The Political Graveyard: Erie County, Pa.

Erie County
Pennsylvania

Erie County information:

Population: 280,843 (2000); 275,572 (1990)
Land area 802 square miles.
County seat: Erie
Erie County official web site.
Capital Impact: Erie County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
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Erie County PAGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
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The Political Graveyard:

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

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Selected officials of Erie County

(not intended to be complete)

John Depinet (County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896) Uriah P. Rossiter (District Attorney) Milton W. Shreve (District Attorney) Max B. Haibach (Sheriff, 1913-18) C. Arthur Blass (District Attorney, 1920-24) Fred W. Lamberton (Sheriff, 1941-46) Marguerite A. Mattis (County Register and Recorder of Deeds) Fred W. Lamberton (County Commissioner, 1946)

Wattsburg Cemetery
Wattsburg, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Politicians buried here:

Casper Mead Rouse — also known as Casper M. Rouse — of New York. Member of New York state senate Western District, 1811-15. Interment at Wattsburg Cemetery.

Pine Grove Cemetery
Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Politicians buried here:

Frank Lafayette Bliss (1851-1909) — also known as Frank L. Bliss — of Corry, Erie County, Pa. Born in Nunda, Livingston County, N.Y., February 1, 1851. Republican. Mayor of Corry, Pa., 1903-06; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904. Died in 1909. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Henry Keppel — of Corry, Erie County, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908. Entombed at Pine Grove Cemetery.

Calvary Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Politicians buried here:

Louis Tullio (1916-1990) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born May 17, 1916. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964; mayor of Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989. Italian ancestry. Died, of amyloidosis, April 17, 1990. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Italo S. Cappabianca (1936-2001) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born December 19, 1936. Son of John Cappabianca (Italian Royal Vice Consul). Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives 2nd District, 1979-2001; died in office 2001. Italian ancestry. Died, of brain cancer, on May 28, 2001. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.

Erie Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Milton William Shreve (1858-1939) — also known as Milton W. Shreve — of Erie County, Pa. Born in Venango County, Pa., May 3, 1858. Son of Cyrus Shreve and Florella Shreve; married to Mary Hill. Republican. Lawyer; Erie County District Attorney; chair of Erie County Republican Party, 1900; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1907-12; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1919-33 (25th District 1913-15, 1919-23, 29th District 1923-33). Died December 23, 1939. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Galbraith (1794-1860) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa., August 2, 1794. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1833-37, 1839-41. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., June 15, 1860. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Hale Sill (1783-1856) — also known as Thomas H. Sill — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Connecticut, 1783. Burgess of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1816-17, 1829, 1833-34, 1843-44; member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1826-27, 1829-31. Died in 1856. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Owen McIntosh Burns (1892-1952) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Danville, Vermilion County, Ill., September 6, 1892. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1947-49; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1949-52; died in office 1952. Died October 26, 1952. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: federal judicial profile.
William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) — also known as William L. Scott — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1828. Grandson of Gustavus Scott. Democrat. Mayor of Erie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member of Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-84; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89; defeated, 1866, 1876; presidemt, Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., September 19, 1891. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Connecticut, 1833. Great-great-grandson of Roger Wolcott; great-grandson of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Oliver Wolcott, Sr.; first cousin twice removed of Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; grandson of Roger Griswold; third cousin once removed of William Wolcott Ellsworth. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97. Died in 1919. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also Wolcott-Griswold-Ellsworth-Pitkin family of Connecticut
- See also: congressional biography.
Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 29, 1795. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1836-37; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1843-46; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1859-63. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1887. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Arza Davenport (1834-1911) — also known as Samuel A. Davenport — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born near Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler County, N.Y., January 15, 1834. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1897-1901. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., August 1, 1911. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Manning Reed (1803-1871) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1803. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1843-45. Died in 1871. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Myron Brainerd (1842-1898) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Albion, Erie County, Pa., November 13, 1842. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1883-85. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., November 21, 1898. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Henry Alden Clark (1850-1944) — of Erie County, Pa. Born in Harborcreek Township, Erie County, Pa., January 7, 1850. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1911-16; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1917-19. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., February 15, 1944. Interment at Erie Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Philip A. Becker (c.1836-1888) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Germany. Married to Eugena Jung (died 1896). Grocer; mayor of Erie, Pa., 1883-84. Died January 12, 1888. Interment at Erie Cemetery.

Garrison Hill
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Politicians formerly buried here:

Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as "Mad Anthony" — of Georgia. Born in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pa., January 1, 1745. Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774); father of Isaac Wayne (1772-1852). Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., December 15, 1796. Original interment at Garrison Hill; reinterment in 1809 at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Wayne, Pa. Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are named for him.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Trinity Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Michael Liebel, Jr. (1870-1927) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., December 12, 1870. Democrat. Worked in Buffalo office of Nickel Plate Railroad; organized Cascade Brewery in 1898 (merged with Erie Brewing Co. in 1900); mayor of Erie, Pa., 1907-11; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 8, 1927. Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Girard Cemetery
Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Politicians buried here:

William Constantine Culbertson (1825-1906) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Edinboro, Erie County, Pa., November 25, 1825. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1889-91. Died in Girard, Erie County, Pa., May 24, 1906. Interment at Girard Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Erie County

Politicians who were born in Erie County

Politicians who lived in Erie County

Politicians who died in Erie County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Erie County