The Political Graveyard: Richmond County, N.Y.

Richmond County
New York

Richmond County information:

Population: 443,728 (2000); 378,977 (1990)
Land area 59 square miles.
County seat: St. George
Capital Impact: Richmond County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Richmond County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Richmond County NYGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Richmond County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Newark Bay; Kill Van Kull; Hudson County, N.J.
Northeast: Upper New York Bay; Kings County
East: Lower New York Bay
Southeast: North Atlantic Ocean
Southwest: Middlesex County, N.J.
West: Arthur Kill
Northwest: Union County, N.J.

The Political Graveyard:

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

(not intended to be complete)

Paul Micheau (Sheriff, 1736) Paul Micheau (County Clerk, 1761-1780) Abraham Bancker (Sheriff, 1784) Adrian Bancker (County Surrogate, 1787-92) Benjamin Micheau (County Treasurer, 1787) Abraham Bancker (County Surrogate, 1792-1809) Stephen D. Stephens, Jr. (County Judge and Surrogate)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Richmond County

Staten Island Fairview Cemetery
Staten Island Ocean View Cemetery
Staten Island St. Andrew's Cemetery
Staten Island United Hebrew Cemetery
Grassmere, Staten Island St. Peter's Cemetery
New Dorp, Staten Island Moravian Cemetery
Port Richmond, Staten Island Dutch Reformed Churchyard
Port Richmond, Staten Island Reformed Church Burial Ground
Tompkinsville, Staten Island Silver Mount Cemetery

Fairview Cemetery
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Randolph Perkins (1871-1936) — of Westfield, Union County, N.J.; Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Dunellen, Middlesex County, N.J., November 30, 1871. Son of James H. Perkins and Elizabeth (Kelly) Perkins; married 1909 to Louise Tuttle Morris. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Westfield, N.J., 1905-06; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1905-07; chair of Bergen County Republican Party, 1911-16; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1921-36 (6th District 1921-33, 7th District 1933-36); died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in 1936. Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Ocean View Cemetery
(formerly Valhalla Cemetery)
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Mitchell May (1870-1961) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 10, 1870. Son of Nathan May and Matilda (Milheiser) May; married, October 20, 1900, to Pauline Joli. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1899-1901; secretary of state of New York, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; county judge in New York, 1916-21; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-40. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 24, 1961. Interment at Ocean View Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Andrew's Cemetery
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Henry Crocheron (1772-1819) — of New York. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., December 26, 1772. Brother of Jacob Crocheron. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1815-17. Died in New Springville, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., November 8, 1819. Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Jacob Crocheron (1774-1849) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., August 23, 1774. Brother of Henry Crocheron. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1829-31; Presidential Elector for New York, 1836. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., December 27, 1849. Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., May 19, 1822. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1851-53; Presidential Elector for New York, 1864. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., April 27, 1874. Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Guyon, Jr. (1778-1846) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1778. Member of New York state assembly from Richmond County, 1810-14; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1820-21. Died in 1846. Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

United Hebrew Cemetery
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982) — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Vienna, Austria. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1971; defeated, 1971. Jewish. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., June 17, 1982. Interment at United Hebrew Cemetery.

St. Peter's Cemetery
Grassmere, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

James Aloysius O'Leary (1889-1944) — also known as James A. O'Leary — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., April 23, 1889. Great-grandfather of Vito John Fossella. Democrat. Candidate for New York state senate, 1930; U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1935-44; died in office 1944. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 16, 1944. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Joseph Murphy (1898-1962) — also known as James J. Murphy — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 3, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1949-53. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., October 19, 1962. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Cornelius A. Hall (d. 1953) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Democrat. Borough president of Richmond, New York, 1946-53; retired 1953. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., March 3, 1953. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
Thomas F. Cosgrove (b. 1892) — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 16, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wounded in battle at Argonne Forest, October 21, 1918, and lost a leg; member of New York state assembly from Richmond County 1st District, 1920-23. Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.

Moravian Cemetery
New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) — also known as John L. O'Sullivan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born, of American parents, in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gibraltar, November 15, 1813. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1841-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1854; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1854-58. Episcopalian; later Catholic. Cofounder and editor of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, a journal that published the works of Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, as well as political essays on Jacksonian Democracy, 1837-46. Early advocate in 1840s for abolition of the death penalty. Invented the term "manifest destiny" to explain and justify the westward expansion of the United States. Took part in the failed expedition of Narcisco Lopez to take Cuba from Spanish rule; as a result, was charged in federal court in New York with violation of the Neutrality Act; tried and acquitted in March 1852. Died, of influenza and the effects of an earlier stroke, in a residential hotel in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 24, 1895. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937) — also known as Anning S. Prall — of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y.; Westerleigh, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., September 17, 1870. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1923-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate); member and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1935-37. Christian Reformed. Died in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, July 23, 1937. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830-1896) — also known as Elmer S. Dundy — of Falls City, Richardson County, Neb. Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, March 5, 1830. Lawyer; member Nebraska territorial council, 1858-62; justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1863-67; U.S. District Judge for Nebraska, 1868. Died October 28, 1896. Interment at Moravian Cemetery. Dundy County, Neb. is named for him.
Samuel Barton (1785-1858) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., July 27, 1785. Member of New York state assembly from Richmond County, 1820-22; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1835-37. Died in New Dorp, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., January 29, 1858. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Bleecker Metcalfe (1805-1881) — of New York. Born in New York, 1805. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1875-77. Died in 1881. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Egbert (1807-1888) — of New York. Born in New York, 1807. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1841-43. Died in 1888. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941) — also known as Frank J. LeFevre — of New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y. Born in New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y., November 30, 1874. Son of Jacob LeFever. Republican. Banker; member of New York state senate 25th District, 1903-04; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1905-07. French Huguenot ancestry. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., April 29, 1941. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Allan Benny (1867-1942) — of Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 12, 1867. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1898-1900; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904. Died in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., November 6, 1942. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Powell Clinch (1797-1880) — also known as Charles P. Clinch — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born October 20, 1797. U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1865-66. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 16, 1880. Interment at Moravian Cemetery.

Dutch Reformed Churchyard
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Jacob Tyson (1773-1848) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1773. U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1823-25; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1828. Died in 1848. Interment at Dutch Reformed Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

Reformed Church Burial Ground
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Politicians buried here:

David Mersereau (c.1769-1835) — of Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Married to Cornelia Rolf and Maria Bennett. Member of New York state assembly from Richmond County, 1806-09; common pleas court judge in New York. Died in 1835. Interment at Reformed Church Burial Ground.

Silver Mount Cemetery
Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

William Duer (1805-1879) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1805. Grandson of William Duer (1747-1799). Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1851-53. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., August 25, 1879. Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.
David S. Rendt — of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Democrat. Chair of Richmond County Democratic Party, 1927; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932. Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery.

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Selected officials of Richmond County

Politicians who were born in Richmond County

Politicians who lived in Richmond County

Politicians who died in Richmond County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Richmond County