Selected officials of Frederick County

(not intended to be complete)

Goodloe E. Byron (County Attorney, 1959-62)

Politicians who were born in Frederick County

• No city given: Adamson Tannehill 1750 Jeremiah Crabb 1760 John Baker c.1769 Thomas H. Blake 1792 Francis Thomas 1799 James Cooper 1810 Grafton Fleener Cookerly 1815 David Cooper 1820 John A. McMahon 1833 Milton George Urner 1839 John W. Walker 1849
• Frederick: George Baer, Jr. 1763 John Boone 1772 Shadrack Bond 1773 William Schley 1786 Henry Sheffie Geyer 1790 John Nelson 1794 James Earl 1795 Francis Brengle 1807 Thomas William Cumming c.1814 Enoch Louis Lowe 1820 Jacob M. Kunkel 1822 Bradley Ryler Johnson 1829 John Ritchie 1831 William Tyler Page 1868 D. John Markey 1882 Charles McC. Mathias 1922 W. Jeff Holtzinger 1964
• Near Frederick: Roger Nelson 1759 John Lee 1788
• Fredericktown (now Frederick): Frederick William Green 1816
• Near Jefferson: William Cost Johnson 1806
• Middletown: John P. Richmond 1811
• Walkersville: S. Walter Stauffer 1888
• Woodsboro: Frank T. Shaw 1841
• See also Md. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Frederick County

• No city given: J. Anita Stup
• Brunswick: Dan Rupli - William Schnauffer
• Burkittsville: Outerbridge Horsey
• Catoctin: Kingman Brewster
• Emmitsburg: Mrs. Andrew A. Annan - David Gamble
• Frederick:
  • Lived in Frederick, 1800-1849: George Baer, Jr. - Michael Baltzell - James Bartgis - M. E. Bartgis - Lawrence Brengle - Thomas Carlton - John L. Harding - George Hoskins - Daniel Kolb - George Kolb - Hy Kuhn - Roger Nelson - Francis Thomas
  • Lived in Frederick, 1850-1899: Hiram Bartgis - Lewis Brunner - Lewis Brunner - William F. Chilton - W. G. Cole - Lewis H. Doll - Valerius Ebert - J. Engelbrecht - John E. Fleming - Thomas M. Holbruner - Bradley Ryler Johnson - Jacob M. Kunkel - James McSherry - Lewis M. Moberly - George E. Price - Aquilla R. Yeakle
  • Lived in Frederick, 1900-1949: Mrs. Emmert Bowlus - Emory L. Coblentz - Charles H. Conley - Lloyd C. Culler - David G. Everhart, Sr. - Lewis H. Fraley - Hugh V. Gittinger - James W. Grove, Jr. - Hazel W. Lewis - Charles M. Mathias - Elmer F. Munshower - Parsons Newman - Benjamin Rosenour - John Edward Schell - Gilmer Schley - George Edward Smith - Bernard O. Thomas
  • Lived in Frederick, 1950-1999: George F. Abrecht - Roscoe G. Bartlett - Ronald S. Bird - Mrs. E. R. Bowlus - Beverly B. Byron - Goodloe E. Byron - William M. Castle - Lloyd C. Culler - John A. Derr - Edward Hart Etchison - Paul P. Gordon - James S. Grimes - C. Sue Hecht - David P. Koontz - George Hayes Littrell, Jr. - E. Paul Magaha - Charles McC. Mathias - Alexander X. Mooney - Elmer F. Munshower - Jacob R. Ramsburg - Donald B. Rice - Edward D. Storm - Richard L. Stup - Edward P. Thomas - Ronald N. Young
  • Lived in Frederick, 2000-2008: Joseph William Baldi - Roscoe G. Bartlett - Thomas Glenn Clay - Jennifer P. Dougherty - James S. Grimes - C. Sue Hecht - W. Jeff Holtzinger - Alan E. Imhoff - Stanley C. Mazaleski - Meta S. Nash
• Jefferson: Robert Blumenthal - Timothy D. McCown
• Knoxville: Joseph W. J. Lee
• Middletown: Joseph R. Bartlett - Louise V. Snodgrass
• New Market: David R. Brinkley - Valerie M. Hertges - Barbara Windsor
• Thurmont: Charlie Jenkins - John P. T. Mathias
• Walkersville: D. John Markey - Helen Stauffer - Paul S. Stull
• See also Md. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Frederick County

• No city given: Upton Sheredine 1800 David Ross 1800
• Adamstown: John S. Andrews 2001
• Frederick: Roger Nelson 1815 Samuel Ringgold 1829 Henry Ridgely Warfield 1839 Francis Brengle 1846 Thomas Contee Worthington 1847 Jacob M. Kunkel 1870 John Ritchie 1887 Milton George Urner 1926 Charles N. Crosby 1951
• Near Frederick: Thomas Johnson 1819
• Middleton Valley: Thomas Sim Lee 1819
• Near Petersville: Outerbridge Horsey 1842
• See also Md. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Frederick County

• Private or family graveyards
• Frederick All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard
• Frederick All Saints' Parish Cemetery
• Frederick Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Frederick St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
• Frederick St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery
• Frederick St. John's Cemetery
• Jefferson Reformed Church Cemetery
• Petersville St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Upton Sheredine (1740-1800) — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore County, Md., 1740. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1777-78; member of Maryland state senate, 1779-81; district judge in Maryland, 1790; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick County, Md., January 14, 1800. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., November 4, 1732. Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson; married to Ann Jennings; brother of Joshua Johnson; uncle of Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (who married John Quincy Adams). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in Maryland, 1790-91; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 26, 1819. Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 19, 1753. First cousin of Thomas Sim Lee; brother of Rebecca Potts (who married Benjamin Mackall IV). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland state senate, 1787; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland, 1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Anglican. Died in 1808. Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Roger Nelson (1759-1815) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., 1759. Father of John Nelson. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1792-93, 1800-02; member of Maryland state senate, 1802-04; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., June 17, 1815. Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., November 4, 1732. Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson; married to Ann Jennings; brother of Joshua Johnson; uncle of Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (who married John Quincy Adams). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in Maryland, 1790-91; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 26, 1819. Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 19, 1753. First cousin of Thomas Sim Lee; brother of Rebecca Potts (who married Benjamin Mackall IV). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland state senate, 1787; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland, 1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Anglican. Died in 1808. Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Cooper (1810-1863) — of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born in Frederick County, Md., May 8, 1810. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1839-43; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1849-55. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 28, 1863. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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• Roger Nelson (1759-1815) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., 1759. Father of John Nelson. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1792-93, 1800-02; member of Maryland state senate, 1802-04; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., June 17, 1815. Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., 1763. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1794-95, 1808-09; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1797-1801, 1815-17; state court judge in Maryland, 1813; mayor of Frederick, Md., 1820-23. Catholic. Died in Hyattstown, Montgomery County, Md., April 3, 1834. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Ritchie (1831-1887) — of Maryland. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., August 12, 1831. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1860; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872; circuit judge in Maryland, 1881-87; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1881-87. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 27, 1887. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacob Michael Kunkel (1822-1870) — also known as Jacob M. Kunkel — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., July 13, 1822. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1857-61. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., April 7, 1870. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Francis Brengle (1807-1846) — of Maryland. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., November 26, 1807. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1834-36; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1843-45. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., December 10, 1846. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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• Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847) — of Maryland. Born near Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 25, 1782. Grandnephew of Benjamin Contee. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1818; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1825-27; member of Maryland state executive council, 1831-33. Episcopalian. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., April 12, 1847. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also Hanson-Contee family of Maryland
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Milton George Urner (1839-1926) — of Maryland. Born in Frederick County, Md., July 29, 1839. Uncle of James Samuel Simmons. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1879-83; member of Maryland state senate, 1888-90. Methodist. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., February 9, 1926. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Columbus Motter (1844-1915) — of Maryland. Born December 4, 1844. Circuit judge in Maryland. Died June 12, 1915. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  
• William G. Cole (d. 1877) — also known as W. G. Cole — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Mayor of Frederick, Md., 1859-65. Died July 25, 1877. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) — of District of Columbia. Born in Carroll County, Md., August 1, 1779. Son of John Ross Key and Ann (Charlton) Key; nephew of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); married, January 19, 1802, to Mary Lloyd (sister-in-law of Joseph Hopper Nicholson); brother of Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger Brooke Taney); father of Alice Key (who married George Hunt Pendleton) and Philip Barton Key (1818-1859). 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 in Baltimore, Md., January 11, 1843. Originally entombed at Old St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery; memorial monument at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: John Smith
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  

Politicians buried 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; statue at State House Grounds, Annapolis, Md. 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)
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892) — of Maryland. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., August 10, 1820. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1845; Governor of Maryland, 1851-54; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1860. Catholic. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 23, 1892. Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born near Laurel, Sussex County, Del., March 5, 1777. Great-grandfather of Outerbridge Horsey II. Member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1800-02; Delaware state attorney general, 1806-10; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1810-21. Died near Petersville, Frederick County, Md., June 9, 1842. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• William Cost Johnson (1806-1860) — of Maryland. Born near Jefferson, Frederick County, Md., January 14, 1806. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1831-32, 1844; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1833-35, 1837-43 (16th District 1833-35, 5th District 1837-43); delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1860. Interment at Reformed Church Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Francis Thomas (1799-1876) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md.; Frankville, Garrett County, Md. Born in Frederick County, Md., February 3, 1799. Son of John Thomas and Eleanor (McGill) Thomas; married to Sally McDowell (daughter of James McDowell). Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1822, 1827-29; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1829; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District 1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District 1861-63, 4th District 1863-69); Governor of Maryland, 1842-45; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1872-75. Episcopalian. Killed by a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near Frankville, Garrett County, Md., January 22, 1876. Interment at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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