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Frederick Bates (1777-1825) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Belmont, Goochland
County, Va., June 23,
1777.
Son of Thomas Fleming Bates (1742-1803) and Caroline Matilda
(Woodson) Bates (born 1751).
Postmaster; secretary
of Missouri Territory, 1805; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1820; Governor of
Missouri, 1824-25; died in office 1825.
Died in Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 4,
1825 (age 48 years, 42
days).
Interment at Thornhill
Cemetery in Faust Park, Near St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Henry Nathan Bradley (b. 1874) —
also known as H. N. Bradley —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Page
County, Va., 1874.
Son of William F. Bradley and Susannah (Printz) Bradley.
Republican. Postmaster; purchasing
agent; hotel
manager; chair of
Jefferson County Republican Party, 1917; vice-chair of
West Virginia Republican Party, 1929; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jefferson County, 1938,
1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) —
also known as Walter P. Brownlow —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March 27,
1851.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1880,
1884,
1896,
1900;
postmaster; member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1882-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1898-99.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910 (age 59 years, 103
days).
Interment at Soldiers'
Home Cemetery, Johnson City, Tenn.
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John Fowler (1755-1840) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1755.
Republican. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1787; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1797-1807 (at-large 1797-1803, 5th
District 1803-07); postmaster.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
22, 1840 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Old
Episcopal Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster; director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton Dugald MacDougall (1839-1914) —
also known as Clinton D. MacDougall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born near Glasgow, Scotland,
June
14, 1839.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (25th District 1873-75,
26th District 1875-77).
Died in Paris, France,
May
24, 1914 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March 20,
1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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