| |  Jo Abbott (1840-1908) — also known asJoseph Abbott — of Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.Born near Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,January15, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1869-71; district judge in Texas,1879-84;U.S.Representative from Texas 6th District, 1887-97.Died in Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.,February11, 1908 (age68 years, 27days).Interment atOldCemetery, Hillsboro, Tex. | | 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. | | Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (1903-1998) — also known asThomas G. Abernethy;TomAbernethy —of Eupora,WebsterCounty, Miss.; Okolona,ChickasawCounty, Miss.Born in Eupora,WebsterCounty, Miss.,May 16,1903.Democrat. Mayor of Eupora, Miss., 1927-29;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1943-73 (4th District 1943-53,1st District 1953-73); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1948,1956(alternate),1960.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;LambdaChi Alpha;ExchangeClub.Died in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,June 11,1998 (age95 years, 26days).Interment atLakewoodMemorial Park, Jackson, Miss. | | William J. Abrams (1829-1900) — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Cambridge,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1829.Democrat.Surveyor;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1864-67; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1868-69;mayorof Green Bay, Wis., 1881-82, 1883-85.Died in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,September12, 1900 (age71 years, 177days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Allouez, Wis. | | John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,January9, 1757.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,May 19,1840 (age83 years, 131days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Alva Adams (1850-1922) — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in alogcabin inIowaCounty, Wis.,May 14,1850.Democrat.Hardwaremerchant; member of Colorado state legislature, 1876; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Colorado,1880(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);Governorof Colorado, 1887-89, 1897-99, 1905; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Colorado, 1908-.Member,Freemasons.Died at asanitariumin Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,November1, 1922 (age72 years, 171days).Interment atRoselawnCemetery, Pueblo, Colo.  | 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 for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS John Adams (built 1941-42 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theCoralSea, 1942) wasnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnAdams Harper—JohnA. Cameron—JohnA. Dix—JohnAdams Fisher—JohnA. Taintor—JohnA. Gilmer—JohnA. Perkins—JohnAdams Hyman—JohnA. Damon—John A.Lee—JohnAdams Aiken—JohnA. Sanders—JohnA. Kingsbury—JohnAdams Hurson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,JohnAdams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis,ThePassionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of JohnAdams — David McCullough,JohnAdams — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — JamesGrant,JohnAdams : Party of One — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
|  | John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as"Old Man Eloquent";"TheAccidental President";"The MassachusettsMadman" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 11,1767.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1794-97;Prussia, 1797-1801;Russia, 1809-14;Great Britain, 1815-17; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1802;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808;U.S.Secretary of State, 1817-25;Presidentof the United States, 1825-29;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office1848; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1834.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Suffered astrokewhile speaking on the floor of the U.S.House ofRepresentatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later inthe Speaker'soffice,U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,February23, 1848 (age80 years, 227days).Original interment atHancockCemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment atUnitedFirst Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofJohnAdams andAbigailAdams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who marriedWilliamStephens Smith); married,July 26,1797, toLouisaCatherine Johnson (daughter ofJoshuaJohnson; sister-in-law ofJohnPope; niece ofThomasJohnson); father ofGeorgeWashington Adams andCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; great-grandfather ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather ofThomasBoylston Adams; first cousin ofWilliamCranch; second cousin once removed ofSamuelAdams; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed ofArthurChapin; second cousin five times removed ofDenwoodLynn Chapin; third cousin ofJosephAllen; third cousin once removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy,ThomasCogswell (1799-1868) andJohnMilton Thayer; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamVincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurLaban Bates andAlmurStiles Whiting; fourth cousin ofJeremiahMason,JosiahQuincy Jr.,GeorgeBailey Loring andThomasCogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,ErastusFairbanks,CharlesStetson,HenryBrewster Stanton,CharlesAdams Jr.,IsaiahStetson,JoshuaPerkins,EliThayer,BaileyFrye Adams andSamuelMiller Quincy. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnSmith —ThurlowWeed | | | | Adams counties inIll. andInd. arenamed for him. | | | | MountQuincy Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. —MountQuincy Adams, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, andHoonah-AngoonCensus Area, Alaska, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Q. A. Vale—JohnQ. A. Brackett—JohnQ. A. Shelden—J.Q. A. Reber | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C.Nagel,JohnQuincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — LynnHudson Parsons,JohnQuincy Adams — Robert V. Remini,JohnQuincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan,Mr.Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's ExtraordinaryPost-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as"The Tribune of the People";"The Cromwell of New England";"Determinatus";"The Psalm Singer";"Amendment Monger";"AmericanCato";"Samuel the Publican" —of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass., September 16, 1722 o.s. ((September27,1722)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1781; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1788;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1789-94;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes,1796.Congregationalist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1803 (age81 years, 5days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married1749 toElizabeth Checkley; married1764 toElizabeth Wells; uncle ofJosephAllen; granduncle ofCharlesAllen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who marriedAlfredCumming) andWilliamVincent Wells; second cousin ofJohnAdams; second cousin once removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington Adams,CharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) andJohnMilton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardM. Chapin,JohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894) andBrooksAdams; second cousin four times removed ofLymanKidder Bass,DanielT. Hayden,ArthurChapin,ArthurLaban Bates,CharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954) andAlmurStiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,LymanMetcalfe Bass,EmersonRichard Boyles andThomasBoylston Adams; third cousin ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington andCalebCushing; third cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin,ErastusFairbanks,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington,CharlesAdams Jr.,JamesBrooks andBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin thrice removed ofAlphonsoTaft,BenjaminW. Waite,GeorgeOtis Fairbanks,AustinWells Holden,HoraceFairbanks,EbenezerOliver Grosvenor,FranklinFairbanks,CollinsDwight Huntington,JonahFitz Randolph Leonard,GeorgeMilo Huntington,EdgarWeeks andArthurNewton Holden; third cousin four times removed ofJohnQuincy Adams (1848-1911). | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofAdams,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. —MountSam Adams, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Adams (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Samuel Adams: Donald BarrChidsey,TheWorld of Samuel Adams |
| | Michael J. Adanti (1940-2005) — also known as"Red" — of Ansonia,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Shelton,FairfieldCounty, Conn.BornJune 23,1940.Democrat. Playedfootballfor the Ansonia Black Knights of the Atlantic Coast League;schoolteacher;mayorof Ansonia, Conn., 1973-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1976;president,Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-2003.Killed in anautomobileaccident, inSardinia,July31, 2005 (age65 years, 38days).Interment atMt.St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Derby, Conn.  | 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. | | William Aiken Jr. (1806-1887) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,January28, 1806.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1838-42; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1842-44;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1844-46;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1851-57 (6th District1851-53, 2nd District 1853-57); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1872.Slaveowner. Died in Flat Rock,HendersonCounty, N.C.,September6, 1887 (age81 years, 221days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Leon Joseph Albert (1840-1912) — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born in1840.Democrat.Steamboatbuilder;mayorof Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1877-79, 1886-91.Died in1912(ageabout72 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Lusk Alcorn (1816-1894) — also known asJames L. Alcorn — ofLivingstonCounty, Ky.; Friars Point,CoahomaCounty, Miss.Born near Golconda,PopeCounty, Ill.,November4, 1816.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1846, 1856-57; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848-54; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1856; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1870-71; defeated, 1873;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1871-77.Slaveowner. Died in Friars Point,CoahomaCounty, Miss.,December20, 1894 (age78 years, 46days).Interment atAlcornCemetery, Friars Point, Miss.  | Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (1841-1915) — also known asNelson W. Aldrich;"General Manager ofthe United States" —of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.Born in Foster,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November6, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;grocer;director, Roger WilliamsBank;president, First NationalBank ofProvidence; trustee, Providence, Hartford and FishkillRailroad;organizer and president, UnitedTractionandElectricCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from RhodeIsland,1872;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1875-77;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1876-77;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1879-81;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1881-1911; author of Aldrich-VreelandCurrency Act and Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, from anapoplecticstroke, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April16, 1915 (age73 years, 161days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | James Alexander (1691-1756) — Born in Muthill, Perthshire,Scotland,May27,1691.In Scotland, he joined the Jacobite Rising of 1715, arevoltthat attempted to install James Francis Edward Stuart (the "OldPretender") as king; to avoidprosecutionfortreason,hefledto New York;surveyor;lawyer;member New York governor's council, 1721-32, 1737;ColonialAttorney-General of New York, 1721-23.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in New York,April 2,1756 (age64 years, 311days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | S. J. Alexander — of Nebraska.Secretaryof state of Nebraska, 1879-83.Burial location unknown. | | William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) — ofMecklenburgCounty, N.C.; Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C., March,1797.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent ofthe U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51.Died in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,February15, 1857 (age59 years, 0days).Interment atSt. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C. | | William M. Alexander — of Illinois. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1822;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1822.Burial location unknown.  | Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known asRussell A. Alger — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin, Lafayette Township,MedinaCounty, Ohio,February27, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1884,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);Governor ofMichigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1888;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;U.S.Secretary of War, 1897-99;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office1907.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,January24, 1907 (age70 years, 331days).Entombed atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known asAris T. Allen — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December27, 1910.Republican.Physician;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1972(delegation chair);MarylandRepublican state chair, 1977-79; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1978; member ofMarylandstate senate 30th District, 1979-81.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;NAACP.Following a diagnosis ofcancer,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in his parkedrentalcar, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February5, 1991 (age80 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) — of Orono,PenobscotCounty, Maine; Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,April 8,1804.Lawyer;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1844-45;Texasstate attorney general, 1850-52;railroadpromoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in theCivilWar inRichmond,Va.,1863(ageabout59 years).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) — of Texas; Louisiana. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,April29, 1820.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Governor ofLouisiana, 1864-65.Presbyterian.Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México),DistritoFederal,April22, 1866 (age45 years, 358days).Interment atOldState Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.  | Ira Allen (1751-1814) — also known as"Founder of Vermont" — of Vermont. Born in Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,April21, 1751.Vermontstate treasurer, 1776-86.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January7, 1814 (age62 years, 261days).Interment atArchStreet Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaphatWetherillsCemetery, Audubon, Pa.; cenotaph atGreenmountCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | | Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) — also known asO. K. Allen — of Louisiana. Born in alogcabin inWinnParish, La.,August8, 1882.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1920;Governor ofLouisiana, 1932-36; died in office 1936.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in the LouisianaGovernor'smansion, Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,January28, 1936 (age53 years, 173days).Interment atWinnfieldCemetery, Winnfield, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Asa Levi Allen and Sophronia (Perkins) Allen; brother ofAsaLeonard Allen; married,December4, 1912, to Florence Scott Love. | | | | Cross-reference:RichardW. Leche | | | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. AllenBridge(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line overthe Mississippi River, betweenEast BatonRouge Parish andWest BatonRouge Parish, Louisiana, is partlynamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "A friend to man, a followerof God, great builder, courageous leader, humble in life, exalted indeath." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Allen (1635-1705) — Born in London,England,1635.ColonialGovernor of New Hampshire, 1692-99.Englishancestry.Died in1705(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Allen (1704-1780) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August5, 1704.Merchant;lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1735-36.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September6, 1780 (age76 years, 32days).Burial location unknown. | | William Allen (1803-1879) — also known as"Earthquake Allen";"PetticoatAllen";"The Fog Horn";"The OhioGong";"Rise Up William Allen" —of Ohio. Born in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,December27, 1803.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1833-35;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1837-49; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1864;Governorof Ohio, 1874-76.Died near Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,July 11,1879 (age75 years, 196days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.  | 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. | | Otho Webb Altizer (1888-1957) — also known asO. W. Altizer — of Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.Born inFloydCounty, Va.,January3, 1888.Republican.Farmer;miller;MontgomeryCounty Sheriff; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Virginia,1944.Presbyterian.Member,Lions.Died, fromhistoplasmosisof lungs, in Lewis GaleHospital,Roanoke,Va.,June 16,1957 (age69 years, 164days).Interment atSunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, Va. | | Fisher Ames (1758-1808) — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 9,1758.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1788;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1789-97 (1st District 1789-95,6th District 1795-97); member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1798-1800.Englishancestry.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 4,1808 (age50 years, 86days).Interment atOldVillage Cemetery, Dedham, Mass. | | Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,January10, 1804.Republican.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73.He and his brotherOliverAmes, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers inconstruction of thefirsttranscontinentalrailroadline, completed in 1869; he was ascensuredby the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the CreditMobilierbriberyscandal.Died in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 8,1873 (age69 years, 118days).Interment atVillageCemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument atOliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo. | | Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989) — also known asForrest Anderson — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,January30, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMontanastate house of representatives, 1943-45;Lewisand Clark County Attorney, 1945-47;justice ofMontana state supreme court, 1953-57; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1956;Montanastate attorney general, 1957-68;Governor ofMontana, 1969-73.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Eagles;Moose;PhiDelta Theta.Died of aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,July 20,1989 (age76 years, 171days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | George Ross Anderson Jr. (1929-2020) — also known asG. Ross Anderson, Jr. — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,January29, 1929.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1955-56;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1980-2009; took senior status2009.Member,American BarAssociation;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;PhiDelta Phi.Died in South Carolina,December1, 2020 (age91 years, 307days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C. | | Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) — also known asGlenn M. Anderson — of Hawthorne,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February21, 1913.Democrat.Merchant;mayorof Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1943-50;chair ofLos Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50;CaliforniaDemocratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate forCaliforniastate senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1956,1960,1964,1988;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1959-67;U.S.Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73,35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93).Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Amvets;Elks;Kiwanis;Redmen;NativeSons of the Golden West;Toastmasters.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, at San Pedro PeninsulaHospitalPavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December13, 1994 (age81 years, 295days).Interment atGreenHills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. | | Howard Palmer Anderson (1915-2000) — also known asHoward P. Anderson — Born in Crystal Hill,HalifaxCounty, Va.,May 25,1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;FBIspecial agent;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1958-71; member ofVirginiastate senate 18th District, 1972-91.Member,Ruritan;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;FarmBureau.Died in South Boston,HalifaxCounty, Va.,November1, 2000 (age85 years, 160days).Interment atCrystal Hill Cemetery, Crystal Hill, Va. | | Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) — also known asJoseph C. Anderson — of Kansas. Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,1830.Lawyer;member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855;arrestedandimprisonedduring the Civil War forrefusingto sign an oath of allegiance to the Union.Died in1891(ageabout61 years).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Joseph Inslee Anderson (1757-1837) — also known asJoseph Anderson — of Tennessee. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November5, 1757.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1791;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-1815; Comptroller of the U.S.Treasury, 1815-36.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died inWashington,D.C.,April17, 1837 (age79 years, 163days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805-1845) — of Texas. Born in North Carolina,September11, 1805.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; died in office 1845.Died at the FanthorpInn, inFanthorp (now Anderson),GrimesCounty, Tex.,July 3,1845 (age39 years, 295days).Interment atFanthorpCemetery, Anderson, Tex. | | Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) — also known asRichard C. Anderson, Jr. — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August4, 1788.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. MinistertoGran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.Slaveowner. Died, ofyellowfever, near Cartagena,Colombia,July24, 1826 (age37 years, 354days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky. | | George William Andrews (1906-1971) — also known asGeorge W. Andrews — of Union Springs,BullockCounty, Ala.Born in Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.,December12, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1944-71 (3rd District 1944-63,at-large 1963-65, 3rd District 1965-71); died in office 1971.Baptist.Member,SigmaNu;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December25, 1971 (age65 years, 13days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Union Springs, Ala. | | Hunter Booker Andrews (1921-2005) — also known asHunter B. Andrews — ofHampton,Va.Born inHampton,Va.,May 28,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1964-95 (31st District 1964-65, 28th District1966-71, 1st District 1972-95); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1968(alternate),1980.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary;AmericanLegion.Died, from aheartattack, inHampton,Va.,January13, 2005 (age83 years, 230days).Interment atSt. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.  | James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known asJames B. Angell — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Scituate,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January7, 1829.Editor of Sen.HenryB. Anthony'snewspaper,Providence Journal, 1860-66;president,University of Vermont, 1866-71;president,University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister toChina, 1880-81;Turkey, 1897-98.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanHistorical Association.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April 1,1916 (age87 years, 85days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | | George Tobey Anthony (1824-1896) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born in Mayfield,FultonCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1824.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofKansas, 1877-79; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1885.Died, ofpneumonia,Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,August5, 1896 (age72 years, 57days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) — Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,December13, 1790.Physician;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1819-20;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1840-41.Member,Freemasons.Died in Brazoria,BrazoriaCounty, Tex.,September22, 1856 (age65 years, 284days).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex. | | James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) — also known asJames T. Archer — of Florida. Born in Gillisonville,JasperCounty, S.C.,May 15,1819.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840;secretaryof state of Florida, 1845-48.Died, ofheartdisease, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 1,1859 (age40 years, 17days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) — also known asO. P. Archer — of McAllen,HidalgoCounty, Tex.Born in Garland,TiptonCounty, Tenn.,November29, 1869.Mayorof McAllen, Tex., 1913-23.Member,Rotary.DiedMay 3,1930 (age60 years, 155days).Interment atRoselawnCemetery, McAllen, Tex. | | Antonio D. Archuleta (born c.1845) — of Colorado. Born about 1845. Member ofColoradostate senate, 1885.Burial location unknown. | | 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 Armstrong (1717-1795) — also known as"Hero of Kittanny" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),October13, 1717.Civilengineer;surveyor;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80.Died in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,March 9,1795 (age77 years, 147days).Interment atOldCarlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | Moses Kimball Armstrong (1832-1906) — also known asMoses K. Armstrong — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Milan,ErieCounty, Ohio,September19, 1832.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1862-63;memberDakota territorial council, 1865-67, 1870-71;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1866-67;treasurerof Dakota Territory, 1865-68;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1871.Died in Albert Lea,FreebornCounty, Minn.,January11, 1906 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — also known asBenjamin W. Arnett — of Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March16, 1838.Republican.School teacherand principal;ordainedminister; member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87;firstBlack state legislator elected to represent a majority whiteconstituency;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1896.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.African,Scottish,AmericanIndian, andIrishancestry.Lost aleg due to a tumor in 1858.Died, ofuremia,in Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October7, 1906 (age68 years, 205days).Interment atWilberforceCemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio. | | Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) — also known asWinston E. Arnow — of Gainesville,AlachuaCounty, Fla.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Micanopy,AlachuaCounty, Fla.,March13, 1911.Lawyer;municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;took senior status 1981.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;SigmaPhi Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;TauKappa Alpha;BlueKey;Elks;Rotary.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,November28, 1994 (age83 years, 260days).Interment atRobertsCemetery, Pensacola, Fla.  | 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 for him. — ThevillageofChester,Nebraska, isnamed for him. —LakeArthur, inPolkCounty, Minnesota, isnamed for him. | | | | 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 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. | | Chester Ashley (1790-1848) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,June 1,1790.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48; died in office 1848.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April29, 1848 (age57 years, 333days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy (Pomeroy) Ashley and William Ashley; married,July 4,1821, to Mary Worthington Watkins Elliot; first cousin five timesremoved ofBoydKenneth Benedict; second cousin once removed ofSamuelClesson Allen; second cousin twice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin ofElishaHunt Allen; third cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842),OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielFiske Kellogg,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; third cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick; fourth cousin ofLutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,GreeneCarrier Bronson,DanielKellogg (1791-1875),AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,JohnRussell Kellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,LamanIngersoll,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill andCharlesKellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard,OrlandoKellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg,StephenWright Kellogg,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,WilliamPitt Kellogg,DanielKellogg (1835-1918),ArthurTappan Kellogg,SelahMerrill,EdwinW. Kellogg andSamuelHerbert Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Ashley County,Ark. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) — also known asWilliam H. Ashley — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inPowhatanCounty, Va., about 1778.Democrat.Furtrader;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.Died near Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,March26, 1838 (ageabout 60years).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives:Married,November17, 1806, to Mary Able; married,October17, 1832, to Elizabeth Woodson Moss. | | | | The AshleyNationalForest (established 1908), inDaggett,Duchesne,Summit,Uintah,andUtahcounties, Utah, andSweetwaterCounty, Wyoming, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | 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. | | David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) — also known asDavid R. Atchison — of Plattsburg,ClintonCounty, Mo.; Platte City,PlatteCounty, Mo.Born in Frogtown,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August11, 1807.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge inMissouri, 1841;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRailroad.Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, becausePresidentZacharyTaylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.Slaveowner. Died near Gower,ClintonCounty, Mo.,January26, 1886 (age78 years, 168days).Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue atClintonCounty Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo. | | Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) — also known asC. Clyde Atkins — of Stuart,MartinCounty, Fla.; Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.; Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1914.Lawyer;founder-trustee, LawyersTitleGuaranty Fund, 1948-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;died in office 1999.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaAlpha Order;PhiKappa Tau;PhiAlpha Delta;TauKappa Alpha;Kiwanis.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,March11, 1999 (age84 years, 108days).Burial location unknown. | | William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) — of Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.Born in Oakland,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,November11, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1886-94;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 1890-92;Governor ofGeorgia, 1894-98.Presbyterian.Died in Newnan,CowetaCounty, Ga.,August8, 1899 (age44 years, 270days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga. | | William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) — also known asWilliam W. Atterbury;"The RailroadGeneral" —of Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,January31, 1866.Republican.Railroadsuperintendent; president, AmericanRailwayAssociation; during World War I, he was called on to organizeorganized U.S. militaryrailroadoperations in France; he was designated Director-General ofTransportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1920(speaker);President, PennsylvaniaRailroad,1925-35.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, ofapoplexy,in Radnor,DelawareCounty, Pa.,September20, 1935 (age69 years, 232days).Interment atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa. | | James H. Audrain (1782-1831) — of Missouri. Born in1782.Member of Missouri state legislature, 1820. Died in1831(ageabout49 years).Burial location unknown. | | Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) — also known asMarcus Jacob Austad;"MarkEvans" —of Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Ogden,WeberCounty, Utah,April 1,1917.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;radioannouncer,broadcastnewsman, and host of his owntelevisionnews show; U.S. Ambassador toFinland, 1975-77;Norway, 1981-84.Mormon.Norwegianancestry.Died in Arizona,October20, 1988 (age71 years, 202days).Interment atWashington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah. | | Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) — also known asStephen F. Austin;"Father ofTexas" —Born inWytheCounty, Va.,November3, 1793.Member ofMissouriterritorial legislature, 1814-19;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment ofTexas as a separate Mexican state, 1832;chargedwithattemptingrevolution, andimprisoneduntil 1835;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1835; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,December27, 1836 (age43 years, 54days).Original interment atPeachPoint Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin. | | | | Austin County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofAustin,Texas, isnamed for him. — Stephen F. AustinStateUniversity,Nacogdoches,Texas, isnamed for him. — AustinCollege,Sherman,Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Handbookof Texas Online | | | | Books about Stephen F. Austin: GreggCantrell,StephenF. Austin : Empresario of Texas |
| | Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — ofBurkeCounty, N.C.Born in Groton,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 10,1741.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1796.Fought apistolduel withAndrewJackson in 1788; neither man was injured.Died in thejudge'schambers at the BurkeCountyCourthouse, Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,March13, 1821 (age79 years, 307days).Interment atSwanPonds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married,October3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (whomarriedWilliamBallard Lenoir); grandfather ofIsaacThomas Lenoir andWilliamWaigstill Avery; granduncle ofLorenzoBurrows; first cousin four times removed ofHoraceBillings Packer; second cousin once removed ofNoyesBarber; second cousin twice removed ofDanielPacker,AsaPacker,EdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,EdwinDenison Morgan andAlfredAvery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed ofJudsonB. Phelps,MorganGardner Bulkeley,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,RobertAsa Packer andWilliamFrederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed ofHenryBrewster Stanton,JonathanR. Herrick,ErskineMason Phelps andSpencerGale Frink; second cousin five times removed ofD-CadyHerrick,HermanArod Gager,WalterRichmond Herrick andBurdetteBurt Bliss; third cousin twice removed ofNathanBelcher,SamuelTownsend Douglass,SilasHamilton Douglas andJoshuaPerkins; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeMortimer Beakes,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,ChaunceyC. Pendleton,DanielParrish Witter,AlbertLemando Bingham,CorneliaCole Fairbanks,LlewellynJames Barden andHenryWoolsey Douglas. | | | | Political families:Douglasfamily of Ann Arbor, Michigan;Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Avery County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839-1914) — also known asAugustus O. Bacon — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inBryanCounty, Ga.,October20, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia,1868;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1871-83, 1892-93; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1884;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1895-1914; died in office 1914.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1914 (age74 years, 117days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | 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.  | John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) — also known asJohn J. Bagley — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1832.Republican.Cigarmanufacturer; president, Michigan MutualLifeInsurance Company, 1867-72;bankdirector;Governor ofMichigan, 1873-76.Unitarian.Died, fromtuberculosis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 27,1881 (age49 years, 3days).Interment atWoodmereCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Henry Samuel Baird (1800-1875) — also known asHenry S. Baird — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Dublin,Ireland,May16, 1800.Whig.Lawyer;Wisconsinterritory attorney general, 1836-39;delegateto Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; candidate forGovernorof Wisconsin, 1853;mayorof Green Bay, Wis., 1861-62.Died in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,April30, 1875 (age74 years, 349days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Allouez, Wis. | | Bernard Nadal Baker (1854-1918) — also known asBernard N. Baker — of Catonsville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,May 11,1854.Democrat.Glassmanufacturing business; established Atlantic Transport Line,operatingsteamships,shipping freight and passengers from Baltimore and Philadelphia toEurope; also hadlighterageandcoldstorage enterprises; philanthropist; member, U.S. Shipping Board,1917; resigned 1917.Died in CottageHospital,Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,December20, 1918 (age64 years, 223days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known asEdward D. Baker — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Oregon City,ClackamasCounty, Ore.Born in London,England,February24, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-40; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1841-45;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Killedin battle at Balls Bluff,LoudounCounty, Va.,October21, 1861 (age50 years, 239days).Interment atSanFrancisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.| | Relatives:Married,April27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. | | | | Baker County,Ore. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofBakerCity, Oregon, isnamed for him. —FortBaker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed FortBaker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate NationalRecreationArea), inMarinCounty, California, isnamed for him. — BakerStreet,inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | 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. | | Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1925-2014) — also known asHoward H. Baker — of Huntsville,ScottCounty, Tenn.Born in Huntsville,ScottCounty, Tenn.,November15, 1925.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1967-85; defeated, 1964; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Tennessee,1972;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1980;White House Chief of Staff, 1987-88; Republican Presidential Electorfor Tennessee,2000(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney); U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 2001-05.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;PiKappa Phi.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1984.Died in Huntsville,ScottCounty, Tenn.,June 26,2014 (age88 years, 223days).Interment atMossop Cemetery, Huntsville, Tenn. | | James McNair Baker (1821-1892) — of Florida. Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,July 20,1821.Candidate forU.S.Representative from Florida, 1856; state court judge in Florida,1859-62, 1881-90;Senatorfrom Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1865-68.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 20,1892 (age70 years, 336days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | 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. | | Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) — also known asMatthias W. Baldwin — Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,December10, 1795.Jeweler;inventor;locomotivemanufacturer; abolitionist;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September7, 1866 (age70 years, 271days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue atPhiladelphia City Hall Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) — also known asThomas H. Ball;Tom Ball — of Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,January14, 1859.Democrat.Farmer;merchant;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1892,1896,1900,1904,1912(speaker),1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1928;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8thDistrict 1903); candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1914.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 7,1944 (age85 years, 114days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Bland Ballard (1761-1853) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,October16, 1761.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800-05; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812.DiedSeptember5, 1853 (age91 years, 324days).Original intermentsomewhere in Shelbyville, Ky.; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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.  | William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) — also known asWilliam B. Bankhead — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born in Moscow (now Sulligent),LamarCounty, Ala.,April12, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1900-02;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7thDistrict 1933-40); died in office 1940;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;OddFellows;JuniorOrder;Woodmen.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1940 (age66 years, 156days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala. | | 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.  | Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) — of Luckettsville,OrangeCounty, Va.Born near Gordonsville,OrangeCounty, Va.,May 25,1783.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-14;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1832;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1841 (age57 years, 276days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) — also known asAlben W. Barkley;Willie Alben Barkley;"Dear Alben";"Little Alby";"Veep" —of Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in alogcabin near Lowes,GravesCounty, Ky.,November24, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;McCrackenCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky,1909-13;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1920,1924,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944(speaker),1948(TemporaryChair; chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1952;candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1923;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;VicePresident of the United States, 1949-53.Methodist.Member,DeltaTau Delta;PhiAlpha Delta;OddFellows;Elks.Died of aheartattack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University MockDemocraticConvention,Lexington,Va.,April30, 1956 (age78 years, 158days).Interment atMt.Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married,June 23,1903, to Dorothy Brower; married,November18, 1949, to Jane Hadley andJaneHadley (1911-1964); father of Laura Louise Barkley (who marriedDouglasMacArthur II); grandfather ofAlbenW. Barkley II. | | | | Political family:Barkleyfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | C. V. Whitney's thoroughbreadracehorse"The Veep" (born 1948), wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly AnnDavis,AlbenW. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and VicePresident — James K. Libbey,DearAlben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky — Jane Hadley Barkley,IMarried the Veep | | | | Image source: TrumanLibrary |
| | Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) — also known asBoce W. Barlow, Jr. — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,August8, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member ofConnecticutstate senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1968;member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1977.Congregationalist.Member,NAACP;PrinceHall Masons;Elks;KappaAlpha Psi.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January31, 2005 (age89 years, 176days).Burial location unknown.  | Joel Barlow (1754-1812) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,March24, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;chaplain;writer;poet;lawyer;U.S. Consul inCadiz, 1792-93; U.S. Consul General inAlgiers, 1796-97; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1811-12, died in office 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.He was sent to Algeria to negotiate for the release of those heldprisoner by the Barbary pirates, and was protected by a detachment ofU.S. Marines. The words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the U.S.Marine Hymn are a reference to this incident.Died, ofpneumoniaorexposure,in Zarnowiec,Poland,December24, 1812 (age58 years, 275days).Interment atChurchyard,Zarnowiec, Poland; cenotaph atGreatPasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Conn. | | | 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. | | Alanson Hamilton Barnes (1817-1890) — also known asA. H. Barnes — Born in Turin,LewisCounty, N.Y.,April15, 1817.Justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-81.DiedMay 10,1890 (age73 years, 25days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — Thetownof Barnum (incorporated 1887; annexed 1896 toDenver,Colorado), wasnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS 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 |
| | Henry D. Barron (1833-1882) — of Waukesha,WaukeshaCounty, Wis.; St. Croix Falls,PolkCounty, Wis.BornJanuary1, 1833.Postmaster atWaukesha,Wis., 1853-55, 1856-57; circuit judge in Wisconsin, 1860, 1877-82(8th Circuit 1860, 11th Circuit 1877-82); member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1863-64, 1866-69, 1872-73; Presidential Electorfor Wisconsin,1868;Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1872;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1874-76.DiedJanuary22, 1882 (age49 years, 21days).Interment atPrairieHome Cemetery, Waukesha, Wis. | | William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known asWilliam T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg,LunenburgCounty, Va.,February5, 1784.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1807, 1814;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,1816-17; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1817-21;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1820-24;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1824-25;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1828;U.S.Postmaster General, 1829-35.Slaveowner. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,England,August30, 1835 (age51 years, 206days).Original interment and cenotaph atSt.James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (1901-1974) — also known asH. Roe Bartle;"Chief" —of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in1901.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;executive with the Boy Scouts of America;mayorof Kansas City, Mo., 1955-63.Died in1974(ageabout73 years).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | David Barton (1783-1837) — also known as"Little Red" — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,December14, 1783.Missouriterritory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri,1815-17; member ofMissouriterritorial House of Representatives, 1818;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member ofMissouristate senate 7th District, 1834-35.Died in Boonville,CooperCounty, Mo.,September28, 1837 (age53 years, 288days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Boonville, Mo.; reinterment in 1858 atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo. | | 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 for him. — ThetownofBartow,Georgia, isnamed for him. — ThecommunityofBartow,West Virginia, isnamed for him. — BartowElementarySchool (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), inSavannah,Georgia, was formerlynamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1971) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS John Bascom (built 1942-43 atPanamaCity, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor atBari,Italy, 1943) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Marc Basnight (b. 1947) — of Manteo,DareCounty, N.C.Born in Manteo,DareCounty, N.C.,May 13,1947.Democrat.Restaurantbusiness; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 1st District, 1984-2010.Member,Freemasons.Still living as of 2011. | | Frederick Bates (1777-1825) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,June 23,1777.Lawyer;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1802-05;justice ofMichigan territorial supreme court, 1805;secretaryof Missouri Territory, 1806;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820;Governor ofMissouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825.Died in Chesterfield,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,August4, 1825 (age48 years, 42days).Interment atThornhillCemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo. | | George Joseph Bates (1891-1949) — also known asGeorge J. Bates — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,February25, 1891.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District,1918-24;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1924-37;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1937-49; died inoffice 1949.Killed in anairplanecollision between an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 passenger airlinerand a war surplus P-38 fighter plane purchased by Bolivia, nearWashington NationalAirport,Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,November1, 1949 (age58 years, 249days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Mass. | | Vito Piranesi Battista (1909-1990) — also known asVito P. Battista — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Bari,Italy,September7, 1909.Republican.Architect;United Taxpayers candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1957, 1961, 1965, 1977; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1962; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 38th District, 1969-74; defeated, 1964 (UnitedTaxpayers, Kings County 22nd District), 1974 (38th District), 1982(54th District); member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1970-73; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1972;Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1978 (primary, 15th District), 1980(9th District).Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Delta;AmericanInstitute of Architects;Kiwanis.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1990 (age80 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) — also known asKemp P. Battle — ofWakeCounty, N.C.Born in Louisburg,FranklinCounty, N.C.,December19, 1831.Lawyer;delegateto North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, ChathamRailroadduring the Civil War;NorthCarolina state treasurer, 1866-68;president,University of North Carolina, 1876-91;historian.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February4, 1919 (age87 years, 47days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Elisha Baxter (1827-1899) — of Batesville,IndependenceCounty, Ark.Born inRutherfordCounty, N.C.,September1, 1827.Republican. Mayor of Batesville, Ark., 1853; member of Arkansas statelegislature, 1854; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1864; district judge in Arkansas3rd District, 1868-73; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Arkansas,1872;Governorof Arkansas, 1873-74.Died in Batesville,IndependenceCounty, Ark.,May 31,1899 (age71 years, 272days).Interment atOaklawnCemetery, Batesville, Ark. | | 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.  | Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known asThomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October29, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1880,1884;U.S.Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-97.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September28, 1898 (age69 years, 334days).Interment atOldSwedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.| | Relatives: SonofJamesAsheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married1856 to LouisaLee; married,November7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father ofThomasFrancis Bayard Jr.; nephew ofRichardHenry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson ofJamesAsheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (whomarriedJosephGardner Bradley),ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson ofRichardBassett; great-grandfather ofRichardHenry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew ofJohnBubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; second cousin once removed ofThomasClayton andLittletonKirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard; third cousin ofAndrewKirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin ofJohnSluyter Wirt. | | | | Political families:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountBayard, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, and thePrince ofWales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known asRobert E. B. Baylor — Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,May 10,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819-20; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge inTexas, 1845-60.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.One of thefounders,in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor).Slaveowner. Died in Gay Hill,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January6, 1874 (age80 years, 241days).Original interment atOldBaylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886atUniversityof Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex. | | William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) — also known asWilliam H. H. Beadle — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Madison,LakeCounty, S.Dak.Born, in alogcabin at Howard,ParkeCounty, Ind.,January1, 1838.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1869-71; member ofRepublican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1877-79;DakotaTerritory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86;president,Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.Member,Freemasons.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November15, 1915 (age77 years, 318days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1822.Surveyor;explorer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led the experiment touse camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six tripsbetween Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying militaryinformation; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washingtonof the discovery of gold in California; Superintendent of IndianAffairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1876-77.Died inWashington,D.C.,April22, 1893 (age71 years, 77days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa. | | Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,March 6,1856.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toPersia, 1891-92;Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1912;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920.Died near Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,June 2,1936 (age80 years, 88days).Interment atBrutonParish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardFitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married,April30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter ofJamesGillespie Blaine); married,April23, 1903, to Marie Oge. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | TruxtunAvenueand BealeAvenue,inBakersfield,California, arenamed for him. — BealePark,inBakersfield,California, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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. | | Charles E. Beatley Jr. (1916-2003) — also known asCharles E. Beatley;ChuckBeatley —ofAlexandria,Va.Born in Ohio,May 17,1916.Democrat.Airlinepilot;mayorof Alexandria, Va., 1967-76, 1979-85; candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1986.Died inAlexandria,Va.,December29, 2003 (age87 years, 226days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.  | Armstrong Beattie — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Mayorof St. Joseph, Mo., 1857-59, 1860-61, 1866-67, 1878-80.Burial location unknown. | | George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known asGeorge L. Becker — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Locke,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1829.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;candidate forGovernor ofMinnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1860;member ofMinnesotastate senate 1st District, 1868-71; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.Dutchancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,January6, 1904 (age74 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known asRalph E. Becker — of Port Chester,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for District of Columbia,1972;U.S. Ambassador toHonduras, 1976-77.Jewish;laterEpiscopalian.LithuanianandBelarusianancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;FederalBar Association;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;JewishWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;B'naiB'rith;AmericanJewish Committee.Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to theSmithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South PoleOperation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in George Washington UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,August24, 1994 (age87 years, 207days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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. | | John James Beckley (1757-1807) — also known asJohn J. Beckley — ofRichmond,Va.; Philadelphia,MarionCounty, Mo.Born in London,England,August4, 1757.Mayorof Richmond, Va., 1783-84, 1788-89; resigned 1789;firstLibrarian of Congress, 1802-07.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 8,1807 (age49 years, 247days).Burial location unknown. | | Barnard Elliott Bee (1787-1853) — also known asBarnard E. Bee — of Texas. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,1787.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1837-38;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1838-39; Texas Republic Minister tothe United States, 1838-41.Died in1853(ageabout66 years).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Roswell Beebe (1795-1856) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inDutchessCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1795.Lawyer;president, Cairo and FultonRailroadCompany;mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1849-50.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1856 (age60 years, 274days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known asNick Begich — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Eveleth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,April 6,1932.Democrat. Member ofAlaskastate senate, 1963-71;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlaska,1972.AlaskaNative andCroatianancestry.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age40 years, 193days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Frederick William Behmler (1895-1966) — also known asFred W. Behmler — of Appleton,SwiftCounty, Minn.; Morris,StevensCounty, Minn.Born in Jordan,ScottCounty, Minn.,February2, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;physician;surgeon;member ofMinnesotastate senate 48th District, 1955-58; defeated, 1958.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;Kiwanis;Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from amyocardialinfarction, in Abbott NorthwesternHospital,Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November6, 1966 (age71 years, 277days).Interment atSummit Cemetery, Morris, Minn.  | 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. | | William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known asWilliam W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1829.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869-76.Impeachedin 1876 by the House of Representatives fortakingbribes;resignedon March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lackedjurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachmenttrialwas held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction,short of the necessary two-thirds.Died, of an apparentheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October13, 1890 (age61 years, 21days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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. | | Joshua Fry Bell (1811-1870) — also known asJoshua F. Bell — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,November26, 1811.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1845-47; candidate forGovernorof Kentucky, 1859; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1862-67.Slaveowner. Died in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,August17, 1870 (age58 years, 264days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky. | | Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) — also known asPeter H. Bell — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 12,1812.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTexas, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March 8,1898 (age85 years, 300days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument atCourthouseGrounds, Belton, Tex. | | August Belmont (1816-1890) — also known asAugust Schönberg — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Alzei,Germany,December2, 1816.Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1854-57;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1860,1864,1876;speaker,1864,1868.Jewish.Fought aduelwith Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; both men were injured.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1890 (age73 years, 357days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I. | | Charles Edward Bennett (1910-2003) — also known asCharles E. Bennett — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,December2, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1949-93 (2nd District 1949-67, 3rdDistrict 1967-93).Christian.Member,DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;Lions;Jaycees.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,September6, 2003 (age92 years, 278days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Granville Gaylord Bennett (1833-1910) — also known asG. G. Bennett — of Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born near Bloomingburg,FayetteCounty, Ohio,October9, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1865-67; member ofIowastate senate, 1867-71;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1875-78;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1879-81; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Dakota,1900.Died in Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.,June 28,1910 (age76 years, 262days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak. | | John Emory Bennett (1833-1893) — also known asJohn E. Bennett — of Morrison,WhitesideCounty, Ill.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.; Clark,ClarkCounty, S.Dak.Born in East Bethany,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1833.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuitjudge in Arkansas, 1868;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1871-74;judge ofSouth Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1889-93; died inoffice 1893.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,December31, 1893 (age60 years, 288days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak. | | Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,August14, 1781.Lumberbusiness;architect;banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1804-06, 1808-18;Speaker ofthe South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1814-18;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1812-13; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1819-20,1836-40;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1820-22.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January30, 1865 (age83 years, 169days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | 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. | | B. W. Benson — of Valley City,BarnesCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1883-84.Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as"Old Bullion" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.;St.Louis, Mo.Born near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,March14, 1782.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; BentonDemocrat candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1856.Fought aduelwithAndrewJackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, hecaused ascandalwith his attempt toassaultSen.HenryStuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in hishand and undoubtedly would have shot him.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1858 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.  | William Burnett Benton (1900-1973) — also known asWilliam Benton — of Southport, Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,April 1,1900.Democrat.Advertisingbusiness; introduced sound effects into television commercials;popularized the "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; vice-president,University of Chicago, 1937-45; publisher of the EncyclopediaBrittanica; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,1945-47;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Connecticut,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956,1960,1968.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;ZetaPsi.Died, in the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1973 (age72 years, 351days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | | William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) — also known asWilliam H. Berkey — of Cassopolis,CassCounty, Mich.Born inCambriaCounty, Pa.,February24, 1874.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920(alternate),1940;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,1933.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March22, 1952 (age78 years, 27days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich. | | John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) — also known asJohn M. Berrien — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Rocky Hill,SomersetCounty, N.J.,August23, 1781.Democrat.Lawyer;state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1822-23;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52;U.S.Attorney General, 1829-31.Slaveowner. Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January1, 1856 (age74 years, 131days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, 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. | | William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) — also known asWilliam W. Bibb — of Petersburg,ElbertCounty, Ga.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,October2, 1781.Democrat.Physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13);U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1813-16;Governorof Alabama Territory, 1817-19;Governor ofAlabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.Fellfrom hishorseduring athunderstorm,sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now inElmoreCounty), Ala.,July 10,1820 (age38 years, 282days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala. | | Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (b. 1942) — also known asJoseph R. Biden, Jr.;Joe Biden;"Sleepy Joe" —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Scranton,LackawannaCounty, Pa.,November20, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1973-2009; resigned 2009; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1988,2008;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1996,2000,2004,2008;VicePresident of the United States, 2009-17;Presidentof the United States, 2021-25.Catholic.Irishancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. and Catherine Eugenia 'Jean'(Finnegan) Biden; married1966 to NeiliaHunter; married,June 17,1977, toJillStevenson; father ofJosephRobinette Biden III. | | | | Cross-reference:CedricRichmond | | | | The Joseph R. Biden Jr.RailroadStation, inWilmington,Delaware, isnamed for him. — The PresidentBidenExpressway,inScranton,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Joe Biden: Jules Witcover,JoeBiden: A Life of Trial and Redemption |
| | 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.  | Edward Manning Bigelow (1850-1916) — also known asE. M. Bigelow;"Father of Pittsburgh'sParks" —of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November6, 1850.Republican.Civilengineer; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1888;Pittsburgh city engineer, 1880-88; chief of public works, city ofPittsburgh, 1888-1900; Commissioner, Pennsylvania State HighwayDepartment, 1911-15.Presbyterian.Died, fromcoloncancer, in AlleghenyHospital,Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,December6, 1916 (age66 years, 30days).Interment atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; statue atSchenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | | 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. | | Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) — Born in Royalton,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September27, 1823.Republican.Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1846-48;lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, Northern PacificRailway,1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,1880.Died in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,September30, 1890 (age67 years, 3days).Interment atRiverStreet Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt. | | Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) — also known asHenry H. Bingham — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December4, 1841.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1867-72; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872,1876,1884,1888,1892,1896(alternate; chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1900,1904;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died inoffice 1912.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1912 (age70 years, 109days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | William Bingham (1752-1804) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 8,1752.Banker;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1790-91;Speaker ofthe Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1791; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1794-95;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1795-1801.Died in Bath,England,February7, 1804 (age51 years, 336days).Interment atParisChurch, Bath, England.  | 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. | | | Lloyd Campbell Bird (1894-1978) — also known asLloyd C. Bird — ofRichmond,Va.Born inHighlandCounty, Va.,August1, 1894.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate 43rd District, 1943-50; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1944.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis;AmericanChemical Society.Died inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,April20, 1978 (age83 years, 262days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Ronald Bird (1941-2019) — also known asKeith Bird — of Meridian,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,February18, 1941.Republican. Candidate formayorof Meridian, Idaho, 2003; candidate forIdahostate house of representatives 20th District, 2008.Died, in Meridian St. Luke'sHospital,Meridian,AdaCounty, Idaho,February1, 2019 (age77 years, 348days).Interment atKohlerlawnCemetery, Nampa, Idaho. | | 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.  | Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) — also known asHugo L. Black — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.;Alexandria,Va.Born in Harlan,ClayCounty, Ala.,February27, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11;JeffersonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1936;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Ku Klux Klan.Died, inBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September25, 1971 (age85 years, 210days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;married,February23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married,September11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. | | | | The Hugo L. BlackU.S.Courthouse, inBirmingham,Alabama, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Here lies a goodman." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.Newman,HugoBlack : A Biography — Howard Ball,HugoL. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon,Theantagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties inmodern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper,OfPower and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America'sConstitutional Revolution | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | 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. | | Redmond Black (1863-1937) — ofReynoldsCounty, Mo.; Redmondville,IronCounty, Mo.; Shepard,IronCounty, Mo.Born in Ellington,ReynoldsCounty, Mo.,September15, 1863.Democrat.Farmer;ReynoldsCounty Assessor, 1898-1902; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Iron County, 1921-26, 1929-30.Died in Ironton,IronCounty, Mo.,December18, 1937 (age74 years, 94days).Interment atOttery Cemetery, Near Belleview, Iron County, Mo.  | 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 for him. —The World War IILibertyshipSS Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 atBrunswick,Georgia; sold for scrap 1967) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) — also known asLuke P. Blackburn — of Kentucky. Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,June 16,1816.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843;Governor ofKentucky, 1879-83.Baptist.In 1865, he wastriedand acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,in connection with aConfederatescheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September14, 1887 (age71 years, 90days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofJosephClay Stiles Blackburn; married,November24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married,November17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle 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). | | | | The BlackburnCorrectionalComplex (opened 1972), inLexington,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: NancyDisher Baird,LukePryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
| | Robert R. Blacker (1845-1931) — of Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.Born in1845.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;mayorof Manistee, Mich.; elected 1889;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1896.Died in1931(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Isaac Newton Blackford (1786-1859) — of Indiana. Born in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,November6, 1786.Territorial court judge in Indiana, 1814-15; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-17;justice ofIndiana state supreme court, 1817-53; candidate for PresidentialElector for Indiana,1824;candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1825;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1855-59.Died inWashington,D.C.,December31, 1859 (age73 years, 55days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | 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 for him. — ThecityofBlaine,Washington, isnamed for him. — ThetownofBlaine,Maine, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James G. Blaine (built 1942 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1969) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | John Blair (born c.1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born about 1786. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820. Burial location unknown.  | John Insley Blair (1802-1899) — also known asJohn I. Blair — of Blairstown,WarrenCounty, N.J.Born inWarrenCounty, N.J.,August22, 1802.Republican.Merchant;postmaster;manufacturer;railroadbuilder; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1860,1868;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1868.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died in Blairstown,WarrenCounty, N.J.,December2, 1899 (age97 years, 102days).Interment atGravelHill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married,September20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma ElizabethBlair. | | | | — ThecityofBlair,Nebraska, isnamed for him. ThetownshipofBlairstown,New Jersey, isnamed for him. — ThecityofBlairstown,Iowa, isnamed for him. — Blair Hall, atPrincetonUniversity,Princeton,New Jersey, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: King's Notable NewYorkers of 1896-1899 |
| | | Neal Shaw Blaisdell (1902-1975) — also known asNeal S. Blaisdell — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,November6, 1902.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofHawaiiterritorial House of Representatives, 1944-46; member ofHawaiiterritorial senate, 1946-50;mayorof Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955-69.Died, from a probablebrainhemorrhage, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,November5, 1975 (age72 years, 364days).Interment atOahuCemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. | | Richard Bland (1710-1776) — of Virginia. Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,May 6,1710.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774.Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,October26, 1776 (age66 years, 173days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Bland (1665-1720) and Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland; marriedto Martha Macon; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790); granduncle ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; great-granduncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; second great-granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth great-granduncle ofWilliamWelby Beverley; fifth great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bland County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | 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. | | John Anton Blatnik (1911-1991) — also known asJohn A. Blatnik — of Chisholm,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Chisholm,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,August17, 1911.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMinnesotastate senate 60th District, 1941-46; served in the U.S. Army AirForce in World War II;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1947-75; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Minnesota,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1960,1964(delegation chair); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Minnesota, 1963.Died, fromheartfailure, in Forest Heights,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,December17, 1991 (age80 years, 122days).Intermentsomewherein Chisholm, Minn. | | Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) — also known asLogan E. Bleckley — of Clarkesville,HabershamCounty, Ga.Born inRabunCounty, Ga.,July 3,1827.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1875-80;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.Methodist.Died in Clarkesville,HabershamCounty, Ga.,March 6,1907 (age79 years, 246days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | 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. | | Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823) — of Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.Born in Woodbridge,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,October18, 1753.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;NewJersey state attorney general, 1783-92; Presidential Elector forNew Jersey,1792;mayorof Burlington, N.J., 1795-1800;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1801-02, 1803-12;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1801-02, 1803-12; general in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1817-21.Died in Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,October3, 1823 (age69 years, 350days).Interment atSt.Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. | | William Blount (1749-1800) — Born in Windsor,BertieCounty, N.C.,April 6,1749.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1781, 1783;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-83, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1788;Governorof Southwest Territory, 1790-96;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1798-1800; died in office 1800;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1798-99.Presbyterian.Became involved in aconspiracyto turn Florida over to British control; when this plot was uncoveredin 1797, wasexpelledfrom the U.S. Senate; afterwards, on July 7, 1797, he wasimpeached,but the Senate dropped the matter for lack of jurisdiction.Slaveowner. Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,March21, 1800 (age50 years, 349days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | William Blount (1768-1835) — also known asWillie Blount — of Tennessee. Born inBertieCounty, N.C.,April18, 1768.Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1807-09;Governor ofTennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September10, 1835 (age67 years, 145days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.;reinterment atGreenwoodCemetery, Clarksville, Tenn. | | Gabriel Augustus Bodenheim (1873-1957) — also known asG. A. Bodenheim;"Bodie" —of Longview,GreggCounty, Tex.Born in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,August13, 1873.Democrat.Cottonbuyer;insurancebusiness;mayorof Longview, Tex., 1904-16, 1918-20; defeated, 1920; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Texas,1956.Died in Longview,GreggCounty, Tex.,August12, 1957 (age83 years, 364days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Longview, Tex. | | Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known asHale Boggs — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Long Beach,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,February15, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948,1956,1960,1968;Parliamentarian,1964;chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair,1968;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1952;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;CatholicWar Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age58 years, 244days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;married,January22, 1938, toCorinneClaiborne; father ofBarbaraBoggs Sigmund,ThomasHale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. | | | | BoggsPeakin the Chugach Mountains,Anchorage,Alaska, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: GaryBoulard,TheBig Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and LeanderPerez |
| | John Frederick Bohler (1885-1960) — also known asJ. Fred Bohler — of Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,April14, 1885.Athleticcoach;mayorof Pullman, Wash., 1949-51.Died in Pullman,WhitmanCounty, Wash.,July 12,1960 (age75 years, 89days).Interment atAssociatedOrder of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash. | | Harvey Wesley Bolin (1909-1978) — also known asH. Wesley Bolin — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Butler,BatesCounty, Mo.,July 1,1909.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Arizona, 1949-77;Governor ofArizona, 1977-78; died in office 1978.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Moose;Jaycees;Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,March 4,1978 (age68 years, 246days).Interment atStateCapitol Grounds, Phoenix, Ariz.  | Shadrach Bond (1773-1832) — also known asShadrack Bond — of Indiana; Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.Born in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,November24, 1773.MemberIndiana territorial council, 1805-08;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1812-13;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1816;Governor ofIllinois, 1818-22;registerof U.S. Land Office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1823-31; candidateforU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1824.Slaveowner. Died in Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.,April12, 1832 (age58 years, 140days).Original intermentsomewherein Kaskaskia, Ill.; reinterment atEvergreenCemetery, Chester, Ill. | | | Frank G. Bonelli (1906-1972) — of Huntington Park,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Grand Junction,MesaCounty, Colo.,October15, 1906.Democrat.Mayorof Huntington Park, Calif., 1949-50; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District, 1953-58; resigned 1958;LosAngeles County Supervisor, 1958-72.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis;Toastmasters;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Lynwood,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February14, 1972 (age65 years, 122days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, East Los Angeles, Calif. | | Herbert Covington Bonner (1891-1965) — also known asHerbert C. Bonner — of Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.Born in Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,May 16,1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1940-65; died inoffice 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,1944(alternate),1956,1964.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Freemasons;Shriners.Died inWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,November7, 1965 (age74 years, 175days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Washington, N.C. | | David Augustus Boody (1837-1930) — also known asDavid A. Boody;"Grand Old Man ofBrooklyn";"Grand Old Man of WallStreet" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born, in alogcabin built by his father, in Jackson,WaldoCounty, Maine,August13, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;stockbroker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1888;U.S.Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891; defeated(Independent Democratic), 1882; resigned 1891;mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1892-93; defeated, 1893; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall).Presbyterian.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January20, 1930 (age92 years, 160days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) — of Boonville,WarrickCounty, Ind.Born inFranklinCounty, N.C.,January18, 1781.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-18; member ofIndianastate senate, 1818-19;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24;Governor ofIndiana, 1822;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1828.Presbyterian.Died in Louisiana,PikeCounty, Mo.,November20, 1844 (age63 years, 307days).Original interment atLousianaCemetery, Louisiana, Mo.; reinterment atRiverviewCemetery, Louisiana, Mo. | | 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 for him. — BooneDam(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, inSullivanandWashingtoncounties, Tennessee, and the BooneLakereservoir behind the dam, arenamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathan Boone (1781-1857) — ofSt.Charles County, Mo.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,March 2,1781.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. CharlesCounty, 1820; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War.Died in1857(ageabout76 years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Greene County, Mo. | | Newton Booth (1825-1892) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,December25, 1825.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofHarveyDavid Scott; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1863;Governor ofCalifornia, 1871-75;U.S.Senator from California, 1875-81.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,July 14,1892 (age66 years, 202days).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) — also known asWilliam A. Bootle — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Walterboro,ColletonCounty, S.C.,August19, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; tooksenior status 1972.Baptist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;Civitan.DiedJanuary25, 2005 (age102 years,159 days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga.  | William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) — also known asWilliam E. Borah;"The Lion ofIdaho" —of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born near Fairfield,WayneCounty, Ill.,June 29,1865.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho, 1896; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Idaho,1904,1916,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1907-40; died in office 1940; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1908-12; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1936.Protestant.Member,OddFellows.Died inWashington,D.C.,January19, 1940 (age74 years, 204days).Interment atMorrisHill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) — Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1801.Schoolteacher;surveyor;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;newspaperpublisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the TexasRepublic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, heinventeda dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failedcommercially; in 1853, heinventeda process to make sweetenedcondensedmilk, which could be transported without refrigeration, anddeveloped sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.Died in Borden,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,January11, 1874 (age72 years, 63days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) — also known asJames W. Bosler — of Sioux City,WoodburyCounty, Iowa; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Silver Spring Township,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,April 4,1833.Lawyer;merchant;realestate agent;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 32nd District, 1882.Germanancestry.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December17, 1883 (age50 years, 257days).Interment atAshlandCemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) — also known asPierre E. J. B. Bossier — of Louisiana. Born in Natchitoches,NatchitochesParish, La.,March22, 1797.Planter;member ofLouisianastate senate, 1833-43;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died inoffice 1844.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April24, 1844 (age47 years, 33days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment atCatholicCemetery, Natchitoches, La.  | William C. Bouck (1786-1859) — also known as"Old White Hoss ofSchoharie" —ofSchoharieCounty, N.Y.Born in Fultonham,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1786.Farmer;sheriff;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Schoharie County, 1813-16, 1817-18; member ofNewYork state senate Middle District, 1820-22;Governor ofNew York, 1843-45; defeated, 1840;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died inSchoharieCounty, N.Y.,April19, 1859 (age73 years, 102days).Interment atMiddleburghCemetery, Middleburgh, N.Y. | | | Earl Murphy Bourdon (1917-1993) — also known asEarl M. Bourdon — of Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.Born in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,December16, 1917.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewHampshire,1980.DiedJune 19,1993 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atRiver Cemetery, Plainfield, N.H. | | 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. | | Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) — also known asFranklin W. Bowdon — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.; Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,February17, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1844-45;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1846-51; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Texas,1856.Died in Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.,June 8,1857 (age40 years, 111days).Interment atOldHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tex. | | E. M. Bowman — Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1883-84.Burial location unknown. | | Walter Bowne (1770-1846) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,September26, 1770.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1816-24 (Southern District 1816-22, 1st District1823-24);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1829-33.DiedAugust31, 1846 (age75 years, 339days).Burial location unknown. | | James E. Boyd (1834-1906) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),September9, 1834.Democrat.Grain commissionmerchant; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1866;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1881-83, 1885-87; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nebraska,1888,1892(ConventionVice-President); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Nebraska, 1888;Governor ofNebraska, 1891, 1892-93.DiedApril30, 1906 (age71 years, 233days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Linn Boyd (1800-1859) — of Cadiz,TriggCounty, Ky.; Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November22, 1800.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1827-32;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1835-37, 1839-55;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1851-55;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1859; died in office 1859.Slaveowner. Died in Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.,December17, 1859 (age59 years, 25days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky. | | Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known asNancy M. Boykin;Nancy Merritt;NancySmith —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inWashington,D.C.,March20, 1919.Republican.Socialworker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit PublicSchools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1972(alternate),1976;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976(voted forGeraldR. Ford andBobDole); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.Female.Africanancestry. Member,PhiDelta Kappa;AlphaKappa Alpha.DiedJanuary28, 2006 (age86 years, 314days).Interment atDetroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,Mich. | | John Boyle (1774-1834) — of Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.Born inBotetourtCounty, Va.,October28, 1774.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1800;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1803-09;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1809-26;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1827-34; died in office 1834.Slaveowner. Died near Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,January28, 1834 (age59 years, 92days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky.  | Carl Brablec (1908-1986) — ofLenaweeCounty, Mich.; Roseville,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Ogden Township,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,September24, 1908.Democrat.School teacherand principal;superintendentof schools; justice of the peace; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1936; memberofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1958-66.Methodist.Moravianancestry. Member,Rotary;PiKappa Delta;KappaDelta Pi;Freemasons.Died in1986(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | | William Bradford (1755-1795) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September14, 1755.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1780-91;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94;U.S.Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795.Presbyterian.DiedAugust23, 1795 (age39 years, 343days).Interment atSt.Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. | | Lewis Rice Bradley (1805-1879) — also known asLewis R. Bradley;"Broadhorns" —of Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.; Nevada.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,February18, 1805.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1860;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 8th District, 1861-62;Governor ofNevada, 1871-79; defeated, 1878.Died in Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.,March21, 1879 (age74 years, 31days).Interment atElkoCemetery, Elko, Nev. | | 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. | | Wyatt Tate Brady (1870-1925) — also known asW. Tate Brady — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born in Forest City,HoltCounty, Mo.,January20, 1870.Democrat.Hotelier;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan;Sonsof Confederate Veterans.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,August29, 1925 (age55 years, 221days).Interment atOaklawnCemetery, Tulsa, Okla. | | 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. | | Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) — also known asLouis D. Brandeis — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November13, 1856.Lawyer;law clerk to JusticeHoraceGray, 1879-80;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.Jewish.Died inWashington,D.C.,October5, 1941 (age84 years, 326days).Cremated;ashes interred atUniversityof Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother ofFannie Brandeis (who marriedCharlesNagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law ofWalterM. Taussig); married,March23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. | | | | Political family:Taussig-Brandeisfamily of St. Louis, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:DeanAcheson —JamesM. Landis —CalvertMagruder | | | | BrandeisUniversity,inWaltham,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. — The LouisD. BrandeisSchoolof Law, inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.Paper,Brandeis:An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme CourtJustices — Stephen W. Baskerville,OfLaws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis DembitzBrandeis — Philippa Strum,LouisD. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,TwoJewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
| | Gerard Chittocque Brandon (1788-1850) — also known asGerard C. Brandon — of Mississippi. Born near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,September15, 1788.Member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1815-17;LieutenantGovernor of Mississippi, 1817-20, 1822-25;Governor ofMississippi, 1825-26, 1826-32.Died near Fort Adams,WilkinsonCounty, Miss.,March28, 1850 (age61 years, 194days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Wilkinson County, Miss. | | Carter Braxton (1736-1797) — of Virginia. Born inKing andQueen County, Va.,September16, 1736.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Died inRichmond,Va.,October10, 1797 (age61 years, 24days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, King William County, Va.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | John Breathitt (1786-1834) — of Kentucky. Born inLoudounCounty, Va.,September9, 1786.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1828-32;Governor ofKentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died oftuberculosisin Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February21, 1834 (age47 years, 165days).Original interment atBreathittCemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. | | John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,December2, 1760.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1793-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798-1801;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05;U.S.Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, from astomachinfection, in near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December14, 1806 (age46 years, 12days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;half-brother ofRobertBreckinridge; brother ofJamesBreckinridge; married,June 28,1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (sister-in-law ofWilliamJ. Lewis; aunt ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell); father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge(who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; nephew ofWilliamPreston; uncle ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge; grandfather ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who marriedPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864)),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown andJamesBrown; first cousin ofFrancisSmith Preston andJamesPatton Preston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BreckinridgeCounty, Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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 for him. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Sidney Breese (1800-1878) — of Carlyle,ClintonCounty, Ill.Born in Whitesborough,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1800.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for Illinois, 1827-29; circuit judge in Illinois 2ndCircuit, 1835-41, 1855-57;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-43, 1857-78; died in office1878;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1843-49; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1851-52;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1851.Died in Pinckneyville,PerryCounty, Ill.,June 27,1878 (age77 years, 347days).Interment atCarlyleCemetery, Carlyle, Ill. | | Henry Percy Brewster (1816-1884) — of Texas. Born in Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.,November22, 1816.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836;Texasstate attorney general, 1849-50; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.DiedNovember27, 1884 (age68 years, 5days).Buried at sea in Gulf of Mexico. | | George Nathaniel Briggs (1874-1952) — also known asGeorge N. Briggs — of Lamoni,DecaturCounty, Iowa.Born in Tabor,FremontCounty, Iowa,May 10,1874.Schoolteacher; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1893-94;superintendentof schools;president,Philippine Normal School, 1909-10;president,Graceland College (now Graceland University), 1915-44; Dry candidatefordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.ReorganizedChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,December26, 1952 (age78 years, 230days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa. | | Andrew Briscoe (1810-1849) — of Texas. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,November25, 1810.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Harrisburg, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.DiedOctober4, 1849 (age38 years, 313days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | 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. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortallywounded in aduel onSeptember 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.  | Clark Louis Brody (1879-1961) — also known asClark L. Brody — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Fabius,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,February1, 1879.Republican.Farmer;county agricultural agent, 1915-21; executive with Farm Bureau;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1921-59; appointed 1921; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1956.Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;AlphaZeta;PhiKappa Phi;Kiwanis.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October12, 1961 (age82 years, 253days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | | Robert Brooke (1751-1800) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,1751.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Spotsylvania County, 1791-94;Governor ofVirginia, 1794-96;Virginiastate attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800.Member,Freemasons.Died inFredericksburg,Va.,February27, 1800 (ageabout 48years).Interment atMasonic Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Anne Hay (Taliaferro) Brooke and Richard Brooke; married1786 to Mary'Mollie' Ritchie Hoppe; grandfather ofRobertThomas Brooke; first cousin once removed ofFrancisTaliaferro Helm; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesJohn Helm andHubbardDozier Helm; second cousin once removed ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; third cousin ofGeorgeMadison,MeriwetherLewis andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner andDavidShelby Walker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,HubbardT. Smith,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Brooke County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Woolwich,SagadahocCounty, Maine,October23, 1830.Lawyer;in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard andlost bothfeet;memberDakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1863-66;Speakerof the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,1905(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) — of Falfurrias,BrooksCounty, Tex.Born inBourbonCounty, Ky.,November20, 1855.TexasRanger; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1909-11;BrooksCounty Judge, 1911-39.Died in Falfurrias,BrooksCounty, Tex.,January15, 1944 (age88 years, 56days).Interment atFalfurriasBurial Park, Falfurrias, Tex. | | John Brooks (1752-1825) — of Massachusetts. Born in Medford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,May 4,1752.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1785-86;delegateto Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1791;AdjutantGeneral of Massachusetts, 1812-16;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1816-23.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Medford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,March 1,1825 (age72 years, 301days).Interment atSalemStreet Burial Ground, Medford, Mass. | | Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduelwithLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly witha cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over ananti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate andbeatSenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevereinjuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Broome (1738-1810) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1738.Importerand exporter;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; colonel in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-02; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1803-04;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1804-10; died in office 1810.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1810 (age72 years, 20days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | 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. | | Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910) — also known asNapoleon B. Broward — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born inDuvalCounty, Fla.,April19, 1857.Democrat.Steamboatbusiness;phosphatemining business;DuvalCounty Sheriff, 1889-96; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1900;Governor ofFlorida, 1905-09; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1908.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,October1, 1910 (age53 years, 165days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | 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. | | Alfred Brown (1836-1919) — also known as"Consolidation Brown" — of Scotland,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born near Ottawa,Ontario,January1, 1836.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879-80.Died in1919(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles M. Brown (1903-1995) — also known asCharlie Brown — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in1903.FultonCounty Commissioner, 1941-48, 1966-79; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1957-64.Died in1995(ageabout92 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 water to SouthernCalifornia, inContraCosta,Alameda,SanJoaquin,Stanislaus,Merced,Fresno,Kings,Kern,SanLuis Obispo,SantaBarbara, andLosAngeles counties, isnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | 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. | | J. Sinclair Brown — ofRoanoke,Va.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia,1925(voted forJohnW. Davis andCharlesW. Bryan);delegateto Virginia limited constitutional convention 21st District, 1945.Burial location unknown.| | The J. Sinclair BrownBridge(opened 1949), which takes Route 11 over the Roanoke River, inSalem,Virginia, isnamed for him. |
 | 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. | | | Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805-1870) — also known asJoseph R. Brown — of Wisconsin; Minnesota. BornJanuary11, 1805.Member ofWisconsinterritorial legislature, 1840-42;memberMinnesota territorial council 6th District, 1854-55; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 10th District, 1857;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 10th District, 1857.Died in New York,1870(ageabout65 years).Interment atBrownCemetery, Henderson, Minn. | | Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) — also known asRonald H. Brown;Ron Brown — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;lobbyist;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1989-93;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague.Killed in aplanecrash, during astorm,inCroatia,April3, 1996 (age54 years, 246days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | James Thomas Broyhill (b. 1927) — also known asJames T. Broyhill;JimBroyhill —of Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.Born in Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.,August19, 1927.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1963-86 (9th District1963-69, 10th District 1969-86);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1986; defeated, 1986.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Still living as of 2014.  | Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) — also known asBlanche K. Bruce — of Floreyville (unknowncounty), Miss.Born inslaverynear Farmville,PrinceEdward County, Va.,March 1,1841.Republican.Schoolteacher;planter;BolivarCounty Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Mississippi,1880,1884;Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of ColumbiaRecorder of Deeds, 1891-93.Africanancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,March17, 1898 (age57 years, 16days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx, New York County (nowBronxCounty), N.Y.,June 17,1871.Democrat. President, BrucknerBeverages;director, MiltonRealtyCo.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New YorkCity Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912(alternate),1924,1932(alternate);U.S.Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned1917;boroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Elks.In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking intocorruptionin New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he hadaccumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committeecalled forhis removal as Borough President.Died, fromchronicnephritis, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1942 (age70 years, 301days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) — also known asMartin G. Brumbaugh;"Hercules of theEducational World" —ofHuntingdonCounty, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Penn Township,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,April14, 1862.Republican.HuntingdonCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90;universityprofessor;president,Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education,1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1916;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916.Brethren.Germanancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Pinehurst,MooreCounty, N.C.,March14, 1930 (age67 years, 334days).Interment atValleyView Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married1884 to AnnaKonigmacher; married,January29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. | | | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall atPennsylvania StateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:Earl C. Kaylor, Jr.,MartinGrove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman toBedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 | | | | Image source: Smull's Legislative HandBook and Manual 1916 |
| | Jared L. Brush (1835-1913) — of Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.Born inClermontCounty, Ohio,July 6,1835.Republican. Member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1879-93;LieutenantGovernor of Colorado, 1895-99; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1912.Died in Greeley,WeldCounty, Colo.,April24, 1913 (age77 years, 292days).Interment atLinnGrove Cemetery, Greeley, Colo. | | John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) — also known asJohn A. Bryan — of Ellicottville,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Menasha,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born inBerkshireCounty, Mass.,April13, 1794.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1827;Ohioauditor of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toPeru, 1845.Member,Freemasons.Died in Menasha,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,May 24,1864 (age70 years, 41days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.  | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) — also known asWilliam J. Bryan;"The GreatCommoner";"The Peerless Leader";"The Silver-Tongued Orator";"The Boy Oratorof the Platte";"The NiagaricNebraskan" —of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Salem,MarionCounty, Ill.,March19, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Nebraska,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1920;U.S.Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;SigmaPi;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Dayton,RheaCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1925 (age65 years, 129days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue atRhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: SonofSilasLillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother ofCharlesWayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who marriedThomasStinson Allen); married,October1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father ofRuthBryan Owen; grandfather ofHelenRudd Brown; first cousin ofWilliamSherman Jennings. | | | | Political family:Bryan-Jenningsfamily of Illinois. | | | | Cross-reference:ClarenceS. Darrow —WillisJ. Abbot —AdolphusR. Talbot | | | | Bryan County,Okla. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamJ. Bryan Jarvis—W.J. Bryan Dorn | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen toone." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:Robert W. Cherny,ARighteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta,WilliamJennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —Michael Kazin,AGodly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Gerard N. Magliocca,TheTragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and thePolitics of Backlash — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,October 1903 |
|  | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Buchanan (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | 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. | | George Washington Buckner (1855-1943) — also known asGeorge W. Buckner — Born inslaverynear Greensburg,GreenCounty, Ky.,December1, 1855.U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General inMonrovia, as of 1914.Africanancestry.Died in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February17, 1943 (age87 years, 78days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,1761.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; memberofKentuckystate senate, 1792-99;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1800-04.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April13, 1816 (ageabout 54years).Interment atOxmoor-BullittFamily Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) — of Georgia. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C., about 1730.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;Presidentof Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February22, 1777 (ageabout 47years).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | 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. | | Thomas Burke (c.1747-1783) — ofOrangeCounty, N.C.Born in Galway,Ireland,about 1747.Physician;lawyer;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1776; member ofNorth Carolina state legislature, 1777;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1781-82.Died near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,December2, 1783 (ageabout 36years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Orange County, N.C. | | 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. | | Edward Burleson (1798-1851) — of Texas. Born inBuncombeCounty, N.C.,December15, 1798.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette,1838-39;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1844; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,December26, 1851 (age53 years, 11days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, 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 for him. — ThecityofBurlingame,Kansas, isnamed for him. — ThetownofAnson,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS Anson 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 |
| | David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) — also known asDavid G. Burnet — of Texas. Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,April14, 1788.U.S. Consul inGalveston, 1832-35;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1838-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40.Member,Freemasons.DiedDecember5, 1870 (age82 years, 235days).Original interment and cenotaph atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location. | | Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) — of Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,September3, 1800.Lawyer;walked with alimpdue to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of BlackHawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832;memberWisconsin territorial council, 1836.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftyphoid,in Mt. Hope Township,GrantCounty, Wis.,November7, 1845 (age45 years, 65days).Interment atHermitageCemetery, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis. | | 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. | | James Burrill Jr. (1772-1820) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April25, 1772.RhodeIsland state attorney general, 1797-1812; member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1810;Speaker ofthe Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1814-16;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1817-20; died in office 1820.Died inWashington,D.C.,December25, 1820 (age48 years, 244days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Francis Burt (1807-1854) — Born in Pendleton, Pendleton District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,January13, 1807.Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1832-44;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1844;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1852;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1854; died in office 1854.Died in Bellevue,SarpyCounty, Neb.,October18, 1854 (age47 years, 278days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) — also known as"The Lone Pine ofMichigan" —of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Pike,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1831.Lumber andtimber business;railroadbuilder;mayorof East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872,1880;Fusion candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1900,1912;Convention Vice-President,1892;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1912;member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,1908; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democraticcandidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1903;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,1907-08.Died, fromstomachtrouble, in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,March 2,1919 (age87 years, 188days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. | | George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) — also known asGeorge Bush;"Poppy";"Sheepskin";"Timberwolf" —of Midland,MidlandCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 12,1924.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1964;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970;U.S.Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.Representative toUnited Nations, 1971-73;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison toChina, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1980;VicePresident of the United States, 1981-89;Presidentof the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Skulland Bones;Council onForeign Relations;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Societyof the Cincinnati;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,November30, 2018 (age94 years, 171days).Interment atGeorge H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, CollegeStation, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofPrescottSheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married,January6, 1945, toBarbaraPierce; father ofGeorgeWalker Bush (who marriedLauraLane Welch) andJohnEllis Bush; grandfather ofGeorgePrescott Bush; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavis. | | | | Political family:Bushfamily of Texas and Massachusetts. | | | | Cross-reference:CasparW. Weinberger —JohnH. Sununu —DonEvans —JamesC. Oberwetter —MaryMcClure Bibby | | | | The George Bush School of Government andPublic Service, at Texas A&MUniversity,CollegeStation, Texas, isnamed for him. — GeorgeBushHighSchool, inRichmond,Texas, isnamed for him. — George HerbertWalker BushElementarySchool, inAddison,Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by George H. W. Bush:AllThe Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings(1999) —LookingForward (1987) —AWorld Transformed (1998) | | | | Books about George H. W. Bush: JohnRobert Greene,ThePresidency of George Bush — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,GeorgeH. W. Bush (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:Kevin Phillips,AmericanDynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in theHouse of Bush — Kitty Kelly,TheFamily : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
| | Laura Bush (b. 1946) — also known asLaura Lane Welch — Born, in Midland MemorialHospital,Midland,MidlandCounty, Tex.,November4, 1946.Republican.Schoolteacher;librarian;First Lady of Texas, 1995-2000;First Ladyof the United States, 2001-09.Female.Still living as of 2024. | | Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) — also known asAndrew P. Butler — of Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,November18, 1796.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1824-31;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield, 1832-33; resigned 1833;common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1834-46;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner. Died near Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,May 25,1857 (age60 years, 188days).Interment atButlerUnited Methodist Church Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamButler and Behethland Foote (Moore) Butler; brother ofWilliamButler Jr. andPierceMason Butler; married,December5, 1829, to Susan Ann Simkins (daughter ofEldredSimkins); married1831 toRebecca Harriet Hayne; uncle ofMatthewCalbraith Butler. | | | | Political family:Butler-Belmontfamily of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Butler County,Kan. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He was of very noble nature,of high endowments, of lofty moral qualities. As a judge, theJudicial Records of the State sho whis abilities. In the Senate ofthe United States, that illustrious body was illustrated by hiscreer. In all that he said and did, there was a dash of genius andheroism. His fire seemed to be passed on a high stage of PublicDalies, but his heart was always amidst tender and gentle affections.He was prompt to weep with those who wept, he was equally ready torejoice with those who were in joy. His death, elicited lamentationsmade of Public Expression to the circle of his intimacies. It spreadthe deepest of affections." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | David Christy Butler (1829-1891) — also known asDavid C. Butler — of Nebraska. BornDecember15, 1829.Republican. Member ofNebraskaterritorial House of Representatives, 1861;memberNebraska territorial council, 1864;Governor ofNebraska, 1867-71; removed 1871; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-71;impeachedon March 4, 1871, andremoved fromoffice as Governor on June 2, 1871.Member,Freemasons.DiedMay 25,1891 (age61 years, 161days).Interment atPawneeCity Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb. | | 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. | | Richard Butler (1743-1791) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,April1, 1743.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; statecourt judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790.Killed on anexpeditionagainst Indian tribes,November4, 1791 (age48 years, 217days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSoldiersMonument, Fort Recovery, Ohio. | | Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) — also known asRoderick R. Butler — of Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,April 9,1827.Republican.Tailor;postmaster;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1859, 1893-1901;arrestedby Confederate authorities in 1862, andchargedwithtreason;eventuallyfledto Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1865;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;unanimouslycensuredby the U.S. House in March 1870, foracceptingpayment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academyat West Point; a vote toexpelhim failed; in August, 1870, he wasarrestedforforgeryin connection with pensionfraud;in December, 1870, he wasindictedby a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, atrialwas begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed;delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1872;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1879-85.Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,August18, 1902 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn. | | William Butler (d. 1818) — of Georgia. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1800.Killed byIndians at Butler Springs,ButlerCounty, Ala.,March20, 1818.Burial location unknown. | | William Orlando Butler (1791-1880) — also known asWilliam O. Butler — of Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ky.Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,April19, 1791.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1817-18;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 13th District, 1839-43; candidateforGovernor ofKentucky, 1844; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1848.Slaveowner. Died in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ky.,August6, 1880 (age89 years, 109days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Stephen Cabarrus (1754-1808) — of North Carolina. Born in1754.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1790.Died in1808(ageabout54 years).Interment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Edenton, N.C.  | William Henry Cabell (1772-1853) — also known asWilliam H. Cabell — of Virginia. Born inCumberlandCounty, Va.,December16, 1772.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector forVirginia,1800;Presidential Elector for Virginia,1804;Governorof Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11;Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1830-51.Died inRichmond,Va.,January12, 1853 (age80 years, 27days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married1795 toElizabeth Cabell; married1805 to AgnesSarah Bell Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamWirt); father ofEdwardCarrington Cabell; nephew ofWilliamCabell andPaulCarrington; first cousin ofWilliamCabell Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andFrederickMortimer Cabell; first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin once removed ofCameronErskine Thom; second cousin twice removed ofErskineMayo Ross. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cabell County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Huntington ThroughSeventy-Five Years (1947) |
| | Ezequiel Cabeza=de Baca (1864-1917) — also known asEzequiel C. de Baca — of New Mexico. BornNovember1, 1864.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New MexicoTerritory,1900;LieutenantGovernor of New Mexico, 1911; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Mexico,1916;Governorof New Mexico, 1917; died in office 1917.DiedFebruary18, 1917 (age52 years, 109days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Las Vegas, N.M. | | Edward Norman Cahn (b. 1933) — also known asEdward N. Cahn — Born in Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.,1933.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974-98;retired 1998.Still living as of 2010. | | Thomas E. Caldecott (1878-1951) — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Chester,England,July27, 1878.Pharmacist;mayorof Berkeley, Calif., 1930-32.Welshancestry.Died, of aheartattack, in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 23,1951 (age72 years, 361days).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born in Drakes Ferry,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,March 1,1830.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;banker;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in St. Joseph'sHospital,Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 19,1917 (age87 years, 79days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan. | | John Caldwell (1757-1804) — of Kentucky. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1757.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1792;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably astroke),while presiding over the KentuckyStateSenate, at the thenstatecapitol building, Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,1804(ageabout47 years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) — also known asMillard F. Caldwell, Jr. — of Milton,Santa RosaCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41;Governor ofFlorida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1948,1956,1960;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.Protestant.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;KappaSigma;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;NewcomenSociety;AmericanLegion;AmericanJudicature Society;AlphaKappa Psi;BlueKey.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,October23, 1984 (age87 years, 260days).Interment atHarwoodPlantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla. | | James Calhoun (1743-1816) — ofBaltimore,Md.BornApril17, 1743.Orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1791;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1794-1804.DiedAugust14, 1816 (age73 years, 119days).Interment atWestminsterBurying Ground, Baltimore, Md.  | 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 for him. —LakeCalhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as"The Czar ofPennsylvania" —of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.Born in Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,March 8,1799.AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1829-30;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1860;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1862.Member,Freemasons.Died near Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,June 26,1889 (age90 years, 110days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) — of Gilmer,UpshurCounty, Tex.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ala.,February20, 1828.Democrat.Planter;lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1872;member ofTexasstate senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,July 16,1891 (age63 years, 146days).Interment atDignowittyCemetery, San Antonio, Tex. | | Benjamin Campbell (1826-1907) — of Campbell,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Kentucky,1826.Sawmillowner; postmaster atCampbell,Calif., 1885-88.Died inSanta ClaraCounty, Calif.,1907(ageabout81 years).Interment atMissionCity Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Calif. | | 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 Allen Campbell (1835-1880) — of Wyoming. Born in Salem,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,October8, 1835.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governorof Wyoming Territory, 1869-75.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 14,1880 (age44 years, 280days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Norman B. Campbell — of Bon Homme,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | Allen Daniel Candler (1834-1910) — also known asAllen D. Candler;"The One-EyedPloughboy from Pigeon Roost" —of Jonesboro,ClaytonCounty, Ga.; Gainesville,HallCounty, Ga.Born in Auraria,LumpkinCounty, Ga.,November4, 1834.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; inthe battle of Jonesboro, 1864, he was wounded, andlost aneye;railroadpresident;mayorof Gainesville, Ga., 1872; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1873-77; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1878-79;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1883-91;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1894-98;Governor ofGeorgia, 1898-1902.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October26, 1910 (age75 years, 356days).Interment atAltaVista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga. | | Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) — also known asAsa G. Candler — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Villa Rica,CarrollCounty, Ga.,December30, 1851.Druggist;founder of theCoca-Colabeverage company;mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1917-19.Suffered astroke in1926, did not recover, and died in Wesley MemorialHospital,Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March12, 1929 (age77 years, 72days).Interment atWestviewCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.  | Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) — also known asJoseph G. Cannon;"UncleJoe" —of Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.Born in Guilford,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 7,1836.Republican.Lawyer;VermilionCounty State's Attorney, 1861-68;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1873-91, 1893-1913, 1915-23 (14thDistrict 1873-83, 15th District 1883-91, 1893-95, 12th District1895-1903, 18th District 1903-13, 1915-23);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1903-11; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1892,1904(PermanentChair); candidate for Republican nomination for President,1908.Died in Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.,November12, 1926 (age90 years, 189days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Danville, Ill. | | Newton Cannon (1781-1841) — of Tennessee. Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 22,1781.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1811-13, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1814-17, 1819-23;Governor ofTennessee, 1835-39; defeated, 1827, 1839.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,September16, 1841 (age60 years, 117days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Williamson County, Tenn.  | 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. | | Doyle Elam Carlton (1885-1972) — also known asDoyle E. Carlton — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Wauchula,HardeeCounty, Fla.,July 6,1885.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate senate, 1917-19;Governor ofFlorida, 1929-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1948,1952,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in anursinghome at Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,October25, 1972 (age87 years, 111days).Interment atMyrtleHill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla. | | Reuben B. Carlton (1812-1863) — of Minnesota. Born in1812.Member ofMinnesotastate senate 26th District, 1857-58.Died in1863(ageabout51 years).Burial location unknown. | | Charles V. Carr (c.1905-1987) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Texas, about 1905. Democrat.Lawyer;insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964,1972;member, Cleveland City Council, 1945-75.Africanancestry.Followingheartattacks and astroke,died in Cleveland ClinicHospital,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,April30, 1987 (ageabout 82years).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) — also known asJulian S. Carr;Jule Carr — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,October12, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham"tobacco;founder of the DurhamCottonManufacturing Company and DurhamHosieryMills; involved inrailroads,utilities,andbanking;mayorof Durham, N.C., 1873; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1888,1904,1912(HonoraryVice-President),1916;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1900.Methodist.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died, ofpneumonia,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April29, 1924 (age78 years, 200days).Entombed in mausoleum atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,September19, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1777-1800;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1789-92.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,November14, 1832 (age95 years, 56days).Interment atDoughoreganManor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Carroll and Elizabeth (Brooke) Carroll; married,June 5,1768, to Mary Darnell; father of Catharine 'Kitty' Carroll (whomarriedRobertGoodloe Harper); grandfather of Louisa Carroll (who marriedIsaacRand Jackson), Mary Sophia Carroll (who marriedRichardHenry Bayard) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who marriedJohnLee); great-grandfather ofJohnLee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); second great-grandfather ofJohnHowell Carroll; third great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll(who marriedJohnBoynton Philip Clayton Hill); third great-granduncle ofJohnDuffy Alderson; first cousin ofDanielCarroll; second cousin ofCharlesCarroll, Barrister; second cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,AlexanderContee Hanson andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnRead Magruder; third cousin twice removed ofReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andLevinIrving Handy. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Carroll counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Md.,Miss.,Mo.,N.H.,Ohio andVa.,East CarrollParish, La. andWest CarrollParish, La., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:CharlesC. Walcutt—CharlesC. Fitch—CharlesC. Frick—CharlesCarroll Glover, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Coleman Francis Carroll (1905-1977) — also known asColeman F. Carroll — of Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February9, 1905.Republican.Catholicpriest; bishop of Miami, 1958-68; archbishop, 1968-77;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1968.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,July 26,1977 (age72 years, 167days).Interment atOur Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Miami, Fla. | | William Carroll (1788-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 3,1788.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governor ofTennessee, 1821-27, 1829-35.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March22, 1844 (age56 years, 19days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Samuel Price Carson (1798-1838) — also known asSamuel P. Carson — of Pleasant Garden,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Pleasant Garden,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January22, 1798.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1822-24, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1825-33;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,November2, 1838 (age40 years, 284days).Interment atGovernmentCemetery, Hot Springs, Ark. | | Benjamin Wisnor Carter (born c.1830) — of Oklahoma. Born about 1830. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; territorialcourt judge in Oklahoma, 1870.Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Alton Carter, Sr. (1920-1999) — also known asHugh Carter — of Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,August13, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofGeorgiastate senate 14th District, 1967-81; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1968.Baptist.Died at Sumter RegionalHospital,Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,June 24,1999 (age78 years, 315days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga. | | 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. | | William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834-38.Died, ofcholera,in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 11,1849.Burial location unknown. | | Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) — of McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Georgetown,MeigsCounty, Tenn.,January12, 1892.Democrat.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1915-18; member ofOklahomastate senate, 1919-22;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in theU.S. Army during World War II;secretaryof state of Oklahoma, 1947-51;Oklahomastate auditor, 1951-55.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Acacia;Lions;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,March14, 1979 (age87 years, 61days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla. | | Samuel Fenton Cary (1814-1900) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February18, 1814.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1864;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1867-69; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1875; Greenback candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1876.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Died in College Hill (now part of Cincinnati),HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September29, 1900 (age86 years, 223days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) — also known asJerome I. Case — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Williamstown,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1819.Inventor;threshingmachine manufacturer;mayor ofRacine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1865-66;banker.Died in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,December22, 1891 (age72 years, 11days).Entombed atMoundCemetery, Racine, Wis.; memorial monument atMonument Square, Racine, Wis.  | 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 for him. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed for him. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed for him. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed for him. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed for him. — CassLake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed for him. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed for him. — The LewisCassBuilding(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 for him. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | | Richard Caswell (1729-1789) — of Dobbs County (part now inLenoirCounty), N.C.Born in Harford County (part now inBaltimoreCounty), Md.,August3, 1729.Lawyer;surveyor;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; memberofNorthCarolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; diedin office 1789.Died in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,November10, 1789 (age60 years, 99days).Interment atCaswellMemorial Cemetery, Kinston, N.C. | | 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. | | Thomas Benton Catron (1840-1921) — also known asThomas B. Catron — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.Born near Lexington,LafayetteCounty, Mo.,October6, 1840.Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;NewMexico territory attorney general, 1869-72;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1872-78;member NewMexico territorial council, 1884;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1895-97;mayorof Santa Fe, N.M., 1906-08;U.S.Senator from New Mexico, 1912-17; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,1916.Died in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,May 15,1921 (age80 years, 221days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | Howard Cattle (1904-1992) — also known asRichard William Cattle — of Chino,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Thunder Bay,Ontario,December23, 1904.Drycleaning business;clothingmerchant;mayor ofChino, Calif., 1956-59.Englishancestry.Died inSanBernardino County, Calif.,February17, 1992 (age87 years, 56days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Henry Cattle and Janet Mary Florence (Proudfoot) Cattle;married to Vera Pearl Cook. | | | | Howard CattleElementarySchool, inChino,California, isnamed for him. |
| | 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. | | Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Stanton,StantonCounty, Neb.,July 6,1901.Republican.Lumberdealer;mayorof Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1952;member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.Died in acaraccident,August22, 1972 (age71 years, 47days).Burial location unknown. | | Jerome Bunty Chaffee (1825-1886) — also known asJerome B. Chaffee — ofDenver,Colo.Born inNiagaraCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1825.Republican. Member ofColoradoterritorial House of Representatives, 1861-63;Speakerof Colorado Territory House of Representatives, 1863; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado Territory, 1866-68, 1870-72;delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory,1868;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1871-75; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Colorado,1876;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1876-79;ColoradoRepublican state chair, 1884.One of the founders of the city of Denver. Died in Salem Center,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1886 (age60 years, 326days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich.  | Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) — also known asCharles E. Chamberlain;"The AutomobileHorn of Congress" —of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Locke Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 22,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Kiwanis;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, ofrenalfailure andcongestiveheart failure, in Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,November25, 2002 (age85 years, 126days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Lansing, Mich.  | 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. | | Henry H. Chambers (1790-1826) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born near Kenbridge,LunenburgCounty, Va.,October1, 1790.Democrat.Physician;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1820; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1821, 1823;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1825-26; died in office 1826.Died near Kenbridge,LunenburgCounty, Va.,January24, 1826 (age35 years, 115days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va. | | Henry Champion (1751-1836) — of Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Westchester, Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March16, 1751.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;banker;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1806-17; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Colchester, 1820.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Colchester,New LondonCounty, Conn.,July 13,1836 (age85 years, 119days).Interment atWestchester Cemetery, Westchester, Colchester, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Champion (1724-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion;brother ofEpaphroditusChampion; married,October10, 1781, to Abigail Tinker; father of Harriet Champion (whomarriedJosephTrumbull); second great-grandfather ofFrancisWatkinson Cole; first cousin four times removed ofCharlotteH. McMorran; second cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard; second cousin twice removed ofLeveretBrainard; second cousin four times removed ofAsahelRowland DeWolf,WinthropRoger De Wolf andJohnAnderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGates Dawes,RufusCutler Dawes,BemanGates Dawes andHenryMay Dawes; third cousin ofDanielUpson; third cousin twice removed ofChesterAckley,CharlesUpson,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; third cousin thrice removed ofAlmarF. Dickson. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofChampion,New York, isnamed for him. — ThetownshipofChampion,Ohio,named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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. | | | Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) — also known asCharles C. Chapman;"The Orange King ofCalifornia" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Fullerton,OrangeCounty, Calif.Born in Illinois,June 2,1853.Republican.Publishingbusiness;mayorof Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1916,1924.Disciplesof Christ.Died inOrangeCounty, Calif.,March 5,1944 (age90 years, 277days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue atChapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif. | | Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854) — also known asRobert M. Charlton — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January19, 1807.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Attorney for Georgia, 1835-36, 1839-40;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1839-41;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1852-53.Slaveowner. Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January18, 1854 (age46 years, 364days).Interment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Champion S. Chase (d. 1898) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Cornish,SullivanCounty, N.H.Nebraskastate attorney general, 1867-69; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1874-77, 1879-81, 1883-84.DiedNovember3, 1898.Burial location unknown.  | 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 for him. — The WorldWar IILibertyshipSS Salmon P. Chase (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) — also known asAndrew G. Chatfield — of Addison,SteubenCounty, N.Y.; Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.; Belle Plaine,ScottCounty, Minn.Born in Butternuts,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1810.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846;justice ofMinnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Belle Plaine,ScottCounty, Minn.,October3, 1875 (age65 years, 249days).Interment atEpiscopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,Minn.| | Relatives: Sonof Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married,June 27,1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin thrice removed ofAlmonFerdinand Rockwell; second cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum andPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andTrumanHotchkiss; fourth cousin ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,BenjaminPulaski Chatfield andGloverWheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis,NathanSummers Beardslee andHobartChatfield Chatfield-Taylor. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thecityof Chatfield, inFillmoreandOlmstedcounties, Minnesota, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) — also known asEdward S. Cheatham — of Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Springfield,RobertsonCounty, Tenn.,July 31,1818.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1853-55; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1855-57, 1861-63;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1855-57, 1861-62; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1872.Died in Horn Lake,DeSotoCounty, Miss.,December21, 1878 (age60 years, 143days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | 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. | | Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) — also known asLawton Chiles;"Walkin'Lawton" —of Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Lakeland,PolkCounty, Fla.,April 3,1930.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1959-67; member ofFloridastate senate, 1967-71;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1971-89;Governor ofFlorida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1996(delegation chair).Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, of aheartcondition, in theGovernor'sMansion, Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December12, 1998 (age68 years, 253days).Original interment and cenotaph atRoselawnCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla. | | William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) — also known asWilliam P. Chilton — of Alabama. Born near Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August10, 1810.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1859;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 6th District, 1862-65.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,January20, 1871 (age60 years, 163days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstructionalong with other members of theKu KluxKlan; he was among thoseimplicatedin themurderofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga.  | Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Guilford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January6, 1730.Governorof Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797.Died in Williston,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,August25, 1797 (age67 years, 231days).Interment atThomasChittenden Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue atTownGreen, Williston, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Chittenden and Mary (Johnson) Chittenden; married1749 toElizabeth Meigs; father of Mary Chittenden (who marriedJonasGalusha), Beulah Chittenden (who marriedMatthewLyon) andMartinChittenden; grandfather ofChittendenLyon; first cousin twice removed ofJosiahC. Chittenden andAbelMadison Scranton; first cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; second cousin twice removed ofJeduthunWilcox,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; second cousin thrice removed ofLeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden; third cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich andFrederickWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofEnsignHosmer Kellogg andEliCoe Birdsey; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin andRogerWolcott; fourth cousin ofJonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; fourth cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,ElijahHunt Mills,HenryMeigs andZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political families:Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ChittendenCounty, Vt. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofChittenden,Vermont, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Men of Vermont(1894) |
| | Clyde Lee Choate (1920-2001) — also known asClyde L. Choate — of Anna,UnionCounty, Ill.Born in West Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ill.,June 28,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; received theMedalof Honor for action near Bruyeres, France, October 25, 1944.;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1947-79 (50th District 1947-57,58th District 1957-67, 59th District 1967-79); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1964,1972.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks;Moose;PurpleHeart.Died in Carbondale,JacksonCounty, Ill.,October5, 2001 (age81 years, 99days).Interment atAnnaCemetery, Anna, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof James Isaac Choate and Grace Ellen (Brown) Choate; married toMadonna Ross. | | | | Choate Mental Health Center (state mentalhospital),inAnna,Illinois, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Proudly Served the People ofthe State of Illinois. Southern Illinois' GuardianAngel." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Pierre Chouteau Jr. (1789-1865) — also known asPierre Cadet Chouteau — ofSt.Louis County, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,January19, 1789.Merchant;lead miningbusiness;fur trader;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from St. LouisCounty, 1820.DiedSeptember6, 1865 (age76 years, 230days).Burial location unknown. | | William Christian (c.1743-1786) — Born inStaunton,Va., about 1743.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Manxancestry.Killedwhile fighting Indians in what is nowClarkCounty, Ind.,April 9,1786 (ageabout 43years).Interment atBullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known asWilliam C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,1775.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1801-04;Governorof Orleans Territory, 1804-12;Governor ofLouisiana, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Fought aduelwith Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.Died of aliverailment, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,November23, 1817 (ageabout 42years).Originally entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | 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. | | Newton Clark — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | William Clark (1770-1838) — of Missouri. Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,August1, 1770.Governorof Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1820.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withMeriwetherLewis to Oregon, 1803-04.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,September1, 1838 (age68 years, 31days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) — also known asWilliam A. Clark — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born near Connellsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,January8, 1839.Democrat.Banker;mine owner;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidateforDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Montana,1892,1904;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofpneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1925 (age86 years, 53days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Greensburg,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,July 5,1812.Secretaryof Iowa Territory, 1839-41;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County,1844;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1845-46.Died in acholeraepidemic, in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,July 28,1850 (age38 years, 23days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | Robert Harper Clarkson (1826-1884) — also known asR. H. Clarkson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,November19, 1826.Democrat.Episcopalpriest; rector, St. James Church, Chicago, 1849-65;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1864 ; Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska, 1865-84.Episcopalian.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,March10, 1884 (age57 years, 112days).Cremated;ashes interred atTrinity Cathedral Columbarium, Omaha, Neb. | | 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. | | Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) — also known asClement C. Clay — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December17, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;memberAlabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge inAlabama, 1819-23; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1827-28;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35;Governor ofAlabama, 1835-37;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1837-41;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843.Fought aduelin 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,September7, 1866 (age76 years, 264days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Green Clay (1757-1826) — Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,August14, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;surveyor;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788-89; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-94; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1795-98, 1807;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Member,Freemasons.Died in White Hall,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October31, 1826 (age69 years, 78days).Interment atWhiteHall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.  | 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 for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1967) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | | Henry Clay Jr. (1811-1847) — of Kentucky. Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April10, 1811.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War.Episcopalian.Killedin action at the Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista,Coahuila,February23, 1847 (age35 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) — also known asAugustin S. Clayton — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,November27, 1783.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1810; state court judge inGeorgia, 1819; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1826;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1832-35.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 21,1839 (age55 years, 206days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | John M. Clayton — of Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.Republican. Member ofArkansasstate senate, 1873; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1874, 1888; delegateto Republican National Convention from Arkansas,1888.Burial location unknown. | | 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.  | Powell Clayton (1833-1914) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.; Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.Born in Bethel,DelawareCounty, Pa.,August7, 1833.Republican.Engineer;surveyor;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;planter;president and general manager, Eureka SpringsRailway;Governorof Arkansas, 1868-71;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Arkansas,1872(delegation chair),1876,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896(speaker),1908,1912;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.Minister toMexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1898-1905.Died inWashington,D.C.,August25, 1914 (age81 years, 18days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS James M. Clements (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Butte (Mont.) Miner,September 2, 1921 |
| | Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 1,1807.Miningengineer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1844-51; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Among thefoundersof the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolinafor the purpose ofestablishingan agricultural college, which went on to become Clemson University.Died inPickensCounty, S.C.,April 6,1888 (age80 years, 280days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.  | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known asStephen Grover Cleveland;"UncleJumbo";"The Veto Mayor";"GroverThe Good";"The Sage of Princeton";"Dumb Prophet";"Buffalo Hangman";"The Veto President";"Beast ofBuffalo";"Big Steve" —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Caldwell,EssexCounty, N.J.,March18, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1870-73;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882;Governor ofNew York, 1883-85;Presidentof the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1935.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 24,1908 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue atCity Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,June2, 1886, toFrancesClara Folsom (first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom); father ofRichardFolsom Cleveland (son-in-law ofThomasFrank Gailor; brother-in-law ofFrankHoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed ofFrancisLandon Cleveland; second cousin ofJamesHarlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed ofJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanUsher andJosephWheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed ofJohnPalmer Usher andRobertCleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed ofEphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLord andRollinUsher Tyler. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryT. Ellett —WilsonS. Bissell —DavidKing Udall —EdwardS. Bragg —ThomasF. Grady —LymanK. Bass —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —J.Hampton Hoge —WilliamGorham Rice —J.Scott Harrison —BenjaminFolsom | | | | Cleveland counties inArk. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountCleveland, a volcano onChuginadakIsland, Alaska, isnamed for him. — ThetownofGrover,North Carolina, isnamed for him. — TheClevelandNationalForest (established 1908), inSanDiego,Riverside,Orangecounties, California, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GroverC. Cook—GroverC. Meyrs—GroverC. Talbot—GroverC. Helm—GroverC. Robertson—G. C.Cooley—GroverA. Whalen—GroverC. Taylor—GroverC. Winn—GroverC. Luke—GroverC. Albright—GroverCleveland Welsh—GroverC. Belknap—GroverC. Worrell—GroverB. Hill—GroverC. Dillman—GroverC. Brenneman—GroverC. George—GroverC. Mitchell—GroverC. Ladner—GroverC. Hall—GroverC. Tye—GroverC. Cisel—GroverC. Hedrick—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Montgomery—GroverC. Farwell—GroverC. Gillingham—GroverC. Studivan—GroverC. Layne—GroverC. Hudson—GroverC. Combs—GroverC. Snyder—GroverC. Guernsey—GroverC. Henderson—GroverC. Smith—GroverC. Jackson—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Bower—GroverC. Land—GroverC. Moritz—GroverC. Gregg—GroverC. Richman, Jr.—GroverC. Anderson—GroverC. Chriss—GroverC. Allen—GroverC. Criswell—GroverC. Brown—GroverC. Robinson III—GroverC. Robinson IV | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill(1928-46). | | | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love himfor the enemies he has made." | | | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,Where's My Pa?" | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Grover Cleveland: AlynBrodsky,GroverCleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers,AnHonest President: The Life and Presidencies of GroverCleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Henry F. Graff,GroverCleveland — Troy Senik,AMan of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of GroverCleveland — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Jeff C. Young,GroverCleveland (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:Matthew Algeo,ThePresident Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover ClevelandSurvives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the CourageousNewspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — CharlesLachman,ASecret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President GroverCleveland | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | | Duncan Lamont Clinch (1787-1849) — also known asDuncan L. Clinch — of St. Marys,CamdenCounty, Ga.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,April 6,1787.U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1844-45.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,November27, 1849 (age62 years, 235days).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known asThomas L. Clingman;"The Prince ofPoliticians" —of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Huntsville,YadkinCounty, N.C.,July 27,1812.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1stDistrict 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1868,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Died in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,November3, 1897 (age85 years, 99days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C.  | De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesClinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother ofJamesGraham Clinton; brother ofCharlesClinton,GeorgeClinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorgeWilliam Clinton; nephew ofGeorgeClinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:Clintonfamily of New York;DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownshipand city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed for him. — ThecityofDeWitt, Iowa, isnamed for him. — ThevillageofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed for him. — ThecityofDeWitt, Missouri, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | George Clinton (1739-1812) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76;Governor ofNew York, 1777-95, 1801-04;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01;VicePresident of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.ChristianReformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April20, 1812 (age72 years, 269days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.  | William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) — also known asBill Clinton;William Jefferson BlytheIV;"Slick Willie";"Bubba";"Elvis";"Eagle";"The BigDog" —of Arkansas; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August19, 1946.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974;Arkansasstate attorney general, 1977-79;Governor ofArkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1996,2000;speaker,1984,1988;Presidentof the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Baptist.Member,TrilateralCommission;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalkat the White House in an apparentassassinationattempt against President Clinton.Impeachedby the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations ofperjuryandobstructionof justice in connection with hissexualcontact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquittedby the Senate.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II andVirginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married,October11, 1975, toHillaryDiane Rodham (sister ofHughEdwin Rodham); father ofChelseaVictoria Clinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies); third cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Lockhart. | | | | Political family:Ashefamily of North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamJ. Hirschfeld —KennethW. Starr —RahmEmanuel —HenryG. Cisneros —MariaEchaveste —ThurgoodMarshall, Jr. —WalterS. Orlinsky —CharlesF. C. Ruff —SeanPatrick Maloney —LannyJ. Davis | | | | The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) inWashington,D.C., isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Bill Clinton:BetweenHope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21stCentury (1996) —MyLife (2004) | | | | Books about Bill Clinton: DavidMaraniss,Firstin His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Gene Lyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham,BillClinton and Black America — Joe Klein,TheNatural : The Misunderstood Presidency of BillClinton — Nigel Hamilton,BillClinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward,TheAgenda: Inside the Clinton White House — GeorgeStephanopolous,AllToo Human — John F. Harris,TheSurvivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — MarkKatz,Clinton& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,AComplicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who KnowHim — Tim O'Shei,BillClinton (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:Barbara Olson,TheFinal Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton WhiteHouse — Meredith L. Oakley,Onthe Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — RobertPatterson,Derelictionof Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton EndangeredAmerica's Long-Term National Security — AmbroseEvans-Pritchard,TheSecret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —Ann Coulter,HighCrimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against BillClinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann,BecauseHe Could — Jack Cashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Rich Lowry,Legacy:Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — RichardMiniter,LosingBin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed GlobalTerror | | | | Image source: Congressional PictorialDirectory, 105th Congress (1997) |
| | | 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. | | Thomas Willis Cobb (1784-1830) — also known asThomas W. Cobb — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.; Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,1784.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia,1828-30.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,February1, 1830 (ageabout 45years).Interment atGreensboroCemetery, Greensboro, Ga.| | Cobb County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: In his domestic circle he wasfond and affectionate. "As a friend he was ardent and devoted. As aman, honorable, generous, and sincere. As a statesman, independent,and inflexible. As a judge, pure, and incorruptible. Amiable inprivate and useful in public life, his death was a deep affliction tohis children, his friends, and his country"; "An honest man's thenoblest work of God." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Thad Cochran (1937-2019) — also known asThad Cochran — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Pontotoc,PontotocCounty, Miss.,December7, 1937.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1973-79;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1979-2018; resigned 2018; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Mississippi,2004,2008,2012.Baptist.Member,PiKappa Alpha.Died, fromrenalfailure, in Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,May 30,2019 (age81 years, 174days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (Berry) Cochran; married1964 to RoseClayton; married,May 23,2015, to Kay Webber. | | | | The Thad CochranU.S.Courthouse, inJackson,Mississippi, isnamed for him. — The ThadCochran Centerbuilding,at theUniversityof Southern Mississippi,Hattiesburg,Mississippi, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile |
| | William Cocke (1747-1828) — Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,September6, 1747.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,August22, 1828 (age80 years, 351days).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | Lila Cockrell (1922-2019) — also known asLila May Banks — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,January19, 1922.Mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1975-81, 1989-91; defeated, 1991.Female.Member,DeltaDelta Delta;League of WomenVoters.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,August29, 2019 (age97 years, 222days).Burial location unknown. | | George S. S. Codington — also known asG. S. S. Codington — of Medary,BrookingsCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Minister;member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1877-78.CongregationalistorPresbyterian.Died oftuberculosisin Wisconsin.Burial location unknown. | | John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,December3, 1782.Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office1836.Slaveowner. Died near Jacksonville,TelfairCounty, Ga.,September25, 1836 (age53 years, 297days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in1921 atMcRaeCity Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | A. M. Coffey (born c.1805) — of Kansas. Born about 1805. Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1840.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Emmett Coffin (1849-1934) — also known asCharles E. Coffin — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,July 14,1849.Realestate business;banker;Vice-Consulfor Paraguay inIndianapolis,Ind., 1900-04.Methodist.Member,OptimistClub;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,October15, 1934 (age85 years, 93days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Walter Louis Cohen (1860-1930) — also known asWalter L. Cohen — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January22, 1860.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromLouisiana,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920(member,CredentialsCommittee),1924,1928;lifeinsurance business.Catholic.AfricanandJewishancestry.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December29, 1930 (age70 years, 341days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.  | Richard Coke (1829-1897) — of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,March13, 1829.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; statecourt judge in Texas, 1865;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1866;Governor ofTexas, 1874-76;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1877-95.Slaveowner. Died in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,May 14,1897 (age68 years, 62days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex. | | | Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837) — also known asR. M. Coleman — of Texas. Born in Kentucky,1799.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Mina, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Drownedin the Brazos River at Velasco,BrazoriaCounty, Tex.,July 1,1837 (ageabout 38years).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Coles (1786-1868) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,December15, 1786.Private secretary to PresidentJamesMadison, 1809-15;registerof U.S. Land Office at Edwardsville, Illinois, 1819-22;Governor ofIllinois, 1822-26.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 7,1868 (age81 years, 205days).Cenotaph atValleyView Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill. | | 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.  | Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) — also known as"The Christian Statesman";"Smiler" —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1823.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate toWhig National Convention from Indiana, 1852;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1863-69;VicePresident of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1872.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.,January13, 1885 (age61 years, 296days).Interment atSouthBend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.| | Relatives: Sonof Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married1844 to EvelynClark; married,November18, 1868, toEllenMaria Wade (niece ofBenjaminFranklin Wade andEdwardWade; first cousin ofDeciusSpear Wade); father ofSchuylerColfax III. | | | | Political family:Wade-Colfaxfamily of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. | | | | Colfax counties inNeb. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofSchuyler,Nebraska, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.Smith,SchuylerColfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —Willard H. Smith,SchuylerColfax: a reappraisal | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Francis X. Collins — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Democrat.Mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1950-69; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1956,1960,1964(alternate).Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Martha Layne Collins (b. 1936) — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born in Bagdad,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,December7, 1936.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1972,1980;Permanent Chair,1984;clerk of the Kentucky court of appeals; elected 1975;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1979-83;Governor ofKentucky, 1983-87.Female.Baptist.Still living as of 2014. | | Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) — also known asLeRoy Collins — of Florida. Born in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March10, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1934-40; member ofFloridastate senate 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;Governor ofFlorida, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1956;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,March12, 1991 (age82 years, 2days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla. | | James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee,1806.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837.Member,Freemasons.While acandidatefor the presidency of the Texas Republic,jumpedoff a boat anddrownedinGalvestonBay,1838(ageabout32 years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) — also known asWilliam M. Colmer — of Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.Born in Moss Point,JacksonCounty, Miss.,February11, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;JacksonCounty Attorney, 1921-27;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63,5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1936,1948,1952,1956,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1947.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Woodmen;Rotary;PiKappa Alpha;Elks.Died in Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.,September9, 1980 (age90 years, 211days).Interment atMachpelahCemetery, Pascagoula, Miss. | | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) — also known asWalter T. Colquitt — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December27, 1799.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-40, 1842-43;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1843-48.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,May 7,1855 (age55 years, 131days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | 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 for him. — Bert T.CombsLake,inClayCounty, Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | Abraham Bogart Conger (1814-1887) — also known asAbraham B. Conger — of Waldberg (now Congers),RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1852-53; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1864.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1887 (age72 years, 323days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof John Smith Conger and Sarah (Bogart) Conger; married,November12, 1836, to Mary Rutgers McCrea Hedges; third cousin twiceremoved ofHughConger; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesLockwood Conger,AnsonGriffith Conger,HarmonSweatland Conger,OmarDwight Conger,MooreConger,FrederickWard Conger,ChaunceyStewart Conger andCharlesFranklin Conger. | | | | Political family:Congerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecommunityofCongers,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) — also known as"The Oneida Chieftan";"MyLord Roscoe" —of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District1859-63, 21st District 1865-67);U.S.Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1876;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1880.Died, frommastoiditis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1888 (age58 years, 171days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAlfredConkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother ofFrederickAugustus Conkling; married,June 25,1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter ofHenrySeymour; sister ofHoratioSeymour; granddaughter ofMosesSeymour; first cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff Seymour); uncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe,AlfredRonalds Conkling andHowardConkling; granduncle ofAlfredConkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofAbelHuntington. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecommunityofRoscoe,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:RoscoeC. Chandley—RoscoeC. Patterson—RoscoeC. Waterbury—RoscoeC. McCulloch—RoscoeC. Marcum—RoscoeC. Emery—RoscoeConkling Simmons—RoscoeConkling Fitch—RoscoeC. Van Marter—RoscoeC. Summers—RoscoeC. Rowe—RoscoeC. Lennon—RoscoeC. Austin—RoscoeC. Hobbs—RoscoeC. Stacey—RoscoeC. Brown, Jr.—RoscoeC. Howard | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: DonaldBarr Chidsey,Thegentleman from New York: A life of RoscoeConkling | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) — also known asJohn B. Connally — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born near Floresville,WilsonCounty, Tex.,February27, 1917.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1961;Governor ofTexas, 1963-69;shotand wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley ofgunfire that killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72;indictedin July 1974 foracceptingthousands of dollars from a dairy industry lobbyist;tried inApril 1975 and acquitted; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1980.Methodist.Died ofpulmonaryfibrosis, in MethodistHospital,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 15,1993 (age76 years, 108days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSamHouston Park, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally; married,December21, 1940, toIdanellBrill. | | | | Cross-reference:NellieConnally | | | | John B. ConnallyHighSchool (opened 1996),Austin,Texas, isnamed for him. — John B. ConnallyMiddleSchool,SanAntonio, Texas, isnamed for him. — TheConnallyLoop,a portion of Interstate 410, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Douglas Conner — of Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.Democrat.Physician;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1996.Africanancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortallywounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1794.Lawyer;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. CommercialAgent (Consul) inHavana, 1827.Died inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1827 (age33 years, 0days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Philip Cook (1817-1894) — of Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.Born inTwiggsCounty, Ga.,July 31,1817.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1850; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1873-83;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1890-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 21,1894 (age76 years, 294days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,March26, 1808.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1844-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1846;AdjutantGeneral of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.Member,Freemasons.Died oftuberculosis,at Seguin,GuadalupeCounty, Tex.,December24, 1847 (age39 years, 273days).Original intermentsomewherein Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Belle Cooledge (1884-1955) — also known as"Auntie Belle" — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Sutter Creek,AmadorCounty, Calif.,July 29,1884.Schoolteacher; instructor, dean of women, and vice president ofSacramento Junior College;mayorof Sacramento, Calif., 1948-49.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,November9, 1955 (age71 years, 103days).Burial location unknown.  | Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known asThomas M. Cooley — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.; Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Attica,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,January6, 1824.Lawyer;newspapereditor; law partner ofCharlesM. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;lawprofessor;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1865-85;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,September12, 1898 (age74 years, 249days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.  | 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. | | Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) — also known asJesse S. Cooper, Jr. — of Mt. Vernon,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,March13, 1899.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDelaware,1928;Delawarestate treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons ofthe American Revolution.In 1950, he quietly helped Sen.JohnJ. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal RevenueService, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,1971(ageabout72 years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.Born in Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.,August23, 1901.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge inKentucky, 1930-38; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1948,1956(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1972(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1955-56;Nepal, 1955-56;East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on theAssassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.BaptistorEpiscopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Rotary;American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi.Died ofheartfailure, inWashington,D.C.,February21, 1991 (age89 years, 182days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue atFountainSquare, Somerset, Ky. | | William Cooper (1754-1809) — of New York. Born in aloghouse, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1754.Merchant;common pleas court judge in New York, 1791;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.Englishancestry.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1809 (age55 years, 20days).Interment atChristChurchyard, 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. | | James Charles Corman (1920-2000) — also known asJames C. Corman;Jim Corman — of Van Nuys, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Reseda,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.,October20, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; servedin the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from California, 1961-81 (22nd District 1961-75,21st District 1975-81).Methodist.Member,Lions;AmericanLegion;Elks;Veterans ofForeign Wars;American BarAssociation.Floor manager in U.S. House for Civil Rights Act and Voting RightsAct in 1960s; member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders.Died, following acerebralhemorrhage, in ahospitalat Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,December30, 2000 (age80 years, 71days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Erastus Corning (1794-1872) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December14, 1794.Democrat.Mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1834-37; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1842-45; founder (1853) and firstpresident of the New York CentralRailroad;U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April 9,1872 (age77 years, 117days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | John Lockwood Corse (1813-1868) — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,March 5,1813.Carriagebuilder;book andstationery business;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1845-46, 1856-57; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1848-50, 1854-56.Member,Freemasons.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,March20, 1868 (age55 years, 15days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | John Murray Corse (1835-1893) — also known asJohn M. Corse — of Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April27, 1835.Democrat.Book andstationery business; candidate forsecretaryof state of Iowa, 1860; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1868-69;postmaster atBoston,Mass., 1886-91.Died in Winchester,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April27, 1893 (age58 years, 0days).Entombed atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa; statue atCrapo Park, Burlington, Iowa.| | Relatives: SonofJohnLockwood Corse and Sarah (Murray) Corse; married,December23, 1856, to Ellen Edwards Prince; married,June 23,1882, to Frances McNeil (grandniece ofFranklinPierce; great-granddaughter ofBenjaminPierce). | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | CorseElementarySchool, inBurlington,Iowa, isnamed partly for him. — The JohnCorseMemorialBridge, which carries U.S. Highway 6 over the Iowa River, atIowa City,Iowa, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Dighton Corson (1827-1915) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.Born in Canaan,SomersetCounty, Maine,October21, 1827.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1858;MilwaukeeCounty District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st JudicialDistrict of Nevada;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889;judge ofSouth Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,May 7,1915 (age87 years, 198days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.  | 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. | | William Ashmead Courtenay (1831-1908) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February4, 1831.Bookpublisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1879-87.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,March17, 1908 (age77 years, 42days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October30, 1768.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in FrenchsMills (now Fort Covington),FranklinCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1813 (age45 years, 15days).Original intermentsomewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 atMt.Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph atMilitaryPost Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. | | John H. Coyne — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1906-07; defeated, 1907 (Democratic), 1913(Progressive).Burial location unknown. | | James Craig (1818-1888) — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,February28, 1818.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1856-57;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1860,1880;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Hannibal &St. JosephRailroad.Slaveowner. Died in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,October22, 1888 (age70 years, 237days).Interment atMt.Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo. | | Robert Craig (1792-1852) — of Virginia. Born near Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.,1792.Democrat.Planter;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1817-18, 1825-29, 1850-52; member,Virginia Board of Public Works, 1820-23;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1835-41 (20th District1829-33, 5th District 1835-37, 4th District 1837-39, 5th District1839-41).Slaveowner. Died inRoanokeCounty, Va.,November25, 1852 (ageabout 60years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Roanoke County, Va. | | Thomas B. Craighead (b. 1800) — of Mississippi. Born in1800.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1840.Burial location unknown. | | William A. Craven (1921-1999) — also known asBill Craven — of Oceanside,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 30,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1973-79; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1979-99.Advocated and won thecreationof a California State University campus at San Marcos.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure and complications ofdiabetes,at the Villas de CarlsbadHealthCenter, Carlsbad,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,July 11,1999 (age78 years, 11days).Interment atEternalHills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif. | | 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 Lovick Crawford (1816-1902) — also known asJohn L. Crawford — of Florida. Born in Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.,April17, 1816.Physician;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1847; member ofFloridastate senate, 1860;secretaryof state of Florida, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January24, 1902 (age85 years, 282days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Samuel Johnson Crawford (1835-1913) — of Garnett,AndersonCounty, Kan.Born near Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,April10, 1835.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofKansas, 1865-68; resigned 1868; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kansas, 1866-68.Died in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,October21, 1913 (age78 years, 194days).Interment atTopekaCemetery, Topeka, Kan. | | William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) — also known asWilliam H. Crawford — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born inNelsonCounty, Va.,February24, 1772.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1807-13; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1813-15;U.S.Secretary of War, 1815-16;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1816-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824; state court judge in Georgia, 1827.Slaveowner. Died inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,September15, 1834 (age62 years, 203days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Oglethorpe County, Ga.| | Relatives: UncleofNathanCrawford Barnett. | | | | Crawford counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Mo. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:CrawfordWheatley | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William Harris Crawford:Philip Jackson Green,Thelife of William Harris Crawford — Philip JacksonGreen,Thepublic life of William Harris Crawford, 1807-1825 —Everette Wayne Cutler,WilliamH. Crawford: A contextual biography — Robert ColemanLorish,WilliamH. Crawford and the presidential election of 1824 |
 | Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896) — also known asCharles F. Crisp — of Ellaville,SchleyCounty, Ga.; Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire,England,of American parents,January29, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;superior court judge in Georgia, 1876-82;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1883-96; died in office1896;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1891-95.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,October23, 1896 (age51 years, 268days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Americus, 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. | | Robert Crittenden (1797-1834) — of Arkansas. Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,January1, 1797.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1819-29.Mortally woundedHenryWharton Conway in aduelon October 29, 1827.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December18, 1834 (age37 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1822.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of theCentral PacificRailroad;first president of the Southern PacificRailroad.Died in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,August14, 1888 (age65 years, 333days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | David Crockett (1786-1836) — also known asDavy Crockett;"King of the WildFrontier" —of Tennessee. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1786.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1821;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during theTexas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age49 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married,August16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married1815 toElizabeth Patton; father ofJohnWesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesCarroll Walcutt. | | | | Political family:Crockett-Walcuttfamily of Tennessee. | | | | Crockett counties inTenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | The Davy CrockettNationalForest (established 1936), inHoustonandTrinitycounties, Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,then go ahead." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by David Crockett:ANarrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State ofTennessee | | | | Books about David Crockett: William C.Davis,ThreeRoads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, JamesBowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,DavyCrockett — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Elaine Alphin,DavyCrockett (for young readers) |
| | Edward Cross (1798-1887) — of Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.Born in Hawkins City (unknowncounty), Tenn.,November11, 1798.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1839-45.Slaveowner. Died near Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,April 6,1887 (age88 years, 146days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hempstead County, Ark. | | Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) — also known asWilbur L. Cross — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Mansfield,TollandCounty, Conn.,April10, 1862.Democrat.Universityprofessor;Governor ofConnecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1932,1936,1940,1944;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1946.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October5, 1948 (age86 years, 178days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) — also known asD. L. Crossman — of Dansville,InghamCounty, Mich.; Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,November4, 1836.Republican.Postmaster;miller;banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1869; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872;clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1876.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Williamston,InghamCounty, Mich.,March 7,1901 (age64 years, 123days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairviewCemetery, Dansville, Mich.  | Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) — also known asCharles M. Croswell — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Born in Newburgh,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1825.Republican.Carpenter;contractor;lawyer;LenaweeCounty Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner ofThomasM. Cooley, 1855;mayor ofAdrian, Mich., 1862-63; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8thDistrict 1867-68);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1868;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,1873-74;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74;Governor ofMichigan, 1877-80.Presbyterian.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.Died in Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,December13, 1886 (age61 years, 43days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Adrian, Mich. | | John H. Crowley (born c.1851) — of Colorado. Born about 1851. Member ofColoradostate senate, 1890.Burial location unknown. | | David Browning Culberson (1830-1900) — also known asDavid B. Culberson — of Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.Born inTroupCounty, Ga.,September29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1873;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1875-97 (2nd District 1875-83, 4thDistrict 1883-97).Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,May 7,1900 (age69 years, 220days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Tex.  | Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) — also known asShelby M. Cullom — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Monticello,WayneCounty, Ky.,November22, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1856;U.S.Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71;Governor ofIllinois, 1877-83; resigned 1883;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1884,1892,1904(delegation chair;speaker),1908.Died inWashington,D.C.,January28, 1914 (age84 years, 67days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey) Cullom; married,December12, 1855, to Hannah M. Fisher; married,May 5,1863, to Julia Fisher; father of Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (whomarriedWilliamBarret Ridgely); nephew ofAlvinCullom andWilliamCullom. | | | | Political family:Cullomfamily of Springfield, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofCullom,Illinois, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1901 |
| | 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. | | Thomas B. Cuming (d. 1858) — of Nebraska.Secretaryof Nebraska Territory, 1854-58; died in office 1858;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1854-55, 1857-58.DiedMarch23, 1858.Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Douglas County, Neb.; subsequentinterment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.; reinterment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.  | 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. | | 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. | | Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) — also known asMario M. Cuomo — of Holliswood, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1932.Democrat. Playedprofessionalbaseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates;lawyer;lawprofessor;secretaryof state of New York, 1975-78; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1977 (Democratic primary), 1977(Liberal);LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1979-82; defeated in primary, 1974;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984(speaker),1988;Governorof New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; Democratic PresidentialElector for New York,1992.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,DeltaTheta Phi;American BarAssociation.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 2015 (age82 years, 200days).Entombed in mausoleum atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | Michael Curb (b. 1944) — also known asMike Curb — of California; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December24, 1944.Republican.Musician;recordcompany executive;racecar owner; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1977;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1979-83; defeated, 1986; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1982.In 2003, he was inducted into the Georgia MusicHall ofFame.Still living as of 2014. | | George Curry (1861-1947) — of Kingston,SierraCounty, N.M.Born in Bayou Sara,WestFeliciana Parish, La.,April 3,1861.Republican.LincolnCounty Clerk, 1888-90;LincolnCounty Assessor, 1890-92;LincolnCounty Sheriff, 1892-94; member ofNew Mexicoterritorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;OteroCounty Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, PhilippineIslands, 1901;chiefof police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor, Isabella, P.I., 1904-05;governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1907-10;U.S.Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,November24, 1947 (age86 years, 235days).Interment atSantaFe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | 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. | | Thomas Cushing (1725-1788) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March24, 1725.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-76;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1780-88; died in office 1788;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1785.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February28, 1788 (age62 years, 341days).Interment atOldGranary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. | | John Alfred Cuthbert (1788-1881) — also known asJohn A. Cuthbert — of Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.; Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,June 3,1788.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1811-13, 1817, 1822; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1814-15;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-21;newspapereditor and publisher.Slaveowner. Died in Mon Louis Island,MobileCounty, Ala.,September22, 1881 (age93 years, 111days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Mobile County, Ala. | | 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 Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) — also known asGeorge M. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 10,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1837-39;Great Britain, 1856-61;VicePresident of the United States, 1845-49.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1864 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: SonofAlexanderJames Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of SophiaBurrell Dallas (who marriedRichardBache Jr.); married,May 23,1816, toSophiaChew Nicklin (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache(who marriedRobertJohn Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin) andGeorgeMifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle ofRobertWalker Irwin; second great-granduncle ofClaibornede Borda Pell; third great-granduncle ofDanielBaugh Brewster. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Dallas counties inArk.,Iowa,Mo. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofDallas,Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeorgeM. D. Hart—GeorgeM. Condon | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: JohnM. Belohlavek,GeorgeMifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
| | Charles Wylie Dalrymple (1833-1907) — also known asCharles W. Dalrymple — of Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born inWayneCounty, N.Y.,May 13,1833.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant; postmaster atAlbion,Mich., 1861-66;mayor ofAlbion, Mich., 1900-01; defeated, 1901.Died in Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.,May 20,1907 (age74 years, 7days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | Nathan Dane (1752-1835) — of Massachusetts. Born in Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1752.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1782-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1785-88; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1790-91, 1793-97; Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1812.Died in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,February15, 1835 (age82 years, 48days).Interment atBeverlyCentral Cemetery, Beverly, Mass. | | Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (1897-1981) — also known asColgate W. Darden, Jr. — ofNorfolk,Va.Born inSouthamptonCounty, Va.,February11, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1930-33;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1933-37, 1939-41 (at-large 1933-35,2nd District 1935-37, 1939-41);Governor ofVirginia, 1942-46; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker);president,University of Virginia, 1947.Episcopalian.Died inNorfolk,Va.,June 9,1981 (age84 years, 118days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Southampton County, Va. | | William Darke (1736-1801) — ofBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,May 6,1736.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BerkeleyCounty, 1788.Died inJeffersonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),November26, 1801 (age65 years, 204days).Interment atDarke-Engle-Ronemous Cemetery, Shenandoah Junction, W.Va. | | Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) — also known asJay N. Darling;"Ding" —of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Norwood,CharlevoixCounty, Mich.,October21, 1876.Republican.Cartoonist;received thePulitzerPrize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1932;founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head ofthe U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildliferefuges.Member,BetaTheta Pi.DiedJanuary12, 1962 (age85 years, 83days).Interment atLoganPark Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa. | | Richard Joseph Daronco (1931-1988) — also known asRichard J. Daronco — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1931.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court, 1979-87;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1987-88;died in office 1988.Catholic.Italianancestry.Shotandkilled,by Charles L. Koster, in Pelham Heights, Pelham,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1988 (age56 years, 294days). Koster, a retired police officer, was angry over rulingthe judge had issued two days earlier; he killed himself at the scene.Burial location unknown. | | Andrew Duncan Davidson (1853-1916) — also known asA. D. Davidson — of Little Falls,MorrisonCounty, Minn.; Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Glencoe,Ontario,May18, 1853.Republican. President, Canadian WesternLumberCompany; vice-president, Columbia RiverLumberCompany; land commissioner, Canadian NorthernRailway;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Died, fromacutestomach trouble, in theMayoClinic, Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,April22, 1916 (age62 years, 340days).Entombed atForestHill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn. | | William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) — also known as"Father of the University of NorthCarolina" —of Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.Born in Egremont,England,June22, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1798-99.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Land's Ford,ChesterCounty, S.C.,November5, 1820 (age64 years, 136days).Interment atOldWaxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C. | | Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. | | Garrett Davis (1801-1872) — of Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.Born in Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,September10, 1801.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1839-47 (12th District 1839-43, 8thDistrict 1843-47);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861-72; died in office 1872.Slaveowner. Died in Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.,September22, 1872 (age71 years, 12days).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS George Davis (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; scrapped 1960) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) — also known asHenry G. Davis — of Piedmont,MineralCounty, W.Va.Born near Woodstock,HowardCounty, Md.,November16, 1823.Democrat.Railroadpromoter; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Hampshire County, 1866;member ofWestVirginia state senate 10th District, 1869-71;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from West Virginia,1872,1880,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,March11, 1916 (age92 years, 116days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va.; statue atDavis Park, Charleston, W.Va.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 Bratton Davis (1917-2004) — also known asJ. Bratton Davis — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Hartsville,DarlingtonCounty, S.C.,October27, 1917.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; campaign manager forDonaldS. Russell for Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1964;U.S. bankruptcy judge, 1978-2000.DiedOctober29, 2004 (age87 years, 2days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bratton Davis (1885-1925) and Sarah Eleanor (Causey) Davis;married to Margaret Smyth McKissick. | | | | The J. Bratton Davis U.S. BankruptcyCourthouse(built 1936; given current name about 2005), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court forSouth Carolina |
| | | 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. | | James William Dawes (1845-1918) — also known asJames W. Dawes — of Crete,SalineCounty, Neb.Born in McConnelsville,MorganCounty, Ohio,January8, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875;NebraskaRepublican state chair, 1876-82; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1877; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1880;Governorof Nebraska, 1883-87.Died in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October8, 1918 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | William Crosby Dawson (1798-1856) — also known asWilliam C. Dawson — of Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.Born in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,January4, 1798.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1836-41; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1841; circuit judge in Georgia, 1845;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1849-55.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,May 5,1856 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atGreensboroCemetery, Greensboro, Ga. | | Merritt H. Day (1844-1900) — of Scotland,Bon HommeCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.Born in1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;memberDakota territorial council, 1879-82.Died in Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.,1900(ageabout56 years).Burial location unknown. | | Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,October16, 1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790,1814-15;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1795-99;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Arrestedin 1807 onchargesof conspiring withAaronBurr intreasonableprojects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,October9, 1824 (age63 years, 359days).Entombed atSt.John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J. | | 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 for him. — The DearbornRiver,inLewis &Clark andCascadecounties, Montana, isnamed for him. — MountDearborn, a formermilitaryarsenal on an island in the Catawba River,ChesterCounty, South Carolina, isnamed for him. —The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1959) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Columbus Delano (1809-1896) — of Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,June 4,1809.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1845-47, 1865-67, 1868-69 (10thDistrict 1845-47, 13th District 1865-67, 1868-69); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1860;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1863;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1870-75.Died in Mt. Vernon,KnoxCounty, Ohio,October23, 1896 (age87 years, 141days).Interment atMoundView Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. | | William Jennings Demorest (1822-1895) — also known asW. Jennings Demorest — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJune 10,1822.Magazinepublisher; he and his wife were pioneers in making mass-producedpaper patterns for sewingclothes;Prohibition candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1890.DiedApril 9,1895 (age72 years, 303days).Burial location unknown.  | Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) — also known asMark L. De Motte — of Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.; Lexington,LafayetteCounty, Mo.Born in Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.,December28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor and publisher; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegateto Republican National Convention from Missouri,1876;U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member ofIndianastate senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1888;postmaster atValparaiso,Ind., 1890-94.Methodist.FrenchandDutchancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Valparaiso,PorterCounty, Ind.,September23, 1908 (age75 years, 270days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Valparaiso, Ind. | | Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known asNed Denby — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1903-04;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of StateAlbertB. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to theInterior Department; Fall then accepted largebribesto sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the TeapotDomescandal;in 1924, Denby wasforced toresign as Secretary of the Navy.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1929 (age58 years, 356days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Dennison Jr. (1815-1882) — of Ohio. BornNovember23, 1815.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;Governorof Ohio, 1860-62;U.S.Postmaster General, 1864-66.DiedJune 15,1882 (age66 years, 204days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | Harmar Denny (1794-1852) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 13,1794.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-37 (16th District 1829-33,22nd District 1833-37).Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January29, 1852 (age57 years, 261days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | 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. | | Joseph A. DePaolo Jr. (1908-1965) — of Plantsville, Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,1908.Democrat.Insuranceandrealestate business; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Southington, 1937-38,1941-42; defeated, 1942;firstselectman of Southington, Connecticut, 1947-50; postmaster atPlantsville,Conn., 1952; Southington town clerk, 1961-65.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Sons ofItaly;AmericanLegion.Died in Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 21,1965 (ageabout 56years).Interment atSt.Thomas Cemetery, Southington, Conn.  | Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) — also known asChauncey M. Depew — of Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1834.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63;secretaryof state of New York, 1864-65;WestchesterCounty Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1868,1892,1896(speaker),1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920(speaker),1924;Liberal Republican candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New YorkCentralRailroad;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1888;U.S.Senator from New York, 1899-1911.FrenchHuguenot,Dutch,andEnglishancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Societyof the Cincinnati;Skulland Bones.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1928 (age93 years, 348days).Entombed atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married,November9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married,December28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew ofRogerSherman; second cousin twice removed ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed ofAaronBurr; third cousin once removed ofSimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman andMertonWilliam Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed ofReubenBostwick Heacock; fourth cousin ofJohnFrederick Addis,Henryde Forest Baldwin andRogerSherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAdams Dix,CharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman,CharlesWarren Fairbanks,NewtonHamilton Fairbanks,JohnStanley Addis andArchibaldCox. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofDepew, NewYork, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
 | 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. | | Gerald Desmond (1915-1964) — also known asJerry Desmond — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April12, 1915.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1956,1960.Died in1964(ageabout49 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Desmond; married1937 toVirginia Slater. | | | | The Gerald DesmondBridge(built 1965-68; replacement under construction 2019), which takesOcean Boulevard over the Back Channel, inLongBeach, California, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Jacob S. Deuel (b. 1830) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born inDutchessCounty, N.Y.,1830.Sawmillowner;memberDakota territorial council, 1862-63.Germanancestry.Died inDutchessCounty, N.Y.Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known asThomas E. Dewey — of Pawling,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March24, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933;NewYork County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1940;Governorof New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1952(speaker),1956.Episcopalian.EnglishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Council onForeign Relations;FarmBureau;Grange;PhiMu Alpha;PhiDelta Phi.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the SeaviewHotel,Bal Harbor, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,March16, 1971 (age68 years, 357days).Entombed in mausoleum atPawlingCemetery, Pawling, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofGeorgeMartin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married,June 16,1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece ofJeffersonFinis Davis); nephew ofEdmondOtis Dewey; first cousin four times removed ofDavidWaterman; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasGlasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed ofJabezHuntington,LutherWaterman andJoshuaCoit; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnHall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesGillespie Blaine III. | | | | Political family:Coitfamily of New London, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HerbertBrownell, Jr. —CharlesC. Wing —MartinT. Manton —HermanMethfessel | | | | The Thomas E. DeweyThruway,which runs throughWestchester,Rockland,Orange,Ulster,Greene,Albany,Schenectady,Montgomery,Herkimer,Oneida,Madison,Onondaga,Cayuga,Seneca,Ontario,Monroe,Genesee,Erie,andChautauquacounties in New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.Stolberg,FightingOrganized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.Dewey — Barry K. Beyer,ThomasE. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in PoliticalLeadership — Richard Norton Smith,ThomasE. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — David Pietrusza,1948:Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that TransformedAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | William Pitt Dewey (d. 1900) — also known asWilliam P. Dewey — of Wisconsin; Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in New York. U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1873-77;memberDakota territorial council, 1883-84.Died in1900.Burial location unknown. | | Green DeWitt (1787-1835) — ofRallsCounty, Mo.; Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,February12, 1787.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;RallsCounty Sheriff;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Gonzales, 1833.Died in Monclova,Coahuila,May18, 1835 (age48 years, 95days).Intermentsomewherein Mexico. | | 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. | | Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) — of Lunenburg,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 14,1761.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1788-90;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800;U.S.Secretary of War, 1800;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1801; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1814, 1815, 1816.Died in Athens,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1816 (age54 years, 356days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Samuel William Dexter (1792-1863) — also known asSamuel W. Dexter — of Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February18, 1792.Newspaperpublisher;WashtenawCounty Judge, 1826-27; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1831.Died in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February6, 1863 (age70 years, 353days).Interment atForest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Mich. | | 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. | | Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836) — also known asManuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala ySáenz —of Mérida,Yucatan;La Porte,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Tecoh,Yucatan,October3, 1788.Active in politics in Mexico, 1812-34;imprisonedin 1814-17 by Mexican authorities over hisadvocacyof democratic reforms;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Harrisburg, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1836.Died, ofpneumonia,November15, 1836 (age48 years, 43days).Interment atdeZavala Family Cemetery, La Porte, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Anastasio de Zavala=y=Velázquez and Maria BárbaraSáenz=y=Castro; married1807 to TeresaCorrea=y=Correa; married,November12, 1831, to Emily West. | | | | Zavala County,Tex. is named for him. |
| | William J. Dickenson — Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1859-61, 1865-67, 1877-82.Burial location unknown. | | Alfred M. Dickey — of North Dakota. Republican.LieutenantGovernor of North Dakota, 1889-90.Burial location unknown.  | Daniel Stevens Dickinson (1800-1866) — also known asDaniel S. Dickinson;"Bray" —of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Goshen,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September11, 1800.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 6th District, 1837-40;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1843-44;U.S.Senator from New York, 1844-51;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1862-63; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1864;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1865-66; died inoffice 1866.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1866 (age65 years, 213days).Interment atSpringForest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.  | Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) — also known asDon M. Dickinson — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Port Ontario,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1876; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1880,1892(speaker);U.S.Postmaster General, 1888-89.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association.DiedOctober15, 1917 (age71 years, 271days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | 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. | | William Dickson (1770-1816) — of Tennessee. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,May 5,1770.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1799-1803;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1799-1803;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1801-07.Member,Freemasons.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February21, 1816 (age45 years, 292days).Intermentsomewherein Davidson County, Tenn. | | Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) — also known asC. Douglas Dillon;Clarence DouglassDillon —of Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Geneva,Switzerland,of American parents,August21, 1909.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;financier;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1952(alternate),1968;U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1953-57;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.Scottish,French,Swedish,andJewishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;Societyof Colonial Wars.Recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January10, 2003 (age93 years, 142days).Burial location unknown.  | John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) — also known asJohn D. Dingell;"Big John";"The Truck" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.; Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,July 8,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1968,1984,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.PolishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,PolishLegion of American Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;National RifleAssociation.Died, fromprostatecancer, in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,February7, 2019 (age92 years, 214days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell andJohnDavid Dingell; married1952 to HelenHenebry; married1981 toDeborahAnn Insley; father ofChristopherD. Dingell. | | | | Political family:Dingellfamily of Detroit, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:DougRoss | | | | John DingellDrive,in Detroit MetroAirport,Romulus,Michigan, isnamed for him. — The John D.DingellVAMedical Center, inDetroit,Michigan, isnamed for him. — The John D.Dingell Jr. MemorialBridges,which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann ArborRailroad tracks, inAnn Arbor,Michigan, arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
|  | Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) — also known asEverett M. Dirksen;"The Wizard ofOoze" —of Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.Born in Pekin,TazewellCounty, Ill.,January4, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;merchant;U.S.Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1948,1952(speaker),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(member,CredentialsCommittee),1964(delegation chair),1968(delegation chair);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.ChristianReformed. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Eagles;Elks;Moose;American BarAssociation;OddFellows;IzaakWalton League.Died, oflungcancer, at theWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1969 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atGlendaleMemorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill. | | 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 for him. — DixMountain,in the Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Archibald Dixon (1802-1876) — of Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.Born near Redhouse,CaswellCounty, N.C.,April 2,1802.Whig.Lawyer; lawpartner ofLazarusPowell, 1835-39;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1844-48; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1851;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1851-55.Slaveowner. Died in Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,April23, 1876 (age74 years, 21days).Interment atFernwoodCemetery, Henderson, Ky. | | John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) — also known asJ. W. Dobbs — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.,March 6,1882.Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Africanancestry. Member,PrinceHall Masons.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August30, 1961 (age79 years, 177days).Interment atSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; statue atJohn Wesley Dobbs Plaza, Atlanta, Ga. | | William Polk Dobson (1793-1846) — also known asWilliam P. Dobson — ofSurryCounty, N.C.Born inStokesCounty, N.C.,1793.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 1836, 1842 (SurryCounty 1818-19, 1827, 1830-34, 43rd District 1836, 1842).Died in Rockford,SurryCounty, N.C.,1846(ageabout53 years).Interment atDobsonFamily Cemetery, Near Rockford, Surry County, N.C. | | 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. | | Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known asAugustus C. Dodge — of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.; Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa.Born in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,January2, 1812.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;registerof U.S. Land Office at Burlington, Iowa, 1838-40;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840-46;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; resigned 1855;firstU.S. Senator who was born west of the Mississippi River; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1855-59; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1860,1864;mayorof Burlington, Iowa, 1874-75.Scottishancestry.Died in Burlington,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,November20, 1883 (age71 years, 322days).Interment atAspenGrove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. | | 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. | | William Earle Dodge (1805-1883) — also known asWilliam E. Dodge — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September4, 1805.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1865-67; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1872.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1883 (age77 years, 158days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | John A. Doelle (1878-1962) — of Michigan; Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.BornFebruary10, 1878.Republican.Superintendentof schools; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1922; resigned 1922.Died in Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.,March 7,1962 (age84 years, 25days).Interment atMountainHome Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich. | | Joseph Norton Dolph (1835-1897) — also known asJoseph N. Dolph — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inSchuylerCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Oregon, 1865-68; member ofOregonstate senate, 1866-74;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1883-95.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March10, 1897 (age61 years, 142days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | 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. | | George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) — also known asGeorge A. Dondero — of Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,December16, 1883.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Royal Oak, Mich., 1921-23;U.S.Representative from Michigan, 1933-57 (17th District 1933-53,18th District 1953-57).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis.Died in Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January29, 1968 (age84 years, 44days).Interment atOakviewCemetery, Royal Oak, Mich. | | 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. | | Stockton P. Donley (1831-1871) — of Texas. Born in Missouri,May 27,1831.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1866.DiedFebruary17, 1871 (age39 years, 266days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Tyler, Tex. | | 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 H. Donovan (1923-1990) — of Chadwicks,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Marcy,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1966-90 (51st District 1966, 46th District 1967-82,47th District 1983-90); died in office 1990; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1980.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Knightsof Columbus.Represented Oneida County in the New York State Senate longer thanany other senator in the history of the county.Died, ofcoloncancer, in Chadwicks,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,August31, 1990 (age66 years, 292days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Clayville, N.Y. | | Richard Joseph Donovan (1926-1971) — also known asRichard Donovan;DickDonovan —of Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New RochelleHospital,New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,February24, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;policeofficer;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1965-69; municipal judge in California, 1969-71;died in office 1971.Catholic;laterCongregationalist.Member,Elks;Kiwanis;Sonsof the American Revolution.Suffered aself-inflictedgunshotwound, and died soon after, in ahospitalat Chula Vista,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November21, 1971 (age45 years, 270days).Cremated;ashes interred atGlenAbbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif. | | 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. | | Charles Dougherty (1801-1853) — of Georgia. Born in1801.State court judge in Georgia, 1840. DiedNovember26, 1853 (ageabout 52years).Interment atOldAthens Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) — also known asDennis Dougherty;"The GreatBuilder" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Ashland,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.,August16, 1865.Catholicpriest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop ofPhiladelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; offered prayer,Republican National Convention,1940,1948;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1948.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, from astroke,in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1951 (age85 years, 288days).Entombed atCathedralBasilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr. (1894-1982) — also known asBen E. Douglas — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Scotts Crossroad,IredellCounty, N.C.,September3, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;fur merchant;mayorof Charlotte, N.C., 1935-41; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1940,1956.Died in1982(ageabout87 years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C.  | Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) — also known asStephen A. Douglas;Arnold Douglass;"The Little Giant" —of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Brandon,RutlandCounty, Vt.,April23, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39;registerof U.S. Land Office at Springfield, Illinois, 1837;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1840-41;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-43;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1852,1856;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860.Slaveowner. Died, oftyphoidfever, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 3,1861 (age48 years, 41days).Entombed atDouglasMonument Park, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married1847 toMartha Denny Martin; married1856 to RoseAdele Cutts; father ofRobertMartin Douglas; grandfather ofRobertDick Douglas; second cousin once removed ofSylvesterGardiner Shearman; third cousin twice removed ofJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin ofSamuelTownsend Douglass andSilasHamilton Douglas; fourth cousin once removed ofAlmarF. Dickson andHenryWoolsey Douglas. | | | | Political family:Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Douglas counties inColo.,Ga.,Ill.,Kan.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb.,Nev.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Stephen A. Douglas: RobertW. Johannsen,StephenA. Douglas — James L. Huston,StephenA. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality —Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Fergus M. Bordewich,America'sGreat Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise ThatPreserved the Union — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Kelsey Harris Douglass (d. 1840) — of Texas. Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38.Member,Freemasons.Died in1840.Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex. | | John Goodchild Dow (1905-2003) — also known asJohn G. Dow — of Grand View,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 6,1905.Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 33rd District, 1954; Democratic candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Rockland County, 1956;U.S.Representative from New York 27th District, 1965-69, 1971-73;defeated, 1968 (Democratic), 1972 (Democratic), 1974 (Democratic),1982 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Liberal), 1990 (Democratic);delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1968.Died in Suffern,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,March11, 2003 (age97 years, 309days).Burial location unknown. | | Neal Dow (1804-1897) — also known as"Napoleon of Temperance";"Father of Prohibition";"Grand Old Man inthe Temperance Cause" —of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March20, 1804.Tanningbusiness;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1851, 1855; defeated (Democratic), 1888;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1858-59; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1868;Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880.Quaker.During the Civil War was captured by Confederate forces, imprisoned,and eventually exchanged for Confederate Gen.WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee, who was a Union prisoner.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October2, 1897 (age93 years, 196days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | John Gately Downey (1827-1894) — also known asJohn G. Downey — ofLosAngeles County, Calif.Born in County Roscommon,Ireland,June24, 1827.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 1st District, 1856-57;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1860;Governor ofCalifornia, 1860-62; defeated, 1863; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1864.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March 1,1894 (age66 years, 250days).Original interment atOldCalvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;reinterment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Thomas Joseph Downing (1867-1927) — also known asThomas J. Downing;TomDowning —of McNeals Corner,LancasterCounty, Va.BornMay 25,1867.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1920-27 (34th District 1920-23, 31st District1924-27); died in office 1927.Died in McNeals Corner,LancasterCounty, Va.,December24, 1927 (age60 years, 213days).Interment atDowning Family Cemetery, McNeals Corner, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Downing and Catharine Ellen (Payne) Downing; married toEstelle R. Chilton. | | | | The DowningBridge(built 1927, rebuilt 1963), over the Rappahannock River, betweenTappahannockandWarsaw,Virginia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) — of Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa.Born in Rushville,SchuylerCounty, Ill.,December30, 1830.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;railroadbuilder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1888;Governorof Iowa, 1896-98.Disciplesof Christ. Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died, ofdiabetes,in Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,November20, 1903 (age72 years, 325days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | 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. | | Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802-1879) — also known asThomas S. Drew — of Arkansas. Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,August25, 1802.Democrat.Governor ofArkansas, 1844-49; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1858.Died in Lipan,HoodCounty, Tex.,1879(ageabout76 years).Original intermentsomewherein Lipan, Tex.; reinterment in 1923 atMasonicCemetery, Pocahontas, Ark. | | Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) — also known asAlfred E. Driscoll — of Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October25, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state senate from Camden County, 1939-41;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New Jersey,1948,1952(speaker);member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.Presbyterian.Member,PsiUpsilon.DiedMarch 9,1975 (age72 years, 135days).Interment atHaddonfieldBaptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J. | | 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. | | Jesse K. Dubois — ofLawrenceCounty, Ill.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1835-41, 1843-45;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1857-64; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1868.Burial location unknown. | | Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) — also known asRichard M. Dudley — of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Waco,MadisonCounty, Ky.,1860.Engineer;banker;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1910;mayor ofEl Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925.Died, followingulcersurgery, in Hotel DieuHospital,El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,May 1,1925 (ageabout 64years).Interment atEvergreenAlameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Parker Dudley and Mary Susan (Gentry) Dudley; married toFrances Dow Moore. | | | | R. M. DudleySchool(opened 1925; now gone), inEl Paso,Texas, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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.  | John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1944;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949;U.S.Secretary of State, 1953-59.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Council onForeign Relations.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1959.Died ofcancerandpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,May 24,1959 (age71 years, 88days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother ofAllenWelsh Dulles; married,June 26,1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson ofJohnWatson Foster; great-grandnephew ofJohnWelsh; third great-grandnephew ofJoshuaCoit; first cousin twice removed ofLangdonCheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofSamuelWelsh; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertCoit Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofLewisWardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,WilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardF. Corsi | | | | Washington DullesInternationalAirport (opened 1962), inLoudounandFairfaxcounties, Virginia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,1951 |
| | James Henry Duncan (1793-1869) — also known asJames H. Duncan — of Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,December5, 1793.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1827, 1837-38, 1857; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1828-31; delegate to Whig National Convention fromMassachusetts, 1839;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1849-53.Died in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,February8, 1869 (age75 years, 65days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Haverhill, Mass. | | Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896) — also known asElmer S. Dundy — of Falls City,RichardsonCounty, Neb.Born inTrumbullCounty, Ohio,March 5,1830.Lawyer;memberNebraska territorial council, 1858-62;justice ofNebraska territorial supreme court, 1863-67;U.S.District Judge for Nebraska, 1868.DiedOctober28, 1896 (age66 years, 237days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Daniel Dunklin (1790-1844) — ofWashingtonCounty, Mo.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,January14, 1790.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1828-32;Governor ofMissouri, 1832-36.Died ofpneumonia,August25, 1844 (age54 years, 224days).Interment atDanielDunklin Grave State Historic Site, Herculaneum, Mo. | | Charles Dunn — of Wisconsin.Chiefjustice of Wisconsin territorial supreme court, 1836-48.Burial location unknown. | | John P. Dunn (born c.1823) — of Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born about 1823.Mayorof Bismarck, N.Dak., 1860.Burial location unknown. | | Moses Fell Dunn (1842-1915) — of Indiana. Born in Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,April26, 1842.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1867-69; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1870.DiedOctober21, 1915 (age73 years, 178days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind. | | Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H., about 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J.F. McElwainShoeCompany;secretary-treasurer,New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union;HillsboroughCounty Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate formayorof Manchester, N.H., 1963.Catholic.Member,CatholicWar Veterans;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Foresters.Suffered aheartattack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre DameHospital,Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December12, 1963 (ageabout 48years).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. | | George Harman Durand (1838-1903) — also known asGeorge H. Durand — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Cobleskill,SchoharieCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJohnJ. Carton;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1873-75;U.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1875-77; defeated,1876;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1892; appointed 1892; defeated,1893; Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,June 8,1903 (age65 years, 107days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich. | | 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. | | Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (1921-2004) — also known asPerry B. Duryea, Jr. — of Montauk,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Montauk,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,October18, 1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1961-77 (Suffolk County 1st District 1961-65, 1stDistrict 1966-77);Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1969-73;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1967;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Central Committee, 1968; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968,1972;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1978.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Freemasons.Died, from injuries suffered in acaraccident, in SouthamptonHospital,Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January11, 2004 (age82 years, 85days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Montauk, Long Island, N.Y. | | William Pope Duval (1784-1854) — also known asWilliam P. Duval — of Kentucky;CalhounCounty, Fla.Born in Virginia,1784.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Florida, 1821-22;Governorof Florida Territory, 1822-34;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Calhoun County,1838-39; member ofFloridastate senate, 1839-42.He was the model forWashingtonIrving's character "Ralph Ringwood" and James K. Paulding'scharacter "Nimrod Wildfire".Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1854 (ageabout 69years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | 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. | | David William Dyer (1910-1998) — Born in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,June 28,1910.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1961-66;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-76; tooksenior status 1976;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-98; died inoffice 1998.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,June 7,1998 (age87 years, 344days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Henry Dyer (1774-1826) — Born in North Carolina,1774.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1820.Died inMadisonCounty, Tenn.,May 11,1826 (ageabout 51years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) — also known asJubal A. Early;"The Terrapin fromFranklin";"Old Jube";"OldJubilee" —ofFranklinCounty, Va.;Lynchburg,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,November3, 1816.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1841-42; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Franklin County, 1861;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; after theConfederatesurrender, fearingimprisonment,hefledthe country to Cuba, then Canada;pardonedin 1869 by PresidentAndrewJohnson.Felldown stairs at the LynchburgPostOffice, and died two weeks later, inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1894 (age77 years, 119days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.; cenotaph atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; memorial monument atFort Early, Lynchburg, Va. | | Peter Early (1773-1817) — of Georgia. Born near Madison,MadisonCounty, Va.,June 20,1773.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 2ndDistrict 1805-07); superior court judge in Georgia, 1807-13;Governor ofGeorgia, 1813-15; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1815-17; died in office 1817.Slaveowner. Died near Scull Shoals,GreeneCounty, Ga.,August15, 1817 (age44 years, 56days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atCityCemetery, Greensboro, Ga.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS George Eastman (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1977) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
 | Abel Elsworth Eaton (1834-1917) — also known asA. E. Eaton — of Union,UnionCounty, Ore.Born in Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.,May 20,1834.Woollenmanufacturer; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofOregon, 1910.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,January15, 1917 (age82 years, 240days).Interment atUnionVictorian Cemetery, Union, Ore. |  | 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. | | | Theophilus Eaton (1590-1658) — Born in Buckinghamshire,England,1590.Co-founder and first Governor of New Haven Colony, 1639-58.Puritan.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January17,1658 (ageabout 67years).Original interment and cenotaph atNew Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph atMontowese Cemetery, North Haven, Conn. | | 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.  | Charles Hercules Ebbets (1859-1925) — also known asCharles H. Ebbets;CharlieEbbets —ofKingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1859.Architect;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 12th District, 1896; owner,Brooklyn Dodgersprofessionalbaseball team, 1902-25.Died, fromheartfailure, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1925 (age65 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives:Married,April10, 1878, to Minnie Frances Amelia Broadbent; married,May 8,1922, to Grace Eleanor Slade. | | | | Ebbets Field (built 1912, demolished 1960),ballparkfor the Brooklyn Dodgers, inBrooklyn,New York, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Robert Milner Echols (1798-1847) — also known asRobert M. Echols — ofWaltonCounty, Ga.Born near Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,1798.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1824-29; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1830-44; general in the U.S. Army during theMexican War.Killedin action when hefell fromhis horse during battle, at National Bridge (Puente Nacional), nearVeracruz,Veracruz,December3, 1847 (ageabout 49years).Original intermentsomewherein Mexico; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Walton County, Ga. | | Bernard Albert Eckhart (1848-1931) — also known asBernard A. Eckhart — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Alsace,France,September4, 1848.Republican.Miller;bankdirector; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1887-90; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1912,1928.Alsatianancestry. Member,UnionLeague.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 11,1931 (age82 years, 249days).Entombed in mausoleum atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-1879) — Born inPutnamCounty, Ga.,February28, 1822.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1850; member of Texas statelegislature, 1855; general in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar; Judge, Texas Court of Appeals, 1866-79; died in office 1879.Wounded during the Civil War, andlost aleg.DiedOctober29, 1879 (age57 years, 243days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | 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. | | William Grant Edens (1863-1957) — also known asWilliam G. Edens — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.,November27, 1863.Republican.Railwayconductor;banker;president, Illinois Highway Improvement Association, 1912-20; leadingadvocate for construction of hard surface roads; campaign manager forU.S. SenWilliamB. McKinley, 1920 and 1926; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.Methodist.Member,Brotherhoodof Railroad Trainmen;AmericanBankers Association;Knightsof Pythias;Moose.Died, in the Villa St. Cyriloldage home, Highland Park,LakeCounty, Ill.,November14, 1957 (age93 years, 352days).Entombed in mausoleum atMemorialPark Cemetery, Skokie, Ill. | | John Edgar (c.1750-1832) — of Fort Kaskaskia (now Kaskaskia),RandolphCounty, Ill.Born inIreland,about 1750.Member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; justice of thepeace.Died in1832(ageabout82 years).Cenotaph atGarrison Hill Cemetery, Kaskaskia, Ill. | | Alfred Peck Edgerton (1813-1897) — also known asAlfred P. Edgerton — of Hicksville,DefianceCounty, Ohio; Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1813.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate senate, 1845-46;U.S.Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1868; Bourbon Democrat candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1872.Died in Hicksville,DefianceCounty, Ohio,May 14,1897 (age84 years, 123days).Interment atLindenwoodCemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofBelaEdgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother ofJosephKetchum Edgerton; married,February9, 1841, to Charlotte Elizabeth Dixon; second cousin once removedofHemanTicknor; second cousin twice removed ofHarryAndrews Gager; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofElijahAbel andCalvinFillmore; third cousin twice removed ofZinaHyde Jr. andFrankHeman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold,JabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; fourth cousin ofMillardFillmore,JohnArnold Rockwell,JohnLeslie Russell andHiramBingham; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLathrop,WilliamWoodbridge,HenryMeigs,PhineasLyman Tracy,CharlesRobert Sherman,IsaacBackus,WillardJ. Chapin,AlbertHaller Tracy,MartinOlds,HarrisonBlodget,HenryTitus Backus,DavidEdgerton,AugustusFrank,LeslieWead Russell,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,CharlesHazen Russell,JohnClarence Keeler,HiramBingham Jr.,AlfredMitchell Bingham andJonathanBrewster Bingham. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofEdgerton,Ohio, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Newton Edmunds (1819-1908) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Hartland,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1819.Republican.Governorof Dakota Territory, 1863-66; member of Republican NationalCommittee from Dakota Territory, 1866-70;memberDakota territorial council, 1879-80.Died, following a series of paralyticstrokes,in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,February13, 1908 (age88 years, 258days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur W. Edwards (c.1876-1932) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Flat Rock,WayneCounty, Mich., about 1876.Lawyer;metalproducts business;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1932; died in office 1932.Died, following anattack ofapoplexy, in ahospitalat Chatham,Ontario,August12, 1932 (ageabout 56years).Interment atWoodmereCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera,in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill. | | John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) — also known asJ. C. B. Ehringhaus — of Elizabeth City,PasquotankCounty, N.C.; Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Elizabeth City,PasquotankCounty, N.C.,February5, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1905-08; Solicitor, 1stDistrict, 1910-22;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1940,1944(speaker),1948.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks.Died, of aheartattack, in his suite at the Sir WalterHotel,Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,July 31,1949 (age67 years, 176days).Interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.  | Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known asDwight D. Eisenhower;"Ike" —Born in Denison,GraysonCounty, Tex.,October14, 1890.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II;presidentof Columbia University, 1948-53;Presidentof the United States, 1953-61.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;LoyalLegion.Died, after a series ofheartattacks, atWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,March28, 1969 (age78 years, 165days).Interment atEisenhowerCenter, Abilene, Kan.| | Relatives: Sonof Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;brother ofMiltonStover Eisenhower; married,July 1,1916, toMaryGeneva Doud; father ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David EisenhowerII (son-in-law ofRichardMilhous Nixon). | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ShermanAdams —CarterL. Burgess —WoodrowWilson Mann —JacquelineC. Odlum —GeorgeE. Allen —MeyerKestnbaum —BernardM. Shanley —JudahNadich | | | | The EisenhowerExpressway,from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, inCookCounty, Illinois, isnamed for him. — TheEisenhowerTunnel(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the ContinentalDivide, in the Rocky Mountains, fromClearCreek County toSummitCounty, Colorado, isnamed for him. — TheEisenhower Range ofmountains,inVictoriaLand, Antarctica, isnamed for him. —MountEisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). | | | | Campaign slogan: "I LikeIke." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:Stephen E. Ambrose,Eisenhower: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein,TheHidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlod'Este,Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk,DwightD. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.Buchanan, Jr.,RedCarpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in theEisenhower Administration — Jim Newton,Eisenhower:The White House Years — William Lee Miller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1969) |
| | Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) — of Georgia. Born in South Carolina,1740.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784;Governor ofGeorgia, 1785-86.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November1, 1788 (ageabout 48years).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) — of Plattsmouth,CassCounty, Neb.;Denver,Colo.Born inLoganCounty, Ohio,April 3,1833.Republican. Member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1860; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Nebraska Territory,1860;secretaryof Colorado Territory, 1862-66; member ofColoradoterritorial legislature, 1869;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1873-74;justice ofColorado state supreme court, 1877-88; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1884.Methodist.Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,November27, 1899 (age66 years, 238days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo.  | Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911) — also known asStephen B. Elkins — of Messilla,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.; Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.; Elkins,RandolphCounty, W.Va.Born near New Lexington,PerryCounty, Ohio,September26, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNew Mexicoterritorial House of Representatives, 1864-65;NewMexico territory attorney general, 1867;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1867-70;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1873-77;U.S.Secretary of War, 1891-93;U.S.Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; died in office 1911.Died inWashington,D.C.,January4, 1911 (age69 years, 100days).Interment atMaplewoodCemetery, Elkins, W.Va. | | William Ellery (1727-1820) — of Rhode Island. Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,December22, 1727.Delegateto Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;justice ofRhode Island state supreme court, 1785.Congregationalist.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,February15, 1820 (age92 years, 55days).Interment atCommonBurying Ground, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) — also known asDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Filbert,McDowellCounty, W.Va.,November26, 1917.Democrat.Realtor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968(alternate),1976;co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1978;arrestedin April 1982 for driving astolen1977 Cadillac deVilleautomobile;arraignedon a charge of receiving and concealingstolenproperty; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, butthe firm had no record of this, and the document she presented hadbeen faked;lostrenomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while underindictment;convictedin November 1982 andsentencedto 60 days in jail.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;League of WomenVoters;JuniorLeague.Died, in DMC Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 2015 (age98 years, 26days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives:Daughter of Robert Lenoir and Daisy (Dorm) Lenoir. | | | | The Elliott-LarsenBuilding(housing state offices; built 1919-21; burned 1951 and rebuilt;previously named for Lewis Cass; given present name in 2020), inLansing,Michigan, is partlynamed for her. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known asJohn M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Va.,May 20,1820.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1868-74;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 forsupportingthe Confederacy.Slaveowner.Shotandkilled byCol. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel,in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky. | | Albert H. Ellis (born c.1867) — of Oklahoma. Born about 1867.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Burial location unknown. | | Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863) — of Winchester,WayneCounty, Miss.Born inAmherstCounty, Va.,January17, 1790.Democrat.Justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1823;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1825-26, 1827-32;federaljudge, 1832; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toMexico, 1836; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1839-42.Died inRichmond,Va.,March18, 1863 (age73 years, 60days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Richard Ellis (1781-1846) — Born in Virginia,February14, 1781.Delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.Slaveowner. Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes takingfire", athis home inBowieCounty, Tex.,December20, 1846 (age65 years, 309days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Henry L. Ellsworth (built 1943 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) — of Connecticut. Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April29, 1745.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1777-84; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1780-85, 1802-07; died in office 1807;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1785-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1789-96; received 11 electoral votes,1796;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1796-1800; resigned 1800.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November26, 1807 (age62 years, 211days).Interment atPalisadoCemetery, Windsor, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof David Ellsworth and Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth; married1772 toAbigail Wolcott (grandniece ofRogerWolcott); father of Delia Ellsworth (who marriedThomasScott Williams),HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin ofJonathanHunt; second cousin once removed ofAbijahBlodget; second cousin twice removed ofHarrisonBlodget,ElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen,WalterHarrison Blodget andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofLutherThomas Ellsworth; second cousin five times removed ofHalletThomas Ellsworth andWayneLyman Morse; third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold andElishaPhelps; third cousin twice removed ofHezekiahCase,OliverOwen Forward,WalterForward,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,EdmundHolcomb,JairusCase,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr. andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofParmenioAdams,OliverDwight Filley,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamDean Kellogg,CharlesJenkins Hayden,AlmonCase,NoahWebster Holcomb,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,WilliamWalter Phelps andLafayetteBlanchard Gleason. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofEllsworth,Maine, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges |
| | Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer (1793-1883) — also known asLucius Q. C. Elmer — of Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.Born in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,February3, 1793.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1820-23;Speakerof the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1823;U.S.Attorney for New Jersey, 1824-28;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1843-45;NewJersey state attorney general, 1850-52;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1852-59, 1861-69.Died in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,March11, 1883 (age90 years, 36days).Interment atOldBroad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofEbenezerElmer and Hannah P. (Seeley) Elmer; married to Catharine Hay;nephew ofJonathanElmer; first cousin once removed ofEliElmer andJosephH. Elmer; second cousin ofReubenFithian; second cousin once removed ofAmosFithian Garrison Sr.; second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderRobeson Fithian; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesGrant Garrison,LindleyMiller Garrison andJamesHampton Fithian; third cousin ofApollosMorrell Elmer; third cousin once removed ofJohnAllen,HenryWard Beecher andGeorgeFrederick Stone; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821) andGeorgeBuckingham Beecher; fourth cousin ofAmaziahBrainard,LutherWalter Badger,DanielKellogg (1791-1875) andJohnWilliam Allen; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahBoardman,WilliamBostwick,DanielWarner Bostwick,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,AnsonLevi Holcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,GeorgeBradley Kellogg,LeveretBrainard,HenryPurdy Day,EdmundDay,DanielKellogg (1835-1918) andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Elmerfamily of Bridgeton and Cedarville, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | TheboroughofElmer, NewJersey, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Archer Elmore (1762-1834) — of Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.;AutaugaCounty, Ala.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,August21, 1762.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof South Carolina state legislature, 1800; member of Alabama statelegislature, 1820.Slaveowner. Died inAutaugaCounty, Ala.,April24, 1834 (age71 years, 246days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala. | | David Emanuel (1744-1808) — of Georgia. Born in1744.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1780;Governor ofGeorgia, 1801.Jewish.DiedFebruary19, 1808 (ageabout 63years).Burial location unknown. | | Asher Bates Emery (1867-1924) — also known asAsher B. Emery — of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1867.Republican.Physician;lawyer;bankdirector; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1908;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1922-24; appointed 1922;died in office 1924.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromkidneydisease, in SistersHospital,Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1924 (age57 years, 172days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, East Aurora, N.Y. | | George W. Emery (1830-1909) — of Utah. Born in Corinth,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August13, 1830.Governorof Utah Territory, 1875-80.Died in Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 10,1909 (age78 years, 331days).Burial location unknown. | | George Bernard Erath (1813-1891) — also known asGeorge B. Erath — ofMilamCounty, Tex.Born in Vienna,Austria,January1, 1813.Member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1843; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1846; member ofTexasstate senate, 1857.DiedMay 13,1891 (age78 years, 132days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex. | | John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) — also known asJohn M. Eshleman;JackEshleman —of California. Born in Villa Ridge,PulaskiCounty, Ill.,June 14,1876.Republican. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1912;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, oftuberculosis,in atrainstation at at Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February28, 1916 (age39 years, 259days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atSunsetView Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif. | | March Fong Eu (1922-2017) — also known asMarch Kong;March K. Fong — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oakdale,StanislausCounty, Calif.,March29, 1922.Democrat.Dentalhygenist; supervisor of dental health education, Alameda County;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 15th District, 1967-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1968,1988;secretaryof state of California, 1975-94; resigned 1994; defeated, 2002;U.S. Ambassador toMicronesia, 1994-96.Female.Chineseancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Gamma.Died, following afall, inIrvine,OrangeCounty, Calif.,December21, 2017 (age95 years, 267days). The California Secretary of State building in Sacramentoisnamed for her.Cremated;ashes interred atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) — also known asClement A. Evans — of Georgia. Born inStewartCounty, Ga.,March25, 1833.State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Methodistminister.Methodist.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.DiedJuly 2,1911 (age78 years, 99days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.  | 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. |  | Edward Everett (1794-1865) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,April11, 1794.Unitarianminister;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1841-45;president,Harvard College, 1846-49;U.S.Secretary of State, 1852-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Unioncandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860; Republican PresidentialElector for Massachusetts,1864.Unitarian.Delivered a lengthy speech immediately precedingAbrahamLincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January15, 1865 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | William Nash Everett (1864-1928) — of Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.Born in Rockingham,RichmondCounty, N.C.,December29, 1864.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1917-18; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,1919-22;secretaryof state of North Carolina, 1923-28; died in office 1928.Died of aheartattack in his room at the Sir Walter RaleighHotel,Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,February7, 1928 (age63 years, 40days).Interment atEverettCemetery, Rockingham, N.C. | | James Edgar Evins — also known asJ. Edgar Evins — of Smithville,DeKalbCounty, Tenn.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1940,1944.Entombed in mausoleum atSmithvilleTown Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn. | | Charles Ewing (1780-1832) — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Bridgeton,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,June 8,1780.Lawyer;Federalist candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly, 1815;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1824-32.Died, fromcholera,in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August5, 1832 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; cenotaph atRiverviewCemetery, Trenton, N.J. | | 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 Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) — also known asCharles W. Fairbanks — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in alogcabin near Unionville Center,UnionCounty, Ohio,May 11,1852.Republican.Lawyer;general solicitor for Ohio SouthernRailroad,and for the Dayton and IrontonRailroad;president, Terre Haute and PeoriaRailroad;director and general solicitor, Cincinnati, Hamilton, and DaytonRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1896(TemporaryChair;speaker;chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1900,1904,1912;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905;VicePresident of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1908,1916.Died, fromrenalfailure, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,June 4,1918 (age66 years, 24days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.  | 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 for him. — FairchildMountain,a summit in Rocky Mountain National Park,LarimerCounty, Colorado, isnamed for him. —FairchildAvenue,inKent,Ohio, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Lucius Fairchild (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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.  | Edward William Fanning (1889-1956) — also known asE. W. Fanning — of Idaho Falls,BonnevilleCounty, Idaho.Born in Idaho Falls,BonnevilleCounty, Idaho,August12, 1889.Democrat.Mayorof Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1940-49, 1951-56; defeated, 1949; died inoffice 1956.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Rotary;Elks.Died, frompleurisy,followinglungsurgery, in Salt Lake L.D.S.Hospital,Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,March29, 1956 (age66 years, 230days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho. | | | Clyde Edward Fant (1905-1973) — also known asClyde E. Fant — of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born in Linden,CassCounty, Tex.,1905.Democrat.Mayorof Shreveport, La., 1946-54, 1958-70.Baptist.Died in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,1973(ageabout68 years).Interment atForestPark East Cemetery, Shreveport, La. | | 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. | | Herman Daniel Farrell Jr. (1932-2018) — also known asDenny Farrell — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1932.Democrat.Automobilemechanic; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1975-2017 (74th District 1975-82, 71st District1983-2017); resigned 2017; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1980,1984,1996,2000,2004,2008;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1985; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1988, 2004-08; DemocraticPresidential Elector for New York,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman);New YorkDemocratic state chair, 2001-06.Africanancestry.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 26,2018 (age86 years, 111days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — FarringtonStreetand FarringtonHighway,inHonolulu,Hawaii, arenamed for him. — Farrington Hallauditorium(built 1930, demolished in the 1970s), at theUniversityof Hawaii,Honolulu,Hawaii, wasnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Wallace R. Farrington (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1969) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 for him. — FassettElementarySchool, inElmira,New York, isnamed for him. — Fassett Commons,abuildingat ElmiraCollege,Elmira,New York, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1965) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) — also known asAndrew J. Faulk — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.,November26, 1814.Newspaperpublisher;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1866-69.Methodist.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,September4, 1898 (age83 years, 282days).Burial location unknown. | | James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) — also known asJimmy Faulkner — of Bay Minette,BaldwinCounty, Ala.Born inLamarCounty, Ala.,March 1,1916.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;insuranceagent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member ofAlabamaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1948,1952(alternate); member ofAlabamastate senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of sevenradiostations;bankdirector.Churchof Christ.Died, in OakwoodNursingHome, Bay Minette,BaldwinCounty, Ala.,August22, 2008 (age92 years, 174days).Interment atBayMinette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner; married to EvelynLouise Irwin. | | | | FaulknerUniversity(founded 1942 as Montgomery Bible College; renamed 1953 as AlabamaChristian College; renamed 1985 as Faulkner University), inMontgomery,Alabama, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (1933-2023) — also known asDianne Feinstein;Dianne Emiel Goldman;Dianne Berman;"DiFi" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 22,1933.Democrat.Mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1978-88; defeated, 1971, 1975; delegateto Democratic National Convention from California,1996(delegation co-chair),2000,2004,2008;member, Platform Committee,1988;candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1990;U.S.Senator from California, 1992-.Female.Jewish. Member,TrilateralCommission.Died inWashington,D.C.,September29, 2023 (age90 years, 99days).Intermentsomewherein Colma, Calif.| | Relatives:Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty (Rosenburg) Goldman; married,December2, 1956, to Jacob Kuciel 'Jack' Berman; married1962 toBertram Feinstein; married,January20, 1980, to Richard C. Blum; grandmother ofEileenFeinstein Mariano. | | | | FeinsteinElementarySchool, inSanFrancisco, California, isnamed for her. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Dianne Feinstein: CeliaMorris,Stormingthe Statehouse : Running for Governor with Ann Richards and DianneFeinstein — Lisa Tucker McElroy & Eileen FeinsteinMariano,MeetMy Grandmother : She's a United States Senator (for youngreaders) |
| | James Fenner (1771-1846) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January22, 1771.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1805-07;Governor ofRhode Island, 1807-11, 1824-31, 1843-45; Presidential Elector forRhode Island,1816(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Democratic Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1836(voted forMartinVan Buren andRichardM. Johnson);delegateto Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1842.DiedApril17, 1846 (age75 years, 85days).Interment atNorthBurial Ground, Providence, R.I.  | Reuben Eaton Fenton (1819-1885) — also known asReuben E. Fenton — of Frewsburg,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.Born in Carroll,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1819.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1853-55, 1857-65 (33rd District1853-55, 1857-63, 29th District 1863-65); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1856;Governorof New York, 1865-69; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1868;U.S.Senator from New York, 1869-75.Died in Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1885 (age66 years, 52days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Jamestown, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washington Fenton and Elsie (Owen) Fenton; married,February5, 1840, to Jane Frew; married,June 12,1844, to Elizabeth Scudder; second cousin once removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; third cousin ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin twice removed ofDesdaChapin; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnBaldwin,LeviYale,HerschelHarrison Hatch andFrankP. Fenton. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofFenton,New York, isnamed for him. — ThecommunityofFentonville,New York, isnamed for him. — Fenton Hall, atthe StateUniversityof New York atFredonia,isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | | James Fentress — of Tennessee. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1814-25;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1815-17, 1819-25.Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. (1938-2003) — Born in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,May 11,1938.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1993-2003;died in office 2003.Africanancestry.Died in Miami,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,June 9,2003 (age65 years, 29days).Burial location unknown. | | 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.  | Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —of East Aurora,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born inCayugaCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1800.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County, 1829-31;U.S.Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1844; in 1846, he was one of thefoundersof the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1848-49;VicePresident of the United States, 1849-50;Presidentof the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1856; candidate for Whignomination for President, 1852.Unitarian.Englishancestry.Died, after a series ofstrokes,in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March 8,1874 (age74 years, 60days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.; statue atBuffalo City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married,February5, 1826, toAbigailPowers (1798-1853) and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married,February10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew ofCalvinFillmore; first cousin once removed ofGeorgeLoomis Becker; third cousin ofJohnLeslie Russell; third cousin once removed ofJonathanBrace,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor,LeslieWead Russell,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AlphonsoAlva Hopkins,CharlesHazen Russell andJohnClarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin ofThomasKimberly Brace,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,CharlesHenry Pendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesKilbourne,ElijahAbel,SamuelClesson Allen,GreeneCarrier Bronson,WillardJ. Chapin,RussellSage andSamuelLount Kilbourne. | | | | Political family:Wolcottfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwardH. Thompson | | | | Fillmore counties inMinn. andNeb., andMillard County,Utah, are named for him. | | | | ThecityofFillmore,Utah, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MillardF. Riley—MillardF. McCray—MillardF. Ross—MillardF. Parker—MillardF. Dunlap—MillardF. Voies—MillardF. Burgess—MillardF. Cottrell—MillardF. Andrew—MillardF. Leonard—MillardF. Vores—MillardF. Saunders—MillardF. Barnes—MillardF. Tawes—MillardF. Caldwell, Jr.—MillardF. Sims—MillardF. Page—MillardF. Clement | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J.Raybach,MillardFillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | David W. Finney — of Neosho Falls,WoodsonCounty, Kan.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Kansas, 1881-85.Burial location unknown. | | Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) — also known asFred C. Fischer — of Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Flat Rock,WayneCounty, Mich.,November12, 1879.Republican.School teacherand principal; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1920;villagepresident of Belleville, Michigan, 1932-36; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934;WayneCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.Methodist.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows.Died, from amyocardialinfarction, in Ridgewood OsteopathicHospital,Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April20, 1963 (age83 years, 159days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Belleville, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer; married,June 24,1908, to Reva Ruthruff. | | | | Fred C. FischerElementarySchool (built 1957, closed 2011), inTaylor,Michigan, wasnamed for him. — The former FredC. FischerLibrary,inBelleville,Michigan, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Bert Fish (1875-1943) — of DeLand,VolusiaCounty, Fla.Born in Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.,October8, 1875.Superintendentof schools;lawyer;county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister toEgypt, 1933-38;Saudi Arabia, 1939-41;Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.GermanandEnglishancestry. Member,SigmaNu.Died in Lisbon,Portugal,July21, 1943 (age67 years, 286days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, DeLand, Fla. | | Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839) — also known asS. Rhoads Fisher — of Texas. Born in Pennsylvania,December31, 1794.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Matagorda, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836-37.DiedMarch14, 1839 (age44 years, 73days).Interment atMatagordaCemetery, Matagorda, Tex. | | Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) — also known asClinton B. Fisk — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.; New Jersey.Born in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1828.Merchant;miller;banker;insurancebusiness; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1886; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1888.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1890 (age61 years, 213days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.  | Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) — also known asEdwin H. Fitler — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1825.Republican.Rope andcordage manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler);mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1888.Germanancestry.Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1896 (age70 years, 181days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Fitler and Elizabeth (Wonderly) Fitler; married1850 toJosephine R. Baker; great-grandfather ofMargarettaLarge Fitler (who marriedNelsonAldrich Rockefeller). | | | | Political families:Rockefellerfamily of New York City, New York;Rockefellerfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Edwin H. FitlerSchool(built 1897-98), inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — FitlerSquare, apublicpark inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,June 20, 1888 |
| | | John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) — also known asJohn F. Fitzgerald;"HoneyFitz" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February11, 1863.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1893-94;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District1895-1901, 10th District 1919);mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1906-08, 1910-14; defeated, 1907; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1912(speaker),1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1922; Democratic Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,1933.Catholic.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October2, 1950 (age87 years, 233days).Interment atSt.Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna (Cox) Fitzgerald; married,September18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon; father of Rose ElizabethFitzgerald (who marriedJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy (who marriedJaquelineLee Bouvier),PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; great-grandfather ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The John F. FitzgeraldExpressway(also known as the Central Artery, Interstate 93, U.S. Highway 1, andRoute 3), inBoston,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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.  | Charles W. Flanagan (c.1934-1995) — of Pembroke Pines,BrowardCounty, Fla.Born about 1934. Republican.Mayorof Pembroke Pines, Fla., 1971-76, 1982-95; died in office 1995;candidate forFloridastate house of representatives 96th District, 1978.Catholic.Died, fromcancer,in Pembroke Pines,BrowardCounty, Fla.,January20, 1995 (ageabout 61years).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) — also known asFrank P. Flint — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in North Reading,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 15,1862.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1896(alternate),1920,1928;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901;U.S.Senator from California, 1905-11.While on a world tour, diedon theocean linerPresident Polk, probably in theSouth ChinaSea, while approaching Manila, Philippines,February11, 1929 (age66 years, 211days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Daniel John Flood (1903-1994) — also known asDaniel J. Flood — of Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in Hazleton,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,November26, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1945-47, 1949-53,1955-80; defeated, 1946, 1952.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;DeltaSigma Rho;Lions;Elks;Moose;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Chargedin 1979 withtakingbribes; atrialresulted in a hung jury;resignedfrom the House in 1980;pleadedguilty in February 1980 to a lesser charge of conspiracy toviolate federalcampaignfinance laws, andsentencedto one yearprobation.Died in Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,May 28,1994 (age90 years, 183days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa. | | Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) — also known asLucy L. Flower;Lucy Louisa Coues;"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 10,1837.Republican.Schoolteacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate forthe creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquentchildren; her efforts led to the world'sfirstjuvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Courtin 1899;Universityof Illinois trustee; elected 1894.Female.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April27, 1921 (age83 years, 352days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Elliott Flower andHarriet Dean Flower (daughter-in-law ofJohnVilliers Farwell; who marriedJohnVilliers Farwell Jr.). | | | | Political family:Farwellfamily of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lucy FlowerPark,on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower TechnicalHighSchool (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed FlowerVocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy HighSchool, 1995; closed, 2003), both inChicago,Illinois, werenamed for her. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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. | | John Floyd (1769-1839) — of Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.Born in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,October3, 1769.Planter;shipbuilder;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1820-27;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1827-29.Slaveowner. Died near Jefferson,JacksonCounty, Ga.,June 24,1839 (age69 years, 264days).Interment atFloydFamily Cemetery, Woodbine, Ga. | | John Floyd (1783-1837) — of Newbern,PulaskiCounty, Va.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April24, 1783.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20thDistrict 1821-29);Governor ofVirginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President,1832.Slaveowner. Died in Sweetsprings,MonroeCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August17, 1837 (age54 years, 115days).Interment atLewisFamily Cemetery, Sweetsprings, W.Va. | | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Floyd (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1971) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. |  | James Elisha Folsom (1908-1987) — also known asJames E. Folsom;"Big Jim";"Kissin' Jim" —of Alabama. Born inCoffeeCounty, Ala.,October9, 1908.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1944;Governorof Alabama, 1947-51, 1955-59.Died, of aheartattack, in Alabama,November21, 1987 (age79 years, 43days).Interment atCullmanCemetery, Cullman, Ala. | | | 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.  | Joseph Benson Foraker (1846-1917) — also known asJoseph B. Foraker;"Fire AlarmForaker" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born near Rainsboro,HighlandCounty, Ohio,July 5,1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;superior court judge in Ohio, 1879-82;Governor ofOhio, 1886-90; defeated, 1883, 1889; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1896,1900,1904;speaker,1888,1896;chair, Resolutions Committee, chair,1896;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1897-1909; candidate for Republican nominationfor President,1908.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,May 10,1917 (age70 years, 309days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | 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. | | William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) — also known asW. Cameron Forbes — Born in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 21,1870.Merchant;investmentbanker;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1909-13; receiver for arailwayin Brazil, 1914-19; treasurer and president of anelectriccompany; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1930-32.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December24, 1959 (age89 years, 217days).Cremated.  | Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) — also known asGerald R. Ford;Jerry Ford;LeslieLynch King Jr.;"Passkey" —of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,July 14,1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1948,1960,1964;U.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination ofPresident KNDY, 1963-64;VicePresident of the United States, 1973-74;Presidentof the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.Episcopalian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;Sonsof the American Revolution;Forty andEight;Jaycees;DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;HumaneSociety;Elks;American BarAssociation.Shotat in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975. On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cultleader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loadedpistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired. On September 22, Sara Jane Moorefired ashot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women wereconvicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received theMedalof Freedom in 1999.Died in Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.,December26, 2006 (age93 years, 165days).Interment atGeraldR. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.| | Relatives:Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother ofThomasG. Ford Sr.; married,October15, 1948, toBettyWarren. | | | | Political family:Fordfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:RichardM. Nixon —L.William Seidman | | | | The Gerald R. FordFreeway(I-196), inKent,Ottawa,andAllegancounties, Michigan, isnamed for him. — The GeraldR. FordInternationalAirport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), nearGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed for him. — TheGerald R. FordFederalBuilding andU.S.Courthouse, inGrandRapids, Michigan, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Gerald R. Ford:ATime to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford(1983) | | | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John RobertGreene,ThePresidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,GeraldR. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —James Cannon,Timeand Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —Douglas Brinkley,GeraldR. Ford — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Thomas Ford (1800-1850) — ofOgleCounty, Ill.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,December5, 1800.Democrat. State court judge in Illinois, 1837;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-42;Governor ofIllinois, 1842-46.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November3, 1850 (age49 years, 333days).Interment atSpringdaleCemetery, Peoria, Ill. | | 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. | | Benjamin Forsyth (c.1775-1814) — of North Carolina. Born about 1775. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807. Died in1814(ageabout39 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Forsyth (1780-1841) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inFredericksburg,Va.,October22, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;Georgiastate attorney general, 1808;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1819-23;Governor ofGeorgia, 1827-29;U.S.Secretary of State, 1834-41.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,October21, 1841 (age60 years, 364days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Walter Forward (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1961) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) — also known asHenry H. Fowler;Joe Fowler — ofAlexandria,Va.Born inRoanoke,Va.,September5, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1956,1960(alternate);U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofpneumonia,in anursinghome atFallsChurch, Va.,January3, 2000 (age91 years, 120days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married,October19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. | | | | Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940,named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) — also known asDavid R. Francis — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1850.Democrat.Grainmerchant;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1884,1912(HonoraryVice-President;speaker);mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89;Governor ofMissouri, 1889-93;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador toRussia, 1916-17.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,January15, 1927 (age76 years, 106days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. |  | 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 for him. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1958) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (1805-1873) — of Texas. Born in1805.State court judge in Texas, 1836; member ofTexasstate senate, 1845.Died in1873(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Haines Frazier (1899-1978) — also known asRobert H. Frazier — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January8, 1899.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanSociety for International Law;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.Died in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,August21, 1978 (age79 years, 225days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C. | | William S. Freeborn (1816-1900) — of Minnesota. Born in Iowa,1816.MemberMinnesota territorial council 4th District, 1854-57.Died in1900(ageabout84 years).Interment atSanLuis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, Calif. | | Irving C. Freese (b. 1903) — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in East Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,February19, 1903.Socialist.Photographer;candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Norwalk, 1946;mayorof Norwalk, Conn., 1947-55, 1957-59; defeated, 1939, 1941, 1943,1945.Burial location unknown.  | 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 for him. —FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed for him. — ThecityofFremont,California, isnamed for him. — ThecityofFremont,Ohio, isnamed for him. — ThecityofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Simon Moses Friedman (1852-1926) — also known asS. M. Friedman — of Hailey,BlaineCounty, Idaho.Born inGermany,1852.Rancher;merchant;mayorof Hailey, Idaho, 1909-13.Died in1926(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown.  | 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. | | Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) — also known asThomas O. Fuller, Sr. — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Franklinton,FranklinCounty, N.C.,October25, 1867.Minister;member ofNorthCarolina state senate; elected 1898;historian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,June 21,1942 (age74 years, 239days).Interment atNewPark Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | William Savin Fulton (1795-1844) — also known asWilliam S. Fulton — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inCecilCounty, Md.,June 2,1795.Democrat.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1829-35;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1835-36;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1836-44; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,August15, 1844 (age49 years, 74days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824-1905) — also known asRobert W. Furnas — of Brownville,NemahaCounty, Neb.Born inMiamiCounty, Ohio,May 5,1824.Republican.Printer;farmer;member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1856; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; member ofUniversityof Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75;Governor ofNebraska, 1873-75.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.DiedJune 1,1905 (age81 years, 27days).Interment atBrownvilleCemetery, Brownville, Neb. | | 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. | | James Gadsden (1788-1858) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 15,1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Floridastate legislature, 1840; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1853-56.Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase, which added30,000 square miles to the U.S. (parts of southern Arizona and NewMexico).Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December25, 1858 (age70 years, 224days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. | | James Taylor Gaines (1776-1856) — also known asJames Gaines — of Texas. Born in1776.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Sabine, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Shelby, Sabine and Harrison,1840-42.Died in Quartsburg,MariposaCounty, Calif.,1856(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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.  | Joseph Gales Jr. (1786-1860) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Eckington, Derbyshire,England,April10, 1786.Newspaperpublisher;mayorof Washington, D.C., 1827-30.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 21,1860 (age74 years, 102days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Gales and Winifred (Marshall) Gales; brother of SarahWeston Gales (who married ofWilliamWinston Seaton); married to Sarah Juliana MariaLee. | | | | GalesSchool(built 1881; used as a school until 1944; now houses the CentralUnion Mission), inWashington,D.C., isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "For more than half a century,the leading editor of the National Intelligencer: a journalist of thehighest integrity, ability, and accomplishments." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Perley's Reminiscences ofSixty Years in the National Metropolis (1886) |
|  | 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 for him. — ThevillageofGalatia,Illinois, isnamed for him. — The GallatinRiver,which flows throughGallatinCounty, Montana, isnamed for him. — GallatinHall (dormitory, built 1926), at HarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. — The WorldWar IILibertyshipSS Albert Gallatin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; torpedoed and sunk 1944 in theArabianSea) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) — also known asDean A. Gallo — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.; Parsippany,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.,November23, 1935.Republican.Realtor;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1976-84;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died inoffice 1994.Methodist.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,November6, 1994 (age58 years, 348days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Addison Gardiner (1797-1883) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Rindge,CheshireCounty, N.H.,March19, 1797.Democrat.Lawyer;MonroeCounty District Attorney, 1825;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1845-47;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1847-55;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1854-55; Democratic candidatefor Presidential Elector for New York,1856.Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,June 5,1883 (age86 years, 78days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | Henry Joseph Gardner (1819-1892) — also known asHenry J. Gardner — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,June 14,1819.Dry goodsmerchant;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1855-58; defeated (American), 1857.Died in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,July 21,1892 (age73 years, 37days).Burial location unknown. | | Washington Gardner (1845-1928) — of Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born inMorrowCounty, Ohio,February16, 1845.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;minister;collegeprofessor;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894;U.S.Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidateforGovernor ofMichigan, 1916.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;RoyalArcanum.Died in Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.,March31, 1928 (age83 years, 44days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Albion, Mich. | | 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.  | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known asJames A. Garfield — of Hiram,PortageCounty, Ohio.Born in alogcabin Orange Township (now Moreland Hills),CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,November19, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;collegeprofessor;president,Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member ofOhiostate senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81;Presidentof the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.Disciplesof Christ.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;DeltaUpsilon.Shotby theassassinCharles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & PotomacRailroadStation, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from theeffects of the wound andinfection,in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September19, 1881 (age49 years, 304days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 atGarfieldCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atGoldenGate Park, San Francisco, Calif.; statue atPiatt Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married,November11, 1858, toLucretiaRudolph; father ofHarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; fourth cousin ofEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlden Thayer. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamS. Maynard | | | | Garfield counties inColo.,Mont.,Neb.,Okla.,Utah andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | GarfieldMountain,in the Cascade Range,KingCounty, Washington, isnamed for him. — ThecityofGarfield,New Jersey, isnamed for him. — ThecityofGarfield,Kansas, isnamed for him. — ThecityofGarfield,Minnesota, isnamed for him. — ThecityofGarfield,Washington, isnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:JamesG. Stewart | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James A. Garfield: AllanPeskin,Garfield:A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke,ThePresidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.Arthur — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
 | 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. | | Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945) — also known asSamuel M. Garland — of Lebanon,LinnCounty, Ore.Born in Amherst,AmherstCounty, Va.,January31, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;superintendent, Umatilla reservation Indian schools; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Oregon,1904(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;HonoraryVice-President); member ofOregonstate senate, 1917-25.Suffered an accidentalfall inhis home, sustained a chest injury, and died a week later fromhypostaticpneumonia, in Lebanon GeneralHospital,Lebanon,LinnCounty, Ore.,November3, 1945 (age84 years, 276days).Interment atOdd Fellows Cemetery, Lebanon, Ore.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. James Powell Garland and Lucy Virginia (Braxton) Garland;married,October12, 1892, to Isabella LeRoy Kirkpatrick; grandson ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880); great-grandson ofDavidShepherd Garland; second great-grandnephew ofPatrickHenry; second cousin twice removed ofValentineWood Southall,WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; third cousin ofDanielMicajah Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofStephenValentine Southall,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; fourth cousin ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The GarlandBridge,which takes Santiam Highway (US-20) over the South Santiam River, inLinnCounty, Oregon, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ettie Garner (1869-1948) — also known asMariette Elizabeth Rheiner — Born in Sabinal,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,July 17,1869.Democrat.Second Ladyof the United States, 1933-41.Female.Swissancestry.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Uvalde,UvaldeCounty, Tex.,September17, 1948 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atUvaldeCemetery, Uvalde, Tex. | | James Garrard (1749-1822) — Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,January14, 1749.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1796-1804.Baptist.Died inBourbonCounty, Ky.,January19, 1822 (age73 years, 5days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Lindley M. Garrison (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1961) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927) — of Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born near Wheaton,DuPageCounty, Ill.,October8, 1846.Lawyer;banker;DuPageCounty Judge, 1882-90;mayorof Wheaton, Ill., 1890-92; founder (1901) and president(1901-11), U.S.Steel.Died, fromchronicmyocarditis, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1927 (age80 years, 311days).Entombed atWheatonCemetery, Wheaton, Ill.  | John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known asJ. Ralph Gasque — ofWashington,D.C.; Marion,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1945-48; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1960,1964.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;SigmaDelta Kappa.Died, in MarionNursingCenter, Rains,MarionCounty, S.C.,April26, 2004 (age90 years, 346days).Interment atDevotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph atLittle Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C. | | | Harry T. Gast Jr. (b. 1920) — also known asHarry Gast — of St. Joseph,BerrienCounty, Mich.Born in St. Joseph,BerrienCounty, Mich.,September19, 1920.Republican.Supervisorof Lincoln Township, Michigan, 1960; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 43rd District, 1971-78; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1978-99 (22nd District 1978-94, 20th District1995-99).Baptist.Member,FarmBureau.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.  | 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 for him. — LakeGaston, areservoir(created 1963) inHalifax,Northampton,andWarrencounties in North Carolina, as well asBrunswick,andMecklenburgcounties in Virginia, isnamed for him. — GastonHall (completed 1901), a famedauditoriumatGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theSouthAtlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Horatio Gates (1726-1806) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in1726.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01.Died in1806(ageabout80 years).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.  | William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) — also known asWilliam J. Gaynor;"Brother AdrianDenys" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Oriskany,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of theAppellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,1908-09;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913;shotin the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, onAugust 9, 1910.; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1912.Irishancestry.Died, from aheartattack, on board thesteamshipBaltic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,September10, 1913 (age64 years, 220days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument atCadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John White Geary (1819-1873) — also known asJohn W. Geary — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born near Mt. Pleasant,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,December30, 1819.Republican.Civilengineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster atSanFrancisco, Calif., 1849; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1849;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1867-73.Methodist.Died after suffering aheartattack, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,February8, 1873 (age53 years, 40days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Richard Gentry (1788-1837) — of Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,August25, 1788.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate, 1826-29; postmaster atColumbia,Mo., 1829-37.One of the founders of Smithton, later Columbia, Mo., 1820.Killedwhile fighting Indians at the battle of Okeechobee,OkeechobeeCounty, Fla.,December25, 1837 (age49 years, 122days).Original intermentsomewhere in Okeechobee, Fla.; reinterment atJeffersonBarracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo. | | 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. | | James Zachariah George (1826-1897) — also known asJames Z. George — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.; Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Miss.Born inMonroeCounty, Ga.,October20, 1826.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1881-97; died in office 1897.Slaveowner. Died in Mississippi City,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,August14, 1897 (age70 years, 298days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.  | Edwin Peabody Gerry (1846-1911) — also known asE. Peabody Gerry — of Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Standish,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November2, 1846.Republican.Physician;candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1903.Died in Phillipston,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 22,1911 (age64 years, 232days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | 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 for him. — ThetownofGerry, NewYork, isnamed for him. — Thetownof Gerry (nowPhillipston,Massachusetts), wasnamed for him until 1812. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Elbridge Gerry (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Don Lee Gevirtz (1928-2001) — also known asDon L. Gevirtz — of Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 1,1928.Democrat. Venture capitalist and philanthropist; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1968(alternate),1988;U.S. Ambassador toFiji, 1995-97;Nauru, 1995-97;Tonga, 1995-97;Tuvalu, 1995-97.Died, of aheartattack, in Montecito,SantaBarbara County, Calif.,April22, 2001 (age73 years, 52days).Interment atSantaBarbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif. | | Sam Melville Gibbons (1920-2012) — also known asSam M. Gibbons — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,January20, 1920.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1953-58; member ofFloridastate senate, 1959-62;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-97 (10th District 1963-67, 6thDistrict 1967-73, 7th District 1973-93, 11th District 1993-97);delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1964,1968,1984,1996.Presbyterian.Died in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,October9, 2012 (age92 years, 263days).Interment atMyrtleHill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla. | | Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) — also known asJonathan C. Gibbs — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September28, 1821.Minister;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention, 1868;secretaryof state of Florida, 1868-73;Floridasuperintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.Presbyterian.Africanancestry.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,August14, 1874 (age52 years, 320days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) — also known asAlbert W. Gilchrist — of Punta Gorda,CharlotteCounty, Fla.Born in Greenwood,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.,January15, 1858.Democrat.Civilengineer;real estatedealer;orangegrower; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in theU.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Governor ofFlorida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,1912(speaker),1924;candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1916.Member,Freemasons.Died, from atumor of thethigh, in theHospitalfor the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 15,1926 (age68 years, 120days).Interment atIndianSpring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla. | | 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. | | Moses Gill (1734-1800) — of Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,January18, 1734.LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1794-1800; died in office 1800;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1799-1800; died in office 1800.Congregationalist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1800 (age66 years, 122days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known asGeorge R. Gilmer — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (nowOglethorpeCounty), Ga.,April11, 1790.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35;Governorof Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1836;Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia,1840.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1859 (age69 years, 219days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Lexington, Ga. | | Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 6,1802.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39;Governor ofVirginia, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5thDistrict 1843-44);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age41 years, 328days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married toAnne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); grandnephew ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofAylettHawes; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes,AlbertGallatin Hawes andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin twice removed ofHubbardT. Smith; third cousin thrice removed ofArcherWoodford; fourth cousin ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Gilmer County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871-1953) — also known asEugene A. Gilmore — of Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Brownville,NemahaCounty, Neb.,July 4,1871.Lawyer;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1927, 1929;president,University of Iowa, 1934-40.Died, from aheartattack, in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,November4, 1953 (age82 years, 123days).Cremated. | | 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. | | Thomas Glascock (1790-1841) — of Georgia. Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,October21, 1790.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1821-23, 1831-34, 1839;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.Slaveowner. Died in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,May 19,1841 (age50 years, 210days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Augusta, Ga.  | Carter Glass (1858-1946) — also known asGeorge Carter Glass;"Father of theFederal Reserve";"Pluck" —ofLynchburg,Va.Born inLynchburg,Va.,January4, 1858.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1892,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932,1940,1944;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1899-1902;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Lynchburg city,1901-02;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1902-18; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1916-28;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-20;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1920-46; died in office 1946; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1920.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in his room at the MayflowerHotel,Washington,D.C.,May 28,1946 (age88 years, 144days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | | George Washington Glasscock (1810-1879) — of Texas. Born in1810.Member of Texas state legislature, 1850. Died in1879(ageabout69 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-2016) — also known asJohn Glenn — of New Concord,MuskingumCounty, Ohio; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Cambridge,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,July 18,1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;Astronaut;in February 1962,firstAmerican to orbit the earth; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1964,1996,2004,2008;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1975-99; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1984;received theMedalof Freedom in 2012; also inducted to the International Air &SpaceHall ofFame, the National AviationHall ofFame, the International SpaceHall ofFame, and the U.S. AstronautHall ofFame.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,December8, 2016 (age95 years, 143days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married1943 to AnnaMargaret Castor. | | | | The John Glenn ColumbusInternationalAirport (Port Columbus International Airport until 2016), inColumbus,Ohio, isnamed for him. — John GlennHighSchool, inNewConcord, Ohio, isnamed for him. — John GlennHighSchool, inWestland,Michigan, isnamed for him. — John GlennHighSchool, inBay City,Michigan, isnamed for him. — John GlennHighSchool, inWalkerton,Indiana, isnamed for him. — John GlennHighSchool, inNorwalk,California, isnamed for him. — John GlennMiddleSchool, inSanAngelo, Texas, isnamed for him. — ColonelGlennRoad,inLittleRock, Arkansas, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by John Glenn:JohnGlenn: A Memoir (1999) | | | | Books about John Glenn: Robert Green,JohnGlenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator (for youngreaders) |
| | Robert Broadnax Glenn (1854-1920) — also known asRobert B. Glenn — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born inRockinghamCounty, N.C.,August11, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1893-97;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 26th District, 1899-1900;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1905-09; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1912.Member,Anti-SaloonLeague.Died, from aheartattack, in his room at the Royal AlexandraHotel,Winnipeg,Manitoba,May16, 1920 (age65 years, 279days).Interment atSalemCemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C. | | John Joseph Glennon (1862-1946) — also known asJohn J. Glennon — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Kinnegad, County Westmeath,Ireland,June14, 1862.Democrat.Catholicpriest; Archbishop of St. Louis, 1903-46;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Dublin,Ireland,March9, 1946 (age83 years, 268days).Entombed atCathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Cooper Godbold (1920-2009) — also known asJohn C. Godbold — Born in Coy,WilcoxCounty, Ala.,March24, 1920.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;lawprofessor;author;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-87; tooksenior status 1987.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,December22, 2009 (age89 years, 273days).Burial location unknown. | | George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) — of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (nowPanama).Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1858.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; armyofficer; chief engineer, Panama Canal, 1907-14;Governor ofPanama Canal Zone, 1914-17.Dutchancestry. Member,DeltaUpsilon.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1928 (age69 years, 206days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y. | | Frances Goldin (1924-2020) — also known asFrances Axler — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 22,1924.Housing rights and neighborhood activist; American Labor candidateforNew Yorkstate senate 18th District, 1950;literaryagent.Female.Jewishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 16,2020 (age95 years, 329days).Cremated. | | Monroe Goldwater (1885-1980) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofEdwardJ. Flynn; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1944,1948(alternate),1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964,1968;candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.Jewish.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1980 (age95 years, 10days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — GompersSchool(also known as Eastern High School),Baltimore,Maryland, wasnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theSouthPacific Ocean) wasnamed for him; a secondLibertyship,SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1960) was alsonamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Frank Robert Gooding (1859-1928) — also known asFrank R. Gooding — of Shoshone,LincolnCounty, Idaho; Gooding,GoodingCounty, Idaho.Born in Tiverton, Devon,England,September16, 1859.Republican.Miningcontractor;farmer;member ofIdahostate senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Idaho,1904,1924,1928;Governorof Idaho, 1905-09;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1921-28; defeated, 1918; died in office 1928.Methodist.Died in Gooding,GoodingCounty, Idaho,June 24,1928 (age68 years, 282days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Gooding, Idaho. | | 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. | | William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born inScrevenCounty, Ga.,January17, 1796.Lawyer;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1835; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838; founder and president of the CentralRailroadandBanking Co.Died, frombiliouspleurisy, in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,March22, 1842 (age46 years, 64days).Original interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment atLaurelGrove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atWrightSquare, Savannah, Ga.  | Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known asThomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton,ComancheCounty, Okla.; Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born near Embry,WebsterCounty, Miss.,December10, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1898;memberOklahoma territorial council, 1903-05;U.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912(speaker),1928;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Elks.Blinddue to an accident suffered when he was a boy;firstblind member of the U.S. Senate.DiedMarch16, 1949 (age78 years, 96days).Originally entombed atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.  | 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 for him. — JohnGorrieJuniorHigh School (built 1923; closed 1997; now anapartmentbuilding called The John Gorrie), inJacksonville,Florida, wasnamed for him. — GorrieElementarySchool (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), inTampa,Florida, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 atJacksonville,Florida; scrapped 1967) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,October 17, 1993 |
| | | Edward F. Gorton (1854-1929) — of Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Ashtabula,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,May 6,1854.Lawyer;mayorof Lake Forest, Ill., 1895-1902.Died inItaly,March10, 1929 (age74 years, 308days).Interment atLakeForest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill. | | John J. Gosper (born c.1843) — of Nebraska. Born about 1843.Secretaryof state of Nebraska, 1873-75.Burial location unknown. | | John Patrick Grace (1874-1940) — also known asJohn P. Grace — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December30, 1874.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;mayorof Charleston, S.C., 1911-15, 1919-23.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 25,1940 (age65 years, 178days).Interment atSt.Lawrence Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Daniel Robert Graham (b. 1936) — also known asBob Graham — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami Lakes,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,November9, 1936.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1967-71; member ofFloridastate senate, 1971-79;Governor ofFlorida, 1979-87;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1987-2005; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1996,2000,2004,2008;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,2004.Congregationalist.Still living as of 2024. | | Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) — also known asFrank P. Graham — of Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October14, 1886.Democrat.Schoolteacher;collegeinstructor;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;universityprofessor;presidentof the University of North Carolina, 1931-49;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,1950.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.,February16, 1972 (age85 years, 125days).Interment atOldChapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C. | | William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) — also known asWilliam A. Graham — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born near Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,September5, 1804.Whig.Lawyer;planter;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1833-40;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1840-43;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1845-49;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1850-52; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1852; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1854-66;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1875 (age70 years, 340days).Interment atHillsboroughOld Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C. | | Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856) — also known asJedediah M. Grant;"Brigham'sSledgehammer" —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1816.Mayorof Salt Lake City, Utah, 1851-56; died in office 1856.Mormon.Died, ofpneumonia,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,December1, 1856 (age40 years, 284days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.  | Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known asUlysses S. Grant;Hiram Ulysses Grant;"Savior of the Union";"Lion ofVicksburg";"The Austerlitz of AmericanPolitics";"Unconditional Surrender Grant";"The Galena Tanner";"The SilentSoldier";"The Silent General" —of Galena,Jo DaviessCounty, Ill.Born in Point Pleasant,ClermontCounty, Ohio,April27, 1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Presidentof the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1880.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died ofthroatcancer, at Mt. McGregor,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 23,1885 (age63 years, 87days).Interment atGeneralGrant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married,August22, 1848, toJuliaBoggs Dent (sister-in-law ofAlexanderSharp; sister ofGeorgeWrenshall Dent andLewisDent); father ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who marriedWilliamPigott Cronan); first cousin twice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop,AbelHuntington andWilliamRush Merriam; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,TheodoreDavenport,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,JesseMonroe Hatch,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,FrancisWatkinson Cole andWarrenDelano Robbins. | | | | Political family:Grantfamily of San Francisco, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HoracePorter —AyresPhillips Merrill —RobertMartin Douglas —ThomasL. Hamer —JamesArkell —JosephD. Webster | | | | Grant counties inArk.,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Neb.,N.M.,N.Dak.,Okla.,Ore.,S.Dak.,Wash. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:UlyssesG. Owings—UlyssesG. Argetsinger—UlyssesG. Scalley—U. S.G. Cherry—UlyssesG. Palmer—UlyssesS. G. Bieber—UlyssesG. Denman—UlyssesG. Crandell—UlyssesS. G. Blakely—S. U.G. Rhodes—UlyssesG. Borden—U.Grant Mengel—UlyssesG. Foster—U.S. Balentine—UlyssesG. Byers—U.Grant Burch, Jr.—U.S. Grant Leverett | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5silver certificates in 1887-1927. | | | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,fight." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: JeanEdward Smith,Grant —Frank J. Scaturro,PresidentGrant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely,Grant —Brooks D. Simpson,UlyssesS. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — BrooksD. Simpson,LetUs Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War andReconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin,Thecampaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and SchuylerColfax — Josiah Bunting III,UlyssesS. Grant — Michael Korda,UlyssesS. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,AVictor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked MilitaryGenius — Harry J. Maihafer,TheGeneral and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, andCharles Dana — H. W. Brands,TheMan Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War andPeace — Charles Bracelen Flood,Grant'sFinal Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year —Joan Waugh,U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: NewtGingrich & William R. Forstchen,GrantComes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,NeverCall Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | 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. | | | James H. Gray (1915-1986) — of Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,May 17,1915.Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Heraldnewspaper;owner of WALBradio andtelevision stations; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1952(alternate),1968;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1966;mayor ofAlbany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.Died, following aheartattack, at the New EnglandMedicalCenter, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September19, 1986 (age71 years, 125days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Cleair Ranger. | | | | The Albany James H. Gray Civic Center, amultipurposeindoorarena inAlbany,Georgia, isnamed for him. |
| | Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) — of Texas. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,December12, 1819.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1850; member ofTexasstate senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1874.Died oftuberculosis,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October3, 1874 (age54 years, 295days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Grayson (1736-1790) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1736.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.Slaveowner. Died in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,March12, 1790 (ageabout 53years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Prince William County, Va.  | 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 for him. — Horace GreeleyHighSchool, inChappaqua,New York, isnamed for him. —MountHorace Greeley, inKeweenawCounty, Michigan, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | 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. | | Christopher Greenup (c.1750-1818) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia, about 1750. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785;U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1792-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798; Clerk of the Kentucky StateSenate, 1799-1802; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802;Governor ofKentucky, 1804-08; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1808;justice of the peace.Slaveowner. Died in Blue Licks Spring,NicholasCounty, Ky.,April27, 1818 (ageabout 68years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Alfred Burton Greenwood (1811-1889) — also known asAlfred B. Greenwood — of Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.Born inFranklinCounty, Ga.,July 11,1811.Democrat. Member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1842-45; circuit judge inArkansas, 1851-53;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1853-59.Incorrectly credited in some sources as having been a member of theConfederate Congress.Slaveowner. Died in Bentonville,BentonCounty, Ark.,October4, 1889 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark. | | John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) — of Texas. Born in Shelbyville,BedfordCounty, Tenn.,July 18,1802.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847-51.Member,Freemasons.Died whilecampaigningfor the governorship,July 4,1855 (age52 years, 351days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Gregg (1828-1864) — of Texas. Born inLawrenceCounty, Ala.,September28, 1828.State court judge in Texas, 1856;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Killedin action on the Charles City Road near Richmond (unknowncounty), Va.,October7, 1864 (age36 years, 9days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Miss. | | John Shaw Gregory (b. 1831) — also known asJ. Shaw Gregory — of Fort Randall,GregoryCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in New York,1831.MemberDakota territorial council, 1862-66.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) — also known asThomas W. Gregory — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Crawfordsville (unknowncounty), Miss.,November6, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Attorney General, 1914-19.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofpneumonia,in his room at theHotelPennsylvania, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1933 (age71 years, 112days).Intermentsomewherein Austin, Tex. | | Asahel Gridley (1810-1881) — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April21, 1810.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;lawyer;merchant;banker;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; member ofIllinoisstate senate 11th District, 1851-54.Died in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,January25, 1881 (age70 years, 279days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known asWilliam W. Griest — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Christiana,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September22, 1858.Republican.Newspapereditor; president ofelectricrailways andlightingcompanies; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.Died in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,December5, 1929 (age71 years, 74days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | 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. | | Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) — of Texas. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,February6, 1788.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1836-37, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-43.DiedMarch15, 1866 (age78 years, 37days).Original interment atJohnMcGinty Cemetery, Near Navasota, Grimes County, Tex.; reintermentin 1929 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821-1891) — also known asJosiah B. Grinnell — of Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa.Born in New Haven,AddisonCounty, Vt.,December22, 1821.Republican.Pastor;abolitionist; member ofIowastate senate, 1856-60;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860;U.S.Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1863-67; director, RockIslandRailroad;receiver, Iowa CentralRailroad;president, First NationalBank ofGrinnell.Congregationalist.He claimed to be the original recipient ofHoraceGreeley's famous advice to "Go West, young man.".Died, from athroatailment andasthma,in Grinnell,PoweshiekCounty, Iowa,March31, 1891 (age69 years, 99days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Grinnell, Iowa. | | Roger Griswold (1762-1812) — of Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 21,1762.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805,4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1809-11;Governor ofConnecticut, 1811-12; died in office 1812.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October25, 1812 (age50 years, 157days).Interment atGriswoldCemetery at Black Hall, Old Lyme, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married toFanny Rogers; nephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); grandfather ofMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second great-grandfather ofSeldenChapin; third great-grandfather ofFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; first cousin twice removed ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,PhineasLyman Tracy,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andAlbertHaller Tracy; second cousin twice removed ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott andGeorgeGriswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord (1831-1880) andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,JosephAugustine Scranton,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,SamuelLord (1859-1925),HenryAugustus Wolcott andJosephBuell Ely; second cousin five times removed ofHarryAndrews Gager andAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin andZinaHyde Jr.; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,TheodoreSill andThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,HenryWard Beecher,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,AugustusFrank,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,AugustusBrandegee,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin,ClaudeCarpenter Pinney,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; fourth cousin ofNathanielMerriam,PeterB. Garnsey andJamesDoolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,DanielGreene Garnsey,BelaEdgerton,SamuelGeorge Andrews andRosciusR. Kennedy. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofGriswold,Connecticut, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Alexander Joseph Groesbeck (1873-1953) — also known asAlex J. Groesbeck — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Warren Township (now Warren),MacombCounty, Mich.,November7, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1913;Michiganstate attorney general, 1917-20;Governor ofMichigan, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1934;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1924,1944.DutchandFrenchancestry.DiedMarch10, 1953 (age79 years, 123days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) — also known asErnest Gruening;"Mr.Alaska" —ofJuneau,Alaska.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February6, 1887.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor;writer;Governorof Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alaska Territory,1956;member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,1952;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska,1960,1968,1972;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska,1972(on behalf ofGeorgeMcGovern andR.Sargent Shriver, Jr.).Jewish. Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only twoSenators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gavePresident Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.Died ofcancer inWashington,D.C.,June 26,1974 (age87 years, 140days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Felix Grundy (1777-1840) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September11, 1777.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1800;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1806;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-14; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1815;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1829-38, 1839-40; died in office 1840;U.S.Attorney General, 1838-39.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December19, 1840 (age63 years, 99days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | 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. | | Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) — also known asAndy Guest — of Front Royal,WarrenCounty, Va.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September29, 1939.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1973-99.Episcopalian.Member,Elks;Rotary;IzaakWalton League;Ruritan.Died, ofcancer,in Front Royal,WarrenCounty, Va.,April 2,2001 (age61 years, 185days).Interment atOldChapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va. | | 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 INavytankerSS 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 for him. | | | | 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. | | Walter Smith Gurnee (1813-1903) — also known asWalter S. Gurnee — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1813.Democrat.Saddle andharness maker;real estatebusiness;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.Scottishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1903 (age90 years, 39days).Entombed atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | 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. | | Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire,England,March3, 1735.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777.Mortallywounded in aduel withLachlanMcIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, nearSavannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 19,1777 (age42 years, 77days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,July 28,1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1792-93;U.S.Postmaster General, 1795-1801.Member,Freemasons.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,November17, 1815 (age64 years, 112days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Charles Harold Haden II (1937-2004) — also known asCharles H. Haden II — of Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.; Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.Born in Morgantown,MonongaliaCounty, W.Va.,April16, 1937.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,1963-64; defeated, 1964; candidate forWestVirginia state attorney general, 1968; West Virginia State TaxCommissioner, 1969-72;judge ofWest Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1972-75; appointed 1972;resigned 1975;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia,1975-83;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,1975-2004; died in office 2004.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Charleston,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,March20, 2004 (age66 years, 339days).Cremated;ashes scattered. | | Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) — also known asLouis F. Haffen;"Father of theBronx" —of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.; Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,November6, 1854.Democrat.Civilengineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),1893-98;boroughpresident of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909;removed fromoffice by Gov.CharlesEvans Hughes overmaladministrationcharges,1909;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry. Member,RoyalArcanum;TammanyHall.Died, fromarteriosclerosis,in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1935 (age81 years, 49days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) — also known asKenneth Hahn;Kenny Hahn — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August19, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, LosAngeles City Council, 1947-52;LosAngeles County Supervisor, 1952-92; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1952;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1970.Churchof Christ.Died, fromheartfailure, in ahospitalat Inglewood,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October12, 1997 (age77 years, 54days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) — also known asHenry A. Haigh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,March13, 1854.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamL. Carpenter,FlaviusL. Brooke, andJohnAtkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and constructionofelectricrailways, and officer for severalrailroadcompanies; director of the AlpenaPowerCompany; stockholder and director of the Peninsular SavingsBank;director and counsel of Continental Casualtyinsurancecompany; Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1896.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanHistorical Association;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1942 (age88 years, 64days).Interment atNorthviewCemetery, Dearborn, Mich.  | John Hailey (1835-1921) — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born inSmithCounty, Tenn.,August29, 1835.Electedmayor ofBoise, Idaho 1871, but never took office;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1873-75, 1885-87;defeated, 1886;memberIdaho territorial council, 1880.Died in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,April10, 1921 (age85 years, 224days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | | Augustus Caesar Hall (1814-1861) — also known asAugustus Hall — of Keosauqua,Van BurenCounty, Iowa.Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1855-57;justice ofNebraska territorial supreme court, 1858-61; died in office 1861;chiefjustice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1858-61; died inoffice 1861.Died in Bellevue,SarpyCounty, Neb.,February1, 1861 (age46 years, 278days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. | | Lyman Hall (1724-1790) — of Georgia. Born in Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April12, 1724.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofGeorgia, 1783-84.Congregationalist.DiedOctober19, 1790 (age66 years, 190days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atCourthouseGrounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall (1788-1867) — also known asWarren D. C. Hall — of Texas. Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,1788.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836.DiedApril 8,1867 (ageabout 78years).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. | | John Herman Hallstrom (1888-1961) — also known asJ. Herman Hallstrom — of Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill.Born inSweden,November18, 1888.Progressive.Bricklayer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;mayorof Rockford, Ill., 1921-27, 1929-33; defeated, 1927, 1933;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1924.Swedishancestry.Died in Rockford,WinnebagoCounty, Ill.,November14, 1961 (age72 years, 361days).Interment atScandanavian Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.  | Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) — also known asThomas L. Hamer — of Georgetown,BrownCounty, Ohio.Born inNorthumberlandCounty, Pa., July,1800.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; PresidentialElector for Ohio,1828(voted forAndrewJackson andJohnC. Calhoun);U.S.Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War.NominatedUlyssesS. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.Diedin the military service, probably fromdysentery,at Monterrey,NuevoLeón,December2, 1846 (age46 years, 0days).Original intermentsomewherein near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment atOldGeorgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shotandmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed for him. — Hamilton Hall(dormitory, built 1926), at HarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,May 8,1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;intendantof Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1830-32.Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through somemishap, wasdrownedin theGulf ofMexico,November15, 1857 (age71 years, 191days). His remains were probablyneverfound. | | Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) — also known asLee H. Hamilton — of Columbus,BartholomewCounty, Ind.Born in Daytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,April20, 1931.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1968,1996;received theMedalof Freedom in 2015.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;TrilateralCommission;Rotary;Jaycees;AlphaTau Omega.Inducted into the Indiana BasketballHall ofFame.Still living as of 2018. | | 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. | | William H. Hamilton (born c.1816) — of Iowa. Born about 1816. Member ofIowastate senate, 1856.Burial location unknown.  | 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 for him. — ThetownofHamlin,New York, isnamed for him. — ThecityofHamlin,Kansas, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1971) wasnamed for him. — Hannibal HamlinHall,at theUniversityof Maine,Orono,Maine, isnamed for him. | | | | 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.  | Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) — also known as"Savior of SouthCarolina" —of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880;U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of ConfederateVeterans.Lost aleg in an accident in 1878.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April11, 1902 (age84 years, 14days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWadeHampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married,October10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter ofFrancisSmith Preston; sister ofWilliamCampbell Preston); married1858 to MarySingleton McDuffie (daughter ofGeorgeMcDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who marriedJohnSmith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who marriedJohnLaurence Manning); grandson ofWadeHampton (1752-1835). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hampton County,S.C. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHampton,South Carolina, isnamed for him. — WadeHamptonHighSchool (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), inGreenville,South Carolina, isnamed for him. — The WadeHamptonStateOffice Building (opened 1940), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter BrianCisco,WadeHampton: Confederate Warrior, ConservativeStatesman | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | Clarence Eugene Hancock (1885-1948) — also known asClarence E. Hancock — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1885.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from New York, 1927-47 (35th District 1927-45,36th District 1945-47); alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1928.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,January3, 1948 (age62 years, 324days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Syracuse, 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 for him. —MountHancock, in the White Mountains,GraftonCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS John Hancock (built 1941 atPortland,Oregon; torpedoed and lost in theCaribbeanSea, 1942) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John Hancock: Harlow GilesUnger,JohnHancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — HarlowGiles Unger,JohnHancock: Merchant King & American Patriot |
 | Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known asWinfield S. Hancock — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February14, 1824.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1868,1876;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1880.Member,Freemasons;LoyalLegion.Died in Governor's Island,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1886 (age61 years, 360days).Interment atMontgomeryCemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 atHancockCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Presumably namedfor:WinfieldScott | | | | Relatives: Son of Benjamin FranklinHancock and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock; married,February1, 1850, to Almira Dubois Russell; uncle of Laura ElizabethHancock (who marriedWilliamRush Merriam). | | | | Political family:Merriam-Hancockfamily of Wadham's Mills, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountHancock, in Yellowstone National Park,TetonCounty, Wyoming, isnamed for him. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early1890s. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Winfield Scott Hancock:David M. Jordan,WinfieldScott Hancock : A Soldier's Life — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Cornell UniversityLibrary |
| | George H. Hand (1837-1891) — Born in Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio,August9, 1837.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;Dakotaterritory attorney general, 1866-69;U.S.Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1866-69;secretaryof Dakota Territory, 1874-83.Died in Pierre,HughesCounty, S.Dak.,March10, 1891 (age53 years, 213days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) — also known asFreeman Hankins — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,September30, 1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;funeraldirector; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1961-67; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1968.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;NAACP;Freemasons;AmericanWoodmen;Elks.Died, fromheartdisease, in the University of PennsylvaniaHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1988 (age71 years, 92days).Interment atFernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.  | 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 M. Hansford (c.1800-1844) — of Texas. Born about 1800. Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40; judge of TexasRepublic, 1840-42.Resignedas judge in 1842 while beingimpeachedover hishandlingof a trial arising out of the "Regulator-Moderator War" in EastTexas.Killedby members of the Regulators who had seized his home, in Texas,1844(ageabout44 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Joseph R. Hanson (1837-1917) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,1837.Republican. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1864-65; alternate delegateto Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1868.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,1917(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805-1854) — also known asHugh A. Haralson — of LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.Born near Penfield,GreeneCounty, Ga.,November13, 1805.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1831; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1837;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-51 (at-large 1843-45, 4thDistrict 1845-51).Slaveowner. DiedSeptember25, 1854 (age48 years, 316days).Interment atHillView Cemetery, LaGrange, Ga.  | Phil Hardberger (b. 1934) — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Morton,CochranCounty, Tex.,July 27,1934.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 2005-09.Baptist.Still living as of 2014. | | Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) — also known asCary A. Hardee — of Live Oak,SuwanneeCounty, Fla.Born inTaylorCounty, Fla.,November13, 1876.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1915-17;Speaker ofthe Florida State House of Representatives, 1917;Governor ofFlorida, 1921-25.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen.DiedNovember21, 1957 (age81 years, 8days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Madison, Fla. | | Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February26, 1795.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Matagorda, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836.Died in Caney Creek,MatagordaCounty, Tex.,October12, 1836 (age41 years, 229days).Original intermentsomewherein Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Thomas Hardeman Jr. (1825-1891) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,January12, 1825.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853-57, 1863-64, 1874;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1859-61, 1883-85 (3rd District1859-61, at-large 1883-85); colonel in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War; postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1885-90.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,March 6,1891 (age66 years, 53days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January31, 1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of TexasRepublic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inBastropCounty, Tex.,January15, 1854 (age65 years, 349days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1937 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother ofBaileyHardeman; married1814 to MaryOphelia Polk (aunt ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk); married,October26, 1836, to Eliza DeWitt; fourth cousin ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,FrancisWayles Eppes,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hardeman County,Tenn. is named for him;Hardeman County,Tex. is named partly for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892) — also known asCharles H. Hardin — of Missouri. Born inTrimbleCounty, Ky.,July 15,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate senate 9th District, 1873-74;Governor ofMissouri, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Missouri,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Mexico,AudrainCounty, Mo.,July 29,1892 (age72 years, 14days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Audrain County, Mo.; reinterment atJewellCemetery, Near Columbia, Boone County, Mo.  | Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known asWarren G. Harding — of Marion,MarionCounty, Ohio.Born in Blooming Grove,MorrowCounty, Ohio,November2, 1865.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofOhiostate senate 13th District, 1901-03;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904(alternate),1912,1916(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker);candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1910;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1915-21;Presidentof the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.Baptist.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Moose;Knightsof Pythias;PhiAlpha Delta.Firstpresident ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,1922.Died, probably from aheartattack, in a room at the PalaceHotel,SanFrancisco, Calif.,August2, 1923 (age57 years, 273days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not acceptedby historians.Originally entombed atMarionCemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 atHardingMemorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) atWoodland Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;married,July 8,1891, toFlorenceDeWolfe. | | | | Harding County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | HardingHighSchool, inBridgeport,Connecticut, isnamed for him. — Warren G.HardingHighSchool, inWarren,Ohio, isnamed for him. — Warren G. HardingMiddleSchool, inFrankford,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — ThecommunityofHardingTownship, New Jersey (created 1922) isnamed for him. — WarrenStreet,GStreet,and HardingStreet(now Boardwalk), inKetchikan,Alaska, were allnamed for him. — HardingMountain,inChelanCounty, Washington, isnamed for him. —MountHarding, inSkagway,Alaska, isnamed for him. | | | | Personal motto: "Remember there are twosides to every question. Get both." | | | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back tonormalcy with Harding." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Warren G. Harding: FrancisRussell,TheShadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In HisTimes — Robert K. Murray,TheHarding Era : Warren G. Harding and HisAdministration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson,ThePresidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,InsideStory of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee,TheOhio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.Dean,WarrenG. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell,TheStrange Deaths of President Harding — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Russell Roberts,WarrenG. Harding (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) — of Virginia. Born inIsle ofWight County, Va., about 1758.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1778, 1780-82;LieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office1785.Died while attending theContinentalCongress in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October17, 1785 (ageabout 27years).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | 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. | | Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781) — of North Carolina. Born near Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April20, 1723.Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1777.Captured by the British in January 1781, anddiedas aprisoner, ofdiseasecontracted in captivity, in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,April20, 1781 (age58 years, 0days).Interment atSt.James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C. | | Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.;Baltimore,Md.Born near Fredericksburg,SpotsylvaniaCounty, Va., January,1765.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1790-95;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes forVice-President,1816;received one electoral vote for Vice-President,1820;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1819-20.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,January14, 1825 (ageabout 60years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Samuel M. Harrington — ofKentCounty, Del.Democrat.Chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1857-65.Burial location unknown. | | Albert Galliton Harrison (1800-1839) — of Missouri. Born in Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,June 26,1800.U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1835-39.Slaveowner. Died in Fulton,CallawayCounty, Mo.,September7, 1839 (age39 years, 73days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) — also known as"The Signer" — ofCharlesCity County, Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,April 5,1726.Planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1749-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81;Governor ofVirginia, 1781-84;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CharlesCity County, 1788.Died inCharlesCity County, Va.,April24, 1791 (age65 years, 19days).Interment atBerkeleyPlantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Ralph Chandler Harrison (1831-1918) — also known asRalph C. Harrison — of Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Cornwall Bridge, Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,October22, 1831.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Cornwall, 1857;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1891-1903;Judge,California Court of Appeal, 1905-08.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 18,1918 (age86 years, 269days).Burial location unknown.  | William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as"Tippecanoe";"OldTip";"Farmer of North Bend";"General Mum";"Cincinnatus of theWest" —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Berkeley,CharlesCity County, Va.,February9, 1773.Whig.Secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1798-99;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member ofOhiostate senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1820; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGran Colombia, 1828-29;Presidentof the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniaortyphoid,at theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,April 4,1841 (age68 years, 54days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother ofCarterBassett Harrison; married,November22, 1795, toAnnaTuthill Symmes (daughter ofJohnCleves Symmes); father ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); grandfather ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); great-grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; second cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofRobertMonroe Harrison. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Harrison counties inInd.,Iowa,Miss. andOhio arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHarrison,New Jersey, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamH. Harrison Taylor—WilliamH. H. Bingham—WilliamH. H. Ross—WilliamH. H. Comstock—WilliamH. H. Bailey—WilliamH. H. Lewis—W.H. H. Eba—WilliamH. H. Wroe—WilliamH. H. Dickinson—WilliamH. H. Gere—WilliamH. H. Clayton—WilliamH. H. Allen—WilliamH. H. Beadle—WilliamH. H. Keeney—WilliamH. H. Varney—WilliamH. H. Cowles—WilliamH. H. Stowell—WilliamH. H. Miller—WilliamH. H. Cook—WilliamH. H. Hill—WilliamH. H. Flick—WilliamH. H. Sieg—WilliamH. H. Slack—WilliamH. H. Webster—WilliamH. H. Fine—WilliamH. Heard—WilliamH. H. Hart—WilliamH. H. Llewellyn—WilliamH. H. Lea—WilliamH. H. Cash—WilliamH. H. Bowen—WilliamH. H. Heath—WilliamH. H. Gardner | | | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe andTyler Too." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Henry Harrison:Freeman Cleaves,OldTippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —Norma Lois Peterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — DavidLillard,WilliamHenry Harrison (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | William Francis Harrity (1850-1912) — also known asWilliam F. Harrity — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October19, 1850.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1884,1892,1896;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1885-89;PennsylvaniaDemocratic state chair, 1890;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1891-95; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1892-97;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1892-96.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April12, 1912 (age61 years, 176days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Pa. | | 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.  | Philip Aloysius Hart (1912-1976) — also known asPhilip A. Hart — of Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Mackinac Island,MackinacCounty, Mich.Born in Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December10, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1950;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1952-53;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1955-58; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964,1968(speaker),1976;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1959-76; died in office 1976.Member,UrbanLeague.Died inWashington,D.C.,December26, 1976 (age64 years, 16days).Interment atSt.Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich. | | | Bret Harte (1836-1902) — also known asFrancis Brett Hart — of Union (now Arcata),HumboldtCounty, Calif.; London,England.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August25, 1836.Writer;editor;U.S. Consul inCrefeld, 1878-80;Glasgow, 1880-85.English,Dutch,andJewishancestry.Died in Camberley,England,May2, 1902 (age65 years, 250days).Interment atSt.Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.| | Relatives:Step-son ofAndrewWilliams; son of Henry Hart and Elizabeth (Ostrander) Hart;married,August11, 1862, to Anna Griswold. | | | | Bret Harte UnionHighSchool, inAngelsCamp, California, isnamed for him. — BretHarteElementarySchool, inSacramento,California, isnamed for him. — The Bret HarteNeighborhoodLibrary, inLongBeach, California, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Death shall reap the braverharvest." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Oliver Cromwell Hartley (1823-1859) — of Texas. Born in1823.Member of Texas state legislature, 1851. Died in1859(ageabout36 years).Burial location unknown.  | William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) — also known asWilliam B. Hartsfield — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March 1,1890.Mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1937-41, 1942-62.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,February22, 1971 (age80 years, 358days).Interment atWestviewCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | James Madison Harvey (1833-1894) — also known asJames M. Harvey — of Fort Riley,GearyCounty, Kan.; Vinton,CowleyCounty, Kan.Born near Salt Sulphur Springs,MonroeCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September21, 1833.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1865-66; member ofKansasstate senate, 1867-68;Governor ofKansas, 1869-73;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1874-77.Died near Junction City,GearyCounty, Kan.,April15, 1894 (age60 years, 206days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Junction City, Kan.  | Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) — also known asCharles N. Haskell — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.Born in Leipsic,PutnamCounty, Ohio,March13, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;oilbusiness;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906;Governor ofOklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1928.Died, ofpneumonia,in the SkirvinHotel,Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,July 5,1933 (age73 years, 114days).Interment atGreenhillCemetery, Muskogee, Okla. | | Dudley Chase Haskell (1842-1883) — also known asDudley C. Haskell — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March23, 1842.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1872;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1877-83; died in office1883.DiedDecember16, 1883 (age41 years, 268days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. | | William Hasson (1833-1923) — of Oil City,VenangoCounty, Pa.Born in Shippenville,ClarionCounty, Pa.,March17, 1833.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;oilbusiness;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1872,1904,1912;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Venango County, 1875-76,1883-84, 1899-1900.Died in Oil City,VenangoCounty, Pa.,May 15,1923 (age90 years, 59days).Interment atSt. Joseph's Cemetery, Oil City, Pa. | | Eurotus P. Hastings (1791-1866) — of Michigan. BornJuly 20,1791.Whig. President of theBank ofMichigan, 1825-39;Michiganstate auditor general, 1840-42.Presbyterian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 1,1866 (age74 years, 316days).Burial location unknown. | | Mark Odom Hatfield (1922-2011) — also known asMark O. Hatfield — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Dallas,PolkCounty, Ore.,July 12,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1951-54; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1960(delegation chair),1976(delegation chair); member ofOregonstate senate, 1955-56;secretaryof state of Oregon, 1957-59;Governor ofOregon, 1959-67;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1967-97.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August7, 2011 (age89 years, 26days).Interment atWillametteNational Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | 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. | | Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) — of North Carolina. Born in Granville County (part now inWarrenCounty), N.C.,August15, 1754.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1778-79, 1784;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1781-83, 1787;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1789;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1789-95.Slaveowner. Died inCrawfordCounty, Ga.,June 6,1818 (age63 years, 295days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ga.  | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) — also known asNathaniel Hathorne — of Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 4,1804.Famednovelistand short storywriter;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Salem, Mass., Massachusetts, 1846-49; U.S.Consul inLiverpool, 1853-57.Englishancestry.Died in Plymouth,GraftonCounty, N.H.,May 19,1864 (age59 years, 320days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.; statue atHawthorneBoulevard, Salem, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke (Manning) Hathorne;married,July 9,1842, to Sophia Amelia Peabody (sister-in-law ofHoraceMann); great-grandfather ofOlcottHawthorne Deming; second great-grandfather ofRustMacpherson Deming; fourth cousin ofJudahDana; fourth cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler,JohnWinchester Dana andCharlesSmith Dana. | | | | Political families:Dana-Ripleyfamily of Fryeburg, Maine;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | TheboroughofHawthorne,New Jersey, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne:TheHouse of Seven Gables —TheScarlet Letter —SelectedShort Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne | | | | Books about Nathaniel Hawthorne: BrendaWineapple,Hawthorne: A Life — Luther S. Luedtke,NathanielHawthorne and the Romance of the Orient — Raymona E.Hull,NathanielHawthorne, the English Experience, 1853-1864 | | | | Image source: ProjectGutenberg |
 | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Hay (built 1943 atPanamaCity, Florida; scrapped 1961) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
|  | Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known asRutherford B. Hayes;"Rutherfraud B.Hayes";"His Fraudulency" —of Ohio. Born in Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,October4, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67;Governor ofOhio, 1868-72, 1876-77;Presidentof the United States, 1877-81.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Stricken by aheartattack at therailroadstation in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont,SanduskyCounty, Ohio,January17, 1893 (age70 years, 105days).Original interment and cenotaph atOakwoodCemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 atRutherfordB. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married,December30, 1852, toLucyWare Webb; father ofJamesWebb Cook Hayes. | | | | Political family:Hayesfamily of Fremont, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:LeopoldMarkbreit —JamesM. Comly —JosephP. Bradley | | | | Hayes County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | Rutherford B. HayesHighSchool, inDelaware,Ohio, isnamed for him. — The Presidente HayesDepartment (province),and itscapitalcity, Villa Hayes, inParaguay,arenamed for him. — HayesHall(built 1893), at Ohio StateUniversity,Columbus,Ohio, isnamed for him. | | | | Personal motto: "He serves his partybest who serves his country best." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: AriHoogenboom,RutherfordB. Hayes: Warrior and President — Hans Trefousse,RutherfordB. Hayes: 1877 - 1881 — William H. Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. (1912-1989) — also known asClement F. Haynsworth, Jr. — Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,October30, 1912.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1957-81; tooksenior status 1981.Died in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,November22, 1989 (age77 years, 23days).Interment atSpringwoodCemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | John Coffee Hays (1817-1883) — also known asJack C. Hays — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Cedar Lick,WilsonCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1817.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1876.Joined the Texas Rangers in the 1830s (later named to Texas RangersHall of Fame). Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850; U.S. SurveyorGeneral for California, 1853; one of the founders of the city ofOakland.DiedApril21, 1883 (age66 years, 83days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | John Haywood (1762-1826) — also known as"The Father of TennesseeHistory" —Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C.,March16, 1762.NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1792-95;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1794;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1816.Founder of Tennesee Antiquarian Society. Died inDavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1826(ageabout64 years).Interment atTusculumBaptist Church Grounds, Near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. | | Augustus George Hazard (1802-1868) — also known asAugustus G. Hazard — of Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in South Kingstown,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,April28, 1802.Democrat. Founder, Hazard Gunpowder Company; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1860.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1868 (age66 years, 9days).Interment atEnfieldStreet Cemetery, Enfield, Conn. | | Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) — also known asJoshua T. Heald — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 26,1821.Republican.Bookbinder;realestate developer;bankdirector; delegate to Republican National Convention fromDelaware,1860,1868;President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built thecity's firsttrolleyline; later, he was president of the Wilmington and WesternRailroad;candidate forU.S.Representative from Delaware, 1870.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 23,1887 (age66 years, 58days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948) — also known asArthur D. Healey — of Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1889.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1933-42;defeated, 1922, 1924, 1928;U.S.District Judge for Massachusetts, 1942-48; died in office 1948.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Eagles;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Died in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September16, 1948 (age58 years, 262days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Medford, Mass. | | Stephen Heard (1741-1815) — ofElbertCounty, Ga.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,November13, 1741.Engineer;planter;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofGeorgia, 1780-81; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1794-95.Died inElbertCounty, Ga.,November15, 1815 (age74 years, 2days).Interment atHeardCemetery, Elberton, Ga.| | Relatives:Married1760 to JaneGermany; married,August25, 1785, to Elizabeth Darden; father of Jane Lanier Heard (whomarriedSingletonWalthall Allen),GeorgeWashington Heard,BarnardCarroll Heard andThomasJefferson Heard; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who marriedLutherH. O. Martin Sr.), Rebecca Allen (who marriedWilliamH. Mattox),JamesLawrence Heard,RobertMiddleton Heard andWilliamHenry Heard; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (whomarriedBuddClay Wall), Nancy Middleton Heard (who marriedPhillipWatkins Davis),WilliamHenry Harrison Heard andLutherH. O. Martin Jr.. | | | | Political family:Heardfamily of Elberton, Georgia. | | | | Heard County,Ga. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Cornelius Hedges (1837-1907) — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in1837.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1874; member ofMontanastate senate 7th District, 1889-92.Died in1907(ageabout70 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Samuel Gordon Heiskell (1858-1923) — also known asSamuel G. Heiskell — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inMonroeCounty, Tenn.,August7, 1858.Democrat.Lawyer;historian;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Tennessee,1892;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.Episcopalian.GermanandIrishancestry. Member,Elks;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Eagles;SigmaKappa.Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,September17, 1923 (age65 years, 41days).Interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.  | 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. | | John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,December18, 1803.Lawyer;newspapereditor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; diedin office 1862; candidate forSenatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,January7, 1862 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Edward Hempstead (1780-1817) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,June 3,1780.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1812-14.Wasthrownfrom ahorse,which resulted in his death six days later, atSt.Louis, Mo.,August10, 1817 (age37 years, 68days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) — also known asCharles B. Henderson — of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.;Washington,D.C.Born in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 8,1873.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;ElkoCounty District Attorney, 1901-05; member ofNevadastate house of representatives, 1905-07;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada,1928,1936;president and director, ElkoTelephoneand Telegraph Company; director, Western PacificRailroad.Episcopalian.Member,PhiKappa Psi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November8, 1954 (age81 years, 153days).Interment atElkoCemetery, Elko, Nev. | | 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. | | Leonard Henderson (1772-1833) — of North Carolina. Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,October6, 1772.State court judge in North Carolina, 1808;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1818;chiefjustice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1829-33.Died in Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C.,August13, 1833 (age60 years, 311days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C. | | William Hendricks (1782-1850) — of Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.Born in Ligonier Valley,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,November12, 1782.Democrat. Member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1813-14;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1814-17;U.S.Representative from Indiana at-large, 1816-22;Governor ofIndiana, 1822-25;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1825-37.Died in Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.,May 16,1850 (age67 years, 185days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Madison, Ind. | | 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.  | Patrick Henry (1736-1799) — ofPrinceEdward County, Va.Born in Studley,HanoverCounty, Va.,May 29,1736.Lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1765;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofVirginia, 1776-79, 1784-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from PrinceEdward County, 1788; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1799.ScottishandEnglishancestry.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1920.Died near Brookneal,CampbellCounty, Va.,June 6,1799 (age63 years, 8days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry(1738-1790; who marriedWilliamChristian) and Elizabeth Henry (who marriedWilliamRussell andWilliamCampbell); married1754 to SarahShelton; married,October25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (whomarriedSpencerRoane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who marriedAlexanderScott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who marriedFrancisSmith Preston); grandfather ofWilliamHenry Roane; granduncle ofValentineWood Southall,WilliamCampbell Preston,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andJohnSmith Preston; great-granduncle ofStephenValentine Southall,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather ofRobertLee Henry; cousin *** ofIsaacColes. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Henry counties inAla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:PatrickH. Davis—PatrickHenry Bradley—PatrickHenry—PatrickH. Roche—PatrickH. McCarren—PatrickH. Cashin—PatrickH. McGarry—PatrickHenry McCarthy—PatrickHenry Callahan—PatrickH. Kelley—PatrickH. O'Brien—P.H. Moynihan—PatrickH. Quinn—PatrickH. Drewry—PatrickHenry Kennedy—J.H. Culkin—DatBarthel | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow GilesUnger,Lionof Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a NewNation — Thomas S. Kidd,PatrickHenry: First Among Patriots | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) — also known asA. Barton Hepburn — of Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Colton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,July 24,1846.Republican.Lawyer;timberbusiness;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York LifeInsuranceCompany, AmericanAgriculturalChemicalCompany, Studebaker Corporation (automobilemanufacturer), and Great NorthernRailway.Hit bya bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died fivedays later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January25, 1922 (age75 years, 185days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.  | William Peters Hepburn (1833-1916) — also known asWilliam P. Hepburn — of Marshalltown,MarshallCounty, Iowa; Clarinda,PageCounty, Iowa.Born in Wellsville,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,November4, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860,1888,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1881-87, 1893-1909.DiedFebruary7, 1916 (age82 years, 95days).Interment atClarindaCemetery, Clarinda, Iowa.  | 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. | | John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) — also known asJohn W. Herron — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Shippensburg,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,May 10,1827.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1873;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August5, 1912 (age85 years, 87days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | 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.  | Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) — also known asWeldon B. Heyburn — of Wallace,ShoshoneCounty, Idaho.Born in Chadds Ford Township,DelawareCounty, Pa.,May 23,1852.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho Territory,1888;delegateto Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Idaho,1892,1900,1904;candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho, 1898;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Idaho, 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,October17, 1912 (age60 years, 147days).Interment atLafayetteCemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa.  | Frank Wayland Higgins (1856-1907) — also known asFrank W. Higgins — of Olean,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.Born in Rushford,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,August18, 1856.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1888;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1894-1902 (32nd District 1894-95, 50th District1896-1902);LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1903-04;Governor ofNew York, 1905-06.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Olean,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1907 (age50 years, 178days).Interment atMt.View Cemetery, Olean, N.Y.  | Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882) — also known asBenjamin H. Hill — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inJasperCounty, Ga.,September14, 1823.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1851; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1857;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1875-77;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1877-82; died in office 1882.Slaveowner. Died ofcancer inAtlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1882 (age58 years, 336days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | George Washington Hill (1814-1860) — of Texas. Born in Hill Creek,WarrenCounty, Tenn.,April22, 1814.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-41, 1842-43;TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1843-44.Died in Spring Hill,NavarroCounty, Tex.,May 29,1860 (age46 years, 37days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Near Dawson, Navarro County, Tex. | | Isaac Hill (1789-1851) — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in West Cambridge (now Arlington),MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April 6,1789.Democrat. Member ofNewHampshire state senate 4th District, 1820-23, 1827-28; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1826;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1831-36;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1836-39; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Hampshire,1840.Died inWashington,D.C.,March22, 1851 (age61 years, 350days).Interment atBlossomHill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.  | Clarence Ross Hilliard (1894-1976) — also known asC. Ross Hilliard — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Delhi Township,InghamCounty, Mich.,August8, 1894.Republican.InghamCounty Clerk, 1925-72; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1957-59.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,March14, 1976 (age81 years, 219days).Interment atNorthCemetery, Lansing, Mich. |  | Sidney Hillman (1887-1946) — of New York. Born in Zagare,Lithuania,March23, 1887.President,Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), and one of thefounders ofthe Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); New York AmericanLabor Party state chair, 1945.Jewish.Died in Point Lookout,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 10,1946 (age59 years, 109days).Entombed atWestchesterHills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. | | Morris Hillquit (1869-1933) — also known asMoishe Hillkowitz — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Riga,Latvia,August1, 1869.Socialist.Lawyer;leader of "Kangaroo" faction which left the Socialist Labor Party andmarged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Socialist Partyof America in 1901; served as the Socialist Party's first nationalsecretary; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1906 (9th District), 1908 (9thDistrict), 1916 (20th District), 1918 (20th District), 1920 (20thDistrict); candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1910; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1917, 1932; delegate to SocialistNational Convention from New York, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party,1931; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1931.Jewish. Member,American CivilLiberties Union.Died, oftuberculosis,inOctober8, 1933 (age64 years, 68days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Hinds (1780-1840) — of Greenville,JeffersonCounty, Miss.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January9, 1780.Democrat.MemberMississippi territorial council, 1805-06;Speakerof Mississippi Territory House of Representatives, 1810; major inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1819;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1828-31.Slaveowner. Died in Greenville,JeffersonCounty, Miss.,August23, 1840 (age60 years, 227days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Miss. | | 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. | | Phineas Warren Hitchcock (1831-1881) — also known asPhineas W. Hitchcock — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1831.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NebraskaTerritory,1860;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1865-67;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1871-77.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,July 10,1881 (age49 years, 222days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.  | Robert Roberts Hitt (1834-1906) — also known asRobert R. Hitt — of Mt. Morris,OgleCounty, Ill.Born in Urbana,ChampaignCounty, Ohio,January16, 1834.Republican. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1881;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1882-1906 (5th District 1882-83,6th District 1883-95, 9th District 1895-1903, 13th District 1903-06);died in office 1906.Died in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,September20, 1906 (age72 years, 247days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Mt. Morris, Ill. | | George Washington Hockley (1802-1854) — of Texas. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1802.TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1841-42.Died in Corpus Christi,NuecesCounty, Tex.,June 6,1854 (ageabout 51years).Interment atOldBayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex. | | Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) — also known asPhilip H. Hoff — of Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Turners Falls, Montague,FranklinCounty, Mass.,June 29,1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1961-62;Governor ofVermont, 1963-69; candidate forU.S.Senator from Vermont, 1970; member ofVermontstate senate, 1983-88.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Elks;Freemasons;Shriners;Grange;Eagles;Moose.Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bayassistedliving facility, in Shelburne,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,April26, 2018 (age93 years, 301days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Andrew J. Hoisington (1848-1907) — of Great Bend,BartonCounty, Kan.Born near Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,July 12,1848.Republican.Newspapereditor; postmaster atGreatBend, Kan., 1875-77.Died near Winterset,MadisonCounty, Iowa,February25, 1907 (age58 years, 228days).Interment atJefferson-Goar Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa. | | Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) — also known asSpessard L. Holland — of Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.Born in Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.,July 10,1892.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge in Florida,1921-29; member ofFloridastate senate, 1932-40; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Florida,1940(alternate),1948(alternate),1952(alternate; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956(alternate),1960,1968;Governorof Florida, 1941-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1946-71.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;Elks;AlphaTau Omega;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax. Died in Bartow,PolkCounty, Fla.,November6, 1971 (age79 years, 119days).Interment atWildwoodCemetery, Bartow, Fla. | | 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. | | Ernest Frederick Hollings (1922-2019) — also known asErnest F. Hollings;Fritz Hollings;"Foghorn Leghorn" —of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January1, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1949-55;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1955-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1956,1996,2000,2004;Governorof South Carolina, 1959-63;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1984.Lutheran.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Sertoma.Died in Isle of Palms,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April 6,2019 (age97 years, 95days).Interment atBethany Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | David Holmes (1769-1832) — ofWinchester,Va.; Washington,AdamsCounty, Miss.Born near Hanover,YorkCounty, Pa.,March10, 1769.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1797-1809 (at-large 1797-1807, 4thDistrict 1807-09);Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1809-11, 1812-15;Governor ofMississippi, 1817-20, 1826;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1820-25.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,August20, 1832 (age63 years, 163days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. | | 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. | | Joseph Holt (1807-1894) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.;Washington,D.C.Born inBreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,January6, 1807.Lawyer;newspapereditor;JeffersonCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1833-35; U.S. Commissioner ofPatents, 1857;U.S.Postmaster General, 1859-60;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861.Died inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1894 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Breckinridge County, Ky. | | Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (b. 1923) — also known asLinwood Holton — ofRoanoke,Va.Born in Big Stone Gap,WiseCounty, Va.,September21, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1960,1972(delegation chair);Governor ofVirginia, 1970-74; defeated, 1965; candidate forU.S.Senator from Virginia, 1978.Still living as of 2014. | | Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) — also known asEdward D. Holton — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April28, 1815.Abolitionist;wheattrader; Liberty candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,Milwaukee and Prairie du ChienRailroad;banker;Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1853; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1856;delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1856;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.Died, frommalariaanderysipelas,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,April21, 1892 (age76 years, 359days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.| | Relatives:Married,October14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. | | | | ThecityofHolton,Kansas, isnamed for him. — Holton Hall, attheUniversityof WisconsinMilwaukee,isnamed for him. — HoltonStreet,inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Enoch Arden Holtwick (1881-1972) — also known asEnoch A. Holtwick — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.Born in Rhineland,MontgomeryCounty, Mo.,January3, 1881.Schoolteacher;president,Los Angeles Pacific Junior College, 1915-18;collegeprofessor; Prohibition candidate forIllinoisstate treasurer, 1936; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1950;Prohibition candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1956.FreeMethodist.Germanancestry.Died, in Fair OaksNursingHome, Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.,March28, 1972 (age91 years, 85days).Interment atMt. Auburn Cemetery, Greenville, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Holtwick and Elida (Heying) Holtwick; married,June 30,1908, to Clara Wilmot Uglow; married,June 27,1946, to Ruth Elmira (Turner) Hamilton. | | | | HoltwickHall, a student residence building atGreenvilleUniversity,Greenville,Illinois, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Philip Hone (1780-1851) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1780.Whig.Merchant;president, Delaware and HudsonCanalCompany;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1826-27.Germanancestry.Kept a famous diary of New York life in the 19th century. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 5,1851 (age70 years, 192days).Interment atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | | Samuel Hooper (1808-1875) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,February3, 1808.Republican.Importingbusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1851-53; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1858; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1860;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1861-75 (5th District 1861-63,4th District 1863-75); died in office 1875.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1875 (age67 years, 11days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | 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 Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed for him. — HerbertHooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed for him. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed for him. — HerbertHooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed for him. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed for him. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed for him. — 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) |
| | William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) — also known asW. R. Hopkins;"ChautauquaBill" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.,July 26,1869.Republican.Lawyer;industrialreal estatedeveloper; promoter of Cleveland Short LineRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1916;citymanager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated byaviation,in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,thefirstmunicipal airport in the United States.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,February9, 1961 (age91 years, 198days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) — also known asJohn E. Hopley — of Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio.Born in Elkton,ToddCounty, Ky.,August25, 1850.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep.StephenR. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul inSouthampton, 1898-1903;Montevideo, 1903-05; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for Ohio,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters;Order of theEastern Star;KnightsTemplar;Elks.As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped thepipe, hisclothes caughtfire, and he was badly burned; his burns becameinfected,leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio,July 10,1927 (age76 years, 319days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio. | | Alice Merrill Horne (1868-1948) — also known asAlice Smith Merrill — of Utah. Born in Fillmore,MillardCounty, Utah,January2, 1868.Schoolteacher; member ofUtahstate house of representatives, 1898.Female.Mormon.Died, of aheartattack,October7, 1948 (age80 years, 279days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.| | Relatives:Married to George H. Horne. | | | | Horne Hall at Brigham YoungUniversity,inProvo,Utah, isnamed for her. |
| | Peter Horry (1743-1815) — Born inGeorgetownCounty, S.C.,1743.Planter;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1792-94; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1785-87.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February28, 1815 (ageabout 71years).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) — also known asAlbert H. Horton — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Brookfield,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas,1868;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1873; member ofKansasstate senate; elected 1876;chiefjustice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.Died, fromheartdisease andlivercancer, in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,September2, 1902 (age65 years, 174days).Interment atMt.Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.  | 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.  | George Smith Houston (1811-1879) — also known asGeorge S. Houston — of Athens,LimestoneCounty, Ala.Born near Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,January17, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1832;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,5th District 1843-49, 1851-61);Governor ofAlabama, 1874-78;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,LimestoneCounty, Ala.,December31, 1879 (age68 years, 348days).Interment atAthensCity Cemetery, Athens, Ala.  | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941, atHouston,Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in theAtlanticOcean) andSS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the sameshipyard; scrapped 1959) werenamed for him. | | | | 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 Houstoun (1744-1796) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Waynesboro,BurkeCounty, Ga.,August31, 1744.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775;Governor ofGeorgia, 1778, 1784-85; defeated, 1787;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1790-91; superior court judge in Georgia, 1792.Scottishancestry.Died near Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,July 20,1796 (age51 years, 324days).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,1760.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1801-02;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10;Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12;Governorof Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,September18, 1814 (ageabout 54years).Original interment atOldGrace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Edward J. Howard — of Sylacauga,TalladegaCounty, Ala.Mayorof Sylacauga, Ala., 1948-59; resigned 1959.Intermentsomewherein Sylacauga, Ala. | | James H. Howard (b. 1838) — ofPikeCounty, Ark.Born in Tennessee,1838.Shoemaker;lawyer;PikeCounty Clerk, 1862-68; member ofArkansasstate senate 17th District, 1871-73.Burial location unknown. | | John Eager Howard (1752-1827) — also known as"Hero of Cowpens" — of Maryland. Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,June 4,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1787-88;Governor ofMaryland, 1788-91; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-94; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1796-1803; received 22 electoral votes forVice-President,1816.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,October12, 1827 (age75 years, 130days).Entombed atOldSt. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; statue erected 1904 atWashingtonPlace, Baltimore, Md. | | Tilghman Ashurst Howard (1797-1844) — also known asTilghman A. Howard — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.; Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.Born in Pickensville,PickensCounty, S.C.,November14, 1797.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1824;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1833-39;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1839-40; candidate forGovernorof Indiana, 1840; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTexas Republic, 1844, died in office 1844.Died in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,August16, 1844 (age46 years, 276days).Interment atRockvilleCemetery, Rockville, Ind. | | Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) — also known asVolney E. Howard — of Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Norridgewock,SomersetCounty, Maine,October22, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Texasstate attorney general, 1846;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superiorcourt judge in California, 1879.Injured induelwithHiramG. Runnels.Slaveowner. Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 14,1889 (age79 years, 204days).Original interment atFortHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Church Howe (1838-1915) — of Auburn,NemahaCounty, Neb.BornDecember13, 1838.Republican.Banker;candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1886; U.S. Consul inPalermo, 1897; U.S. Consul General inAntwerp, as of 1903-06;mayor ofAuburn, Neb.; elected 1913.DiedOctober7, 1915 (age76 years, 298days).Burial location unknown. | | William Washington Howes (1887-1962) — also known asW. W. Howes — of Wolsey,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.; Huron,BeadleCounty, S.Dak.Born in Tomah,MonroeCounty, Wis.,February16, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthDakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Dakota, 1920;South DakotaDemocratic state chair, 1923; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Dakota, 1924-40; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Dakota,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1940;First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940when PresidentFranklinD. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.Died inWashington,D.C.,January15, 1962 (age74 years, 333days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Hoyne (1817-1883) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;CookCounty Probate Justice of the Peace, 1845-48;U.S.Attorney for Illinois, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1868;elected (Independent)mayorof Chicago, Ill. 1876, but never took office.Killed in arailroadcollision in Carlton,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1883 (age66 years, 166days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | 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. | | Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known asLucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing,GoodhueCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1836.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;grainbusiness;railroadbuilder; member ofMinnesotastate senate 16th District, 1872-75;Governor ofMinnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Minnesota,1896;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,February5, 1913 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Red Wing, Minn.  | Richard Bennett Hubbard Jr. (1832-1901) — also known asRichard B. Hubbard, Jr. — of Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.Born inWaltonCounty, Ga.,November1, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1856,1880;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59; member ofTexasstate senate, 1859-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1873-76;Governor ofTexas, 1876-79; U.S. Minister toJapan, 1885.DiedJuly 12,1901 (age68 years, 253days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Tyler, Tex. | | Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941) — also known asClaude B. Hudspeth;C. B.Hudspeth —of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Medina,BanderaCounty, Tex.,May 12,1877.Democrat.Lawyer;livestockgrower; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1902-06; member ofTexasstate senate, 1906-18;U.S.Representative from Texas 16th District, 1919-31.DiedMarch19, 1941 (age63 years, 311days).Interment atMissionBurial Park South, San Antonio, Tex. | | Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) — of Elk Point,UnionCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck,BurleighCounty, N.Dak.Born in Brantford,Ontario,September30, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;memberDakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1872,1876,1880(alternate);Dakotaterritory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from North Dakota,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November24, 1907 (age61 years, 55days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Dudley Mays Hughes (1848-1927) — also known asDudley M. Hughes — of Danville,WilkinsonCounty, Ga.Born in Jeffersonville,TwiggsCounty, Ga.,October10, 1848.Democrat.Farmer;railroadpresident; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1882-83;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1909-17 (3rd District 1909-13, 12thDistrict 1913-17).Baptist.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,January20, 1927 (age78 years, 102days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Perry, Ga. | | Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) — also known asRichard J. Hughes — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Florence,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,August10, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1938;chair ofMercer County Democratic Party, 1944-45; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New Jersey,1948(alternate),1964,1968(chair,CredentialsCommittee;speaker),1972;county judge in New Jersey, 1948-52; superior court judge in NewJersey, 1952-61;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1962-70; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 1970-73;chiefjustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-79.Catholic.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;PhiKappa Theta.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Boca Raton,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,December7, 1992 (age83 years, 119days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J. | | Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) — also known asRobert M. Hughes — Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,September10, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1902, 1904; member,Virginia state board of education, 1930-35.DiedJanuary15, 1940 (age84 years, 127days).Burial location unknown. | | Teresa Patterson Hughes (1932-2011) — also known asTeresa P. Hughes;Teresa CeciliaPatterson —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1932.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 47th District, 1975-92; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1988,2000;member ofCaliforniastate senate 25th District, 1993-2000.Female.Africanancestry.Died in Castro Valley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,November13, 2011 (age79 years, 41days).Interment atRoseHills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.  | 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 HullDamon the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell HullLake,inSmithandJacksoncounties, Tennessee, arenamed for him. — TheCordell HullStateOffice Building (built 1952-54), inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed for him. — Cordell HullHighway,inBarrenandMonroecounties, Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | | Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) — ofLynchburg,Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,October17, 1840.Republican.Merchant;operated a toll road between Lynchburg and Rustberg; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1896,1904.Baptist.Africanancestry.Died, fromendocarditis,inLynchburg,Va.,October4, 1926 (age85 years, 352days).Interment atHumbles Family Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va. | | Charles Humphrey (1792-1850) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1792.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1825-27;villagepresident of Ithaca, New York, 1828-29;TompkinsCounty Surrogate, 1831-34; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1834-36, 1842;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1835-36;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1843-47.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1850 (age58 years, 62days).Interment atIthacaCity Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.  | George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) — also known asGeorge M. Humphrey — of Mentor,LakeCounty, Ohio.Born in Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.,March 8,1890.Republican.Lawyer;president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining andprocessingiron andnickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh ConsolidatedCoalCompany; chairman, Executive Committee, NationalSteelCorporation;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.Episcopalian.Died, fromheartdisease, in UniversityHospital,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January20, 1970 (age79 years, 318days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1865-1923) — also known asBenjamin G. Humphreys — of Greenville,WashingtonCounty, Miss.Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,August17, 1865.Democrat.Lawyer;District Attorney 4th Circuit, 1895-1903; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1903-23; died inoffice 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1916,1920.Died in Greenville,WashingtonCounty, Miss.,October16, 1923 (age58 years, 60days).Interment atGreenvilleCemetery, Greenville, Miss.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminGrubb Humphreys (1808-1882) and Mildred Hickman (Maury)Humphreys; married,October9, 1889, to Louise Yerger; father ofWilliamYerger Humphreys. | | | | Political family:Humphreysfamily of Greenville, Mississippi. | | | | The Benjamin G. HumphreysBridge(built 1938-40, closed and demolished 2010-12), over the MississippiRiver betweenGreenville,Mississippi, andLakeVillage, Arkansas, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) — also known asBenjamin G. Humphreys — of Mississippi. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,August26, 1808.Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1837; member ofMississippistate senate, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1865-68.DuringReconstruction,he wasphysicallyejected from the governor's office by an armed force under theorders of the U.S. military commander of Mississippi.Died inLefloreCounty, Miss.,December20, 1882 (age74 years, 116days).Interment atWintergreenCemetery, Port Gibson, Miss. | | David Humphreys (1752-1818) — of Connecticut. Born in Derby (part now in Ansonia),New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 10,1752.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.Minister toPortugal, 1791-97;Spain, 1796-1801; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1812-14.Imported the Merino sheep to the U.S. Died in hishotelroom, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February21, 1818 (age65 years, 226days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Hernando,DeSotoCounty, Miss.Born inStaunton,Va.,1778.Democrat.Lawyer;superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09; circuit judge inTennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15;banker.Slaveowner. Died in Hernando,DeSotoCounty, Miss.,February12, 1839 (ageabout 60years).Interment atMethodistCemetery, Hernando, Miss. | | Frank Williams Hunt (1861-1906) — also known asFrank W. Hunt — ofLemhiCounty, Idaho; Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.,December16, 1861.Democrat. Member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1892; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War;Governor ofIdaho, 1901-03; defeated, 1902; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Idaho,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died, ofpneumonia,in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,November25, 1906 (age44 years, 344days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Boise, Idaho. | | James Baxter Hunt Jr. (b. 1937) — also known asJames B. Hunt, Jr.;Jim Hunt — of North Carolina. Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,May 16,1937.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1973-77;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1977-85, 1993-2001; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1984; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Still living as of 2014.| | The James B. Hunt, Jr.Library,at the North Carolina StateUniversityCentennial Campus,Raleigh,North Carolina, isnamed for him. — Hunt Hall,adormitoryat theUniversityof North Carolina Charlotte, inCharlotte,North Carolina, isnamed for him. — The JamesB. Hunt Jr.ResidenceHall, at the North CarolinaSchoolof Science and Mathematics, inDurham,North Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books about James B. Hunt: WayneGrimsley,JamesB. Hunt: A North Carolina Progressive — Gary Pearce,JimHunt: A Biography |
| | Memucan Hunt (1807-1856) — of Texas. Born inVanceCounty, N.C.,August7, 1807.General in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1838-39; candidate forVicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1841; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1852.Died inTiptonCounty, Tenn.,June 5,1856 (age48 years, 303days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — ThecityofHuntingtonPark, California, isnamed for him. —HuntingtonLake,inFresnoCounty, California, isnamed for him. — TheHuntingtonHotel(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as theHuntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntingtonhotel) inPasadena,California, isnamed for him. — The HuntingtonLibrary,ArtMuseum, andBotanicalGardens, on his former estate, inSanMarino, California, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1961) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Huntington (1731-1796) — of Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Windham,WindhamCounty, Conn.,July 16,1731.Lawyer;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1773-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1776-84;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-83;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1784-86;Governor ofConnecticut, 1786-96; died in office 1796; received 2 electoralvotes,1789.Congregationalist.Died in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,January5, 1796 (age64 years, 173days).Interment atOldNorwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Huntington (1691-1767) and Mehetabel (Thurston)Huntington; married,January5, 1761, to Martha Devotion; uncle and adoptive father ofSamuelH. Huntington; granduncle ofNathanielHuntington (1793-1828),JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington andElishaMills Huntington; great-granduncle ofCollinsDwight Huntington andGeorgeMilo Huntington; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Ridgely; third great-granduncle ofHelenHuntington Hull; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofJabezHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; second cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,JohnDavenport,EbenezerHuntington,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,CharlesPhelps Huntington andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnHall Brockway,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andWilliamClark Huntington; second cousin four times removed ofAlexanderHamilton Waterman,MatthewGriswold,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JosiahQuincy,WilliamBrainard Coit,HenryArthur Huntington,JohnSedgwick Hyde,EdwardWarden Hyde,JohnLeffingwell Randolph,ArthurEvarts Lord andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesGrenfill Washburn,EdmondOtis Dewey,AustinEugene Lathrop,GeorgeMartin Dewey,SchuylerCarl Wells,FranklinDelano Roosevelt,JohnFoster Dulles,JamesGillespie Blaine III,AllenWelsh Dulles,RandolphAppleton Kidder andArthurGayton Postlethwaite; third cousin ofSamuelAdams andBenjaminLincoln; third cousin once removed ofJosephAllen,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),SamuelNicholls Smallwood andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelLathrop,BelaEdgerton,WillardJ. Chapin,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,PhiloFairchild Barnum,PhineasTaylor Barnum,AlansonPike andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHard,CharlesRobert Sherman,HemanTicknor,GideonHard,NormanA. Phelps,AlphonsoTaft,AlfredPeck Edgerton,EmersonWight,JosephKetchum Edgerton,WilliamHenry Barnum,UlyssesSimpson Grant,WilliamVincent Wells,AugustusFrank,EdwardM. Chapin,ElizurStillman Goodrich,RhamanthusMenville Stocker andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); fourth cousin once removed ofMartinKeeler andThaddeusBetts. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | HuntingtonCounty, Ind. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipedia article |
| | Claude Burton Hutchison (1885-1980) — also known asClaude B. Hutchison — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.,April 9,1885.Botanist;agriculturaleconomist;universityprofessor;mayorof Berkeley, Calif., 1955-63.Member,AlphaPhi Omega.DiedAugust25, 1980 (age95 years, 138days).Burial location unknown. | | James Hyde (1842-1902) — Born in1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Died in1902(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown.  | John Francis Hylan (1868-1936) — also known asJohn F. Hylan;"RedMike" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Hunter,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1868.Democrat.Mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1918-25; defeated in primary, 1925;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died of aheartattack in Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,January12, 1936 (age67 years, 267days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y. | | George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) — also known asGeorge L. Ingalls — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Danielson, Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,June 7,1914.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,125th District 1966).Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;Rotary;Jaycees;American BarAssociation.Trustee of the New YorkPowerAuthority in 1967-90.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,April10, 2001 (age86 years, 307days).Interment atCalvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.  | 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. | | Samuel Delucenna Ingham (1779-1860) — also known asSamuel D. Ingham — of New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.Born near New Hope,BucksCounty, Pa.,September16, 1779.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1806;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1813-18, 1822-29 (6th District1813-18, 7th District 1822-23, 8th District 1823-25, 7th District1825-27, 8th District 1827-29);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1819-20;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-31.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 5,1860 (age80 years, 263days).Interment atSoleburyPresbyterian Churchyard, Solebury, 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. | | James Iredell Jr. (1788-1853) — of Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.Born in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,November2, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1813; state court judge in NorthCarolina, 1819;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1827-28;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1828-31.Slaveowner. Died in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,April13, 1853 (age64 years, 162days).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. | | Robert Anderson Irion (1802-1861) — of Texas. Born in1802.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Nacogdoches, 1836-37;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1837-38.Died in1861(ageabout59 years).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.  | Washington Irving (1783-1859) — also known as"Dietrich Knickerbocker";"Jonathan Oldstyle";"GeoffreyCrayon" —of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1783.Essayist;historian;authorofThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; U.S.Minister toSpain, 1842-46.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Tarrytown,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1859 (age76 years, 239days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Irving (1731-1807) and Sarah (Sanders) Irving; brother ofWilliamIrving (1766-1821),PeterIrving andJohnTreat Irving; great-granduncle ofRobertBroadnax Glenn. | | | | Political family:Irvingfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamP. Duval | | | | ThecityofIrving,Texas, isnamed for him. — ThevillageofIrvington,New York, isnamed for him. — WashingtonIrvingElementarySchool, inEdmond,Oklahoma, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WashingtonIrving Howard—W.Irving Babcock—WashingtonI. Wallace—W.I. Babb—WashingtonIrving Gadbois—WashingtonI. Smith—W.Irving Vanderpoel—WashingtonI. Kilpatrick | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Washington Irving: GeorgeS. Hellman,WashingtonIrving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to theOld | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1940) |
| | Clinton Fillmore Irwin (1854-1923) — also known asClinton F. Irwin — of Oklahoma; Elgin,KaneCounty, Ill.Born in Franklin Grove,LeeCounty, Ill.,January1, 1854.Justiceof Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1899-1907; circuit judgein Illinois 16th Circuit, 1913-19.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in Elgin,KaneCounty, Ill.,November4, 1923 (age69 years, 307days).Interment atBluffCity Cemetery, Elgin, Ill. | | Jared Irwin (1750-1818) — of Georgia. Born in Georgia,1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789, 1798; member ofGeorgia state legislature, 1790;Governor ofGeorgia, 1796-98, 1806-09.DiedMarch 1,1818 (ageabout 67years).Interment atIrwinFamily Cemetery, Near Tennille, Washington County, Ga. | | John Birdwell Isbell (1872-1960) — also known asJohn B. Isbell — of Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.Born in Asbury,MarshallCounty, Ala.,April16, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1920(alternate),1932;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama, 1930;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-33.Died in Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.,September5, 1960 (age88 years, 142days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Fort Payne, Ala. | | George Izard (1776-1828) — of Arkansas. Born inEngland,October21, 1776.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Died of an illness caused by thegout,in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,November22, 1828 (age52 years, 32days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) — also known asPatrick C. Jack — of Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,1808.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-44.Died ofyellowfever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August4, 1844 (ageabout 36years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Houston Jack (1806-1844) — of Alabama; Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,April12, 1806.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died inoffice 1844.Died ofyellowfever inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,August20, 1844 (age38 years, 130days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as"Old Hickory";"The Farmer ofTennessee";"King Andrew theFirst" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born, in alogcabin, in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March15, 1767.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Florida Territory, 1821;Presidentof the United States, 1829-37;censuredby the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits fromthe Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attendingfuneral services at the Capitol Building for Rep.WarrenR. Davis of South Carolina, he wasshotat with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, ahouse painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistolduel,May 30, 1806; alsodueledwithThomasHart Benton andWaightstillAvery. Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (congestiveheart failure), in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1845 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atTheHermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 atLafayettePark, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 atJacksonSquare, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;married,January17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt ofAndrewJackson Donelson). | | | | Political families:Cafferyfamily of Franklin, Louisiana;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisP. Blair | | | | Jackson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex.,W.Va. andWis., andHickory County,Mo., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AndrewJ. Donelson—AndrewJackson Miller—AndrewJ. Faulk—AndrewJackson Titus—AndrewJackson Isacks—AndrewJackson Hamilton—AndrewJ. Harlan—AndrewJ. Kuykendall—AndrewJ. Thayer—ElamA. J. Greeley—AndrewJackson Ingle—AndrewJ. Ogle—AndrewJackson Carr—AndrewJ. Waterman—AndrewJ. Bentley—AndrewJ. Rogers—WilliamA. J. Sparks—AndrewJackson Poppleton—AndrewJ. Hunter—AndrewJackson Bryant—AndrewJ. Beale—A.J. Clements—AndrewJackson Baker—AndrewJ. Felt—A. J.King—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJackson Greenfield—AndrewJackson Caldwell—AndrewJackson Gahagan—AndrewJackson Biship—AndrewJackson Houston—AndrewJackson Speer—AndrewJ. Cobb—AndrewJ. Montague—AndrewJ. Barchfeld—AndrewJ. Balliet—AndrewJ. Kirk—AndrewJ. Howell, Jr.—AndrewJ. Livingston—A.J. Sherwood—AndrewJackson Stewart—AndrewJ. May—AndrewJ. McConnico—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJ. Brewer—AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr.—AndrewBettwy—AndrewJ. Transue—AndrewJackson Graves—AndrewJackson Gilbert—AndrewJ. Goodwin—AndrewJ. Hinshaw—AndyYoung—AndrewJackson Kupper | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitappeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Let the peoplerule." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about Andrew Jackson: RobertVincent Remini,TheLife of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Democracy,1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —Andrew Burstein,ThePassions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & JeanneT. Heidler,OldHickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest forEmpire — Donald B. Cole,ThePresidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands,AndrewJackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham,AmericanLion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald BarrChidsey,AndrewJackson, Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | 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. | | Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known asRobert H. Jackson — of Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.; McLean,FairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Spring Creek,WarrenCounty, Pa.,February13, 1892.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-president and general counsel, JamestownStreetRailway Company; director and general counsel, JamestownTelephoneCorporation; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1936;U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40;U.S.Attorney General, 1940-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLaw Institute;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,October9, 1954 (age62 years, 238days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y. | | William Smith James (1914-1993) — also known asWilliam S. James — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Aberdeen,HarfordCounty, Md.,February14, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1946-54; defeated, 1942; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1964;MarylandDemocratic state chair, 1971-75;Marylandstate treasurer, 1975-87.Died in Aberdeen,HarfordCounty, Md.,April17, 1993 (age79 years, 62days).Interment atGrove Cemetery, Aberdeen, Md.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Jay (built 1941-42 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1960) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
|  | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as"Apostle of Liberty";"Sage ofMonticello";"Friend of the People";"Father of the University of Virginia" —ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,April13, 1743.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofVirginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1785-89;U.S.Secretary of State, 1790-93;VicePresident of the United States, 1797-1801;Presidentof the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican),1796.Deist.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.He was elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 4,1826 (age83 years, 82days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaphatUniversityof Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married,January1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father ofMarthaJefferson (who marriedThomasMann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who marriedJohnWayles Eppes); uncle ofDabneyCarr; grandfather ofThomasJefferson Randolph,FrancisWayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who marriedNicholasPhilip Trist),BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; granduncle ofDabneySmith Carr; great-grandfather ofThomasJefferson Coolidge andFrederickMadison Roberts; second great-grandfather ofJohnGardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle ofEdithWilson; first cousin once removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed ofJohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker andWilliamSegar Archer; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,NathanielBeverly Tucker andEdmundRandolph; second cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,EdmundRandolph Cocke andJohnAugustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JeffersonM. Levy —JoshuaFry | | | | Jefferson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,Tenn.,Tex.,Wash.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | MountJefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), inCoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ThomasJefferson Kennard—ThomasJ. Randolph—ThomasJefferson Campbell—ThomasJ. Gazley—ThomasJ. Drake—ThomasJefferson Heard—ThomasJefferson Green—ThomasJ. Rusk—ThomasJefferson Withers—ThomasJ. Parsons—ThomasJ. Word—ThomasJ. Henley—ThomasJ. Dryer—ThomasJ. Foster—ThomasJ. Barr—ThomasJefferson Jennings—ThomasJ. Stewart—ThomasJ. Henderson—ThomasJ. Van Alstyne—ThomasJefferson Cason—T.J. Coghlan—ThomasJefferson Buford—T.Jefferson Coolidge—ThomasJ. Megibben—ThomasJ. Bunn—ThomasJ. Hardin—ThomasJ. McLain, Jr.—ThomasJ. Brown—ThomasJefferson Speer—ThomasJefferson Counts—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. Hudson—ThomasJ. Brady—ThomasJ. Selby—ThomasJefferson Deavitt—ThomasJefferson Majors—ThomasJefferson Wood—T.J. Jarratt—ThomasJefferson Nunn—ThomasJ. Douglas—ThomasJ. Strait—ThomasJ. Humes—T.J. Appleyard—ThomasJ. Clunie—ThomasJ. Steele—ThomasJ. Boynton—ThomasJ. O'Donnell—ThomasJ. Shaw—ThomasJ. Halsey—ThomasJ. Graham—T.J. Martin—ThomasJefferson Lilly—ThomasJ. Randolph—TomJ. Terral—T.Jeff Busby—ThomasJefferson Murphy—ThomasJ. Hamilton—TomMangan—ThomasJ. Ryan—TomJ. Murray—ThomasJ. Tydings—ThomasJ. Tubb—TomSteed—ThomasJefferson Edmonds, Jr.—ThomasJ. Anderson—ThomasJefferson Roberts—ThomasJ. Barlow III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, andon the $2 bill since the 1860s. | | | | Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrantsis obedience to God." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J.Ellis,AmericanSphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — WillardSterne Randall,ThomasJefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein,ThomasJefferson — Joyce Appleby,ThomasJefferson — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,Adamsvs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — SusanDunn,Jefferson'sSecond Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 —Andrew Burstein,Jefferson'sSecret: Death and Desire at Monticello — ChristopherHitchens,ThomasJefferson : Author of America — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed aboutThomas Jefferson — David Barton,TheJefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed AboutThomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Thomas Jefferson:Joseph Wheelan,Jefferson'sVendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and theJudiciary | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Charles Jones Jenkins (1805-1883) — also known asCharles J. Jenkins — of Georgia. BornJanuary6, 1805.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;Georgiastate attorney general, 1831; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1856;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1860-66;Governor ofGeorgia, 1865-68; received 2 electoral votes for President,1872;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.DiedJune 14,1883 (age78 years, 159days).Interment atSummervilleCemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | Edgar Lanier Jenkins (1933-2012) — also known asEd Jenkins — of Jasper,PickensCounty, Ga.Born in Young Harris,TownsCounty, Ga.,January4, 1933.Democrat.Lawyer;staff member for U.S. Rep.PhillipM. Landrum, 1959-62;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1977-93.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,January1, 2012 (age78 years, 362days).Interment atAntioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blairsville, Ga. | | Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) — of Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born in Readington,HunterdonCounty, N.J.,March27, 1784.Democrat.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1809-16;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;Governor ofIndiana, 1816-22; resigned 1822;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1822-31 (at-large 1822-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-31).Member,Freemasons.Died near Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,July 26,1834 (age50 years, 121days).Interment atCharlestownCemetery, Charlestown, Ind. | | 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. | | Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) — of Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.Born in Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.,September15, 1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1921-34;president, People'sTelephoneand Telegraph Co.;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1937-39; candidate forU.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Member,Freemasons;Elks;AmericanLegion.Suffered a head injury in anautomobileaccident, and died three days later, in St. Johns-McNamaraHospital,Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.,December14, 1964 (age72 years, 90days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak. | | Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) — also known asBeauford Jester — of Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.Born in Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.,January12, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Governor ofTexas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1948.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;KappaSigma;SigmaDelta Chi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Rotary;Lions.Died, aboard a Pullmanrailroadcar, near Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 11,1949 (age56 years, 180days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Corsicana, Tex. | | Freeborn Garrettson Jewett (1791-1858) — also known asFreeborn G. Jewett — of Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1791.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1826; Presidential Electorfor New York,1828;U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1831-33;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1847-53; resigned 1853;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1847-49.Died in Skaneateles,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,January27, 1858 (age66 years, 176days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Skaneateles, N.Y. | | Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) — also known asEdwin C. Johnson;"BigEd" —of Craig,MoffatCounty, Colo.Born in Scandia,RepublicCounty, Kan.,January1, 1884.Democrat.Railroadwork;telegrapher;farmer;member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1923-31;LieutenantGovernor of Colorado, 1931-32;Governor ofColorado, 1933-37, 1955-57;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Colorado,1952.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Grange.Died inDenver,Colo.,May 30,1970 (age86 years, 149days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | Frank Minis Johnson Jr. (1918-1999) — also known asFrank M. Johnson, Jr. — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Haleyville,WinstonCounty, Ala.,October30, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1948;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1953-55;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1955-;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1979-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-92.Legendary for civil rights decisions; recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1995.Died ofpneumonia,in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,July 23,1999 (age80 years, 266days).Interment atHillCrest City Cemetery, Haleyville, Ala.  | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880) — also known asHerschel V. Johnson — of Georgia. Born near Farmer's Bridge,BurkeCounty, Ga.,September18, 1812.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1848-49; state court judge in Georgia,1849, 1873-80; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia, 1853;Governor ofGeorgia, 1853-57; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Senatorfrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.Slaveowner. Died near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1880 (age67 years, 333days).Interment atOldLouisville Cemetery, Louisville, Ga.  | 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.  | 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 | | | | LakeLBJ (created as Lake Granite Shoals; renamed in 1965), inBurnetandLlanocounties, Texas, isnamed for him. — Thevillageof Kampung LB Johnson,Malaysia,isnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) — Born in1810.Member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabamastate legislature, 1844; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1849; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.DiedMay 15,1866 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; reinterment atJohnsonPlantation Cemetery, Arlington, Tex.  | Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) — also known asRichard M. Johnson — of Great Crossings,ScottCounty, Ky.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,October17, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1804;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19, 1829-37 (4th District1807-13, at-large 1813-15, 3rd District 1815-19, 5th District1829-33, 13th District 1833-37);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1819-29;VicePresident of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,November19, 1850 (age70 years, 33days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Thomas Johnson (1802-1865) — of Kansas. Born in1802.Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855.Robbed andmurdered,1865(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,January20, 1798.Schoolteacher;physician;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1841-44;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1844-45.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,in the RiceHotel,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1858 (age59 years, 354days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph atChurchon the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass. | | George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,April12, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister toNew Grenada, 1859-61.Welshancestry.In 1861, wasarrestedin New York City by order of Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward on achargeofdisloyalty,based on correspondence with his friendJeffersonDavis;imprisonedfor 64 days; released by order of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 22,1896 (age92 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | James Jones (d. 1801) — of Georgia. Born in Maryland. Republican. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1796-98;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1801; died in office1801.DiedJanuary11, 1801.Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) — also known asJesse H. Jones — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inRobertsonCounty, Tenn.,April 5,1874.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;builder;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1924(alternate),1928,1940;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.Methodist.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 1,1956 (age82 years, 57days).Interment atForestPark Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Tex. | | John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) — also known asJ. Winthrop Jones — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,February14, 1817.Democrat.Schoolteacher;merchant;shipbuilder;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,1860;lumberbusiness.Died, frompneumonia,in Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,September19, 1887 (age70 years, 217days).Burial location unknown. | | Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) — also known asWalter B. Jones — of Farmville,PittCounty, N.C.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,August19, 1913.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1965-66;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died inoffice 1992.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;Moose;Elks;JuniorOrder.Died inNorfolk,Va.,September15, 1992 (age79 years, 27days).Burial location unknown. | | Willie Jones (1741-1801) — of North Carolina. Born inSurryCounty, Va.,May 25,1741.Delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1780.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,June 18,1801 (age60 years, 24days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | 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. | | Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) — also known asLaurent-Salomon Juneau — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in L'Asumption,Quebec,August9, 1793.Democrat.Furtrader; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster atMilwaukee,Wis., 1835-43;mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died, reportedly fromappendicitis,in Keshena, Shawano County (nowMenomineeCounty), Wis.,November14, 1856 (age63 years, 97days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 atCalvaryCemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph atJuneauPark, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) — also known asElias K. Kane — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1794.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Randolph County,1818;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1818-22; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,December12, 1835 (age41 years, 188days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atEvergreenCemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) — also known asMarie H. Katzenbach;Marie Louise HuntHilson —of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,December8, 1882.Librarian;member, New Jersey State Board of Education, 1921-64;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,1947.Female.Frenchancestry. Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;ColonialDames.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,February4, 1970 (age87 years, 58days).Interment atEwingCemetery, Ewing, N.J. | | David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) — also known asDavid S. Kaufman — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in Boiling Springs,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December18, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office1851.Jewish. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,January31, 1851 (age37 years, 44days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | John Hume Kedzie (1815-1903) — also known asJohn H. Kedzie — of Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Stamford,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1815.Republican.Lawyer;real estatedeveloper; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 7th District, 1877-78.Congregationalist.Scottishancestry.Died in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,April 9,1903 (age87 years, 213days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) — also known asEstes Kefauver — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born near Madisonville,MonroeCounty, Tenn.,July 26,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1944(alternate;speaker),1952;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1952,1956;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Lions;American BarAssociation;Rotary;Americansfor Democratic Action;AmericanPolitical Science Association;KappaSigma;PhiDelta Phi.Died, from arupturedabdominal aortic aneurysm, atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August10, 1963 (age60 years, 15days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;married,August8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed ofJosephWingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair; fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Estes KefauverFederalBuilding, inNashville,Tennessee, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Estes Kefauver: HughBrogan,AllHonorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman,Kefauver:A Political Biography |
| | 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. | | Amos Kendall (1789-1869) — Born in Dunstable,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August16, 1789.U.S.Postmaster General, 1835-40.Died inWashington,D.C.,November12, 1869 (age80 years, 88days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, 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.  | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known asJohn F. Kennedy;"J.F.K.";"Lancer" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,May 29,1917.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1956;received a 1957PulitzerPrize for his bookProfiles in Courage;Presidentof the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AmericanLegion;Elks.Kennedy was posthumously awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1963.Shotby asniper,Lee Harvey Oswald, whileriding in amotorcade, and died in ParklandHospital,Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,November22, 1963 (age46 years, 177days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atJohnF. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who marriedNewtonIvan Steers Jr.); brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy (who marriedVirginiaJoan Bennett); married,September12, 1953, toJaquelineLee Bouvier (step-daughter ofHughDudley Auchincloss; step-sister ofEugeneLuther Gore Vidal Jr. andHughDudley Auchincloss III); father ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (whomarriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger),KathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnB. Connally —HenryB. Gonzalez —HenryM. Wade —WalterRogers —GerryE. Studds —JamesB. McCahey, Jr. —MarkDalton —WaggonerCarr —TheodoreC. Sorensen —PierreSalinger —JohnBartlow Martin —AbrahamDavenport —NellieConnally | | | | The John F. Kennedy MemorialBridge(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River fromJeffersonville,Indiana, toLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. half dollar coin. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by John F. Kennedy:Profilesin Courage (1956) | | | | Books about John F. Kennedy:Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze,JFK: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek,AnUnfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — MichaelO'Brien,JohnF. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage,JFK,LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke,AskNot : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That ChangedAmerica — Thomas Reeves,AQuestion of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —Chris Matthews,JackKennedy: Elusive Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Shelley Sommer,JohnF. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:Seymour Hersh,TheDark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky,JFK:the Man and the Myth | | | | Image source: Warren Commission report(via Wikipedia) |
| | Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) — also known asRobert F. Kennedy;Bobby Kennedy;"R.F.K." —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November20, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1956,1960;U.S.Attorney General, 1961-64;U.S.Senator from New York, 1965-68; died in office 1968; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1968.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.On June 5, 1968, whilerunningfor president, having just won the California presidential primary,wasshot andmortallywounded by Sirhan Sirhan, in the AmbassadorHotel,and died the next day in in Good SamaritanHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 6,1968 (age42 years, 199days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother ofJosephPatrick Kennedy Jr.,JohnFitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who marriedRobertSargent Shriver Jr.),PatriciaKennedy Lawford (who marriedPeterLawford),JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; married,June 17,1950, to Ethel Skakel; father ofKathleenKennedy Townsend,JosephPatrick Kennedy II,RobertFrancis Kennedy Jr. and Kerry Kennedy (who marriedAndrewMark Cuomo); uncle ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy Jr.,MarkKennedy Shriver andPatrickJoseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson ofPatrickJoseph Kennedy (1858-1929) andJohnFrancis Fitzgerald. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminAltman —JohnBartlow Martin —FrankMankiewicz —PaulSchrade | | | | The Robert F. Kennedy Department of JusticeBuilding(opened 1935, renamed 2001), inWashington,D.C., isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Robert F. Kennedy: ArthurM. Schlesinger Jr.,RobertKennedy and His Times — Evan Thomas,RobertKennedy : His Life — Joseph A. Palermo,InHis Own Right — Thurston Clarke,TheLast Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That InspiredAmerica — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,Someof It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — BillEppridge,ATime it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Robert F. Kennedy:Allen Roberts,RobertFrancis Kennedy: Biography of a CompulsivePolitician — Victor Lasky,RFK:Myth and Man — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince,TheKennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
| | Luther Martin Kennett (1807-1873) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Falmouth,PendletonCounty, Ky.,March15, 1807.Whig.Mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1850-53;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1855-57.Slaveowner. Died in Paris,France,April12, 1873 (age66 years, 28days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Edward Kent (1802-1877) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January8, 1802.Lawyer;mayorof Bangor, Maine, 1836-37;Governor ofMaine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; U.S.Consul inRio de Janeiro, 1849-53; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1856(speaker);justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.Died ofheartfailure, in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 19,1877 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.  | James Kent (1763-1847) — of Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Doanesburgh,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1763.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1793;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1798-1814;Chancellorof New York, 1814-23;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.AuthorofCommentaries on American Law, thefirstcomprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1847 (age84 years, 134days).Intermentsomewherein Fishkill, N.Y. | | | Marvin Kent (1816-1908) — Born in Ravenna,PortageCounty, Ohio,September21, 1816.Republican. Founder and president, Atlantic and Great WesternRailroad;member ofOhiostate senate, 1870.Died in Kent,PortageCounty, Ohio,December10, 1908 (age92 years, 80days).Burial location unknown. | | Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Killberry, County Meath,Ireland,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railroadbuilder; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member,Arrangements Committee, Republican NationalConvention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador toAustria-Hungary, 1910-13.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Merion,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,September4, 1916 (ageabout 74years).Entombed atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | 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 for him. — KerrLake,an impoundment on the Roanoke River, inMecklenburg,Charlotte,andHalifaxcounties, Virginia, andVance,Granville,andWarrencounties, North Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He Loved God And His FellowMan." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Robert Kerrey (b. 1943) — also known asBob Kerrey — of Nebraska. Born in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,August27, 1943.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War;Governor ofNebraska, 1983-87; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1996,2000;speaker,1988;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1989-2001; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1992.Congregationalist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;AmericanLegion;Lions;Sertoma.Received theMedalof Honor for action at Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, 1969, when helost aleg.Still living as of 2014. | | Lorna J. Kesterson (1925-2012) — also known asLorna Jolley — of Henderson,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in St. George,WashingtonCounty, Utah,December30, 1925.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor;mayorof Henderson, Nev., 1985-93.Female.Mormon.Died, in herdoctor'soffice, Henderson,ClarkCounty, Nev.,January16, 2012 (age86 years, 17days).Interment atSouthernNevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev. | | Charles Seymour Kettles (1930-2019) — also known asCharles S. Kettles — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January9, 1930.Republican.Engineer;automobiledealer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; followinghis courageous actions as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in 1967,which saved 44 lives, he received the Distinguished Service Cross; in2016, that award was upgraded to aMedalof Honor; candidate formayorof Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.Died in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January21, 2019 (age89 years, 12days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich. | | Joseph Henry Kibbey (1853-1924) — also known asJoseph H. Kibbey — of Florence,PinalCounty, Ariz.; Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Centerville,WayneCounty, Ind.,March 4,1853.Republican.Justice ofArizona territorial supreme court, 1889;memberArizona territorial council, 1902;Arizonaterritory attorney general, 1904-05; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Arizona Territory,1904;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1905-09; candidate forU.S.Senator from Arizona, 1916.Died in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,June 14,1924 (age71 years, 102days).Interment atGreenwoodMemory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. | | Jefferson Parish Kidder (1815-1883) — also known asJefferson P. Kidder — of Snowsville, Braintree,OrangeCounty, Vt.; West Randolph, Randolph,OrangeCounty, Vt.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Braintree,OrangeCounty, Vt.,June 4,1815.Lawyer;delegateto Vermont state constitutional convention, 1841;OrangeCounty State's Attorney, 1843-47; member ofVermontstate senate, 1847-48;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Vermont,1856;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 1, 1861, 1863-64;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1865-75, 1879-83; died inoffice 1883;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1875-79.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October2, 1883 (age68 years, 120days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn.| | Relatives: SonofLymanKidder and Ruth (Nichols) Kidder; brother ofIraKidder; married,February26, 1838, to Mary Ann Stockwell; father ofSilasWright Kidder; uncle ofLymanKidder Bass; granduncle ofLymanMetcalfe Bass; first cousin ofAlvanKidder; first cousin once removed ofDanielS. Kidder; second cousin ofFrancisKidder; second cousin twice removed ofHarleyWalter Kidder; third cousin once removed ofIsaiahKidder,EzraKidder,DavidKidder andNathanParker Kidder; fourth cousin ofJarvisKing Pike,CharlesStetson,LutherKidder,ArbaKidder,JosephSouther Kidder,PascalPaoli Kidder andIsaiahStetson; fourth cousin once removed ofCalebBlodgett,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,OrlandoBurr Kidder,AdoniramJudson Kneeland,AlansonPike andIsaiahKidder Stetson. | | | | Political family:Blodgettfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Kidder County,N.Dak. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial —MinnesotaLegislator record |
 | Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) — also known as"Father of the MunicipalOpera" —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,February21, 1871.Republican.Bricklayer;brickcontractor; Republican Presidential Elector for Missouri,1909;delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1912;mayorof St. Louis, Mo., 1913-25;MissouriRepublican state chair, 1926-28; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1932.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;RoyalArcanum.Died, from complications of astroke,inSt.Louis, Mo.,November26, 1942 (age71 years, 278days).Entombed in mausoleum atOakGrove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.  | 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. | | Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) — also known asHeber C. Kimball — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Sheldon,FranklinCounty, Vt.,June 14,1801.One of the original Twelve Apostles in the early Mormon Church;memberUtah territorial council, 1851-58.Mormon. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Injured in acarriageaccident, and died soon after, in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,June 22,1868 (age67 years, 8days).Interment atKimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) — of Fargo,CassCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).Born inMorrisCounty, N.J., about 1849.Civilengineer;railroadbuilder;banker;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1891 (ageabout 42years).Burial location unknown. | | Cyril Emmanuel King (1921-1978) — also known asCyril E. King — Born in St. Croix,VirginIslands,April 7,1921.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; aide and staff member toU.S. Sen.HubertHumphrey, 1949-61;secretaryof the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1969, 1975-78; died in office 1978; memberofVirginIslands legislature, 1973-74.Africanancestry.Died in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,January2, 1978 (age56 years, 270days).Interment atKing'sHill Cemetery, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. | | 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. | | William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known asWilliam R. King — of Cahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April 7,1786.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1844-46;VicePresident of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he hadgone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation nearCahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.,April18, 1853 (age67 years, 11days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Dallas County, Ala.; reinterment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) — also known asGeorge W. Kingsbury — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.Born in Lee,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1837.Republican.Printer;memberDakota territorial council, 1863-67; Republican PresidentialElector for South Dakota,1892;member ofSouthDakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96;newspapereditor.Died in Yankton,YanktonCounty, S.Dak.,January28, 1925 (age87 years, 43days).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak. | | 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. | | Robert Carter Kirkwood (1909-1964) — also known asRobert C. Kirkwood — of Saratoga,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Mountain View,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,August30, 1909.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1947-53; resigned 1953; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1952;Californiastate auditor, 1953-58; appointed 1953; defeated, 1958; GeneralManager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 1959-64.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 5,1964 (age54 years, 249days).Burial location unknown. | | Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) — also known asNorman W. Kittson;"CommodoreKittson" —of Pembina,PembinaCounty, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy,Quebec),March5, 1814.Democrat.Furtrader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopolyin 1849;memberMinnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operatedsteamboatson the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis andManitobaRailwayin 1879-81.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Died in thediningcar of atrainen route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts,St. CroixCounty, Wis.,May 10,1888 (age74 years, 66days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | William J. Knight (1929-2004) — also known asPete Knight — of Palmdale,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,November18, 1929.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; mayor ofPalmdale, Calif., 1988-92; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1993-96; member ofCaliforniastate senate 17th District, 1997-2004; died in office 2004.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks.Air Forcetestpilot who holds the speed record for winged aircraft: 4,250 mphflying the Bell X-15.Died, fromacutemyelogenous leukemia, in City of HopeHospital,May7, 2004 (age74 years, 171days).Interment atDesertLawn Memorial Park, Palmdale, Calif. | | James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) — also known asJ. Proctor Knott — of Lebanon,MarionCounty, Ky.; Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Raywick, Washington County (nowMarionCounty), Ky.,August29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1857-58;Missouristate attorney general, 1858-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1867-71, 1875-83;Governor ofKentucky, 1883-87;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1891.Presbyterian.DiedJune 18,1911 (age80 years, 293days).Interment atRyderCemetery, Lebanon, Ky. | | 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 for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS Henry Knox (built 1941-42 atTerminalIsland, California; torpedoed and lost in theIndianOcean, 1943) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | David Hamilton Koch (1940-2019) — also known asDavid Koch — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,May 3,1940.Libertarian.Chemicalengineer;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives 66th District, 2002.Member,BetaTheta Pi.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August23, 2019 (age79 years, 112days).Burial location unknown. | | Augustus Kountze (1826-1892) — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born inStarkCounty, Ohio,November19, 1826.Republican.Banker;real estateinvestor;treasurerof Nebraska Territory, 1861-67; director, Union PacificRailroad;Nebraskastate treasurer, 1867-69.Lutheran.Germanancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April30, 1892 (age65 years, 163days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Frederick Kramer (1829-1896) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Halle,Germany,December22, 1829.Banker;mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1873-75, 1881-87.Jewish. Member,Freemasons.Died in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,September8, 1896 (age66 years, 261days).Interment atOaklandand Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark. | | Sebastian Kronenwetter (1833-1902) — of Mosinee,MarathonCounty, Wis.Born in Wurttemberg,Germany,January21, 1833.Democrat.Hotelier;lumber millbusiness; member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Marathon County, 1885-86.Germanancestry.Died in Mosinee,MarathonCounty, Wis.,April27, 1902 (age69 years, 96days).Interment atMosinee Union Cemetery, Mosinee, Wis. | | Charles Willauer Kutz (1870-1951) — also known asCharles W. Kutz — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,October14, 1870.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1914-17, 1918-21,1941-45; retired 1945;Presidentof the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1920; servedin the U.S. Army during World War I.Universalist.Died, in St. Elizabeth'sHospital,Washington,D.C.,January25, 1951 (age80 years, 103days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Allen Kutz and Emily (Briner) Kutz; married,June 25,1895, to Elizabeth Randolph Keim. | | | | Kutz MemorialBridge(built 1943, altered and renamed 1954), on Independence Avenue,crossing the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac Park,Washington,D.C., isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick Ernest Lackey — also known asDutch Lackey — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Democrat.Mayorof Hopkinsville, Ky., 1958-65.Burial location unknown. | | Herbert Warren Ladd (1843-1913) — also known asHerbert W. Ladd — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,October15, 1843.Newspaperreporter;dry goodsmerchant;Governor ofRhode Island, 1889-90, 1891-92.Member,Freemasons.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in ButlerHospital,Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November29, 1913 (age70 years, 45days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (1882-1947) — also known asFiorello H. LaGuardia;"The LittleFlower" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1882.Republican. U.S. Consular Agent inFiume, 1904-06;interpreter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1917-19, 1923-33 (14th District1917-19, 20th District 1923-33); defeated, 1914 (14th District), 1932(20th District); major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1920,1928(alternate),1932(alternate);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1934-45; defeated, 1921, 1929.Episcopalian.ItalianandJewishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died ofpancreaticcancer, in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,September20, 1947 (age64 years, 283days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Achille Luigi Carlo La Guardia and Irene Coen; married1919 to TheaAlmerigotti; married,February28, 1929, to Marie Fisher. | | | | Cross-reference:VitoMarcantonio —ClendeninRyan | | | | LaGuardiaAirport,inQueens,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Fiorello LaGuardia: H. PaulJeffers,TheNapoleon of New York : Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —Thomas Kessner,FiorelloH. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York —Mervyn D. Kaufman,FiorelloLaGuardia — Alyn Brodsky,TheGreat Mayor : Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of the City of NewYork |
 | 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 for him. — LamarHall,at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed for him. — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed for him. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed for him. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed for him. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859) — also known asMirabeau B. Lamar — of Texas. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,August16, 1798.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1829-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1836-38;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S.Minister toCosta Rica, 1858-59;Nicaragua, 1858-59.Member,Freemasons.Died of aheartattack, near Richmond,Fort BendCounty, Tex.,December19, 1859 (age61 years, 125days).Interment atMortonCemetery, Richmond, Tex. | | 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. | | Joseph Lane (1801-1881) — of Winchester,DouglasCounty, Ore.Born in alogcabin near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,December14, 1801.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; memberofIndianastate senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1852;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860; candidate forOregonstate senate, 1880.Baptist;laterCatholic.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Roseburg,DouglasCounty, Ore.,April19, 1881 (age79 years, 126days).Original interment atMasonicCemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; reinterment atMemorialGarden Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; cenotaph atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | 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. | | Albert Lange (1801-1869) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin,Germany),December16, 1801.Republican. He belonged to a secret society whichadvocateda constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, theconspiracy was uncovered; he wasconvictedoftreasonandsentencedto fifteen years in inprison;pardonedin 1829, and left Germany for the United States; U.S. Consul inAmsterdam, 1849-50;Indianastate auditor, 1861-63;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1863-67.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,July 25,1869 (age67 years, 221days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) — also known asFritz G. Lanham — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,January3, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47.Methodist.DiedJuly 31,1965 (age85 years, 209days).Interment atEastGreenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex. | | John Larkin Jr. (1804-1896) — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Concord Township,DelawareCounty, Pa.,October3, 1804.Merchant;rivertransportation business;DelawareCounty Sheriff, 1840; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1845-46;real estatedeveloper;mayorof Chester, Pa., 1866-72;banker.One of the founders of Chester Rural Cemetery. Died in Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.,July 22,1896 (age91 years, 293days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Martha (Thomas) Larkin and John Larkin; married,January25, 1827, to Charlotte Johnson Morton; married,October23, 1849, to Mary A. Boggs; ancestor *** ofJosephLarkin Eyre. | | | | Political family:Eyrefamily of Chester, Pennsylvania. | | | | LarkinSchool(built 1894, demolished 1988), inChester,Pennsylvania, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas F. Larkin (c.1872-1928) — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born about 1872. Democrat.Contractor;business partner ofJamesJ. Lynch;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1928.Died, ofapoplexy,whileplayinggolf, at the 13th tee of the Briarcliff Lodge golf course, inBriarcliff Manor,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1928 (ageabout 56years).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. | | Melvin L. Larsen (b. 1936) — of Oxford,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa,October19, 1936.Republican.Schoolprincipal;athleticcoach; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 61st District, 1973-78; candidateforsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1978;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1979-81.Catholic.Norwegianancestry.Still living as of 2000.| | The Elliott-LarsenBuilding(housing state offices; built 1919-21; burned 1951 and rebuilt;previously named for Lewis Cass; given present name in 2020), inLansing,Michigan, is partlynamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
 | Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) — also known asAsbury C. Latimer — of Belton,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born near Lowndesville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,July 31,1851.Democrat.Farmer;chair ofAnderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1892;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.Methodist.Died, fromappendicitisandperitonitis,in ProvidenceHospital,Washington,D.C.,February20, 1908 (age56 years, 204days).Interment atBeltonCemetery, Belton, S.C. | | 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.  | Henry Laurens (1724-1792) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March 6,1724.Merchant;planter;Vice-Presidentof South Carolina, 1776-77;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1785.Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inBerkeleyCounty, S.C.,December8, 1792 (age68 years, 277days).Cremated;ashes interred atMepkinAbbey, Moncks Corner, S.C. | | | Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) — also known asAmos A. Lawrence — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 31,1814.Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker ofcotton andwoollengoods; abolitionist; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).Episcopalian.Died in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,August22, 1886 (age72 years, 22days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Amos Lawrence and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence; married,March31, 1842, to Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (daughter ofWilliamAppleton); father of Susan Mason Lawrence (who marriedWilliamCaleb Loring); nephew ofLutherLawrence andAbbottLawrence; great-grandfather ofLeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; second great-grandfather ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; first cousin ofSamuelAbbott Green; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesMoore Bancroft andCharlesSumner Dana; fourth cousin ofAlonzoM. Garcelon; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnAlbion Andrew,CharlesCourtney Pinkney Holden,EbenezerGregg Danforth Holden,WinfieldScott Holden andAlonzoMarston Garcelon. | | | | Political family:Lawrencefamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofLawrence,Kansas, isnamed for him. — LawrenceUniversity,inAppleton,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Eugene A. Leahy (1929-2000) — also known asGene Leahy — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Imogene,FremontCounty, Iowa,May 8,1929.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1969-73.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, from complications oflungcancer, at the Veterans AdministrationMedicalCenter, Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January18, 2000 (age70 years, 255days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.| | Gene Leahy Mall, adowntownpark(created 1977 as "Central Park Mall", renamed 1992, closed anddemolished 2019), inOmaha,Nebraska, wasnamed for him. |
| | Walter Daniel Leake (1762-1825) — also known asWalter Leake — of Mississippi. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,May 25,1762.Democrat.Judge ofMississippi territorial supreme court, 1807;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1817-20;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821;Governor ofMississippi, 1822-25; died in office 1825.Slaveowner. Died in Mt. Salus,HindsCounty, Miss.,November17, 1825 (age63 years, 176days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hinds County, Miss. | | Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December10, 1783.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1815-16.DiedJuly 21,1834 (age50 years, 223days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as"Light Horse Harry" — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January29, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromWestmoreland County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.EulogizedGeorgeWashington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in thehearts of his countrymen.".Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island,CamdenCounty, Ga.,March25, 1818 (age62 years, 55days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reintermentin 1913 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1782 toMatilda Ludwell Lee; married,June 18,1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle |
 | Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,January20, 1732.Democrat.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,June 19,1794 (age62 years, 150days).Interment atBurntHouse Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | | Louis Jacob Lefkowitz (1904-1996) — also known asLouis J. Lefkowitz;"The People'sLawyer" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1904.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 6th District, 1928-30;defeated, 1930, 1931; municipal judge in New York, 1935; candidateforU.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1940; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1944,1948,1956(alternate),1960(member,CredentialsCommittee),1964,1968;NewYork state attorney general, 1957-78; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1961.Jewish. Member,FederalBar Association;American BarAssociation;AmericanJewish Congress;Knightsof Pythias.Died, fromParkinson'sdisease, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1996 (age91 years, 353days).Interment atMt.Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y. | | Greenwood Leflore (1800-1865) — of Mississippi. Born in1800.Member ofMississippistate senate, 1841.ChoctawIndian ancestry.Died in1865(ageabout65 years).Burial location unknown.  | 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.  | Herbert Henry Lehman (1878-1963) — also known asHerbert H. Lehman — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March28, 1878.Democrat. Director, ConsolidatedCotton DuckCo., ImperialCotton Co.,U.S.CottonDuck Co., Washington Mills; colonel in the U.S. Army during WorldWar I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1928,1932,1936,1940,1948,1952,1956,1960;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1929-32;Governor ofNew York, 1933-42;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949-57; defeated, 1946.Jewish. Member,AmericanJewish Committee;Council onForeign Relations;PhiGamma Delta;Americansfor Democratic Action.Awarded thePresidentialMedal of Freedom posthumously in 1963; inducted into theJewish-AmericanHall ofFame in 1974.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1963 (age85 years, 252days).Interment atKensicoCemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. | | | Merit E. Leming (1862-1938) — of Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born inDearbornCounty, Ind.,March14, 1862.Republican.Lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMissouri,1900;mayorof Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1909-11.Died, fromcoronaryocclusion andinfluenza,in Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,March 4,1938 (age75 years, 355days).Interment atCapeCounty Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof William Leming and Elizabeth (Rosecrans) Leming; married toEugenia R. Bouchman. | | | | Leming Hall (built 1905, demolished 1972), oneof the first two dormitory buildings at Southeast Missouri StateUniversityinCapeGirardeau, Missouri, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James T. Lennon — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1910-17; defeated, 1917; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912.Burial location unknown. | | William Lenoir (1751-1839) — Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,May 8,1751.Schoolteacher;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95;delegateto North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Slaveowner. DiedMay 6,1839 (age87 years, 363days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C. | | Preston Hopkins Leslie (1819-1907) — of Kentucky; Montana. Born in Wayne County (part now inClintonCounty), Ky.,March 2,1819.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1844, 1850; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1851-55, 1867;Governor ofKentucky, 1871-75; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1881;Governorof Montana Territory, 1887-89;U.S.Attorney for Montana, 1894-98.Baptist.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,February7, 1907 (age87 years, 342days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Robert Perkins Letcher (1788-1861) — also known asRobert P. Letcher — of Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,February10, 1788.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1813;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1834-35 (4th District1823-33, 5th District 1834-35); defeated, 1853;Governor ofKentucky, 1840-44; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1849-52.Slaveowner. DiedJanuary24, 1861 (age72 years, 349days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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. | | Theodore Levin (1897-1970) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February18, 1897.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1946-70;died in office 1970.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedDecember31, 1970 (age73 years, 316days).Burial location unknown. | | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshotwounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn onthe Natchez Trace near Hohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Meriwetherfamily of Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
 | Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,Dutchess County 1791-92);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1792-1801;Governor ofNew York, 1804-07; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1844 (age89 years, 174days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | | Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) — also known asClarence E. Lightner — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,August15, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;funeraldirector;mayorof Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member,OmegaPsi Phi.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,July 8,2002 (age80 years, 327days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.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.  | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shotby theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoardingHouse, across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincolnfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed for him. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed for him. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed for him. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,January24, 1733.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1788-89; received one electoral vote,1789;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1809.Died in Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,May 9,1810 (age77 years, 105days).Interment atHinghamCemetery, Hingham, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln and Benjamin Lincoln (1699-1771);married1756 to MaryCushing; father of Elizabeth Lincoln (who marriedHodijahBaylies); second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderLincoln; second cousin five times removed ofCaroDawes; third cousin ofJosephOtis,SamuelHuntington andSamuelAllyne Otis; third cousin once removed ofHarrisonGray Otis,SamuelH. Huntington andAsahelOtis; third cousin twice removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.,NathanielHuntington,DayOtis Kellogg,JamesHuntington,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis,JosephLyman Huntington,SamuelAustin Gager,ElishaMills Huntington,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing; third cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminFessenden,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,EmersonWight,AlfredAvery Burnham,CharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andJamesOtis. | | | | Political families:Lincolnfamily of Kentucky;Lincolnfamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Lincolnfamily of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lincoln counties inGa.,Ky.,Mo.,N.C. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December28, 1788.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5thDistrict 1825-26);Governor ofMaine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.DiedOctober8, 1829 (age40 years, 284days).Entombed in mausoleum atStateof Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine. | | James Helme Lincoln (1916-2011) — also known asJames H. Lincoln — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.Born in Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.,August26, 1916.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II; candidateformayorof Detroit, Mich., 1953; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1957, 1959;WayneCounty Probate Judge, 1960-77; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1980.Died in Harbor Beach,HuronCounty, Mich.,July 23,2011 (age94 years, 331days).Interment atRockFalls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich. | | 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. | | Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) — also known asLewis F. Linn — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1796.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;physician;member ofMissouristate senate 3rd District, 1830-31;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October3, 1843 (age46 years, 332days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother ofHenryDodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister ofJamesHugh Relfe); uncle ofAugustusCaesar Dodge. | | | | Political family:Dodgefamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Linn counties inIowa,Kan.,Mo. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLinneus,Missouri, isnamed for him. — ThecityofLinn,Missouri, isnamed for him. — ThecityofWestLinn, Oregon, isnamed for him. — ThecityofLinnton,Oregon, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) — of Indiana. Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,1795.Member ofIndianastate senate, 1828-31; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1833.Presbyterian.Died of aheartattack in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January31, 1835 (ageabout 39years).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. | | Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856) — Born in South Carolina,February10, 1789.Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1818;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1820-35;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1846-56.DiedDecember8, 1856 (age67 years, 302days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | 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. | | Edward Livingston (1764-1836) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Clermont,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1764.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99,2nd District 1799-1801);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1801-03;U.S.Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31;U.S.Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1833-35.Slaveowner. DiedMay 23,1836 (age71 years, 361days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reintermentsomewherein Rhinebeck, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;brother ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813), Gertrude Livingston (who marriedMorganLewis) and Alida Livingston (who marriedJohnArmstrong Jr.); married,April10, 1788, to Mary McEvers; married,June 3,1805, to Louisa D'Avezac=de=Castera (sister ofAugusteDavezac); uncle of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who marriedEdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843)); grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJacob Astor III; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin ofPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Livingston counties inIll.,Mich. andMo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofLivingston,Guatemala, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:EdwardL. Davis—EdwardL. Martin—EdwardL. Taylor, Jr.—EdwardL. Robertson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier |
 | Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1746.Lawyer;law partner ofJohnJay;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretaryfor Foreign Affairs, 1781-83;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1798; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary26, 1813 (age66 years, 91days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston;brother of Alida Livingston (who marriedJohnArmstrong Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who marriedMorganLewis) andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); married1770 to MaryStevens (daughter ofJohnStevens; sister ofJohnStevens III); father of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who marriedEdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843)); uncle ofRobertLivingston Tillotson; grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; granduncle ofJohnJacob Astor III; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandfather ofRobertReginald Livingston; second great-granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andOgdenLivingston Mills; ancestor *** ofRobertLivingston Beeckman; first cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston (1779-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish (1808-1893) andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),GilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andKarlCortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin ofPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Livingston counties inKy.,La. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known asJohn C. Lodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August12, 1862.Republican.Newspaperreporter;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1909-10;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1928-30; defeated, 1929.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary6, 1950 (age87 years, 178days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | | John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (b. 1930) — also known asJohn L. Loeb, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,May 2,1930.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1964;U.S. Ambassador toDenmark, 1981-83.Still living as of 1996. | | Benjamin Logan (1743-1802) — Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,May 1,1743.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781-87;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1792-95.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, near Stanford,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,December11, 1802 (age59 years, 224days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Shelby County, Ky. | | Edward Lawrence Logan (1875-1939) — also known asEdward L. Logan — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January20, 1875.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1901-02; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Sixth Suffolk District, 1906; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 6,1939 (age64 years, 167days).Interment atMt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.; statue atLogan International Airport Grounds, Boston, Mass. | | John Logan (born c.1800) — of Illinois. Born inIreland,about 1800.Physician;member of Illinois state legislature, 1840.Interment atMurphysboroCity Cemetery, Murphysboro, Ill.  | 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. | | | Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) — also known asStephen T. Logan — ofBarrenCounty, Ky.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,February24, 1800.Republican.Lawyer;BarrenCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois,1835-40; law partner ofAbrahamLincoln, 1841-44; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1843-47, 1855-56;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1860.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 24,1880 (age80 years, 151days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | 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 for him. — JackLondon Square (entertainment and businessdevelopment),and the surrounding Jack London Districtneighborhood,inOakland,California, arenamed for him. — Jack LondonLake(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack LondonNaturePark, inMagadanOblast, Russia, arenamed for him. — The WorldWar IILibertyshipSS Jack London (built 1943 atSausalito,California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
 | Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) — also known asHuey P. Long;Hugh Pierce Long;"The Kingfish" —of Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Winnfield,WinnParish, La.,August30, 1893.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1928;Governorof Louisiana, 1928-32; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Louisiana, 1928;impeachedby the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including hisattempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of thegovernor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.Baptist.Member,Elks.Shotandmortallywounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at thescene), in the LouisianaStateCapitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later atOur Lady of the LakeHospital,Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,September10, 1935 (age42 years, 11days).Interment atStateCapitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother ofGeorgeShannon Long andEarlKemp Long (who marriedBlancheB. Revere); married,April12, 1913, toRoseMcConnell; father ofRussellBilliu Long; second cousin once removed ofGillisWilliam Long andSpeedyOteria Long. | | | | Political family:Longfamily of Louisiana. | | | | Cross-reference:CecilMorgan —JohnH. Overton —HarveyG. Fields —GeraldL. K. Smith | | | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. AllenBridge(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line overthe Mississippi River, betweenEast BatonRouge Parish andWest BatonRouge Parish, Louisiana, is partlynamed for him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, astreetinAsunsion,Paraguay, isnamed for him. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man aKing." | | | | Campaign slogan: "Share OurWealth." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by Huey P. Long:EveryMan a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long | | | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. HarryWilliams,HueyLong — Harnett T. Kane,HueyLong's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship1928-1940 — Richard D. White,Kingfish:The Reign of Huey P. Long — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David R. Collins,HueyP. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) | | | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia ofLouisiana |
| | | 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.  | Chester Trent Lott (b. 1941) — also known asTrent Lott — of Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born in Grenada,GrenadaCounty, Miss.,October9, 1941.Republican.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Rep.WilliamM. Colmer, 1968-72;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1973-89;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1989-; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,2004,2008.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;American BarAssociation;SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta.Still living as of 2024. | | | Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) — also known asZ. J. Loussac — ofAnchorage,Alaska; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Pokrov,Russia,July13, 1883.Democrat.Druggist;philanthropist;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alaska Territory,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Jewishancestry. Member,Rotary.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,March15, 1965 (age81 years, 245days).Cremated;ashes interred atAngelusMemorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.  | 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. | | John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) — also known asJ. H. Lowery — of Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.Born in Plaquemine,IbervilleParish, La.,October18, 1860.Republican.Physician;sugargrower;delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,1916(alternate),1920,1924,1928,1940.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,OddFellows.Died, in Flint-GoodridgeHospital,New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September25, 1941 (age80 years, 342days).Interment atAscensionCatholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, La. | | Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) — also known asJoseph E. Lowery — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,October6, 1921.Democrat.Pastor;leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the SouthernChristian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotelroom in Birmingham, Ala., wasbombed,and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala.,openedfire on Lowery and other protesters;arrestedwhiledemonstratingin support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968;arrestedduringprotestsin Cullman, Ala., 1978;arrestedwhileprotestingapartheid at the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, D.C., 1984;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1988 ; delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks andCorettaScott King; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromGeorgia,2008.Methodist.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known asWilliam Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,February11, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1806-08;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).Slaveowner. Diedaboard aship in theNorthAtlantic Ocean while en route to England,October27, 1822 (age40 years, 258days).Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Lucas (1781-1853) — of Piketon,PikeCounty, Ohio; Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa.Born in Shepherdstown,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),April 1,1781.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1808-09, 1831-32; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofOhiostate senate, 1814-22, 1824-30; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Ohio,1828(voted forAndrewJackson andJohnC. Calhoun);Governor ofOhio, 1832-36; defeated, 1830;Governorof Iowa Territory, 1838-41; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1842;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Johnson County, 1844.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary7, 1853 (age71 years, 312days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.  | Cyrus Gray Luce (1824-1905) — also known asCyrus G. Luce — of Gilead Township,BranchCounty, Mich.; Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,July 2,1824.Whig candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1848; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County 2nd District,1855-56;BranchCounty Treasurer, 1859-62; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1865-68 (15th District 1865-66, 13th District1867-68);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1885-86; resigned 1886;Governor ofMichigan, 1887-90.Presbyterian.Member,Grange.Died in Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,March18, 1905 (age80 years, 259days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich. | | Richard Green Lugar (1932-2019) — also known asRichard G. Lugar — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,April 4,1932.Republican.Rhodesscholar;mayorof Indianapolis, Ind., 1968-75; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1968,1972;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1977-; defeated, 1974; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1996.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PiDelta Epsilon;PiSigma Alpha;BetaTheta Pi;Rotary;BlueKey.Died in Annandale,FairfaxCounty, Va.,April28, 2019 (age87 years, 24days).Burial location unknown. | | Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison,MorganCounty, Ga.; Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.; Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,January14, 1783.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1808; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1812;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17,4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31);Governor ofGeorgia, 1831-35;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1837-41.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,December28, 1870 (age87 years, 348days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | 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. | | John A. Lynch (1908-1978) — of New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,March10, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1941-46;mayorof New Brunswick, N.J., 1951-55; member ofNewJersey state senate, 1956-77 (Middlesex County 1956-65, District7 1966-73, 17th District 1974-77).Died, ofcancer,in WhitestoneHospital,Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1978 (age69 years, 358days). The John A. Lynch Memorial Bridge, which takes Route 18across the Raritan River, isnamed for him.Interment atResurrection Burial Park, Piscataway, N.J. | | Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) — also known asSeybourn H. Lynne — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,July 25,1907.Democrat.Lawyer;county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;took senior status 1973.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;BlueKey;PiKappa Alpha;PhiKappa Phi;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;Kiwanis.In 1963, he prohibited Gov.GeorgeC. Wallace from barring two Black students from attending theUniversity of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery inBirmingham, Ala., be desegregated.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,September10, 2000 (age93 years, 47days).Interment atDecaturCemetery, Decatur, Ala. | | Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.Born in Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.,February22, 1787.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1822; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1827;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1stDistrict 1833-35).Slaveowner. Died in Eddyville,LyonCounty, Ky.,November23, 1842 (age55 years, 274days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofMatthewLyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; married1817 to NancyVaughn; married to Fances Baker; father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (whomarriedWillisBenson Machen); nephew ofMartinChittenden; grandson ofThomasChittenden; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); fifth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr. andJosiahMeigs; first cousin five times removed ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; second cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr. andHenryMeigs; third cousin ofJosiahC. Chittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,AbelMadison Scranton,HenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; third cousin once removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt; fourth cousin ofJeduthunWilcox,JohnWillard,ClarkS. Chittenden andRussellSage; fourth cousin once removed ofChaunceyGoodrich,OliverWolcott Jr.,ElizurGoodrich,FrederickWolcott,ElijahHunt Mills,LeonardWilcox andEdgarJared Doolittle. | | | | Political families:Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lyon County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known asClarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,April17, 1874.Republican.Financier;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916.Catholic.IrishandEnglishancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1938 (age64 years, 209days).Entombed atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born near Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,December17, 1757.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97,5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05,at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1801-05;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24electoral votes for Vice-President,1824;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1836.Slaveowner. Died inWarrenCounty, N.C.,June 29,1837 (age79 years, 194days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C. | | Kenneth Leon Maddy (1934-2000) — also known asKenneth L. Maddy;Ken Maddy — of Fresno,FresnoCounty, Calif.Born in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 22,1934.Republican.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1971-78; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1978; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1979-98; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1992.Member,Rotary;SigmaNu;PhiDelta Phi.Died, oflungcancer, at Sutter MemorialHospital,Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,February19, 2000 (age65 years, 273days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.  | 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 for him. —MountMadison, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. —FortMadison (1808-13), and the subsequentcityofFortMadison, Iowa, werenamed for him. — The WorldWar IILibertyshipSS James Madison (built 1942 atHouston,Texas; scrapped 1966) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | | Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,April18, 1815.Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856;Governorof Kentucky, 1859-62; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1867.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,February28, 1885 (age69 years, 316days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.  | 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. | | John C. Major — of Oklahoma.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Interment atMulhallCity Cemetery, Mulhall, Okla. | | Frederic Rand Mann (1903-1987) — also known asFrederic R. Mann — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Gomel, Russia (nowBelarus),September13, 1903.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;cardboardbox manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1948;U.S. Ambassador toBarbados, 1967-69; philanthropist.Jewish.Died in1987(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Oscar Mann and Fannie (Fradkin) Mann. | | | | The Frederic R. MannAuditorium(concert hall, opened 1957, renovated and renamed 2013 as the CharlesBronfman Auditorium, but better known all along as Heichal HaTarbut),inTelAviv, Israel, wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary |
 | 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. | | | J. Fred Manning — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.Democrat.Mayor ofLynn, Mass., 1930-39; defeated, 1939.Burial location unknown. | | 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 Laurence Manning (1816-1889) — also known asJohn L. Manning — of Fulton, Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,January29, 1816.Democrat.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1842-46, 1865-67; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1846-52, 1861-65, 1878 (Clarendon 1846-52,1861-65, Clarendon County 1878); resigned 1852, 1865; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1848;Governorof South Carolina, 1852-54; Presidential Elector for SouthCarolina,1856;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Clarendon, 1860-62;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1868;Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1884.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows;Societyof the Cincinnati;Grange.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,October29, 1889 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | David Parshall Mapes (1798-1890) — also known asDavid P. Mapes — of Roxbury,DelawareCounty, N.Y.; Ripon,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Coxsackie,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1798.Steamboatbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1831;merchant;Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1848.Principalfounderof Ripon College, 1850.Died in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,May 18,1890 (age92 years, 128days).Interment atHillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes; married,April14, 1822, to Ruth Frisbee; married,January26, 1855, to Mary C. Frisbee; married,November9, 1864, to Emeline (Huntsinger) Wilson; married,September15, 1883, to Augusta R. Miles; father ofFannieMapes (who marriedOttoChristian Neuman); first cousin once removed ofJonasMapes; third cousin once removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall; third cousin thrice removed ofIrvingAnthony Jennings andRenzL. Jennings; fourth cousin once removed ofDavidGardiner andBerthaMapes. | | | | Mapes Hall (built 1959), at RiponCollege,Ripon,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "In grateful recognition ofDavid P, Mapes, for his vision and valuable services as pioneer,founder, benefactor and promoter of the City of Ripon and itsCollege, the citizens of Ripon dedicate this marker." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known asWilliam L. Marcy — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Southbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December12, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1823-29;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1829;U.S.Senator from New York, 1831-33;Governor ofNew York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838;U.S.Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1852;U.S.Secretary of State, 1853-57.Died in Ballston Spa,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1857 (age70 years, 204days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | | Joseph M. Margiotta (1927-2008) — of Uniondale,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Brookville,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;legislative counsel to Sen.EdwardJ. Speno, 1960-61; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-75 (15th District 1966, 12th District1967-72, 17th District 1973-75);chair ofNassau County Republican Party, 1967-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1968,1972;convictedin 1981 on federalextortioncharges,over a scheme to redirect municipal insurance fees to his cronies;sentencedto two years inprison;served 14 months.Catholic.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis;Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in St. FrancisHospital,Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November28, 2008 (age81 years, 175days).Interment atCemeteryof the Holy Rood, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.  | Francis Marion (1732-1795) — also known as"Swamp Fox" — of South Carolina. Born in1732.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1782-90.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.DiedFebruary27, 1795 (ageabout 62years).Interment atBelleIsle Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C.| | Marion counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,Miss.,Mo.,Ohio,Ore.,S.C.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The Francis MarionNationalForest (established 1936), inCharleston,Berkeleycounties, South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrancisM. Bristow—FrancisM. D. Hopkins—FrancisMarion Ziebach—FrancisMarion Drake—FrancisMarion Martin—F. M.Crosby—FrancisM. Cockrell—FrancisM. Hamilton—FrancisMarion Gregory—FrancisM. Griffith—FrancisM. Nichols—FrancisMarion Morris—FrancisM. Taitt—FrancisMarion Bryan—F.M. Norman—FrancisM. Fields—FrancisMarion Whaley—FrancisM. Bistline | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Francis J. Marshall — of Kansas. Member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1850.Burial location unknown.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Marshall (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1971) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
 | Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) — also known asThomas R. Marshall — of Columbia City,WhitleyCounty, Ind.Born in North Manchester,WabashCounty, Ind.,March14, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofIndiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912,1920;VicePresident of the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiGamma Delta.Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-centcigar.".Died, from the effects of aheartattack, in his room at the WillardHotel,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1925 (age71 years, 79days).Originally entombed atEstatesof Serenity, Marion, Ind.; re-entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) — also known asWilliam R. Marshall — of St. Croix Falls,PolkCounty, Wis.; St. Anthony,HennepinCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.,October17, 1825.Member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1848; member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849; generalin the Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMinnesota, 1866-70; member ofMinnesotarailroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,1876.Swedenborgian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesotastate constitution.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January8, 1896 (age70 years, 83days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | 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.  | Clarence Daniel Martin (1886-1955) — also known asClarence D. Martin — of Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,June 29,1886.Democrat.Grain millingbusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWashington,1920,1924,1928(alternate); mayor of Cheney, Wash., 1928-32;Governor ofWashington, 1933-41; defeated in primary, 1948; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1944.Died in Cheney,SpokaneCounty, Wash.,August11, 1955 (age69 years, 43days).Entombed atFairmountMemorial Park, Spokane, Wash. | | John Preston Martin (1811-1862) — also known asJohn P. Martin — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born in Jonesville,LeeCounty, Va.,October11, 1811.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1841-43;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1845-47; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1855-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856.Slaveowner. Died in Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.,December23, 1862 (age51 years, 73days).Interment atMayCemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky. | | John Wellborn Martin (1884-1958) — also known asJohn W. Martin — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Plainfield,MarionCounty, Fla.,June 21,1884.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Jacksonville, Fla., 1917-23;Governor ofFlorida, 1925-29; defeated in primary, 1932; candidate forU.S.Senator from Florida, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1948,1952,1956.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Moose.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February22, 1958 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Jacksonville, Fla. | | Morgan Lewis Martin (1805-1887) — also known asMorgan L. Martin — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Martinsburg,LewisCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1805.Democrat.Lawyer;memberMichigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-35; member ofWisconsinterritorial legislature, 1838;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845-47; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1855, 1874; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1858-59; major in the Union Army during the CivilWar;BrownCounty Judge, 1875-87.Died in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,December10, 1887 (age82 years, 254days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Allouez, Wis. | | William T. Martin (d. 1866) — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born inBedfordCounty, Pa.Mayorof Columbus, Ohio, 1824-26.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,February19, 1866.Burial location unknown. | | Robert Martinez (b. 1934) — also known asBob Martinez — of Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.Born in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,December25, 1934.Republican.Schoolteacher;mayor ofTampa, Fla., 1979-86; defeated, 1974; resigned 1986;Governor ofFlorida, 1987-91; defeated, 1990.Catholic.Hispanicancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877) — also known asEnoch M. Marvin — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inWarrenCounty, Mo.,June 12,1823.Democrat.Methodistbishop; chaplain of the Confederate Army during the Civil War;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1876.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died, ofpneumonia,inSt.Louis, Mo.,November26, 1877 (age54 years, 167days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Charles H. Mason — of Washington.Secretaryof Washington Territory, 1850.Burial location unknown. | | George Mason (1725-1792) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,December11, 1725.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1759; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-80, 1786-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-88.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,October7, 1792 (age66 years, 301days).Interment atGunstonHall Grounds, Near Lorton, Fairfax County, Va.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother ofThomsonMason; married,April 4,1750, to Ann Eilbeck; married,April11, 1780, to Sarah Brent (aunt ofGeorgeGraham); uncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1760-1803) andJohnThomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather ofThomsonFrancis Mason andJamesMurray Mason; granduncle ofJohnThomson Mason (1787-1850),ArmisteadThomson Mason andJohnThomson Mason Jr.; great-grandfather ofFitzhughLee; great-granduncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather ofCharlesO'Conor Goolrick; fourth great-granduncle ofJerauldWright. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mason counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | George MasonUniversity,Fairfax,Virginia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mason: JeffBroadwater,GeorgeMason : Forgotten Founder |
 | Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known asStevens T. Mason;Tom Mason;"TheBoy Governor";"Young Hotspur";"The Stripling" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October27, 1811.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1831;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1834-35;Governor ofMichigan, 1835-40.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1843 (age31 years, 69days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 atCapitolPark, Detroit, Mich. | | Thomas Alfred Mathis (1869-1958) — also known asThomas A. Mathis;"Cap'nTom" —of Tuckerton,OceanCounty, N.J.; Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.Born in New Gretna,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,June 7,1869.Republican.Mariner;automobiledealer; member ofNewJersey state senate from Ocean County, 1910-11, 1914-15, 1923-31,1942-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1928,1940,1944;secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1931-41.Indictedfortaxevasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.Hekilledhimself, by self-inflictedgunshot,in Toms River,OceanCounty, N.J.,May 18,1958 (age88 years, 345days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Toms River, N.J.  | Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) — also known asMartin A. Matich — of Colton,SanBernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Loma Linda,SanBernardino County, Calif.,September6, 1927.Engineer;gradingcontractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,including major expressways and interchanges, as well asairportrunways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings;mayor ofColton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino CommunityHospital.Catholic.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;NavyLeague;AmericanArbitration Association;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died in San Bernardino,SanBernardino County, Calif.,April19, 2008 (age80 years, 226days).Interment atOur Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.  | Claude Matthews (1845-1898) — of Indiana. Born inBathCounty, Ky.,December14, 1845.Democrat.Farmer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1876;secretaryof state of Indiana, 1891-93;Governor ofIndiana, 1893-97.Suffered astrokewhilemaking aspeech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later,April28, 1898 (age52 years, 135days).Interment atCityCemetery, Clinton, Ind. | | Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) — also known asSamuel A. Maverick — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Pendleton District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,July 23,1803.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Bexar, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40, 1862-63; member ofTexasstate house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53.His name is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow,which later came to mean a political party dissident.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,September2, 1870 (age67 years, 41days).Interment atCityCemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex. | | William Sumner Maynard (1802-1866) — also known asWilliam S. Maynard — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inBerkshireCounty, Mass.,April25, 1802.Merchant;villagepresident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1836-38, 1839-40;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1856-58, 1865-66.Congregationalist.Suffering from severe depression, hekilledhimself by anoverdoseof morphine or laudanum, in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 18,1866 (age64 years, 54days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.| | Relatives:Married to Julia Guiteau (aunt of Charles JuliusGuiteau). | | | | MaynardStreet,inAnnArbor, Michigan, isnamed for him. |
| | Romano Louis Mazzoli (b. 1932) — also known asRomano L. Mazzoli — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November2, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1968-70; candidate formayorof Louisville, Ky., 1969;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1971-95.Catholic.Still living as of 2014. | | J. J. McAlmont — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Mayorof Little Rock, Ark., 1866.Burial location unknown. | | Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) — also known asPatrick A. McCarran;PatMcCarran —of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.; Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,August8, 1876.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;member of Nevada state legislature, 1903;justice ofNevada state supreme court, 1913; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nevada,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee),1936,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1952;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1933-54; died in office 1954.Catholic.DiedSeptember28, 1954 (age78 years, 51days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Reno, Nev.  | Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) — also known asPatrick H. McCarren;"Friend of theSugar Trust" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 18,1849.Democrat.Cooper;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7thDistrict 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1892(delegation secretary),1900,1904.Catholic.Irishancestry.Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, fromintestinaldegeneration, complicated byappendicitisandmyocarditis,in St. Catherine'sHospital,Williamsburg, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1909 (age60 years, 127days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Charles M. McClain — of Oklahoma.Delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907.Burial location unknown.  | 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 James McCone (1853-1929) — also known asGeorge McCone — of Glendive,DawsonCounty, Mont.Born inLivingstonCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1853.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMontana,1916;member ofMontanastate senate, 1910.Died in Glendive,DawsonCounty, Mont.,September21, 1929 (age76 years, 170days).Interment atDawsonCounty Cemetery, Glendive, Mont. | | James Hoge Tyler McConnell (d. 1989) — also known asTyler McConnell — of Greenville,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1948(alternate),1956,1960;candidate forGovernor ofDelaware, 1956.Died in1989.Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Ohio,March26, 1837.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled byPeter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at asaloonin Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),September11, 1873 (age36 years, 169days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) — also known asRobert McCoy — of Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.Born in Kenosha,KenoshaCounty, Wis.,September5, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;MonroeCounty Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-AmericanWar; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in theU.S. Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1920.Died, ofperniciousanemia, in Sparta,MonroeCounty, Wis.,January5, 1926 (age58 years, 122days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Sparta, Wis. | | 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.  | James Bennett McCreary (1838-1918) — also known asJames B. McCreary — of Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 8,1838.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1869-73;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1871-73;Governor ofKentucky, 1875-79, 1911-15;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1885-97;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1903-09; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1908,1912(speaker),1916.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October8, 1918 (age80 years, 92days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) — also known asBen McCulloch — of Texas. BornNovember11, 1811.Member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Killedin the Civil War at Pea Ridge,BentonCounty, Ark.,March 7,1862 (age50 years, 116days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | 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 for him. — The WorldWar IILibertyshipSS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | Calvin Robert McCullough (1902-1984) — also known asCalvin R. McCullough — of Holloway Terrace,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September29, 1902.Democrat.Contractor;bankdirector; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 10thDistrict, 1949-50; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1955-80 (New Castle County 5th District 1955-64,11th District 1965-72, 12th District 1973-80); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1968.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Moose.Died, fromcancer,in Holloway Terrace,New CastleCounty, Del.,October8, 1984 (age82 years, 9days).Interment atGracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Del. | | James McDowell (1795-1851) — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,October13, 1795.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838;Governor ofVirginia, 1843-46;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.Slaveowner. Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,August24, 1851 (age55 years, 315days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va. | | Joseph McDowell (1758-1799) — also known asP. G. McDowell;"PleasantGardens" —of North Carolina. Born near Marion, Burke County (nowMcDowellCounty), N.C.,February25, 1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof North Carolina state legislature, 1785;U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1793-95.DiedMarch 7,1799 (age41 years, 10days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, McDowell County, N.C.  | George McDuffie (1790-1851) — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,August10, 1790.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1818-20;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34 (6th District1821-23, 5th District 1823-34);Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1834-36;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1842-46.Slaveowner. Died in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,March11, 1851 (age60 years, 213days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Sumter County, S.C. | | | 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. | | William McHenry (1771-1835) — ofWhiteCounty, Ill.Born in Kentucky,October3, 1771.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from White County,1818; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1818-27; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1832-35.Died in Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.,February3, 1835 (age63 years, 123days).Original interment atOld State Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 atSouthHill Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill. | | E. H. McIntosh — of North Dakota. Member of North Dakota state legislature, 1890. Burial location unknown.  | Douglas James McKay (1893-1959) — also known asDouglas McKay — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,June 24,1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;automobiledealer;mayor ofSalem, Ore., 1933-34; member ofOregonstate senate 1st District, 1935; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Oregon,1940(alternate),1952;speaker,1952,1956;Governorof Oregon, 1949-52; resigned 1952;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56; candidate forU.S.Senator from Oregon, 1956.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;PurpleHeart.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,July 22,1959 (age66 years, 28days).Interment atBelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Ore. | | | 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. | | Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New London Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,March19, 1734.Lawyer;member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,1765-74;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1777-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1799-1808;impeachedby the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 24,1817 (age83 years, 97days).Original interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in1843 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known asFrank E. McKee — of North Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August22, 1877.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,1944; died in office 1951.Episcopalian.Scotch-Irish,Swiss,German, andEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, of aheartattack, in a room at the PorterHotel,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February13, 1951 (age73 years, 175days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Muskegon, Mich. | | Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881-1956) — also known asSam R. McKelvie — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Fairfield,ClayCounty, Neb.,April15, 1881.Republican. Publisher, The Nebraska Farmermagazine;member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1911-13;LieutenantGovernor of Nebraska, 1913-15;Governor ofNebraska, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1928(speaker),1932,1936,1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Arizona,October6, 1956 (age75 years, 174days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb. | | William Robertson McKenney (1851-1916) — also known asWilliam R. McKenney — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,December2, 1851.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1892(member,CredentialsCommittee);U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1895-97.Died inPetersburg,Va.,January3, 1916 (age64 years, 32days).Interment atBlandfordCemetery, Petersburg, Va. | | 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.  | William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as"Idol of Ohio" — of Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Niles,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,January29, 1843.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1884,1888;Governorof Ohio, 1892-96;Presidentof the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.Methodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Knightsof Pythias;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Shotby theassassinLeon Czolgosz, at areceptionin the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1901 (age58 years, 228days).Originally entombed atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 atMcKinleyMonument, Canton, Ohio; statue atLucasCounty Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married toIdaSaxton; first cousin ofWilliamMcKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryPrather Fletcher. | | | | Political family:McKinleyfamily of Canton, Ohio. | | | | Cross-reference:AlbertHalstead —LoranL. Lewis —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —JohnGoodnow | | | | McKinley County,N.M. is named for him. | | | | MountMcKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by itstraditional name, Denali), inDenaliBorough, Alaska, wasnamed for him. — McKinleyHighSchool, inHonolulu,Hawaii, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamMcKinley Thomas—WilliamM. Bell—WilliamM. Branch | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The FullDinner Pail." | | | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The AdvanceAgent of Prosperity." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.Gould,ThePresidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips,WilliamMcKinley — H. Wayne Morgan,WilliamMcKinley and His America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Collin McKinney (1776-1861) — of Texas. BornApril17, 1776.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1830.DiedSeptember8, 1861 (age85 years, 144days).Interment atVanAlstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Tex. | | Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) — also known asStewart B. McKinney — of Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January30, 1931.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1967-71;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died inoffice 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1972.Bisexual. Member,Rotary;AmericanLegion.Died, fromacquired immunedeficiency syndrome,Washington,D.C.,May 7,1987 (age56 years, 97days).Interment atOakLawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married,October2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father ofJohnP. McKinney. | | | | The Stewart B. McKinneyTransportationCenter (built 1987), inStamford,Connecticut, isnamed for him. — The StewartB. McKinneyNationalWildlife Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow WildlifeRefuge; renamed 1987), inFairfield,NewHaven, andMiddlesexcounties, Connecticut, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alney McLean (1779-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in North Carolina,1779.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-13; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1815-17, 1819-21;state court judge in Kentucky, 1821-41; Presidential Elector forKentucky,1824.Slaveowner. Died in1841(ageabout62 years).Interment atOldCaney Station Cemetery, Near Greenville, Muhlenberg County, 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 McLean (1791-1830) — of Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,February4, 1791.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1818-19; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1821-23, 1827-29;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1824-25, 1829-30; died in office 1830.Died in Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.,October14, 1830 (age39 years, 252days).Interment atWestwoodCemetery, Shawneetown, Ill. | | Martin McLeod (1813-1860) — ofLacqui Parle County, Minn.Born in1813.MemberMinnesota territorial council, 1849-53 (7th District 1849-51, 6thDistrict 1852-53);Presidentof the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1853.Died in1860(ageabout47 years).Burial location unknown.  | Brien McMahon (1903-1952) — also known asJames O'Brien Mahon — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October6, 1903.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944,1948,1952;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1945-52; died in office 1952.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 28,1952 (age48 years, 296days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn. | | | John Lanneau McMillan (1898-1979) — also known asJohn L. McMillan — of Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,April12, 1898.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1939-73.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Forty andEight;AmericanLegion.Died in Florence,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,September3, 1979 (age81 years, 144days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C. | | Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) — also known as"The Quaker Governor" — of Tennessee. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,June 27,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1796-98, 1805-12;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1805-11;Governor ofTennessee, 1815-21.Quaker.DiedOctober17, 1824 (age66 years, 112days).Interment atShilohPresbyterian Cemetery, Calhoun, Tenn. | | John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,March30, 1762.Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788;justice ofSouthwest Territory supreme court, 1790;U.S.District Judge for Tennessee, 1797-1802;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-33;resigned 1833.Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November12, 1837 (age75 years, 227days).Original interment atEpiscopalChurch Burying Ground, Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Edward Howard McNamara (1926-2006) — also known asEdward H. McNamara;"BigMac" —of Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September21, 1926.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1965;mayorof Livonia, Mich., 1970-86; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1970; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1976,1996,2000;WayneCounty Executive, 1987-2002.Died, ofheartfailure andcancer,in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February19, 2006 (age79 years, 151days).Interment atParkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Mich.  | Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) — also known asPatrick V. McNamara — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October4, 1894.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April30, 1966 (age71 years, 208days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) — also known asCharles L. McNary — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born near Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,June 12,1874.Republican.Lawyer;law schooldean;justice ofOregon state supreme court, 1913-14; appointed 1913;OregonRepublican state chair, 1916-17;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1917-18, 1918-44; appointed 1917, 1918; diedin office 1944; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1940;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1940.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Grange.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,February25, 1944 (age69 years, 258days).Original interment atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore.; reinterment atBelcrestMemorial Park, Salem, Ore. | | Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known asBob McWhorter — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,June 4,1891.Lawprofessor;mayor ofAthens, Ga., 1940-47; named to the College FootballHall ofFame in 1954.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Chi Phi.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 29,1960 (age69 years, 25days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother ofCamilla Oliver McWhorter (who marriedAndrewCobb Erwin); married,October12, 1921, to Louise Walker. | | | | Political family:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuiltin new location 2004),Universityof Georgia,Athens,Georgia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Clay Meacham (1869-1929) — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.BornOctober10, 1869.Mayorof Fort Worth, Tex., 1925.DiedDecember7, 1929 (age60 years, 58days).Interment atGreenwoodMemorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex. | | George Wilson Mead (1871-1961) — also known asGeorge W. Mead — of Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids),WoodCounty, Wis.; Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February22, 1871.Republican.Papermanufacturer;banker;mayorof Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1926-32; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1932.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ThetaDelta Chi;UnionLeague.Died in Wisconsin Rapids,WoodCounty, Wis.,October2, 1961 (age90 years, 222days).Interment atForest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. | | Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) — of Montana. Born inIreland,August3, 1823.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;secretaryof Montana Territory, 1865;Governorof Montana Territory, 1865-66.Fell from asteamboatinto the Missouri River and presumablydrowned,at Fort Benton,ChouteauCounty, Mont.,July 1,1867 (age43 years, 332days). His body wasneverfound.Statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Helena, Mont. | | Samuel Medary (1801-1864) — also known as"The Wheel Horse of OhioDemocracy" —of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Montgomery Square,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February25, 1801.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1834; member ofOhiostate senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Ohio,1844,1856,1864;postmaster atColumbus,Ohio, 1847-49, 1858;Governorof Minnesota Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate forGovernorof Kansas, 1859.Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling foraggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britainin the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia.Indictedby a federal grand jury in 1864 forconspiracyagainst the government;arrested;released on bond; never tried.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,November7, 1864 (age63 years, 256days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) — also known asJoseph Medill — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Saint John,NewBrunswick,April 6,1823.Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribunenewspaper;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,1869-70;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March16, 1899 (age75 years, 344days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio. | | Bradley Burr Meeker (1813-1873) — also known asBradley B. Meeker — of Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inFairfieldCounty, Conn.,March13, 1813.Lawyer;justiceof Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.Died in1873(ageabout60 years).Burial location unknown. | | Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; St. Georges,Bermuda;Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,August21, 1757.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; actingpresident,University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died inWashington,D.C.,September4, 1822 (age65 years, 14days).Original interment atHolmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; married1782 to ClaraBenjamin; father ofHenryMeigs and Clara Meigs (who marriedJohnForsyth); uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; granduncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofMeigs,Georgia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) — also known asReturn J. Meigs, Jr. — of Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November17, 1764.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atMarietta,Ohio, 1794-95;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804;federaljudge, 1807-08;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1808-10;Governor ofOhio, 1810-14;U.S.Postmaster General, 1814-23.Member,Freemasons.Died in Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,March29, 1825 (age60 years, 132days).Interment atMoundCemetery, Marietta, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Joanna (Winborn) Meigs andReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.; father of Mary Sophia Meigs (who marriedJohnGeorge Jackson); nephew ofJosiahMeigs; uncle ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; first cousin ofHenryMeigs; first cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; second cousin ofMartinChittenden; second cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon; third cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt andJohnWillard; third cousin twice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; fourth cousin ofElijahHunt Mills; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden. | | | | Political families:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Morrisfamily of Bronx, New York;Huntingtonfamily of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Meigs County,Ohio is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. (1740-1823) — Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December28, 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justiceof the peace; member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1801; U.S. Indian Agentto Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, 1801-23.Died inBradleyCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1823 (age82 years, 31days).Interment atGarrison Cemetery, Dayton, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother ofJosiahMeigs; married,February14, 1764, to Joanna Winborn; married,December22, 1774, to Grace Starr; father ofReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.; uncle ofHenryMeigs; grandfather ofReturnJonathan Meigs III; granduncle ofHenryMeigs Jr. andJohnForsyth Jr.; first cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden; first cousin twice removed ofChittendenLyon; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWillard; second cousin thrice removed ofRogerCalvin Leete; third cousin ofJonathanHunt; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,ElishaHunt Allen,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GouverneurMorris,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,WilliamDean Kellogg andCharlesJenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Eastman,WilliamFessenden Allen,RushGreen Leaming,FrederickWalker Pitkin,AlvredBayard Nettleton,RobertCleveland Usher,CharlesM. Hotchkiss,FrederickHobbes Allen,AllenClarence Wilcox andCarlTrumbull Hayden; fourth cousin ofThomasChittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofZinaHyde Jr.. | | | | Political family:Allenfamily of Northfield, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Meigs County,Tenn. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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. | | Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842-1896) — also known asArthur C. Mellette — of Watertown,CodingtonCounty, S.Dak.Born inHenryCounty, Ind.,June 23,1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1871-75;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1889;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1889-93.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons.Died in Pittsburg,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,May 25,1896 (age53 years, 337days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.  | Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known asAndrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March24, 1855.Republican.Banker;co-founder,Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became CarnegieMellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1920,1924(speaker),1928;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1932-33.Episcopalian.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August26, 1937 (age82 years, 155days).Original interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment atTrinityEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married1900 to NoraMcMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who marriedDavidKirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle ofWilliamLarimer Mellon; granduncle ofRichardMellon Scaife. | | | | Political family:Bruce-Mellonfamily of Virginia. | | | | Cross-reference:J.McKenzie Moss | | | | Carnegie MellonUniversity,inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, is partlynamed for him. —Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at HarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —FederalReserve History | | | | Books about Andrew Mellon: DavidCannadine,Mellon: An American Life | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
| | Michel Brindamour Menard (1805-1858) — also known asM. B. Menard — of Texas. Born in Laprairie,Quebec,December5, 1805.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Liberty, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1840-42.One of the founders of the city of Galveston. Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,September2, 1858 (age52 years, 271days).Interment atOldCatholic Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. | | Pierre Menard (1766-1844) — Born in1766.Whig. Member ofIndianaterritorial legislature, 1803-09; member ofIllinoisterritorial legislature, 1812;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1818-22; Whig candidate for PresidentialElector for Illinois,1832.Died in1844(ageabout78 years).Interment atFortKaskaskia, Kaskaskia, Ill. | | Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky,1809.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39.Died in1841(ageabout32 years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in1893 atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | David Meriwether (1755-1822) — of Georgia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,March27, 1755.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1797-1800;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1797-1800;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02,1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia,1816;Presidential Elector for Georgia,1820.Died near Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1822 (age67 years, 234days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Schuyler Merritt (1853-1953) — of Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1853.Republican.Manufacturer;banker;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1908(alternate),1916;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37;defeated, 1930, 1936.Episcopalian.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April 1,1953 (age99 years, 106days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Stamford, Conn. | | 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. | | Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855) — also known as"Old Stonehammer" — of Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,March20, 1780.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-16;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1819-28 (4th District 1819-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-28); resigned 1828;Governor ofKentucky, 1828-32; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention fromKentucky, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, BallotingCommittee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1848-49.Slaveowner. During an epidemic, died ofcholera,near Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.,August18, 1855 (age75 years, 151days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Nicholas County, Ky. | | 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.  | Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January10, 1744.Democrat.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75, 1782-84;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1788-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1790-99.Lutheran.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,January20, 1800 (age56 years, 10days).Interment atTrinityLutheran Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa. | | 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. | | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806-1856) — of Georgia. Born in1806.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1838-56.Died in1856(ageabout50 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Miller (1776-1851) — Born in Peterborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,April25, 1776.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1819-24; electedU.S.Representative from New Hampshire 1824, but never took office.Died, following a series ofstrokes,at Temple,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,July 7,1851 (age75 years, 73days).Burial location unknown. | | John Miller (1781-1846) — of Franklin,HowardCounty, Mo.; Florissant,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born near Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),November25, 1781.Newspapereditor and publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of1812;Governor ofMissouri, 1826-32;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43.Died in Florissant,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,March18, 1846 (age64 years, 113days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | 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. | | William Read Miller (1823-1887) — of Arkansas. Born inIndependenceCounty, Ark.,November23, 1823.Governorof Arkansas, 1877-81.DiedNovember29, 1887 (age64 years, 6days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | John T. Mills (1817-1871) — of Texas. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November12, 1817.Justiceof Texas Republic supreme court, 1839-40, 1842-45; district judgein Texas, 1846-50.DiedNovember30, 1871 (age54 years, 18days).Interment atMarshallCemetery, Marshall, Tex.  | Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) — also known asRoger Q. Mills — of Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.Born inToddCounty, Ky.,March30, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4thDistrict 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1892-99.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Corsicana,NavarroCounty, Tex.,September2, 1911 (age79 years, 156days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Corsicana, Tex. | | Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) — also known asThomas E. Millsop — of Weirton,HancockCounty, W.Va.Born in Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.,December4, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;steelexecutive;mayorof Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; Republican candidate for PresidentialElector for West Virginia,1948;delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia,1952.Scottishancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Jesters;Lions;Moose;Eagles;Rotary;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Died, following aheartattack, in Weirton,HancockCounty, W.Va.,September12, 1967 (age68 years, 282days).Interment atChestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa. | | John Milton (c.1740-1817) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C., about 1740.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1777-99; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1789;received 2 electoral votes,1789;mayorof Augusta, Ga., 1792.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in1817(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ephraim Miner (b. 1833) — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1833.Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | Nelson Miner (1827-1879) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1827.MemberDakota territorial council, 1870-73, 1877-79; died in office 1879.Died in1879(ageabout52 years).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) — also known asThomas T. Minor — of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Wash.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (nowSriLanka),February20, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;physician;one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and EasternRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,1880;mayorof Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.Member,Freemasons.Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on aduck hutingtrip, and wasneverheard from again; presumeddrownedin awatercraftaccident, inPugetSound,December2, 1889 (age45 years, 285days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains werenotfound.| | Relatives: Sonof Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married,August20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather ofThomasMinor Pelly. | | | | Political family:Moriarty-Minorfamily of Seattle, Washington. | | | | The T.T. MinorSchool(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovatedand reopened 2016), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed for him. — MinorAvenue,inSeattle,Washington, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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. | | Sam Winn Mitchell (1872-1955) — also known asSam W. Mitchell — of Montana. Born in Yorkshire,England,February9, 1872.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Montana, 1933-55; died in office 1955.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,June 25,1955 (age83 years, 136days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont.  | 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 for him. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
|  | Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) — also known asGideon C. Moody — of Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born in Cortland,CortlandCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75;Speakerof the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from DakotaTerritory Territory,1868;justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83;U.S.Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March17, 1904 (age71 years, 153days).Cremated. | | Alfred Moore (1755-1810) — ofBrunswickCounty, N.C.Born inNew HanoverCounty, N.C.,May 21,1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1782;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1782-91; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1792; superior court judge in NorthCarolina, 1798-99;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1799-1804; resigned 1804.Episcopalian.Died inBladenCounty, N.C.,October15, 1810 (age55 years, 147days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Winnabow, N.C. | | William Moore — of Tennessee. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1825-27.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Robert Morehead Jr. (1836-1921) — of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Richmond,RayCounty, Mo.,February28, 1836.Banker;mayorof El Paso, Tex., 1903-05.Died in El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,December15, 1921 (age85 years, 290days).Interment atEvergreenAlameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex. | | James Turner Morehead (1797-1854) — also known asJames T. Morehead — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born near Shepherdsville,BullittCounty, Ky.,May 24,1797.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1828;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1832-34;Governor ofKentucky, 1834-36;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1841-47.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,December28, 1854 (age57 years, 218days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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. | | Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) — also known asD. W. Morehouse — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.,February22, 1876.Astronomer;universityprofessor;president,Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate fordelegateto Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Disciplesof Christ. Member,SigmaXi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,January21, 1941 (age64 years, 334days).Cremated;ashes interred atDrake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa.| | Relatives: Sonof Aaron P. Morehouse and Sabra Ann (Burlison) Morehouse; married,June 9,1903, to Myrtl May Slayton. | | | | CometMorehouse (which he discovered in 1908) isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) — of Virginia. Born inHunterdonCounty, N.J.,1736.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.Presbyterian.Welshancestry.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 6,1802 (ageabout 66years).Original interment atOldStone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reintermentatMt.Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue atMorganSquare, Spartanburg, S.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. | | Lewis Render Morgan (1913-2001) — also known asLewis R. Morgan — ofTroupCounty, Ga.Born in LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.,July 14,1913.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Troup County, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1961-68;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1968-78; tooksenior status 1978;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-2001; died inoffice 2001.Died in LaGrange,TroupCounty, Ga.,November15, 2001 (age88 years, 124days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool,England,January31, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.Imprisonedfordebt fromFebruary 1798 to August 1801.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1806 (age72 years, 97days).Entombed atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue atIndependenceNational Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Morris (1776-1844) — of Bethel,ClermontCounty, Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania,1776.Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806-08, 1810, 1820-21;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1809; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15, 1821-23, 1825-29, 1831-33;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1833-39; Liberty candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1844.Died in1844(ageabout68 years).Interment atFirstBethel Cemetery, Bethel, Ohio. | | Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) — also known asDwight W. Morrow — of Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.,January11, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;banker;U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1927-30;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; died in office 1931.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage, and died soon after, in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,October5, 1931 (age58 years, 267days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Englewood, N.J. | | Jackson L. Morrow — of Oregon. Member ofOregonterritorial legislature, 1850.Burial location unknown. | | Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852) — of Montgomery,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born near Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,October6, 1771.Democrat. Member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1801-02;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1802; member ofOhiostate senate, 1803, 1827;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1803-13, 1840-43 (at-large 1803-13, 4thDistrict 1840-43);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1813-19; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins);Governor ofOhio, 1822-26; defeated, 1820; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1829, 1835.Died near Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,March22, 1852 (age80 years, 168days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Symmes Township, Warren County, Ohio. | | Wayne Lyman Morse (1900-1974) — also known asWayne L. Morse — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born in Verona,DaneCounty, Wis.,October20, 1900.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1945-69; defeated (Democratic), 1968, 1972;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon,1952;member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1955; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1960;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1964.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Americansfor Democratic Action.Was actively engaged incampaigningfor U.S. Senate when he died, in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,July 22,1974 (age73 years, 275days).Interment atRestHaven Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore. | | 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.  | Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) — also known asLevi P. Morton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,May 16,1824.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;banker;financier;U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; defeated,1876; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1881-85;VicePresident of the United States, 1889-93;Governor ofNew York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1896.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;UnionLeague.Died in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1920 (age96 years, 0days).Interment atRhinebeckCemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) — also known asOliver P. Morton — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salisbury,WayneCounty, Ind.,August4, 1823.Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1861;Governor ofIndiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1876.Hislegs wereparalyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered anotherstroke in1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November1, 1877 (age54 years, 89days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue atVicksburgNational Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; statue atStatehouseGrounds, Indianapolis, Ind. | | 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. | | George Richard Moscone (1929-1978) — also known asGeorge Moscone — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November24, 1929.Democrat. Candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1960; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1966-75 (10th District 1966-74, 6th District1974-75); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1968,1972;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978.Shotandkilled,along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in hisofficein San FranciscoCityHall,SanFrancisco, Calif.,November27, 1978 (age49 years, 3days).Interment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Frank Edward Moss (1911-2003) — also known asFrank E. Moss;Ted Moss;"TheConscience of the Senate" —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Holladay,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September23, 1911.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Utah,1952(alternate),1972;candidate forGovernor ofUtah, 1956;U.S.Senator from Utah, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.Mormon. Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions.Died, frompneumonia,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,January29, 2003 (age91 years, 128days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | 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. | | Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) — also known asCharles S. Mott;C. S. Mott — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 2,1875.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate inRepublican primary forGovernor ofMichigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1924,1940;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1964.Episcopalian.Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Elks;Moose;Kiwanis;Rotary.Vice-president ofGeneralMotors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart MottFoundation.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,February18, 1973 (age97 years, 261days).Entombed atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich. | | Junius William Mottley (1812-1836) — also known asWilliam Mottley — of Texas. Born in1812.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Goliad, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence.Killedat the battle of San Jacinto,HarrisCounty, Tex.,April21, 1836 (ageabout 23years).Interment atSanJacinto Park Cemetery, La Porte, Tex. | | William Moultrie (1730-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,November23, 1730.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1783-84;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1784;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1787-92.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,September27, 1805 (age74 years, 308days).Original interment atWindsor Hill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in1977 atFortMoultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph atSt.James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard, Goose Creek, S.C. | | John E. Mower — ofWashingtonCounty, Minn.MemberMinnesota territorial council 1st District, 1854-55; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 22, 1875.Burial location unknown. | | Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) — also known asPat Moynihan — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.; New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.; Pindars Corners,DelawareCounty, N.Y.Born in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,March16, 1927.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;politicalscientist;universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1960(alternate),1984,1988,1996,2000;U.S. Ambassador toIndia, 1973-75; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1975-76;U.S.Senator from New York, 1977-.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, ofinfectionfrom a rupturedappendix,inWashington,D.C.,March26, 2003 (age76 years, 10days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives:Married,May 29,1955, to Elizabeth Therese Brennan. | | | | Cross-reference:JohnWestergaard —DanMaffei | | | | The Danel Patrick MoynihanU.S.Courthouse (opened 1996), at Foley Square,Manhattan,New York, isnamed for him. — The MoynihanTrainHall (opened 2021), an expansion of Penn Station,Manhattan,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Milesto Go: A Personal History of Social Policy (1997) —Onthe Law of Nations (1990) —Secrecy: The American Experience (1998) —Pandaemonium:Ethnicity in International Politics (1993) —MaximumFeasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty(1970) | | | | Books about Daniel Patrick Moynihan:Godfrey Hodgson,TheGentleman From New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- ABiography — Robert A. Katzmann,DanielPatrick Moynihan: The Intellectual in Public Life |
| | Henry Andrew Mucci (1911-1997) — also known asHenry A. Mucci;"Hero ofCabanatuan" —of Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Bridgeport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,March 4,1911.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famedraid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines whichrescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March;automobiledealer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.Catholic.Italianancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died, of astroke,in Melbourne,BrevardCounty, Fla.,April20, 1997 (age86 years, 47days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y. | | John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — of Virginia; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Trappe,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October12, 1746.Democrat.Pastor;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801);delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790;Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1796;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1802-07.Lutheran;laterEpiscopalian.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1807 (age60 years, 354days).Interment atAugustusLutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa. | | Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) — also known asHenry L. Muldrow — of Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.Born inClayCounty, Miss.,February8, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; district attorney,6th District, 1869-71; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1875-76;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1877-85;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,1892(ConventionVice-President); chancellor, 1st District, 1899-1905.Died in Starkville,OktibbehaCounty, Miss.,March 1,1905 (age68 years, 21days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Starkville, Miss. | | José Luis Alberto Muñoz=Marin(1898-1980) —also known asLuis Muñoz=Marin;"Father ofModern Puerto Rico" —Born in Old San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,February18, 1898.Author;Governorof Puerto Rico, 1949-65.PuertoRican ancestry.Died in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,April30, 1980 (age82 years, 72days).Entombed atMausoleo Luis Muñoz Rivera, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico.| | Relatives: SonofLuisMuñoz=Rivera and Amalia Marin=Castilla; married,July 1,1919, to Muna Lee; father ofVictoriaMelo=Muñoz. | | | | Political family:Munozfamily. | | | | The Luis Muñoz MarínInternationalAirport(opened 1955 as Puerto Rico International Airport, renamed 1985), inCarolina,Puerto Rico, isnamed for him. — LuisMuñoz MarínHighSchool, inBarranquitas,Puerto Rico, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alfred Paul Murrah (1904-1975) — also known asAlfred P. Murrah — of Oklahoma. Born in Tishomingo,JohnstonCounty, Okla.,October27, 1904.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1937-40;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1940-70.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;Freemasons.Died, in UniversityHospital,Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,October30, 1975 (age71 years, 3days).Interment atFairlawnCemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) — of Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,February5, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;chair ofAnderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in AndersonCounty, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the publicsquare of Anderson, S.C., he wasshotat byJohnBrown Moore, andfiredback, injuring Moore;chargesagainst him were dismissed; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.Baptist.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Drownedwhile rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond, Anderson,AndersonCounty, S.C.,July 7,1894 (age40 years, 152days).Interment atSilver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C. | | Eli Huston Murray (1843-1896) — also known asEli H. Murray — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,February10, 1843.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1872;Governorof Utah Territory, 1880-86.Died ofdiabetes,in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,November18, 1896 (age53 years, 282days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Thomas W. Murray (1790-1832) — of Georgia. Born in1790.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1818.Died in1832(ageabout42 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Henry David Murray (1869-1956) — also known asWilliam H. Murray;"AlfalfaBill";"Cocklebur Bill";"BoliviaBill";"The Sage of Tishomingo" —of Tishomingo,JohnstonCounty, Okla.Born near Collinsville,GraysonCounty, Tex.,November21, 1869.Democrat. Candidate forTexasstate senate, 1890;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; member ofOklahomastate house of representatives, 1907-09; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Oklahoma,1912(speaker),1916;U.S.Representative from Oklahoma, 1913-17 (at-large 1913-15, 4thDistrict 1915-17); defeated, 1940;Governor ofOklahoma, 1931-35; defeated in primary, 1918, 1938; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1932;candidate forU.S.Senator from Oklahoma, 1942.Member,Freemasons.DiedOctober15, 1956 (age86 years, 329days).Interment atTishomingoCemetery, Tishomingo, Okla. | | William Pitt Murray (c.1825-1910) — also known asWilliam P. Murray;BillMurray —of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio, about 1825.Member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1852-53, 1857;memberMinnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1854-55;Presidentof the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1855;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 1, 1863, 1868; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1866-67, 1875-76 (1st District 1866-67, 23rdDistrict 1875-76).Irishancestry.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,June 20,1910 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown. | | Albinus Nance (1848-1911) — of Osceola,PolkCounty, Neb.; Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in La Fayette,StarkCounty, Ill.,March30, 1848.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1875-78;Speaker ofthe Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1877-78; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nebraska,1876;Governorof Nebraska, 1879-83; president, OsceolaBank andStromsburgBank,1879-88.Congregationalist.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December6, 1911 (age63 years, 251days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb. | | 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. | | Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born inPrinceEdward County, Va.,1742.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War.Welshancestry.During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit bycannonballandmusketshot, wasmortallywounded, and died soon after, inMontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October7, 1777 (ageabout 35years).Interment atTowamencinMennonite Churchyard, Near Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pa. | | William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) — also known asWilliam H. Natcher — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.,September11, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;WarrenCounty Attorney, 1938-50; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; commonwealth attorney,8th District, 1951-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1953-94; died inoffice 1994.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Kiwanis;OddFellows.Died, in theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March29, 1994 (age84 years, 199days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher; married,June 17,1937, to Virginia Reardon. | | | | The William H. NatcherFederalBuilding andU.S.Courthouse, inBowlingGreen, Kentucky, isnamed for him. — TheWilliam H. NatcherParkway(opened 1972 as the Green River Parkway; renamed 1994; redesignated2018 as Interstate 165, without the Natcher name), which ran throughWarren,Butler,Ohio,andDaviesscounties, Kentucky, wasnamed for him. — TheWilliam H. NatcherBridge(opened 2002), which takes U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River,betweenDaviessCounty, Kentucky andSpencerCounty, Indiana, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier |
| | José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) — of Texas. Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,February27, 1795.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Bexar, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-49.Catholic.Member,Freemasons.DiedJanuary13, 1871 (age75 years, 320days).Interment atSanFernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Tex.; statue atNavarroCounty Courthouse Grounds, Corsicana, Tex. | | Nelson E. Nelson — of Pembina,PembinaCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Pembina,PembinaCounty, N.Dak.Born inNorway.Republican.MemberDakota territorial council, 1881-82; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1884;U.S.Collector of Customs at Pembina, N.Dak., North Dakota, 1891.Norwegianancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738-1789) — of Virginia. Born in Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,December26, 1738.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-77, 1779-80;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;Governor ofVirginia, 1781.Member,Freemasons.Died inHanoverCounty, Va.,January4, 1789 (age50 years, 9days).Interment atGraceChurchyard, Yorktown, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.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. | | William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938) — also known asWilliam C. Newland;WillNewland —of Lenoir,CaldwellCounty, N.C.Born in Marion,McDowellCounty, N.C.,October8, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1881-82;mayor ofLenoir, N.C., 1887-88, 1901-02; resigned 1902; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County,1889-90, 1903-04; candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1904;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1909-13; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1912,1928.Methodist.DiedNovember18, 1938 (age78 years, 41days).Intermentsomewherein Lenoir, N.C. | | Daniel Newnan (c.1780-1851) — of McDonough,HenryCounty, Ga.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C., about 1780.Planter;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Walker County (part now inCatoosaCounty), Ga.,January16, 1851 (ageabout 71years).Interment atNewnanSprings Churchyard, Newnan Springs, Ga. | | George Newton (1810-1883) — of Volinia,CassCounty, Mich.Born inPrebleCounty, Ohio,August10, 1810.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1858-59.Englishancestry.Died in Volinia,CassCounty, Mich.,January23, 1883 (age72 years, 166days).Interment atCrane Cemetery, Volinia, Mich. | | Thomas Willoughby Newton (1804-1853) — also known asThomas W. Newton — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born inAlexandria,Va.,January18, 1804.Whig. Member ofArkansasstate senate, 1844-48;U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1847; defeated, 1848.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1853 (age49 years, 247days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Harry Whinna Nice (1877-1941) — also known asHarry W. Nice — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,December5, 1877.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1936;Governorof Maryland, 1935-39; defeated, 1919, 1938; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1936;candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1940.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Grotto;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Moose;JuniorOrder;Elks;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;Knightsof Khorassan.Died inRichmond,Va.,February25, 1941 (age63 years, 82days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | George Nicholas (1753-1799) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,August11, 1753.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbemarleCounty, 1788;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1789, 1793;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1792.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 25,1799 (age45 years, 348days).Interment atOldEpiscopal Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) and Ann (Cary) Nicholas; brother ofElizabeth Nicholas (who marriedEdmundJenings Randolph),WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; married to Mary Smith; father ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Henrietta Morrison Nicholas (whomarriedRichardHawes); uncle ofPeytonRandolph; granduncle ofPeterMyndert Dox andEdmundRandolph; great-grandfather ofHarryBartow Hawes; great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; second great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; second cousin ofCarterBassett Harrison andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin once removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); second cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); second cousin thrice removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; third cousin ofBurwellBassett; third cousin twice removed ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesLawrence Blair,FrancisPreston Blair Lee andGistBlair. | | | | Political family:Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Nicholas County,Ky. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofNicholasville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761-1820) — also known asWilson C. Nicholas — ofCharlottesville,Va.Born in Virginia,January31, 1761.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-88, 1789, 1794-1800;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AlbemarleCounty, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1799-1804;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1807-09 (21st District 1807-09,20th District 1809);Governor ofVirginia, 1814-16.Slaveowner. DiedOctober10, 1820 (age59 years, 253days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.  | Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) — also known asFrancis T. Nicholls — of Napoleonville,AssumptionParish, La.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Donaldsonville,AscensionParish, La.,August20, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost anarm in the battle of Winchester, Va.;lost afoot at Chancellorsville;Governor ofLouisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92;chiefjustice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed1892;justice ofLouisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911.Died near Thibodaux,LafourcheParish, La.,January4, 1912 (age77 years, 137days).Entombed atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La. | | Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) — also known asEugene H. Nickerson — of Roslyn Harbor,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,August2, 1918.Democrat.Lawyer; lawclerk for U.S. Circuit JudgeAugustusN. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court JusticeHarlanF. Stone, 1944-46;NassauCounty Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1964,1968,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1968;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.Hisright armwas paralyzed by polio in his youth.Died, from complications ofulcersurgery, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January1, 2002 (age83 years, 152days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y. | | 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. | | Pat Nixon (1912-1993) — also known asThelma Catherine Ryan;"Starlight" —of California. Born in Ely,White PineCounty, Nev.,March16, 1912.Republican.Schoolteacher;Second Ladyof the United States, 1953-61;honored guest, Republican National Convention,1956 ;First Ladyof the United States, 1969-74;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.Female.Protestant.IrishandGermanancestry.Died, fromlungcancer, in Park Ridge,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 22,1993 (age81 years, 98days).Interment atRichardNixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.| | Relatives:Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;married,June 21,1940, toRichardMilhous Nixon. | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Patricia NixonElementarySchool (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), inCerritos,California, isnamed for her. — Pat NixonPark(established 1969), inCerritos,California, isnamed for her. | | | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speakyour language, they can tell if you have love in yourheart." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | James Noble (1785-1831) — of Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.Born near Berryville,ClarkeCounty, Va.,December16, 1785.Lawyer;member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1813-14;memberIndiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,1815;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,February26, 1831 (age45 years, 72days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | John Willock Noble (1831-1912) — also known asJohn W. Noble — of Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa;St.Louis, Mo.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,October26, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,March22, 1912 (age80 years, 148days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble; married1864 toLizabeth Halstead. | | | | Noble County,Okla. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: History of Iowa(1903) |
| | | William H. Nobles (1816-1876) — of Minnesota. Born in New York,1816.Member ofMinnesotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1854, 1856 (6th District1854, 2nd District 1856); served in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December28, 1876 (ageabout 60years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — ThecityofNorris,Tennessee, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS George W. Norris (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; wrecked and lost in theNorthPacific Ocean, 1946) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about George Norris: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1961) |
| | Stephen Friel Nuckolls (1825-1879) — of Linden,ClayCounty, Mo.; Nebraska City,OtoeCounty, Neb.; Cheyenne,LaramieCounty, Wyo.; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born inGraysonCounty, Va.,August16, 1825.Democrat.Merchant;member ofNebraskaterritorial legislature, 1859;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1869-71;memberWyoming territorial council, 1871.Founder of Nebraska City, Nebraska. Slaveowner. Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,February14, 1879 (age53 years, 182days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (b. 1938) — also known asSam Nunn — of Perry,HoustonCounty, Ga.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,September8, 1938.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1969-72;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Georgia,1996.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Theta.Still living as of 2014. | | 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. | | Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (b. 1961) — also known asBarack Obama;"The Messiah";"Renegade";"The LoinKing" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,August4, 1961.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate senate 13th District, 1997-2004; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,2004(speaker),2008;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 2005-08; resigned 2008;Presidentof the United States, 2009-17; received theNobelPeace Prize in 2009.UnitedChurch of Christ.Kenyanancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives: Sonof Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama; married,October18, 1992, toMichelleLaVaughn Robinson. | | | | Cross-reference:JoeWilson —PhilipJ. Berg —RodBlagojevich —TimothyW. Jones | | | | Barack ObamaElementarySchool (formerly J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School; renamed 2018),inRichmond,Virginia, isnamed for him. —AvingudaBarack Obama, inNáquera,Spain, isnamed for him. — Barack ObamaDrive,inDares Salaam, Tanzania, isnamed for him. —MountObama (now and previously Boggy Peak), in the Shekerley Mountains,Antigua,wasnamed for him from 2009 to 2016. | | | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Yes WeCan!" | | | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Change We CanBelieve In." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Barack Obama:Dreamsfrom My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance(2004) —TheAudacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaimig the American Dream(2006) | | | | Books about Barack Obama: SteveDougherty,Hopesand Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — David Mendell,Obama:From Promise to Power — John K. Wilson,BarackObama: This Improbable Quest — Shelby Steele,ABound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can'tWin — Joseph Vogel,TheObama Movement: Why Barack Obama Speaks to America'sYouth — Jodi Kantor,TheObamas — David Maraniss,BarackObama: The Making of the Man — Jonathan Alter,ThePromise: President Obama, Year One — Pete Souza,TheRise of Barack Obama — Jonathan Alter,TheCenter Holds: Obama and His Enemies — Chuck Todd,TheStranger: Barack Obama in the White House | | | | Critical books about Barack Obama:Webster Griffin Tarpley,Obama- The Postmodern Coup: Making of a ManchurianCandidate — Gordon Heslop,TheHope of Audacity: Barack Obama, A Bad Choice — EdwardKlein,TheAmateur: Barack Obama in the White House — MichelleMalkin,Cultureof Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, andCronies — David Limbaugh,TheGreat Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic —David Limbaugh,CrimesAgainst Liberty: An Indictment of President BarackObama — Dinesh D'Souza,TheRoots of Obama's Rage — David Freddoso,GangsterGovernment: Barack Obama and the New WashingtonThugocracy — Stanley Kurtz,Radical-in-Chief:Barack Obama and the Untold Story of AmericanSocialism — Jerome R. Corsi,TheObama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult ofPersonality — Jack Cashill,DeconstructingObama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First PostmodernPresident — Kate Obenshain,Divider-in-Chief:The Fraud of Hope and Change — Dinesh D'Souza,Obama'sAmerica: Unmaking the American Dream — Dinesh D'Souza,TheRoots of Obama's Rage — Phyllis Schlafly & GeorgeNeumayr,NoHigher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom |
| | Michelle Obama (b. 1964) — also known asMichelle LaVaughn Robinson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January17, 1964.Democrat.Lawyer;speaker, Democratic National Convention,2008,2012,2016,2020;FirstLady of the United States, 2009-17.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2024.| | Relatives:Daughter of Fraser Robinson III and Marian (Shields) Robinson;married,October18, 1992, toBarackHussein Obama Jr.. | | | | The Michelle ObamaLibrary,inLongBeach, California, isnamed for her. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Michelle Obama: JodiKantor,TheObamas — Rachel L. Swarns,AmericanTapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors ofMichelle Obama — Mary Tomer,Mrs.O: The Face of Fashion Democracy — Liza Mundy,Michelle:A Biography |
| | 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. | | Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004) — also known asDonal Neil O'Callaghan — of Henderson,ClarkCounty, Nev.Born in La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.,September10, 1929.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hit bya mortar round andlost hislower left leg; legislative aide to U.S. Sen.HowardW. Cannon;Governor ofNevada, 1971-79; executive editor,Las Vegas Sunnewspaper.Catholic.Suffered aheartattack at St. Viator CatholicChurch,and died soon after in ahospital,Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,March 5,2004 (age74 years, 177days).Interment atSouthernNevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.  | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (b. 1989) — also known asSandy Ocasio;"AOC" —Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1989.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 19th District, 2019-.Female.Catholic.PuertoRican ancestry.She is theyoungestwoman ever to serve in the U.S. Congress NAMESAKES: Theminorplanet (asteroid)23238 Ocasio-Cortez (discovered 2000),isnamed for her.Still living as of 2024. | | William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867) — of Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October18, 1811.Judge of Texas Republic, 1842;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1845-46;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1859, 1866;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,December27, 1867 (age56 years, 70days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Jefferson, Tex. | | Stephen Cornelius O'Connell (1916-2001) — also known asStephen C. O'Connell — of Florida. Born in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,January22, 1916.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1955-67; appointed 1955;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1966-67;firstCatholic to win a statewide election in Florida, 1956;president,University of Florida, 1967-73.Catholic.Died, ofcancer,in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April13, 2001 (age85 years, 81days).Burial location unknown.  | Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) — also known asTasker L. Oddie — ofNyeCounty, Nev.; Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;real estatebusiness;miningbusiness;NyeCounty District Attorney, 1900-02; member ofNevadastate senate, 1904-08;Governor ofNevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918;U.S.Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nevada,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1932,1940(alternate).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February17, 1950 (age79 years, 120days).Interment atLoneMountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev. | | Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) — also known asJacqueline C. Odlum;Jackie Odlum;Bessie Lee Pittman;Jacqueline Cochran —Born in Muscogee,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,May 11,1906.Republican.Beautician;airplanepilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots forduty ferrying supplies; she was thefirstwoman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, thefirstwoman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement tonominateDwightD. Eisenhower for president;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected toAviationHall ofFame, 1971.Female.Died in Indio,RiversideCounty, Calif.,August7, 1980 (age74 years, 88days).Interment atCoachellaValley Public Cemetery, Coachella, Calif. | | William Butler Ogden (1805-1877) — also known asWilliam B. Ogden — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; New York, New York County (part now in Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.Born in Walton,DelawareCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1805.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1835;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1837-38; member ofIllinoisstate senate 1st District, 1861-62; president, Union PacificRailroad,1862-63.Died in New York, New York County (part now in Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,August3, 1877 (age72 years, 49days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) — Born inFranklinCounty, Tenn.,July 19,1813.Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives, 1853; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1859;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died oftyphoidfever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 8,1868 (age54 years, 294days).Original interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 atBrooksideMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known asRansom E. Olds — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Geneva,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,June 3,1864.Republican. Founder in 1897 of OldsMotorVehicle Company, maker of thefirstcommercially successful American-madeautomobile;founder in 1905 of the REOMotor CarCompany (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division ofGeneralMotors, and Reo became part oftruckmanufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of severalhotels;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 84days).Entombed atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married,June 5,1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed ofMartinOlds. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | OldsHall(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed for him. — ThecityofOldsmar,Florida, isnamed for him. — R. E. OldsPark,on the waterfront inOldsmar,FLorida, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Kemble Oliver — also known asHenry K. Oliver — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Massachusettsstate treasurer, 1861-66; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1873;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1877-80.Burial location unknown. | | David Olmsted (1822-1861) — also known asDavid Olmstead — ofClaytonCounty, Iowa; Belle Prairie,MorrisonCounty, Minn.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Fairfax,FranklinCounty, Vt.,May 5,1822.Democrat.Newspaperwork;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Clayton County,1846;mayorof St. Paul, Minn., 1854-55.Died in Fairfax,FranklinCounty, Vt.,February2, 1861 (age38 years, 273days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for her. — JacquelineBouvier Kennedy OnassisHall,at George WashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C., isnamed for her. — Jacqueline KennedyOnassisReservoir,in CentralPark,Manhattan,New York, isnamed for her. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Edward Asbury O'Neal (1818-1890) — also known asEdward A. O'Neal — of Alabama. Born inMadisonCounty, Ala.,September21, 1818.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875;Governor ofAlabama, 1882-86.Died in Florence,LauderdaleCounty, Ala.,November7, 1890 (age72 years, 47days).Interment atCityCemetery, Florence, Ala.  | Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr. (1912-1994) — also known asThomas P. O'Neill, Jr.;"Tip" —of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December9, 1912.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1937-52;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1949-52;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1952,1960,1964;Honorary Chair,1984;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District1953-63, 8th District 1963-87);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1977-87.Catholic.Irishancestry.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1991.Died, ofcardiacarrest, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January5, 1994 (age81 years, 27days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Harwich Port, Harwich, Mass.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill; married,June 17,1941, to Mildred Anne Miller; father ofThomasP. O'Neill III. | | | | The O'NeillTunnel(opened 2003), which carries Interstate 93, Highway 1, and Route 3,inBoston,Massachusetts, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile | | | | Books by Thomas P. O'Neill:Manof the House : The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker TipO'Neill (1989) | | | | Books about Thomas P. O'Neill: JohnAloysius Farrell,TipO' Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography —Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked | | | | Image source: Public Officers ofMassachusetts, 1979-80 |
| | Miguel Antonio Otero II (1859-1944) — also known asMiguel A. Otero — of Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.; Ancon, Canal Zone (nowPanama).Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,October17, 1859.Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,1892,1900,1904;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1897-1906;treasurerof New Mexico Territory, 1909-11; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Canal Zone,1920,1924;member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1920-24;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New Mexico, 1920.Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Santa Fe,Santa FeCounty, N.M.,August7, 1944 (age84 years, 295days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. | | Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1765.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1796, 1803-05;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,1814;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1823;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1829-32.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October28, 1848 (age83 years, 20days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelAllyne Otis and Elizabeth (Gray) Otis; married,May 31,1790, to Sally Foster; nephew ofJosephOtis; grandfather ofJamesOtis (1836-1898); second great-grandfather ofRobertHelyer Thayer; second cousin once removed ofNathanielFreeman Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFessenden andCharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden; second cousin thrice removed ofAlbertClinton Griswold; third cousin ofAsahelOtis; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminLincoln,OranGray Otis,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,Asa H.Otis,JohnOtis,WilliamShaw Chandler Otis,DavidPerry Otis,HarrisF. Otis,JamesOtis (1826-1875) andHarrisonGray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin twice removed ofCharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,GeorgeLorenzo Otis,JohnGrant Otis,NortonPrentiss Otis,LaurenFord Otis andCharlesEugene Otis; fourth cousin ofChillusDoty; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDuane Doty,GeorgeBailey Loring andAbrahamLansing. | | | | Political families:Otisfamily of Boston, Massachusetts;Otisfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofHarrison,Maine, isnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:HarrisonGray Otis Blake | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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. | | Oswald Ottendorfer (1826-1900) — also known asValentin Oswald Ottendorfer — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Zwittau, Moravia (now Svitavy,Czechia),February28, 1826.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1864;Liberal Democratic candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1874; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1884;Gold Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Austrianancestry.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1900 (age74 years, 290days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Gary M. Owen (b. 1944) — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inLawrenceCounty, Ala.,September9, 1944.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 22nd District, 1973-88;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1983-88.Baptist.Member,Jaycees;PhiDelta Kappa.Still living as of 1995. | | 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. | | William Owsley (1782-1862) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,March24, 1782.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1810-11;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1812-28; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1832;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1835-36;Governor ofKentucky, 1844-48.Died inBoyleCounty, Ky.,December9, 1862 (age80 years, 260days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky.  | Henry Thomas Oxnard (1860-1922) — also known asHenry T. Oxnard — of Oxnard,VenturaCounty, Calif.; Upperville,FauquierCounty, Va.Born in Marseille,France,June22, 1860.Republican. President, later vice-president, AmericanBeet SugarCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1908.Died, from aheartattack, at the University Club, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1922 (age61 years, 351days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Oxnard and Louise Adeline (Brown) Oxnard; married,November15, 1900, to Marie Pichon. | | | | ThecityofOxnard,California, isnamed for him. | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, April 1902 |
| | Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) — also known asR. A. Packer — of Wysox,BradfordCounty, Pa.Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe),CarbonCounty, Pa.,November18, 1842.Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh ValleyRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1876,1880.Died, ofBright'sdisease, in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February20, 1883 (age40 years, 94days).Original interment atTiogaPoint Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in1884 atMauchChunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa. | | 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. | | Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) — also known asRalph Paiewonsky — of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,VirginIslands.Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (nowVirginIslands),November9, 1907.Democrat. Manager or president ofdistillery,movietheaters, aliquorstore and agiftshop; one of the organizers of the West IndiesBank andTrust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from VirginIslands,1940,1944(member,CredentialsCommittee; member,Platformand Resolutions Committee; member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee;speaker),1948,1952(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1956,1964,1980;member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;Governorof U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.Jewish. Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in St. ThomasHospital,St. Thomas,VirginIslands,November9, 1991 (age84 years, 0days).Entombed atAltona Jewish Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VirginIslands. | | 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.  | Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) — also known asCarroll W. Parcher;"Mr.Glendale" —of Tujunga, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Glendale,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,September13, 1903.Republican.Newspapereditor-publisher,columnist;candidate forCaliforniastate assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1952,1956(alternate);mayorof Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.Member,NativeSons of the Golden West;SigmaDelta Chi;Kiwanis.Died, ofcancer,in Glendale AdventistMedicalCenter, Glendale,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March31, 1992 (age88 years, 200days).Interment atGrand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | 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.  | 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 for him. — Draper ParkSchool(built 1912; converted to city hall 1972; sold 2017), inDraper,Utah, wasnamed for him. — Draper ParkMiddleSchool (built 2013), inDraper,Utah, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John R. Park (built 1943 atRichmond,California; torpedoed and lost in theEnglishChannel, 1945) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Salt Lake Herald,September 30, 1900 |
| | | Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) — of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.Born in New Jersey,September22, 1777.Lawyer;Indianaterritory attorney general, 1804-08; member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1805;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; resigned 1808;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35.Died in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,July 12,1835 (age57 years, 293days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Isaac Parker (1793-1883) — of Texas. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,April 7,1793.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40, 1842-43; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-53; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855-56.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,April14, 1883 (age90 years, 7days).Interment atTurnerCemetery, Near Weatherford, Parker County, Tex.  | Jessie M. Parker (1879-1959) — of Lake Mills,WinnebagoCounty, Iowa.Born inBlack HawkCounty, Iowa,February25, 1879.Republican.School teacherand principal;WinnebagoCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1915-27;Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1939-54.Female.Member,DeltaKappa Gamma;PhiTheta Kappa;Order of theEastern Star.Inducted into the Iowa Women'sHall ofFame, 1986.DiedMay 1,1959 (age80 years, 65days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of Frederick H. Parker and Martha J. (Knapp)Parker. | | | | The Jessie Parker StateOfficeBuilding, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed for her. | | | | Image source: Iowa Official Register1951-52 |
| | 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. | | Martin Parmer (1778-1850) — of Missouri; Texas. Born in Virginia,June 4,1778.Member ofMissouristate senate, 1824-25;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Tenaha, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of San Augustine, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Died inJasperCounty, Tex.,March 2,1850 (age71 years, 271days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Frank Pate Jr. — of Port St. Joe,GulfCounty, Fla.Born in Paul,ConecuhCounty, Ala.Mayorof Port St. Joe, Fla., 1966-97, 1999-2007.Baptist.Member,Rotary.Still living as of 2009. | | William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December24, 1745.Delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776;NewJersey state attorney general, 1776-83;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1790-93;chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Injured in ahorsedrawncoach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three yearslater, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1806 (age60 years, 259days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reintermentatAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; cenotaph atVanLiew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J. | | James N. Paul (1839-1922) — of St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.Born inBeaverCounty, Pa.,September23, 1839.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;surveyor;newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofNebraskastate senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,1901-17.Member,Freemasons.Died in St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.,March 9,1922 (age82 years, 167days).Burial location unknown. | | Nicholas Jay Paul (1841-1921) — also known asNicholas J. Paul — of St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.Born inMeigsCounty, Ohio,July 27,1841.Probate judge in Nebraska, 1872-75; member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1877;HowardCounty Treasurer, 1880-83;banker.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofapoplexy,at his desk in hisoffice,in St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.,July 18,1921 (age79 years, 356days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Edwin Wendell Pauley, Sr. (1903-1981) — also known asEdwin W. Pauley — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Indiana,January7, 1903.Democrat. President, FortunaPetroleum,and involved in otheroilcompanies; Regent, University of California, 1938-72;Treasurerof Democratic National Committee, 1944; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1944(speaker),1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1944-47; part owner of theLos Angeles Ramsfootballteam; director, WesternAirlines.DiedJuly 28,1981 (age78 years, 202days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | 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. | | Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) — also known as"The Maker of ModernTennessee" —of Clarksville,MontgomeryCounty, Tenn.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,June 1,1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1901-05;TennesseeDemocratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1916(HonoraryVice-President),1924;Governorof Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, at theGovernor'sResidence, Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,October2, 1927 (age51 years, 123days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Clarksville, Tenn. | | Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) — ofCarolineCounty, Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,September9, 1721.Planter;lawyer;justice of the peace;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1776;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1777;chiefjustice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died inoffice 1803;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CarolineCounty, 1788.Anglican.Died inRichmond,Va.,October23, 1803 (age82 years, 44days).Original interment atEdmundsburyGraveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 atBrutonParish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married,January21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married,January20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; granduncle ofPhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; great-granduncle ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; third great-granduncle ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed ofJohnPenn; first cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison andZacharyTaylor; first cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; first cousin four times removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andCharlesSumner Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamByrd III; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pendleton counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
 | 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 IILibertyshipSS George H. Pendleton (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1970) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Penn (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in theGreenlandSea, 1942) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) — also known asClaude Pepper — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.; Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.Born near Dudleyville,ChambersCounty, Ala.,September8, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1929-30;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Florida,1940(alternate),1944(alternate),1948(alternate),1960(alternate),1964,1968(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee,1944;speaker,1944,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11thDistrict 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); diedin office 1989.Baptist.Member,Moose;Woodmen;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis;American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiAlpha Delta;SigmaUpsilon;KappaAlpha Order;UnitedWorld Federalists.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1989.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 30,1989 (age88 years, 264days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984) — also known asCarl D. Perkins — of Hindman,KnottCounty, Ky.Born in Hindman,KnottCounty, Ky.,October15, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1940; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1949-84; died inoffice 1984.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August3, 1984 (age71 years, 293days).Interment atPerkinsCemetery, Leburn, Ky.  | 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. | | Madison Stark Perry (1814-1865) — also known asMadison S. Perry — of Florida. Born in Lancaster District (nowLancasterCounty), S.C.,1814.Democrat.Cottonplanter;Governor ofFlorida, 1857-61; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Died in Rochelle,AlachuaCounty, Fla., March,1865(ageabout50 years).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Near Micanopy, Alachua County, Fla. | | Matthew James Perry Jr. (1921-2011) — also known asMatthew J. Perry, Jr. — Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,August3, 1921.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1979-95; took senior status1995.Africanancestry.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 29,2011 (age89 years, 360days).Burial location unknown.  | John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) — also known asJohn J. Pershing;"BlackJack" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in Laclede,LinnCounty, Mo.,September13, 1860.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1920;his autobiography won thePulitzerPrize for history in 1932.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 15,1948 (age87 years, 306days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Lynn F. Pett (1940-2017) — of Murray,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Payson,UtahCounty, Utah,December20, 1940.Mayorof Murray, Utah, 1990-98.Died in Taylorsville,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September17, 2017 (age76 years, 271days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Jerry Lyle Pettis (1916-1975) — also known asJerry L. Pettis — of Loma Linda,SanBernardino County, Calif.Born in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,July 18,1916.Republican.U.S.Representative from California, 1967-75 (33rd District 1967-75,37th District 1975); died in office 1975.Seventh-DayAdventist.Died in aplanecrash near Banning,RiversideCounty, Calif.,February14, 1975 (age58 years, 211days).Interment atMontecitoMemorial Park, Colton, Calif. | | Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known asSpencer D. Pettis — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1802.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office1831.The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately aduel withMaj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fellmortallywounded; died the next day, inSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1831 (ageabout 29years).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) — also known asEdmund W. Pettus — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inLimestoneCounty, Ala.,July 6,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama,1855-58; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1876,1880,1884,1888,1892(speaker);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1897-1907; died in office 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,MadisonCounty, N.C.,July 27,1907 (age86 years, 21days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966) — Born in New Iberia,IberiaParish, La.,July 19,1872.Republican.Sugar caneplanter;engineer;manufacturer;bankdirector; candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1908.Methodist.Member,AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers.DiedOctober28, 1966 (age94 years, 101days).Interment atRose Hill Cemetery, New Iberia, La. | | 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 Smith Phelps (1814-1886) — also known asJohn S. Phelps — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December22, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5thDistrict 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1864;Governorof Missouri, 1877-81; defeated, 1868.Slaveowner. Died, in Sisters'Hospital,St.Louis, Mo.,November20, 1886 (age71 years, 333days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Springfield, Mo.| | Relatives: SonofElishaPhelps and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married1837 to MaryWhitney; grandson ofNoahPhelps; second cousin ofNormanA. Phelps; second cousin once removed ofWilliamWalter Phelps; second cousin twice removed ofSheffieldPhelps; second cousin thrice removed ofPhelpsPhelps; third cousin ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin once removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase,RufusPettibone,CharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; third cousin twice removed ofOliverEllsworth,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; fourth cousin ofParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),EdmundHolcomb,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,HiramBidwell Case,PeterAugustus Porter,SelahMerrill andTimothyE. Griswold. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Phelps County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
 | Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November29, 1811.Lawyer;abolitionist;orator;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).Englishancestry. Member,AmericanAnti-Slavery Society.Died, fromheartdisease, in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February2, 1884 (age72 years, 65days).Interment atMiltonCemetery, Milton, Mass.; statue erected 1915 atBoston Public Garden, Boston, Mass. | | Sir William Phips (1651-1695) — Born in Nequasset (now Woolwich),SagadahocCounty, Maine,February2,1651.Shipbuilder;hunter of sunken treasure;ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1692-94.Died inFebruary18,1695 (age44 years,16 days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James Phips and Mary Phips; married to Mary (Spencer)Hull. | | | | ThetownofPhippsburg,Maine, isnamed for him. |
| | Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914) — of Tennessee; New Mexico; Tombstone,CochiseCounty, Ariz.Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,August13, 1847.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1880.Died, fromcoloncancer, in Tombstone,CochiseCounty, Ariz.,July 12,1914 (age66 years, 333days).Intermentsomewherein Tombstone, Ariz. | | Owen Bradford Pickett (1930-2010) — also known asOwen B. Pickett — ofVirginiaBeach, Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,August31, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;accountant;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1972-86;VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1980-82;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1987-2001; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1996,2000.Member,American BarAssociation;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;Rotary;Lions;Freemasons;Shriners.Died inVirginiaBeach, Va.,October27, 2010 (age80 years, 57days).Interment atTaylorsville Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Va.  | Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) — also known as"Young Hickory";"YoungHickory of the Granite Hills";"The FaintingGeneral" —of Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Hillsborough,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,November23, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42;U.S.Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850;Presidentof the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1856.Episcopalian.Died in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,October8, 1869 (age64 years, 319days).Interment atOldNorth Cemetery, Concord, N.H.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminPierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of ElizabethAndrews Pierce (who marriedJohnMcNeil Jr.); married,November19, 1834, toJaneMeans Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who marriedTappanWentworth); granduncle of Frances McNeil (who marriedJohnMurray Corse); cousin by marriage ofDavidMeriwether; fourth cousin ofCharlesJohnson Aspinwall; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahSabin. | | | | Political family:Appletonfamily of New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pierce counties inGa.,Neb.,Wash. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | Franklin PierceUniversity,Rindge,New Hampshire, isnamed for him. —MountPierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; receivedcurrent name 1913), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FranklinP. Saunders—FrankP. Woodbury—FrankP. Holland—FrankP. Dunwell—FrankTyler—F.P. Combest—F.Pierce Mortimer—FrankP. Alspaugh—FranklinPierce Lambert—FranklinPierce McGowan—FranklinPierce Huddle, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin Pierce: RoyNichols,FranklinPierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — LarryGara,ThePresidency of Franklin Pierce | | | | Critical books about Franklin Pierce:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) — also known asGilbert A. Pierce — ofPorterCounty, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in East Otto,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;journalist;newspapereditor;author;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1869;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1884-86;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1893.Died at the LexingtonHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,February15, 1901 (age62 years, 35days).Interment atAdamsCemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.  | 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. | | Marion L. Pillsbury (1902-1983) — also known asPill Pillsbury — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in Metz,SteubenCounty, Ind.,January7, 1902.Played professionalbasketballfor the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons);automobiledealer;mayorof Coldwater, Mich., 1966-70.Member,Freemasons;ExchangeClub;FarmBureau.Died in the CommunityHealthCenter of Branch County, Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.,January2, 1983 (age80 years, 360days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich. | | Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August11, 1865.Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926(Republican primary);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,1938.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanForestry Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromleukemia,at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1946 (age81 years, 54days).Interment atMilfordCemetery, Milford, Pa. | | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February25, 1746.Lawyer;law partner ofEdwardRutledge;planter;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.Michael, 1783-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-96,1800-04; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1796-97; received one electoral vote,1796;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1800; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1804 (Federalist), 1808.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,August16, 1825 (age79 years, 172days).Interment atSt.Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.  | Xenophon Overton Pindall (1873-1935) — of Arkansas. Born in Middle Grove,MonroeCounty, Mo.,August21, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1902-06; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1907-09;Governor ofArkansas, 1907-09.Member,Freemasons;KappaSigma.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,January2, 1935 (age61 years, 134days).Interment atRoselawnMemorial Park, Little Rock, Ark. | | Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) — also known asFrederick W. Pitkin — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August31, 1837.Lawyer;Governorof Colorado, 1879-83.Died in Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.,December18, 1886 (age49 years, 109days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Relatives: Sonof Eli Pitkin and Hannah M. (Torrey) Pitkin; married,June 17,1862, to Fidelia Maria James; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; first cousin five times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr. andDanielPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofGeorgeEastman; third cousin twice removed ofRayGreene; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,ThomasChittenden,JonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,MosesSeymour,JosiahMeigs,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; fourth cousin ofAbelMadison Scranton andJosephPomeroy Root; fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political families:Greenefamily of Rhode Island;Greenefamily of Rhode Island (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pitkin County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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 IILibertyshipSS John P. Poe (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1972) wasnamed for him. |
| | 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. | | Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Barre,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,July 2,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936(alternate),1940;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942;Governor ofNew York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Baptist.Italianancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;American BarAssociation;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;PhiBeta Kappa.FirstAmerican of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During WorldWar II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government ofoccupied Italy.Died in Marco Island,CollierCounty, Fla.,August7, 2002 (age99 years, 36days).Interment atCalkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.  | 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 for him. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed for him. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — James K.PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed for him. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS James 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 Pope (1770-1845) — also known as"One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1770.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1800;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1816-19; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); member ofKentuckystate senate, 1825-29;Governorof Arkansas Territory, 1829-35;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.Losthis right arm as a youth.Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.,July 12,1845 (ageabout 75years).Interment atSpringfieldCemetery, Springfield, Ky. | | 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. | | Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) — of Illinois. Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January5, 1784.Secretaryof Illinois Territory, 1809-16;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1816-18;U.S.District Judge for Illinois, 1819-50; died in office 1850.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,January22, 1850 (age66 years, 17days).Intermentsomewherein St. Louis, Mo. | | 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. | | John W. Porter (1931-2012) — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,August13, 1931.Schoolteacher;Michigansuperintendent of public instruction, 1969-79;firstAfrican-American state school superintendent;president,Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;PhiDelta Kappa;NAACP.DiedJune 27,2012 (age80 years, 319days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Lloyd Posey (1750-1818) — also known asThomas Posey — Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,July 9,1750.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1805-06;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1806-08;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1816.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died oftyphusfever in Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.,March19, 1818 (age67 years, 253days).Interment atWestwoodCemetery, Shawneetown, Ill. | | Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C., about 1800.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;died in office 1842.Resignedfrom the U.S. Congress in 1831 aftermaimingtwo men in a jealous rage;convicted,andsentencedto six months inprison.Expelledin 1834 from the North Carolina House forcheatingat cards.Shotandkilled bymembers of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in HarrisonCounty (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.  | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November29, 1908.Democrat.Baptistminister;U.S.Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1952,1960,1964;citedforcontemptof court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit againsthim; on February 28, 1967, he wasexpelledfrom the House of Representatives onchargesofunbecomingconduct andmisusingpublic funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaPhi Alpha;Elks.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,April 4,1972 (age63 years, 127days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Bahamas.| | Relatives: Sonof Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married,March 8,1933, to Isabel Washington; married,August1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married,December15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father ofAdamClayton Powell IV. | | | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Boulevard(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), inManhattan,New York, isnamed for him. — The Adam ClaytonPowellStateOffice Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;renamed 1983), inManhattan,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Adamby Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Tisha Hamilton,AdamClayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an AmericanDilemma — Wil Haygood,Kingof the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | Lazarus Whitehead Powell (1812-1867) — also known asLazarus W. Powell — of Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.Born near Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,October6, 1812.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofArchibaldDixon, 1835-39; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1836; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Kentucky,1844;Governorof Kentucky, 1851-55; defeated, 1848;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1859-65; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1864.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died near Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.,July 3,1867 (age54 years, 270days).Interment atFernwoodCemetery, Henderson, Ky. | | Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947) — also known asFrances Clara Folsom;Frances FolsomCleveland —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1864.FirstLady of the United States, 1886-89, 1893-97.Female.Died inBaltimore,Md.,October29, 1947 (age83 years, 100days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives:Daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma (Harmon) Folsom; married,June 2,1886, toGroverCleveland; married,February10, 1913, to Thomas Jecks Preston; mother ofRichardFolsom Cleveland; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ClevelandHallof Languages (built 1911), at WellsCollege,Aurora,New York, isnamed for her. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | James Patton Preston (1774-1853) — also known asJames P. Preston — ofRichmond,Va.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,June 21,1774.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;crippledby injuries received in the war; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816;Governor ofVirginia, 1816-19; postmaster atRichmond,Va., 1824-37.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,May 4,1853 (age78 years, 317days).Interment atPreston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Va. | | Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (1908-1961) — also known asPrince H. Preston, Jr. — of Statesboro,BullochCounty, Ga.Born in Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.,July 5,1908.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1935-38;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1947-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1952.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in1961(ageabout52 years).Interment atEastsideCemetery, Statesboro, Ga. | | Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) — also known asL. Richardson Preyer — of Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.Born in Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,January11, 1919.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,1961-63; candidate forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom North Carolina,1964;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.Presbyterian.Member,CommonCause.Died, ofcancer,in Moses Cone MemorialHospital,Greensboro,GuilfordCounty, N.C.,April 3,2001 (age82 years, 82days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C. | | 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. | | 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.  | Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) — also known asMatthew S. Quay — of Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.Born in Dillsburg,YorkCounty, Pa.,September30, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;BeaverCounty Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; received theMedalof Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,1862; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1872,1876,1880,1888,1892,1896,1900;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1885-1904;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1888-91;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1886-87;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1896;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1896.Presbyterian.Scottish,Manx,andAmericanIndian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Beaver,BeaverCounty, Pa.,May 28,1904 (age70 years, 241days).Interment atBeaverCemetery, Beaver, Pa. | | 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. | | William Rabun (1771-1819) — of Georgia. BornApril 8,1771.Governorof Georgia, 1817-19.DiedOctober25, 1819 (age48 years, 200days).Interment atPoweltonBaptist Church, Near Sparta, Hancock County, Ga. | | 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. | | Emory Rains (1800-1878) — of Texas. Born inWarrenCounty, Tenn.,May 4,1800.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Shelby and Sabine, 1837-39;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847-48, 1851-54; member ofTexasstate senate, 1859.Prime supporter of the Texas homestead law; in 1861, stood with SamHouston in opposition to secession.Died in Emory,RainsCounty, Tex.,March 4,1878 (age77 years, 304days).Interment atCityCemetery, Emory, Tex. | | Nick James Rajkovich (1910-1969) — also known asNick J. Rajkovich — of Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.; Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.Born in Krispolje, Austria (now Krizpolje,Croatia),February8, 1910.Republican.Schoolteacher;collegeprofessor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Grand TraverseDistrict, 1961-62;mayorof Traverse City, Mich., 1969; died in office 1969.Catholic.Member,Kiwanis.Died, from aheartattack, in MunsonHospital,in Traverse City,GrandTraverse County, Mich.,November11, 1969 (age59 years, 276days).Interment atOakwood Catholic Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich. | | Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) — also known asCalvin L. Rampton;CalRampton —ofDavisCounty, Utah; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Bountiful,DavisCounty, Utah,November6, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;administrative assistant to U.S. Rep.J.W. Robinson, 1936-38;DavisCounty Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World WarII; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah,1952,1972;Governorof Utah, 1965-77.Mormon.Died, ofcancer,in CareSourceHospice,Holladay,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,September16, 2007 (age93 years, 314days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | 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. | | Edmund Jenings Randolph (1753-1813) — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,August10, 1753.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776;Virginiastate attorney general, 1776-82;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1779-82;Governor ofVirginia, 1786-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788;U.S.Attorney General, 1789-94;U.S.Secretary of State, 1794-95.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Millwood,ClarkeCounty, Va.,September12, 1813 (age60 years, 33days).Interment atOldChapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Ariana (Jenings) Randolph; married,August29, 1776, to Elizabeth Nicholas (daughter ofRobertCarter Nicholas; sister ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas); father ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); nephew ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); grandfather ofEdmundRandolph; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; great-grandfather ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; second great-grandfather ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin once removed ofRichardBland; second cousin ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; second cousin four times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; third cousin twice removed ofColebyChew; third cousin thrice removed ofSt.Clair Ballard,LewisBallard andWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Randolph County,Ill. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Edmund Jenings Randolph:John J. Reardon,EdmundRandolph : A Biography |
 | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Randolph (built 1941 atBaltimore,Maryland; mined and sank, in theDenmarkStrait, 1942) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,1721.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October22, 1775 (ageabout 54years).Interment atCollegeof William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law ofBenjaminHarrison; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofEdmundJenings Randolph; granduncle ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph; second great-granduncle ofEdmundRandolph Cocke; third great-granduncle ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; first cousin ofRichardBland; first cousin once removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,EdmundJennings Lee,DabneyCarr andHenrySt. George Tucker; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; first cousin six times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin seven times removed ofLeeMarvin; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; second cousin four times removed ofSt.Clair Ballard,LewisBallard andWilliamHenry Robertson; second cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Randolph County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier |
 | Epaphroditus Ransom (1798-1859) — of Vermont; Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Shelburne Falls, Shelburne,FranklinCounty, Mass.,March24, 1798.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1830;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1836-48;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1843-48;Governor ofMichigan, 1848-50; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1850-51; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2ndDistrict, 1853-54.Died in Fort Scott,BourbonCounty, Kan.,November9, 1859 (age61 years, 230days).Interment atMountainHome Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich. | | Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) — also known asElmer E. Rasmuson — of Alaska. Born inYakutat,Alaska,February15, 1909.Republican. President, NationalBank ofAlaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate forU.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968.Swedishancestry.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December1, 2000 (age91 years, 290days).Interment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska. | | Hermann Raster (1827-1891) — also known asHerman Raster;Wilhelm Friedrich HermannRaster —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Zerbst, Anhalt-Dessau (nowGermany),May6, 1827.Republican.Newspapereditor; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1856;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1868(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1869-72.Germanancestry.Died in Bad Kadowa, Silesia (now Kudowa,Poland),July24, 1891 (age64 years, 79days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Arthur Ravenel Jr. (b. 1927) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March29, 1927.Realtor;generalcontractor; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1953-58; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1980-86;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1987-95;candidate in Republican primary forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1994.Still living as of 2014. | | 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. | | Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known asRonald Reagan;"Dutch";"The Gipper";"The GreatCommunicator";"The Teflon President";"Rawhide" —of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tampico,WhitesideCounty, Ill.,February6, 1911.Republican. Worked as asportsbroadcasterin Iowa in the 1930s, doing localradiobroadcastof Chicago Cubsbaseballgames; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professionalactorin 1937-64; appeared in dozens offilmsincludingKings Row,Dark Victory,Santa FeTrail,Knute Rockne, All American, andThe WinningTeam;president ofthe Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member ofCaliforniaRepublican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1964(alternate),1972(delegation chair);Governor ofCalifornia, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968,1976;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1968(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew);Presidentof the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside theWashington Hilton hotel, he and three others wereshotand wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, 1993.Disciplesof Christ. Member,ScreenActors Guild;Lions;AmericanLegion;TauKappa Epsilon.Died, frompneumoniaandAlzheimer'sdisease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,2004 (age93 years, 120days).Interment atRonaldReagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married,January25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married,March 4,1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923;actress)andNancyDavis (1921-2016); father ofMaureenElizabeth Reagan. | | | | Political family:Reaganfamily of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. | | | | Cross-reference:KatherineHoffman Haley —DanaRohrabacher —DonaldT. Regan —HenrySalvatori —L.William Seidman —ChristopherCox —PatrickJ. Buchanan —BayBuchanan —EdwinMeese III | | | | Ronald Reagan Washington NationalAirport(opened 1941; renamed 1998), inArlington,Virginia, isnamed for him. —MountReagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. — TheRonald ReaganBuildingand International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Ronald Reagan:RonaldReagan : An American Life | | | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,PresidentReagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon,GovernorReagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer,Reagan'sWar : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final TriumphOver Communism — Lee Edwards,RonaldReagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor,Godand Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary BethBrown,Handof Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of RonaldReagan — Edmund Morris,Dutch:A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan,WhenCharacter Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — PeterJ. Wallison,RonaldReagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of HisPresidency — Dinesh D'Souza,RonaldReagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an ExtraordinaryLeader — William F. Buckley, Jr.,RonaldReagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley,Reagan'sRevolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started ItAll — Richard Reeves,PresidentReagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan,MyFather at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.Bossie,RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,TheReagan I Knew — Chris Matthews,Tipand the Gipper: When Politics Worked — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:Haynes Johnson,SleepwalkingThrough History: America in the Reagan Years — WilliamKleinknecht,TheMan Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main StreetAmerica |
| | John E. Reardon (1943-1988) — also known asJack Reardon — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,August23, 1943.Schoolteacher;mayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1975-87; defeated, 1987.Died, ofheartfailure,November25, 1988 (age45 years, 94days).Interment atMt.Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. | | Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 1,1816.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate; elected 1848; member ofArkansasstate house of representatives; elected 1854;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1859-60;Governor ofArkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,August12, 1899 (age83 years, 103days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.  | Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known asJames Whitelaw Reid;"Agate" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cedarville,GreeneCounty, Ohio,October27, 1837.Republican.Newspapereditor;librarian;cottonplanter;U.S. Minister toFrance, 1889-92; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.Died in London,England,December15, 1912 (age75 years, 49days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | | 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. | | Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) — also known asRoland Renne — of Bozeman,GallatinCounty, Mont.Born in Greenwich,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,December12, 1905.Democrat.Economist;collegeprofessor;president,Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate forGovernor ofMontana, 1964.PresbyterianorUnitarian.Member,Rotary;AmericanEconomic Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;AlphaZeta.DiedAugust30, 1989 (age83 years, 261days).Interment atSunsetHills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont. | | Jacob Leonard Replogle (1876-1948) — also known asJ. Leonard Replogle — of Westmont,CambriaCounty, Pa.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in New Enterprise,BedfordCounty, Pa.,May 6,1876.Republican.Steelmanufacturer; Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1921;delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,1928(alternate),1932,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1940(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1944;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Florida, 1940.Died, from complications ofinfluenza,in the Savoy-PlazaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November25, 1948 (age72 years, 203days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Southmont, Pa. | | Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (1912-2002) — also known asHenry S. Reuss — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,February22, 1912.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate formayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1948, 1960; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Wisconsin,1952;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1955-83.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in ahospitalat San Rafael,MarinCounty, Calif.,January12, 2002 (age89 years, 324days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,October26, 1868.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen;meatmerchant;real estatebusiness; president, LansingIce andFuel; vice-president, WeissingerPaperCo.;mayorof Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1940.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons.Struckby a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in ahospitalat Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October20, 1954 (age85 years, 359days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) — also known asJames A. Rhodes;Jim Rhodes — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Bexley,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Upper Arlington,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Coalton,JacksonCounty, Ohio,September13, 1909.Republican.Mayorof Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52;Ohioauditor of state, 1953-63;Governor ofOhio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1964,1968;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1964,1972;candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1970.Presbyterian.His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent StateUniversity campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths offour students there. Along with Alabama Gov.GeorgeC. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S.history.Died, frominfectioncomplications andheartfailure, in Ohio State UniversityMedicalCenter, Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,March 4,2001 (age91 years, 172days).Entombed in mausoleum atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; statue atBroadStreet, Columbus, Ohio. | | 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. | | John Stanley Rice (1899-1985) — also known asJohn S. Rice — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.Born in Brysonia,AdamsCounty, Pa.,January28, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;manufacturer;fruitgrower;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1933-40; served in the U.S. Army AirForce in World War II; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1948,1952,1956,1960(delegation chair),1964,1968;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1958-61;PennsylvaniaDemocratic state chair, 1959-61, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1961-64.Lutheran.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,August2, 1985 (age86 years, 186days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. | | Ann Richards (1933-2006) — also known asDorothy Ann Willis — of Texas. Born in Lakeview (now part of Lacy Lakeview),McLennanCounty, Tex.,September1, 1933.Democrat.TravisCounty Commissioner, 1976-82;Texasstate treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1988(speaker);Governorof Texas, 1991-95; defeated, 1994.Female.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofesophagealcancer, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September13, 2006 (age73 years, 12days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.| | Relatives:Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis; married1953 to DavidRichards; mother ofCecileRichards. | | | | The Ann RichardsSchoolfor Young Women Leaders, inAustin,Texas, isnamed for her. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Ann Richards:Straightfrom the Heart : My Life in Politics and Other Places(1990) —I'mNot Slowing Down : Winning My Battle With Osteoporosis, withRichard U. Levine | | | | Books about Ann Richards: MikeShropshire and Frank Schaeffer,TheThorny Rose of Texas : An Intimate Portrait of Governor AnnRichards — Celia Morris,Stormingthe Statehouse : Running for Governor with Ann Richards and DianneFeinstein — Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jeanie R.Stanley,Claytieand the Lady : Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics inTexas — Jan Reid,Letthe People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards |
| | Franklin Dewey Richards (1821-1899) — of Utah. Born in1821.Member ofUtahterritorial legislature, 1849; state court judge in Utah, 1869.Died in1899(ageabout78 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | William Alexander Richardson (1811-1875) — also known asWilliam A. Richardson — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1811.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39, 1845-47; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1838-42; Democratic Presidential Elector forIllinois,1844;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1847-56, 1861-63; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1856;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1858; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1860,1868;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1863-65.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,December27, 1875 (age64 years, 345days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Quincy, Ill. | | 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. | | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Archibald Roane (c.1755-1819) — of Tennessee. Born in Derry,LancasterCounty, Pa., about 1755.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;Governor ofTennessee, 1801-03; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1811-14;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1815-18.Died in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January18, 1819 (ageabout 64years).Interment atPleasantForest Cemetery, Farragut, Tenn. | | Spencer Roane (1762-1822) — Born in Tappahannock,EssexCounty, Va.,April 4,1762.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1783-84; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1785-86; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals,1794-1822; died in office 1822.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Warm Springs,BathCounty, Va.,September4, 1822 (age60 years, 153days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Bath County, Va. | | Bonny Kaslo Roberts (1907-1999) — also known asB. K. Roberts — of Florida. Born in Sopchoppy,WakullaCounty, Fla.,February5, 1907.Lawyer;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1949-76.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,August4, 1999 (age92 years, 180days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Roberts and Florida (Morrison) Roberts; married to MaryNewman. | | | | The B.K. Roberts Main Classroom Building, atFlorida StateUniversityCollege of Law,Tallahassee,Florida, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Qualis vita, finis eta." / Asthe quality of life is, so the end will be. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Henry O. Roberts (1897-1986) — also known asHank Roberts — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Sherrard,MercerCounty, Ill.,September3, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Indiana,1952;mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1952-55; defeated, 1963.Died, in ReginaContinuingCare Center, Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,September9, 1986 (age89 years, 6days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.  | John Rankin Rogers (1838-1901) — also known asJohn R. Rogers — of Washington. BornSeptember4, 1838.Governorof Washington, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.DiedDecember26, 1901 (age63 years, 113days).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Puyallup, Wash. | | Paul Grant Rogers (1921-2008) — also known asPaul G. Rogers — of West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Ocilla,IrwinCounty, Ga.,June 4,1921.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1955-79 (6th District 1955-67, 9thDistrict 1967-73, 11th District 1973-79); alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1960,1968.Methodist.Member,Kiwanis.DiedOctober13, 2008 (age87 years, 131days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) — also known asJoseph H. Romig;"Dog-TeamDoctor" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;Anchorage,Alaska.Born inEdwardsCounty, Ill.,September3, 1872.Physician;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.Moravianancestry.Died in Colorado Springs,El PasoCounty, Colo.,1951(ageabout78 years).Original intermentsomewherein Colorado Springs, Colo.; reinterment atAnchorageMemorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.  | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt;"F.D.R." —of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928;speaker,1944;contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, hislegs wereparalyzed for the rest of his life;Governor ofNew York, 1929-33;Presidentof the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayorAntonJ. Cermak wereshotat by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Elks;Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of acerebralhemorrhage, in Warm Springs,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,April12, 1945 (age63 years, 72days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,March17, 1905, toAnnaEleanor Roosevelt (niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJamesRoosevelt (1907-1991),ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofWarrenDelano Robbins andKatharinePrice Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of HelenLloyd Aspinwall (who marriedFrancisEmanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed ofElizabethKortright; first cousin four times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who marriedWilliamPhillips); second cousin once removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur andFrancisHolden Aspinwall; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJamesI. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertBarnwell Roosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RossT. McIntire —MiltonLipson —W.W. Howes —BruceBarton —HamiltonFish, Jr. —JosephW. Martin, Jr. —SamuelI. Rosenman —RexfordG. Tugwell —RaymondMoley —AdolfA. Berle —GeorgeE. Allen —LorenceE. Asman —GrenvilleT. Emmet —EliotJaneway —JonathanDaniels —RalphBellamy —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Franklin Delano RooseveltBridge(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, betweenLubec,Maine andCampobelloIsland, New Brunswick, Canada, isnamed for him. — TheboroughofRoosevelt,New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), isnamed for him. — F. D. RooseveltAirport,on the Caribbean island ofSintEustatius, isnamed for him. — The F. D.RooseveltTeachingHospital, inBanskáBystrica, Slovakia, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrankGarrison—FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — Doris Kearns Goodwin,NoOrdinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front inWorld War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt,FDR: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush,FranklinRoosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,ThatMan : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —Jonas Klein,BelovedIsland : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy ofCampobello — Conrad Black,FranklinDelano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — CharlesPeters,FiveDays in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —Steven Neal,HappyDays Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergenceof FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.Brands,Traitorto His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — AlanBrinkley,FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub,YoungMr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, andLife — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Karen Bornemann Spies,FranklinD. Roosevelt (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Franklin D.Roosevelt: Jim Powell,FDR'sFolly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the GreatDepression — John T. Flynn,TheRoosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom,NewDeal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has DamagedAmerica | | | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:Philip Roth,ThePlot Against America: A Novel — Philip K. Dick,TheMan in the High Castle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
 | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.ChristianReformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshotin the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued hisspeech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) — also known asDaniel C. Roper — ofWashington,D.C.Born inMarlboroCounty, S.C.,April 1,1867.Democrat.Lawyer;publicist;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee),1932,1936;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister toCanada, 1939.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, fromleukemia,inWashington,D.C.,April11, 1943 (age76 years, 10days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | 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. | | Edwynne Cutler Rosenbaum (1899-2003) — also known asE. C. 'Polly' Rosenbaum;Edwynne CutlerPrendergast —of Hayden,GilaCounty, Ariz.; Globe,GilaCounty, Ariz.Born in Ollie,KeokukCounty, Iowa,September4, 1899.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofArizonastate house of representatives, 1949-94; defeated, 1994;Democratic Presidential Elector for Arizona,1996.Female.Member,Zonta;Order of theEastern Star.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,December28, 2003 (age104 years,115 days).Interment atGreenwoodMemory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz. | | 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 for him. — RossDam(built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, inWhatcomCounty, Washington, isnamed for him. — RossLake,a reservoir inWhatcomCounty, Washington, which also extends intoBritishColumbia, Canada, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS J. D. Ross (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; sold and renamedSS Lampsis; sank during a stormin theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) was originallynamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) — also known asSul Ross — of Texas. Born in Benton,RinggoldCounty, Iowa,September27, 1838.General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member ofTexasstate senate, 1880;Governor ofTexas, 1887-91;president,Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&MUniversity), 1891-98.Died in College Station,BrazosCounty, Tex.,January3, 1898 (age59 years, 98days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex.; statue atAcademic Plaza, College Station, Tex. | | William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.Born in Huron,ErieCounty, Ohio,December25, 1828.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kansas,1860;mayorof Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.Died, ofstomachcancer, in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,June 5,1889 (age60 years, 162days).Original interment atEvergreenCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 atHollywoodForever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 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. | | Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-1995) — also known asRichard L. Roudebush — of Indiana. Born near Noblesville,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,January18, 1918.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960 ;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1961-71 (6th District 1961-67, 10thDistrict 1967-69, 5th District 1969-71); candidate forU.S.Senator from Indiana, 1970.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;FarmBureau;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Kiwanis.Died in Sarasota,SarasotaCounty, Fla.,January28, 1995 (age77 years, 10days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John Long Routt (1826-1907) — also known asJohn L. Routt — of Central City,GilpinCounty, Colo.;Denver,Colo.BornApril25, 1826.Republican.Governorof Colorado Territory, 1875-76; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1876,1880;Governorof Colorado, 1876-79, 1891-93;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1883-85.Died inDenver,Colo.,August13, 1907 (age81 years, 110days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Routt County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | RouttNationalForest (established 1905, now part of Medicine Bow-Routt NationalForest), inRoutt,Jackson,RioBlanco,Grand,Moffat,andGarfieldcounties, Colorado, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Books about John Routt: Joyce B. Lohse,FirstGovernor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt ofColorado |
| | James Roy Rowland Jr. (b. 1926) — also known asJ. Roy Rowland — of Dublin,LaurensCounty, Ga.Born in Wrightsville,JohnsonCounty, Ga.,February3, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1977-82;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95.Methodist.Still living as of 2014. | | Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) — also known asEdward R. Roybal — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,February10, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of California, 1954; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from California,1956,1960,1964,1988(speaker);U.S.Representative from California, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75,25th District 1975-93).Catholic.Hispanicancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;OptimistClub.Died, fromrespiratoryfailure andpneumonia,in HuntingtonHospital,Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,October24, 2005 (age89 years, 256days).Burial location unknown. | | Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) — also known asHiram G. Runnels — Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,December17, 1796.Mississippistate auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature,1830, 1841;Governor ofMississippi, 1833-35;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Fought aduelwithVolneyE. Howard.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December17, 1857 (age61 years, 0days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — also known as"Father of AmericanPsychiatry" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1746.Physician;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April19, 1813 (age67 years, 105days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Married,January2, 1776, to Julia Stockton (daughter ofRichardStockton); father ofRichardRush. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Rush County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | RushStreet,inChicago,Illinois, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Benjamin Rush: AlynBrodsky,BenjaminRush : Patriot and Physician — David Barton,BenjaminRush — David Barton,BenjaminRush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
 | 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. | | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — also known asThomas J. Rusk — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in South Carolina,December5, 1803.Democrat.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1838-40;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857.Slaveowner.Killedhimself, in Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,July 29,1857 (age53 years, 236days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue atRuskCounty Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex. | | Dan Monroe Russell Jr. (1913-2011) — also known asDan M. Russell, Jr. — of Bay St. Louis,HancockCounty, Miss.Born in Magee,SimpsonCounty, Miss.,March15, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Mississippi,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1965-83;took senior status 1983.Died in Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,April16, 2011 (age98 years, 32days).Burial location unknown. | | Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) — also known asDonald S. Russell — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Lafayette Springs,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,February22, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War II;president,University of South Carolina, 1952-57;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1963-65;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1965-66;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1966-71;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1971-98; died inoffice 1998.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,February22, 1998 (age92 years, 0days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C. | | Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) — also known asRichard B. Russell, Jr. — of Winder,BarrowCounty, Ga.Born in Winder,BarrowCounty, Ga.,November2, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31;Governor ofGeorgia, 1931-33;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1952;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1952;member, President's Commission on the Assassination of PresidentKNDY, 1963-64.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Kiwanis;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,January21, 1971 (age73 years, 80days).Interment atRussellMemorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.| | Relatives: SonofRichardBrevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother ofRobertLee Russell; uncle ofRobertLee Russell Jr.. | | | | Political family:Russellfamily of Winder, Georgia. | | | | The Russell SenateOfficeBuilding (built 1903-08; named 1972), inWashington,D.C., isnamed for him. — The Richard B.RussellFederalBuilding andCourthouse(built 1978-79), inAtlanta,Georgia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:Gilbert C. Fite,RichardB. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,RichardBrevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
| | William Russell (1735-1793) — Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1735.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-91.Died inShenandoahCounty, Va.,January14, 1793 (age57 years, 314days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Russell (1758-1825) — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1790-91; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1792, 1796-1800, 1802, 1823;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,July 3,1825 (age67 years, 119days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; New Brunswick,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October7, 1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.DutchReformed.DiedFebruary17, 1830 (age84 years, 133days).Original interment atDutchChurch Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofMatthewClarkson; first cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,JohnStevens III andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDuer andDenningDuer; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofRobertReginald Livingston,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991) andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | RutgersUniversity(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) inNewBrunswick, New Jersey, isnamed for him. —HenryStreetand RutgersStreet,inManhattan,New York, are bothnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Anson P. K. Safford (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) — Born inScotland,March23, 1734.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87;Governorof Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1790.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Injured in afall froman overturnedhorsedrawncart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August31, 1818 (age84 years, 161days).Interment atOldSt. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.  | John Pierce St. John (1833-1916) — also known asJohn P. St. John — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Olathe,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Born in Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.,February25, 1833.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate senate, 1873;Governor ofKansas, 1879-83; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1884.Congregationalist;laterChristianScientist.Died in Olathe,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,August31, 1916 (age83 years, 188days).Interment atOlatheMemorial Cemetery, Olathe, Kan. | | Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Haverhill,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 13,1783.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1813-14, 1816, 1822, 1829, 1834,1844; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1817-19;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820;mayor ofSalem, Mass., 1836-38;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1838-43.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,May 8,1845 (age61 years, 329days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.  | Wilbur Fiske Sanders (1834-1905) — also known asWilbur F. Sanders — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Leon,CattaraugusCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1834.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1864, 1867, 1880, 1886;delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory,1868(speaker),1872,1876,1884;member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1873-80;U.S.Senator from Montana, 1890-93; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Montana,1900.Member,Freemasons.Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,July 7,1905 (age71 years, 66days).Interment atForestvaleCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | 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. | | Jedediah Sanger (1751-1829) — of Jaffrey,CheshireCounty, N.H.; Whitestown, Herkimer County (part now in NewHartford,OneidaCounty), N.Y.; New Hartford,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Sherborn,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February28, 1751.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;farmer;tavernkeeper;paper millbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1793-95 (Herkimer County 1793-94, Herkimer andOnondaga counties 1794-95); member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1796-1804.DiedJune 6,1829 (age78 years, 98days).Burial location unknown. | | Wilson G. Sarig (1874-1936) — of Lenhardtsville,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Lenhardtsville,BerksCounty, Pa.,March 7,1874.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1915-20, 1923-28, 1931-36 (BerksCounty 2nd District 1915-20, Berks County 4th District 1923-28,1931-36); defeated, 1928; died in office 1936;Speaker ofthe Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1935-36; died inoffice 1936; candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate, 1920; candidate forPennsylvaniastate auditor general, 1932.Died of aheartailment, in Temple,BerksCounty, Pa.,March14, 1936 (age62 years, 7days).Interment atLaureldaleCemetery, Laureldale, Pa. | | Alvin Saunders (1817-1899) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born in Flemingsburg,FlemingCounty, Ky.,July 12,1817.Republican.Delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Henry County, 1846;member ofIowastate senate, 1854-56, 1858-60; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1860;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1861-67; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Nebraska,1868;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1877-83.Disciplesof Christ.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,November1, 1899 (age82 years, 112days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) — also known asF. Grant Sawyer — of Elko,ElkoCounty, Nev.Born in Twin Falls,Twin FallsCounty, Idaho,December14, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;ElkoCounty District Attorney, 1950-58;NevadaDemocratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Nevada,1956;Governorof Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;Shriners;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets;AmericanLegion;Lions;Eagles.Died, of complications from astroke,in Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.,February19, 1996 (age77 years, 67days).Entombed in mausoleum atPalmMemorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.  | Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900) — of Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.Born in Whiting,AddisonCounty, Vt.,September22, 1816.Republican.Lumberbusiness; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1857, 1861;mayorof Oshkosh, Wis., 1863-64;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1865-75 (5th District 1865-73, 6thDistrict 1873-75);U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1881-93; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1896.Died in Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,March29, 1900 (age83 years, 188days).Entombed atRiversideCemetery, Oshkosh, Wis. | | Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-2016) — also known asAntonin Scalia — Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,March11, 1936.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1982-86;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2016; died in office 2016.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Shafter,PresidioCounty, Tex.,February13, 2016 (age79 years, 339days).Burial location unknown. | | Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) — also known asFrank M. Scarlett — of Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.Born in Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,June 9,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1924,1928(alternate),1936;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-71.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.DiedNovember18, 1971 (age80 years, 162days).Burial location unknown. | | Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) — also known asEdgar B. Schermerhorn — of Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.Born in Channahon,WillCounty, Ill.,November19, 1851.Organizer, CitizensBank ofGalena; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Boardof Control, 1905-11.Episcopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died, ofheartfailure, in Galena,CherokeeCounty, Kan.,February1, 1923 (age71 years, 74days).Entombed atMt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo. | | Gustave Schleicher (1823-1879) — of Texas. Born inGermany,November19, 1823.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853-54; member ofTexasstate senate, 1859-61; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;U.S.Representative from Texas 6th District, 1875-79; died in office1879.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January10, 1879 (age55 years, 52days).Interment atUnitedStates National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex. | | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry 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.  | Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known asCarl Schurz — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, Wis.; Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.;St.Louis, Mo.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt),Germany,March2, 1829.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1860;U.S. Minister toSpain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1868(TemporaryChair;speaker);U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1869-75;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1906 (age77 years, 73days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue atMorningsidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother ofAntoinette Schurz (who marriedEdmundJüssen); married1852 toMargarethe 'Molly' Meyer. | | | | Political family:Jussen-Schurzfamily of Watertown, Wisconsin. | | | | ThecommunityofSchurz,Nevada, isnamed for him. —MountSchurz, inParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed for him. — CarlSchurzPark,inManhattan,New York, isnamed for him. — Carl SchurzHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed for him. — SchurzElementarySchool, inWatertown,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. — Carl SchurzElementarySchool, inNewBraunfels, Texas, isnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:CarlS. Thompson | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans LouisTrefousse,CarlSchurz: A Biography | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
|  | Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known asPhilip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November20, 1733.Member ofNew Yorkcolonial assembly, 1768;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97;member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.Built thefirstflax millin America.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1804 (age70 years, 364days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reintermentatAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue (now gone) atAlbanyCity Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler;brother ofStephenJohn Schuyler; married,September17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of ElizabethSchuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who marriedStephenVan Rensselaer) andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; uncle ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); grandfather ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJacobusVan Cortlandt; granduncle ofHenryWalter Livingston; great-granduncle ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-grandfather ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle ofBrockholstLivingston; first cousin ofStephanusBayard andPierreVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,NicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Schuyler counties inIll.,Mo. andN.Y. arenamed for him. | | | | ThevillageofSchuylerville,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Edward Joseph Schwartz (1912-2000) — of California. Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,March26, 1912.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; municipal judge inCalifornia, 1959-63; superior court judge in California, 1964-68;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1968-82;took senior status 1982.Died, at Scripps MercyHospital,San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March22, 2000 (age87 years, 362days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Scott (1739-1813) — Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,1739.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberof Virginia state legislature, 1789;Governor ofKentucky, 1808-12.Died inClarkCounty, Ky.,October22, 1813 (ageabout 74years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | 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. | | John Scott (1782-1861) — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,May 18,1782.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October1, 1861 (age79 years, 136days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.  | Winfield Scott (1786-1866) — also known as"Old Fuss and Feathers" — Born inDinwiddieCounty, Va.,June 13,1786.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate forWhig nomination for President, 1839, 1844, 1848; general in the U.S.Army during the Mexican War; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1852.Died in West Point,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 29,1866 (age79 years, 350days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.;statue erected 1874 atScottCircle, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof William Scott and Anna (Mason) Scott; married1817 to MaryD. Mayo (granddaughter ofJohnDe Hart); great-granduncle ofPhilipC. Hanna; first cousin twice removed ofFrankNewsum Julian. | | | | Political family:Scott-DeHart-Hannafamily of New Jersey and Alabama. | | | | Scott County,Iowa is named for him. | | | | FortScott (military installation 1842-73), and the subsequentcityofFortScott, Kansas, werenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldS. Sherwood—WinfieldScott Featherston—WinfieldS. Hancock—WinfieldS. Cameron—WinfieldS. Hanford—WinfieldS. Smyth—WinfieldS. Bird—W. S.Bell—WinfieldS. Holden—WinfieldS. Huntley—WinfieldScott Nay—WinfieldS. Smith—WinfieldS. Kerr—WinfieldScott Moore—WinfieldS. Little—WinfieldS. Withrow—WinfieldS. Choate—WinfieldS. Holt—WinfieldS. Pope—WinfieldS. Watson—WinfieldS. Keenholts—WinfieldScott Silloway—WinfieldS. Vandewater—WinfieldS. Braddock—W. S.Allen—WinfieldS. Hammond—WinfieldS. Phillips—WinfieldS. Spencer—WinfieldS. Rose—WinfieldS. Schuster—WinfieldScott Allison—WinfieldS. Boynton—WinfieldS. Kenyon—WinfieldS. Tibbetts—WinfieldS. Harrold—WinfieldScott Reed—WinfieldS. Grove—WinfieldS. Rogers—WinfieldS. Brown—WinfieldS. Hooper—WinfieldS. Pealer—WinfieldS. Wallace, Jr.—WinfieldS. Hinds | | | | Epitaph: "History records his EminentServices as a Warrior, Pacificator, and General In Chief of theArmies of the United States. Medals, and an Equestrian Statue orderedby Congress in the Capital of his Country, are his Public Monuments.This stone is a mark of the love and veneration of his Daughters.Requiescat in Pace." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Winfield Scott: Timothy D.Johnson,WinfieldScott: The Quest for Military Glory | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) — also known asGlenn T. Seaborg;Glenn TeodorSjöberg —Born in Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,April19, 1912.Democrat.Physicalchemist;universityprofessor; received theNobelPrize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,1961-71.Swedishancestry. Member,AlphaChi Sigma;AmericanChemical Society.Died in Lafayette,ContraCosta County, Calif.,February25, 1999 (age86 years, 312days).Cremated. | | Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1873.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905;judgeof New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive),1913; Democratic candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1920.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 7,1958 (age85 years, 74days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | David Sears (1787-1871) — Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October8, 1787.Merchant;realestate developer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1820; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1840; philanthropist.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January14, 1871 (age83 years, 98days).Entombed atChrist Church, Brookline, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof David Sears (1752-1816) and Ann (Winthrop) Sears; married,June 13,1809, to Miriam Clarke Mason; nephew ofThomasLindall Winthrop; great-grandfather ofAugustusPeabody Gardner andCharlesFrancis Adams; second great-grandfather ofGeorgeCabot Lodge; second great-grandnephew ofFitz-JohnWinthrop; third great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1606-1676); third great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot; fourth great-grandson ofJohnWinthrop (1588-1649); first cousin ofRobertCharles Winthrop; first cousin four times removed ofJohnForbes Kerry; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesCoats Auchincloss,GordonAuchincloss andHughDudley Auchincloss; second cousin four times removed ofHughDudley Auchincloss III; third cousin once removed ofElijahLivermore Hamlin,HannibalHamlin andHenryBarrett Crosby; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesHamlin andHannibalEmery Hamlin; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesKilbourne,IsaiahKidder Stetson,CharlesSumner Hamlin andRuthBaker Pratt. | | | | Political family:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSearsport,Maine, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William King Sebastian (1812-1865) — also known asWilliam K. Sebastian — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.Born in Centerville,HickmanCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacyduring the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumouslyrevoked in 1877.Slaveowner. Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1865 (age52 years, 342days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Peter Finley Secchia (1937-2020) — also known asPeter F. Secchia — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.; Ferrysburg,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,April15, 1937.Republican. Chief executive, UniversalForestProducts, 1971-89; owner ofrestaurants;realestate developer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1980-88; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1984,2000(alternate),2004;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1988(voted forGeorgeBush andDanQuayle); U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1989-93.Italianancestry.Died, fromCOVID-19and other health issues, in East Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,October21, 2020 (age83 years, 189days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) — also known asRobert T. Secrest — of Caldwell,NobleCounty, Ohio; Senecaville,GuernseyCounty, Ohio.Born in Senecaville,GuernseyCounty, Ohio,January22, 1904.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32;U.S.Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54,1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;member, Federal Trade Commission, 1954-61.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedMay 15,1994 (age90 years, 113days).Interment atSenecavilleCemetery, Senacaville, Ohio. | | 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. | | Juan Nepomucena Seguin (1806-1890) — also known asJuan N. Seguin — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,October27, 1806.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1838-40;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1841, 1841-42.Died in Nuevo Laredo,Tamaulipas,August27, 1890 (age83 years, 304days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1974somewherein Seguin, Tex. | | Cato Hedden Sells (1859-1948) — also known asCato Sells — of Vinton,BentonCounty, Iowa;Washington,D.C.; Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Vinton,BentonCounty, Iowa,October6, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1888,1900;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1894-98; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Texas, 1912; U.S. Commissioner of IndianAffairs, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1924.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,December30, 1948 (age89 years, 85days).Interment atCleburneMemorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex. | | 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.  | William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known asWilliam H. Seward — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Florida,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1801.Lawyer;co-founded (withThurlowWeed), theAlbany Evening Journalnewspaperin 1830; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1831-34;Governor ofNew York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834;U.S.Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1856,1860;U.S.Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, hemade a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbedthe territory "Seward's Folly".Survived anassassinationattempt on April 14, 1865 (the same nightAbrahamLincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John WilkesBooth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne wasarrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1872 (age71 years, 153days).Interment atFortHill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue atMadisonSquare Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atVolunteerPark, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: SonofSamuelSwayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to FrancesAdeline Miller; father ofFrederickWilliam Seward andWilliamHenry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (whomarriedJohnLawrence Schoolcraft) andGeorgeFrederick Seward; granduncle ofFrederickWhittlesey Seward Jr.. | | | | Political family:Seward-Schoolcraft-Shermanfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelJ. Barrows —FrederickW. Seward —EliasP. Pellet | | | | Seward counties inKan. andNeb. arenamed for him. | | | | SewardMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed for him. — ThecityofSeward,Nebraska, isnamed for him. — ThetownofSeward,New York, isnamed for him. — ThecityofSeward,Alaska, isnamed for him. — SewardPark(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), inSeattle,Washington, isnamed for him. — SewardPark(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), inManhattan,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:W.Seward Whittlesey—W.H. Seward Thomson—WilliamS. Shanahan | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William H. Seward: DorisKearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr,Seward:Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan,WilliamHenry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for youngreaders) | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
 | Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as"The Great Decliner" — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Born in Pompey Hill,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1845;mayor ofUtica, N.Y., 1843;Governor ofNew York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1864;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1868; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,1876.Episcopalian.Died in Deerfield,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1886 (age75 years, 257days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHenrySeymour and Mary Ledyard (Forman) Seymour; brother of JuliaCatherine Seymour (who marriedRoscoeConkling); married,May 31,1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857); uncle ofHoratioSeymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who marriedCharlesStebbins Fairchild); grandson ofMosesSeymour; first cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour andGeorgeSeymour; first cousin once removed ofEdwardWoodruff Seymour,JosephBattell andMorrisWoodruff Seymour; second cousin ofEdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; second cousin once removed ofNormanAlexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofHezekiahCook Seymour; third cousin once removed ofSilasSeymour,WilliamChapman Williston andAugustusSherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles,DanielPitkin andOrloErland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andDaltonG. Seymour; fourth cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour andThomasHenry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,ElaCollins andCalebSeymour Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | SeymourMountain,in the Adirondack Mountains,FranklinCounty, New York, isnamed for him. — ThecityofSeymour,Wisconsin, isnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:SeymourMerritt | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Horatio Seymour: StewartMitchell,HoratioSeymour of New York | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) — also known asThomas H. Seymour;Thomas HartSeymour —of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September29, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer;probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel inthe U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofConnecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1864.Died oftyphoidfever, in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September3, 1868 (age60 years, 340days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Seymour (1754-1846) and Jane (Ellery) Seymour; married,September17, 1827, to Henrietta Maria Stanley; grandson ofThomasSeymour; second cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour; third cousin ofDavidLowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour (1780-1837) andCalebSeymour Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJoshuaCoit; fourth cousin ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,SilasSeymour,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,AugustusSherrill Seymour,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr. andNormanAlexander Seymour. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSeymour,Connecticut, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John S. R. Shad (1923-1994) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in1923.Investmentbanker; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1981-87;U.S. Ambassador toNetherlands, 1987-89.Died in1994(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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 F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of St. Charles,St.Charles County, Mo.Born in alogcabin inWashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1785.Youngest member of theLewisandClarkexpedition, 1804-06; wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 andlost aleg;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge inKentucky, 1820;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, in ahotel atPalmyra,MarionCounty, Mo.,August30, 1836 (ageabout 51years).Interment atMasseyMill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo. | | Peter Chrystostum Shannon (1821-1899) — also known asPeter C. Shannon — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New Alexandria,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,August25, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Pennsylvania, 1852-53; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1872;justiceof Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-82.Killed in acarriageaccident in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,April12, 1899 (age77 years, 230days).Interment atCalvary Pioneer Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif. | | Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) — also known asSamuel H. Shapiro;IsraelShapiro —of Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.Born inEstonia,April25, 1907.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1960,1964;chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, chair,1968;speaker,1968;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1961-68;Governor ofIllinois, 1968-69.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Amvets;Moose;Kiwanis;Elks;B'naiB'rith;AlphaEpsilon Pi.Died in Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.,March16, 1987 (age79 years, 325days).Interment atJewishWaldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.  | William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) — also known asWilliam L. Sharkey — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inSumnerCounty, Tenn.,July 12,1798.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge inMississippi, 1832;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul inHavana, 1851-53;Governor ofMississippi, 1865.Died inWashington,D.C.,March30, 1873 (age74 years, 261days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Jackson, Miss. | | Ephraim Sharp (1815-1898) — Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 30,1815.Member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1865-68.Died inLawrenceCounty, Ark.,November17, 1898 (age83 years, 110days).Interment atHibarger Cemetery, Saffell, Ark.| | Relatives: Sonof John Sharp and Elizabeth (Elston) Sharp; married,October29, 1833, to Margaret Stevens; married,January8, 1854, to Malinda Eliza Murphy; married,April27, 1873, to Nancy Croom Smith. | | | | Sharp County,Ark. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "Founder of SharpCounty." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial —Encyclopediaof Arkansas |
| | 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. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS George Sharswood (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1962) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 for him. — ThecityofShelbyville,Illinois, isnamed for him. — ThecityofShelbyville,Indiana, isnamed for him. — ThecityofShelbyville,Missouri, isnamed for him. — ThecityofShelbyville,Tennessee, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; mined and wrecked in theTyrrhenianSea, 1945) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Eleanor Parker Sheppard (1907-1991) — also known asEleanor P. Sheppard;EleanorParker —ofRichmond,Va.Born in Pelham,MitchellCounty, Ga.,July 24,1907.Democrat.Mayorof Richmond, Va., 1962-64; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1967-76.Female.Baptist.Firstwoman mayor in Virginia.Died inRichmond,Va.,March13, 1991 (age83 years, 232days).Interment atForest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | | John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known asMorris Sheppard — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.Born in Wheatville,MorrisCounty, Tex.,May 28,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1stDistrict 1903-13);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.Methodist.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;KappaAlpha Order;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, inWalterReed Hospital,Washington,D.C.,April 9,1941 (age65 years, 316days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in Mt. Vernon,KennebecCounty, Maine,January25, 1808.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1842; member ofMainestate senate, 1845; candidate forU.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1852;justice ofMinnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.Member,Freemasons.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,March29, 1868 (age60 years, 64days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Edwin Alonzo Sherman (1844-1916) — also known asE. A. Sherman — of Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.Born in Wayland,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 19,1844.Republican.Treasurerof Dakota Territory, 1871-74;Dakotaterritorial auditor, 1879-81; member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1911-12.DiedJune 13,1916 (age71 years, 360days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.  | 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 IILibertyshipSS John 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) |
| | | Roger Sherman (1721-1793) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April19, 1721.Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.Congregationalist.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 23,1793 (age72 years, 95days).Original interment atNew Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment in 1821 atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman and William Sherman; married,November17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell; married,May 12,1763, to Rebecca Prescott; father of Rebecca Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who marriedSamuelHoar); grandfather ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; great-grandfather ofRogerSherman Greene,SimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; second great-grandfather ofHenrySherman Boutell,EdwardBaldwin Whitney,Henryde Forest Baldwin,ThomasDay Thacher,RogerSherman Greene II,RogerSherman Hoar andRogerKent; second great-granduncle ofChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third great-grandfather ofArchibaldCox; third great-granduncle ofJohnStanley Addis; fourth great-grandfather ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; ancestor *** ofGeorgeSherman Batcheller; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnAdams Dix; second cousin five times removed ofHoraceBemis andLorinAndrews Lathrop. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSherman,Connecticut, isnamed for him. — ThetownandvillageofSherman,New York, arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,February8, 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; in 1864, he led Union troops who attackedand burned Atlanta, Georgia;U.S.Secretary of War, 1869.Member,LoyalLegion.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1905.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February14, 1891 (age71 years, 6days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue atGrand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atSherman Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Hoyt) Sherman andCharlesRobert Sherman; brother ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman andJohnSherman; married,May 1,1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter ofThomasEwing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who marriedAlexanderMontgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who marriedNelsonAppleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedJamesDonald Cameron); sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofDavidMunson Osborne; second cousin once removed ofThomasMott Osborne; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne andLithgowOsborne; second cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards andAaronBurr; third cousin ofPhineasTaylor Barnum; third cousin once removed ofEzekielGilbert Stoddard andBlancheM. Woodward; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,TheodoreDwight,HenryWaggaman Edwards,IraYale,LouisEzekiel Stoddard andAsburyElliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofJonathanBrace,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofPhiloFairchild Barnum,AndrewGould Chatfield,HenryJarvis Raymond andEdwinOlmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesYale,TheodoreDavenport,DavidLowrey Seymour,ChaunceyMitchell Depew,FredLockwood Keeler andThomasMcKeen Chidsey. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JosephD. Webster | | | | Sherman counties inKan.,Neb. andOre. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecommunityofSherman,Michigan, isnamed for him. —MountSherman, inLakeandParkcounties, Colorado, isnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:W.T. S. Rath | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about William T. Sherman: StanleyP. Hirshson,TheWhite Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T.Sherman — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) — of Shandaken,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenville,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,February16, 1813.U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1854-55; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Mortallywounded bygunshotin battle, and died the next day, at Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.,July 4,1863 (age50 years, 138days).Interment atWashingtonStreet Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y. | | Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known asCharles D. Sherwood — of Rushford,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Sherwood,FranklinCounty, Tenn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1833.Republican.Physician;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 91859-60, District 14 1861, 1863);postmaster;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1864-66.Drowned,reportedly as asuicide,inLakeMichigan, near Chicago, Illinois,July 2,1895 (age61 years, 226days).Interment atMoundGrove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill. | | 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. | | Edward Shippen (1703-1781) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 9,1703.Merchant;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.Died in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September25, 1781 (age78 years, 78days).Interment atSt.James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa. | | 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. | | William Shirley (1694-1771) — Born in Sussex,England,December2,1694.ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1741-49, 1753-56; Governor of theBahamas, 1760-68.Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,March24, 1771 (age76 years, 112days).Burial location unknown. | | James W. Shocknessy (1906-1976) — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.BornNovember26, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;chairman, Ohio Turnpike Commission, 1949-76; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1956,1960,1964.DiedJuly 15,1976 (age69 years, 232days).Burial location unknown.| | The James W. ShocknessyOhioTurnpike(built 1949-55; given its current name 1976), inMahoning,Trumbull,Portage,Summit,Cuyahoga,Lorain,Erie,Sandusky,Ottawa,Wood,Lucas,Fulton,andWilliamscounties, Ohio, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Myrl Howard Shoemaker (1913-1985) — also known asMyrl H. Shoemaker — ofRossCounty, Ohio.Born in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,April14, 1913.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1959-82; defeated, 1956;LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1983-85; died in office 1985.Died in Bourneville,RossCounty, Ohio,July 30,1985 (age72 years, 107days).Interment atTwinTownship Cemetery, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio. | | 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. | | Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) — also known asR. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;"Sarge" —Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,November9, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1968-70; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1976.Catholic.Germanancestry. Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, in SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January18, 2011 (age95 years, 70days).Interment atSt. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married,May 23,1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter ofJosephPatrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister ofJohnFitzgerald Kennedy,PatriciaKennedy Lawford,RobertFrancis Kennedy,JeanKennedy Smith andEdwardMoore Kennedy; aunt ofKathleenKennedy Townsend andRobertFrancis Kennedy Jr.); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who marriedArnoldAlois Schwarzenegger) andMarkKennedy Shriver; nephew ofJamesCausten Shriver; grandson ofThomasHerbert Shriver; great-grandson ofThomasJohns Perry. | | | | Political family:Kennedyfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Sargent ShriverElementarySchool, inSilverSpring, Maryland, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: ScottStossel,Sarge:The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,AGood Man: Rediscovering My Father, SargentShriver |
| | Samuel Shute (1662-1742) — Born inEngland,January12,1662.Lawyer;ColonialGovernor of Massachusetts, 1716-23;ColonialGovernor of New Hampshire, 1716-23.Englishancestry.DiedApril15, 1742 (age80 years, 93days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. — Henry SibleyHighSchool (founded 1954, rebuilt 1971), inMendotaHeights, Minnesota, isnamed for him. — TheWorld War IILibertyshipSS Henry H. Sibley (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1968) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Hastings Sibley:Rhoda R. Gilman,HenryHastings Sibley: Divided Heart |
| | Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull),FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August8, 1779.Republican.Lawyer;chemist;universityprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention fromConnecticut,1856.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November24, 1864 (age85 years, 108days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; statue erected 1884 atSterling Chemistry Laboratory Grounds, Yale University, NewHaven, Conn. | | Charles Earl Simons Jr. (1916-1999) — also known asCharles E. Simons, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in Johnston,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,August17, 1916.Lawyer;law partner ofStromThurmond; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,1964-65;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1965-86; took senior status1986.Baptist.Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in afall, atAiken RegionalMedicalCenter, Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,October26, 1999 (age83 years, 70days).Interment atAikenMemorial Gardens, Aiken, S.C. | | John Simpson (d. 1813) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Killed in theBattleof River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe),MonroeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1813.Original intermentsomewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | James Richard Slack (1818-1881) — also known asJ. R. Slack — of Huntington,HuntingtonCounty, Ind.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,September28, 1818.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1856,1868,1880(ConventionVice-President); member ofIndianastate senate, 1850; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.Died, of aheartattack, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 28,1881 (age62 years, 303days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.  | John Slidell (1793-1871) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1793.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; memberof Louisiana state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned1845;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61;ConfederateStates Envoy to France, 1861.Scottishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight,England,July29, 1871 (ageabout 78years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Alfred E. Smith (built 1944 atSouthPortland, Maine; scrapped 1970) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | | Dallas Burton Smith (1883-1936) — also known asDallas B. Smith — of Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.Born in Opelika,LeeCounty, Ala.,March 9,1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1920;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1920.Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died, in the VeteransHospital,Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,August1, 1936 (age53 years, 145days).Interment atRosemereCemetery, Opelika, Ala. | | 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 for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hoke Smith (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1967) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York World, March 5,1893 |
| | | Ora Lynn Smith, Sr. (1879-1942) — also known asO. L. Smith — of Ithaca,GratiotCounty, Mich.; Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Union City,BranchCounty, Mich.,October8, 1879.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofGeorgeP. Stone, 1913-14;GratiotCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1927-28; candidateforGovernor ofMichigan, 1940.DiedNovember27, 1942 (age63 years, 50days).Interment atMoscowPlains Cemetery, Moscow, Mich. | | Preston Earnest Smith (1912-2003) — also known asPreston Smith — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.BornMarch 8,1912.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1963-69; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1964,1972;Governorof Texas, 1969-73.DiedOctober18, 2003 (age91 years, 224days).Burial location unknown. | | Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) — also known asAbraham O. Smoot;A. O.Smoot —of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah; Provo,UtahCounty, Utah.Born in Owenton,OwenCounty, Ky.,February17, 1815.Mayorof Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857-66;mayor ofProvo, Utah, 1868-81;banker;lumberbusiness.Mormon.Died in Provo,UtahCounty, Utah,March 6,1895 (age80 years, 17days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Washigton Smoot and Nancy Ann (Rowlett) Smoot; married,November11, 1838, to Margaret Thompson McMeans; married,February17, 1856, to Anna Kirstine Mauritzdatter; father ofAbrahamOwen Smoot (1856-1911) andReedOwen Smoot; nephew ofDanielOwen Rowlett andJosephRowlett; grandfather ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot. | | | | Political family:Bullock-Smootfamily of Provo, Utah (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building(opened 1962), at Brigham YoungUniversity,Provo,Utah, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Marion Eugene Snyder (1928-2007) — also known asGene Snyder — of Brownsboro Farms,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January26, 1928.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1963-65, 1967-87 (3rd District1963-65, 4th District 1967-87); defeated, 1964.Lutheran.Member,OptimistClub.Died in Naples,CollierCounty, Fla.,February16, 2007 (age79 years, 21days).Interment atDuncanMemorial, Oldham County, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Marion Hustavus Snyder and Lois E. Snyder; married1961 to MaryLouise Hodges. | | | | The Gene SnyderU.S.Courthouse andCustomHouse (opened 1932, renamed 1986), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. — The Gene SnyderFreeway(I-265 and Ky-841), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. — The Gene SnyderAirport(general aviation), inPendletonCounty, Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier |
| | Simon Snyder (1759-1819) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,November9, 1759.Democrat.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1797;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1808-17; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1818-19; died in office 1819.Died in Selinsgrove,SnyderCounty, Pa.,November9, 1819 (age60 years, 0days).Interment atOldLutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Pa. | | Thomas A. Soetaert (1936-2016) — also known asTony Soetaert — of Shawnee,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Born in Shawnee,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,October1, 1936.Insuranceagent;mayorof Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89.Catholic.DiedDecember16, 2016 (age80 years, 76days).Interment atSt. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Shawnee, Kan. | | Gus Jerome Solomon (1906-1987) — also known asGus J. Solomon — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,August29, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1940,1944;U.S.District Judge for Oregon, 1949-71; took senior status 1971.Jewish.DiedFebruary15, 1987 (age80 years, 170days).Burial location unknown. | | Sam Solon (1931-2001) — also known as"Senator Sam" — of Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.Born in Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 25,1931.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1971-72; member ofMinnesotastate senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.EasternOrthodox.Greekancestry.Pleadedguilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting hisex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line;reprimandedby the Senate in 1996.Died, oflivercancer, in St. Mary'sMedicalCenter, Duluth,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,December28, 2001 (age70 years, 186days).Burial location unknown.| | The Solon Campus Center(built 1995, named 2001), at theUniversityof MinnesotaDuluth,isnamed for him. |
| | Alexander Somervell (1796-1854) — of Texas. Born in Maryland,June 11,1796.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Colorado and Austin, 1836-38.Died undermysteriouscircumstances in1854(ageabout58 years); his body was found lashed to the timbers of a capsizedboat.Burial location unknown. | | Richard Sopris (1813-1893) — ofDenver,Colo.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,June 26,1813.Carpenter;steamboatcaptain;prospector;mayorof Denver, Colo., 1878-81.Member,Freemasons.Died inDenver,Colo.,April 7,1893 (age79 years, 285days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | 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. | | Harry Vaios Spanos (1926-1995) — also known asHarry V. Spanos — of Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.Born in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,May 8,1926.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNewHampshire state senate, 1970; defeated, 1956; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1960(alternate),1964,1972;member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofNew Hampshire, 1976; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1980-95.EasternOrthodox.Greekancestry. Member,Moose;Lions.Died in Newport,SullivanCounty, N.H.,March18, 1995 (age68 years, 314days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Newport, N.H.  | John Jackson Sparkman (1899-1985) — also known asJohn J. Sparkman — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born near Hartselle,MorganCounty, Ala.,December20, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1937-46; resigned 1946;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1946-79; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Woodmen;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;JuniorOrder;PhiBeta Kappa;PiKappa Alpha.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,November16, 1985 (age85 years, 331days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | | John Sparks (1843-1908) — also known as"Honest John" — of Nevada. Born inWinstonCounty, Miss.,August30, 1843.Rancher;Governorof Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908.Died inCarsonCity, Nev.,May 22,1908 (age64 years, 266days).Interment atMasonicMemorial Gardens, Reno, Nev. | | Brent Spence (1874-1967) — of Fort Thomas,CampbellCounty, Ky.Born in Newport,CampbellCounty, Ky.,December24, 1874.Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1910;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1931-63 (6th District 1931-33,at-large 1933-35, 5th District 1935-63); defeated, 1928.Died in Fort Thomas,CampbellCounty, Ky.,September18, 1967 (age92 years, 268days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Southgate, Ky. | | Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) — also known asFloyd Spence — of Lexington,LexingtonCounty, S.C.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April 9,1928.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1964,1972(delegation chair),1988;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7thDistrict 1969-70); resigned 1970;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; diedin office 2001.Lutheran.Member,Sonsof Confederate Veterans;FarmBureau;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Forty andEight;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;KappaAlpha Order.Died, following surgery to remove ablood clotfrom his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson MemorialHospital,Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,August16, 2001 (age73 years, 129days).Interment atSt. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C. | | 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. | | Eliot Laurence Spitzer (b. 1959) — also known asEliot Spitzer;"Steamroller";"Client No. 9" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1959.Democrat.New Yorkstate attorney general, 1999-2006; defeated, 1994; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,2000,2004;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman);Governor ofNew York, 2007-08; resigned 2008.Jewish.Resignedas governor following disclosure that he hadpaida prostitution ring for sex.Still living as of 2016. | | Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) — also known asCharles A. Sprague — of Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,November12, 1887.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;Governor ofOregon, 1939-43.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaDelta Chi;Rotary.Died in Salem,MarionCounty, Ore.,March13, 1969 (age81 years, 121days).Cremated;ashes interred atMountCrest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore. | | John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) — also known asJohn W. Sprague — of Sandusky,ErieCounty, Ohio; Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.Born in White Creek,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1817.ErieCounty Treasurer, 1851-52;steamboatbusiness; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;received theMedalof Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,in 1862;railroadexecutive;mayor ofTacoma, Wash., 1883-84.Died in Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.,December27, 1893 (age76 years, 267days).Interment atTacomaCemetery, Tacoma, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Otis Sprague and Polly (Peck) Sprague; married to Lucy Wright,Julia Frances Choate and Abigail Choate. | | | | ThecityofSprague,Washington, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | 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 for him. — TheSpreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed for him and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) — also known as"The Sugar King of Hawaii";"His Royal Saccharinity" —Born in Lamstedt,Germany,July9, 1828.Republican.Sugarmagnate; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).Germanancestry.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December26, 1908 (age80 years, 170days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) — also known asJohn D. Spreckels — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,August16, 1853.Republican. Founder and president, OceanicSteamshipCompany; president, WesternSugarCompany; owned theHotel deCoronado, the San DiegoElectricRailway,newspapersin San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and ArizonaRailway,from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1896,1924;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1896.Germanancestry.Died in Coronado,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,June 7,1926 (age72 years, 295days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofClausSpreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother ofAdolphBernard Spreckels; married1877 to LillieC. Siebein. | | | | Political family:Spreckelsfamily of San Francisco, California. | | | | The SpreckelsTheatre,inSanDiego, California, isnamed for him. —SpreckelsElementarySchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed for him. — SpreckelsPark,inCoronado,California, isnamed for him. — The SpreckelsOrgan Pavilion, an outdoorperformancevenue, in Balboa Park,San Diego,California, isnamed for him and his brother. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known asWilliam C. Sproul — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Octoraro,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September16, 1870.Republican.Farmer;manufacturer;journalist;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1920,1924;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1920.Quaker. Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaXi;PhiKappa Psi;Grange;Freemasons;Elks;UnionLeague;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.DiedMarch21, 1928 (age57 years, 187days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;married,January21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. | | | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,University Park,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — TheSproulStateForest, inClintonCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography |
 | 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. | | | Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) — also known asRobert T. Stafford — of Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August8, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;RutlandCounty State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy duringthe Korean conflict;Vermontstate attorney general, 1955-57;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1957-59;Governor ofVermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVermont,1960;U.S.Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Eagles;Elks;Freemasons.Died in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,December23, 2006 (age93 years, 137days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Rutland, Vt. | | Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.Born in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 29,1935.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).Died, oflungcancer, in Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.,June 24,2005 (age69 years, 360days).Entombed atEvergreenCemetery, Canton, N.Y.  | Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) — also known asLeland Stanford — of Port Washington,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1824.Republican.Lawyer;merchant;builder and president, Central PacificRailroad;founderof Stanford University;Governor ofCalifornia, 1862-63; defeated, 1859;U.S.Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.Member,Freemasons.Died in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 21,1893 (age69 years, 104days).Entombed atStanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Phillips) Stanford and Josiah Stanford; brotherofCharlesStanford; married1850 to JaneElizabeth Lathrop; first cousin ofDeWitt Clinton Stanford. | | | | Political family:Stanfordfamily of Watervliet, New York. | | | | StanfordUniversity,inPaloAlto, California, isnamed for him. — StanfordJuniorHigh School, inSacramento,California, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E.Tutorow,TheGovernor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a CaliforniaColossus | | | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.)Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893 |
| | | William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known asWilliam B. Stansbury — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March18, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;chair ofJefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference inAtlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for atrystwith his administrative assistant; thescandalled to an effort toimpeachhim; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty toextorting$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grandjury as to whether this money came to hiscampaignor to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the FifthAmendment right againstself-incrimination.Member,DeltaUpsilon;American BarAssociation.While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of AssisiChurch,he washit by acar, and died soon after, in HumanaHospital-University,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1985 (age62 years, 17days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wifewas injured.Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury; married1983 to MaryEllen Farmer. | | | | William B. StansburyPark(established 1900, received current name 1985), inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | James Harper Starr (1809-1890) — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.; Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in New Hartford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December18, 1809.TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1839-40.DiedJuly 25,1890 (age80 years, 219days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Marshall, Tex. | | 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. | | Amos Steck (1822-1908) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,January8, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1863-64;chiefjustice of Colorado territorial supreme court, 1870; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Colorado,1880.Died inDenver,Colo.,November17, 1908 (age86 years, 314days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Denver, Colo. | | 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. | | John Hall Stephens (1847-1924) — also known asJohn H. Stephens — of Vernon,WilbargerCounty, Tex.Born inShelbyCounty, Tex.,November22, 1847.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1886-88;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1897-1917.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Monrovia,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,November18, 1924 (age76 years, 362days).Interment atEastView Cemetery, Vernon, Tex. | | Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) — also known asRobert G. Stephens, Jr. — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August14, 1913.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1951-53; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59;U.S.Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Kiwanis;Woodmen.Died, in ahospitalat Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,February20, 2003 (age89 years, 190days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Benjamin Stephenson (d. 1822) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born in Kentucky. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1814-17;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Edwardsville, Illinois, 1816;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,1818.Slaveowner. Died in Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.,October10, 1822.Burial location unknown. | | 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 for him. —FortStevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now apark)inWashington,D.C., wasnamed for him. — Thecity(andlake)ofLakeStevens, Washington, isnamed for him. — ThetownofStevensville,Montana, isnamed for him. — StevensPeak(6,838 feet), inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, isnamed for him. — StevensPeak(5,372 feet), inBinghamCounty, Idaho, isnamed for him. — UpperStevensLake,and Lower StevensLake,inShoshoneCounty, Idaho, arenamed for him. — TheStevens Halldormitory,at Washington StateUniversity,Pullman,Washington, isnamed for him. — Isaac I.StevensElementarySchool (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001),inSeattle,Washington, isnamed for him. — StevensMiddleSchool, inPortAngeles, Washington, isnamed for him. —StevensJuniorHigh School (now Middle School), inPasco,Washington, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1967) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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 IILibertyshipSS John Stevens (built 1942 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Peters Stevens (1868-1929) — also known asJ. P. Stevens — of Fanwood,UnionCounty, N.J.; Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in North Andover,EssexCounty, Mass.,February2, 1868.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant; postmaster atFanwood,N.J., 1901-03; founder of J.P. Stevens textile firm; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1920;Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1928.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,October27, 1929 (age61 years, 267days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.  | Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg,AdamsCounty, Pa.; Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Danville,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,April 4,1792.Republican. Born with aclubfoot, whichimpairedhis walk;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1856(speaker),1860.Died inWashington,D.C.,August11, 1868 (age76 years, 129days).Interment atShreiner-ConcordCemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known asTed Stevens — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood,Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November18, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska,1964,1972(delegation chair); member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1965-68;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Indictedin July 2008 on federalchargesoffailingto reportgiftsfrom VECO Corporation and its CEO;triedandconvictedin October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due toprosecutorial misconduct.Killed in aplanecrash, inBristol BayBorough, Alaska,August9, 2010 (age86 years, 264days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | 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. | | Duncan Stewart (1763-1819) — of North Carolina; Tennessee;WilkinsonCounty, Miss.Born in1763.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1790; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1800; member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1813;LieutenantGovernor of Mississippi, 1810; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1810.Died in1819(ageabout56 years).Interment atStewartTwo Cemetery, Near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Miss. | | Walter William Stiern (1914-1988) — also known asWalter W. Stiern — of Bakersfield,KernCounty, Calif.Born in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,March 8,1914.Democrat.Veterinarian;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1959-86 (34th District 1959-66, 18th District1967-86); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1960.Died in Bakersfield,KernCounty, Calif.,February21, 1988 (age73 years, 350days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Bakersfield, Calif. | | Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale (1825-1890) — also known asFletcher S. Stockdale — of Port Lavaca,CalhounCounty, Tex.Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,1825.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1860,1872,1880;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1863-65;Governor ofTexas, 1865;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Texas, 1876-80.Died in Cuero,DeWittCounty, Tex.,February4, 1890 (ageabout 64years).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. | | 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 for him. — ThecityofStockton,Missouri, isnamed for him. — TheboroughofStockton,New Jersey, isnamed for him. — ThecityofFortStockton, Texas, isnamed for him. — StocktonCreek, atidalchannel inMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
 | William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) — also known asWilliam A. Stone — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Delmar Township,TiogaCounty, Pa.,April18, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;TiogaCounty District Attorney, 1875-77;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-86;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1891-98; delegateto Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1896;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 1,1920 (age73 years, 318days).Interment atWellsboroCemetery, Wellsboro, Pa. |  | George Stoneman (1822-1894) — of California. Born in Busti,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1822.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War;Governor ofCalifornia, 1883-87.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,September5, 1894 (age72 years, 28days).Interment atBentley Cemetery, Lakewood, N.Y.  | Joseph Story (1779-1845) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,September18, 1779.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1805-07, 1811;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1811;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1808-09;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-45; died in office 1845;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September10, 1845 (age65 years, 357days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | | Robert William Straub (1920-2002) — also known asRobert W. Straub;Bob Straub — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 6,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofOregonstate senate, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oregon,1964;Oregonstate treasurer, 1965-73;Governor ofOregon, 1975-79; defeated, 1966, 1978.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, in along-termcare facility at Springfield,LaneCounty, Ore.,November27, 2002 (age82 years, 205days).Cremated. | | Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (nowGermany),February6, 1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.Jewish.One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in NewYork.Perishedin thewreckof the steamshipTitanic, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,April15, 1912 (age67 years, 69days); his body was subsequently recovered.Originally entombed atBethEl Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument atStrausPark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother ofOscarSolomon Straus; married,July 12,1871, to Ida Blum; father ofJesseIsidor Straus; uncle ofNathanStraus Jr.; grandfather of Evelyn Straus Weil (who marriedGeorgeBacker) andStuartScheftel; granduncle ofRonaldPeter Straus. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory atHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts, isnamed for him and his wife. — StrausPark(established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as BloomingdaleSquare; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenuein Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York, isnamed for him and his wife. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Isidor Straus: June HallMcCash,ATitanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
| | 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. | | Robert Stuart (1785-1848) — of Michigan. Born in Perthshire,Scotland,February19, 1785.Explorer;fur trader;business partner of John Jacob Astor;Michiganstate treasurer, 1840-41.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1848 (age63 years, 252days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | George M. Sullivan (1922-2009) — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska;Anchorage,Alaska.Born in Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,March31, 1922.Republican. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1964;mayorof Anchorage, Alaska, 1967-81.Died inAnchorage,Alaska,September23, 2009 (age87 years, 176days).Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Roger Charles Sullivan (1861-1920) — also known asRoger C. Sullivan — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Belvidere,BooneCounty, Ill.,February3, 1861.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1892,1900,1904,1908,1912(speaker),1916;delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Illinois, 1906; candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1914.Died, ofheartfailure, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April14, 1920 (age59 years, 71days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.  | Charles Sumner (1811-1874) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January6, 1811.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1848;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1851-74; died in office 1874.In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by SouthCarolina Rep.PrestonS. Brooks, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech.Died inWashington,D.C.,March11, 1874 (age63 years, 64days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; statue erected 1879 atBoston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.  | Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) — of Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,August14, 1734.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from District Eastward of Wateree River,1781-82;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801);U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10; U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1809-19.Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg,SumterCounty, S.C.,June 1,1832 (age97 years, 292days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives:Grandfather ofThomasDe Lage Sumter. | | | | FortSumter (built during 1829-61), inCharleston,South Carolina, isnamed for him. — The SumterNationalForest (established 1936), inOconee,Union,Newberry,McCormick,Edgefield,Abbeville,Laurens,Chester,Fairfield,Greenwood,Saludacounties, South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Leslie M. Sutherland — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Republican. Vice-president, Third AvenueRailway,New York;mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1900,1920.Burial location unknown. | | 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.  | Thaddeus Campbell Sweet (1872-1928) — also known asThaddeus C. Sweet — of Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.Born in Phoenix,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,November16, 1872.Republican.Papermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Oswego County, 1910-20;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1914-20; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1916,1924;U.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1923-28; died inoffice 1928.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died as result of anairplaneaccident in Whitney Point,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1928 (age55 years, 167days).Interment atPhoenixRural Cemetery, Phoenix, N.Y. | | George Bell Swift (1845-1912) — also known asGeorge B. Swift — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December14, 1845.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1892;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97.Methodist.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 2,1912 (age66 years, 201days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) — also known asRobert A. Taft;"Mr.Republican";"Mr. Integrity";"OurIllustrious Dunderhead" —of Indian Hill,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September8, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1921-26;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932,1944;member ofOhiostate senate, 1931-32;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1940,1944,1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,PsiUpsilon.Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died, frommalignanttumors, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1953 (age63 years, 326days).Interment atIndianHill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;memorial monument atCapitolGrounds, Washington, D.C.  | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunityof Taft, now part ofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed for him. — WilliamHoward TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed for him. — WilliamHoward TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed for him. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed for him. — William HowardTaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed for him. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
| | Matthew Talbot (1762-1827) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,1762.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1808;Governor ofGeorgia, 1819.DiedSeptember17, 1827 (ageabout 65years).Interment atSmyrnaCemetery, Wilkes County, Ga. | | Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia,1750.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofGeorgiastate senate, 1790;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1802; superior courtjudge in Georgia, 1800.Slaveowner. Died inWilkesCounty, Ga.,September3, 1821 (ageabout 71years).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) — of McRae (now part of McRae-Helena),TelfairCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,September23, 1884.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;Georgiacommissioner of agriculture, 1927;Governor ofGeorgia, 1933-37, 1941-43.Baptist.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;OddFellows;SigmaNu.DiedDecember21, 1946 (age62 years, 89days).Interment atMcRaeCity Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga. | | Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known asRoger B. Taney — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,March17, 1777.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1799-1800;bankdirector; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1816-21;Marylandstate attorney general, 1827-31;U.S.Attorney General, 1831-33;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.Catholic.FirstCatholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.Died inWashington,D.C.,October12, 1864 (age87 years, 209days).Interment atSt.John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married,January7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister ofFrancisScott Key; niece ofPhilipBarton Key (1757-1815); aunt ofPhilipBarton Key (1818-1859)). | | | | Political family:Pendletonfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnMerryman | | | | Taney County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and ablelawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplaryChristian." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges | | | | Books by Roger Taney:Memoirof Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. | | | | Books about Roger Taney: BernardChristian Steiner,Lifeof Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States SupremeCourt — Charles Smith,RogerB. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman,RogerTaney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
 | Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) — also known asBooth Tarkington — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,July 29,1869.Republican.Novelist;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1903-04.Member,SigmaChi.Won thePulitzerPrize in fiction, 1919, forThe Magnificent Ambersons andin 1922 forAlice Adams.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 19,1946 (age76 years, 294days).Entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofJohnStevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington;brother-in-law ofOvidButler Jameson; married,June 18,1902, to Laura Louisa Fletcher; married1912 toSusannah Kiefer Robinson; nephew ofNewtonBooth; uncle ofJohnTarkington Jameson andDonaldOvid Butler Jameson; grandnephew ofWilliamClayborne Tarkington; first cousin ofFentonWhitlock Booth. | | | | Political family:Booth-Tarkington-Jamesonfamily of Indianapolis, Indiana. | | | | Tarkington Hall, at PurdueUniversity,inWestLafayette, Indiana, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Booth Tarkington:TheGentleman from Indiana (1899) —InThe Arena : Stories of Political Life (1905) | | | | Fiction by Booth Tarkington:TheTurmoil —AliceAdams —Penrodand Sam —TheMagnificent Ambersons —Penrod —Seventeen —GentleJulia —RamseyMilholland —TheConquest of Canaan —TheTwo Vanrevels —Harlequinand Columbine —TheBeautiful Lady —MonsieurBeaucaire —TheGibson Upright —TheGuest of Quesnay —HisOwn People —Women —Beasley'sChristmas Party | | | | Books about Booth Tarkington: James L.Woodress,BoothTarkington : Gentleman from Indiana — Keith J.Fennimore,BoothTarkington | | | | Image source: Time Magazine, December21, 1925 |
| | Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,1799.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-53.Member,Freemasons.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,August2, 1858 (ageabout 59years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequentinterment in 1859 ataprivate or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atPioneerRest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex. | | Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803) — of Georgia. Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,1762.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1795;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1796-99;Governor ofGeorgia, 1801-02.Died in Nassau,Bahamas,June6, 1803 (ageabout 40years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | Arie Parks Taylor (1927-2003) — also known asArie P. Taylor;"Denver's BellaAbzug" —ofDenver,Colo.Born in Bedford,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,1927.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,1968,1972(alternate); member ofColoradostate house of representatives 7th District, 1973-84; Denverclerk and recorder, 1991-95.Female.Africanancestry.Colorado'sfirstAfrican-American woman legislator.Died, in Presbyterian/St. Luke'sHospital,Denver,Colo.,September27, 2003 (ageabout 76years).Interment atFortLogan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo. | | 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. | | John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824) — of Port Royal,CarolineCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,December19, 1753.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;political theorist; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1796-1800;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1792-94, 1803, 1822-24; died in office1824; Presidential Elector for Virginia,1796.Slaveowner. Died inCarolineCounty, Va.,August21, 1824 (age70 years, 246days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Caroline County, Va. | | William Robert Taylor (1820-1909) — also known asWilliam R. Taylor — of Cottage Grove,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Connecticut,July 10,1820.Democrat.Governor ofWisconsin, 1874-76; defeated, 1875.DiedMarch17, 1909 (age88 years, 250days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.  | Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,1753.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1775;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1794-99; died in office 1799.Slaveowner. Died in1799(ageabout46 years).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) — also known asLittleton W. Tazewell — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,December17, 1774.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1796;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1800-01;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1824-32;Governor ofVirginia, 1834-36; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1840.Slaveowner. DiedMay 6,1860 (age85 years, 141days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1866 atElmwoodCemetery, Norfolk, Va. | | Edward Telfair (1735-1807) — of Georgia. Born inScotland,1735.Signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1778, 1780-82; received oneelectoral vote,1789;Governorof Georgia, 1789-93.DiedSeptember17, 1807 (ageabout 72years).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga.  | 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. | | Alexander Watkins Terrell (1827-1912) — also known asAlexander Terrell;AlexTerrell —of Texas. Born inPatrickCounty, Va.,November23, 1827.District judge in Texas, 1857-62; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1875-82; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1891-93, 1903-07; U.S. MinistertoTurkey, 1893-97.Died in Mineral Wells,Palo PintoCounty, Tex.,September9, 1912 (age84 years, 291days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Terrell (1778-1855) — of Sparta,HancockCounty, Ga.Born in Virginia,1778.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1810;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21.Slaveowner. Died in1855(ageabout77 years).Interment atSpartaCemetery, Sparta, Ga. | | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) — also known asFrank Terry — Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,February18, 1821.Planter;in 1844, he wasattackedby two rebellious slaves with knives and axes;railroadbuilder;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilled inaction while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle ofWoodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), inHartCounty, Ky.,December17, 1861 (age40 years, 302days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reintermentin 1880 atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | 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. | | John Milton Thayer (1820-1906) — also known asJohn M. Thayer — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Bellingham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January24, 1820.Republican.MemberNebraska territorial council, 1860; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1867-71;Governorof Wyoming Territory, 1875-78;Governor ofNebraska, 1887-91, 1891-92.Died in Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.,March19, 1906 (age86 years, 54days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Lincoln, Neb.| | Relatives: Sonof Elias Nelson Thayer and Ruth (Staples) Thayer; married,December17, 1842, to Mary Laura Albee; granduncle ofArthurLaban Bates; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams,JohnAdams andAlmurStiles Whiting; third cousin once removed ofJosephAllen,JohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andPeterRawson Taft; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821) andWilsonHenry Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed ofBurtonL. Rockwood; fourth cousin ofWillardJ. Chapin,GeorgeWashington Adams,CharlesFrancis Adams,AlphonsoTaft andEliThayer; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,ElijahBoardman,JohnAllen,WilliamBostwick,ElijahHunt Mills,DanielWarner Bostwick,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,AlexanderWheelock Thayer,WilliamAldrich,WilliamVincent Wells,StaleyN. Wood,EdwardM. Chapin,JohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894),CharlesPhelps Taft,WilliamNelson Taft,BrooksAdams,JohnAlden Thayer,WilliamHoward Taft andHenryWaters Taft. | | | | Political families:Adamsfamily of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts;Adamsfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Thayer County,Neb. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography |
| | Vincent Thomas (1907-1980) — also known asVincent Thomasevich — of San Pedro, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Pass Christian,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,April16, 1907.Democrat. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1941-78 (68th District 1941-74, 52nd District1975-78); defeated, 1978; Democratic Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1940(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHenryA. Wallace); Democratic Presidential Elector for California,1944(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHarryS. Truman); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1948,1960;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1952.Croatianancestry. Member,Elks;Redmen.Died in San Pedro, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January31, 1980 (age72 years, 290days).Interment atGreenHills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. | | Fred Dalton Thompson (b. 1942) — also known asFred Thompson — of Tennessee. Born in Sheffield,ColbertCounty, Ala.,August19, 1942.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1994-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,2008.Member,ScreenActors Guild.Became anactorwhen he played himself in the 1985filmMarie, and went on to appear in other films in 1985-94,includingNo Way Out,The Hunt for Red October,CapeFear, andIn the Line of Fire, as well as the televisionseriesLaw and Order.Still living as of 2014. | | 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. | | Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. (1904-1972) — of Colorado;Washington,D.C.Born in Las Animas,BentCounty, Colo.,August24, 1904.Accountant;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inColombo, 1929-32;Geneva, 1933-36; U.S. Consul inGeneva, 1937-38;Moscow, 1941-43; U.S. Ambassador toAustria, 1952-57;Soviet Union, 1957-62, 1966-69;, 1962-66.Died ofcancer,in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February6, 1972 (age67 years, 166days).Interment atLasAnimas Cemetery, Las Animas, Colo.  | James Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) — also known asStrom Thurmond — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.; Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,December5, 1902.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1933-38; resigned1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1936,1948,1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1956;circuit judge in South Carolina, 1938-46; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1947-51; States Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1948;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1954-56, 1956-2003; received 14electoral votes for Vice-President,1960;delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,1972,1988.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;PiKappa Alpha.Died in Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,June 26,2003 (age100 years,203 days).Interment atEdgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; statue erected1999 atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John William Thurmond and Eleanor Gertrude (Strom) Thurmond;married1968 to NancyJanice Moore; married,November7, 1947, toJeanCrouch. | | | | Cross-reference:CharlesE. Simons, Jr. —JoeWilson —JohnLight Napier —RobertAdams | | | | Strom ThurmondFederalBuilding andU.S.Courthouse, inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed for him. — StromThurmondHighSchool, inJohnston,South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Strom Thurmond: Essie MayWashington-Williams,DearSenator : A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond —Jack Bass & Marilyn W. Thompson,Strom:The Complicated Personal and Political Life of StromThurmond — R. J. Duke,TheCentennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the PeopleWho Knew Him Best — Joseph Crespino,StromThurmond's America | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) — also known asJohn M. Thurston — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,August21, 1847.Republican.Lawyer;general solicitor for Union PacificRailroad;delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska,1872,1888(TemporaryChair),1896(PermanentChair; chair,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);member ofNebraskastate house of representatives, 1875-77; Republican PresidentialElector for Nebraska,1880;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nebraska, 1896; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1896.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,August9, 1916 (age68 years, 354days).Cremated;ashes interred atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Samuel Royal Thurston (1816-1851) — of Oregon. Born in Monmouth,KennebecCounty, Maine,April15, 1816.Lawyer;newspapereditor;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1849-51.Diedaboardthe steamerCalifornia, in theNorthPacific Ocean,April 9,1851 (age34 years, 359days).Original intermentsomewherein Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1853 atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore. | | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) — of Charles Town,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio.Born in Carlisle,England,June19, 1766.Democrat.Physician;minister;member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799-1801;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;Governorof Ohio, 1803-07;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General forOhio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.Methodist.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,August9, 1829 (age63 years, 51days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio. | | Nelson Tift (1810-1891) — of Georgia. Born in Connecticut,1810.Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1840; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1841; served in the ConfederateNavy during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1868-69.Slaveowner. Died in1891(ageabout81 years).Interment atOakviewCemetery, Albany, Ga.  | Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) — also known asSamuel J. Tilden;"The GreatReformer";"The GreatForecloser" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1814.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1846, 1872 (New York County 1846, New York County18th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1864(speaker);New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1872-82;Governor ofNew York, 1875-77; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Died near Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1886 (age72 years, 176days).Interment atCemeteryof the Evergreens, New Lebanon, N.Y.; statue erected 1926 atRiversidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Elam Tilden and Polly Younglove (Jones) Tilden; brother ofMosesYounglove Tilden; second cousin once removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd; third cousin ofStephenDaniel Tilden; third cousin once removed ofDanielRose Tilden; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeGalen Tilden; third cousin thrice removed ofLucienCooper Tilden,JuliusGalen Tilden andFredChester Tilden; fourth cousin ofAsahelOtis; fourth cousin once removed ofDayOtis Kellogg andDwightKellogg. | | | | Political family:Tildenfamily of New Lebanon, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnBigelow —PulaskiF. Hyatt —DanielS. Lamont —WilliamW. Niles | | | | Samuel J. TildenHighSchool (opened 1930), inBrooklyn,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:SamuelT. Montague—SamuelT. Munson | | | | Epitaph: "I still trust thepeople." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Samuel J. Tilden: AlexanderC. Flick & Gustav Lobrano,SamuelJones Tilden — William Severn,SamuelJ. Tilden and the Stolen Election — William H.Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) — also known asBenjamin R. Tillman;"PitchforkBen";"The One-Eyed Plowboy" —of Trenton,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August11, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lost hisleft eye in 1864;farmer;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1890-94; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1892(ConventionVice-President),1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from EdgefieldCounty, 1895;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; inFebrury, 1902, heaccusedfellow South Carolina senatorJohnMcLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the twocame toblows on the Senate floor; both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.Englishancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 3,1918 (age70 years, 326days).Interment atEbenezerCemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C. | | Clyde Tingley (1883-1960) — of Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.Born near London,MadisonCounty, Ohio,January5, 1883.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1936,1948;Governorof New Mexico, 1935-39.Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,December24, 1960 (age77 years, 354days).Interment atFairviewMemorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M. | | 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. | | Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855) — of Texas. Born inRutherfordCounty, Tenn.,March12, 1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas statelegislature, 1851-52.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedApril 9,1855 (age41 years, 28days).Interment atSavannahCemetery, Red River County, Tex.  | Maurice Joseph Tobin (1901-1953) — also known asMaurice J. Tobin — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 22,1901.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1928,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952;candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1928;mayor ofBoston, Mass., 1938-45;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1945-47; defeated, 1946;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1948-53.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Moose;Foresters.Died, of aheartattack, in Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,July 19,1953 (age52 years, 58days).Interment atHolyhoodCemetery, Brookline, Mass. | | | John Blair Smith Todd (1814-1872) — also known asJohn B. S. Todd — of Yankton,YanktonCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April 4,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1861-63, 1864-65; memberofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1866-67.Died inYanktonCounty, S.Dak.,January5, 1872 (age57 years, 276days).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak. | | John Toman (1878-1969) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Bohemia (now part ofCzechia),September14, 1878.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1928(alternate),1932,1936,1940,1944;delegateto Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;CookCounty Sheriff, 1934-38.DiedMay 6,1969 (age90 years, 234days).Interment atBohemianNational Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,June 21,1774.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805;Governor ofNew York, 1807-17;VicePresident of the United States, 1817-25;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.PresbyterianorChristianReformed. Member,Freemasons.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,June 11,1825 (age50 years, 355days).Entombed atSt.Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Mangle Minthorne Tompkins (1807-1881) — also known asMinthorne Tompkins — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,December26, 1807.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1833-34; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; Free SoilDemocratic candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1852; Presidential Elector for New York,1856;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 5,1881 (age73 years, 161days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Joseph Kemp Toole (1851-1929) — also known asJoseph K. Toole — of Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.Born in Savannah,AndrewCounty, Mo.,May 12,1851.Democrat. Member ofMontanaterritorial House of Representatives, 1879-81;memberMontana territorial council, 1881-83;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1885-89;Governor ofMontana, 1889-93, 1901-08; resigned 1908; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Montana,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization;HonoraryVice-President).Died in Helena,Lewis andClark County, Mont.,March11, 1929 (age77 years, 303days).Interment atResurrectionCemetery, Helena, Mont. | | Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) — also known asRobert Toombs;Bob Toombs — of Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,July 2,1810.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837-43;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1853-61;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;fledto Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest byUnionforces; he was suspected of involvement in theassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln; later returned to Georgia;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.One of the greatest orators of his time. Slaveowner. Died in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December15, 1885 (age75 years, 166days).Interment atRestHaven Cemetery, Washington, Ga. | | 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.  | Horace Mann Towner (1855-1937) — also known asHorace M. Towner — of Corning,AdamsCounty, Iowa.Born in Belvidere,BooneCounty, Ill.,October23, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;AdamsCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1881-84; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Iowa,1888;district judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1891-1910;U.S.Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1911-23;Governor ofPuerto Rico, 1923-29.Suffered a head injury in an accidentalfall, anddied ten days later, in Corning,AdamsCounty, Iowa,November23, 1937 (age82 years, 31days).Interment atWalnutGrove Cemetery, Corning, Iowa. | | George Washington Bonaparte Towns (1801-1854) — also known asGeorge W. B. Towns — of Talbotton,TalbotCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,May 4,1801.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1829; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1832;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1835-36, 1837-39, 1846-47 (at-large1835-36, 1837-39, 3rd District 1846-47);Governor ofGeorgia, 1847-51.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 15,1854 (age53 years, 72days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | William Barret Travis (1809-1836) — also known asWilliam B. Travis — of Claiborne,MonroeCounty, Ala.; Anahuac,ChambersCounty, Tex.Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (nowSaludaCounty), S.C.,August9, 1809.Lawyer;newspapereditor;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age26 years, 210days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex. | | 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. | | Stephen Trigg (1742-1782) — Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,1742.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-80.Killedin the Battle of Blue Licks, in what is nowRobertsonCounty, Ky.,August19, 1782 (ageabout 40years).Intermentsomewherein Nicholas County, Ky. | | Robert Trimble (1776-1828) — of Kentucky. Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,November17, 1776.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1802; state court judge inKentucky, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16;federaljudge, 1817;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedAugust25, 1828 (age51 years, 282days).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky. | | Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876-1939) — also known asE. Lee Trinkle — of Virginia. Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,March12, 1876.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate 5th District, 1916-21;Governor ofVirginia, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Virginia,1924,1928.Died inRichmond,Va.,November25, 1939 (age63 years, 258days).Interment atEastEnd Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.  | Bartlett Tripp (1842-1911) — of South Dakota. Born in Illinois,1842.Democrat.Delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883;justice ofDakota territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Dakota,1892;U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1893-97.Died in1911(ageabout69 years).Intermentsomewherein Yankton, S.Dak. | | George McIntosh Troup (1780-1856) — also known asGeorge M. Troup;"The Hercules of StatesRights" —of Dublin,LaurensCounty, Ga.Born in McIntosh Bluff, Ga. (now McIntosh,WashingtonCounty, Ala.),September8, 1780.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-15 (at-large 1807-09, 4thDistrict 1809-11, at-large 1811-15);U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1816-18, 1829-33;Governor ofGeorgia, 1823-27; defeated, 1819; Southern Rights candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1852.Slaveowner. DiedApril26, 1856 (age75 years, 231days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Treutlen County, Ga. | | Robert Troup (1757-1832) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,August19, 1757.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1785-86;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1796-98.Columbia classmate and close friend ofAlexanderHamilton.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1832 (age74 years, 148days).Entombed in mausoleum atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | William Trousdale (1790-1872) — of Tennessee. Born inOrangeCounty, N.C.,September23, 1790.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1835-36; candidate forU.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1837, 1839, 1845; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee,1840;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTennessee, 1849-51; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1853-57.Died in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,March27, 1872 (age81 years, 186days).Interment atGallatinCemetery, Gallatin, Tenn.  | Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) — also known as"Give 'Em Hell Harry" — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Lamar,BartonCounty, Mo.,May 8,1884.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; county judge inMissouri, 1922-24, 1926-34;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1935-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1940,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1952,1960;VicePresident of the United States, 1945;Presidentof the United States, 1945-53; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1952.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;AmericanLegion;Eagles;Elks;LambdaChi Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta.Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist group, Griselio Torresolaand Oscar Collazo, tried to shoot their way into Blair House,temporary residence of the President, as part of anattemptedassassination, November 1, 1950. Torresola and a guard, LeslieCoffelt, were killed. Collazo, wounded, was arrested, tried, andconvicted of murder.Died at ResearchHospitaland Medical Center, Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,December26, 1972 (age88 years, 232days).Interment atTrumanPresidential Library and Museum, Independence, Mo.; statue atIndependenceSquare, Independence, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; married,June 28,1919, toElizabethVirginia Wallace (granddaughter ofBenjaminFranklin Wallace); grandnephew ofJamesC. Chiles. | | | | Political family:Trumanfamily of Independence, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:AndrewJ. May —MiltonLipson —SamuelI. Rosenman —StephenJ. Spingarn —JamesM. Curley —GeorgeE. Allen —GeorgeE. Allen —JonathanDaniels | | | | TrumanStateUniversity,Kirksville,Missouri, isnamed for him. — TrumanCollege,Chicago,Illinois, isnamed for him. — Harry S. TrumanHighSchool, inLevittown,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:H.Truman Chafin—HarryTruman Moore | | | | Personal motto: "The Buck StopsHere." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Harry S. Truman:TheAutobiography of Harry S. Truman | | | | Books about Harry S. Truman: DavidMcCullough,Truman —Alonzo L. Hamby,Manof the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman — Sean J.Savage,Trumanand the Democratic Party — Ken Hechler,WorkingWith Truman : A Personal Memoir of the White HouseYears — Alan Axelrod,Whenthe Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman onLeadership — Ralph Keyes,TheWit and Wisdom of Harry S. Truman — William LeeMiller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Matthew Algeo,HarryTruman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American RoadTrip — David Pietrusza,1948:Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that TransformedAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Who's Who in UnitedStates Politics (1950) |
| | | 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. | | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740-1809) — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March26, 1740.U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-95;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1791-93;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1795-96;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1796-97;Governor ofConnecticut, 1797-1809; died in office 1809.Died in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August7, 1809 (age69 years, 134days).Interment atTrumbullCemetery, Lebanon, Conn. | | Donald John Trump (b. 1946) — also known asDonald Trump;David Dennison;"Drumpf" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1946.Republican.Presidentof the United States, 2017-21, 2025-; defeated, 2020;speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.GermanandScottishancestry.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Brother ofMaryanneTrump Barry; married,January22, 2005, toMelanijaKnavs; father ofDonaldJohn Trump Jr.. | | | | Political family:Trumpfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:JoeArpaio —DuncanD. Hunter —SamClovis —AlexanderWillette | | | | Donald J. TrumpStatePark, inWestchesterandPutnamcounties, New York, isnamed for him. — Donald J.TrumpHighway,a part of U.S. 287, inCimmaronCounty, Oklahoma, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —Encyclopediaof American Loons |
| | 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 IILibertyshipSS Henry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1966) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904) — also known asHenry G. Turner — of Quitman,BrooksCounty, Ga.Born in North Carolina,1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1874; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1876;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1881-97 (2nd District 1881-93, 11thDistrict 1893-97);justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1903-04.Died in1904(ageabout65 years).Interment atWestEnd Cemetery, Quitman, Ga. | | 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. | | James Milton Turner (1840-1915) — also known asJ. Milton Turner — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.;St.Louis, Mo.Born inslaveryinSt.Louis, Mo.,1840.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1871-78;stabbedin the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.Died, as the result of arailroadtank carexplosion,in Ardmore,CarterCounty, Okla.,November1, 1915 (ageabout 75years).Interment atFatherDickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John W. Turner (1800-1883) — ofLenaweeCounty, Mich.;SaginawCounty, Mich.; Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in1800.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1847, 1849, 1851-52 (LenaweeCounty 1847, 1849, Saginaw County 1851-52); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1862;memberDakota territorial council, 1865-67, 1870-71.Died in1883(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown.  | Roy Joseph Turner (1894-1973) — also known asRoy J. Turner — of Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.Born in Kendrick,LincolnCounty, Okla.,November6, 1894.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness;oilproducer;rancher;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1944,1948,1952,1956;Governorof Oklahoma, 1947-51.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died in Oklahoma City,OklahomaCounty, Okla.,June 11,1973 (age78 years, 217days).Interment atRoseHill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla. | | | Theodore Francis Turner (1868-1951) — also known asTheo F. Turner;"Father of Idaho StateCollege" —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Ringgold,MorganCounty, Ohio,May 4,1868.Republican.Abstract andtitle business; member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1901-02;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1913-15;Idaho stateauditor, 1903-05; in March 1915, the commissioner of the U.S.General Land Officefound himguilty ofirregularpractices in land office transactions; later, in August 1915, theDepartment of the Interior announced that he had been exonerated;acting postmaster atPocatello,Idaho, 1932-33.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,April17, 1951 (age82 years, 348days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho. | | Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) — also known asElbert P. Tuttle — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,July 17,1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Georgia,1948,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1954-68; tooksenior status 1968.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,June 23,1996 (age98 years, 342days).Interment atAllSaints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga.  | Millard Evelyn Tydings (1890-1961) — also known asMillard E. Tydings — of Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.Born in Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,April 6,1890.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1916-17, 1920;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1920; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1922-24;U.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1923-27;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1927-51; defeated, 1950; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1928,1936,1940,1944,1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died near Havre de Grace,HarfordCounty, Md.,February9, 1961 (age70 years, 309days).Interment atAngelHill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.  | John Tyler (1790-1862) — also known as"The AccidentalPresident" —ofWilliamsburg,Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,March29, 1790.Whig.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21;Governor ofVirginia, 1825-27;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1827-36;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate toWhig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (ConventionVice-President);VicePresident of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836;Presidentof the United States, 1841-45;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Charles City, James City &New Kent counties, 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;died in office 1862.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.A bill toimpeachhim was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.Slaveowner. Died, probably from astroke,in ahotelroom atRichmond,Va.,January18, 1862 (age71 years, 295days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: SonofJohnTyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; married,March29, 1813, toLetitiaChristian; married,June 26,1844, toJuliaGardiner (daughter ofDavidGardiner); father ofDavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; great-grandfather ofAdeleGoodwyn; third cousin ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton andAylettHawes Buckner; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting. | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminTappan | | | | Tyler County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | John TylerHighSchool, inTyler,Texas, isnamed for him. — John TylerCommunityCollege, inChester,Virginia, isnamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnT. Rich—JohnT. Cutting—JohnTyler Cooper—JohnTyler Cambpell—JohnTyler Taylor—JohnTyler Hammons | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.Chitwood,JohnTyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma LoisPeterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.Walker,JohnTyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,JohnTyler, the Accidental President — Gary May,JohnTyler: The 10th President, 1841-1845 — Donald BarrChidsey,AndTyler Too | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | John Tyler (1747-1813) — ofCharlesCity County, Va.Born inJames CityCounty, Va.,February28, 1747.Lawyer;planter;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CharlesCity County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1808-11.Died inCharlesCity County, Va.,January6, 1813 (age65 years, 313days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Charles City County, Va. | | Nathan Udell (1817-1903) — of Unionville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa; Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa.Born inSusquehannaCounty, Pa.,February18, 1817.Democrat.Physician;member ofIowastate senate, 1854, 1860-66.Member,Freemasons.Died inDenver,Colo.,March 6,1903 (age86 years, 16days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) — also known asWilliam B. Umstead — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Born in Mangum Township,DurhamCounty, N.C.,May 13,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1933-39;NorthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1945;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1946-48; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1948;Governorof North Carolina, 1953-54; died in office 1954.Methodist.Died, fromarterioscleroticheart disease andcongestiveheart failure, while also suffering frombronchopneumonia,in WattsHospital,Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,November7, 1954 (age59 years, 178days).Interment atMt.Tabor Church Cemetery, Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C. | | 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 for him. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed for him. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed for him. — MartinVan BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed for him. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed for him. | | | | 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) |
| | Robert Smith Vance (1931-1989) — also known asBob Vance — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.,May 10,1931.Democrat.Lawyer;AlabamaDemocratic state chair, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1968,1972(alternate);Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1977-81;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-89; died inoffice 1989.Assassinatedby way of amail bomb,in Mountain Brook,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,December16, 1989 (age58 years, 220days). Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who sent the bomb, was convictedof murder, sentenced to death, and executed in 2018.Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium, Mountain Brook, Ala.  | Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) — also known asZebulon B. Vance — of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,May 13,1830.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1854;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1858-61; colonelin the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1862-65, 1877-79;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1879-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1894 (age63 years, 336days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C.; statue atUnionSquare, Raleigh, N.C. | | Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) — of New York. Born inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January10, 1721.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1777-78;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1778-95.Died inWestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 1,1814 (age93 years, 111days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.;reinterment atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) VanCortlandt; married,May 29,1748, to Joanna Livingston (daughter ofGilbertLivingston); father ofPhilipVan Cortlandt (1749-1831),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. and Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (who marriedPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer); grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andAbrahamde Peyster; grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofStephanusBayard,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin once removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),NicholasBayard,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; first cousin twice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andJohnCortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton andJohnSluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870),JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,BronsonMurray Cutting,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; first cousin six times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,HenryRutgers,JohnJay andFrederickJay; second cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipDePeyster,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; second cousin twice removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GilbertLivingston Thompson,GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton,JohnJacob Astor III,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,MontgomerySchuyler Jr.,PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,RobertReginald Livingston,RobertWinthrop Kean andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996). | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cortland County,N.Y. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofCortland,New York, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | 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. | | Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) — also known asRobert L. Vann — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Oakmont,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Ahoskie,HertfordCounty, N.C.,August27, 1879.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1924;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1936.Africanancestry.Died, at ShadysideHospital,Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October24, 1940 (age61 years, 58days).Entombed atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Lucy Peoples; married1910 to JessieMatthews. | | | | The Robert L. Vann ElementarySchool(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed andsold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, wasnamed for him. |
| | 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 IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918) — also known asRobert A. Van Wyck — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1849.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1904.Member,TammanyHall.Died in Paris,France,November30, 1918 (age69 years, 133days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | 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. | | Bruce Frank Vento (1940-2000) — also known asBruce F. Vento — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October7, 1940.Democrat. Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1971-76;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1977-2000; died inoffice 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1984,1996,2000.Catholic.GermanandItalianancestry.Died, of mesothelioma (lungcancer caused by exposure to asbestos), St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October10, 2000 (age60 years, 3days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn. | | William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) — of Iowa. Born in Kentucky,October18, 1830.Republican.Physician;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofIowastate senate, 1869-73.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,December28, 1894 (age64 years, 71days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Centerville, Iowa. | | Earl M. Vickers — ofFayetteCounty, W.Va.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1961-65;resigned 1965.Still living as of 1965.| | The Earl M. VickersBridge(built 1956), across the Kanawha River between Montgomery andSmithers,FayetteCounty (though part of the bridge is inKanawhaCounty), West Virginia, isnamed for him. |
| | 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.  | William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908) — also known asWilliam F. Vilas — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Chelsea,OrangeCounty, Vt.,July 9,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1876,1880,1884,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1880; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1885;U.S.Postmaster General, 1885-88;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97.Died in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,August28, 1908 (age68 years, 50days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. | | 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 IILibertyshipSS Jacques Phillippe Villere (built 1944 atNewOrleans, Louisiana; redesignated asUSS Basilan; scrapped1972) was originallynamed for him. | | | | 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. | | Samuel Finley Vinton (1792-1862) — also known asSamuel F. Vinton — of Gallipolis,GalliaCounty, Ohio.Born in South Hadley,HampshireCounty, Mass.,September25, 1792.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1823-37, 1843-51 (7th District 1823-33,6th District 1833-37, 12th District 1843-51); Whig PresidentialElector for Ohio,1840;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1851.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 11,1862 (age69 years, 228days).Interment atPineStreet Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Abiathar Vinton and Sarah (Day) Vinton; married,August18, 1824, to Romaine Madeleine Bureau (daughter ofJeanPierre Roman Bureau); second cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesOtis Nason; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr. andAltonFestus Hayden; fourth cousin ofJabezUpham,GeorgeBaxter Upham,NathanielUpham,WilliamUpham,CharlesWentworth Upham,DonAlonzo Joshua Upham andAlonzoSidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnBaldwin,NathanAppleton,NathanielGookin Upham,IsaiahBlood,JamesPhineas Upham,CalvinHoadley Upham,CharlesLeslie Upham andWilliamHenry Upham. | | | | Political families:Greenefamily of Rhode Island;Greenefamily of Rhode Island (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Vinton County,Ohio is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) — also known asJames M. Waddell, Jr. — of Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.Born in Boydell,AshleyCounty, Ark.,November1, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;insurancebusiness; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1956(alternate),1964;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16thDistrict 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46thDistrict 1984-92); resigned 1992.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;NavyLeague;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Sertoma;FarmBureau;NatureConservancy.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,January15, 2003 (age80 years, 75days).Interment atBeaufortNational Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C. | | Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001) — also known asHenry M. Wade;"TheChief" —of Texas. Born inRockwallCounty, Tex.,November11, 1914.Democrat.FBIspecial agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;DallasCounty District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif.As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murderof Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of PresidentJohnF. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was thenamed defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortiondecision, Roe v. Wade.Died, from complications ofParkinson'sdisease, in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,March 1,2001 (age86 years, 110days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | 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. | | Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (1944-1993) — also known asRobert F. Wagner III;BobbyWagner —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary6, 1944.Democrat. Candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1977.Catholic.Died in his room at the Embassy SuitesHotel,San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,November15, 1993 (age49 years, 313days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888) — also known asMorrison R. Waite — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,November29, 1816.Republican. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1849-50; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1862;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1874-88.Episcopalian.Died inWashington,D.C.,March23, 1888 (age71 years, 115days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Toledo, Ohio. | | 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. | | David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known asDavid S. Walker — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,May 2,1815.Lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1852;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1860-65;Governor ofFlorida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge inFlorida, 1878-91.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 20,1891 (age76 years, 79days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.| | Relatives: SonofDavidWalker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister ofAugustusA. Alston; niece ofWillisAlston); father of Courtney Walker (who marriedRobertSpratt Cockrell) andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; nephew ofGeorgeWalker; uncle ofJamesDavid Walker; first cousin twice removed ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington,JohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin ofHowellCobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,HowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,ClementF. Dorsey andAndrewJackson Cobb; fourth cousin ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andThomasWalker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political family:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The David S. WalkerLibrary,inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Freeman Walker (1780-1827) — of Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,October25, 1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1807-11;mayorof Augusta, Ga., 1818-19, 1823;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1819-21; resigned 1821.Slaveowner. Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,September23, 1827 (age46 years, 333days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. | | John Williams Walker (1783-1823) — also known asJohn W. Walker — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,August12, 1783.Democrat. Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1810;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-22.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,April23, 1823 (age39 years, 254days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Robert John Walker (1801-1869) — also known asRobert J. Walker — of Madisonville,MadisonCounty, Miss.;Washington,D.C.Born in Northumberland,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.,July 19,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857;newspaperpublisher.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,November11, 1869 (age68 years, 115days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | 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. | | 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 for her. — Lurleen B. WallaceCommunityCollege (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),with campuses inCovington,Butler,andCrenshawcounties, Alabama, isnamed for her. —LakeLurleen, and Lake LurleenStatePark, inTuscaloosaCounty, Alabama, arenamed for her. | | | | 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. | | | | LakePaul Wallace, inMarlboroCounty, South Carolina, isnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | Edwin Waller (1800-1881) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,November4, 1800.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Postmaster General, 1839;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861.Member,Freemasons.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January3, 1881 (age80 years, 60days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William A. Walsh — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Democrat.Mayorof Yonkers, N.Y., 1926-27.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) — also known asEdward C. Walthall — of Grenada,GrenadaCounty, Miss.Born inRichmond,Va.,April 4,1831.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofFlaviusJ. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,1876,1880;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April21, 1898 (age67 years, 17days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Holly Springs, Miss. | | 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. | | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known asReuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October26, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23;Chancellorof New York, 1828-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  | John Wanamaker (1838-1922) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 11,1838.Republican.Merchant;opened John Wanamaker & Companystore in1877 (forerunner of moderndepartmentstore); organizer and director, Merchants'Bank;director, Philadelphia and ReadingRailroad;organizer (with others) and trustee, PresbyterianHospital;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1889;U.S.Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1912,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1921.Presbyterian.Alsatianancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December12, 1922 (age84 years, 154days).Interment atSt.James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | 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. | | Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inIreland,1807.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865;TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.Lost aleg in the storming of Bexar, 1835;lost hisright arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,1841.Died oftyphoidfever, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November25, 1872 (ageabout 65years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Julius Waties Waring (1880-1968) — also known asJulius W. Waring — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 27,1880.U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,1942-52; took senior status 1952.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January11, 1968 (age87 years, 168days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882) — also known asCadwallader C. Washburn — of Mineral Point,IowaCounty, Wis.; La Crosse,La CrosseCounty, Wis.Born in Livermore,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April22, 1818.Republican.U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1855-61, 1867-71 (2nd District1855-61, 6th District 1867-71); general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governor ofWisconsin, 1872-74; defeated, 1873.Died in Eureka Springs,CarrollCounty, Ark.,May 15,1882 (age64 years, 23days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.| | Relatives: SonofIsraelWashburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn; brother ofIsraelWashburn Jr.,ElihuBenjamin Washburne,CharlesAmes Washburn andWilliamDrew Washburn; married,January1, 1849, to Jeannette Garr; father of Fanny Washburn (who marriedCharlesPayson); nephew ofReuelWashburn; uncle ofCharlesFox Washburn,HempsteadWashburne,RobertCharles Washburn,WilliamDrew Washburn Jr. andStanleyWashburn; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesSumner andDwightMay Sabin. | | | | Political family:Washburnfamily of Raynham, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Washburn County,Wis. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier |
| | Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) — also known asHenry D. Washburn — of Clinton,VermillionCounty, Ind.Born in Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69.As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the WashburnExpedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park.Died oftuberculosis,in Clinton,VermillionCounty, Ind.,January26, 1871 (age38 years, 304days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Clinton, Ind.  | George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as"Father of His Country";"TheAmerican Fabius" —of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va., February 11, 1732/31 o.s. ((February22,1732)).Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Presidentof the United States, 1789-97.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, heserved as thefirstPresident and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected totheHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died, probably fromacute bacterialepiglottitis, atFairfaxCounty, Va.,December14, 1799 (age67 years, 295days).Entombed atMt.Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 atWashingtonCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 atBoston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married,January6, 1759, toMarthaDandridge Custis (aunt ofBurwellBassett); step-father ofJohnParke Custis; uncle ofBushrodWashington; granduncle by marriage ofCharlesMagill Conrad; granduncle ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington andGeorgeCorbin Washington; great-granduncle of Jane Washington AugustaThornton (who marriedJamesBurnie Beck); second great-granduncle ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin six times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1772-1818),SulifandSutherland Ross andDavidShelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed ofWalkerPeyton Conway,HowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin five times removed ofThomasHenry Ball Jr.,Williamde Bruyn=Kops,HoraceLee Washington,EdwinMcPherson Holden,ClaudeC. Ball,ArthurWesley Holden andFranklinDelano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed ofHenryRootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andThomasLeonidas Crittenden. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryLee —JoshuaFry —AlexanderDimitry —TobiasLear —DavidMathews —RufusPutnam | | | | Washington counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Md.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Pa.,R.I.,Tenn.,Tex.,Utah,Vt.,Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofWashington,D.C., isnamed for him. — Thestateof Washington isnamed for him. —MountWashington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed for him. — Theminorplanet886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeneralWashington Johnston—GeorgeWashington Lent Marr—GeorgeWashington Heard—GeorgeWashington Barnett—GeorgeWashington Davis—GeorgeW. Owen—GeorgeW. Toland—GeorgeW. Lay—GeorgeW. Patterson—GeorgeW. B. Towns—GeorgeWashington Adams—GeorgeWashington Hockley—GeorgeW. Smyth—G.W. Ingersoll—GeorgeW. Hopkins—GeorgeWashington Montgomery—JosephGeorge Washington Duncan—GeorgeW. Kittredge—GeorgeWashington Juden, Sr.—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeWashington Lane—GeorgeW. Harrison—GeorgeWashington Ewing—GeorgeWashington Seabrook—GeorgeW. Morrison—GeorgeW. Woodward—GeorgeWashington Wright—GeorgeWashington Triplett—GeorgeWashington Glasscock—GeorgeW. Schuyler—GeorgeWashington Holman—GeorgeW. Greene—GeorgeW. Johnson—GeorgeW. Wolcott—GeorgeW. Paschal—GeorgeWashington Dunlap—GeorgeWashington Warren—GeorgeWashington Hill—GeorgeWashington Logan—GeorgeW. Getchell—GeorgeW. Wright—GeorgeW. Julian—GeorgeWashington Dyal—GeorgeW. Ladd—GeorgeW. Peck—GeorgeWashington Nesmith—GeorgeW. Morgan—GeorgeWashington Brooks—GeorgeWashington Cowles—GeorgeW. Geddes—GeorgeWashington Whitmore—GeorgeWashington Bridges—GeorgeW. Cate—GeorgeW. Houk—GeorgeW. Webber—GeorgeW. Bemis—GeorgeW. Batchelder—GeorgeWashington Fairbrother—GeorgeW. Glick—GeorgeW. Ryland—GeorgeW. Jones—GeorgeW. Baker—GeorgeW. Shell—GeorgeW. Anderson—GeorgeW. Crouse—GeorgeW. Hulick—GeorgeW. Allen—GeorgeW. F. Harper—GeorgeWashington Clark—GeorgeW. McCrary—GeorgeW. Gordon—GeorgeW. Kingsbury—GeorgeW. Covington—GeorgeWashington Fleeger—GeorgeW. Steele—GeorgeW. Wilson—GeorgeW. Martin—GeorgeW. E. Dorsey—GeorgeW. Plunkitt—GeorgeW. Furbush—GeorgeW. Sutton—GeorgeW. Curtin—GeorgeW. Ray—GeorgeW. Roosevelt—GeorgeW. Smith—GeorgeW. Kipp—GeorgeW. Campbell—GeorgeW. Taylor—GeorgeW. Stone—GeorgeW. Bartch—GeorgeW. Shonk—GeorgeW. Paul—GeorgeW. Cook—GeorgeW. Clarke—GeorgeW. Murray—GeorgeW. Faris—GeorgeW. Fithian—GeorgeW. Prince—GeorgeW. Buckner—GeorgeW. Cromer—GeorgeW. Donaghey—GeorgeT. Beck—GeorgeW. Aldridge—GeorgeWashington Wagoner—GeorgeWashington Goethals—GeorgeW. Armstrong—GeorgeW. Lovejoy—GeorgeW. Oakes—GeorgeW. Hays—GeorgeW. Edmonds—GeorgeW. Lindsay—GeorgeWashington Jones—T.G. W. Tarver—GeorgeW. Darden—GeorgeW. McCaskrin—GeorgeWashington English—GeorgeWashington Jones—GeorgeW. Mead—GeorgeW. Collins—GeorgeW. Gibbons—GeorgeW. List—GeorgeW. Calkin—GeorgeWashington Sullivan—GeorgeW. Rauch—GeorgeW. Michell—GeorgeWashington Jackson—GeorgeW. Blanchard—GeorgeWashington Herz—GeorgeW. Bristow—GeorgeWashington Hardy—GeorgeW. Ballard—GeorgeW. McKown—GeorgeW. Collins | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. Hisportraitalso appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about George Washington: RichardBrookhiser,FoundingFather: Rediscovering George Washington — James ThomasFlexner,Washington:The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall,GeorgeWashington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith,Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation —Henry Wiencek,AnImperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation ofAmerica — James MacGregor Burns,GeorgeWashington — Joseph J. Ellis,HisExcellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal,InventingA Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,TheBulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's ProvidentialCare — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Wendie C. Old,GeorgeWashington (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Harold Washington (1922-1987) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April15, 1922.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1965; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1977;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1981-83; resigned1983;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1983-87; defeated in primary, 1977; died inoffice 1987.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;NationalBar Association.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November25, 1987 (age65 years, 224days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | The Harold WashingtonPublicLibrary, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Harold Washington: PaulKleppner,ChicagoDivided : The Making of a Black Mayor — Melvin G.Holli,BashingChicago Traditions : Harold Washington's Last Campaign, Chicago,1987 — Dempsey J. Travis,Harold,the People's Mayor : The Authorized Biography of Mayor HaroldWashington — Florence Hamlish Levinsohn,HaroldWashington: A political biography — Alton Miller,HaroldWashington: The Mayor, the Man — Naurice Roberts,HaroldWashington : Mayor With A Vison (for youngreaders) |
| | Martha Washington (1731-1802) — also known asMartha Dandridge;Martha DandridgeCustis —Born inNew KentCounty, Va.,June 13,1731.FirstLady of the United States, 1789-97.Female.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,May 22,1802 (age70 years, 343days).Entombed atMt.Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.  | 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. | | John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) — also known asJohn C. Watts — of Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.Born in Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,July 9,1902.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;chair ofJessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53;JessamineCounty Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motortransportation commissioner, 1948-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died inoffice 1971.Member,PhiDelta Phi;Knightsof Pythias;Lions.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,September24, 1971 (age69 years, 77days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.  | Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as"Mad Anthony" — ofChesterCounty, Pa.;ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Easttown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,January1, 1745.Surveyor;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.Englishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie),ErieCounty, Pa.,December15, 1796 (age51 years, 349days).Original interment atGarrisonHill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married1766 to MaryPenrose; father ofIsaacWayne (1772-1852). | | | | Wayne counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | FortWayne (1794), and the subsequentcityofFortWayne, Indiana, werenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
| | 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. | | Robert Weakley (1764-1845) — of Tennessee. Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,July 20,1764.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1809-11;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1819-21, 1823-25; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1823-25;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.Slaveowner. Died near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February4, 1845 (age80 years, 199days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | 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. | | James A. Weaver (1826-1898) — of Sulphur Springs,HopkinsCounty, Tex.Born inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,July 15,1826.Democrat.HopkinsCounty Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1876.Died inHopkinsCounty, Tex.,February27, 1898 (age71 years, 227days).Interment atCityCemetery, Sulphur Springs, Tex.| | Relatives:Married to Sarah A. Butler and Elizabeth (Butler)Lewis. | | | | ThecommunityofWeaver,Texas, isnamed for him. |
 | 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. | | Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) — also known asRobert C. Weaver — ofWashington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1907.Democrat.Economist;received theSpingarnMedal in 1962;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68;firstAfrican-American cabinet member;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;president,Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount SinaiMedicalCenter.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1997 (age89 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | James Webb (1792-1856) — of Florida; Texas. Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,March31, 1792.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;justice ofFlorida territorial supreme court, 1828-38;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales andTravis, 1841-42, 1842-44;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;secretaryof state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56;died in office 1856.Member,Freemasons.DiedNovember1, 1856 (age64 years, 215days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.  | Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as"Black Dan";"Defender of theConstitution";"Great Expounder of theConstitution" —of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin),MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January18, 1782.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820;Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1820;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned1827;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1836;U.S.Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.Presbyterian.Englishancestry.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Marshfield,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,October24, 1852 (age70 years, 280days).Interment atWinslowCemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 atScottCircle, Washington, D.C.; statue atState House Grounds, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married,May 29,1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed ofHiramAugustus Huse; second cousin twice removed ofEdwinGeorge Eastman; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryNichols Blake andJohnLeffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahSabin,CharlesRowell andAmosTuck. | | | | Political family:Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Webster counties inGa.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DanielWebster Wilder—DanielW. Mills—DanielW. Jones—DanielWebster Comstock—DanielW. Waugh—DanielW. Tallmadge—DanielWebster Heagy—DanielW. Whitmore—DanielW. Hamilton—DanielW. Allaman—WebsterTurner—DanielW. Shepperson—DanW. Turner—DanielW. Hoan—DanielW. Ambrose, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20thcentury. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Daniel Webster: RobertVincent Remini,DanielWebster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter,Oneand Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —Robert A. Allen,DanielWebster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,DanielWebster and the Rise of National Conservatism —Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — JohnF. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) — also known asAdonijah S. Welch — of Jonesville,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.; Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.; Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in East Hampton,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,April12, 1821.Republican. Firstprincipal,in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.(later Eastern Michigan University); member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1863-66; established alumber millat Jacksonville, Fla.;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1868-69; firstpresident,in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (laterIowa State University);collegeprofessor;author.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March14, 1889 (age67 years, 336days).Interment atIowaState College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. | | Lewis Ledyard Weld — of Colorado.Secretaryof Colorado Territory, 1861.Burial location unknown. | | 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. | | Hezekiah Griffith Wells (1812-1885) — also known asHezekiah G. Wells — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,June 16,1812.Lawyer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;Whig candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; WhigPresidential Elector for Michigan,1840;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1856,1872(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1860;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1871-83; member ofMichiganstate constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.Episcopalian.Died in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,April 4,1885 (age72 years, 292days).Interment atMountainHome Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1840 to AchsahStrong. | | | | Wells Hall (built 1877 as dormitory, burned1905; rebuilt on same site 1907, converted to offices 1940s,demolished 1966; rebuilt on different site 1960s as a major classroomand office building, and expanded since) at Michigan StateUniversity,EastLansing, Michigan, isnamed for him. |
 | Paul H. Wendler (1917-2013) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,March 8,1917.Mayorof Saginaw, Mich., 1971-73.DiedMarch13, 2013 (age96 years, 5days).Burial location unknown.| | WendlerArena,in the Dow Event Center,Saginaw,Michigan, isnamed for him. | | | | Image source: Saginaw (Mich.) News,March 13, 2013 |
| | John Wentworth (1815-1888) — also known as"Long John" — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Sandwich,CarrollCounty, N.H.,March 5,1815.Lawyer;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4thDistrict 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67);mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,1862.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October16, 1888 (age73 years, 225days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | 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. | | John Austin Wharton (1806-1838) — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1806.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838; died in office1838.Member,Freemasons.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December17, 1838 (ageabout 32years).Interment atFoundersMemorial Park, Houston, Tex. | | William Harris Wharton (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Virginia,1802.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Victoria, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Victoria, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died inoffice 1839.Killed when heaccidentallyshothimself while dismounting from hishorse,near Hempstead,WallerCounty, Tex.,March14, 1839 (ageabout 36years).Interment atRestwoodMemorial Park, Clute, Tex. | | Albert Harold Wheeler (1915-1994) — also known asAlbert H. Wheeler — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornDecember11, 1915.Democrat.Universityprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.Catholic.Africanancestry.DiedApril 4,1994 (age78 years, 114days).Cremated;ashes scattered.  | 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 the Tennessee River inLauderdaleandLawrencecounties, Alabama, and the WheelerLakereservoir, which extends intoLimestone,Morgan,andMadisoncounties, arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article | | | | Image source: Men of Mark in America(1906) |
| | Royal Tyler Wheeler (1810-1864) — of Texas. Born in Vermont,1810.District judge in Texas, 1844;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1845-64; died in office 1864.Died bysuicide,inWashingtonCounty, Tex.,April 9,1864 (ageabout 53years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William Wheelwright (1798-1873) — Born in Newburyport,EssexCounty, Mass.,March18, 1798.Shipcaptain; U.S. Consul inGuayaquil, 1825-28; builtrailroadsin South America; organized the PacificSteamshipNavigation Company; created the firsttelegraphlines in South America.Died in London,England,September26, 1873 (age75 years, 192days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass. | | 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. | | Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840) — also known asHugh L. White — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inRowanCounty, N.C.,October30, 1773.Whig.Justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1801; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1807;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1808-09;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1825-40; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1836.Slaveowner. Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April10, 1840 (age66 years, 163days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | James White (1747-1821) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,1747.Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1797-98, 1801-05.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1821 (ageabout 74years).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Samuel A. Whiteside (1783-1868) — Born inRutherfordCounty, N.C.,April12, 1783.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1819-21; general in the U.S. Armyduring the Black Hawk War.Died in Mt. Auburn,ChristianCounty, Ill.,January3, 1868 (age84 years, 266days).Interment atHunterCemetery, Christian County, Ill. | | James Bryan Whitfield (1860-1948) — also known asJames B. Whitfield — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inWayneCounty, N.C.,November8, 1860.LeonCounty Judge, 1889;Floridastate treasurer, 1897-1900;Floridastate attorney general, 1903-04;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1904-43; appointed 1904;chiefjustice of Florida state supreme court, 1905, 1909.Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,August20, 1948 (age87 years, 286days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | 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 for him. — WhittierCollege,inWhittier,California, isnamed for him. — The World WarIILibertyshipSS John G. Whittier (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1962) wasnamed for him. | | | | Politician named for him:JohnGreenleaf Whittier Lewis | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Wickersham (1857-1939) — of Tacoma,PierceCounty, Wash.; Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska;Juneau,Alaska.Born in Patoka,MarionCounty, Ill.,August24, 1857.Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member ofWashingtonstate house of representatives, 1898;Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1900;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921,1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from AlaskaTerritory,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business; member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died inJuneau,Alaska,October24, 1939 (age82 years, 61days).Cremated;ashes interred atTacomaCemetery, Tacoma, Wash. | | Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born inOrangeCounty, N.Y., about 1820.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;secretaryof Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War.Killedin battle at Tupelo,LeeCounty, Miss.,July 14,1864 (ageabout 44years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed inthe Civil War.Burial location unknown. | | Conrad Will — ofJacksonCounty, Ill.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Jackson County,1818.Burial location unknown. | | 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 R. Williams (1782-1854) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 4,1782.Merchant;banker;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1824-25, 1829-30, 1844-46;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1854 (age72 years, 169days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | 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. | | Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1750.Secretary toBenjaminFranklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, 1802;engineer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died inoffice 1815.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1815 (age64 years, 361days).Original interment atPine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Joseph R. Williams (c.1904-1993) — also known asJoe R. Williams — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Samaria,OneidaCounty, Idaho, about 1904.Democrat. Acting postmaster atBoise,Idaho, 1950-52;Idaho stateauditor, 1959-89; resigned 1989.Died, fromheartfailure,May 10,1993 (ageabout 89years).Burial location unknown. | | Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,1749.Merchant;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Baltimore, Md., Maryland, 1789-94.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in1794(ageabout45 years).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Williamsport, Md. | | Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) — also known asRobert L. Williams — of Durant,BryanCounty, Okla.Born near Brundidge,PikeCounty, Ala.,December20, 1868.Democrat.Methodistminister;lawyer;member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,1904-07;delegateto Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906;justice ofOklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Oklahoma,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker);Governorof Oklahoma, 1915-19;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, ofpneumonia,at Wilson N. JonesHospital,Sherman,GraysonCounty, Tex.,April10, 1948 (age79 years, 112days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Durant, Okla. | | 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. | | Robert McAlpin Williamson (1806-1859) — also known as"Three Legged Willie" — of Texas. Born in Georgia,1806.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837-40; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-43, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-44; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-48; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1849; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1851.Due to a deformity developed during an illness when he was 15,causing his right leg to be drawn back at the knee, he wore a partialwooden leg attached at the knee.Died in Wharton,WhartonCounty, Tex.,December22, 1859 (ageabout 53years).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) — also known asFrank B. Willis — of Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio.Born in Lewis Center,DelawareCounty, Ohio,December28, 1871.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15;Governor ofOhio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1916,1920,1924;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1928.Died suddenly, from acerebralhemorrhage, as he was about to give a presidentialcampaignspeech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,DelawareCounty, Ohio,March30, 1928 (age56 years, 93days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio. | | Westel Willoughby Jr. (1769-1844) — ofHerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Goshen,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November20, 1769.Democrat.Physician;common pleas court judge in New York, 1805-21; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1807-09;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1815-17.Died in Newport,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October3, 1844 (age74 years, 318days).Interment atNewportCemetery, Newport, N.Y. | | Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) — also known asBenjamin D. Wilson;"DonBenito" —of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,December1, 1811.Mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1851-52; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1860.Died in San Gabriel,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March11, 1878 (age66 years, 100days).Interment atChurchof Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif. | | Charles Malcolm Wilson (1914-2000) — also known asMalcolm Wilson — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Scarsdale,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1914.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1939-58 (Westchester County 5th District 1939-44,Westchester County 1st District 1945-58); served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1959-73;Governor ofNew York, 1973-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1984.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,March13, 2000 (age86 years, 16days).Interment atGateof Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, 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 Charles Wilson (1818-1860) — of Texas. Born in Yorkshire,England,August21, 1818.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-50; member ofTexasstate senate, 1851-53.Methodist.Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famedorator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,secession to join the Confederacy.Died oftuberculosis,at Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,February7, 1860 (age41 years, 170days).Original interment atAskeyCemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known asLouis D. Wilson — ofEdgecombeCounty, N.C.Born inEdgecombeCounty, N.C.,May 12,1789.Democrat.Notarypublic; justice of the peace;merchant;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; memberofNorthCarolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died inoffice 1847;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegateto Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1835;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromyellowfever, while serving in the U.S. Army in theMexicanWar, in Veracruz,Veracruz,August12, 1847 (age58 years, 92days).Original interment atRocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in1904 atTarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C.  | 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 for him. — WoodrowWilsonPlaza,in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., is isnamed for him. — WilsonDam(built 1924), on the Tennessee River inColbertandLauderdalecounties, Alabama, as well as the WilsonLakereservoir, which extends intoLawrencecounty, arenamed for him. —RamblaPresidente Wilson, inMontevideo,Uruguay, isnamed for him. | | | | 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 |
| | William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.Born inBelmontCounty, Ohio,May 10,1827.Republican.U.S.Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1stDistrict 1863-69); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1880;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891.Quaker.Fell dead, fromheartdisease, at theannualbanquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, justafter finishing a speech, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January29, 1891 (age63 years, 264days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) — also known asGeorge W. Wingate — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 1,1840.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; ledconstruction ofelevatedrailways in Brooklyn; marksmanship promoter; president, NationalRifle Association, 1886-1900; Gold Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1896.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;National RifleAssociation.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March22, 1928 (age87 years, 265days).Interment atFriendsBurying Ground, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | George Wingfield (1876-1959) — of Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,August16, 1876.Republican.Rancher;miningbusiness;banker;hotelowner; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Nevada, 1920-24; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Nevada,1924.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in WashoeMedicalCenter, Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.,December25, 1959 (age83 years, 131days).Interment atMasonicMemorial Gardens, Reno, Nev. | | John Anthony Winston (1812-1871) — also known asJohn A. Winston — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.BornSeptember4, 1812.Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1840; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1845;Governor ofAlabama, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1860,1868;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.DiedDecember21, 1871 (age59 years, 108days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Sumter County, Ala. | | Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,June 17,1746.Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1790;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).Slaveowner. Died near Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,April21, 1815 (age68 years, 308days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGuilfordCourthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C. | | Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) — of Mississippi. Born in Germanton,StokesCounty, N.C.,November24, 1784.Delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824.Died in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,August20, 1824 (age39 years, 270days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Adams County, Miss.  | William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November8, 1772.Lawyer;prosecuting attorney at the treason trial ofAaronBurr, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17;U.S.Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1832.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,February18, 1834 (age61 years, 102days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married,May 28,1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; aunt ofThomasWalker Gilmer); married,September7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamHenry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who marriedAlexanderRandall); grandfather ofJohnWirt Randall; great-grandfather ofHannahParker Randall (who marriedWilliamBladen Lowndes). | | | | Wirt County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WirtAdams—WilliamWirt Virgin—WilliamWirt Watkins—WilliamWirt Vaughan—WilliamW. Warren—WilliamWirt Culbertson—WilliamWirt Herod—WilliamW. Dixon—WilliamWirt Henderson—WilliamW. Hastings—W.Wirt Courtney | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory KurtGlassner,AdoptedSon: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,1772-1834 | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
|  | Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) — also known asHenry A. Wise — of Accomac,AccomackCounty, Va.; Princess Anne County, Va. (nowVirginiaBeach, Va.).Born in Virginia,December3, 1806.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21stDistrict 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.Minister toBrazil, 1844-47;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;Governor ofVirginia, 1856-59;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Princess Anne County, 1861;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember12, 1876 (age69 years, 284days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | 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. | | Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December1, 1726.Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1786-96;Governor ofConnecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797.Congregationalist.Died in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December1, 1797 (age71 years, 0days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); married,January21, 1755, to Laura Collins; father ofOliverWolcott Jr., Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; uncle ofRogerGriswold; great-grandfather ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); great-granduncle ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third great-granduncle ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth great-granduncle ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fifth great-granduncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; second cousin ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin once removed ofDanielPitkin; second cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin,HenryMerrill Wolcott,FrancesPayne Bolton andHaroldB. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell andOliverMorgan Hungerford. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) — of Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January11, 1760.Connecticutstate comptroller, 1788-90;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800;banker;Governor ofConnecticut, 1817-27;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.Congregationalist.Accused,by political adversaries in 1800, ofsettingfire to the State Department, andresignedfrom the Cabinet in protest against theinvestigation.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1833 (age73 years, 141days).Interment atEastCemetery, Litchfield, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofOliverWolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary AnnWolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; nephew ofErastusWolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)); grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); granduncle ofRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofRogerGriswold; first cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andMatthewGriswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; first cousin four times removed ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; first cousin five times removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,GaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CollinsDwight Huntington,WilliamFessenden Allen,GeorgeMilo Huntington andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed ofJudsonH. Warner,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler andHenryAugustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler; third cousin ofDanielPitkin; third cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,EnochWoodbridge,JamesHillhouse,JosephSilliman (1756-1829) andTimothyPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryWard Beecher,LeveretBrainard,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,RogerCalvin Leete andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin,GeorgeBuckingham Beecher,LutherS. Pitkin andClaudeCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,ElizurGoodrich,MartinChittenden,WilliamWoodbridge andJosephSilliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed ofChittendenLyon,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,JosiahC. Chittenden,ClarkS. Chittenden,AbelMadison Scranton,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge andJosephFitch Silliman. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofWolcott,Vermont, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary(1919) |
| | George Wolf (1777-1840) — of Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Allen Township,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,August12, 1777.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atEaston,Pa., 1802-03; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.Treasury, 1836-38;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1838-40;died in office 1840.Germanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March11, 1840 (age62 years, 212days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). | | | | WolfTownship,inLycomingCounty, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — WolfHall,at Penn StateUniversity,StateCollege, Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. —Governor WolfElementarySchool (built 1956), inBethlehem,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — George WolfElementarySchool, inBath,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. — The GovernorWolfBuilding(built 1893, a former school converted to apartments), inEaston,Pennsylvania, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathaniel Wolfe (1810-1865) — ofJeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inRichmond,Va.,October20, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1853-55; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-63; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee).Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 3,1865 (age54 years, 256days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Nelson W. Wolff (b. 1940) — of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in1940.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1971-73; member ofTexasstate senate, 1973-75; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 21st District, 1974 (primary), 1978;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1991-95; owner ofgrocerystores.Still living as of 1997. | | George Tyler Wood (1795-1858) — Born in Cuthbert,RandolphCounty, Ga.,March12, 1795.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-42;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar;Governor ofTexas, 1847-49; defeated, 1849, 1853.Slaveowner. Died inSan JacintoCounty, Tex.,September3, 1858 (age63 years, 175days).Interment atRobinsonGraveyard, Near Point Blank, San Jacinto County, Tex. | | James Wood (1747-1813) — of Virginia. Born in1747.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775;Governor ofVirginia, 1796-99.DiedJune 16,1813 (ageabout 65years).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va. | | John Howland Wood Jr. (1916-1979) — also known asJohn H. Wood, Jr.;"MaximumJohn" —of San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Rockport,AransasCounty, Tex.,March31, 1916.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1970-79; diedin office 1979.Shotandkilled inSan Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,May 29,1979 (age63 years, 59days). The killer was Charles Harrelson, a contract killer whowas also the father of actor Woody Harrelson.Burial location unknown.  | Leonard Wood (1860-1927) — Born in Winchester,CheshireCounty, N.H.,October9, 1860.Republican.Physician;received theMedalof Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander ofthe "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; majorgeneral in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief ofStaff; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1921-27; died in office 1927.Englishancestry.Died, following surgery for abraintumor, in the Peter Bent BrighamHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August7, 1927 (age66 years, 302days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Silas Wood (1769-1847) — of Huntington,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in West Hills,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September14, 1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Suffolk County, 1795-98, 1799-1800;SuffolkCounty District Attorney, 1818, 1821;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1819-29.Died in Huntington,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March 2,1847 (age77 years, 169days).Interment atOldBurying Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.  | William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August20, 1780.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1815-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;justiceof Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1838-40;Governor ofMichigan, 1840-41;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1861 (age81 years, 61days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge;married,June 29,1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna TrumbullWoodbridge (who marriedHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; first cousin five times removed ofGeorgePhilip Kazen; second cousin ofIsaacBackus; second cousin once removed ofEnochWoodbridge andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,JosephSilliman (1756-1829),SamuelH. Huntington,TimothyPitkin,AbelHuntington,PhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge,MatthewGriswold,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit andJamesDavenport; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnFoster Dulles,AllenWelsh Dulles andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,DudleyWoodbridge (1782-1844),HenryMeigs,JosephSilliman (c.1786-1850),BelaEdgerton,JabezWilliams Huntington,HemanTicknor,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,MartinOlds,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,TheodoreDavenport,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,EdwardGreen Bradford,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,JosephFitch Silliman,WilliamClark Huntington,HenryStark Culver,HiramBingham,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownshipofWoodbridge,Michigan, isnamed for him. — WoodbridgeStreet,in downtownDetroit,Michigan, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Francestown,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December22, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1823-24; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1825;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September4, 1851 (age61 years, 256days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. | | 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. | | Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) — also known asA. P. Wooldridge — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,April13, 1847.Lawyer;bankpresident;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1909-19.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September8, 1930 (age83 years, 148days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Gerald Lewis Wright (1933-2002) — also known asGerald L. Wright;JerryWright —of West Valley City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Lyman,UintaCounty, Wyo.,February22, 1933.Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;schoolteacher;mayorof West Valley City, Utah, 1994-2002; defeated, 1987; died inoffice 2002.Mormon.Suffered astroke,and died, in LDSHospital,Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 25,2002 (age69 years, 153days).Interment atValley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, Utah. | | Joseph Albert Wright (1810-1867) — of Indiana. Born in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Pa.,April17, 1810.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1833-34, 1836-37; member ofIndianastate senate, 1839-40;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1843-45;Governor ofIndiana, 1849-57; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1857-61, 1865-67, died in office 1867;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1862-63.Methodist.Died in Berlin,Germany,May11, 1867 (age57 years, 24days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) — of Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 24,1795.Democrat.Lawyer;St.Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1824-27;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1829-34;U.S.Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1844;Governorof New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.Died in Canton,St.Lawrence County, N.Y.,August27, 1847 (age52 years, 95days).Interment atSilasWright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument atWeybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.| | Relatives: Sonof Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thriceremoved ofHenryMerrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesEllsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills; fourth cousin ofMorrisWoodruff,MartinKeeler,MarshallChapin,WilliamDean Kellogg,JoshuaGrosvenor Abbe andSamuelBadger Abbe; fourth cousin once removed ofTheodoreDwight,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,GreeneCarrier Bronson,CharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeCatlin Woodruff,StephenHiram Keeler,LewisBartholomew Woodruff,EdmundGillett Chapin,WilliamChapman Williston,ZenasFerry Moody,CharlesEdward Phelps,ArthurChapin andJohnWingate Weeks. | | | | Political family:Merrillfamily of Vermont and New Hampshire (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Wright counties inMinn. andMo. arenamed for him;Wright County,Iowa may have been named for him. | | | | WrightPeak,in the Ardirondack Mountains,EssexCounty, New York, isnamed for him. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until1913. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) — also known asWilliam Wrigley, Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September30, 1861.Republican. Founder, Wrigleychewinggum company; owner, Chicago Cubsbaseballteam; owner, Arizona BiltmoreHotel,Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1916,1920,1924,1928;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1924.Owner of the Chicago Cubsbaseballteam.Died, from astroke,in Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,January26, 1932 (age70 years, 118days).Originally entombed atWrigleyMemorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed inmausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif. | | Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November21, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1963.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 11,1996 (age90 years, 203days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married,June 14,1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. | | | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), whichhouses the law school at theUniversityof Louisville,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. — Wyatt Hall(includingtheatersand anartgallery), at BellarmineUniversity,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | 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. | | Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828) — of North Carolina. Born near Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,February19, 1785.U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,9th District 1815-17); member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1817-27.Slaveowner. Died near Yanceyville,CaswellCounty, N.C.,August30, 1828 (age43 years, 193days).Interment in private or family graveyard.  | Joseph Christopher Yates (1768-1837) — also known asJoseph C. Yates — of Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.Born in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1768.Democrat.Lawyer; oneof thefoundersof Union College, 1795;mayorof Schenectady, N.Y., 1798-1807; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Eastern District, 1805-08;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1808-22; Presidential Elector for NewYork,1812;Governorof New York, 1823-24; Presidential Elector for New York,1828.Died in Schenectady,SchenectadyCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1837 (age68 years, 130days).Burial location unknown. | | | Almer Michael Yealey (1873-1962) — also known asA. M. Yealey — of Florence,BooneCounty, Ky.Born inUnionCounty, Ohio,January29, 1873.Democrat.School teacherand principal;mayorof Florence, Ky., 1908, 1921-23, 1941-43, 1954.Germanancestry.Died inBooneCounty, Ky.,November25, 1962 (age89 years, 300days).Interment atFlorence Cemetery, Florence, Ky. | | Charles Emmett Yeater (1861-1943) — also known asCharles E. Yeater — of Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.Born in Osceola,St. ClairCounty, Mo.,April24, 1861.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate senate 15th District, 1893-96;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1921; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Philippine Islands,1928.Died in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,July 20,1943 (age82 years, 87days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Sedalia, Mo. | | Archibald Yell (1797-1847) — of Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.Born in North Carolina,August9, 1797.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;federaljudge, 1832-35;U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1836-39, 1845-46; resigned1846;Governor ofArkansas, 1840-44; colonel in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar.Slaveowner. Killed in theMexicanWar Battle of Buena Vista,Coahuila,February22, 1847 (age49 years, 197days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. | | Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) — of Massillon,StarkCounty, Ohio; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born inWashingtonCounty, Md.,November30, 1810.Republican.Carpenter;millwright;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1874-75, 1885-86.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,December16, 1892 (age82 years, 16days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | Henderson King Yoakum (1810-1856) — of Tennessee. BornSeptember6, 1810.Mayorof Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1837; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1839.DiedNovember30, 1856 (age46 years, 85days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Huntsville, Tex. | | Brigham Young (1801-1877) — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Whitingham,WindhamCounty, Vt.,June 1,1801.Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877;Governorof Utah Territory, 1850-58.Mormon. Member,Freemasons.Died, ofperitonitisandappendicitis,in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,August29, 1877 (age76 years, 89days).Interment atMormonPioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue atTempleSquare, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue atHeritagePlaza, St. George, Utah. | | George Cressler Young (1916-2015) — Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August4, 1916.U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1961-66;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1961-66;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 1962-81; tooksenior status 1981.Died in Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.,April24, 2015 (age98 years, 263days).Burial location unknown. | | Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) — also known asOwen D. Young — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Van Hornesville,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;financier;industrialist;chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded RadioCorporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of thefounders of the NationalBroadcastingCompany (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement ofGerman war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1932.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;OddFellows;Grange.Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,July 11,1962 (age87 years, 257days).Interment atVanHornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y. | | Robert Anton Young III (1923-2007) — also known asRobert A. Young III — of St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,November27, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;pipefitter;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from St. Louis County 1stDistrict, 1957-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1960,1964;member ofMissouristate senate, 1963-77;U.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1977-87; defeated,1986.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Lions;Knightsof Columbus;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Amvets.Died, ofliverfailure, in St. Ann,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,October17, 2007 (age83 years, 324days).Interment atMemorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Mo. | | David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known asDavid Levy;"Father of Florida'sRailroads" —of St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.; Homosassa,CitrusCounty, Fla.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,June 12,1810.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61;imprisonedas aConfederateat Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.Jewish.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1886 (age76 years, 120days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known asCarl Zeidler;"Singing Mayor";"Boy Mayor" —of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January4, 1908.Mayorof Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.Navy during World War II.Killedwhen the munitionsshipLaSalle was struck by torpedos,exploded,andsank,about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in theIndianOcean,November7, 1942 (age34 years, 307days); his remains wereneverfound.Cenotaph atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | James William Zevely (1861-1927) — also known asJ. W. Zevely — of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Linn,OsageCounty, Mo.,October8, 1861.Democrat.Librarian;secretaryof Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.Department of the Interior;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1912,1916;as attorney for the Sinclair ConsolidatedOilCorporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the TeapotDome scandal of the 1920s.Died, ofperniciousanemia andlivercirrhosis, in East Hampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 10,1927 (age65 years, 245days).Intermentsomewherein Paris, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married,June 23,1908, to Janie C. Clay. | | | | The championracehorse"Zev" (1920-1943) wasnamed for him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
| | Francis Marion Ziebach (1830-1929) — also known asFrank Ziebach — of South Dakota. Born in1830.Democrat.MemberDakota territorial council, 1883-84;delegateto South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1884;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,1908.Died in1929(ageabout99 years).Interment atYanktonMunicipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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