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• Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known as Russell A. Alger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in a log cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1836. Son of Russell Alger and Caroline (Moulton) Alger; married, April 2, 1861, to Annette H. Henry; father of Frederick Moulton Alger (who married Mary Eldridge Swift); grandfather of Frederick Moulton Alger, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; Governor of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; U.S. Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office 1907. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., January 24, 1907. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. Alger County, Mich. is named for him.
  • See also Alger family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) — also known as John C. Allen — of McCook, Red Willow County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren County, Ill. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vt., February 14, 1860. Son of John H. Allen and Elizabeth (Burns) Allen; married, August 2, 1881, to Abbie Stapleford; married, January 30, 1902, to Eudora Durrell. Republican. Merchant; banker; secretary of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S. Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated, 1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died in Monmouth, Warren County, Ill., January 12, 1939. Interment at Vermont Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Weston Allen (b. 1872) — also known as J. Weston Allen — of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., April 19, 1872. Son of Walter Allen and Grace Mason (Weston) Allen; married, June 12, 1901, to Caroline Cheney Hills. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1915-18; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1920-22. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion. Prosecuted Charles Ponzi and other famous criminals. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Larz Anderson (1866-1937) — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Paris, France of American parents, August 15, 1866. Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth Coles (Kilgour) Anderson; married to Isabel Perkins Anderson (author). Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of the Cincinnati. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., April 13, 1937. Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur; "The Gentleman Boss"; "His Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our Chet"; "Dude President" — of New York. Born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt., October 5, 1829. Son of Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married, October 25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon (died 1880). Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs for New York, N.Y., 1870-78; New York Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880; Vice President of the United States, 1881; President of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1884. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Union League; Psi Upsilon. Died, of Bright's disease and a cerebral hemorrhage, in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 18, 1886. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y. Arthur County, Neb. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas C. Reeves, Gentleman Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur; George Frederick Howe, Chester A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics; Zachary Karabell, Chester Alan Arthur; Paul Joseph, Chester Arthur (for young readers)
  
  
• John Atkinson (b. 1875) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 30, 1875. Son of John Atkinson and Lyda (Lyons) Atkinson; married, September 26, 1900, to Kate James. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935. Catholic. Member, Loyal Legion; Knights of Equity. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) — also known as Warren R. Austin — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Highgate Center, Highgate, Franklin County, Vt., November 12, 1877. Son of Chauncey Goodrich Austin and Anne Mathilda (Robinson) Austin; married, June 26, 1901, to Mildred Mary Lucas. Republican. Lawyer; Franklin County State's Attorney, 1904-06; mayor of St. Albans, Vt., 1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1928, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1931-46; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1947-53. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Farm Bureau; Loyal Legion; Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Kappa Sigma. Died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., December 25, 1962. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Augustus Davis Ayling (b. 1840) — also known as Augustus D. Ayling — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 28, 1840. Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to Elizabeth F. Cornish. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known as Louis H. Aymé — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 29, 1855. Son of Dr. Henry Aymé and Elizabeth Geraldine (Fitzgerald) Aymé; married, February 19, 1890, to Mary Stuart. Republican. Ethnologist; newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of Veterans (later SUVCW). Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis), in Lisbon, Portugal, May 16, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Ballard (b. 1839) — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vt., April 20, 1839. Son of Jeffrey B. Ballard and Amelia (Thompson) Ballard; married, December 15, 1863, to Annie J. Scott. Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont state senate, 1878-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1884; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1888-89. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Sherman Batcheller (1837-1908) — also known as George S. Batcheller — of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Saratoga County, N.Y., July 25, 1837. Son of Sherman Batcheller; married to Catherine Phillips Cook. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1859, 1873-74, 1886, 1889; resigned 1889; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; judge, International Tribunal of Egypt, 1875-85, 1898; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1890-92. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1908. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Bunton Baxter (b. 1872) — also known as Jesse B. Baxter — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., October 10, 1872. Son of William Quincy Baxter and Isadore Frances (Bunton) Baxter; married, June 29, 1909, to Katharine Woodbury. Republican. Banker; treasurer of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1915-16; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Burges Beals (b. 1876) — also known as Walter B. Beals — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston County, Wash. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., July 21, 1876. Son of James Burrill Beals and Katharine (McMillan) Beals; married, July 14, 1904, to Othilla Gertrude Carroll. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court judge in Washington, 1926-28; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1928-36. Member, American Legion; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore Lane Bean (1878-1943) — of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa.; West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 27, 1878. Son of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean; married, October 14, 1903, to Sarah Albertson Hunter (died 1908); married, August 18, 1917, to Adele Cantrell. Republican. Lawyer; burgess of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1903; member of Pennsylvania state senate 12th District, 1935-38. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died September 22, 1943. Interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
  
  
• John Charles Black (1839-1915) — also known as John C. Black — of Danville, Vermilion County, Ill. Born in Lexington, Holmes County, Miss., January 27, 1839. Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black; married, September 28, 1867, to Adaline L. Griggs. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1872; U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1885-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1888; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1893-95; defeated, 1866, 1880, 1884; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1895-99; U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, 1903. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action at Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7, 1862. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 17, 1915. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Maxwell Blake (1877-1959) — of Oklahoma. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., November 15, 1877. Son of John Thorn Blake and Annie (Maxwell) Blake; married 1906 to Ruth Maxwell. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Funchal, 1906-07; Dunfermline, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1910; Tangier, 1910-21, 1925-38; Melbourne, 1924-25; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Morocco, 1917-21, 1925-38. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1959. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Zenas Work Bliss (b. 1867) — also known as Zenas W. Bliss — of Cranston, Providence County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence County, R.I. Born in Johnston, Providence County, R.I., January 10, 1867. Son of Zenas Randall Bliss and Martha Nancy (Work) Bliss; married, October 26, 1892, to Lydia Collins Kelly. Republican. Member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13. Unitarian. Member, American Economic Association; American Political Science Association; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) — also known as Henry S. Boutell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 14, 1856. Great-great-grandson of Roger Sherman; grandnephew of William Maxwell Evarts; son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell; nephew of Roger Sherman Greene; married, December 29, 1880, to Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1884; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903, 9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law professor. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Sanremo, Italy, March 11, 1926. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Wilson Bradley (1844-1920) — also known as Thomas W. Bradley — of Walden, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Yorkshire, England, April 6, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884 (alternate), 1892, 1896, 1900, 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1903-13. Member, Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1896 for action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. Died in Walden, Orange County, N.Y., May 30, 1920. Interment at Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Breckenridge (b. 1886) — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1886. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge; married, July 7, 1910, to Ruth Bradley Woodman; married, August 5, 1927, to Aida de Acosta Root. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Loyal Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) — also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 26, 1837. Son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; cousin of Edwin Denison Morgan; married, February 11, 1885, to Fannie B. Houghton. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; Governor of Connecticut, 1889-93; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. First president of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs in 1876. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 6, 1922. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  • See also Bulkeley-Morgan family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Edward Anson Butler (b. 1841) — also known as E. A. Butler — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, July 25, 1841. Son of Anson Butler and Annah (Hunstable) Butler; married, December 30, 1868, to Lucy A. Stanley (died); married, May 11, 1892, to Eva Arey Bartlett. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbroker; mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1890-93. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Howland Butler (1894-1967) — also known as George H. Butler — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 6, 1894. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1927-29; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1946-48. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1967. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) — also known as Joshua L. Chamberlain — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, September 8, 1828. Son of Joshua Chamberlain and Sarah Dupee (Brastow) Chamberlain; married, December 7, 1855, to Frances Caroline Adams. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Maine, 1867-71; president, Bowdoin College. Member, American Historical Association; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action as commander of the 20th Maine, at Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. Died February 24, 1914. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Coburn (1825-1908) — Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., October 27, 1825. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1850-51; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1852; state court judge in Indiana, 1859-61, 1865-66; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1867-75 (6th District 1867-69, 5th District 1869-75); member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1870-72; justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1884-85. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 28, 1908. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Stewart Dean (b. 1830) — also known as Henry S. Dean — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., June 14, 1830. Married, August 24, 1865, to Delia Brown Cook. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912. Member, American Historical Association; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) — of Iowa. Born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74. Member, Loyal Legion. Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad. Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, January 3, 1916. Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Taylor Doxey (1841-1898) — of Indiana. Born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., July 13, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state senate, 1877; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., April 30, 1898. Interment at West Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) — of Iowa. Born in Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill., December 30, 1830. Married 1855 to Mary Jane Lord. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad builder; philanthropist; Governor of Iowa, 1896-98. Disciples of Christ. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for him. Died, of diabetes, in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, November 20, 1903. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., September 25, 1867. Republican. Episcopal priest; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin, 1971-78. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969. Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.
  • Cross-reference: Sherman Adams; Carter L. Burgess; Woodrow Wilson Mann; Jacqueline C. Odlum
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President; Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader; Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life; Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician; Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration
  
  
• Thomas Michael Foglietta (1928-2004) — also known as Thomas M. Foglietta — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1928. Lawyer; member, Philadelphia city council, 1955-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956; Republican candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1975; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1981-97; resigned 1997; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion; Sons of Italy. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 13, 2004. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known as W. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in 1841. Nephew of Cassius Marcellus Clay. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868, 1872, 1884; member of Republican National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80. Member, Loyal Legion. Shot and killed in a violent encounter with Col. Armistead Swope, at the Post Office, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1889. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Married, August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927. Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 23, 1885. Interment at General Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y. Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Horace Porter; Ayres Phillips Merrill
  • See also Grant family of New York and Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean Edward Smith, Grant; Frank J. Scaturro, President Grant Reconsidered; William S. McFeely, Grant : A Biography; William S. McFeely, Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator, Writer; Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865; Brooks D. Simpson, Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868; James S. Brisbin, The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of print); Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses S. Grant; Michael Korda, Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero; Edward H. Bonekemper, A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius; Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana
  • Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  • Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant Comes East; Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
  
  
• Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) — also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley Graves — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., August 14, 1839. Married, May 20, 1873, to E. Grace Totten Stevens (died 1902); married, April 25, 1905, to Alice Kinney Trip. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., October 7, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 14, 1840. Great-grandson of Roger Sherman; son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene; nephew of William Maxwell Evarts; married, August 17, 1866, to Grace Wooster (died 1917); married, August 4, 1918, to May (Collins) Jones (died 1929); second cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar and Roger Kent; uncle of Henry Sherman Boutell and Roger Sherman Greene II; first cousin of Maxwell Evarts. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Washington, 1890. Baptist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., February 17, 1930. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  
  
• David McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916) — also known as David M. Gregg — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa., April 10, 1833. Grandson of Andrew Gregg; son of Matthew D. Gregg and Ellen (McMurtrie) Gregg; first cousin of Andrew Gregg Curtin; married, October 6, 1862, to Ellen F. Sheaff. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Prague, 1874; Pennsylvania state auditor general, 1892-95. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., August 7, 1916. Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
  • See also Gregg-Curtin family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) — also known as Walter Q. Gresham — of Indiana. Born near Lanesville, Harrison County, Ind., March 17, 1832. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83; U.S. Postmaster General, 1883-84; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1884; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93; U.S. Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., May 28, 1895. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Walter Q. Gresham: Charles W. Calhoun, Gilded Age Cato : The Life of Walter Q. Gresham
  
  
• Frank Edward Guernsey (1866-1927) — also known as Frank E. Guernsey — of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine, October 15, 1866. Son of Edward H. Guernsey and Hannah M. (Thompson) Guernsey; married, June 16, 1897, to Josephine F. Lyford. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Maine state senate, 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1908-17. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1927. Interment at Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as Winfield S. Hancock — Born in Montgomery County, Pa., February 14, 1824. Uncle by marriage of William Rush Merriam. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876; candidate for President of the United States, 1880. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s. Died February 9, 1886. Interment at Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock Circle, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Winfield Scott Hancock: David M. Jordan, Winfield Scott Hancock : A Soldier's Life
  
  
• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) — also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid Gloves" — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833. Great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin twice removed of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; grandson of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); son of John Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; married, October 20, 1853, to Caroline Lavinia Scott (died 1892); married, April 6, 1896, to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick; father of Russell Benjamin Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1876; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Phi Delta Theta. Died of pneumonia, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., March 13, 1901. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita Stevens, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States; Harry J. Sievers, Benjamin Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After, 1889-1901; Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin Harrison; Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison; Susan Clinton, Benjamin Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young readers)
  • Critical books about Benjamin Harrison: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  
  
• Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) — also known as Henry B. Harshaw — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Argyle, Washington County, N.Y., June 14, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin state treasurer, 1887-91. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, and lost his left arm as a result. Died, of tongue cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., December 25, 1900. Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
  
  
• Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B. Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" — of Ohio. Born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Married, December 30, 1852, to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes; father of Webb Cook Hayes. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President of the United States, 1877-81. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Odd Fellows. Stricken by a heart attack at the railroad station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893. Original interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio. Hayes County, Neb. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Leopold Markbreit; James M. Comly
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Rutherford B. Hayes: Ari Hoogenboom, Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President; Hans Trefousse, Rutherford B. Hayes: 1877 - 1881; William H. Rehnquist, Centennial Crisis : The Disputed Election of 1876
  
  
• Charles Dewey Hilles (1867-1949) — also known as Charles D. Hilles — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 23, 1867. Son of Samuel Hilles and Elizabeth (Lee) Hilles; married 1896 to Dollie Bell Whiley (died 1949). Republican. Secretary to President William Howard Taft, 1911-12; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1912-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1924-38; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, Loyal Legion. Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Speonk, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 27, 1949. Cremated.
  
  
• Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known as Lucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 26, 1836. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896; member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died February 5, 1913. Burial location unknown. Hubbard County, Minn. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Albert Johnson (1869-1957) — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 5, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15, 3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in the American Lake veterans hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., January 17, 1957. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) — also known as J. Warren Keifer — of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Born in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, January 30, 1836. Son of Joseph Keifer and Mary (Smith) Keifer; married, March 22, 1860, to Eliza Stout. Republican. Lawyer; banker; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1876, 1908; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79, 4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11); defeated, 1910; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Phi Kappa Psi. Died April 22, 1932. Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John White Kimball (b. 1828) — also known as John W. Kimball — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., February 27, 1828. Son of Alpheus Kimball and Harriet (Stone) Kimball; married, July 15, 1851, to Almira Melissa Lesure. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1864-65, 1872, 1888-91; postmaster; Massachusetts state auditor, 1892-1900. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins (died 1864); married 1866 to Esther A. Howard. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Oscar Lapham (1837-1926) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Burrillville, Providence County, R.I., June 29, 1837. Son of Duty Lapham and Lucinda (Wheelock) Lapham; married, June 20, 1876, to Clara Louise Paine. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1887; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1891-95. Member, Loyal Legion; Phi Beta Kappa. Died March 29, 1926. Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902) — also known as Augustus Martin — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine, November 23, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1884. Unitarian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1902. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) — also known as Eben W. Martin — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, April 12, 1855. Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin; married, June 13, 1883, to Jessie A. Miner. Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S. Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15 (at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15). Methodist. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1932. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Thomas Marye (1849-1933) — also known as George T. Marye — of Burlingame, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 13, 1849. Son of George Thomas Marye and Helen (Tucker) Marye; married, June 28, 1904, to Marie Alice Doyle. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1888; California Democratic state chair, 1888-93; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1914-16. Anglican. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1933. Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known as George B. McClellan; "Little Mac" — of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1826. Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan; married to Mary Ellen Marcy (granddaughter of Laban Marcy; daughter of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887)); father of George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940). Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for President of the United States, 1864; Governor of New Jersey, 1878-81. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died October 29, 1885. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about George B. McClellan: Stephen W. Sears, George B. McClellan : The Young Napoleon
  
  
• George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known as George B. McClellan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany) of American parents, November 23, 1865. Great-grandson of Laban Marcy; son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan; married to Georgianna L. Heckscher. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Loyal Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Died November 30, 1940. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Married, January 25, 1871, to Ida Saxton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from about 1928 until 1946. Shot by Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901. Interment at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio. McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Albert Halstead
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley; Kevin Phillips, William McKinley; H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America
  
  
• William Edward McLean (1832-1906) — of Indiana. Born in Calvert County, Md., October 12, 1832. Nephew of Grafton Fleener Cookerly; step-son-in-law of James Hughes. Member of Indiana state senate, 1857-60, 1893-96; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861, 1867-68; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1876. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Odd Fellows. Died in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., November 6, 1906. Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
  • See also McLean-Hughes-Cookerly family of Indiana
  
  
• Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) — also known as T. Channing Moore — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 1, 1872. Grandson of Francis Elias Spinner; son of T. W. C. Moore; married 1907 to Bertha Douglas Stone. Republican. Sales manager; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26, 1929. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons; Union League; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) — of Suffield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., June 4, 1829. Son of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank. Baptist. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Willock Noble (1831-1912) — also known as John W. Noble — of Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 26, 1831. Son of Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble; married 1864 to Lizabeth Halstead (died 1894). Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died March 22, 1912. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Noble County, Okla. is named for him.
  
  
• Warren Olney (1841-1921) — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Davis County, Iowa, March 11, 1841. Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney; married, September 11, 1865, to Mary Jane Craven; father of Warren Olney, Jr.. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; director, California Title Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco Dock Company; mayor of Oakland, Calif., 1903-05. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion. Died in 1921. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Ball Osborne (b. 1868) — Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., June 24, 1868. Son of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne and Ruth (Ball) Osborne; married, October 1, 1891, to Bertha J. Grinnell. Republican. U.S. Consul in Ghent, 1889-94; Le Havre, 1912-19; lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Le Havre, 1919-20; Christiania, 1920-21; Genoa, 1921-26; Stockholm, 1927-29; Budapest, 1932. Member, Loyal Legion; Rotary; Zeta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Arthur Paddock (1885-1964) — also known as George A. Paddock — of Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Winnetka, Cook County, Ill., March 24, 1885. Son of George Laban Paddock and Caroline Matilda (Bolles) Paddock; married to Elsie Elizabeth Mauritzon. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1941-43. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Delta Tau Delta. Died December 29, 1964. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) — also known as George C. Perkins — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Kennebunkport, York County, Maine, August 23, 1839. Son of Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins; married 1864 to Ruth A. Parker. Republican. Merchant; banker; miller; steamship business; member of California state senate, 1869-76; Governor of California, 1880-83; U.S. Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died February 26, 1923. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Raines (1840-1909) — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., May 6, 1840. Brother of Thomas Raines and George Raines. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900 (alternate), 1904, 1908 (alternate). Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died December 16, 1909. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
  • See also Raines family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles W. Raymond — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Indian Territory (now Okla.). Born in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Son of William M. Raymond (killed at Civil War Battle of Nashville) and Mary Ellen (Myers) Raymond. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896, 1900; U.S. District Judge for Indian Territory, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indian Territory, 1904. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Benjamin Sanborn (1883-1964) — also known as John B. Sanborn — of Otisville, Washington County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., November 9, 1883. Son of Gen. John B. Sanborn and Rachel (Rice) Sanborn; married, May 18, 1907, to Helen Clarke (died 1957). Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1913-15; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Minnesota, 1922-25; U.S. District Judge for Minnesota, 1925-32; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1932-59; took senior status 1959. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Loyal Legion; Chi Psi. Died, of a heart ailment, in a hospital at St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 7, 1964. Burial location unknown.
  • Cross-reference: Harry A. Blackmun
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• William Franklin Sands (1874-1946) — also known as William F. Sands — of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., July 29, 1874. Son of James Hoban Sands (Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and Mary Elizabeth (Meade) Sands; married 1909 to Edith Gertrude Keating. U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1909-10. Catholic. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1946. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) — also known as John M. Schofield — Born in Gerry, Chautauqua County, N.Y., September 29, 1831. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1868-69. Member, Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10, 1861. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., March 4, 1906. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 8, 1820. Son of Charles Robert Sherman; ad