The Political Graveyard: Cortland County, N.Y.

Cortland County
New York

Named for Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848)

Cortland County information:

Population: 48,599 (2000); 48,963 (1990)
Land area 500 square miles.
County seat: Cortland
Cortland County official web site.
Capital Impact: Cortland County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Cortland County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Cortland County NYGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Cortland County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Onondaga County
Northeast: Madison County
Southeast: Chenango County; Broome County
Southwest: Tioga County; Tompkins County
Northwest: Cayuga County

The Political Graveyard:

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

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Selected officials of Cortland County

(not intended to be complete)

John Miller (Coroner, 1802) Alanson Carley (Sheriff, 1840) R. Holland Duell (District Attorney, 1850-55) R. Holland Duell (County Judge, 1855-59) Robert Bushby (County Treasurer, 1876-84) Joseph E. Eggleston (County Judge and Surrogate, 1896) William H. Coon (District Attorney, 1928-31)

St. Mary's Cemetery
Cortland County, New York

Politicians buried here:

William H. Morgan (d. 1982) — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Grandson of Patrick Jerome Gleason. Democrat. Chair of Cortland County Democratic Party, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1952, 1964. Died September 5, 1982. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Private or family graveyard
Cortland County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (1780-1867) — also known as Samuel G. Hathaway — of Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Freetown, Bristol County, Mass., July 18, 1780. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1814-15, 1817-18; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1833-35; Presidential Elector for New York, 1852. Died in Solon, Cortland County, N.Y., May 2, 1867. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
- Cross-reference: Alexander Samuel Diven
- See also: congressional biography.

Cortland Rural Cemetery
Cortland, Cortland County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) — also known as Nathan L. Miller — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Solon town, Cortland County, N.Y., October 10, 1868. Son of Samuel Miller and Almira (Russell) Miller; married, November 23, 1896, to Elizabeth Davern. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1901-03; Justice of New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1903-13; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1904-13; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; Governor of New York, 1921-22; defeated, 1922. German ancestry. Died June 26, 1953. Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Rodolphus Holland Duell (1824-1891) — also known as R. Holland Duell — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., December 20, 1824. Father of Charles Holland Duell. Republican. Lawyer; Cortland County District Attorney, 1850-55; Cortland County Judge, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1868; U.S. Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1871-75 (21st District 1859-63, 23rd District 1871-73, 24th District 1873-75); U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1875-77. Died in Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y., February 11, 1891. Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864) — of Cortland County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1785. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1818-19; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1835-37. Died in 1864. Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Stephens Randall (1811-1876) — also known as Henry S. Randall — of Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in 1811. Democrat. Secretary of state of New York, 1852-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1871. Died August 14, 1876. Interment at Cortland Rural Cemetery.

Glenwood Cemetery
Homer, Cortland County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Lewis Riggs (1789-1870) — of New York. Born in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., January 16, 1789. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1841-43. Died November 6, 1870. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Edward Cambridge Reed (1793-1883) — also known as Edward C. Reed — of Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, 1793. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1831-33. Died in 1883. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John B. Briggs — of Homer, Cortland County, N.Y. Republican. Automobile dealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1936; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1937-38. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.

City Cemetery
Truxton, Cortland County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Miller (1774-1862) — of Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., November 10, 1774. Physician; Cortland County Coroner, 1802; postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1816-17, 1819-20, 1846; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1825-27; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846. Died in Truxton, Cortland County, N.Y., March 31, 1862. Interment at City Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Cortland County

Politicians who were born in Cortland County

Politicians who lived in Cortland County

Politicians who died in Cortland County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cortland County