The Political Graveyard: Awards

2008

The Political Graveyard was named, by ProGenealogists, as one of 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites, April 2, 2008

2006

The Political Graveyard was named a Scoop Savvy Site, January 13, 2006

2005

The Political Graveyard received a Politcs1 Site of the Day Award, December 30, 2005.

2003

The Political Graveyard received a Crystal Dolphin Uncommon Vision Award on December 3, 2003

The Political Graveyard received a Talking Hands Award on June 22, 2003. The Political Graveyard was a Legend Inc. Site of the Day, September 25, 2003.

2002

The Political Graveyard's Historic Cemetery Resources page was the Family Tree Magazine Site of the Day on May 29, 2002. The Political Graveyard was the Hutchinson Public Library Site of the Day on November 13, 2002.

The Political Graveyard received the Trivia Fix Award from the Quiz Queen, May 2002.

2001

The Political Graveyard received a Best of the Web Award (5th Annual Awards, December 2001) from Eureka!, the monthly reference newsletter of the Morris County Library in New Jersey.

The Political Graveyard's Historic Cemetery Resources page was a Genealogy Today Best of the Web Nominee in August, 2001.
The Political Graveyard was Dear Carrie's Link of the Week, starting November 30, 2001.

The Political Graveyard was a Palmetto Journal S.C. Site of the Week, May 20-26, 2001. The Political Graveyard received the Classy Site Pick Award from the Duke of URL, July 2001.

The Political Graveyard was the Family Tree Magazine Site of the Day on February 20, 2001, and was also listed as one of the 101 Best New Web Sites in June 2001. The Political Graveyard received the Spider Award (for achieving high rankings in search engines by ethical means) from J. K. Bowman's Spider Food: Search Engine Optimization web site, on April 12, 2001.
2000

The Political Graveyard received the Britannica Internet Guide Award in January 2000. The Political Graveyard was Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Site of the Month for February 2000.

1999

The Political Graveyard was chosen the Weird Site of the Month by The Weird Site, December 1999. The Political Graveyard received the Emperor Norton Prize, for excellence in the arts and sciences, in January 1999.

The Political Graveyard received the Best of the Net Award from About.com, December 1999.

The Political Graveyard received the Golden Tomb Award from The Gothic Tomb, December 1999.
The Political Graveyard was a The Cyber Mom Dot Com 2 Hot 2 Handle Site of the Day on January 16, 1999.
The Political Graveyard received the Internet Minute Award on April 23, 1999. The Political Graveyard received the Worst of the Web Award, on March 23, 1999.

The Political Graveyard received the Palko Award from the Committee for the Commemoration of Famous Assassinations, February and March 1999.

1998

The Political Graveyard received the Best of the Web award, January 1998. The Political Graveyard received the Young Politicians of America bookmark it! award, October 1998.

The Political Graveyard was a KY3-TV Pick of the Week on August 18, 1998. The Political Graveyard was featured in the Third Age 701 Special Sites.

1997

The Political Graveyard was the Political Site of the Day on June 24, 1997. The Political Graveyard was an Allpolitics.com Web Watch Site of the Day on May 14, 1997.

The Political Graveyard was a USA Today Hot Site on May 2-4, 1997 and November 14, 2000. The Political Graveyard joined the Point/Lycos Top 5% of the Web in June 1997.

The Political Graveyard was rated Four Stones on the City of the Silent's WWW Post-Mortem Page, June 1997.
The Political Graveyard was a Mining Company Top Pick for May 1997.

The Political Graveyard was a CFOX Radio Geek of the Week site on May 8, 1997.
The Political Graveyard was listed in the PRN Radio Hall of Fame, June 1997.

The Political Graveyard was listed in the Useless Pages, during May 1997, and again in 2000.

1996

The Political Graveyard was a Yahoo Pick of the Week on October 7-13, 1996. The Political Graveyard was a CADVision Cool Site of the Day on November 11, 1996.

The Political Graveyard was one of the Seven Wonders of the Web for the week of October 2-8, 1996. The Political Graveyard was a Cool Central Cool Site of the Hour on October 2, 1996.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 192,291 politicians, living and dead.

The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/awards.html
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
If you are searching for a specific individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links.
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines.

Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — The site is currently hosted by Hostmonster, but we remain grateful for a decade-plus with our former web host, Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 24, 2009.

Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2009 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.

2008
The Political Graveyard was named, by ProGenealogists, as one of 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites, April 2, 2008
2006
The Political Graveyard was named a Scoop Savvy Site, January 13, 2006
2005
The Political Graveyard received a Politcs1 Site of the Day Award, December 30, 2005.
2003
The Political Graveyard received a Crystal Dolphin Uncommon Vision Award on December 3, 2003
The Political Graveyard received a Talking Hands Award on June 22, 2003.	The Political Graveyard was a Legend Inc. Site of the Day, September 25, 2003.
2002
The Political Graveyard's Historic Cemetery Resources page was the Family Tree Magazine Site of the Day on May 29, 2002.	The Political Graveyard was the Hutchinson Public Library Site of the Day on November 13, 2002.
	The Political Graveyard received the Trivia Fix Award from the Quiz Queen, May 2002.
2001
The Political Graveyard received a Best of the Web Award (5th Annual Awards, December 2001) from Eureka!, the monthly reference newsletter of the Morris County Library in New Jersey.
The Political Graveyard's Historic Cemetery Resources page was a Genealogy Today Best of the Web Nominee in August, 2001.	The Political Graveyard was Dear Carrie's Link of the Week, starting November 30, 2001.
The Political Graveyard was a Palmetto Journal S.C. Site of the Week, May 20-26, 2001.	The Political Graveyard received the Classy Site Pick Award from the Duke of URL, July 2001.
The Political Graveyard was the Family Tree Magazine Site of the Day on February 20, 2001, and was also listed as one of the 101 Best New Web Sites in June 2001.	The Political Graveyard received the Spider Award (for achieving high rankings in search engines by ethical means) from J. K. Bowman's Spider Food: Search Engine Optimization web site, on April 12, 2001.
2000
The Political Graveyard received the Britannica Internet Guide Award in January 2000.	The Political Graveyard was Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Site of the Month for February 2000.
1999
The Political Graveyard was chosen the Weird Site of the Month by The Weird Site, December 1999.	The Political Graveyard received the Emperor Norton Prize, for excellence in the arts and sciences, in January 1999.
The Political Graveyard received the Best of the Net Award from About.com, December 1999.
The Political Graveyard received the Golden Tomb Award from The Gothic Tomb, December 1999.	The Political Graveyard was a The Cyber Mom Dot Com 2 Hot 2 Handle Site of the Day on January 16, 1999.
The Political Graveyard received the Internet Minute Award on April 23, 1999.	The Political Graveyard received the Worst of the Web Award, on March 23, 1999.
The Political Graveyard received the Palko Award from the Committee for the Commemoration of Famous Assassinations, February and March 1999.
1998
The Political Graveyard received the Best of the Web award, January 1998.	The Political Graveyard received the Young Politicians of America bookmark it! award, October 1998.
The Political Graveyard was a KY3-TV Pick of the Week on August 18, 1998.	The Political Graveyard was featured in the Third Age 701 Special Sites.
1997
The Political Graveyard was the Political Site of the Day on June 24, 1997.	The Political Graveyard was an Allpolitics.com Web Watch Site of the Day on May 14, 1997.
The Political Graveyard was a USA Today Hot Site on May 2-4, 1997 and November 14, 2000.	The Political Graveyard joined the Point/Lycos Top 5% of the Web in June 1997.
The Political Graveyard was rated Four Stones on the City of the Silent's WWW Post-Mortem Page, June 1997.	The Political Graveyard was a Mining Company Top Pick for May 1997.
The Political Graveyard was a CFOX Radio Geek of the Week site on May 8, 1997.	The Political Graveyard was listed in the PRN Radio Hall of Fame, June 1997.
The Political Graveyard was listed in the Useless Pages, during May 1997, and again in 2000.
1996
The Political Graveyard was a Yahoo Pick of the Week on October 7-13, 1996.	The Political Graveyard was a CADVision Cool Site of the Day on November 11, 1996.
The Political Graveyard was one of the Seven Wonders of the Web for the week of October 2-8, 1996.	The Political Graveyard was a Cool Central Cool Site of the Hour on October 2, 1996.