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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779.
Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy, in
Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate
Park.
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buried here: |
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Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828-1894) —
also known as Frederick F. Low —
of California.
Born in Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine, June 30,
1828.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
California, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to China, 1869-73.
Died July 21,
1894 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment somewhere
in Nevada City, Calif.
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John B. Weller (1812-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, February
22, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-45; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1848; U.S.
Senator from California, 1852-57; Governor of
California, 1858-60; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1860-61.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
17, 1875 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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William Morris Stewart (1827-1909) —
also known as William M. Stewart —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Galen, Wayne
County, N.Y., August 9,
1827.
Republican. California
state attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-75, 1887-1905.
Died April 23,
1909 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
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John Percival Jones (1829-1912) —
also known as John P. Jones —
of Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in England,
January
27, 1829.
Republican. Member of California
state senate, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903.
Died November
27, 1912 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) —
also known as Milton S. Latham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 23,
1827.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1853-55; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1856-57; Governor of
California, 1860; U.S.
Senator from California, 1860-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1882 (age 54 years, 285
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) —
also known as David C. Broderick —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1820.
Son of Thomas Broderick and Honora (Colbert) Broderick.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1846; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850-52; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Irish
ancestry.
Mortally wounded in a duel on
September 13, 1859 with David
S. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
16, 1859 (age 39 years, 224
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1942 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Franklin Miller (1831-1886) —
also known as John F. Miller —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
21, 1831.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for California, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1881-86; died in office 1886.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1886 (age 54 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1913 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Graham Fair (1831-1894) —
also known as James G. Fair —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
3, 1831.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1894 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Rollin Mallory Daggett (1831-1901) —
also known as Rollin M. Daggett —
of Nevada.
Born in Richville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., February
22, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1879-81; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1882-85.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
12, 1901 (age 70 years, 263
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Alvan Flanders (1825-1884) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Wallula, Walla Walla
County, Wash.
Born in Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 2,
1825.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1861-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1867-69; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1869-70.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 14,
1884 (age 58 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Aaron Harlan (1802-1868) —
of Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren
County, Ohio, September
8, 1802.
Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1832; member of Ohio state
senate, 1838; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1844;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1853-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856.
Died January
8, 1868 (age 65 years, 122
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Sherrod Williams (1804-1876) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pulaski
County, Ky., 1804.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1835-41.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
1, 1876 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Thomas Hansford Williams (1828-1886) —
also known as Thomas H. Williams —
of California.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., May 18,
1828.
Son of Sherrod
Williams.
California
state attorney general, 1858-62.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
28, 1886 (age 57 years, 286
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Thompson Campbell (1811-1868) —
of Jo
Daviess County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
1811.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1843-46; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Jo Daviess County,
1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1851-53; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863-65.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
6, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Joseph Pendleton Hoge (1810-1891) —
also known as Joseph P. Hoge —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Ohio, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1843-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1876.
Died in 1891
(age about
81 years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1847-49.
Died in 1876
(age about
71 years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Gordon Newell Mott (1812-1887) —
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
21, 1812.
State court judge in California, 1850; justice of
Nevada territorial supreme court, 1861; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory, 1863.
Died April 27,
1887 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August 2,
1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Son of Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Lorenzo Sawyer (d. 1891) —
of California.
Justice
of California state supreme court, 1864-.
Died September
7, 1891.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Alfred J. Ellis (d. 1883) —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 6th District, 1852-53.
Died in 1883.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) —
also known as Charles F. Crocker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1854.
Son of Charles
Crocker.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1884,
1888.
Died in 1897
(age about
43 years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Willard B. Farwell (1829-1903) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1829.
Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1855-56.
Died February
10, 1903 (age about 73
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Frederick Palmer Tracy —
also known as F. P. Tracy —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. San Francisco city attorney, 1857-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1860.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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| Politicians buried
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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George Paul Miller (1891-1982) —
also known as George P. Miller —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
15, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1937-41; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-73 (6th District 1945-53,
8th District 1953-73); defeated, 1972; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., December
29, 1982 (age 91 years, 348
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Phillip Burton (1926-1983) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 1,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1957-64; defeated, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1964-83 (5th District 1964-75,
6th District 1975-83, 5th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Died, from a ruptured
aneurysm, in St. Francis Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April 10,
1983 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) —
also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bialystock, Poland,
April
1, 1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1976,
1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1983-87; died in
office 1987.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, of colon
cancer, at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1987 (age 61 years, 306
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Charles Boxton (1860-1927) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Shasta
County, Calif., April 24,
1860.
Dentist;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1907; resigned 1907.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., August
29, 1927 (age 67 years, 127
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Charles Allen Sumner (1835-1903) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August 2,
1835.
Democrat. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1865-68; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1883-85; defeated, 1884.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
31, 1903 (age 67 years, 182
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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C. Mason Kinne (d. 1913) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1880.
Died December
25, 1913.
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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