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James Noble Adam (1842-1912) —
also known as James N. Adam —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Peebles, Scotland,
March
1, 1842.
Son of Thomas Adam and Isabella (Borthwick) Adam.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1906-09.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
9, 1912 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Son of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining
companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Emily D. Gruban. |
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Robert P. Aitken (born c.1819) —
of Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Perth, Fulton
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Son of William Aitken and Helen (Chalmers) Aitken.
Republican. Farmer; supervisor
of Flint Township, Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Arthur Aitkenhead (c.1881-1949) —
of Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
about 1881.
Republican. Carpenter;
builder;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Glen Cove; mayor
of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1944-47; defeated, 1947.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Rotary.
Died, in North Country Community Hospital,
Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
2, 1949 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Janet Gordon. |
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Andrew D. Baird (1839-1923) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Kelso, Scotland,
October
14, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stonecutter;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1887, 1889 (Republican).
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
4, 1923 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1866
to Miss Warner (died 1875); married 1884 to
Catherine Lamb. |
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Son of Heman Almon Bartholomew (1834-1922) and Alice Lanta (Douglass)
Bartholomew (1841-1921).
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish, and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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John C. Bellingham —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland.
Socialist. Electrical
worker; delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 1st District, 1920.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James T. Bennett (b. 1857) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
21, 1857.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber
business; Chippewa
County Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1907-08.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Benny (1867-1942) —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 12,
1867.
Son of Robert Benny and Agnes Benny.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., November
6, 1942 (age 75 years, 117
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Robert Blair Blaikie (1906-1992) —
also known as Robert B. Blaikie; "Battling
Bob" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1906.
Son of Robert Blaikie and Mary (Loughlin) Blaikie.
Democrat. Insurance
business; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953; candidate in primary for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1965.
Irish
and Scottish ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 26,
1992 (age 85 years, 100
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Gair Blue (1882-1941) —
also known as Alexander G. Blue —
of Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 5,
1882.
Son of Alexander Gair Blue and Isabella McFarlane (Black) Blue.
Progressive. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1912; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1930-32.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in Mather Memorial Hospital,
Port Jefferson, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 11,
1941 (age 59 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Sutherland Bowman (1810-1897) —
of Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.; New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
1810.
First village president of New Brighton, Staten Island.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
11, 1897 (age about 86
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Brisbin (1827-1898) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; 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
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 22,
1898 (age 71 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Alexander Brough (b. 1863) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
January
25, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1907; member
of New
York state senate 18th District, 1909-10.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Brown (1796-1875) —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Dundee, Scotland,
October
11, 1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1833-37; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1850-65.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., September
6, 1875 (age 78 years, 330
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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George Henry Cobb —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish, and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Colvin (b. 1827) —
of Brant Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cato, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August 3,
1827.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 3rd District,
1897-1900; defeated, 1900.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hector Craig (1775-1842) —
of Chester, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Paisley, Scotland,
1775.
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1823-25, 1829-30.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Craigsville, Orange
County, N.Y., January
31, 1842 (age about 66
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Andrew Davidson (b. 1840) —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
February
12, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York
state senate 23rd District, 1884-85.
Scottish ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1892 for action at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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John B. Davidson (1855-1932) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
February
22, 1855.
Architect;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1914; defeated (State Tax), 1922.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
20, 1932 (age 76 years, 363
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Annie Cameron. |
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Son of Anne McEldin (Douglass) Dillon (1881-1961) and Clarence Dillon
(1882-1979; financier).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish, French, Swedish,
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Son of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson (died 1872) and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Daughter of Walter Hamer Gahagan and Lillian Rose (Mussen) Gahagan.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer,
director
of many motion
pictures; worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August 4,
1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) —
also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David
Dows —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born September
18, 1884.
Daughter of Isaiah Townsend Burden (1838-1913) and Evelyn Byrd
(Moale) Burden (1848-1916).
Republican. Member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1934.
Female.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 30,
1935 (age 50 years, 315
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall)
Galbraith.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 29,
2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the
Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The
Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional
Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner";
"The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent
General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April 27,
1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $50
bill, and also appeared on $1
and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927.
Died of throat
cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan). See Grant
family of Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Denman
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
|
| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant
: A Biography — William S. McFeely, Ulysses
S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator,
Writer — Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of
print) — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Walter S. Gurnee (1813-1903) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born March 9,
1813.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 17,
1903 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $10
bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on
U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $2
to $1,000.
Shot
and mortally wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to
Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
|
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
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Evelyn West Hughan (1871-1947) —
also known as Evelyn W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March, 1871.
Daughter of Samuel Hughan (1837-1896) and Margaret (West) Hughan
(died 1921).
Socialist. Stenographer;
publishing
executive; candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1928; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1933.
Female.
Scottish, English,
and French
ancestry.
Died, in the Wood Nursing
Home, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1947 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955) —
also known as Jessie W. Hughan —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
25, 1875.
Daughter of Samuel Hughan (1837-1896) and Margaret (West) Hughan
(died 1921).
Socialist. School
teacher; candidate for secretary of
state of New York, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1922 (16th District), 1924 (17th
District), 1928 (15th District), 1934 (15th District); candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1926; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1932 (New York County 10th District), 1933 (New
York County 10th District), 1938 (New York County 6th District).
Female.
Scottish, English,
and French
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Omicron Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 10,
1955 (age 79 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-c.1728) —
also known as "First Lord of the Manor" —
of New York.
Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
1654.
Son of Rev. John Livingston.
Fur
trader; member of New York
colonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26; Speaker
of New York Colonial Assembly, 1718.
Scottish ancestry.
Died about 1728 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Livingston; married 1679 to
Alida Schuyler (1655-1729); uncle of Robert
Livingston the Younger; father of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; grandfather of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston (1716-1778), Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter
R. Livingston, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Livingston (1740-1810), Margaret Livingston (who married Nicholas
Fish), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston; second great-grandfather of Henry
Walter Livingston, Edward
Philip Livingston and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; third great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish; ancestor of Robert
Livingston Beeckman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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James P. Mackenzie (1855-1935) —
of North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Penetanguishene, Ontario,
November
14, 1855.
Son of Finlay MacKenzie (1815-1896) and Ellen (Cumming) MacKenzie
(1822-1878).
Republican. Wholesale lumber
business; member of New York
state senate 47th District, 1909-10; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916;
mayor
of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1926-27.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
20, 1935 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Finlay MacKenzie (1815-1896) and Ellen (Cumming) MacKenzie
(1822-1878); married, June 21,
1887, to Mary Jane Hossie (born 1859); father of Kenneth Roy
MacKenzie (born 1898; brother-in-law of Henry
Perkins Smith III). |
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Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 14,
1772.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1804; member of Ohio state
senate, 1805-13 (Ross and Franklin counties 1805-07, Ross,
Franklin and Highland counties 1807-08, Ross County 1808-13); colonel
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1813, 1823-25 (3rd District 1813, 6th
District 1823-25); Governor of
Ohio, 1830-32.
Scottish ancestry.
Died April 29,
1839 (age 66 years, 319
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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James McCallum —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
People's candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1894.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. McClelland (b. 1854) —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
December
19, 1854.
Son of William McClelland and Nicholas (Paul) McClelland.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1885-86, 1891; member of New York
state senate, 1892-93, 1903 (12th District 1892-93, 22nd District
1903); resigned 1903; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1903-36.
Methodist.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist;
chair
of Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert M. McFarlane (b. 1857) —
of Eagle, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Castile, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 26,
1857.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1908-09.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Mullin (1811-1882) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dromore, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August 6,
1811.
Son of JOhn Mullin and Martha (Bodel) Mullin.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1847-49; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-81.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 17,
1882 (age 70 years, 284
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Son of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray
(1830-1888).
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray (1830-1888);
married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague (1860-1884; drowned in
steamboat accident); married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker (1864-1937). |
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James Andrew Outterson (b. 1858) —
also known as James A. Outterson —
of Carthage, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., October
18, 1858.
Son of James Thomas Outterson and Frances Elizabeth (Jones)
Outterson.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1902-03;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848;
delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March 21,
1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Son of Thomas Read and Jane (Davidson) Read.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
defeated, 1932;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 20,
1915, to Ethel K. White. |
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Son of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield; married, November
2, 1898, to Edith Tod (granddaughter of David
Tod). |
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Son of Margery (Mackenzie) Slidell and John Slidell (1770-1840).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Son of Henry Smith (1827-1894) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith (1834-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1906-08 (24th District 1906, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham
Rural Cemetery, Chatham, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding (1876-1956). |
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