See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) — of Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.;LuzerneCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 17,1745.Farmer;EssexCounty Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge inMassachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts statelegislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789;U.S.Postmaster General, 1791-95;U.S.Secretary of War, 1795;U.S.Secretary of State, 1795-1800;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2ndDistrict 1815-17); member ofMassachusettsGovernor's Council, 1817-18.Puritan;laterUnitarian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Censuredby the Senate in 1811 for violating aninjunction of secrecy.Died in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,January29, 1829 (age83 years, 196days).Interment atBroadStreet Cemetery, Salem, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Timothy Pickering (1703-1778) and Mary (Wingate) Pickering;married,April 8,1776, to Rebecca White; granduncle ofDudleyLeavitt Pickman; second great-granduncle ofJohnGardner Coolidge andAugustusPeabody Gardner; third great-granduncle ofJohnLee Saltonstall; fourth great-granduncle ofLeverettSaltonstall,RichardSaltonstall,WilliamGurdon Saltonstall,JohnLee Saltonstall Jr. andWilliamAmory Gardner Minot; fifth great-granduncle ofMariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,WilliamLawrence Saltonstall andJohnForbes Kerry; ancestor *** ofSusanWalker FitzGerald; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminGoodhue andJohnWingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin thrice removed ofJohnWingate Weeks (1860-1926); first cousin four times removed ofCharlesSinclair Weeks; second cousin twice removed ofJohnAlbion Andrew; second cousin thrice removed ofIsaacLibbey,JohnForrester Andrew andHenryHersey Andrew; second cousin four times removed ofLlewellynLibby andWilliamF. Nason; second cousin five times removed ofAugustineB. Libby,AlbanahHarvey Libby andFrederickEdwin Hanscom; third cousin once removed ofLutherWalter Badger; third cousin twice removed ofAmosTuck; third cousin thrice removed ofHiramAugustus Huse (1840-1907) andHiramAugustus Huse (1843-1902). | | | | Political family:Andrewfamily of Boston, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Timothy Pickering: DavidMcLean,TimothyPickering and the Age of the American Revolution —Gerald H. Clarfield,TimothyPickering and the American Republic |
| | Robert Wilson (1793-1856) — also known as"Honest Bob" — of Texas. Born in Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.,December7, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,1839; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, forusingprofanity anddisclosing secrecy; subsequently returned tooffice.DiedMay 25,1856 (age62 years, 170days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) — of Ravenna, Trumbull County (nowPortageCounty), Ohio; Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 25,1773.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate from Trumbull County, 1803-04; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812; common pleas court judge in Ohio,1816-23; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1826; Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio,1832;U.S.District Judge for Ohio, 1833;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1839-45;censuredby the Senate on May 10, 1844, over hisdisclosure to the NewYorkEvening Post of asecret message from PresidentJohnTyler, outlining terms for the annexation of Texas.Died in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,April20, 1857 (age83 years, 330days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Steubenville, Ohio. | | Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) — also known asRobert G. Crow;Bob Crow — of Caruthersville,PemiscotCounty, Mo.Born inScottCounty, Mo.,December24, 1883.Republican.Insuranceagent; postmaster atCaruthersville,Mo., 1909-14;indictedin October 1915 on federal charges ofrevealing informationfrom the federal civil service examination, tohelp hishalf-brother, James L. Crow;pleadedguilty in April 1916, and wasfined$500.Member,Elks;Eagles;ModernWoodmen.On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the PontiacHotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and theroom disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought tohave been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.Died in Harlingen,CameronCounty, Tex.,September16, 1942 (age58 years, 266days).Burial location unknown. | | Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) — also known asSmedley Butler;"The FightingQuaker";"Old Gimlet Eye" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,July 30,1881.Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received aMedalof Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; receivedanother for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphiapolicecommissioner, 1924-25;arrestedandcourt-martialedin 1931 over hisunauthorizeddisclosure of an incident unflattering to Italian dictatorItalian Benito Mussolini; retired from the service rather thanapologize to Mussolini; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.Quaker.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 21,1940 (age58 years, 327days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) — also known asAndrew J. May — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born near Langley,FloydCounty, Ky.,June 24,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;FloydCounty Attorney, 1901-09;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10thDistrict), 1946 (7th District).Baptist.Member,Freemasons.In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japaneseanti-submarine munitions; herevealed this information to thepress, and hence to the Japanese, who quickly improved their depthcharges. After the war, thisindiscretionwas estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men.Convicted,on July 3, 1947, onchargesofacceptingbribes for hisinfluencein the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served ninemonths inprison;received a fullpardonfrom PresidentHarryS. Truman in 1952.Died in Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.,September6, 1959 (age84 years, 74days).Interment atMayoCemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky. | | J. William Petro (c.1940-2002) — of Ohio. Born about 1940.U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1982-84.Firedas U.S. attorney amidchargesthat heleaked confidential information;foundguilty ofcriminalcontempt of court in 1985.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage,May 23,2002 (ageabout 62years).Burial location unknown.
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