The Political Graveyard: Italy

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Population: 57,679,825
Land area 116,305 square miles.
Capital: Rome

See also: Sardinia

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Italy
U.S. Consuls in Italy
U.S. Politicians who were born in Italy
U.S. Politicians who lived in Italy
U.S. Politicians who died in Italy
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Italy

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Italy

John Nelson (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1831-32) Enos T. Throop (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1838-41) William Boulware (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1841) William Hawkins Polk (Minister to the Two Sicilies 1845-47) John Rowan, Jr. (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1848) Edward Joy Morris (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1850-53) Robert D. Owen (Charge d'Affaires to the Two Sicilies 1853-54) Robert D. Owen (Minister to the Two Sicilies 1854-58) Joseph R. Chandler (Minister to the Two Sicilies 1858) George P. Marsh (Minister 1861-82) William Waldorf Astor (Minister 1882-85) John Bernhard Stallo (Minister 1885-89) Albert G. Porter (Minister 1889-92) William Potter (Minister 1892-94) Wayne MacVeagh (Ambassador 1893-97) William F. Draper (Ambassador 1897-1900) George V. L. Meyer (Ambassador 1900-05) Henry White (Ambassador 1905-07) Lloyd C. Griscom (Ambassador 1907-09) John G. A. Leishman (Ambassador 1909-11) Thomas J. O'Brien (Ambassador 1911-13) Thomas N. Page (Ambassador 1913-19) Robert Underwood Johnson (Ambassador 1920-21) Richard Washburn Child (Ambassador 1921-24) Henry P. Fletcher (Ambassador 1924-29) John W. Garrett (Ambassador 1929-33) Breckinridge Long (Ambassador 1933-36) William Phillips (Ambassador 1936-41) Alexander C. Kirk (Ambassador 1944-46) James Clement Dunn (Ambassador 1946-52) Ellsworth Bunker (Ambassador 1952-53) Clare Boothe Luce (Ambassador 1953-56) J. D. Zellerbach (Ambassador 1956-60) G. Frederick Reinhardt (Ambassador 1961-68) H. Gardner Ackley (Ambassador 1968-69) Graham Anderson Martin (Ambassador 1969-73) John A. Volpe (Ambassador 1973-77) Richard N. Gardner (Ambassador 1977-81) Maxwell M. Rabb (Ambassador 1981-89) Peter F. Secchia (Ambassador 1989-) Reginald Bartholomew (Ambassador 1993) Thomas M. Foglietta (Ambassador 1997-2001) Melvin F. Sembler (Ambassador 2001)

U.S. Consuls in Italy

(may be incomplete!)

Carrara: Ulisse Boccacci (Vice Consul 1881-82) Ulisse Boccacci (Consular Agent 1882-93) Ulisse Boccacci (Consular Agent 1894-99) Felix A. Dalmas (Consular Agent 1916)
Caserta: David J. Persall (Vice Consul 1945)
Catania: Carlton Bailey Hurst (Consul 1892-93) Louis H. Brühl (Consul 1897) Jacob Ritter (Vice & Deputy Consul 1897-98) Alexander Heingartner (Consul 1898) Stuart K. Lupton (Consul 1909) Arthur Garrels (Consul 1910-12) Alexander W. Weddell (Consul 1914) Robert Y. Barkley (Vice Consul 1914) Joseph E. Haven (Consul 1914-16) Robert F. Fernald (Vice Consul 1916-20) Robertson Honey (Consul 1917) Robert R. Bradford (Consul 1918-21) George P. Wilson (Vice Consul 1921-24) John W. Henderson (Vice Consul 1924-26) W. Roderick Dorsey (Consul 1924) Ilo C. Funk (Consul 1926)
Florence (Firenze): James Lorimer Graham (Consul 1869-76) John Schuyler Crosby (Consul 1876-82) Spirito Bernardi (Deputy Consul 1882-83) Spirito Bernardi (Vice & Deputy Consul 1883-99) James Verner Long (Consul 1891) Charles Belmont Davis (Consul 1897) Francis B. Keene (Consul 1903-05) Leo J. Keena (Consul 1910-14) William Wright Burt (Vice Consul 1914) Frederick T. F. Dumont (Consul 1914-19) Sylvio C. Leoni (Vice Consul 1916-20) Rollin R. Winslow (Vice Consul 1920-21) W. Roderick Dorsey (Consul 1920-21) Frederick W. Baldwin (Vice Consul 1920-25) Joseph E. Haven (Consul 1923-37) Alan T. Hurd (Vice Consul 1924-26) Earl Brennan (Vice Consul 1924) Charles H. Coster (Vice Consul 1926) Ilo C. Funk (Consul 1929-32) Edgar H. Slaughter (Vice Consul 1929) Frederick L. Washbourne (Vice Consul 1932-38) Francis M. Withey (Vice Consul 1938) John R. Putnam (Consul General 1938) Frank C. Nicoll (Vice Consul 1944) Samuel Winfield Lewis (Consul 1955-59) Marisa R. Lino (Consul General 1990-94)
Genoa (Genova): Thomas H. Storm (Commercial Agent 1808-18) James Schee (Consul 1818-22) Robert Campbell (Consul 1822-34) Charles Barnet (Consul 1834-37) Robert Campbell (Consul 1837-40) James Fletcher (Consul 1897) Angelo Boragino (Vice Consul 1908-32) James B. Young (Vice Consul 1914) John Edward Jones (Consul General 1914) David F. Wilber (Consul General 1915-21) Arthur C. Frost (Consul 1915-17) Quincy F. Roberts (Vice Consul 1916-17) C. Cletus Miller (Vice Consul 1916) James J. Murphy, Jr. (Vice Consul 1917-21) Karl de G. MacVitty (Vice Consul 1917-19) Edwin N. Atherton (Vice Consul 1918-19) Fred N. Smith (Vice Consul 1919) George P. Wilson (Vice Consul 1919) E. Kilbourne Foote (Vice Consul 1919-21) William P. Shockley (Vice Consul 1919-21) William Berriman (Vice Consul 1919-20) Manson Gilbert (Vice Consul 1921) Richard B. Haven (Vice Consul 1921) John Ball Osborne (Consul General 1921-26) Sylvio C. Leoni (Vice Consul 1926) Julian C. Dorr (Vice Consul 1926-29) Stanley R. Lawson (Vice Consul 1929) Henry P. Starrett (Consul General 1929) William P. Shockley (Vice Consul 1929-32) Coert du Bois (Consul General 1931) R. Allen Haden (Vice Consul 1932) Cloyce K. Huston (Vice Consul 1932) George L. Brandt (Consul 1932-33) W. Roderick Dorsey (Consul General 1932) Calvin H. Oakes (Vice Consul 1932) Warden McK. Wilson (Consul General 1938) Leonard G. Bradford (Vice Consul 1938) Hugh F. Ramsay (Consul 1938)
Leghorn (Livorno): Thomas Appleton (Consul 1798-1840) John Hutchinson (Consul 1865-69) James A. Smith (Consul 1897-1907) Benjamin F. Chase (Consul 1914) Leon Böhm de Sauvanne (Vice Consul 1914) Roger C. Tredwell (Consul 1914-15) James M. Bowcock (Vice Consul 1915-16) William J. Grace (Consul 1916-19) Harry M. Lakin (Vice Consul 1916-19) Lucien Memminger (Consul 1920-21) Franklin C. Gowen (Vice Consul 1921) Jesse B. Jackson (Consul 1923-28) Jones R. Trowbridge (Vice Consul 1926-27) Karl de G. MacVitty (Consul 1928-29) David H. Buffum (Vice Consul 1929) José de Olivares (Consul 1929-32) Karl de G. MacVitty (Consul 1929) William P. Shockley, Jr. (Vice Consul 1932) T. Monroe Fisher (Vice Consul 1938) Sheridan Talbott (Consul 1938)
Messina: Charles M. Caughy (Consul 1897) Stuart K. Lupton (Vice Consul 1908-09) Stuart K. Lupton (Consul 1909) George L. Brandt (Consul 1922-24) Alexander P. Cruger (Vice Consul 1926-27) E. Kilbourne Foote (Vice Consul 1926) Leonard G. Dawson (Consul 1926-27) Lawrence S. Armstrong (Vice Consul 1926-28) John Q. Wood (Consul 1929) George P. Wilson (Vice Consul 1929) Richard B. Haven (Consul 1932) H. Armistead Smith (Vice Consul 1932)
Milan: D. B. Spagnoli (Consul 1897) William Jarvis (Consul 1898) James B. Young (Vice Consul 1909-11) John Q. Wood (Vice Consul 1909-10) Charles C. Broy (Vice Consul 1911-13) Ilo C. Funk (Vice Consul 1914-17) Nathaniel B. Stewart (Consul 1914) John H. Grout (Consul 1916-17) North Winship (Consul 1917-21) Roy L. McLaughlin (Vice Consul 1919) Harry L. Troutman (Vice Consul 1919-21) George J. Williams (Vice Consul 1921) Clarence Carrigan (Consul 1921-26) Sylvio C. Leoni (Vice Consul 1924) John F. Huddleston (Vice Consul 1924-26) R. Flournoy Howard (Vice Consul 1924) Henry R. Brown (Consul 1926) Theodore Jaeckel (Consul General 1927-28) John F. Huddleston (Consul 1929) Homer Brett (Consul 1929-32) Hugh S. Miller (Consul 1929) Linton Crook (Vice Consul 1929) Constance R. Harvey (Vice Consul 1931-38) Frank C. Niccoli (Vice Consul 1932-38) James W. Gantenbein (Vice Consul 1932) George K. Donald (Consul General 1934-36) Walter H. Sholes (Consul General 1938) Lester L. Schnare (Consul 1938) Charles A. Bay (Consul General 1946-48)
Naples: Edwin H. Smith (Consul 1881) Frank A. Dean (Consul 1897) A. Homer Byington (Consul 1898-1907) Homer M. Byington (Vice Consul 1900-08) Stuart J. Fuller (Vice Consul 1910-11) John S. Armstrong, Jr. (Vice Consul 1911-12) Herbert C. Biar (Vice Consul 1912-19) Jay White (Consul 1914-17) Roger C. Tredwell (Consul 1914) B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. (Consul 1918-19) Thomas B. Gale (Vice Consul 1919) John Valentine (Vice Consul 1919) Homer M. Byington (Consul 1920-21) Cecil M. P. Cross (Vice Consul 1920) Cecil M. P. Cross (Consul 1920-21) Coert du Bois (Consul 1920-21) Howard K. Travers (Vice Consul 1921-24) Alfred T. Nester (Vice Consul 1921-24) Jackson C. Lusby (Vice Consul 1921) Walter W. King (Vice Consul 1921-24) Carl C. Lumry (Vice Consul 1921) Homer M. Byington (Consul General 1923-29) Julian C. Dorr (Vice Consul 1924) Harold D. Finley (Vice Consul 1924) Herbert F. Pearson (Vice Consul 1924) Adam Beaumont (Vice Consul 1924-29) William W. Schott (Vice Consul 1925-27) Alfred T. Nester (Consul 1926-29) Howard K. Travers (Consul 1926) Harold D. Finley (Consul 1926-27) William W. Schott (Consul 1927-28) Lawrence S. Armstrong (Vice Consul 1928-29) Sydney B. Redecker (Consul 1929) Ernest E. Evans (Consul 1929-32) Lawrence S. Armstrong (Consul 1929) Clark Porter Kuykendall (Consul 1930-33) Coert du Bois (Consul General 1931-35) Walworth Barbour (Vice Consul 1932) Morris N. Hughes (Vice Consul 1932) Samuel H. Wiley (Consul 1932) Charles B. Hosmer (Consul 1932) Kenneth J. Yearns (Vice Consul 1932) Claude H. Hall, Jr. (Vice Consul 1932) Ralph A. Boernstein (Consul 1932) Douglas MacArthur II (Vice Consul 1937-38) Homer M. Byington, Jr. (Consul 1938-39) Elbridge Durbrow (Consul 1938) Thomas D. Bowman (Consul General 1938) William E. DeCourcy (Consul 1938) Harold M. Granata (Vice Consul 1938) Fred W. Jandrey (Vice Consul 1938) J. Dixon Edwards (Vice Consul 1938) Gordon H. Mattison (Vice Consul 1938) Robert C. McCloud (Vice Consul 1938) Howard F. Withey (Consul 1938) David A. Thomason (Vice Consul 1938) Raymond L. Thurston (Vice Consul 1939) William E. Cole, Jr. (Vice Consul 1939) William N. Freleigh (Vice Consul 1939) Royal H. Fowler, Jr. (Vice Consul 1945) Harold N. Taylor (Vice Consul 1945) William Henry Luers (Vice Consul 1957-60) Homer M. Byington, Jr. (Consul General 1963-73)
Palermo: Julius C. Kretchmar (Consul 1852-54) William H. Seymour (Consul 1897) Felix Pirandello (Vice Consul 1897) Hernando de Soto (Consul 1910-14) Nicholas Paterniti (Vice Consul 1916) Samuel H. Shank (Consul 1916-19) W. Duval Brown (Consul 1919) Homer M. Byington (Consul 1919-20) Cecil M. P. Cross (Vice Consul 1919-20) Edwin N. Atherton (Vice Consul 1919-20) Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr. (Consul 1920-21) Leroy Webber (Vice Consul 1921) Marion D. De Tar (Vice Consul 1921) Edward I. Nathan (Consul 1921-26) William W. Schott (Vice Consul 1923-24) Robert E. Leary (Vice Consul 1924) Jurgen H. L. Lorentzen (Vice Consul 1924) William W. Schott (Vice Consul 1924-25) Bernard F. Heiler (Vice Consul 1926) George P. Wilson (Vice Consul 1926) George Tait (Vice Consul 1926) Howard K. Travers (Consul 1929-32) Walton C. Ferris (Vice Consul 1929) Franklin C. Gowen (Consul 1932) David H. Buffum (Vice Consul 1932) Alfred T. Nester (Consul 1938) Paul J. Reveley (Vice Consul 1938) William E. Scotten (Vice Consul 1938)
Rome: Jean Baptiste Sartori (Consul 1797-1806) John S. Cogdell (Consul 1806-23) Felix Cicognani (Consul 1823-37) George W. Greene (Consul 1837-45) Micholas Browne (Consul 1845-46) James E. Freeman (Consul 1849) William Carroll Sanders (Consul 1849-56) Daniel LeRoy (Consul 1856-58) Horatio de V. Glentworth (Consul 1858-61) Robert Bradford (Consul 1858) William Dean Howells (Consul 1861) W. J. Stillman (Consul 1861-65) H. B. Brown (Vice Consul 1864) Edwin C. Cushman (Consul 1865-69) D. Maitland Armstrong (Consul 1869-71) D. Maitland Armstrong (Consul General 1871-73) Augustus O. Bourn (Consul General 1889-93) Wallace S. Jones (Consul General 1897) Charles M. Wood (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1897) Hector de Castro (Consul General 1906) Homer M. Byington (Vice Consul 1908-09) Chapman Coleman (Consul 1908-15) Kenneth S. Patton (Vice Consul 1909-12) Ulysses J. Bywater (Vice Consul 1916) Roger C. Tredwell (Consul 1916-17) Azel D. Beeler (Vice Consul 1916-17) James M. Bowcock (Vice Consul 1916-21) Francis B. Keene (Consul General 1917-24) Willis E. Ruffner (Vice Consul 1919) John G. O'Brien (Vice Consul 1919-21) Christian T. Steger (Vice Consul 1921) Ralph A. Boernstein (Vice Consul 1921-26) Leon Dominian (Consul 1924-26) Elton N. Gage (Vice Consul 1924) Horace Remillard (Consul 1924) David K. E. Bruce (Vice Consul 1926) Franklin C. Gowen (Vice Consul 1926-29) Robert E. Leary (Vice Consul 1926) Earl Brennan (Vice Consul 1926) Leon Domihian (Consul 1929) William Oscar Jones (Consul 1929) George B. Seawright (Vice Consul 1929) Leonard G. Bradford (Vice Consul 1929-32) Hiram A. Boucher (Consul 1929-36) Theodore Jaeckel (Consul General 1930-33) Daniel V. Anderson (Vice Consul 1932) Theodore C. Achilles (Vice Consul 1933) Graham H. Kemper (Consul General 1934-38) Gilson G. Blake, Jr. (Consul 1936-42) J. Wesley Jones (Consul 1938) J. Wesley Jones (Consul 1945) William Leonhart (Vice Consul 1949-50)
Trieste: Conrad Frederick Wagner (Consul 1797-99) John Lamson (Consul 1799-1802) William Riggin (Consul 1802-15) William B. Barney (Consul 1815-19) Francis Adams (Consul 1819-21) George Moore (Consul 1821-45) Edward Warrens (Consul 1845-50) Henry D. Maxwell (Consul 1850-52) Leonard W. Jerome (Consul 1852-53) Wyndham Robertson (Consul 1853-54) William Buffum (Consul 1854-59) Stephen S. Remak (Consul 1858-61) Richard Hildreth (Consul 1861-64) James Curran Andrews (Vice Consul 1863-67) A. W. Thayer (Consul 1864-66) Frederick W. Hossfeld (Consul 1884-85) J. Edward Nettles (Consul 1897) Basil Bryce (Vice & Deputy Consul 1897) Frederick W. Hossfeld (Consul 1897-1906) Orestes de Martini (Vice Consul 1907-14) Ralph J. Totten (Consul 1911-13) Ralph C. Busser (Consul 1913-17) Vincent Bures (Deputy Consul 1914) A. Lincoln Niditch (Vice Consul 1915-17) Ralph C. Busser (Consul 1919-20) V. Winthrop O'Hara (Vice Consul 1919) Joseph E. Haven (Consul 1920-22) William J. Callahan (Vice Consul 1921) Edwin N. Atherton (Vice Consul 1921) George M. Hanson (Consul 1924) Richard G. Monges (Vice Consul 1924) Howard A. Bowman (Vice Consul 1926-29) Walter H. Sholes (Consul 1926-29) Rollin R. Winslow (Consul 1930-34) Bernard C. Connelly (Vice Consul 1932) Bernard Gotlieb (Consul 1938) Walter W. Orebaugh (Vice Consul 1938)
Turin: William E. Mantius (Consul 1897) Hugo Pizzotti (Vice Consul 1897) Charles B. Perry (Consul 1914) Roger C. Tredwell (Consul 1915-16) Dana C. Sycks (Vice Consul 1916-17) Joseph E. Haven (Consul 1916-20) Richard B. Haven (Vice Consul 1919) Dana C. Sycks (Consul 1919-24) William Berriman (Vice Consul 1920-22) Frank T. Smith (Vice Consul 1924) William P. Shockley (Vice Consul 1926) H. Tobey Mooers (Consul 1926-28) William W. Heard (Consul 1929-32) William P. Shockley, Jr. (Vice Consul 1929) Robert C. McCloud (Vice Consul 1932) Francis B. Moriarty (Vice Consul 1938) Richard B. Haven (Consul 1938)
Venice: Ryland Randolph (Consul 1807) Charles Barnet (Consul 1830-34) Albert Dabadie (Consul 1837-45) William A. Sparks (Consul 1845-49) Edmund Flagg (Consul 1851) Donald G. Mitchell (Consul 1853-54) D. Macauley (Consul 1854-55) E. Wood Perry, Jr. (Consul 1856-57) Ferdinand L. Sarmiento (Consul 1858-60) J. J. Sprenger (Consul 1860-61) William Dean Howells (Consul 1861-65) Spirito Bernardi (Vice Consul 1875-76) Henry Abert Johnson (Consul 1897) Frederick Reichsteiner (Vice Consul 1897) Robert Woods Bliss (Consul 1903) John Q. Wood (Consul 1910) James Verner Long (Consul 1914) B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. (Consul 1914-17) Alexander Thayer (Vice Consul 1916-17) Albert M. Levert (Vice Consul 1916) C. Cletus Miller (Vice Consul 1917) John S. Armstrong, Jr. (Consul 1919) James B. Young (Consul 1920-29) John W. Henderson (Vice Consul 1921) John E. Holler (Vice Consul 1924-29) Charles T. Terry (Vice Consul 1932-38) John M. Corrigan (Consul 1932) Bernard F. Hale (Consul 1932) Francis R. Stewart (Consul 1938-39)

U.S. Politicians who were born in Italy

No city given: Angelo Boragino 1864 Peter A. Cavicchia 1879 Vincent L. Palmisano 1882 Salvatore A. Cotillo 1886 S. Robert Molinari c.1894 Peter H. Ruvolo c.1895 Alexander Del Giorno 1900 Thomas Gangemi 1903 Frank C. Mazzuca 1905 G. Thomas DiDomenico 1905 S. Samuel DiFalco 1906
Abruzzi: Edward Corsi 1896
Anzi: Anthony J. Celebrezze 1910
Barga: John Daprato 1852
Bari: Vito P. Battista 1909
Bisaccia: Mario Angelo Procaccino 1912
Capistrano: Eugene V. Alessandroni 1887
Cosenza: Louis J. Capozzoli 1901
Florence: John Proctor Clarke 1856
Foggia: Vincent Giampietro 1896
Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily: Victor L. Anfuso 1905
Isnello: Vincent R. Impellitteri 1900
Milan: Lawrence E. Gerosa 1894
Modena: Amerigo Bozzani 1883
Montefalcione: Vincent Brogna 1887
Naples: Homer M. Byington, Jr. 1908
Nicosia, Sicily: Ferdinand Pecora 1882
Orsara, Foggia: Anthony Thomas Augelli 1902
Pettorano sul Gizio: Mino R. D'Aurora 1909
Prizzi: Paul P. Rao 1899
Rome: Henry Salvatori 1901
Salerno: Caesar B. F. Barra 1880
Termini, Sicily: Anthony A. Alaimo 1920

U.S. Politicians who lived in Italy

No city given: Peter C. Alegi
Casciago: Theresa Morelli
Ravello: Gore Vidal
Rome: Felix Cicognani - Lewis M. Iddings - Jean Baptiste Sartori
Sorrento: Charles Manfredi

U.S. Politicians who died in Italy

Florence (Firenze): Oscar L. Shafter 1873 Charles H. Coster 1977
Leghorn (Livorno): Thomas Appleton 1840
Milan: Sylvio C. Leoni 1951
Montecatini: Irving L. Levey 1970
Rome: Jacob L. Martin 1848 George Washington Woodward 1875 Edward Page, Jr. 1965
Sanremo: Henry S. Boutell 1926
Trieste, Austria (now Italy): A. W. Thayer 1897
Vallombrosa: George P. Marsh 1882
Venice: William A. Sparks 1849 Eugene Schuyler 1890

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Italy

Florence Allori Cemetery
Florence Porta a Pinti or English Cemetery
Rome Cimitero Acattolico
San Michele, Venice Protestant Cemetery
Graglia, Vercelli Unknown location

Allori Cemetery
Florence, Italy

Politicians buried here:

Joseph E. Haven (1885-1937) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 19, 1885. U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1907-08; Roubaix, 1908-14; Catania, 1914-16; Turin, 1916-20; Avlona, 1919; Trieste, 1920-22; Florence, 1923-37; San Marino, 1929-37. Died May 4, 1937. Interment at Allori Cemetery.
Charles Henry Coster (1898-1977) — also known as Charles H. Coster — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1898. Son of C. H. Coster (partner of J.P. Morgan) and Emily (Pell) Coster; married to Vincenza Giuliani; uncle of Sumner Gerard. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Florence, 1926. Member, Freemasons. Died in Florence (Firenze), Italy, April 3, 1977. Interment at Allori Cemetery.

Porta a Pinti or English Cemetery
Florence, Italy

Politicians buried here:

James Lorimer Graham (c.1832-1876) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Son of Nathan Burr Graham, Jr. and Marie Antoinette (McCoskry) Graham. Editor, Putnam's magazine; librarian; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1869-76. Died April 30, 1876. Interment at Porta a Pinti or English Cemetery.

Cimitero Acattolico
(formerly English Cemetery; Protestant Cemetery)
Rome, Italy

Politicians buried here:

George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) — also known as George P. Marsh — of Vermont. Born in Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt., March 15, 1801. Son of Charles Marsh. U.S. Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1843-49; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1849-53; Italy, 1861-82, died in office 1882. Died in Vallombrosa, Italy, July 23, 1882. Interment at Cimitero Acattolico.
- See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
George Frederick Reinhardt (1911-1971) — also known as G. Frederick Reinhardt — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., October 21, 1911. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vienna, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1955-57; United Arab Republic, 1960-61; Italy, 1961-68; U.S. Minister to Yemen, 1960-61. Member, Zeta Psi. Died February 22, 1971. Interment at Cimitero Acattolico.
Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888-1979) — also known as Alexander C. Kirk — of Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 26, 1888. Son of James Alexander Kirk and Clara (Comstock) Kirk. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1938; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1941; Saudi Arabia, 1941-43; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1943; Italy, 1944-46. Died in 1979. Interment at Cimitero Acattolico.

Protestant Cemetery
San Michele, Venice, Italy

Politicians buried here:

Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) — of New York. Born in 1840. U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Romania, 1880; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1880-82; Athens, 1882-84; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Romania, 1880-82; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1882-84; Serbia, 1882-84; Greece, 1882-84. Died, of malarial fever, in Venice, Italy, July 16, 1890. Interment at Protestant Cemetery.

Unknown Location
Graglia, Vercelli, Italy

Politicians buried here:

Sylvio C. Leoni (d. 1951) — U.S. Vice Consul in Florence, 1916-20; Milan, 1924; Genoa, 1926. Died in Milan, Italy, 1951. Interment somewhere.

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