The Political Graveyard: Baltimore County, Md.

Baltimore County
Maryland

Baltimore County information:

Population: 754,292 (2000); 692,134 (1990)
Land area 599 square miles.
County seat: Towson
Baltimore County official web site.
Capital Impact: Baltimore County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Baltimore County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Baltimore County MDGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Baltimore County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: York County, Pa.
East: Harford County
Southeast: Chesapeake Bay
South: Anne Arundel County; Baltimore city
Southwest: Howard County
West: Carroll County

The Political Graveyard:

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

(not intended to be complete)

Spiro T. Agnew (County Executive, 1962-66) C. A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger (County Executive, 1994-2002) James T. Smith, Jr. (County Executive, 2002-)

Private or family graveyards
Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760-1829) — also known as Charles Ridgely Carnan; Charles Ridgely of Hampton — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 6, 1760. Son of John Carnan and Achsah (Ridgely) Carnan; married to Priscilla Dorsey; father of Prudence Gough Ridgely (who married George Howard). Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1790-95; member of Maryland state senate, 1796-1800; Governor of Maryland, 1816-19. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore County, Md., July 17, 1829. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also Howard family of Maryland
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Nicholas Ruxton Moore (1756-1816) — also known as Nicholas R. Moore — of Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baltimore County, Md., July 21, 1756. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1800; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1803-11, 1813-15 (at-large 1803-07, 5th District 1807-11, 1813-15). Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., October 7, 1816. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

Politicians formerly buried here:

John Tolley Hood Worthington (1788-1849) — also known as John T. H. Worthington — of Golden (unknown county), Md. Born in Baltimore County, Md., November 1, 1788. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1822-26, 1836, 1844; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1831-33, 1837-41 (5th District 1831-33, 3rd District 1837-41). Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore County, Md., April 27, 1849. Original interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Worthington Valley, Md.
- See also: congressional biography.

Sherwood Cemetery
Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (1843-1918) — also known as J. Frederick C. Talbott — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md.; Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md. Born near Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md., July 29, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1879-85, 1893-95, 1903-18; defeated, 1894, 1900; died in office 1918; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1907-18. Episcopalian. Died in Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md., October 5, 1918. Interment at Sherwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery
Garrison, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) — of Baltimore, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Charlotte County, Va., March 12, 1860. Son of Charles Bruce and Sarah (Seddon) Bruce; married, October 15, 1887, to Louise E. Fisher; father of James Bruce and David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1916, 1924; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian. Recieved a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed. Died in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md., May 9, 1946. Interment at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery.
- See also Bruce family of Maryland
- See also: congressional biography.
Edgar Allan Poe (1871-1961) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., September 15, 1871. Grandnephew of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849; poet and author); son of John Prentiss Poe and Anne Johnson (Hough) Poe; married to Annye T. McCay (died 1928) and Marie Louise McIlhenny. Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland state attorney general, 1911-15. Died in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 29, 1961. Interment at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Jacksonville, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Harry Streett Baldwin (1894-1952) — also known as H. Streett Baldwin — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md.; Hydes, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baldwin, Baltimore County, Md., August 21, 1894. Son of Harry W. Baldwin and Mary Elizabeth (Whiteford) Baldwin; married, July 14, 1917, to Mary Virginia Smith. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1931-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940, 1944; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1943-47. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows. Died, following a cerebral hemorrhage, in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 19, 1952. Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Druid Ridge Cemetery
Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Harrison L. Winter (1921-1990) — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 18, 1921. U.S. District Judge for Maryland, 1961-66; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1966-90. Died April 10, 1990. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery.
John Marshall Butler (1897-1978) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., July 21, 1897. Son of John Harvey Butler and Eunice West (Riddle) Butler; married, April 5, 1926, to Marie Louise Abell. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1952, 1960. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., March 14, 1978. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Theodore Marburg (1862-1946) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., July 10, 1862. Son of William A. Marburg and Christine (Munder) Marburg; married, November 6, 1889, to Fannie Grainger. U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1912-14. Member, American Economic Association; American Political Science Association; American Society for International Law. Died in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 3, 1946. Entombed at Druid Ridge Cemetery.
John Charles Linthicum (1867-1932) — also known as J. Charles Linthicum — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 26, 1867. Married to Helen A. Perry. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1904; member of Maryland state senate, 1906-10; candidate for mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1907; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1908; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1911-32; died in office 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1924. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore, Md., October 5, 1932. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Eli Jones Henkle (1828-1893) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., November 24, 1828. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1864, 1872-74; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864; member of Maryland state senate, 1867-70; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1875-81. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 1, 1893. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Oscar Leser (b. 1870) — of Maryland. Born in St. Louis, Mo., October 16, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1938. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery.

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) — also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant"; "Nixon's Nixon"; "The White Knight" — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., November 9, 1918. Son of Theodore Spiro Agnew and Margaret (Akers) Agnew; married, May 27, 1942, to Elinor Isabel 'Judy' Judefind. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore County Executive, 1962-66; Governor of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice President of the United States, 1969-73. Episcopalian. Greek ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis; Order of Ahepa; Phi Alpha Delta. Was charged with accepting bribes and falsifying federal income tax returns; pleaded no contest to tax evasion and resigned as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred by a Maryland court in 1974. Died, of leukemia, in Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin, Worcester County, Md., September 17, 1996. Interment at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
- Books by Spiro T. Agnew: Go Quietly Or Else (1980, out of print); The Canfield Decision (1976, out of print); Frankly Speaking: A Collection of Extraordinary Speeches (1970, out of print); Where He Stands: The Life and Convictions of Spiro Agnew (1968, out of print)
- Books about Spiro T. Agnew: Richard M. Cohen & Jules Witcover, A Heartbeat Away : The Investigation and Resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (out of print); Jules Witcover, Very Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew

Mt. Maria Cemetery
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

William P. Bolton (1885-1964) — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md. Born near Whiteford, Harford County, Md., July 2, 1885. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate, 1947-49; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950, 1954. Catholic. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 22, 1964. Interment at Mt. Maria Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Lorraine Cemetery
Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

Clarence Maurice Weidemeyer (1906-1983) — also known as C. Maurice Weidemeyer — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Hebbville, Baltimore County, Md., October 22, 1906. Son of Monterey F. W. Weidemeyer and Annie E. (Reiblich) Weidemeyer. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1944, 1948; chair of Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1950; Republican candidate for Maryland state senate, 1950; candidate for Maryland state attorney general, 1958; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1963-66, 1971-74; defeated (Democratic), 1974; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1972. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of metatastic liposarcoma, in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., February 7, 1983. Interment at Lorraine Cemetery.

Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

William Frederick Broening (1870-1953) — also known as William F. Broening — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 2, 1870. Son of Henry Jacob Broening and Catherine (Petri) Broening; married, September 6, 1905, to Josephine Marie Grauel. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1902; mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1919-23, 1927-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920, 1924; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1930. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows. Died October 12, 1953. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Charles Edward Phelps (1833-1908) — also known as Charles E. Phelps — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Guilford, Windham County, Vt., May 1, 1833. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1865-69; municipal judge in Maryland, 1882-1908. Episcopalian. Received the Medal of Honor in 1898 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864. Died in Baltimore, Md., December 27, 1908. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Wells Russell (1818-1867) — also known as Charles W. Russell — of Wheeling, Ohio County, Va. (now W.Va.); Baltimore, Md. Born in Sistersville, Tyler County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 22, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1860; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died November 22, 1867. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Linwood Leon Clark (1876-1965) — also known as Linwood L. Clark — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Aberdeen, Harford County, Md., March 21, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1929-31; defeated, 1926, 1930; circuit judge in Maryland, 1935-38. Methodist. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 18, 1965. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
Worthington Valley, Baltimore County, Maryland

Politicians buried here:

John Tolley Hood Worthington (1788-1849) — also known as John T. H. Worthington — of Golden (unknown county), Md. Born in Baltimore County, Md., November 1, 1788. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1822-26, 1836, 1844; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1831-33, 1837-41 (5th District 1831-33, 3rd District 1837-41). Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore County, Md., April 27, 1849. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Baltimore County, Md.; reinterment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Baltimore County

Politicians who were born in Baltimore County

Politicians who lived in Baltimore County

Politicians who died in Baltimore County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Baltimore County