See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  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,hefled to 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. | | Robert Alexander (c.1740-1805) — of Maryland. Born in Elkton,CecilCounty, Md., about 1740.Planter;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1775-76.Episcopalian.When the Declaration of Independence was promulgated,fledfrom Maryland to the British Fleet; in 1780, he wasadjudgedguilty ofhightreason, and his property wasconfiscated.Died in London,England,November20, 1805 (ageabout 65years).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Roffignac (1766-1846) — also known asLouis Philippe Joseph de Rouffignac — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Angoulême,France,1766.Fled France in 1789 toescape theguillotine, presumably overdisloyaltyto the revolutionary regime;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1820-28.Frenchancestry.Suffered astroke,and dropped the gun he was holding, whichaccidentallydischarged,shootinghim in the head and killing him, in Périgueux,France,1846(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown. | | 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, hefled toavoidprosecution 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. | | 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;fled Alabama 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. | | Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,November17, 1783.He was participant inAaronBurr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr toGen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequentlyarrestedin November 1806 formisprisionof treason, but released a few months later; early promoter ofrailroads;openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence fromMexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1829-38; in1838, it was alleged that he hadembezzledmore than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, andfled to England; later investigation implicated a subordinateof his as having obtained most of that money;forfeitedhis property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November21, 1856 (age73 years, 4days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Louis P. Cooke (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee,1811.Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.Chargedin 1843 with themurderof Captain Mark Lewis; attrial,the jury deadlocked, and heescaped before a second trialcould be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on Corpus Christi in 1844andlost aneye.Died, ofcholera,in Brownsville,CameronCounty, Tex.,1849(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein New Orleans, La. | | Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891) — also known asLorenz Peter Carl Brentano — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Mannheim,Germany,November4, 1813.Republican. In Germany, he participated in the 1849revolution;arrested andsentencedto lifeimprisonment;escaped to the United States; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 61st District, 1863-65; delegateto Republican National Convention from Illinois,1864;Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1868;U.S. Consul inDresden, 1872-76;U.S.Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1877-79.Germanancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September18, 1891 (age77 years, 318days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.  | Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (1818-1869) — also known asIsaac V. Fowler — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornAugust20, 1818.Democrat. Postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1860;chargedin 1860 withembezzlementas Postmaster;fled to Mexico and Cuba.Member,TammanyHall.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September29, 1869 (age51 years, 40days).Interment atOldTown Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y. | | John W. Dawson (1820-1877) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Cambridge,DearbornCounty, Ind.,October21, 1820.Farmer;lawyer;newspapereditor; candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1854; candidate forsecretaryof state of Indiana, 1856; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1858;Governorof Utah Territory, 1861.In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,fled Utah amid controversy andscandal.Just east of Salt Lake City, he wasattackedby three men and badly injured.Died in Indiana,September10, 1877 (age56 years, 324days).Interment atLindenwoodCemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind. | | 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;eventuallyfled to Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army duringthe 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. | | Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known asJudah P. Benjamin;Philippe Benjamin;"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.; London,England;Paris,France.Born in Christiansted, St. Croix,VirginIslands,August6, 1811.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1842-44;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; PresidentialElector for Louisiana,1848;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61;ConfederateAttorney General, 1861;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1862-65.Jewish.Hefled to Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in theassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner.Fellfrom atramcar about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developedkidneyandheartproblems, and died in Paris,France,May6, 1884 (age72 years, 274days).Interment atPèrela Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France. | | 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.Fled to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived inEngland and Canada until 1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andlivercirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) — also known asGeorge W. Randolph — ofRichmond,Va.Born near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,March10, 1818.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Richmond city, 1861;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1862; after the collapse of theConfederacy,fled to Europe toavoidcapture;pardonedin 1866.Episcopalian.Died ofpulmonarypneumonia, near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 3,1867 (age49 years, 24days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: SonofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andMarthaJefferson Randolph; brother ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph and Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who marriedNicholasPhilip Trist); uncle ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; grandson ofThomasJefferson; granduncle ofJohnGardner Coolidge; great-grandson ofArchibaldCary; second great-grandson ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes; first cousin once removed ofDabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin twice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofDabneySmith Carr; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andEdithWilson; third cousin ofThomasMarshall,JohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,JamesKeith Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin once removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,AlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson,JohnAugustine Marshall andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; fourth cousin ofEdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,WilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJones Hardeman,BaileyHardeman,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JoelWalker Flood,EdmundRandolph Cocke,BenjaminEarl Cabell andWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64. |
| | 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,attempted to 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 forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | 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;fled to 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. | | Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) — of Louisiana. Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April10, 1804.Democrat.Planter;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1848; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1856;Governor ofLouisiana, 1860-64;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861.Presbyterian.At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisianaordered hisarrestas aConfederateleader; hefled to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba.Pardonedby PresidentAndrewJohnson.Died near Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,June 25,1876 (age72 years, 76days).Interment atMt.Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La. | | John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) — also known asJohn J. Pettus — of Mississippi. Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,October9, 1813.Governorof Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63.Slaveowner. After the Civil War, as aConfederateleader,amnesty wasrefused to him, and he became afugitive; the manhuntcontinued until his death, frompneumonia,in Pulaski County (part now inLonokeCounty), Ark.,January25, 1867 (age53 years, 108days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atFlatBayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark. | | John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) — also known asJohn H. Surratt, Jr. — of Surrattsville (now Clinton),PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1844.Postmaster atSurrattsville,Md., 1862-63;dismissedas postmaster in 1863 for allegeddisloyaltyto the Union; became a Confederate courier andspy; heand others attempted tokidnapPresidentAbrahamLincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and othergovernment officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house inWashington; he denied involvement in the assassination, butfled overseas; he wasarrestedin Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Marylandcourt in 1867 for his alleged involvement in themurderplot, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial wasdeclared; treasurer of asteamshipcompany.Died, frompneumonia,inBaltimore,Md.,April21, 1916 (age72 years, 8days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | 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,hefled the 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. | | William Blackburn Wilson Jr. (1850-1920) — of Rock Hill,YorkCounty, S.C.Born in York,YorkCounty, S.C.,January12, 1850.Lawyer;fled to Texas in 1871-73 to avoidfederalprosecution over hisKlanactivities; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from York County,1884-88; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from York County, 1888-92;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from YorkCounty, 1895.Episcopalian.Member,KuKlux Klan;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons.Died in Rock Hill,YorkCounty, S.C.,April30, 1920 (age70 years, 109days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, York, S.C. | | William Magear Tweed (1823-1878) — also known asWilliam M. Tweed;William Marcy Tweed;"Boss Tweed" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 3,1823.Democrat.Chairmaker;firefighter;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1853-55; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 4th District, 1868-73.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Convictedofembezzlementandsentencedto twelve years inprison;escaped;capturedin Spain and brought back to New York.Diedinprison, in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1878 (age55 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born inFranklinCounty, Vt.,March20, 1838.Mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.Caused ascandalin 1873, when he suddenlyvacatedhis mayoralty; hefled to San Francisco withamarried woman and $15,000 he hadembezzledfrom his firm. Later returned to Seattle.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,September14, 1906 (age68 years, 178days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. | | Thomas J. Navin — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Mayorof Adrian, Mich., 1881-82.Absconded afterforgingcity bonds;arrestedin El Paso, Texas.Burial location unknown. | | Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) — also known asM. T. Polk — of Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.Born in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,May 15,1831.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876;Tennesseestate treasurer, 1877-83.Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, andlost aleg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was wasdiscoveredin the state treasury. Polkfled to Texas, wasarrestedthere, and brought back to Nashville fortrial.Chargedwithembezzlement,he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of"default of pay" -- but wasconvicted,sentencedto twenty years inprison,andfined.Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in themeantime.Died in Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.,February20, 1884 (age52 years, 281days).Interment atPolkCemetery, Bolivar, Tenn. | | Thomas Johnson Tiffany (1834-1906) — also known asThomas J. Tiffany;"HenryFullerton" —of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.; Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.Born in Pittsford,RutlandCounty, Vt.,March 6,1834.Republican. Postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1872-84; in March, 1884, he wasconfrontedby a postal inspector about ashortagein the post office accounts, hefled, alsotaking$2,000 in Bennington school funds; in October, 1885, he wasarrestednear Greeley, Colorado, where he was living under the alias "HenryFullerton", and brought back to Vermont, where hepleadguilty to federalcharges,and wassentencedto five years'imprisonment.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Rutland,RutlandCounty, Vt.,June 26,1906 (age72 years, 112days).Interment atBennington Village Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. | | James William Tate (b. 1831) — also known asJames W. Tate;"HonestDick" —of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,January2, 1831.Democrat.Kentuckystate treasurer, 1867-88;absconded from the statetreasurer's office in March, 1888; Gov.SimonBuckner said Tate hadembezzledalmost $250,000 from the state;impeachedin absentia by the Kentucky House;convictedandremoved fromoffice by the Senate.Heneverreturned, and his fate isunknown. | | Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) — also known asEdward A. Burke;Edward A.Burk —of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September13, 1839.Democrat.Telegraphoperator;railroadsuperintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar;importerand exporter;railwayfreight agent;newspapereditor;Louisianastate treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistolduelwith Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884;in 1889, his successor as state treasurer,WilliamHenry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accusedBurke ofembezzlement;he was subsequentlyindictedby a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return toLouisiana, and insteadfled to Honduras, and remained inCentral America for the rest of his life.Irishancestry.Died, in theHotelRitz, Tegucigalpa,Honduras,September24, 1928 (age89 years, 11days).Intermentsomewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.  | Samuel Richard Thurman (1850-1941) — also known asSamuel R. Thurman — of Lehi,UtahCounty, Utah; Provo,UtahCounty, Utah; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Hodgenville,LarueCounty, Ky.,May 6,1850.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer; lawpartner ofGeorgeSutherland andWilliamH. King;mayor ofLehi, Utah, 1881-82; resigned 1882; member ofUtahterritorial legislature, 1882-90; in 1889, he wasarrestedandchargedwith unlawfulcohabitation(polygamy);left the country on a mission to England, and was never tried;delegateto Utah state constitutional convention, 1895;UtahDemocratic state chair, 1910;justice ofUtah state supreme court, 1917-29;chiefjustice of Utah state supreme court, 1927-29.Mormon.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 12,1941 (age91 years, 67days).Interment atSaltLake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. | | Charles A. Binder (1857-1891) — also known asJohn Roth — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1857.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1884, 1886;accusedin 1891 ofembezzling$20,000 from the estate of Barbara Hausman;fled and became afugitive,traveling under the alias "John Roth".Germanancestry.Wounded byself-inflictedgunshot,in his room at the Sheridan HouseHotel,and died there early the next morning, in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1891 (age33 years, 196days).Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) — also known asJoseph A. Iasigi — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Massachusetts,January15, 1848.ConsularAgent for France inBoston,Mass., 1873-77;Consul-Generalfor Turkey inBoston,Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused toanswer questions, andfled to New York City;arrestedthere in February 1897 andextraditedto Boston;chargedwithembezzlementof about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried andconvictedin November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison;pardonedin 1909.ArmenianandFrenchancestry.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January24, 1917 (age69 years, 9days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. |  | William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) — also known asWilliam S. Taylor;W. S. Taylor;"Hogjaw" —of Morgantown,ButlerCounty, Ky.Born in alogcabin inButlerCounty, Ky.,October10, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888,1900;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1896-99;Governor ofKentucky, 1899-1900;indictedin 1900 as a conspirator in theassassinationofWilliamJ. Goebel;fled to Indiana; never extradited;pardonedin 1909 by Gov.AugustusE. Willson.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,August2, 1928 (age74 years, 297days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Lena Marietta Thankful Clarke (1886-1967) — also known asLena M. T. Clarke — of West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.Born in Sheldon,FranklinCounty, Vt.,March 1,1886.Democrat. Postmaster atWestPalm Beach, Fla., 1915-16, 1920-21 (acting, 1915-16, 1920); undersuspicionfor ashortageof $32,000 at the post office, shefled to Orlando, where shefound Fred Miltimore, hermarriedex-lover, and apparently tried to get him to sign a statementconfessing to the theft; when he refused, sheshotand killed him; she wasindictedandtriedformurder,and found not guilty by reason of insanity.Female.Died in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,August5, 1967 (age81 years, 157days).Interment atWoodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla. | | James Lee Adams (1873-1946) — also known asJames L. Adams — of Coraopolis,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inAlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 27,1873.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Allegheny County 12thDistrict, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up theaffairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay$22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he wasarrestedin St. Petersburg, Florida, andchargedwithembezzlement;released on $10,000 bond;re-arrestedin December, after detectives received information that he was abouttojump bail; waived extradition and voluntarily returned toPittsburgh; the case against him was dropped in April 1927.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, from aheartattack, in Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,April20, 1946 (age72 years, 328days).Interment atAllegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M.Campbell. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) — also known asFrancis Xavier Waldron;TimRyan —Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,August10, 1905.Communist.Unionorganizer;fled to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoidprosecution;returned to the U.S. in 1935; General Secretary, Communist Party,1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;arrestedin 1948, along with other party leaders, andchargedwithadvocatingthe violent overthrow of the United States;convictedin 1949, andsentencedto five years inprison.Died, fromcancer,in Mount SinaiHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1961 (age55 years, 174days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. | | Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) — also known asEmanuel Herrick — of Perry,NobleCounty, Okla.;PlumasCounty, Calif.Born in Perry Township,TuscarawasCounty, Ohio,September20, 1876.Republican.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,1918 (Independent), 1922 (primary), 1924 (primary), 1926 (primary),1928 (primary), 1930 (primary); on August 6, 1930, he wascaughtby prohibition agents near Great Mills, Maryland, while filling andfueling anillegalstill; hefled the scene, but was soonapprehended;he claimed he was an undercover agent, but that was not takenseriously;arraignedin federal court on charges ofmanufacturingandpossessingalcohol; in October, 1930, he wastriedandconvicted;sentencedto six months in jail; candidate forU.S.Representative from California, 1948.While on a trip to his mining claim; he died, probably fromexposure,during a Sierrablizzard,near Quincy,PlumasCounty, Calif.,January11, 1952 (age75 years, 113days). His body was found in a snowbank, six weeks later.Cremated;ashes interred atQuincyCemetery, Quincy, Calif.  | Samuel Insull (1859-1938) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Kenilworth,CookCounty, Ill.; near Libertyville,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in London,England,November11, 1859.Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive ofelectricutilities; one of the founders of the company that became GeneralElectric; also had major holdings inrailroads;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1904;when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out thestockholders, hefled the country;indictedin 1932 onfraudandembezzlementcharges;ultimatelyextraditedfrom Turkey in 1934;tried inChicago and found not guilty.Congregationalist.Member,UnionLeague.Died from aheartattack, in the Place de la Concordestationon the Paris Métro subway system, Paris,France,July16, 1938 (age78 years, 247days).Interment atPutneyVale Cemetery, London, England. | | Charles Fitch Hemans (1896-1971) — also known asCharles F. Hemans;"Baron of theBathroom";"Knight of theDoublecross" —of Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.; Howell,LivingstonCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.,April12, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1926, 1928; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1934-41; defeated, 1931, 1941;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1936.Implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution and testified that he hadbribedmany legislators in his hotel bathroom; later, another bribery caseagainst legislators fell apart when he refused to testify andfled toWashington;arrestedby FBI agents andarraignedon a federalfugitive witness charge;triedandconvicted,andsentencedto four years inprison;pleadedguilty tobriberyin 1950 andsentencedto five yearsprobationand a $1,000fine.DiedJanuary29, 1971 (age74 years, 292days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Mason, Mich. | | Gus Hall (1910-2000) — also known asArvo Kustaa Halberg — of Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio; Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Virginia,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,October8, 1910.Communist.Lumberjack;steelworker;unionorganizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in1937; candidate formayorof Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during WorldWar II;indictedin 1948, andconvictedin 1949, under theSmithAct, of conspiring to teach theviolentoverthrow of the U.S. government;fled to Mexico;arrestedin 1951 and sent back; spent eight years inprison;candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.Finnishancestry.Died, of complications fromdiabetes,in Lenox HillHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 2000 (age90 years, 5days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.  | Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) — also known asAngela Davis — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,January26, 1944.Communist. Following a violentescape attempt at the MarinCounty (California) Hall of Justice, August 7, 1970, in which severalpeople werekilled,she wasimplicatedas an accomplice andfled; laterarrestedin New York,tried,and acquitted in 1972; awarded theLeninPeace Prize in 1979; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communistcoup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, andsubsequently left the Communist Party;universityprofessor.Female.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | | Leonard Peltier (b. 1944) — Born in Grand Forks,Grand ForksCounty, N.Dak.,September12, 1944.American Indian activist and member of the American Indian Movement;alleged to have been involved in a shoot-out at the Pine Ridge IndianReservation in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, in which three died,including two FBI agents;fled South Dakota, wasarrestedin Canada, andextraditedto the U.S.;triedandconvictedofmurderin 1977, andsentencedto two life terms inprison;Peace and Freedom candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2004; Socialism and Liberation candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 2020.AmericanIndian ancestry.Still living as of 2020. | | Bernhard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) — also known asBernhard H. Goetz;Bernie Goetz;"Subway Vigilante" —of New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.Born in Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1947.On December 22, 1984, heshotand wounded four young men who were about to rob him, andsubsequentlyfled to New England, until heturnedhimself in at Concord, N.H.;arraignedonattemptedmurder,assault,andweaponscharges;convictedonly forcarryingan unlicensed gun;sentencedto one year injail;served eight months; Fusion candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 2001.GermanandJewishancestry.Still living as of 2014. | | Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (b. 1940) — also known asGlenn Miller;"Frazier GlennCross";"Rounder" —of North Carolina; Aurora,LawrenceCounty, Mo.Born in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,1940.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate inDemocratic primary forGovernor ofNorth Carolina, 1984; candidate in Republican primary forNorthCarolina state senate, 1986;convictedon federalcontemptof court charges in 1986;sentencedto one year in prison, butdisappeared while out on bond;latercapturedin Missouri, along with four other Klansmen and a cache of weapons;indictedin 1987 for plottingrobberiesand anassassination;in a deal with prosecutors, hepleadedguilty to aweaponscharge and to makingthreatsthrough the mail; served three years inprison; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 2006; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 2010; on April 13, 2014, in an apparenthatecrime heshotand killed three people at a Jewish community center andretirement complex in Overland Park, Kansas.Member,KuKlux Klan.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert W. Levy (b. 1947) — also known asBob Levy — of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.Born in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,May 16,1947.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;mayorof Atlantic City, N.J., 2005-07; resigned 2007.Falselyclaimed to have served in the U.S. ArmyU.S. ArmySpecial Forces (Green Berets);admittedthat he used false information in his service record toobtainbenefits;disappeared on September 26, 2007; his lawyerannounced on October 10 that he hadresigned;pleadedguilty in November todefraudingthe Department of Veterans Affairs,sentencedto three yearsprobation,fined,and ordered to payrestitution.Still living as of 2008.
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