| Politicians buried
here: |
| | 
Samuel Finley Vinton (1792-1862) —
also known as Samuel F. Vinton —
of Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
25, 1792.
Son of Abiathar Vinton (1764-1833) and Sarah (Day) Vinton
(1771-1833).
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-37, 1843-51 (7th District 1823-33,
6th District 1833-37, 12th District 1843-51); Presidential Elector
for Ohio, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1851.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1862 (age 69 years, 228
days).
Interment at Pine Street Cemetery.
|
| |
John Luther Vance (1839-1921) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1839.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1875-77.
Died in 1921
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Pine Street Cemetery.
|
| |
Jean Pierre Roman Bureau (1770-1854) —
also known as Jean P. R. Bureau —
of Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Born in France,
March
21, 1770.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807-08, 1832-35; member of Ohio state
senate, 1809-12.
French
ancestry.
Died in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, December
31, 1854 (age 84 years, 285
days).
Interment at Pine Street Cemetery.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GA-buried.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)
