaster atNewport,Ark., 1877-79;financier;insuranceexecutive; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1884; member ofArkansasRepublican State Central Committee, 1884-1927; member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1887; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arkansas,1892,1896(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1908,1912,1916,1920,1924;candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1894, 1896, 1900;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Little Rock, Arkansas,1897-1902, 1921-27; died in office 1927;ArkansasRepublican state chair, 1900-03, 1910-16, 1921-25; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arkansas, 1912-24; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1916.Died, frompneumonia,while recovering from astroke,in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,October14, 1927 (age75 years, 272days).Interment atOaklandand Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark. | | 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 SkagitRiver, inWhatcomCounty, Washington, isnamed forhim. — RossLake, a reservoir inWhatcomCounty, Washington, which also extends intoBritishColumbia, Canada, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS J. D. Ross (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold and renamedSS Lampsis; sank during a stormin theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) was originallynamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "J.D. Ross, one of thegreatest Americans of our generation, was an outstandingmathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practicalability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion andsuccessful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and loverand student of trees and flowers. His successful career andespecially his long service in behalf of the public interest areworthy of study by every American boy." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Merrell Quentin Sharpe (1888-1962) — also known asM. Q. Sharpe — of Kennebec,LymanCounty, S.Dak.Born in Marysville,MarshallCounty, Kan.,January11, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;SouthDakota state attorney general, 1929-33;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1943-47; candidate in inconclusive primary 1942;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota,1952(HonoraryVice-President).Died in Kennebec,LymanCounty, S.Dak.,January22, 1962 (age74 years, 11days).Interment atGraceland Cemetery, Oacoma, S.Dak. | | Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) — also known asAdolph B. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January5, 1857.Republican. President, SpreckelsSugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1884;angered by an article in the San FranciscoChronicle, onNovember 19, 1884, heshotand badly wounded the paper's publisher,M.H. de Young;arrestedandchargedwithattemptedmurder; pleaded temporary insanity;tried in1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San MateoElectricRailway; vice-president, WesternSugarCompany; vice-president, OceanicSteamshipCompany.Germanancestry.Died, frompneumoniaandsyphilis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 28,1924 (age67 years, 175days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofJohnDiedrich Spreckels; married to Alma deBretteville. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | SpreckelsLake, in Golden Gate Park,SanFrancisco, California, isnamed forhim. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed forhim and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known asIsaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,March25, 1818.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governorof Washington Territory, 1853-57;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Shotand killed at theCivilWar battle of Chantilly,FairfaxCounty, Va.,September1, 1862 (age44 years, 160days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atOx Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.| | Relatives:Cousin *** ofCharlesAbbot Stevens andMosesTyler Stevens. | | | | Political family:Stevens-Woodhullfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Stevens counties inMinn. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | FortStevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now astatepark) inWarrenton,Oregon, wasnamed forhim. —FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)inWashington,D.C., wasnamed forhim. — Thecity(andlake) ofLakeStevens, Washington, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofStevensville,Montana, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(6,838 feet), inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — StevensPeak(5,372 feet), inBinghamCounty, Idaho, isnamed forhim. — Upper StevensLake, and Lower StevensLake, inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, arenamed forhim. — The Stevens Halldormitory,at Washington StateUniversity,Pullman,Washington, isnamed forhim. — Isaac I. StevensElementarySchool (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),inSeattle,Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensMiddleSchool, inPortAngeles, Washington, isnamed forhim. — StevensJuniorHigh School (now Middle School), inPasco,Washington, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "Who gave to the service ofhis country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generousheart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying hiscommand, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at thebattle of Chantilly, Va." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens:Joseph Taylor Hazard,Companionof Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor ofWashington |
| | Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866) — also known asRobert F. Stockton — of New Jersey. Born in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August20, 1795.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; served inthe U.S. Navy during the Mexican War;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1846-47;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1851-53.Slaveowner. Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,October7, 1866 (age71 years, 48days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofRichardStockton (1764-1828); father ofJohnPotter Stockton; grandson ofRichardStockton (1730-1781); grandfather ofRichardStockton (c.1857-1929). | | | | Political family:Stocktonfamily of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofStockton,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofStockton,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofStockton,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFortStockton, Texas, isnamed forhim. — Stockton Creek, atidal channel inMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) — also known asLurleen B. Wallace;Lurleen BrighamBurns —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,September19, 1926.Democrat.Governor ofAlabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.Female.Methodist.Died, ofuterinecancer, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,May 7,1968 (age41 years, 231days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.| | Relatives:Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married,May 21,1943, toGeorgeCorley Wallace Jr.. | | | | Political family:Wallace-Folsomfamily of Montgomery, Alabama. | | | | The Lurleen WallaceTumorInstitute, at theUniversityof AlabamaBirmingham,isnamed forher. — Lurleen B. WallaceCommunityCollege (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),with campuses inCovington,Butler,andCrenshawcounties, Alabama, isnamed forher. —Lake Lurleen, and Lake LurleenStatePark, inTuscaloosaCounty, Alabama, arenamed forher. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | Paul Allen Wallace (1901-1958) — also known asPaul A. Wallace — of Wallace,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,July 15,1901.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1947-58; died inoffice 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1956.On the night of the 1958 Democratic primary, he and others gatheredin the sheriff'sofficeat the MarlboroCountyCourthouse to hear election returns on the radio; he had justlearned he had won renomination, when Court Clerk Henry A. Rogersentered the room andshot himfour times; hediedabout twenty minutes later, in the emergency room of a nearbyhospital,in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,June 10,1958 (age56 years, 330days). On June 27, Rogers hanged himself in the South Carolinastate mental hospital.Interment atWallace Baptist Church Cemetery, Wallace, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Percy Wallace and Lillie (Allen) Wallace; married,May 25,1920, to Ethelyne Gardner; father ofWilliamPaul Wallace. | | | | Lake Paul Wallace, inMarlboroCounty, South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "With forgetfulness of self,humility of spirit, and nobility of character, he followed in hisMaster's footsteps in service to his fellowman." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) — of Wilburton,LatimerCounty, Okla.Born in Mt. Vernon,FranklinCounty, Tex.,August25, 1881.Newspapereditor and publisher;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906;Speaker ofthe Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.Died in Wilburton,LatimerCounty, Okla.,August17, 1947 (age65 years, 357days).Interment atRobbersCave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.  | Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) — also known as"Fighting Joe" — of Wheeler,LawrenceCounty, Ala.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September10, 1836.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;planter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1906 (age69 years, 137days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married,February6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter ofPeterEarly); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. | | | | Wheeler County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | WheelerDam (built 1933-36), on theTennessee River inLauderdaleandLawrencecounties, Alabama, and the WheelerLake reservoir, whichextends intoLimestone,Morgan,andMadisoncounties, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in America(1906) |
 | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) — also known asThomas Woodrow Wilson;"Schoolmaster inPolitics" —of New Jersey. Born inStaunton,Va.,December28, 1856.Democrat.Universityprofessor;presidentof Princeton University, 1902-10;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1911-13;Presidentof the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,PhiKappa Psi;PhiAlpha Delta.Recipient ofNobelPeace Prize in 1919; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died inWashington,D.C.,February3, 1924 (age67 years, 37days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 atMain Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;married,June 24,1885, toEllenLouise Axson; married,December18, 1915, toEdithBolling Galt; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who marriedWilliamGibbs McAdoo); grandfather ofWoodrowWilson Sayre. | | | | Political family:Wilsonfamily of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamC. Bullitt —BainbridgeColby —JosephE. Davies —JosephP. Tumulty —ThomasH. Birch —ByronR. Newton | | | | MountWoodrow Wilson, inFremontCounty andSubletteCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Woodrow WilsonPlaza,in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., is isnamed forhim. — WilsonDam (built 1924), on theTennessee River inColbertandLauderdalecounties, Alabama, as well as the WilsonLake reservoir, whichextends intoLawrencecounty, arenamed forhim. —RamblaPresidente Wilson, inMontevideo,Uruguay, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WoodrowW. Bean—WoodrowW. Jones—WoodrowW. Scott—TomWoodrow Payne—W.W. Dumas—WoodrowWilson Mann—WoodrowW. Lavender—WoodrowWilson Sayre—WoodrowW. Baird—WoodrowW. Mathna—WoodrowW. Hulme—WoodrowW. Kline—WoodrowW. McDonald—WoodrowW. Hollan—WoodrowW. Carter—WoodrowW. Ferguson—W.Wilson Goode—WoodrowWilson Storey—WoodrowW. Bean III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issuedin 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. | | | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us outof war." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: LouisAuchincloss,WoodrowWilson — Herbert Hoover,TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — John Milton Cooper,ReconsideringWoodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, andPeace — A. Scott Berg,Wilson —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Anne Schraff,WoodrowWilson (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:Jim Powell,Wilson'sWar : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,Stalin, and World War II | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1902 |
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