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See also
Orison
Rudolph Aggrey —
R.
Douglass Arbuckle —
Herbert
Almon Bartholomew —
Clayton
Douglass Buck —
Mrs.
C. Douglass Buck, Jr. —
Zachariah
Chandler —
Douglass
Edward Corn —
Charles
Boyd Curtis —
Douglass
Diggs —
Clarence
Douglas Dillon —
Elizabeth
Simpson Drewry —
Douglass
K. Fischer —
Arthur
Elbridge Forbes —
Douglass
Houghton —
Douglass
E. Hunter —
Douglass
H. Johnston —
Douglass
McDonald —
Tilman
Bacon Parks —
James
Douglass Post —
Frank
Douglass Scott —
Douglass
Smith —
Douglass
Smith —
H.
Douglass Van Duser —
Stuyvesant
Wainwright II —
Edward
Douglass White —
Edward
Douglass White —
Douglass
Wiles —
Douglass
Wilkie —
Douglass
B. Wright |
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Douglass, A. H. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1855-56.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, A. M. —
of Covington, Hill
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1893-94, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Andrew E. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Chair of
Wood County Republican Party, 1945-46; member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1949; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952,
1960
(alternate).
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Anthony C. —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Asa —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1800-01.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Benajah —
of Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canaan, 1821-24, 1830.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Benjamin Pennybacker (b.
1820) —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in New Market, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 22,
1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; common pleas court judge in
Indiana, 1864.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Burchet —
Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1831-33; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1841-42.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Carol J. —
of Hawaii.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 1998.
Female.
Still living as of 1998.
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Douglass, Daniel W. —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1851.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, David Fulton
(1821-1872) —
of San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., January
8, 1821.
Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1855-56; secretary of
state of California, 1856-58.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., June 16,
1872 (age 51 years, 160
days).
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Douglass, E. L. —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1934.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, E. R. N. —
of Lebanon, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Republican. Chair of
Hunterdon County Republican Party, 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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Douglass, Ebenezer —
of Essex
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1820-21.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Elisha P. —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908,
1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Frank A. (b.
1851) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1851.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Frank P. —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Frederick Augustus Washington
Bailey (1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery
in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African
ancestry.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at Highland
Park, Rochester, N.Y.
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Douglass, George A. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1859-60.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, George H. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1944
(alternate), 1952,
1960
(alternate); Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, George N. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1859-60.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Gus R. —
of Grimms Landing, Mason
County, W.Va.; Leon, Mason
County, W.Va.
Democrat. West
Virginia commissioner of agriculture; elected 1964, 1968; elected
unopposed 1972, 1976; elected 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1988.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2004.
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Douglass, Henry —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1830.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Isaac S. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1811-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, James —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1844.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, James —
of Carthage, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 18th District, 1893-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, James A. —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1880.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, John B. —
of Talbot
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Talbot County, 1935-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, John C. —
of Bell, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Mayor of
Bell, Calif., 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Douglass, John H. —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 8th District, 1878-79.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, John Joseph
(1873-1939) —
also known as John J. Douglass —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
9, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-35 (10th District
1925-33, 11th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Died in West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 5,
1939 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Douglass, John Watkinson (b.
1827) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
25, 1827.
Son of Joseph M. Douglass and Martha Douglass.
Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 19th Pennsylvania District, 1862-69; U.S.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1871-75; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1889-93; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1889-93.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Kelsey Harris (d.
1840) —
of Texas.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Douglass, Texas is named for
him.
Died in 1840.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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Douglass, Norma A. —
of Blacksburg, Montgomery
County, Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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Douglass, Ray R. —
of Postville, Allamakee
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Douglass, Robert L. —
of Fallon, Churchill
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1932;
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Nevada, 1941-47.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Samuel —
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1830-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Samuel C. —
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Mill Creek, 1832.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Samuel T. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Douglass, Scott (born
c.1952) —
of Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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H. See Silas
Hamilton Douglas |
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Douglass, Silas M. —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Ohio 5th Circuit, 1897-1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Tom —
of Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Douglass, William B., Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, 1926-29; Malaga, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Douglass, Zebulon —
of Madison
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1810-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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