Selected officials of Morris County

(not intended to be complete)

Joan Bramhall (County Freeholder) Joan Bramhall (County Clerk)

Politicians who were born in Morris County

• No city given: Seth Gard 1775 John McLean 1785
• Boonton: Francis B. Ogden 1783 Helen Gahagan Douglas 1900 Joseph James Maraziti 1912 Thomas J. Hillery c.1914
• Butler: Harry L. Sears 1920
• Dover: George P. Foster 1858 Thomas J. Halsey 1863 Harry J. Palmer 1872 Russell C. MacFall 1901
• Near Drakesville (now Ledgewood): Jetur R. Riggs 1809
• Hanover: Aaron Kitchell 1744 Robert Troup 1757 Mahlon Dickerson 1770 Smith Ely, Jr. 1825
• Long Hill: George B. Cooper 1808
• Mt. Olive: Joshua S. Salmon 1846
• Madison: Alexander Duncan 1788 Aubrey Eugene Robinson, Jr. 1922
• Mendham: Adam Boyd 1746
• Mine Brook: Andrew Kirkpatrick 1756
• Morris Plains: Lewis T. Ayers 1798 Arthur Whitney 1871
• Morristown: Silas Condict 1738 David Howell 1747 Lewis Condict 1772 Hiram L. Miller 1804 George Vail 1809 George Thomas Cobb 1813 Augustus W. Cutler 1827 Richard W. Parker 1848 Mahlon Pitney 1858 W. Frank James 1873 Frank D. Abell 1878 Floyd K. Haskell 1916 Steve Forbes 1947 Bret Schundler 1959
• Near Morristown: James B. Howell 1816 John Sharpenstein Hager 1818
• Netcong: Hugh A. Meade 1907
• Succasunna: Philemon Dickerson 1788
• See also N.J. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Morris County

• No city given: Columbus Beach - John A. Bleecker - Daniel Budd - Augustus C. Canfield - Lyman A. Chandler - Elias C. Drake - Richard Fitzherbert - Thomas J. Hillery - John B. Johnes - Frank S. Kelley - Gordon A. MacInnes, Jr. - Ephraim Marsh - Edward K. Mills - Harry W. Mutchler - Harold A. Pierson - Charles A. Rathbun - Alexander Robertson - Rosemarie Totaro - John B. Vreeland - Jacob W. Welsh - George T. Werts - James C. Youngblood
• Boonton: John Hill - Thomas J. Hillery - William G. Lathrop - Lillian A. Nolan - Robert A. Nolan - Joshua S. Salmon - David Young III
• Boonton Township: John H. Dorsey
• Budd Lake: David M. Scapicchio
• Chatham: Sylvia S. Lum - W. Michael Murphy - Francis W. Ruzicka
• Chester: Corinne A. Chubb - Robert L. Clifford - Lloyd B. Tredway
• Convent: Elizabeth G. Cardinale - Rosina M. Dunne - Elden Mills
• Convent Station: Willard V. King - Paul Moore - Robert E. Nace
• Denville: Bill Bradley - Joan Bramhall - Robert C. Grant - Christine L. Leon
• Dover: William D. Birch - William Fred Birch - James P. Dodd - John Roach, Jr.
• Gillette: Robert B. Cornish
• Green Village: Ruby Reimer
• Hanover: Aaron Kitchell
• Kinnelon: Hugh J. Strong
• Lake Hopatcong: Russell W. Felter - Carmen A. Flores
• Ledgewood: John Ciaramella
• Lincoln Park: Jo Ann Byrnes
• Mt. Arlington: Harry L. Sears
• Mt. Freedom: Vera Steinberg
• Madison: Margaret D. Baker - N. Griffith - Samuel A. Gruver - Robert D. Jones - Ellwood R. Kerkeslager - James H. McGraw - Donald A. Morrison - William F. Redman - Alfred P. Smith, Jr. - Frank D. Waterman
• Mendham: Jeanette Leehr - Arthur Whitney
• Montville: John H. Capstick - Art Daughtry
• Morris Plains: Alex DeCroce - Marceil Letts
• Morris Township: Stephen B. Wiley
• Morristown:
  • Lived in Morristown, 1800-1899: George Thomas Cobb - Lewis Condict - Augustus W. Cutler - Andrew Kirkpatrick - Jacob W. Miller - Mahlon Pitney - E. W. Whelpley
  • Lived in Morristown, 1900-1999: Frank D. Abell - James J. Barry, Jr. - John Winslow Bissell - Edward F. Broderick - Morris Coggeshall - Murray H. Coggeshall - Robert S. Conahay - George A. Easley - Charles W. Ennis - De Witt C. Flanagan - Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen - William A. Hegarty - Elmer S. King - Ann Klein - James J. Lyons - Orville Vanatta Meslar - Laura Slade Mills - Charles Wolcott Parker - Clyde Potts - E. Marco Stirone - W. Parsons Todd - Ridley Watts - Spencer Weed
  • Lived in Morristown, 2000-2008: Paul M. Bangiola - Donald Cresitello - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen - Blair MacInnes - Christina Ramirez
• Mountain Lakes: Lois D. Johnson - E. Allen Lightner, Jr. - Harry L. Sears
• New Vernon: Joseph Sullivan - Stephen S. Weinstein
• Parsippany: Andrew B. Cobb - Dean A. Gallo
• Parsippany-Troy Hills: Dean A. Gallo - Michael M. Luther
• Randolph: Michael Jackson - Michael Obremski - Stephen B. Richer
• Rockaway: Dorothy H. Johnson - Barbara Castellana Stasiak
• Rockaway Township: Louis S. Sceusi
• Succasunna: Mahlon Dickerson
• Towaco: James P. Vreeland, Jr. - David Young, Jr.
• Wharton: Robert F. Oram
• See also N.J. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Morris County

• Boonton: Joshua S. Salmon 1902
• Chester: James Strong 1847
• Denville: Harrison A. Williams 2001 Harry L. Sears 2002
• Drakesville (now Ledgewood): Jetur R. Riggs 1869
• Hanover Township: Stephen D. Yerkes 1915
• Morris Plains: Scott Lord 1885
• Morristown: Lewis Condict 1862 George Vail 1875 Samuel Beach Axtell 1891 Augustus W. Cutler 1897 Edward A. Teichert 1981
• Near Morristown: James Bishop 1895
• Succasunna: Mahlon Dickerson 1853

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Morris County

• Boonton Boonton Cemetery
• Boonton Greenwood Cemetery
• Dover Orchard Street Cemetery
• East Hanover Gate of Heaven Cemetery
• East Hanover Restland Memorial Park
• Hanover Presbyterian Churchyard
• Madison Webb Memorial Chapel
• Morristown Evergreen Cemetery
• Morristown First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Morristown Presbyterian Cemetery
• Morristown Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Morristown St. Peter's Parish Churchyard
• Parsippany Vail Memorial Cemetery
• Succasunna Presbyterian Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• John Hill (1821-1884) — of Boonton, Morris County, N.J. Born in Catskill, Greene County, N.Y., June 10, 1821. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1861-62, 1866; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1867-73, 1881-83 (4th District 1867-73, 5th District 1881-83); member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1875-77. Died July 24, 1884. Interment at Boonton Cemetery.
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• Joshua S. Salmon (1846-1902) — of Boonton, Morris County, N.J. Born in Mt. Olive, Morris County, N.J., February 2, 1846. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1878; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., May 6, 1902. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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• John Henry Capstick (1856-1918) — also known as John H. Capstick — of Montville, Morris County, N.J. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., September 2, 1856. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1915-18; died in office 1918. Died March 17, 1918. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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• William Fred Birch (1870-1946) — of Dover, Morris County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., August 30, 1870. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1910-12; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1918-19; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920. Died in Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J., January 25, 1946. Interment at Orchard Street Cemetery.
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• Arthur Walsh (1896-1947) — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 26, 1896. Son of Michael Joseph Walsh and Mary Ann (Shane) Walsh; married, June 8, 1920, to Agnes Mulvey. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; concert violinist; vice-president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1940; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1943-44; appointed 1943. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Kappa Alpha Psi. Died December 13, 1947. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. (1909-2005) — also known as Peter W. Rodino, Jr. — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 7, 1909. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1949-89; law professor. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Died, of congestive heart failure, in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., May 7, 2005. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) — also known as Hugh J. Addonizio — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 31, 1914. Son of Frank Addonizio and Livia (Barasso) Addonizio; married, July 6, 1942, to Doris Goodheart. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president, A & C Clothing Co.; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970. Catholic. Member, NAACP; Urban League; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis; Lions; Rotary. Died in Red Bank, Monmouth County, N.J., February 2, 1981. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Eugene Francis Kinkead (1876-1960) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Ireland, March 27, 1876. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1909-15 (9th District 1909-13, 8th District 1913-15). Died September 6, 1960. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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• Frank Leander Sundstrom (1901-1980) — also known as Frank L. Sundstrom — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., January 5, 1901. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1948. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Summit, Union County, N.J., May 23, 1980. Interment at Restland Memorial Park.
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• Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820) — of Hanover, Morris County, N.J. Born in Hanover, Morris County, N.J., July 10, 1744. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1781; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1791-93, 1795-97, 1799-1801 (at-large 1791-93, 1795-97, 2nd District 1799-1801); U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1805-09. Died June 25, 1820. Interment at Presbyterian Churchyard.
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• George Helm Yeaman (1829-1908) — also known as George H. Yeaman — of Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky. Born in Hardin County, Ky., November 1, 1829. County judge in Kentucky, 1854; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1861; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1862-65; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1865-70. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 23, 1908. Interment at Webb Memorial Chapel.
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• Theodore Fitz Randolph (1826-1883) — also known as Theodore F. Randolph — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Pennsylvania, June 24, 1826. Son of James Fitz Randolph. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1862-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864; Governor of New Jersey, 1869-72; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1875-81. Died November 7, 1883. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Emile Henry Lacombe (1846-1924) — also known as E. Henry Lacombe — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1887-1916. Died November 28, 1924. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  
• George Theodore Werts (1846-1910) — also known as George T. Werts — of Morris County, N.J. Born March 24, 1846. Member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1887-92; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1892-93; Governor of New Jersey, 1893-96. Died January 17, 1910. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., February 5, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died December 9, 1924. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Augustus William Cutler (1827-1897) — also known as Augustus W. Cutler — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., October 22, 1827. Great-grandson of Silas Condict. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1872-74; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1875-79. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 1, 1897. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also Condict family of New Jersey
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• George Thomas Cobb (1813-1870) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., October 13, 1813. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1861-63; mayor of Morristown, N.J., 1865; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1868. Killed in an accident on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., August 12, 1870. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Frank D. Abell (1878-1964) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., July 26, 1878. Republican. Banker; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1926-31. Died in 1964. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  

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• Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich.; Amador County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born near Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 14, 1819. Son of Samuel Loree Axtell and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell; married, September 20, 1840, to Adaline Williams. Democrat. Lawyer; Amador County District Attorney, 1854; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor of Utah Territory, 1875; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85. Presbyterian. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., August 6, 1891. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Silas Condict (1738-1801) — of New Jersey. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., March 7, 1738. Uncle of Lewis Condict; great-grandfather of Augustus William Cutler. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1781; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1791. Died September 6, 1801. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• George Vail (1809-1875) — of New Jersey. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., July 21, 1809. First cousin of Theodore Newton Vail. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1843-44; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1853-57; defeated, 1850; U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1858-61; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1865-71. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., May 23, 1875. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Jonas Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859) — also known as J. Phillips Phoenix — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, 1788. Member of New York state legislature; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1843-45, 1849-51; member of New York state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1848. Died in 1859. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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• Lewis Condict (1772-1862) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., March 3, 1772. Nephew of Silas Condict. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1811-17, 1821-33 (at-large 1811-13, 1st District 1813-17, at-large 1821-23, 1st District 1823-25, at-large 1825-33). Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., May 26, 1862. Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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• Jacob Welsh Miller (1800-1862) — also known as Jacob W. Miller — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1800. Brother of Dorothy Miller (who married Thomas Goyn Talmadge). Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1841-53. Died in 1862. Interment at St. Peter's Parish Churchyard.
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• Donald Holman McLean (1884-1975) — also known as Donald H. McLean — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., March 18, 1884. Married, November 18, 1909, to Edna Righter (1882-1969); married to Clara Bitzer. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1933-45; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1945-48; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-54. Episcopalian. Died, in Fanny Allen Hospital, Winooski, Chittenden County, Vt., August 19, 1975. Cremated; ashes interred at Vail Memorial Cemetery.
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• Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) — also known as Theodore N. Vail — of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Minerva, Stark County, Ohio, July 16, 1845. First cousin of George Vail; son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail; married, August 3, 1869, to Emma Louisa Righter (1844-1905); married, July 27, 1907, to Mabel Rutledge Sanderson (died 1950). Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service, 1876-79; president, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell Labs; built an electric railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916. Member, Union League. Died, from kidney and cardiac complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., April 16, 1920. Interment at Vail Memorial Cemetery.
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• Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) — of Succasunna, Morris County, N.J. Born in Hanover, Morris County, N.J., April 17, 1770. Brother of Philemon Dickerson. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1811-13; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1813-15; Governor of New Jersey, 1815-17; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1817-33; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1834-38; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1840; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844. Died in Succasunna, Morris County, N.J., October 5, 1853. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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• Jetur Rose Riggs (1809-1869) — also known as Jetur R. Riggs — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born near Drakesville (now Ledgewood), Morris County, N.J., June 20, 1809. Republican. Physician; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1836; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of New Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1856-58; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1859-61. Died in Drakesville (now Ledgewood), Morris County, N.J., November 5, 1869. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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