The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Welles to Wellons

Index to Politicians: Welles to Wellons

WELLES (Soundex W420) — See also DEGRAVELLES, DENOYELLES, DRELLES, EMSWELLER, JELLES, KOHL-WELLES, LEWELLEN, LLEWELLEN, LLEWELLEYN, ONWELLER, RELLES, SCHWELLENBACH, SEWELL, SZELLES, TELLES, WELLE, WELLENBROCK, WELLENSIEK, WELLER, WELLS, WESSEL, WESSELL, WILES, WILLES, WILLESS, WILLIS, WILLYS, WYLES, WYLLIS, WYLLYS.

WELLES: See also Thomas Welles Bartley; George Francis Booth; Morgan Welles Brown; Cavendish Welles Cannon; Silas H. Douglass; Winthrop Welles Ketchum; Jeanne Kohl-Welles; Frederic Courtland Penfield; Harry Welles Rusk.
Welles, Benjamin Sumner (1892-1961) — also known as Sumner Welles — of Maryland. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 14, 1892. Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died September 24, 1961. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Welles, Gardner — of Seneca County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Seneca County, 1839. Burial location unknown.
Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn., July 1, 1802. Republican. Member of Connecticut state legislature, 1827-35; Connecticut state comptroller, 1835-36, 1842-44; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1856-64; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861-69. Episcopalian. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., February 11, 1878. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
- Books about Gideon Welles: John Niven, Gideon Welles : Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
Welles, Henry T. — of Minnesota. Democrat. Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1863. Burial location unknown.
Welles, M. L. — of Wisconsin. Prohibition candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1922. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Welles, Martin — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state senate at-large, 1827-29. Burial location unknown.
Welles, Muriel — of California. Republican. Presidential Elector for California, 1952. Female. Still living as of 1952.
Welles, Samuel R. — of Seneca County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Seneca County, 1867, 1881. Burial location unknown.
Welles, Sumner See Benjamin Sumner Welles
Welles, Thaddeus — of Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856; member of Connecticut state senate 2nd District, 1859. Burial location unknown.
Welles, Thomas — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1655, 1658. Burial location unknown.

WELLING (Soundex W452) — See also ELLING, HELLING, LEWELLING, LING, WALING, WALLING, WAYLANG, WEHLING, WELLINGER, WELLINGS, WELLINGTON, WELLISH, WELLIVER, WHALING, WHEELING, WILLING.

WELLING: See also Welling G. Sickel.
Welling, Alvin C. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1957-60. Still living as of 1960.
Welling, John S. — of Greeley, Weld County, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
Welling, Milton Holmes (1876-1947) — also known as Milton H. Welling — of Utah. Born in Utah, 1876. Democrat. Member of Utah state legislature; U.S. Representative from Utah 1st District, 1917-21; defeated, 1922; candidate for U.S. Senator from Utah, 1920. Died in 1947. Interment at Fielding Cemetery, Fielding, Utah.
- See also: congressional biography.

WELLINGER (Soundex W452) — See also BELLINGER, DELLINGER, ELLINGER, FELLINGER, FOELLINGER, HELLINGER, INGER, LEWELLING, LINGER, MELLINGER, SKELLINGER, WELLING, WELLINGS, WELLINGTON, WELLISH, WELLIVER, ZELLINGER.

Wellinger, Carl L. — of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va. Democrat. Mayor of Martinsburg, W.Va., 1948. Still living as of 1948.

WELLINGS (Soundex W452) — See also ELLINGSON, ELLINGSWORTH, INGS, LEWELLING, SNELLINGS, WELLING, WELLINGER, WELLINGTON, WELLISH, WELLIVER, WESSLING.

Wellings, Charles — of West Union, Doddridge County, W.Va. Republican. Chair of Doddridge County Republican Party, 1983. Still living as of 1983.

WELLINGTON (Soundex W452) — See also ALLINGTON, BILLINGTON, BULLINGTON, CULLINGTON, ELLINGTON, FULLINGTON, LEWELLING, MILLINGTON, WELLING, WELLINGER, WELLINGS, WELLISH, WELLIVER.

WELLINGTON: See also Alanson Bigelow Houghton; Amory Houghton; Webster H. Pearce.
Wellington, Alice H. — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940. Female. Still living as of 1940.
Wellington, Claire S. — of Corona, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980. Female. Still living as of 1980.
Wellington, D. Gerry — of Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Madison County 1st District, 1868, 1875; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 24th District, 1894. Burial location unknown.
Wellington, George B. — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 29th District, 1916-18. Burial location unknown.
Wellington, George Louis (1852-1927) — also known as George L. Wellington — of Cumberland, Allegany County, Md. Born in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., January 28, 1852. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1895-97; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1897-1903; defeated (Progressive), 1913. Died in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., March 20, 1927. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
- See also: congressional biography.
Wellington, Gerry See D. Gerry Wellington
Wellington, John L. — of Illinois. Union Progressive candidate for University of Illinois trustee, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wellington, William S. — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952. Still living as of 1952.

WELLISH (Soundex W420) — See also KALLISH, LEWELLING, LISH, MELLISH, WALSH, WELLING, WELLINGER, WELLINGS, WELLINGTON, WELLIVER, WELSCH, WELSH, WILLSHAW.

Wellish, Harry — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WELLIVER (Soundex W416) — See also BELLIVEU, BOLLIVER, DOLLIVER, GULLIVER, JOLLIVETTE, LEWELLING, LIVER, LIVERANCE, LIVERIGHT, LIVERMAN, LIVERMORE, LIVERNASH, OLIVER, OLIVERIO, OLIVERS, TOLIVER, TOLLIVER, WELLING, WELLINGER, WELLINGS, WELLINGTON, WELLISH, WOOLEAVER, WOOLEVER.

Welliver, Christy — of Columbia, Boone County, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
Welliver, Warren — of Columbia, Boone County, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960. Still living as of 1960.

WELLMAN (Soundex W455) — See also BELLMAN, DELLMANN, ELLMAN, FELLMAN, HELLMAN, HELLMANN, KELLMAN, PELLMAN, SELLMAN, SHELLMAN, SPELLMAN, WAHLMAN, WALMAN, WELLMERLING, WELLMON, WILLMAN, WILMON, WOLLEMAN, WOLLMAN.

WELLMAN: See also Charles Marshall Waterman; Paul W. Workman.
Wellman, A. L. — of Dodge County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives 11th District, 1872. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Abijah J. — of Friendship, Allegany County, N.Y. Member of New York state senate 30th District, 1874-77. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Charles — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Democrat. Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1899; candidate for Michigan state treasurer, 1906. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Charles — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948, 1960. Still living as of 1960.
Wellman, H. F. — of Meridian Township, Ingham County, Mich. Democrat. Supervisor of Meridian Township, Michigan; elected 1912, 1913. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Paul R. — of West Virginia. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1928. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Sherley Burns — of Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, Thomas — of St. Clair County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1902, 1905; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1910. Burial location unknown.
Wellman, William B. — Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1906. Burial location unknown.

WELLMERLING (Soundex W456) — See also EMERLINDA, FOLLMER, FULLMER, GILLMER, HAMMERLING, HILLMER, KEMMERLING, KILLMER, MERLI, MERLING, MERLINGTON, MERLINO, SUMMERLIN, VOLLMER, WELLMAN, WELLMON, WEMERLING.

Wellmerling, Louis F. — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Mayor of Bloomington, Ill., 1935-37. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WELLMON (Soundex W455) — See also ALLMON, ALLMOND, BELLMON, ELLMORE, HALLMON, HILLMOND, STELLMON, TILLMON, WAHLMAN, WALMAN, WELLMAN, WELLMERLING, WELLON, WILLMAN, WILMON, WOLLEMAN, WOLLMAN.

WELLMON: See also Rudolph Wellmon Archer.

WELLON (Soundex W450) — See also BELLONI, DELLONE, ENLOW, GARZELLONI, HELLON, HELLONEN, MELLON, NOWEL, NOWELL, WELLMON, WELLONS, WOOLEN, WOOLLEN.

WELLON: See also Wellon Poe.

WELLONS (Soundex W452) — See also BELLONI, DELLONE, ENSLOW, GARZELLONI, HELLON, HELLONEN, LOWNES, MELLON, WELLON, WILLENS, WOLENS.

Wellons, Constance — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.

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