The Political Graveyard: Essex County, N.Y.

Essex County
New York

Essex County information:

Population: 38,851 (2000); 37,152 (1990)
Land area 1,797 square miles.
County seat: Elizabethtown
Capital Impact: Essex County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Essex County -- census data on population, race, economics
Essex County NYGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Essex County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

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

(not intended to be complete)

Chester B. McLaughlin (County Judge and Surrogate, 1891-95)

Politicians who were born in Essex County

No city given: Bela W. Jenks 1849
Chesterfield: William B. McKillip 1851
Crown Point: John Hammond 1827 Evans G. Locke c.1872 Fred L. Porter 1877
Elizabethtown: Peter A. Jay 1776 Orlando Kellogg 1809 Richard Lockhart Hand 1839 William Albert Root 1850 Augustus Noble Hand 1869
Keene Valley: William Morris Davis 1815
Keeseville: Frank A. Morey 1863
Mineville: John Bazinet 1867
Moriah: Chester B. McLaughlin 1857
Ticonderoga: George Rex Andrews 1808 Sheldon F. Wickes 1904
Upper Jay: Spencer G. Prime II c.1883
Wadham's Mills: John L. Merriam 1828 William R. Merriam 1849
Westport: Joseph Champlin Stone 1829 John Tyler Cutting 1844 John E. Osborne 1858
Near Whallonsburg: Frank H. Lathrop 1851
Willsboro: William Higby 1813 Monroe L. Hayward 1840
Wilmington: Henry H. Markham 1840
See also N.Y. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Essex County

No city given:
- Lived in No city given, 1800-1849: Asa Adgate - Caleb D. Barton - Stephen Cuyler - Delevan Delance, Jr. - Ebenezer Douglass - Isaac Finch - Ezra C. Gross - Gideon Hammond - John C. Hammond - John Hoffnagle - William Kirby - Manoah Miller - Barnabas Myrick - Benjamin Pond - Theodorus Ross - Reuben Sanford - Samuel Shumway - George A. Simmons - Almerin Smith - William Smith - Thomas Stower - Levi Thompson - Thomas A. Tomlinson - Isaac Vanderwarker
- Lived in No city given, 1850-1899: Wesley Barnes - Nathaniel C. Boynton - Jonathan Burnett - Benjamin D. Clapp - Martin Finch - Monroe Hall - John A. Lee - Gardner Pope - Spencer G. Prime - William H. Richardson - Samuel Root - James W. Sheehy - Franklin W. Tobey - Abraham Weldon - Warren F. Weston
- Lived in No city given, 1900-1949: Andrew N. Blaise - Palmer Bradford - Henry J. Callahan - Albert Dolbeck - Eugene Hutchinson - Mortimer Kehoe - Rollin J. Kennedy - O. Paul Leavitt - Philip McMahon - John J. O'Leary - Orville A. Smith - Horatio W. Thomas - P. J. Tummins - Eugene West - Clifton Wilkins
- Lived in No city given, 1950-1999: Frederick M. Dennin - James M. Lonergan
Ausable Forks: Arthur J. Douglas - Raymond T. Kenyon
Bedes: Orlando Beede
Bloomingdale: Lee W. Gillespie - James H. Pierce
Crown Point: John Hammond - Fred L. Porter - Marion L. Thomas
Elizabethtown: O. Byron Brewster - John H. Carr - John P. Crowley - Matthew Hale - Robert S. Hale - Augustus C. Hand - Richard Lockhart Hand - Elizabeth A. Hatt - Orlando Kellogg - Harry MacDougal - Mary I. O'Donnell
Essex: Clayton H. Delano - Palmer E. Havens - Walter D. Palmer
Jay: William H. Butrick
Keeseville: Samuel Ames - Lemuel Stetson
Lake Placid: Thomas A. Leahy - Jesse R. Sharlette - James Shea - George Stevens
Moriah: George W. Goff
Newcomb: John Anderson, Jr.
North River: Frank C. Hooper
Port Henry: Wallace T. Foote, Jr. - Chester B. McLaughlin - Harry E. Owen - Frank S. Witherbee - Walter C. Witherbee
Ticonderoga: William E. Calkins - Mortimer Y. Ferris - Grant W. Johnson - James P. King - Roy Lockwood - L. Judson Morhouse - John Pell - Thomas J. Treadway - Albert Weed - Joseph S. Weed - Sheldon F. Wickes
Upper Jay: Spencer G. Prime II
Westport: James M. Graeff - Ralph A. Loveland - Walter D. Way
Willsboro: George E. Paine
See also N.Y. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Essex County

Ausable Chasm, Chesterfield Township: Asa Adgate 1832
Crown Point: John Hammond 1889
Elizabethtown: Robert S. Hale 1881
Keene Valley: William Morris Davis 1891
Schroom: Benjamin Pond 1814
Schroon Lake: Bayard Clarke 1884
See also N.Y. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Essex County

Unknown location
Crown Point Forest Dale Cemetery
Elizabethtown Unknown location
Elizabethtown Riverside Cemetery
Jay Central Cemetery
Moriah Moriah Cemetery
Moriah Moriah Corners Cemetery
North Hudson Pine Ridge Cemetery
Port Henry Union Cemetery
Ticonderoga Mt. Hope Cemetery
Westport Hillside Cemetery
Whallons Bay Whallons Bay Cemetery

Unknown Location
Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Frederick R. Toombs (d. 1929) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 17th District, 1908-10; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died in 1929. Interment somewhere.

Forest Dale Cemetery
Crown Point, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Hammond (1827-1889) — of Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y., August 17, 1827. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1879-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y., May 28, 1889. Interment at Forest Dale Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Unknown Locations
Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Augustus Noble Hand (1869-1954) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., July 26, 1869. Grandson of Augustus Cincinnatus Hand; son of Richard Lockhart Hand and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Hand; married, August 5, 1899, to Susan Train; cousin of Billings Learned Hand. Democrat. Lawyer; director, San Juan and Reio Pedras Railroad; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1914-27; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1927-53. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died October 28, 1954. Interment somewhere.
- See also Hand family of New York
Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington County, Vt., July 2, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1938; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Baptist. Italian ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. First American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of occupied Italy. The New York Power Authority's plant in Astoria, Queens, is named for him. Died in Marco Island, Collier County, Fla., August 7, 2002. Interment somewhere.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.

Riverside Cemetery
Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., June 18, 1809. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1847-49, 1863-65 (14th District 1847-49, 16th District 1863-65); died in office 1865; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860. Died August 24, 1865. Interment at Riverside Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- See also: congressional biography.
Robert Safford Hale (1822-1881) — also known as Robert S. Hale — of Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., September 24, 1822. Republican. State court judge in New York, 1856-64; U.S. Representative from New York, 1866-67, 1873-75 (16th District 1866-67, 17th District 1873-75). Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., December 14, 1881. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) — of Essex County, N.Y. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., 1768. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Suffered exposure and disease at the seige of Plattsburg, and died as a result, in Schroom, Essex County, N.Y., October 6, 1814. Original interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (1803-1878) — also known as Augustus C. Hand — of Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., September 4, 1803. Father of Richard Lockhart Hand; grandfather of Augustus Noble Hand. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1839-41; member of New York state senate 4th District, 1845-47; state court judge in New York, 1847; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864. Died March 8, 1878. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
- See also Hand family of New York
- See also: congressional biography.

Central Cemetery
Jay, Essex County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Isaac Finch (1783-1845) — of Essex County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1783. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1821-22, 1824; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1829-31. Died in 1845. Interment at Central Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Moriah Cemetery
Moriah, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Chester B. McLaughlin (b. 1857) — of Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Moriah, Essex County, N.Y., February 10, 1857. Son of Lyman McLaughlin and Harriet C. McLaughlin; married to Lucy Warner. Republican. Lawyer; Essex County Judge and Surrogate, 1891-95; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 21st District, 1894; Justice of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1896-1913; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1898-1900; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1917. Interment at Moriah Cemetery.

Moriah Corners Cemetery
Moriah, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Zebulon Rudd Shipherd (1768-1841) — of New York. Born in New York, 1768. U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15. Died in 1841. Interment at Moriah Corners Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Pine Ridge Cemetery
North Hudson, Essex County, New York

Politicians formerly buried here:

Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) — of Essex County, N.Y. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., 1768. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Suffered exposure and disease at the seige of Plattsburg, and died as a result, in Schroom, Essex County, N.Y., October 6, 1814. Original interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
- See also: congressional biography.

Union Cemetery
Port Henry, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Wallace Turner Foote, Jr. (1864-1910) — also known as Wallace T. Foote, Jr. — of Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1864. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908. Died in 1910. Interment at Union Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Walter C. Witherbee — of Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Entombed at Union Cemetery.

Mt. Hope Cemetery
Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Henry Gordon Burleigh (1832-1900) — also known as Henry G. Burleigh — of Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y. Born in Canaan, Grafton County, N.H., June 2, 1832. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Washington County 2nd District, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896; U.S. Representative from New York, 1883-87 (17th District 1883-85, 18th District 1885-87); defeated, 1886. Died in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., August 10, 1900. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Hillside Cemetery
Westport, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Tyler Cutting (1844-1911) — of California. Born in Westport, Essex County, N.Y., September 7, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from California 4th District, 1891-93. Died in Toronto, Ontario, November 24, 1911. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Whallons Bay Cemetery
Whallons Bay, Essex County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Reuben Whallon (1776-1843) — of Washington County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, 1776. Member of New York state assembly from Washington County, 1808-09, 1810-11; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1833-35. Died in 1843. Interment at Whallons Bay Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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