Ramsey County
Minnesota
Named for Alexander
Ramsey (1815-1903)
Ramsey County information:
- Population: 511,035 (2000); 485,765 (1990)
- Land area 156 square miles.
- County seat: St. Paul
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(not intended to be complete)
Pierce
Butler (County Attorney, 1893-96)
- No city given:
- Arden Hills:
Beverly
Aplikowski
- Maplewood:
Evie
Axdahl
- Judy
Fletcher
- Christine
Jacobson
- Priya
Outar
- Nora
Slawik
- Roseville:
George
S. Connor
- Robert
Murray
- Janet
Sigford
- St. Paul:
- Lived in St. Paul, year not specified:
Wendell
R. Anderson
- Richard
W. Johnson
- William
R. Merriam
- Lived in St. Paul, 1840-1849:
James
B. Hughes
- Bradley
B. Meeker
- Edmund
Rice
- Alexander
Wilkin
- Lived in St. Paul, 1850-1859:
George
W. Armstrong
- George
L. Becker
- John
B. Brisbin
- David
Cooper
- Lafayette
Emmett
- Charles
E. Flandrau
- Aaron
Goodrich
- Robert
Kennedy
- Jefferson
Parish Kidder
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- Norman
W. Kittson
- Bushrod
W. Lott
- William
R. Marshall
- Samuel
Mayall
- R. R.
Nelson
- David
Olmsted
- George
L. Otis
- E. C.
Palmer
- Thomas
R. Potts
- Alexander
Ramsey
- Edmund
Rice
- Henry M.
Rice
- Daniel
A. Robertson
- Moses
G. Sherburne
- Jacob
H. Stewart
- William
H. Welch
- Alexander
Wilkin
- Lived in St. Paul, 1860-1869:
John
T. Averill
- George
L. Becker
- David
Blakeley
- David
Cooper
- Cushman
K. Davis
- James
Gilfillan
- Aaron
Goodrich
- Willis
A. Gorman
- Jefferson
Parish Kidder
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- William
R. Marshall
- James
T. Maxfield
- Samuel
Mayall
- Samuel
J. R. McMillan
- Stanford
Newel
- George
L. Otis
- John
S. Prince
- Alexander
Ramsey
- Edmund
Rice
- Daniel
A. Robertson
- Moses
G. Sherburne
- Henry
H. Sibley
- Jacob
H. Stewart
- John
E. Warren
- Wescott
Wilkin
- Lived in St. Paul, 1870-1879:
William
L. Banning
- George
L. Becker
- H.
R. Brill
- Cushman
K. Davis
- William
Dawson
- Alonzo
Jay Edgerton
- James
Gilfillan
- Aaron
Goodrich
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- William
Lee
- William
R. Marshall
- James
T. Maxfield
- Samuel
Mayall
- Samuel
J. R. McMillan
- Stanford
Newel
- Charles
E. Otis
- Edmund
Rice
- Orlando
Simons
- Jacob
H. Stewart
- George
B. Young
- Lived in St. Paul, 1880-1889:
Lewis
Baker
- George
L. Becker
- Greenleaf
Clark
- David
M. Clough
- Cushman
K. Davis
- William
Dawson
- Aaron
Goodrich
- Edwin
A. Jaggard
- Frank
B. Kellogg
- William
L. Kelly
- C.
D. Kerr
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- John
L. MacDonald
- Samuel
J. R. McMillan
- Stanford
Newel
- Christopher
D. O'Brien
- Charles
E. Otis
- Edmund
Rice
- Robert
A. Smith
- L.
M. Vilas
- Lived in St. Paul, 1890-1899:
Lewis
Baker
- George
L. Bunn
- Moses
E. Clapp
- W.
D. Cornish
- Cushman
K. Davis
- Frank
B. Doran
- James E.
Egan
- William
W. Erwin
- Edwin
E. Fisher
- Newton
R. Frost
- Edwin
A. Jaggard
- Frank
B. Kellogg
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- O. B.
Lewis
- William
M. Liggett
- John
L. MacDonald
- Stanford
Newel
- Rudolph
Schiffman
- Robert
A. Smith
- Louis
Stern
- J. W.
Willis
- Frederick
P. Wright
- Lived in St. Paul, 1900-1909:
Walter
L. Chapin
- Moses
E. Clapp
- Cushman
K. Davis
- William
J. Donahower
- Oscar
Hallam
- Lucius
F. Hubbard
- Gideon
S. Ives
- Frank
B. Kellogg
- Andrew
R. Kiefer
- Daniel
W. Lawler
- William
Mahoney
- Stanford
Newel
- Grier M.
Orr
- E. G.
Rogers
- Fred
C. Schiffman
- Robert
A. Smith
- Frederick
C. Stevens
- William
B. Webster
- Lived in St. Paul, 1910-1919:
J.
S. Arneson
- F.
M. Catlin
- Moses
E. Clapp
- Leavitt
Corning
- Fred
N. Dickson
- Thomas
Frankson
- Oscar
Hallam
- Hugo
O. Hanft
- Laurence
C. Hodgson
- Vivian
R. Irvin
- Herbert
P. Keller
- Frank
B. Kellogg
- Daniel
W. Lawler
- William
Mahoney
- Charles
J. Moose
- Winn
Powers
- Frederick
C. Stevens
- Carl
C. Van Dyke
- Lived in St. Paul, 1920-1929:
Christopher
Columbus Andrews
- Josephine
Brack
- Adolph
Brewer
- Jane
Humbird Burr
- Pierce
Butler, Jr.
- George
G. Chapin
- Mrs.
Dawley Erickson
- Oscar
Hallam
- Laurence
C. Hodgson
- Samuel
G. Iverson
- Frank
B. Kellogg
- M.
F. Kincaid
- Melvin
J. Maas
- William
Mahoney
- Frank
W. Matson
- Henry
McColl
- Arthur
E. Nelson
- Thomas
D. O'Brien
- Charles
N. Orr
- William
J. Quinn
- Mrs.
J. E. Rounds
- Fred
D. Sherman
- Charles
W. Sterling
- Harry
Weiss
- Lived in St. Paul, 1930-1939:
Stuart
Allen
- Mrs.
C. J. Andre
- Gerhard
J. Bundlie
- Warren
E. Burger
- Maurice
P. Dunlap
- Charles
E. Elmquist
- William
H. Fallon
- John
J. Farrell
- Mark
H. Gehan
- Laurence
C. Hodgson
- Mrs. C.
Montague Irwin
- George
M. Landon
- John I.
Levin
- L.
E. Lilygren
- Melvin
J. Maas
- William
Mahoney
- Frank
W. Matson
- Charles
N. Orr
- Virginia
A. Parish
- Harold
W. Schultz
- Harry
Weiss
- Mrs.
Edwin White
- Mrs.
H. A. White
- Lived in St. Paul, 1940-1949:
Claude
H. Allen
- Elmer
L. Andersen
- Victor
E. Anderson
- Joseph
H. Ball
- Ernest
Beedle
- Wilbur
M. Bennett
- Warren
E. Burger
- Robert
A. Burns
- Robert
Butler
- Edward
K. Delaney
- Edward
J. Devitt
- Constance
Dillingham
- William
P. Dinon
- A. B.
C. Doherty
- Mrs.
L. M. Dowling
- La
Moine M. Dowling
- William
H. Fallon
- John
Findlan
- Jeanne
Fischer
- Clarence
D. Fisher
- Margaret
Fraser
- Walter
W. Fricke
- E. D.
Garrett
- Karl
F. Grittner
- Frank
Haas
- Catherine
Harmon
- J.
L. Holman
- Erna
S. Johnson
- Viena
Johnson
- J.
Seneca Jones
- Ida
McCabe Kayser
- Bernhard
W. LeVander
- Milton
C. Lightner
- Mrs.
John T. Lyons
- John
T. Lyons
- Ruth
Lyons
- Melvin
J. Maas
- John
J. McDonough
- Thomas
M. McGill
- F.
L. 'Frank' McGinn
- Blanche
McGovern
- John
B. McGrath
- A.
J. McQuillan
- Arthur
McQuillan
- Mildred
Nelson
- Mrs.
M. J. Reardon
- James
S. Robertson
- Mrs.
J. H. Russell
- Paul
Schriber
- Harold
W. Schultz
- Cyril
Sheehan
- Anne
Stuart
- Paul
R. Tinge
- Josephine
Tomai
- Thomas
W. Walsh
- Mrs.
H. B. Warren
- Harry
Weiss
- Howard
Y. Williams
- Lived in St. Paul, 1950-1959:
Claude
H. Allen
- Elmer
L. Andersen
- Ernest
Beedle
- Wilbur
M. Bennett
- Sigurd
A. Bertelsen
- Warren
E. Burger
- William
E. Carlson
- John
E. Daubney
- Edward
K. Delaney
- Constance
Dillingham
- Joseph
E. Dillon
- Ralph
L. Distad
- Frances
T. Dwyer
- F.
A. Emme
- Walter
J. Finn
- Clarence
D. Fisher
- Walter
W. Fricke
- Frances
Gehan
- Karl
F. Grittner
- Richard
C. Hansen
- Catherine
Harmon
- Carl
Hennemann
- Robert
Hess
- Marshall
Hurley
- Erna
S. Johnson
- Stafford
King
- Walter
Kuefner
- Bernhard
W. LeVander
- Ruth
Lyons
- Eugene
J. McCarthy
- Lawrence
Merthan
- Edward
Murnane
- Edward
G. Novak
- Gerald
O'Donnell
- Harold
J. O'Loughlin
- Harry
H. Peterson
- Al
Podgorski
- Peter
S. Popovich
- Richard
Radman
- William
B. Randall
- David
Raudenbush
- Katherine
Ridder
- Mrs.
Jasper Russell
- Alan
Ruvelson
- Julius
A. Schmahl
- Harold
W. Schultz
- Frank
T. Starkey
- Josephine
E. Tormal
- Emil
Urbanski
- Thomas
W. Walsh
- Leslie
E. Westin
- D.
D. Wozniak
- Lived in St. Paul, 1960-1969:
Claude
H. Allen
- Elmer
L. Andersen
- Ernest
Beedle
- Wilbur
M. Bennett
- Walter
Butler
- Thomas
R. Byrne
- William
C. Carlson
- Joseph
L. Donovan
- Blanche
Erkel
- Clarence
D. Fisher
- Walter
W. Fricke
- Joseph
F. Gabler
- Betty
Hayenga
- Joseph
E. Karth
- Ruth
Lyons
- Mrs.
Howard Overmann
- Karl
F. Rolvaag
- Alan
Ruvelson
- Jerome
Schaller
- Catherine
Schneider
- Harold
W. Schultz
- Mrs.
Harry Tubbesing
- George
J. Vavoulis
- Adrian
Winkel
- Donald
Wozniak
- Lived in St. Paul, 1970-1979:
Claude
H. Allen
- John G.
Bell
- Lawrence
D. Cohen
- Helen
E. France
- Richard
Hahnen
- Joseph
E. Karth
- Randy
Kelly
- George
Latimer
- Marsie
Leier
- Charles
P. McCarty
- Donald
M. Moe
- John
J. Pierson
- Karen
Sands
- Lu
Stocker
- William
White
- Lived in St. Paul, 1980-1989:
Sharon
Anderson
- Michael
F. Bemis
- Russ
Bovee
- JoAnn
Cardenas de Enos
- Bob
Fletcher
- Ceal
Hoffman
- Roxanne
Johnson
- Randy
Kelly
- Jerome
Lantry
- George
Latimer
- Wendy
Lyons
- Melinda
McLaughlin
- Donald
M. Moe
- Chris
Nicosia
- Alvina
O'Brien
- Kevin
Powers
- James
A. Scheibel
- Leo
Tibesar
- Bruce
F. Vento
- Lived in St. Paul, 1990-1999:
Sharon
Anderson
- Matthew
Casillas
- Chris
Coleman
- Norm
Coleman
- Andy
Dawkins
- Thomas
H. Eddy
- Ray
Faricy
- Thomas
Harens
- Tom
Hilber
- Gerald
Isaacs
- Doug
Jenness
- Marlene
Johnson
- Randy
Kelly
- George
Latimer
- Luis
A. Lopez
- John
Mannillo
- Glen
Mansfield
- Bob
Mayer
- Donald
M. Moe
- Sandy
Pappas
- Oscar
Roger Quast
- Kari
Sachs
- Michael
Angelo Scalze, Sr.
- James
A. Scheibel
- Bardon
Setterquist
- Bruce
F. Vento
- Lived in St. Paul, 2000-2008:
Marc
Anderson
- Sharon
Anderson
- Wilma
Battle
- Jay
Benanav
- Jerry
Blakey
- Daniel
Brown
- David
R. Buehler
- Yee
Chang
- Tarryl
Clark
- Richard
Cohen
- Chris
Coleman
- Norm
Coleman
- Tom
Conlon
- Bill
Dahn
- Matt
Entenza
- Thomas
A. Fiske
- Rod
Halvorson
- Thomas
Harens
- Honey
M. Hervey
- Bill
Hosko
- Mary
Igo
- Sheldon
Johnson
- Tom
Kayser
- Randy
Kelly
- Bob
Kessler
- Bob
Long
- Luis
A. Lopez
- Betty
McCollum
- Bobbi
Megard
- Devon
Miller
- Javier
Morillo-Alicea
- Mee
Moua
- Kathleen
Murphy
- Tim
Pawlenty
- Tuan
Pham
- Bill
Pulkrabek
- Maryjane
Reagan
- Joe
Repya
- Jan
Sweeney
- Cy
Thao
- Megan
Thomas
- Bao
Vang
- Bruce
F. Vento
- Ray
Waldron
- Shoreview:
Larry
Bastian
- Jeri
Rasmussen
- Vadnais Heights:
Dan
Williams
- White Bear Lake:
Bev
Braun
- Gary
Gallagher
- Victoria
Reinhardt
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not assigned to counties.
Unknown Location
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
- Arthur McQuillan (1895-1954) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 29,
1895. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
5, 1954. Interment somewhere.
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
- Bruce Frank Vento (1940-2000) — also known as
Bruce F. Vento — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
7, 1940. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1977-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984,
2000.
Catholic.
German
and Italian
ancestry. An elementary school in St. Paul, Minn., is named for him.
Died, of mesothelioma (lung
cancer caused by exposure to asbestos), St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
10, 2000. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Roselawn Cemetery
Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
- Winn Powers (1861-1939) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Williams
County, Ohio, April 26,
1861. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1914-16. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 8,
1939. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
- Mike Holm (1876-1952) — of Roseau, Roseau
County, Minn. Born in Ringvattnet, Alanas Socken Jamtland, Sweden,
June
17, 1876. Married to Virginia
Holm. Republican. Probate judge in Minnesota; secretary of
state of Minnesota, 1921-52; died in office 1952. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 6,
1952. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
- James A. Larson (b. 1860) — of Walnut Grove, Redwood
County, Minn. Born in Illinois, 1860.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1899-1902; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
Unknown Location
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
Calvary Cemetery
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901) — of Nininger, Dakota
County, Minn.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1831. Married, September
10, 1855, to Katharine McCaffrey (died 1894); married, February
22, 1898, to Marian Hanson. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1860-63; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1863-69; defeated,
1868, 1870; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1874-78; People's candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1892; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
1, 1901. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Pierce Butler (1866-1939) — of Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., March 17,
1866. Son of Patrick Butler and Mary A. Butler; married, August
25, 1891, to Annie M. Cronin. Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul Railroad,
1899-1905; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-39; died in office 1939. Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1939. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Frank Thomas Starkey (1892-1968) — also known as
Frank T. Starkey — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
18, 1892. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1922-33; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1945-47; defeated
(Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 14,
1968. Cremated; ashes
interred at Calvary Cemetery.
- James Manahan (1866-1932) — of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born near Chatfield, Fillmore
County, Minn., March 12,
1866. Son of Joseph Manahan and Catherine (McCarthy) Manahan;
married 1893
to Mary Z. Kelly. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1913-15. Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
8, 1932. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- George Mitsch (1825-1895) — of Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in 1825.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1859-60. Died in 1895.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William Davern — of Ramsey
County, Minn. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1857-58. Interment
at Calvary Cemetery.
Elmhurst Cemetery
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
Forest Cemetery
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
Oakland Cemetery
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81. Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1903. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Ramsey counties in Minn. and N.Dak. are
named for him.
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) — also
known as Samuel J. R. McMillan — of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Pennsylvania, 1826.
Republican. District judge in Minnesota 1st District, 1850; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1864-74; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1874-75; resigned 1875;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1875-87. Died in 1897.
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) — also known as
William R. Marshall — of St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis.; St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., October
17, 1825. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849-50;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1866-70; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,
1876. Swedenborgian.
Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesota
state constitution. Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1896. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Marshall counties in Minn. and S.Dak. are
named for him.
- Horace Austin (1831-1905) — of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Mound, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., October
15, 1831. Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 6th District, 1865-69; Governor of
Minnesota, 1870-74; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1887; appointed 1887. Died, in
St. Barnabas Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
2, 1905. Cremated; ashes
interred at Oakland Cemetery.
- Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) — also known as
Henry H. Sibley — of Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
20, 1811. Son of Solomon
Sibley; son-in-law of James
Steele. Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855; Governor of
Minnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
18, 1891. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Willis Arnold Gorman (1816-1876) — also known as
Willis A. Gorman — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., January
12, 1816. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1849-53; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; delegate to
Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 20,
1876. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Andrew Ryan McGill (1840-1905) — of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn. Born in Saegertown, Crawford
County, Pa., February
19, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; lawyer; Governor of
Minnesota, 1887-89; member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1899-1905; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
31, 1905. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829-1923) — of St.
Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
27, 1829. Son of Luther Andrews and Nabby (Beard) Andrews;
married 1868
to Mary Baxter (died 1893). Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1859-60; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1882-85; Minnesota Forestry Commissioner,
1895-1911. Died September
21, 1923. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) — also known as
Henry M. Rice — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
29, 1816. Son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829); married, March 28,
1849, to Matilda Whital; brother of Edmund
Rice (1819-1889). Democrat. Fur
trader; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1865. Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
15, 1894. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Rice County,
Minn. is named for him.
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) — also known as
Arthur E. Nelson — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 11,
1955. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) — Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845. Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1892. Died May 10,
1928. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Jefferson Parish Kidder (1815-1883) — of Snowsville,
Braintree, Orange
County, Vt.; West Randolph, Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., June 4,
1815. Son of Lyman
Kidder and Ruth (Nichols) Kidder (1776-1842); first cousin of Alvan
Kidder; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; brother of Ira
Kidder; fourth cousin of Arba
Kidder and Joseph
Souther Kidder; married, February
26, 1838, to Mary Ann Stockwell (1819-1880); father of Silas
Wright Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder. Delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1841; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1843-47; member of Vermont
state senate, 1847-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1856;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1863-64; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1865-75, 1879-83; died in
office 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1875-79. Died in St.
Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1883. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Kidder County,
N.Dak. is named for him.
- Jacob Henry Stewart (1829-1884) — also known as
Jacob H. Stewart — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
15, 1829. Republican. Physician;
Minnesota surgeon general, 1857-63; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1859-60; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1864-65, 1868-69, 1872-75; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1877-79; Minnesota
surveyor general, 1879-82. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1884. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Edmund Rice (1819-1889) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., February
14, 1819. Son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829); brother of Henry
Mower Rice; married, November
28, 1848, to Anna Maria Acker. Democrat. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1851;
president of several railroads;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1873-74 (1st District 1864-65, 23rd
District 1873-74); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1867, 1872 (1st District 1867,
24th District 1872); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1879; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1881-83, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1887-89. Died in
White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 11,
1889. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Charles Eugene Flandrau (1828-1903) — also known as
Charles E. Flandrau — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1828. Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 10th District, 1856; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1858-64; resigned 1864; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1867. Died September
9, 1903. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Andrew Robert Kiefer (1832-1904) — also known as
Andrew R. Kiefer — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Marienborn, Germany,
May
25, 1832. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 21st District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1893-97; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1898-1900; defeated, 1890. German
ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 1,
1904. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Frederick Clement Stevens (1861-1923) — also known
as Frederick C. Stevens — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1861. Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1888-91; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 1,
1923. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- John Thomas Averill (1825-1889) — also known as
John T. Averill — of Wabasha
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Alna, Lincoln
County, Maine, March 1,
1825. Father of Anna May Averill (who married Edwin
Ames Jaggard) and Emma Clara Averill (who married William
Henry Harrison Stowell). Republican. Member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1859-60; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1868-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1871-75 (2nd District 1871-73, 3rd
District 1873-75). Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
3, 1889. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known as
George L. Becker — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
4, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1868-71; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885. Dutch
ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
6, 1904. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Becker County,
Minn. is named for him.
- George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) — also known as
George L. Otis — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829. Second cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; third cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; son of Isaac Otis (1798-1853) and Caroline Abigail
(Curtiss) Otis; third cousin once removed of John
Otis; first cousin once removed of Harris
F. Otis; married 1858 to Mary
Virginia (Mix) Morrison; second cousin of John
Grant Otis; brother of Charles
Eugene Otis. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1857-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869. Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 29,
1882. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Orono, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
25, 1808. Justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57. Died March 29,
1868. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- John B. Brisbin (1827-1898) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1827. Democrat. Member
Minnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1856-57; President
of the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1856-57; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 21st District, 1863. French
ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 22,
1898. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Samuel Mayall (1816-1892) — of Gray, Cumberland
County, Maine; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in North Gray, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 21,
1816. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1845-47, 1848; member of Maine
state senate, 1847-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1853-55; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1871, 1873. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
17, 1892. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- William Lee (1822-1906) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Milford, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April 14,
1822. Democrat. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1876.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
21, 1906. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854. Republican. Newspaper
work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94. Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Richard W. Johnson (1827-1897) — also known as R.
W. Johnson — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born near Smithland, Livingston
County, Ky., February
7, 1827. Son-in-law of James
Steele; half-brother of James
Leeper Johnson. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1881. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 21,
1897. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) — also known as
Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore Kittson"
— of Pembina, Minnesota Territory (now Pembina
County, N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now Quebec),
March
5, 1814. Democrat. Fur
trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopoly
in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
in 1879-81. Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Died in the dining car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Kittson County,
Minn. and Norman County,
Minn. are named for him.
- Robert Kennedy (1801-1889) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Virginia, 1801.
Town
president of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1851-52. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 21,
1889. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
- Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826-1904) — also known
as R. R. Nelson; R. R Nelson — of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 12,
1826. Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58. Died October
15, 1904. Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) — also known as
Cushman K. Davis — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 18,
1838. Son of Horatio
N. Davis. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900. Originally entombed at Oakland Cemetery; later interred
in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
State Capitol Grounds
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Politicians who have monuments here:
- John Albert Johnson (1861-1909) — of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn. Born in a log
cabin, near St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., July 28,
1861. Democrat. Candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives 17th District, 1888; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1899-1902; Governor of
Minnesota, 1905-09; died in office 1909; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
20, 1909. Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.; statue at State Capitol Grounds;
statue at Nicollet
County Courthouse Grounds, St. Peter, Minn.