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Politicians Who Died of Heart Disease

Very incomplete list!

Circulatory system diseases except stroke.

in chronological order

• De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as "Father of the Erie Canal" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Napanoch, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769. Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George Clinton; married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); cousin of George Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James Graham Clinton. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S. Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President of the United States, 1812; Governor of New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Member, Freemasons. Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000 U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905. Died, from heart failure, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 11, 1828. Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.
  • See also Clinton family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
  
  
• William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) — of Indiana. Born in Lancaster County, Pa., 1795. Brother-in-law of Thomas Holdsworth Blake. Member of Indiana state senate, 1828-31; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1833. Presbyterian. Died of a heart attack in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 31, 1835. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  
  
• John Maugridge Snowden (1776-1845) — also known as John M. Snowden — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1776. Newspaper publisher; mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1825-28; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1840-45. Presbyterian. Died of heart disease, April 2, 1845. Interment at Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carrick, Pa.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Tennessee. Born, in a log cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., March 15, 1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew Jackson Donelson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; President of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel, May 30, 1806; also duelled with Thomas Hart Benton. Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died, of dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 8, 1845. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. Interment at The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson Square, New Orleans, La. Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County, Mo., are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Francis P. Blair
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Burstein, The Passions of Andrew Jackson; David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; Donald B. Cole, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson; H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times
  
  
• Thomas Stockton (1781-1846) — of Delaware. Born in New Castle County, Del., April 1, 1781. Second cousin of John Stockton. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Delaware, 1845-46; died in office 1846. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died, of heart disease, in New Castle County, Del., March 1, 1846. Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) — of Louisiana. Born November 1, 1803. Member of Louisiana state house of representatives; secretary of state of Louisiana; Governor of Louisiana, 1846-50; Louisiana state attorney general. Episcopalian. Died, of a heart attack, in a hotel at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 15, 1853. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Manners (1786-1853) — of Hunterdon County, N.J. Born in Hunterdon County, N.J., April 8, 1786. First cousin of David Stout Manners; first cousin thrice removed of Horace Griggs Prall. Member of New Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1850-52. Baptist. Died, from "affection of the heart," in Clinton, Hunterdon County, N.J., June 24, 1853. Interment at Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also Manners family of New Jersey
  
  
• Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) — also known as H. J. Dean — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C. Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., July 11, 1806. Grandnephew of Samuel Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean (1780-1830); married, October 14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9, 1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886). Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1853. Baptist. Died, of heart disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 3, 1855. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859) — also known as Mirabeau B. Lamar — of Texas. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., August 16, 1798. Brother of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834); uncle of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893). Member of Georgia state senate, 1829-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38; President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1858-59; Nicaragua, 1858-59. Member, Freemasons. Died of a heart attack, near Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex., December 19, 1859. Interment at Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Tex. Lamar County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Lamar family of Georgia
  
  
• Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook"; "Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand"; "Blue Whiskey Van" — of Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., December 5, 1782. Son of Abraham Van Buren and Maria Hoes (Van Alen) Van Buren; married to the sister-in-law of Moses I. Cantine; half-brother of James Isaac Van Alen; married, February 21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (died 1819); father of John Van Buren. Lawyer; Columbia County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of New York, 1829; U.S. Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice President of the United States, 1833-37; President of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848 (Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Died, reportedly due to asthma, but more likely some kind of heart failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., July 24, 1862. Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y. Van Buren County, Ark., Van Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County, Mich. and Van Buren County, Tenn. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Sanford W. Smith
  • See also Cantine-VanBuren family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L. Wilson, The Presidency of Martin Van Buren; Joel H. Silbey, Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics; Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology; John Niven, Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics; Ted Widmer, Martin Van Buren
  
  
• Charles Sweetser (1808-1864) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Dummerston, Windham County, Vt., 1808. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1849-53. Died of heart disease, April 14, 1864. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) — of Nicholas County, Ky. Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., February 22, 1828. Delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died suddenly, of heart disease, at the Southern Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., December 15, 1866. Original interment at Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
  
  
• William Patterson (1790-1868) — of Ohio. Born in Maryland, 1790. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1833-37. Died of heart disease, in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, August 17, 1868. Interment at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) — also known as Andrew J. Donelson — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born August 25, 1799. Nephew of Andrew Jackson. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1844-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1846-49; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1856. Died, of a heart attack, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., June 26, 1871. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson Donelson: Mark R. Cheathem, Old Hickory's Nephew: The Political and Private Struggles of Andrew Jackson Donelson
  
  
• Digby Valentine Bell (1804-1871) — also known as Digby V. Bell — of Ada, Kent County, Mich. Born in St. Christopher, November 10, 1804. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1840; member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1842-43; Michigan land commissioner, 1844-46; Michigan state auditor general, 1846-48; resigned 1848. Died, of coronary thrombosis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., October 28, 1871. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
  
  
• John White Geary (1819-1873) — also known as John W. Geary — of San Francisco, Calif. Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., December 30, 1819. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate for Governor of California, 1849; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73. Methodist. Died after suffering a heart attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., February 8, 1873. Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. Geary County, Kan. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles H. Clark (d. 1873) — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Lawyer; mayor of Rochester, N.Y., 1858. Died, of heart disease, in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., November 20, 1873. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Rix Robinson (1789-1875) — also known as "Wabesha" — of Michigan. Born in 1789. Circuit judge in Michigan, 1844; member of Michigan state senate, 1846-49 (5th District 1846, 7th District 1847-49); Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1848; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Indian trader in the 1820s and 1830s; became a close associate of the Ottawa Indian tribe, and a negotiator on its behalf; he married two Ottawa women, and was also known by an Ottawa name, "Wabesha". Died, of "dropsy" (probably congestive heart failure), Ada, Kent County, Mich., January 13, 1875. Interment at Ada Cemetery, Ada, Mich.
  
  
• Edward Kent (1802-1877) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born January 8, 1802. Father of Edward Kent, Jr.. Mayor of Bangor, Maine, 1836-37; Governor of Maine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1859-73. Died of heart failure, May 19, 1877. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Eugene T. Bell (d. 1880) — U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1880. Died suddenly, of heart disease, in Vienna, Austria, 1880. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Richard Slack (1818-1881) — also known as J. R. Slack — of Huntington, Huntington County, Ind. Born in Bucks County, Pa., September 28, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856; member of Indiana state senate; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78. General Slack Park in Huntington, Ind. is named for him. Died, of a heart attack, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 28, 1881. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
  
  
• Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., September 30, 1822. Physician; state court judge in California, 1856-60; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1863-67. Presbyterian. Died of heart failure in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., December 4, 1884. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) — of San Fernando, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near West Point, Orange County, N.Y., March 1, 1809. Banker; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54. Died, of a heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1885. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) — also known as Thomas A. Hendricks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Nephew of Thomas Hendricks and William Hendricks; son of John Hendricks; cousin of Abram Hendricks, William Hendricks, Jr. and Abram W. Hendricks; first cousin of William Chalmers Hendricks. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876, 1884; Governor of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in office 1885. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in about 1887-1914. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 25, 1885. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also Hendricks family of Indiana and Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Thompson Hoffman (1828-1888) — also known as John T. Hoffman — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y., January 10, 1828. Son of Adrian Kissam Hoffman (physician). Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1866-68; Governor of New York, 1869-72; defeated, 1866. Died, from heart disease, in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 24, 1888. Interment at Dale Cemetery, Ossining, N.Y.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Jacob Barker Ham (c.1824-1888) — also known as Jacob B. Ham — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Republican. Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1863-64. Died, of heart failure, September 4, 1888. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
  
  
• John Cardwell (1837-1890) — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., January 28, 1837. Married, January 6, 1860, to Margaret Dunlap. Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1885-89. Died, of heart disease, in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex., April 17, 1890. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known as William W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., September 22, 1829. Son of William Goldsmith Belknap (Mexican War general) and Ann (Clark) Belknap; married to Cora LeRoy, Carrie Thompson and Mrs. John Bower. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869-76. Impeached in 1876 by the House of Representatives for taking bribes; resigned on March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lacked jurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachment trial was held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction, short of the necessary two-thirds. Died, of an apparent heart attack, in Washington, D.C., October 13, 1890. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 10, 1827. Republican. U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st District 1863-69); member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Quaker. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1890s. Died, from heart disease, at the annual banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just after finishing a speech, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1891. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) — also known as P. T. Barnum; "Prince of Humbugs" — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., July 5, 1810. Son of Philo Barnum; third cousin once removed of William Henry Barnum. Republican. Entrepreneur, impressario, museum owner, founder of the Barnum & Bailey circus, known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1877-79; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1875. Died, of heart failure, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., April 7, 1891. Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; statue at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Conn.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by P. T. Barnum: The Life of P. T. Barnum: Written by Himself
  
  
• Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) — of Winfield, Cowley County, Kan. Born in Hubbardton, Rutland County, Vt., May 16, 1823. Mayor of Winfield, Kan., 1875-76. Died of heart failure, in Winfield, Cowley County, Kan., May 7, 1891. Interment at Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
  
  
• James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., December 25, 1834. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1872; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1881. Black. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. First black member of the Indiana legislature. Died of a heart attack while making a speech, in Brazil, Clay County, Ind., November 6, 1892. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  
  
• William H. Wickham (1832-1893) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30, 1832. Son of Daniel H. Wickham and Ruth Wickham. Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship company; diamond dealer; president of New-York Fire Department, 1860; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876. Died, of heart disease and Bright's disease, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 13, 1893. Interment somewhere in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
  
  
• Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B. Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" — of Ohio. Born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Married, December 30, 1852, to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes; father of Webb Cook Hayes. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President of the United States, 1877-81. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Odd Fellows. Stricken by a heart attack at the railroad station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893. Original interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. Hayes County, Neb. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Leopold Markbreit; James M. Comly
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari Hoogenboom, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President; Hans Trefousse, Rutherford B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881; William H. Rehnquist, Centennial Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876
  
  
• Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1817-1895) — also known as Frederick Douglass — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in slavery in Maryland, 1817. Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1872; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91. Black. 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, February 20, 1895. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Books by Frederick Douglass: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself
  
  
• Henry Woltman (d. 1895) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1867, 1869. "Right-hand man" to Tammany leader Richard Croker. Died, from heart disease, in Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1895. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) — also known as Elisha P. Ferry — of Waukegan, Lake County, Ill. Born in Monroe County, Mich., August 9, 1825. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1852; village president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Lake County, 1862; Governor of Washington Territory, 1872-80; Governor of Washington, 1889-93. Died of pneumonia and heart failure, October 14, 1895. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash. Ferry County, Wash. is named for him.
  
  
• Theodore Runyon (1822-1896) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., October 25, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1864-66; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1865; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1893; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1893-96, died in office 1896. French Huguenot ancestry. Died, of heart failure, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 1896. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  
  
• Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) — also known as Philip J. A. Harper — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y. Born October 21, 1824. Son of James Harper; married, June 30, 1846, to Harriet Mead (1825-1856); married, June 29, 1858, to Augusta M. Thorne (died 1911). Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers; village president of Hempstead, New York. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, from heart and kidney trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1896. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John J. McAfee (1836-1896) — of Kentucky. Born in Mercer County, Ky., 1836. Son-in-law of Humphrey Marshall. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1871-73. Died, of heart trouble, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., April 4, 1896. Interment at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Near McAfee, Mercer County, Ky.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) — Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 14, 1824. Great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor of Montana Territory, 1869. Unitarian. Died of a heart attack in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 16, 1896. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about James M. Ashley: Robert E. Horowitz, Great Impeacher: A Political Biography of James M. Ashley
  
  
• William D. Aldrich (c.1851-1897) — of Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y. Born in Thurman, Warren County, N.Y. Son of Daniel Aldrich and Catherine Aldrich. Member of New York state assembly from Warren County, 1888. Died, of heart failure, 1897. Interment somewhere in Warrensburg, N.Y.
  
  
• Charles H. Scribner (1826-1897) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., 1826. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lucas County, 1873; circuit judge in Ohio 6th Circuit, 1888-97; died in office 1897. Died, of heart disease, in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, February 25, 1897. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Maurice Carey Blake (1815-1897) — also known as Maurice C. Blake — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Otisville (unknown county), Maine, October 20, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of California state assembly 5th District, 1857-58; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1884. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., September 26, 1897. Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
  
  
• William Daniel (c.1821-1897) — of Maryland. Born in Deal Island, Somerset County, Md. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1853-57; member of Maryland state senate, 1857; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1884. Died, of heart disease, in Mt. Washington, Baltimore, Md., October 13, 1897. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• M. G. Troup (c.1841-1898) — of Winfield, Cowley County, Kan. Born in Ohio. Mayor of Winfield, Kan., 1881-82. Died, of heart disease, in Winfield, Cowley County, Kan., February 6, 1898. Interment at Union Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
  
  
• Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born near Maysville, Mason County, Ky., 1839. Father of Alfred Franklin. Democrat. Member of Kansas state senate, 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1896-97. Episcopalian. Died of heart disease, May 18, 1898. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Isaac Cox (c.1825-1898) — of Josephine County, Ore.; Siskiyou County, Calif. Born in Massachusetts. Member of Oregon state legislature, 1864-68. Died, from heart disease in the Sonoma County Hospital, Sonoma County, Calif., July 16, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) — also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant Oakey" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 26, 1826. Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted and tried in 1871-73 on charges of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted. Presbyterian; later Catholic. English, Welsh, and French ancestry. Died, of heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1898. Entombed at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815-1899) — also known as J. Russell Bullock — of Alton, Madison County, Ill.; Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., September 6, 1815. Lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1844-46; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1859-60; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1860-61; justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1862-64; U.S. District Judge for Rhode Island, 1865-69; resigned 1869. Died, of heart disease, in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., May 7, 1899. Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Amos L. Rollins (1826-1900) — of Alton, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Alton, Belknap County, N.H., December 11, 1826. Member of New Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1895-96. Died, of heart failure, in Alton, Belknap County, N.H., February 22, 1900. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) — also known as Elliot N. Bowman — of Fountain County, Ind. Born in Greene County, Tenn., October 11, 1826. Son of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23, 1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis (1838-1901). Democrat. Lawyer; merchant; hotel owner; Fountain County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy, 1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury. Died, from a heart attack, in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., May 21, 1900. Interment at Prescott Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
  
  
• Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1846-1900) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Salem, Henry County, Iowa, December 21, 1846. Candidate for secretary of state of Kansas, 1886; Governor of Kansas, 1893-95; member of Kansas state senate, 1896. Died of heart disease in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kan., September 3, 1900. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Albert Busiel (1842-1901) — also known as Charles A. Busiel — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Meredith, Belknap County, N.H., November 24, 1842. Married 1864 to Eunice Elizabeth Preston. Manufacturer; president, Laconia National Bank and City Savings Bank; president, Lake Shore Railroad; director, Concord & Montreal Railroad; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1893-95; Governor of New Hampshire, 1895-97. Died, about two weeks after the drowning of his six-year-old grandson and namesake, of heart disease, August 29, 1901. Entombed in mausoleum at Union Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Bartlett Andrews (1836-1902) — also known as Charles B. Andrews — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Sunderland, Franklin County, Mass., November 4, 1836. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1868-69; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1878; Governor of Connecticut, 1879-81; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1881-89; chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1889-1901; resigned 1901; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902. Died, from heart disease, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 12, 1902. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Beard Allen (1845-1903) — also known as John B. Allen — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., May 18, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Washington, 1875-85; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1889; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1889-93. Died, from angina pectoris, in Seattle, King County, Wash., January 28, 1903. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) — also known as George A. Whiting — of California. Born in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 20, 1827. Member of California state assembly 12th District, 1871-73. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of heart disease, in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 14, 1903. Interment at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
  
  
• Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known as Frederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1832. Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of Frederic René Coudert, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Catholic. French ancestry. Died, from heart and liver troubles, in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1903. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also Coudert-Tracy family of New York
  
  
• William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904. Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Philip Eagle (1837-1904) — also known as James P. Eagle — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Maury County, Tenn., August 10, 1837. Son of James Eagle and Charity (Swaim) Eagle; married 1882 to Mary Kavanaugh Oldham (1854-1903) (sister of William Kavanaugh Oldham). Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; minister; planter; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Governor of Arkansas, 1889-93. Baptist. Died, of heart failure, December 20, 1904. Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Alvord (1833-1904) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 3, 1833. Mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73. Died, of heart failure due to bronchial troubles, in San Francisco, Calif., December 21, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jacob Worth (1838-1905) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1838. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1864-66, 1868, 1873-76, 1878 (Kings County 7th District 1864-66, Kings County 6th District 1868, 1873-76, 1878); member of New York state senate 4th District, 1886-89; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1900. Died, of a heart attack, at the Eastman Hotel, Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., February 21, 1905. Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Patrick Henry McCarren (c.1850-1909) — also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Married to Kate Hogan (died 1883). Democrat. Cooper; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889; member of New York state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis and myocarditis, in St. Catherine's Hospital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 23, 1909. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens, N.Y.
  
  
• Eben Alexander (1851-1910) — of Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., March 9, 1851. Grandson of Adam Rankin Alexander; son of Judge Ebenezer Alexander and Margaret White (McClung) Alexander; married, October 15, 1874, to Marion Smith. University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1893-97; Romania, 1893-97; Serbia, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1893-97; Bucharest, 1893-97; Belgrade, 1893-97. Died suddenly of heart disease, in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., March 12, 1910. Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  
  
• Edward T. Rose (1857-1910) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Born August 8, 1857. Lawyer; mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1888-90, 1899-1902. Died, of a heart condition, March 27, 1910. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward B. Pond (1833-1910) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Belleville, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 7, 1833. Democrat. Mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1887-91; candidate for Governor of California, 1890. Unitarian. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., April 22, 1910. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  
  
• Edward Theodore Bartlett (1841-1910) — also known as Edward T. Bartlett — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 14, 1841. Great-grandson of Josiah Bartlett; son of Dr. Levi Bartlett (physician) and Harriette Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bartlett. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1891; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1894-1910; died in office 1910. French and English ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Died, of heart disease, in Albany Hospital, Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 3, 1910. Interment somewhere in Skaneateles, N.Y.
  • See also Bartlett-O'Rear family of Kentucky and New Hampshire
  
  
• Edwin Ames Jaggard (1859-1911) — also known as Edwin A. Jaggard — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., June 21, 1859. Son of Clement Jaggard and Annie Jane (Wright) Jaggard; married 1890 to Anna May Averill (daughter of John Thomas Averill). District judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1899-1904; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-11; died in office 1911. Died, of heart failure, in Hamilton, Bermuda, February 13, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Averill family of Minnesota
  
  
• Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., January 26, 1833. Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Bliss; married, March 30, 1859, to Elizabeth Mary Plummer (1837-1923); father of Cornelius Newton Bliss, Jr.. Republican. Dry goods merchant; banker; New York Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900, 1904. English ancestry. Member, Union League. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1911. Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Bliss family of New York
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Roland Malby (1857-1912) — also known as George R. Malby — of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., September 16, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1891-95 (St. Lawrence County 1st District 1891-92, St. Lawrence County 1893-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1907-12; died in office 1912. Died, from heart disease, in his room at the Murray Hill Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 5, 1912. Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) — of Colorado. Born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., March 23, 1856. Physician; member of Colorado state legislature. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, of heart failure, at his drugstore in Higbee, Randolph County, Mo., February 17, 1913. Interment at Eel River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
  
  
• William Jay Gaynor (1848-1913) — also known as William J. Gaynor — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y., 1848. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1907; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913. Shot in the throat by a James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, on August 9, 1910. Died, from a heart attack, on board the steamship Baltic, in the North Atlantic Ocean, September 10, 1913. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph William Craven (1854-1913) — also known as Joseph W. Craven — of Norwood, Carver County, Minn. Born in Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, March 19, 1854. Uncle of Thomas David Craven. Democrat. Member of Minnesota state senate 37th District, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1904; candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1904, 1910. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of apoplexy (stroke), with contributory arteriosclerosis, in Norwood, Carver County, Minn., December 21, 1913. Interment at Catholic Church Cemetery, Norwood, Minn.
  
  
• George Morgan Thomas (1828-1914) — also known as George M. Thomas — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born near Poplar Flat, Lewis County, Ky., November 23, 1828. Son of Elijah H. Thomas and Mary Arminta (Boggs) Thomas. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1859-63, 1872-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1868; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1871; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874-80; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1887-89; defeated, 1870. Died, reportedly from angina pectoris, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., January 7, 1914. Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Vanceburg, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 3, 1866. Married 1908 to Josephine Lee. Republican. Hardware business; coal dealer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, from valvular heart disease, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1914. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  
  
• Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) — also known as Arthur O. Bement — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, May 22, 1847. Republican. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove manufacturing firm. Died, of heart trouble, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 26, 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• George Madison Roberts (1830-1915) — also known as George M. Roberts — of San Benito County, Calif. Born in Mercer County, Ky., June 11, 1830. Democrat. Member of California state assembly 6th District, 1875-77. Member, Odd Fellows. Died, of congestive heart failure, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., December 26, 1915. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, Calif.
  
  
• Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 24, 1832. Grandson of George Choate (1760?-?); son of George Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; nephew of Rufus Choate; brother of William Gardner Choate; married, October 16, 1861, to Caroline Dutcher Sterling. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905. English ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Philosophical Society; Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1917. Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
  • Cross-reference: William Phillips
  • See also Choate family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Washington County, Ohio, February 10, 1837. Second cousin twice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis and Ralph Chester Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Norton Prentiss Otis; son of Sarah (Dyer) Otis (1789-1879) and Stephen Otis (born 1784); second cousin of Oran Gray Otis and David Perry Otis; third cousin of Asa H. Otis; fourth cousin of John Otis, William Shaw Chandler Otis, Harris F. Otis and James Otis; married, September 11, 1859, to Eliza A. Wetherby (died 1904); second cousin once removed of Lauren Ford Otis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Died, from a rupture of the heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 30, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Otis family
  
  
• John Joseph Adams (1848-1919) — also known as John J. Adams — of New York. Born in Douglas Town, New Brunswick, September 16, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th District 1885-87). Died suddenly, of heart disease (a year after suffering a stroke of paralysis), in the Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 16, 1919. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) — also known as "Viscount Astor" — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 31, 1848. Son of John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890); married, June 6, 1878, to Mary Dahlgren Paul (1858-1894). Member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1878; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1880-81; U.S. Minister to Italy, 1882-85; renounced his American citizenship and became a British subject in 1899; became a Baron in 1916 and a Viscount in 1917; member of the British House of Lords. Heir to Astor family fortune of about $100 million; moved to England in 1890 and became a British subject. Died, of heart disease, in Brighton, England, October 18, 1919. Cremated.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Jacob H. Marks (1864-1920) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1864. Republican. Member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910. Jewish. Member, Maccabees. Died, of endocarditis, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 6, 1920. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  
  
• Roger C. Sullivan (1861-1920) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., February 3, 1861. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904, 1912, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1914. Died, of heart failure, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 14, 1920. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemet