The Political Graveyard: Hamilton County, Ohio

Hamilton County
Ohio

Named for Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)

Hamilton County information:

Population: 845,303 (2000); 866,228 (1990)
Land area 407 square miles.
County seat: Cincinnati
Hamilton County official web site.
Capital Impact: Hamilton County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Hamilton County -- census data on population, race, economics
Hamilton County OHGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
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Hamilton County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Butler County
Northeast: Warren County
Southeast: Clermont County; Campbell County, Ky.
South: Kenton County, Ky.
Southwest: Boone County, Ky.
West: Dearborn County, Ind.

The Political Graveyard:

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 Hamilton County

(not intended to be complete)

Charles P. Taft (Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28) Bob Taft II (County Commissioner, 1981-90)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hamilton County

Cincinnati Unknown location
Cincinnati Barbee Cemetery
Cincinnati Catherine Street Burying Ground
Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery
Cincinnati Episcopal Burial Grounds
Cincinnati Laurel Cemetery
Cincinnati Presbyterian Burying Ground
Cincinnati St. Joseph's Cemetery
Cincinnati Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati United Cemetery
Cincinnati United Jewish Cemetery
Cincinnati Wesleyan Cemetery
Indian Hill, Cincinnati Armstrong Chapel Cemetery
Indian Hill, Cincinnati Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
Mt. Healthy, Cincinnati Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Cleves Maple Grove Cemetery
Montgomery Gate of Heaven Cemetery
North Bend Congress Green Cemetery
North Bend Harrison Tomb

Unknown Location
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Asahel Hooker Lewis (1810-1862) — of Ohio. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., September 10, 1810. Member of Ohio state senate, 1846-48. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 25, 1862. Interment somewhere.

Barbee Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

William Barbee — of Miami County, Ohio. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Miami County, 1850-51. Interment at Barbee Cemetery.

Catherine Street Burying Ground
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians formerly buried here:

William McLean (1794-1839) — of Ohio. Born in Mason County, Ky., August 10, 1794. Brother of John McLean. U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29. Died October 12, 1839. Original interment at Catherine Street Burying Ground; reinterment in 1863 at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Catholic Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

George Fries (1799-1866) — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1799. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1845-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Died in 1866. Interment at Catholic Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Episcopal Burial Grounds
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians formerly buried here:

John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) — of Ohio. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., 1782. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1823; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833. Died July 20, 1838. Original interment at Episcopal Burial Grounds; reinterment in 1851 at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Laurel Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Alexander Duncan (1788-1853) — of Ohio. Born in Madison, Morris County, N.J., 1788. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1837-41, 1843-45. Died in Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton County, Ohio, March 23, 1853. Interment at Laurel Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Presbyterian Burying Ground
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania, 1803. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1827; U.S. Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Died from injuries received in an explosion on the steamer Flora on the Ohio River, November 26, 1836. Interment at Presbyterian Burying Ground; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Joseph's Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Andrew Dixon (1879-1942) — also known as Joseph A. Dixon — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 3, 1879. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1937-39; defeated, 1940. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 4, 1942. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Andrew Jackson Livingston (1871-1946) — also known as Andrew J. Livingston — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., February 6, 1871. Mayor of Newport, Ky., 1916-20, 1924-28. Died in Lakeland, Jefferson County, Ky., December 19, 1946. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Founded 1845; approximate acreage: 733
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr. Greenbacks" — of Ohio. Born in Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., January 13, 1808. Nephew of Dudley Chase; cousin of Dudley Chase Denison; father-in-law of William Sprague. Republican. U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873. Episcopalian. His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar and ten-dollar notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1873. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery. Chase County, Kan. is named for him.
- See also Chase-Sprague family
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
- Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick J. Blue, Salmon P. Chase : A Life in Politics; John Niven, Salmon P. Chase : A Biography (out of print); Albert B. Hart, Salmon P. Chase; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 5, 1869. Son of Nicholas Longworth and Susan (Walker) Longworth; nephew of Bellamy Storer; married, February 17, 1906, to Alice Lee Roosevelt (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt; half-brother of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.). Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1899; member of Ohio state senate, 1901; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1903-13, 1915-31; defeated, 1912; died in office 1931; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1925-31; died in office 1931. Died, of pneumonia, in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., April 9, 1931. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
- Books about Nicholas Longworth: Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History
Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Townshend, Windham County, Vt., November 5, 1810. Son of Peter Rawson Taft; father of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft and Henry Waters Taft; grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856, 1860 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1856; superior court judge in Ohio, 1865-72; candidate for nomination for Governor of Ohio, 1875; U.S. Secretary of War, 1876; U.S. Attorney General, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1882-84; Russia, 1884-85. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., May 21, 1891. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
Henry Stanberry (1803-1881) — of Fairfield County, Ohio; Franklin County, Ohio. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 20, 1803. Whig. Ohio state attorney general, 1846-51; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Franklin County, 1850-51; U.S. Attorney General, 1866-68. Presbyterian. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 26, 1881. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
Judson Harmon (1846-1927) — of Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 3, 1846. Son of Rev. B. F. Harmon and Julia (Bronson) Harmon. Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge in Ohio, 1878-87; U.S. Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankrupt railways, 1905-09; Governor of Ohio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924. Baptist. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1927. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery. Harmon County, Okla. is named for him.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
George Hunt Pendleton (1825-1889) — also known as George H. Pendleton — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 19, 1825. Son of Nathanael Greene Pendleton and Jane (Hunt) Pendleton; married 1846 to Alice Key (daughter of Francis Scott Key; sister of Philip Barton Key). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate 1st District, 1854-55; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1857-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1869; president, Kentucky Central Railroad, 1869-79; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1879-85; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1885-89. Died in Brussels, Belgium, November 24, 1889. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.
John McLean (1785-1861) — of Ohio. Born in Morris County, N.J., March 11, 1785. Brother of William McLean. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1813-16; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1816-22; U.S. Postmaster General, 1823-29; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-61; died in office 1861; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856. Methodist. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 4, 1861. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
Edward Follansbee Noyes (1832-1890) — also known as Edward F. Noyes — of Ohio. Born October 3, 1832. Son of Theodore Noyes and Hannah (Stevens) Greeley Noyes. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; U.S. Minister to France, 1877-81. Died September 4, 1890. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) — also known as Jacob D. Cox — of Ohio. Born in Montreal, Quebec, of American parents, October 27, 1828. Married 1849 to Helen C. Finney. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate, 1859-60; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Ohio, 1866-68; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1869-70; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1877-79. Died in Magnolia, Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., August 4, 1900. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Benson Foraker (1846-1917) — also known as Joseph B. Foraker — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio, July 5, 1846. Married, October 4, 1870, to Julia Bundy. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superior court judge in Ohio, 1879-82; Governor of Ohio, 1886-90; defeated, 1883, 1889; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900, 1904; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died May 10, 1917. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John White Stevenson (1812-1886) — also known as John W. Stevenson — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky. Born in Richmond, Va., May 2, 1812. Great-grandson of Carter Braxton; son of Andrew Stevenson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1848, 1852, 1856, 1880; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., August 10, 1886. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
James Brown Ray (1794-1848) — of Brookville, Franklin County, Ind. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., February 19, 1794. Brother of Martin M. Ray (1795-1865); uncle of Martin M. Ray (1823-1872). Lawyer; merchant; tavern owner; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of Indiana, 1825-31. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 4, 1848. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Ray family of Indiana
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
George Ellis Pugh (1822-1876) — also known as George E. Pugh — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1822. Democrat. Ohio state attorney general, 1852-54; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1855-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860. Died in 1876. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Jacob Burnet (1770-1853) — of Ohio. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 22, 1770. Son of William Burnet; uncle of David Gouverneur Burnet. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1814-15; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1821-28; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1828-31. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 10, 1853. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Burnet family of New Jersey
- See also: congressional biography.
Frederick Hassaurek (1832-1885) — also known as Friedrich Hassaurek — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Vienna, Austria, October 8, 1832. Half-brother of Leopold Markbreit. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860, 1868; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1861-66. Died in Paris, France, October 3, 1885. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 21, 1824. Uncle of Henry Watterson; father of Jane Matthews (who married Horace Gray). Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member of Ohio state senate, 1856; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1877-79; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1889. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Gray-Matthews-Watterson family of Massachusetts
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
Leopold Markbreit (1842-1909) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Vienna, Austria, March 13, 1842. Half-brother of Frederick Hassaurek. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, about 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1869-73; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1908-09; died in office 1909. Died July 27, 1909. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Myers Young Cooper (1873-1958) — also known as Myers Y. Cooper — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in St. Louisville, Licking County, Ohio, November 25, 1873. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; Governor of Ohio, 1929-31; defeated, 1926, 1930; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1956. Disciples of Christ. Member, Exchange Club. Built more than 2,000 homes in the Cincinnati area. Died December 6, 1958. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: NNDB dossier.
Peter John Sullivan (1821-1883) — also known as Peter J. Sullivan — of Ohio. Born in Ireland, 1821. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1867-69. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 2, 1883. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Richard Moore Bishop (1812-1893) — also known as Richard M. Bishop; "Papa Richard" — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Fleming County, Ky., November 4, 1812. Democrat. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1859-61; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1873; Governor of Ohio, 1878-80. Died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., March 2, 1893. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
George Hoadly (1826-1902) — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born July 31, 1826. Son of George Hoadley. Democrat. Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1873; Governor of Ohio, 1884-86. Died August 27, 1902. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Thomas Lowry Young (1832-1888) — also known as Thomas L. Young — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 14, 1832. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1866-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868; member of Ohio state senate, 1871-73; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1876-77; Governor of Ohio, 1877-78; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1879-83. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 20, 1888. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. (1853-1927) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 4, 1853. Son of Lawrence Maxwell and Alison (Crawford) Maxwell; married, December 27, 1876, to Clara Barry Darrow. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1893-95; law professor. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 18, 1927. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
James Findlay (1770-1835) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa., October 12, 1770. Brother of John Findlay and William Findlay. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1803; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1805-06, 1810-11; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1825-33; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1834. Died December 28, 1835. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Findlay-Brown family of Pennsylvania
- See also: congressional biography.
John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) — also known as John C. Wright — of Jefferson County, Ohio. Born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., August 17, 1783. U.S. Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35. Died in Washington, D.C., February 13, 1861. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) — of Denver, Colo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., June 22, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated, 1930; died in office 1943. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died December 9, 1943. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Fenton Cary (1814-1900) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 18, 1814. U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1867-69; Greenback candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1876. Died September 29, 1900. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Emil Hess (1898-1986) — also known as William E. Hess — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 13, 1898. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1929-37, 1939-49, 1951-61. Died in 1986. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Herman Philip Goebel (1853-1930) — also known as Herman P. Goebel — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 5, 1853. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1875; state court judge in Ohio, 1884; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1903-11; defeated, 1910. Died May 4, 1930. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Humphrey Howe Leavitt (1796-1873) — also known as Humphrey H. Leavitt — of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., June 18, 1796. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1825; member of Ohio state senate, 1827; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1830-34 (11th District 1830-33, 19th District 1833-34); federal judge, 1834. Died March 15, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James John Faran (1808-1892) — also known as James J. Faran — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 29, 1808. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1835-39; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1838-39; member of Ohio state senate, 1839-43; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1845-49; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855-57. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 12, 1892. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Isaac G. Burnet (1784-1856) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born July 7, 1784. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1819-31. Died March 11, 1856. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John Alexander Caldwell (1852-1927) — also known as John A. Caldwell — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Fairhaven, Preble County, Ohio, April 21, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1889-94; resigned 1894; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1894-97; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1900-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 24, 1927. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Jacob Henry Bromwell (1848-1924) — also known as Jacob H. Bromwell — of Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 11, 1848. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1894-1903; state court judge in Ohio, 1907. Died in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 4, 1924. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William McLean (1794-1839) — of Ohio. Born in Mason County, Ky., August 10, 1794. Brother of John McLean. U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29. Died October 12, 1839. Original interment at Catherine Street Burying Ground; reinterment in 1863 at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Bunn Shattuc (1841-1911) — also known as William B. Shattuc — of Madisonville (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in New York, 1841. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1897-1903. Died in 1911. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Carl West Rich (1898-1972) — also known as Carl W. Rich — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 12, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947, 1951-53, 1954; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1963-65. Member, Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Eagles. Chairman and president of the Cincinnati Royals professional basketball team. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 26, 1972. Entombed in mausoleum at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
David Tiernan Disney (1803-1857) — of Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., August 25, 1803. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1849-55. Died in Washington, D.C., March 14, 1857. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Key Bond (1792-1864) — of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in St. Mary's County, Md., October 2, 1792. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1835-41. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 17, 1864. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Blackstone Banning (1836-1881) — also known as Henry B. Banning — of Knox County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Bannings Mills (unknown county), Ohio, November 10, 1836. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state house of representatives from Knox County, 1866-67; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1873-79; defeated, 1878, 1880. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 10, 1881. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Corry (1779-1833) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Virginia, 1779. Lawyer; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1815-19. Died December 16, 1833. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) — of Ohio. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., 1782. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1823; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833. Died July 20, 1838. Original interment at Episcopal Burial Grounds; reinterment in 1851 at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Robert Todd Lytle (1804-1839) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, May 19, 1804. Nephew of John Rowan. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1833-34, 1834-35. Died December 22, 1839. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Rowan-Lytle family of Kentucky
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Evans Spencer (1807-1882) — also known as Henry E. Spencer — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Columbia (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton County, Ohio, June 13, 1807. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1843-51. Died February 2, 1882. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Milton Sayler (1831-1892) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, November 4, 1831. Cousin of Henry Benton Sayler. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1873-79. Died November 17, 1892. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Stanley Eyre Bowdle (1868-1919) — also known as Stanley E. Bowdle — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton County, Ohio, September 4, 1868. Son of Daniel D. Bowdle and Ellen E. (Doran) Bowdle; third cousin of Thomas Lawrence Eyre; married, November 29, 1900, to Lillian Crane Scott; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Larkin Eyre. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1916. Episcopalian. Struck by an automobile while getting off a streetcar, and died a few hours later, in in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 6, 1919. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Eyre family of Pennsylvania
- See also: congressional biography.
John Galvin (1862-1922) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 13, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1909, 1918-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920. Died March 1, 1922. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
William McMillan (1764-1804) — of Ohio. Born near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., March 2, 1764. Member of Northwest Territory House of Representatives, 1799-1800; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1800-01; U.S. Attorney for Ohio, 1801-03. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1804. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) — of Ohio. Born in Connecticut, December 9, 1813. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63. Unitarian. Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking office. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 19, 1863. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Franklin Mitchell (1806-1865) — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Bucks County, Pa., February 18, 1806. U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1837-41. Convicted of forgery in 1841 and sentenced to Sing Sing prison in New York; pardoned due to ill health; moved to Ohio. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 27, 1865. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
George W. C. Johnston (1828-1879) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 19, 1828. Democrat. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873-77. Died March 29, 1879. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Leonard A. Harris (1824-1890) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 11, 1824. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1863-66; defeated, 1871. Died July 5, 1890. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) — also known as Charles P. Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 20, 1897. Great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge S. Taft; brother of Robert Alphonso Taft; married, October 6, 1917, to Eleanor K. Chase; uncle of William Howard Taft III and Robert Taft, Jr.; father of Seth Chase Taft; granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Skull and Bones; Phi Beta Kappa; American Legion. Died June 24, 1983. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in New York, 1816. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1865-69. Died in 1888. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Isaac M. Jordan (1835-1890) — of Ohio. Born in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa., May 5, 1835. Democrat. One of the founders of Sigma Chi fraternity in 1855; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1883-85. Member, Sigma Chi. Died from injuries received in an elevator accident in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 3, 1890. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
Charles Elwood Brown (1834-1904) — also known as Charles E. Brown — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 4, 1834. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1885-89; member of Ohio state senate. Wounded during the Civil War, while fighting in Georgia, 1864, and lost a leg. Died in College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 22, 1904. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Gustav Tafel (1830-1908) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Munich (München), Germany, October 13, 1830. Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1866-68; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1897-1900. Died November 12, 1908. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Russell Wilson (1876-1946) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 10, 1876. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1930-37. Died November 27, 1946. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Elisha Hotchkiss (c.1778-1858) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Lawyer; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1831-33. Died in Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind., June 10, 1858. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Nathanael Greene Pendleton (1793-1861) — of Ohio. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., August 25, 1793. Father of George Hunt Pendleton. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio state senate, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1841-43. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 16, 1861. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.
Nicholas W. Thomas (1810-1864) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Jenkintown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., May 23, 1810. Whig. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1857-59. Died March 27, 1864. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
David T. Snelbaker (1804-1867) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 29, 1804. Democrat. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853-55. Died February 15, 1867. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Timothy Crane Day (1819-1869) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 8, 1819. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1855-57. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 15, 1869. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James William Gazlay (1784-1874) — of Ohio. Born in New York, 1784. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1823-25. Died in 1874. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Bellamy Storer (1796-1875) — of Ohio. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 26, 1796. Father of Bellamy Storer (1847-1922). U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1835-37; state court judge in Ohio, 1854. Died June 1, 1875. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.
Alexander Long (1816-1886) — of Ohio. Born in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., December 24, 1816. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1848; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1865. Censured by the House of Representatives during the Civil War, for treasonable utterances. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 28, 1886. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Amor Smith, Jr. (1840-1915) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 22, 1840. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1885-89. Died August 14, 1915. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Julius Fleischmann (1871-1925) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 8, 1871. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1908, 1916. Jewish. Died February 5, 1925. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John Borden Mosby (1845-1928) — also known as John B. Mosby — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 4, 1845. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1889-94. Died November 21, 1928. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Charles Dustin Coffin (1805-1880) — of Ohio. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., September 9, 1805. U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1837-39. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 28, 1880. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Robert M. Moore (1816-1880) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Ireland, October 29, 1816. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877-79. Died February 23, 1880. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Peter Wilson Strader (1818-1881) — of Ohio. Born in Shawnee, Warren County, N.J., November 6, 1818. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1869-71. Died February 25, 1881. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Findlay Torrence (1819-1883) — also known as John F. Torrence — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born May 24, 1819. Member of Ohio state senate, 1861-69; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869-71. Died January 28, 1883. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Thomas J. Stephens (1823-1892) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in 1823. Democrat. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883-85; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884. Died June 2, 1892. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) — also known as William S. Groesbeck — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in New York, July 24, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member of Ohio state senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872. Dutch ancestry. Died July 7, 1897. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Fassett Follett (1831-1902) — of Ohio. Born in Vermont, 1831. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1883-85. Died in 1902. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
George Prescott Carrel (1865-1949) — also known as George Carrel — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, September 4, 1865. Son of Hercules Carrel and Eleanora Kerr (Prescott) Carrel; married, December 31, 1896, to Olive Sargent. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922-25. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons; Shriners. Died May 3, 1949. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John Baker Hollister (1890-1979) — also known as John B. Hollister — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1931-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952. Presbyterian. Died in 1979. Cremated; ashes interred at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Martin Baum (1765-1831) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born June 15, 1765. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1812. Died December 14, 1831. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Charles Jacob, Jr. (1834-1913) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Glan-Munchweiler, Germany, November 24, 1834. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1879-81. Died February 27, 1913. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) — also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 21, 1843. Grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso Taft; half-brother of William Howard Taft and Henry Waters Taft; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900, 1908, 1912. Owner, Chicago Cubs baseball team. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 31, 1929. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) — also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., November 5, 1905. Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry; married 1938 to Johnnie Mae Newton (1910-2002). Democrat. Lawyer; associate general counsel, Dunbar Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75. Black. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; NAACP; Urban League; Alpha Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi Phi. First black mayor of Cincinnati. Died October 15, 2000. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Ozro John Dodds (1840-1882) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 22, 1840. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1870-71; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1872-73. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, April 18, 1882. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Aaron Fyfe Perry (1815-1893) — of Ohio. Born in Vermont, 1815. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1871-72. Died in 1893. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr. (1883-1961) — of Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 19, 1883. Son of Charles F. W. Tatgenhorst and Amelia (Streidelmeyer) Tatgenhorst; married, August 19, 1914, to Clara Strebel. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1927-29; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1936. Methodist. Member, Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons. Died January 13, 1961. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Louis Schwab (1850-1926) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 26, 1850. Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904, 1916 (alternate); mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910-11. Died June 4, 1926. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Edward J. Dempsey (1858-c.1929) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 26, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1906-07. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
George Puchta (1860-1937) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 8, 1860. Republican. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1916-17; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924, 1928. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Manila, Philippines, April 18, 1937. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 26, 1837. Brother of George Wythe McCook; first cousin of Edward Moody McCook and Anson George McCook. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Member, Freemasons. Shot and killed by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at a saloon in Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September 11, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery. McCook County, S.Dak. is named for him.
- See also McCook family of Ohio
Thomas Wrightson II (1822-1897) — of Kentucky. Born July 24, 1822. Member of Kentucky state senate, 1869-73; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1870. Died August 7, 1897. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Andrew Hickenlooper — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1880-82. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John Schiff (1813-1878) — also known as Johann Schiff — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Rohrbach, Germany, February 21, 1813. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1850-51, 1860-61; member of Ohio state senate 1st District, 1854-56, 1872-73. Lutheran. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 9, 1878. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) — of Vermont. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., April 14, 1785. Married, December 5, 1810, to Sylvia Howard; father of Alphonso Taft; grandfather of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; great-great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft, Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-great-great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Member of Vermont state legislature. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 1, 1867. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
John J. Burchenal (1861-1926) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., January 13, 1861. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920, 1924. Died in Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 22, 1926. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.

United Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Politicians buried here:

Theodore Albert Peyser (1873-1937) — also known as Theodore A. Peyser — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., February 18, 1873. Democrat. Insurance business; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937. Jewish. Died in 1937. Interment at United Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

United Jewish Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Isaac Jack Martin (1908-1966) — also known as I. Jack Martin — Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 18, 1908. Lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1958. Jewish. Member, Order of the Coif. Died November 5, 1966. Interment at United Jewish Cemetery.

Wesleyan Cemetery
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Politicians buried here:

David Fisher (1794-1886) — of Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1794. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1847-49. Died in 1886. Interment at Wesleyan Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Armstrong Chapel Cemetery
Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Victor Heintz (1876-1968) — of Ohio. Born in Illinois, 1876. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1917-19. Died in 1968. Interment at Armstrong Chapel Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery
Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) — also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr. Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our Illustrious Dunderhead" — of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 8, 1889. Great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge S. Taft; married, October 17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958) (granddaughter of Thomas Wilson; daughter of Lloyd Wheaton Bowers); brother of Charles Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra Taft Benson; father of William Howard Taft III and Robert Taft, Jr.; uncle of Seth Chase Taft; grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928, 1944; member of Ohio state senate, 1931-32; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon. Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., July 31, 1953. Interment at Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery; memorial monument at Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
- Books about Robert A. Taft: James T. Patterson, Mr. Republican : A Biography of Robert A. Taft
Robert Taft, Jr. (1917-1993) — of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1917. Great-great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; grandson of William Howard Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge S. Taft; son of Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha (Bowers) Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra Taft Benson; brother of William Howard Taft III; married 1939 to Blanca Noel (died); married 1969 to Katharine W. Perry; first cousin of Seth Chase Taft; father of Robert Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st District 1967-71); U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976. Member, American Bar Association. Died December 7, 1993. Interment at Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery.
- See also Taft family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Mt. Healthy, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Jesse Dwight Locker (1891-1955) — Born in 1891. U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1953-55, died in office 1955. Black. Died in Liberia, April 10, 1955. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Maple Grove Cemetery
Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Politicians buried here:

Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens (1862-1927) — also known as A. E. B. Stephens — of North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 3, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1919-27; died in office 1927. Died in 1927. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Raymond F. Achten (1903-1987) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born April 17, 1903. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960. Died June 19, 1987. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Judson Hoy (d. 1993) — of Ohio. Member of Ohio state house of representatives; municipal judge in Ohio. Died April 17, 1993. Cremated; ashes interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Congress Green Cemetery
North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814) — Born in Riverhead, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 21, 1742. Nephew by marriage of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston (1716-1778); son-in-law of William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of John Jay; brother-in-law of Henry Brockholst Livingston; father of Anna Symmes (who married William Henry Harrison). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1777-87; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; justice of Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-1802. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1814. Interment at Congress Green Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.

Harrison Tomb
North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend"; "General Mum" — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773. Son of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of Carter Bassett Harrison; first cousin of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; married 1795 to Anna Symmes (daughter of John Cleves Symmes); father of John Scott Harrison; first cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Whig. Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1820; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died of pneumonia, at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841. Interment at Harrison Tomb. Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are named for him.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
- Books about William Henry Harrison: Freeman Cleaves, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time; Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; David Lillard, William Henry Harrison (for young readers)
John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) — of Ohio. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 4, 1804. Grandson of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin once removed of Beverley Randolph; son of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison; father of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1853-57. Died May 25, 1878. Interment at Harrison Tomb.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography.

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