The Political Graveyard: Anne Arundel County, Md.

Anne Arundel County
Maryland

Anne Arundel County information:

Population: 489,656 (2000); 427,239 (1990)
Land area 416 square miles.
County seat: Annapolis
Anne Arundel County official web site.
Capital Impact: Anne Arundel County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Anne Arundel County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Anne Arundel County MDGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Anne Arundel County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Baltimore County; Baltimore city
East: Chesapeake Bay; Queen Anne's County
South: Calvert County
Southwest: Prince George's County
Northwest: Howard County

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Anne Arundel County
Politicians who were born in Anne Arundel County
Politicians who lived in Anne Arundel County
Politicians who died in Anne Arundel County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anne Arundel County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Anne Arundel County

(not intended to be complete)

Daniel Richard Randall (State's Attorney, 1900-04)

Private or family graveyards
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Stafford County, Va., May 17, 1759. Son of John Mercer and Anne (Roy) Mercer; brother of James Mercer; married to Sophia Sprigg. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2nd District 1793-94); Governor of Maryland, 1801-03. Anglican; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 30, 1821. Interment at at a private or family graveyard. Mercer County, Mo. is named for him.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
John Hall (1729-1797) — of Maryland. Born near Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 27, 1729. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-75, 1779, 1783-84; member of Maryland state senate, 1786-95. Episcopalian. Died in Anne Arundel County, Md., March 8, 1797. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.
Benjamin Ogle (1749-1809) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., January 27, 1749. Son of Samuel Ogle and Anne (Tasker) Ogle; married to Henrietta Margaret 'Henny' Hill. Governor of Maryland, 1798-1801. Episcopalian. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., July 6, 1809. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., May 5, 1785. Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy; married to Mary Galloway. Lawyer; member of Maryland state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland state house of delegates; member of Maryland state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at at a private or family graveyard.
John Crompton Weems (1778-1862) — also known as John C. Weems — of Waterloo, Calvert County, Md. Born in Waterloo, Calvert County, Md., 1778. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1826-29. Episcopalian. Died in Anne Arundel County, Md., January 20, 1862. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.
George Wurtz Hughes (1806-1870) — also known as George W. Hughes — of West River, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., September 30, 1806. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1859-61. Died in West River, Anne Arundel County, Md., December 3, 1870. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

City Cemetery
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Baltimore County, Md., May 23, 1748. Delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776, 1788; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1777-79, 1788; mayor of Annapolis, Md., 1783-84; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1783-84; state court judge in Maryland, 1806-26. Episcopalian. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 11, 1828. Interment at City Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Carl Wood Riddick (1872-1960) — also known as Carl W. Riddick — of Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont. Born in Wells, Faribault County, Minn., February 25, 1872. Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick and Alice (Wood) Riddick; married, June 28, 1893, to Grace A. Keith. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1922. Methodist. Died in 1960. Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Lawyers' Mall
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians formerly buried here:

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) — also known as Thoroughgood Marshall — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Md., July 2, 1908. Married, September 4, 1929, to Vivien Burey (died 1955); married, December 17, 1955, to Cecilia Suyat. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91. Black. Episcopalian. Member, National Bar Association; American Civil Liberties Union; NAACP; Freemasons; Alpha Phi Alpha. Received Spingarn Medal in 1946 First African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Died, from a heart attack, in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 24, 1993. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers' Mall.
- Cross-reference: William Curtis Bryson
- See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
- Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan Williams, Thurgood Marshall : American Revolutionary; Randall W. Bland, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial Biography; Mark V. Tushnet, Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991; Mark V. Tushnet, Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961

Naval Academy Cemetery
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

William Harrison Standley (1872-1963) — also known as William H. Standley — of California. Born in 1872. U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1942-43. Died in 1963. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
- Books by William H. Standley: Admiral Ambassador to Russia, with Arthur A. Ageton (1955)
Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853-1928) — also known as E. B. Underwood — Born in California, 1853. U.S. Navy officer; Governor of American Samoa. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., April 12, 1928. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
William Harwar Parker (1826-1896) — also known as William H. Parker — of Washington, D.C. Born in 1826. U.S. Minister to Korea, 1886. Died in 1896. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
Benjamin Franklin Tilley (1848-1907) — also known as B. F. Tilley — Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., March 29, 1848. Son of Benjamin Tilley and Sarah W. (Esterbrooks) Tilley; married, June 6, 1878, to Emily Edelin Williamson (1856-1931). U.S. Navy commander; Governor of American Samoa; court martialed in 1901 on charges of immorality and drunkenness; tried and found not guilty. Died, of pneumonia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 18, 1907. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
Harold Alexander Houser (1897-1981) — Born March 31, 1897. U.S. Navy officer; Governor of American Samoa. Died September 3, 1981. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
Jesse Rink Wallace (1899-1961) — of Illinois. Born July 17, 1899. U.S. Navy officer; Governor of American Samoa. Died January 29, 1961. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.
Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. (1920-2000) — also known as Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.; Bud Zumwalt — of Virginia. Born in Tulare, Tulare County, Calif., November 29, 1920. Grandnephew of Louise A. Zumwalt. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; Chief of U.S. naval operations in 1970-74; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1976. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. Died, following two cancer surgeries, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, Durham County, N.C., January 2, 2000. Interment at Naval Academy Cemetery.

St. Anne's Cemetery
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Thomas George Pratt (1804-1869) — also known as Thomas G. Pratt — of Prince George's County, Md. Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1804. Son of John Wilkes Pratt and Rachel (Belt) Pratt; married to Adelaide Kent. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1832-36; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1836; member of Maryland state executive council, 1838; member of Maryland state senate, 1838-41; Governor of Maryland, 1845-48; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1850-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1864. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 9, 1869. Interment at St. Anne's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Alexander Randall (1803-1881) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., January 3, 1803. Son of John Randall and Deborah (Knapp) Randall; married to Catharine Wirt and Elizabeth Philpot Blanchard. Whig. U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1841-43; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; Maryland state attorney general, 1865-67. Episcopalian. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 21, 1881. Interment at St. Anne's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.

St. Anne's Churchyard
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Lynch, Sr. (1727-1776) — of South Carolina. Born in Berkeley County, S.C., 1727. Father of Thomas Lynch, Jr.. Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776. Died in 1776. Interment at St. Anne's Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography.
Amos Garrett — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Mayor of Annapolis, Md., 1708-20. Interment at St. Anne's Churchyard.

State House Grounds
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians who have monuments here:

Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known as Roger B. Taney — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., March 17, 1777. Son of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January 7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (niece of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); sister of Francis Scott Key; aunt of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)). Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1799-1800; member of Maryland state senate, 1816-21; Maryland state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S. Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864. Catholic. Died in Washington, D.C., October 12, 1864. Interment at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State House Grounds. Taney County, Mo. is named for him.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: Wikipedia article.
- Books by Roger Taney: Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
- Books about Roger Taney: Bernard Christian Steiner, Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (out of print); Charles Smith, Roger B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist; Suzanne Freedman, Roger Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers)

St. Joseph's Cemetery
Carrollton Manor, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (1896-1965) — also known as Joaquin M. Elizalde — of Manila, Philippines. Born in Manila, Philippines, August 2, 1896. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1938-44; resigned 1944. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1965. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Mt. Zion Cemetery
Lothian, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Frank Owens Smith (1859-1924) — also known as Frank O. Smith — of Dunkirk, Calvert County, Md. Born in Smithville, Calvert County, Md., August 27, 1859. Democrat. Candidate for Maryland state senate, 1911; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1913-15. Died January 29, 1924. Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Christ Church Cemetery
Owensville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

William Huntington Kirkpatrick (1885-1970) — also known as William H. Kirkpatrick — of Pennsylvania. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., October 2, 1885. Son of William Sebring Kirkpatrick. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922; federal judge, 1927. Died November 28, 1970. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Anne Arundel County

Politicians who were born in Anne Arundel County

Politicians who lived in Anne Arundel County

Politicians who died in Anne Arundel County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anne Arundel County