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• Joseph Bancroft (b. 1875) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle County, Del., May 18, 1875. Son of Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Mary Askew (Richardson) Bancroft; married, October 29, 1902, to Elizabeth Howard. Democrat. Chemical engineer; executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical manufacturing firm; director of railroads and insurance companies; candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1924. Quaker. Member, American Chemical Society; Freemasons; Elks; Theta Xi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852-1909) — also known as Isaac A. Barber — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born near Salem, Salem County, N.J., January 26, 1852. Republican. Physician; president, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Easton; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1896; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1897-99; Maryland Republican state chair, 1900-04. Quaker. Died, from the effects of a fall, in Easton, Talbot County, Md., March 1, 1909. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Bates (1793-1869) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Belmont, Goochland County, Va., September 4, 1793. Son of Thomas Fleming Bates and Caroline (Woodson) Bates; brother of Frederick Bates and James Woodson Bates; married, May 29, 1823, to Julia Davenport Coalter. Republican. Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis County, 1820; Missouri state attorney general, 1820-21; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1822, 1834; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1824-27; U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1827-29; member of Missouri state senate, 1830; state court judge in Missouri, 1853-56; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860; U.S. Attorney General, 1861-64. Quaker. Died in St. Louis, Mo., March 25, 1869. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  • See also Bates family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Beard (1795-1874) — of Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind. Born in North Carolina, January 4, 1795. Nephew of Patrick Beard; cousin of Isaac N. Beard. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1827-31; member of Indiana state senate, 1831-41, 1846-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860. Quaker. Died in Montgomery County, Ind., September 29, 1874. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Beard family of Indiana
  
  
• Patrick Beard (1769-1831) — of Indiana. Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), 1769. Uncle of John Beard and Isaac N. Beard. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state senate, 1816-23. Quaker. Died near Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., 1831. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Beard family of Indiana
  
  
• Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) — also known as Andrew J. Biemiller — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, July 23, 1906. Democrat. Member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1937-42; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51; defeated, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948, 1952 (alternate). Quaker. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Eagles; Elks. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 3, 1982. Interment at Ellicott Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rudolph Blankenburg (1843-1918) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Lippe Detmold (now Lippstadt), Germany, February 16, 1843. Son of Ludwig Blankenburg and Sophie (Goede) Blankenburg; married, April 18, 1867, to Lucretia M. Longshore. Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911-16. Quaker or Unitarian. German ancestry. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died April 12, 1918. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Curtis Bok (b. 1897) — also known as Curtis Bok — of Pennsylvania. Born in Wyncote, Montgomery County, Pa., September 7, 1897. Son of Edward William Bok and Mary Louise (Curtis) Bok. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1937-58; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court; elected 1958. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Boone (1772-c.1832) — of Indiana. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., February 10, 1772. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-17. Quaker. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John H. Bradley (1805-1872) — of Indiana. Born in Chester County, Pa., 1805. Brother of James Bradley. Candidate for Indiana state senate, 1837; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1841-43; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1843; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848. Quaker. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., August 14, 1872. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Franklin Brannan (1903-1992) — also known as Charles F. Brannan — of Denver, Colo.; Washington, D.C. Born in Denver, Colo., August 23, 1903. Son of John Brannan and Ella Louise (Street) Brannan; married, June 29, 1932, to Eda V. Seltzer. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; Americans for Democratic Action; Civitan; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died July 2, 1992. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Gilmer Bray (1903-1979) — also known as William G. Bray — of Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind. Born near Mooresville, Morgan County, Ind., June 17, 1903. Son of Gilmer Bray and Dorcas (Mitchell) Bray. Republican. Lawyer; Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-31; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1951-75 (7th District 1951-67, 6th District 1967-75). Quaker. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Acacia; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died in Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind., June 4, 1979. Interment at White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) — also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., July 30, 1881. Grandson of Smedley Darlington; son of Thomas Stalker Butler and Maud Mary (Darlington) Butler; married, June 30, 1905, to Ethel Conway Peters. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; recived another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police commissioner, 1924-25; arrested and court-martialed in 1931 over his unauthorized disclosure of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to Mussolini; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932. Quaker. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 21, 1940. Interment at Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
  • See also Darlington-Butler family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Arthur Capper (1865-1951) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Garnett, Anderson County, Kan., July 14, 1865. Son of Herbert Capper and Isabella (McGrew) Capper; married, December 1, 1892, to Florence Crawford (daughter of Samuel Johnson Crawford). Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908, 1936; Governor of Kansas, 1915-19; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1919-49. Quaker. Member, Anti-Saloon League; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., December 19, 1951. Interment at Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Maidstone, Calvert County, Md., November 29, 1722. Chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77. Quaker; later Anglican. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 20, 1810. Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  
• Roland Hacker Cobb (b. 1895) — of Denmark, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, May 5, 1895. Son of Charles Edward Cobb and Harriett Hamblen (Hacker) Cobb. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine state senate, 1949-50. Quaker. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Sigma Nu. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Willets Cocks (1861-1932) — also known as William W. Cocks — of Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 24, 1861. Son of Isaac H. Cocks and Mary T. (Willets) Cocks; married, July 24, 1901, to Caroline R. Hicks (died 1901); brother of Frederick Cocks Hicks. Republican. Member of New York state senate 2nd District, 1901-02; member of New York state assembly from Queens County 3rd District, 1904; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1905-11. Quaker. Died in Old Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., May 24, 1932. Interment at Friends Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Conard (1773-1857) — also known as "The Fighting Quaker" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pa., November 15, 1773. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1813-15; district judge in Pennsylvania. Quaker. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 9, 1857. Interment at St. Mary Anne's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, North East, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elihu Cox (1812-1888) — of Indiana. Born in Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., November 23, 1812. Grandson of Jeremiah Cox. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1865; defeated, 1842. Quaker. Died in Pulaski, Williams County, Ohio, June 28, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jeremiah Cox (1763-1830) — of Indiana. Born in Adams County, Pa., March 3, 1763. Grandfather of Elihu Cox. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1821-22. Quaker. Died in Randolph County, Ind., February 28, 1830. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jonathan Elwood Cox — also known as J. Elwood Cox — of Guilford County, N.C. Candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1908. Quaker. Interment at New Garden Friends Meeting Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
  
  
• Warder Cresson — of Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1844-56. Quaker; later Jewish. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Darlington (1755-1825) — of Birmingham, Chester County, Pa. Born in East Bradford, Chester County, Pa., June 13, 1755. Son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah (Brinton) Darlington; married, March 8, 1781, to Hannah Townsend (1760-1826); uncle of Isaac Darlington, Esther Darlington (1793-1877) (who married James B. Roberts), Edward Darlington (1795-1884) and William Darlington (1804-1879); father of William Darlington (1782-1863); granduncle of Smedley Darlington. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13. Quaker. English ancestry. Died in Birmingham, Chester County, Pa., April 1, 1825. Interment at Pikeland Friends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa.
  • See also Darlington-Butler family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• William Darlington (1782-1863) — of West Chester, Chester County, Pa. Born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pa., April 28, 1782. Son of Edward Darlington (1755-1825) and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington (1760-1826); first cousin of Isaac Darlington, Esther Darlington (1793-1877) (who married James B. Roberts), Edward Darlington (1795-1884) and William Darlington (1804-1879); married, June 1, 1808, to Catherine Lacey (1785-1847); first cousin once removed of Smedley Darlington. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23; Chester County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the West Chester Railroad; president, Bank of Chester County. Quaker; later Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., April 23, 1863. Interment at Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
  • See also Darlington-Butler family of Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Dickinson (1732-1808) — Born near Trappe, Talbot County, Md., November 8, 1732. Brother of Philemon Dickinson. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; President of Delaware, 1781; President of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Quaker; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 14, 1808. Interment at Friends Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) — also known as Paul H. Douglas — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 26, 1892. Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas; married 1915 to Dorothy S. Wolff (divorced 1930); married 1931 to Emily Taft. Democrat. University professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1966. Unitarian or Quaker. Member, American Economic Association; American Philosophical Society; Americans for Democratic Action; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., September 24, 1976. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Paul H. Douglas: Roger Biles, Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois
  
  
• Neal Dow (1804-1897) — also known as "Napoleon of Temperance"; "Father of Prohibition"; "Grand Old Man in the Temperance Cause" — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 20, 1804. Son of Josiah Dow (1766-1861) and Dorcas Dow (1773-1851); married, January 20, 1830, to Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard (1808-1883); father of Frederick Neal Dow. Tanning business; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1851, 1855; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1880. Quaker. During the Civil War was captured by Confederate forces, imprisoned, and eventually exchanged for Confederate Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, who was a Union prisoner. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 2, 1897. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Earle — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Married to Mary Hussey; grandfather of George Howard Earle, Jr.; great-grandfather of George Howard Earle III. Liberty candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1840. Quaker. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Earle family of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Seth H. Ellis (1830-1904) — of Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio. Born near Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, January 3, 1830. Son of Robert Ellis and Anna Hockett (Moon) Ellis; married, August 21, 1851, to Rebecca J. Tressler. Candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1892 (Prohibition), 1899; candidate for President of the United States, 1900. Quaker. Member, Grange. Died in 1904. Interment at Miami Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
  
  
• Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984) — also known as Edwin B. Forsythe — of Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Westtown, Chester County, Pa., January 17, 1916. Republican. Member of New Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1964-70; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1970-84 (6th District 1970-83, 13th District 1983-84); died in office 1984. Quaker. Died in Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J., March 29, 1984. Cremated; ashes interred at Union Street Friends Cemetery, Medford, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr. (b. 1884) — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Archdale, Randolph County, N.C., December 16, 1884. Son of Cyrus Piggott Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier; married, June 21, 1917, to Margaret Armstrong; brother of Robert Haines Frazier. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Referee in Bankruptcy, 1917-32; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1932; candidate for chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1952. Quaker. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows; Beta Theta Pi. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hyde family of Missouri
  
  
• Robert Haines Frazier (b. 1899) — also known as Robert H. Frazier — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., January 8, 1899. Son of Cyrus Pigott Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier; brother of Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr.; married, July 16, 1958, to Florence Hyde (daughter of Laurance Mastick Hyde). Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Society for International Law; Federal Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Frazier Hall, at North Carolina A. & T. State University, is named for him. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hyde family of Missouri
  
  
• Daniel Joseph Gerow (1864-1950) — also known as Dan J. Gerow — of Shiawassee County, Mich.; Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, March 24, 1864. Democrat. Shiawassee County Sheriff, 1900-04; hotel proprietor; mayor of Sturgis, Mich., 1930-31; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-39, 1947-49; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from St. Joseph County, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948. Quaker. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., August 26, 1950. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Mich.
  
  
• Elihu Griffin (1830-1887) — of Indiana. Born in Spiceland, Henry County, Ind., March 23, 1830. Father of Charles Fremont Griffin. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1860. Quaker or Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Crown Point, Lake County, Ind., 1887. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
  
  
• John Michiner Haines (1863-1917) — also known as John M. Haines — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Jasper County, Iowa, January 1, 1863. Republican. Mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1907-09; Governor of Idaho, 1913-15. Quaker. Died June 4, 1917. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Clifford Morris Hardin (b. 1915) — also known as Clifford M. Hardin — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Knightstown, Henry County, Ind., October 9, 1915. University professor; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71. Quaker. Still living as of 1994.
  
  
• Addison Clay Harris (1840-1916) — also known as Addison C. Harris — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Wayne County, Ind., October 1, 1840. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1877-79; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1886; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1896; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1899-1901. Quaker. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., September 2, 1916. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  
  
• David Garfield Harry (b. 1880) — also known as David G. Harry — of Pylesville, Harford County, Md. Born in Pylesville, Harford County, Md., June 11, 1880. Republican. Farmer; insurance executive; member of Maryland state senate, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1940; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1946. Quaker. Member, Grange; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederick Cocks Hicks (1872-1925) — also known as Frederick C. Hicks; Frederick Hicks Cocks — of Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Westbury, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6, 1872. Brother of William Willets Cocks. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1915-23; defeated, 1912. Quaker. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1925. Interment at Quaker Cemetery, Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) — of Indiana. Born in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, December 6, 1809. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848, 1852; U.S. Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., September 9, 1883. Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery (which no longer exists), Richmond, Ind.; reinterment at Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Washington Holman (1811-1847) — of Indiana. Born near Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., November 17, 1811. Nephew of Joseph Holman. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1846-47; defeated, 1847. Quaker. Died in Miami County, Ind., November 28, 1847. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Holman (1788-1873) — of Indiana. Born in Woodford County, Ky., October 1, 1788. Uncle of George Washington Holman. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1815; defeated, 1814; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-18, 1819-22, 1830-31; defeated, 1839, 1845, 1848; candidate for delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died in Wayne County, Ind., April 17, 1873. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Darlington Hoopes (b. 1896) — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Vale, Harford County, Md., September 11, 1896. Socialist. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1944; candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; Eagles. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 10, 1874. Distant cousin of Charles Lewis Hoover; married, February 10, 1899, to Lou Henry (died 1944). Republican. Mining engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Quaker. Swiss and Dutch ancestry. Inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame, Leadville, Colorado. Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1964. Interment at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
  • Cross-reference: Horace A. Mann; Walter H. Newton; Christian A. Herter
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Herbert Hoover: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson
  • Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L. Fausold, The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover; Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive; George H. Nash, Life of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917; George H. Nash, The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918; David Holford, Herbert Hoover (for young readers)
  
  
• Charles Humphreys (1714-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., September 19, 1714. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76. Quaker. Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker and opposed to war. Died in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., March 11, 1786. Interment at Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery, Haverford, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Hunn (1849-1926) — of Camden, Kent County, Del. Born near Middletown, New Castle County, Del., June 29, 1849. Republican. Governor of Delaware, 1901-05. Quaker. Died in Camden, Kent County, Del., September 1, 1926. Interment at Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Camden, Del.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) — of South Carolina. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., January 5, 1822. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; delegate to South Carolina secession convention, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state senate, 1865; state court judge in South Carolina, 1877-93. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., April 13, 1894. Interment at Quaker Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
  
  
• Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 12, 1841. Son of William Lea (1805-1876) and Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea (1817-1888); third cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West; second cousin once removed of Charles Corbit and William Webb, Jr.; married, October 27, 1870, to Adalaide Moore (1846-1888); married, April 29, 1897, to Eliza Naudain Corbit; father of Claudia Wright Lea (1872-1955) (who married Sheffield Phelps); third cousin twice removed of Elsie Cryder Woodward. Republican. President, William Lea and Sons milling; president, Union National Bank, vice-president, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad; Governor of Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908. Quaker. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., December 4, 1916. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also Phelps-Lea family
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) — also known as John J. Lincoln — of West Virginia. Born near Rising Sun (unknown county), Pa., October 11, 1865. Fourth cousin twice removed of Abraham Lincoln. Republican. Mining engineer; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1928. Quaker. Died in Elkhorn, McDowell County, W.Va., January 28, 1948. Interment at Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
  • See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd family of Illinois
  
  
• Jonathan Lindley (1756-1828) — Born near Philadelphia (unknown county), Pa., June 15, 1756. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1786; territorial court judge in Indiana, 1814; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-17. Quaker. Founder of Terre Haute, Ind. Died in Orange County, Ind., April 5, 1828. Interment at Old Lick Creek Quaker Cemetery, Chambersburg, Ind.
  
  
• William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) — also known as W. Thacher Longstreth — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., November 4, 1920. Son of William Collins Longstreth and Nella (Thacher) Longstreth; married, June 21, 1941, to Anne Strawbridge 'Nancy' Claghorn. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; advertising business; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1955, 1971. Quaker. Member, Urban League. Died, of a pulmonary embolism, while hospitalized for pneumonia and suffering from Parkinson's disease, in Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Collier County, Fla., April 11, 2003. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Michael James Lowrey (b. 1953) — also known as Michael J. Lowrey; "Orange Mike"; "Inali of Tanasi" — of Henderson, Chester County, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in a hospital, Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., November 25, 1953. Democratic candidate for Tennessee state house of representatives, 1974; Citizens candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1980, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 2004. Baptist; later Quaker. Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; National Organization for Women. Still living as of 2004.
  
  
• Albert Branson Maris (1893-1989) — of Yeadon, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1893. Son of Robert Wood Maris and Elma (Branson) Maris. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of Delaware County Democratic Party, 1924-30; member of Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-34; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1936-38; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-58. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association. Died in 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) — also known as "The Quaker Governor" — of Tennessee. Born in Chester County, Pa., June 27, 1758. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; member of Tennessee state senate, 1796-98, 1812; Governor of Tennessee, 1815-21. Quaker. Died October 17, 1824. Interment at Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery, Calhoun, Tenn. McMinn County, Tenn. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Edward Tylor Miller (1895-1968) — also known as Edward T. Miller — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born in Woodside, Montgomery County, Md., February 1, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; state court judge in Maryland, 1934-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1947-59; member of Republican National Committee from Maryland, 1960-64; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1962; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967. Quaker. Died in Easton, Talbot County, Md., January 20, 1968. Interment at Meeting House Cemetery, Easton, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) — of Howard County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.; Media, Delaware County, Pa. Born near Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County, Ind., June 29, 1862. Son of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married 1889 to Rhoda Elma Parker. Republican. Farmer; school teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; real estate and insurance business; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1895-97. Quaker. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Media, Delaware County, Pa., April 17, 1934. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) — also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky Dick"; "Searchlight" — of Whittier, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Yorba Linda, Orange County, Calif., January 9, 1913. Married, June 21, 1940, to Thelma Catherine 'Pat' Ryan (died 1993). Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S. Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952, 1956; Vice President of the United States, 1953-61; President of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Quaker. Member, American Legion. Discredited by the Watergate scandal, as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of impeachment against him, over obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly implicated him in the Watergate break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned. pardoned in 1974 by President Gerald R. Ford. Died, from a stroke, at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York County, N.Y., April 22, 1994. Interment at Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: Maurice H. Stans; John H. Holdridge; Clark MacGregor; Harry L. Sears; Harry S. Dent; Christian A. Herter, Jr.; John N. Mitchell
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN : The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978); Beyond Peace (1994); 1999: Victory Without War (1988); Leaders (1982); Memoirs; Six Crises (1962); The Challenges We Face (1960, out of print); In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal (1990, out of print); No More Vietnams (1985, out of print); The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974, out of print); Real Peace (1984, out of print); The Real War (1980, out of print); Seize The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World (1992, out of print)
  • Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin Small, The Presidency of Richard Nixon; Joan Hoff, Nixon Reconsidered; Jonathan Aitken, Nixon : A Life; Garry Wills, Nixon Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man; Thomas Monsell, Nixon on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in Films, Television, Plays and Opera; Stephen E. Ambrose, Nixon : Education of a Politician, 1913-1962; Richard Reeves, President Nixon: Alone in the White House; Roger Morris, Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician; Robert Mason, Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority; Jules Witcover, Very Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew
  • Critical books about Richard M. Nixon: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents; Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power
  
  
• Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) — of Montgomery County, Ind. Born in Newberry County, S.C., December 9, 1798. First cousin of John Belton O'Neall; cousin of John F. O'Neall; brother of Thomas H. O'Neall; father of John Kelly O'Neall; great-great-grandfather-in-law of Bruce Charles Savage. Miller; merchant; surveyor; farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1849. Quaker; later Universalist. Irish ancestry. Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground Railroad" before the Civil War. Died in 1874. Original interment at Yountsville Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
  • See also O'Neall family of Indiana
  
  
• John F. O'Neall (c.1804-1865) — of Greene County, Ind. Born in South Carolina. Cousin of Abijah O'Neall and Thomas H. O'Neall; uncle of John Henry O'Neall. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1841-44; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1844, 1847. Quaker or Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died in 1865. Burial location unknown.
  • See also O'Neall family of Indiana
  
  
• John Kelly O'Neall (b. 1829) — of Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, 1829. Son of Abijah O'Neall; nephew of Thomas H. O'Neall. Republican. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1881. Quaker. Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  • See also O'Neall family of Indiana
  
  
• Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) — of Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., September 20, 1813. Brother of Abijah O'Neall; cousin of John F. O'Neall; uncle of John Kelly O'Neall. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1849-51. Quaker or Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died March 31, 1889. Burial location unknown.
  • See also O'Neall family of Indiana
  
  
• Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) — also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting Quaker" — of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born near White Haven, Luzerne County, Pa., May 4, 1872. Son of Samuel B. Palmer and Caroline (Albert) Palmer; married, November 23, 1898, to Roberta Bartlett Dixon (died 1922); married, August 29, 1923, to Margaret Fallon Burrall. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member of Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Attorney General, 1919-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1932. Quaker. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for deportation; most were eventually released. Died in Washington, D.C., May 11, 1936. Interment at Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887-1969) — also known as Amos J. Peaslee — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Clarksboro, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester County, N.J., March 24, 1887. Son of Gideon Peaslee and Emma (Waddington) Peaslee; married 1920 to Dorothy K. Quimby. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948, 1952, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1953-56. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis; Delta Upsilon. Died in 1969. Interment at Mickleton Meeting Graveyard, Mickleton, N.J.
  
  
• Paul Clarence Pratt — also known as Paul Pratt — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Democrat. Chair of Ingham County Democratic Party, 2003. Quaker. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• John Ratliff (1822-1912) — of Grant County, Ind. Born in Wayne County, Ind., March 1, 1822. Cousin of Joseph Clayton Ratliff. Republican. School teacher; farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1867-69. Quaker. English ancestry. Died in 1912. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Clayton Ratliff (1827-1909) — of Wayne County, Ind. Born in Wayne County, Ind., July 6, 1827. Cousin of John Ratliff. Republican. Physician; dentist; business executive; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1875. Quaker. English and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Wayne County, Ind., October 16, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) — also known as Friend W. Richardson; William Richardson — of California. Born in Michigan, December 1, 1865. Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder. Republican. Newspaper publisher; California state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of California, 1923-27. Quaker. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Woodmen. Died, of a heart ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., September 5, 1943. Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: Fletcher Bowron
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900-1990) — also known as Joseph C. Satterthwaite — of Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Mich. Born in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Mich., March 14, 1900. Son of Joseph Newton Satterthwaite and Eva (Perry) Satterthwaite; married, December 18, 1945, to Leyla Ilbars. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Guadalajara, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1937-39; Damascus, 1944; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1949-53; Burma, 1955-57; South Africa, 1961-65. Quaker. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died November 19, 1990. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known as William C. Sproul — of Chester, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Octoraro, Lancaster County, Pa., September 16, 1870. Son of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul; married, January 21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. Republican. Farmer; manufacturer; journalist; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1897-1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916, 1920, 1924; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920. Quaker. Member, American Philosophical Society; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Union League; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Xi. Died March 21, 1928. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) — also known as Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great Energy" — Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 19, 1814. Grandfather of Cora Van Voorhis Stanton (who married Ernest Lee Jahncke). U.S. Attorney General, 1860-61; U.S. Secretary of War, 1862-68. Quaker. His portrait appeared on the $1 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s and 1890s. Died in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1869. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • Cross-reference: Daniel E. Sickles
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Edwin M. Stanton: Amy Allison, Edwin Stanton, Union War Secretary; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
  
  
• Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) — also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E. A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz. Born in Blanco, Blanco County, Tex., October 8, 1888. Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie; married, December 18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea (died 1932); married, November 16, 1936, to William P. Stuart. Democrat. Auditor; director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co., 1919-46; president, Central Arizona Broadcasting Co., 1937-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1936; member of Arizona Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56. Female. Quaker. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died January 17, 1969. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929) — also known as W. R. Stubbs — of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born near Richmond, Wayne County, Ind., November 7, 1858. Son of John T. Stubbs and Esther (Bailey) Stubbs; married 1886 to Stella Hostettler. Republican. Rancher; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1903-07; Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1905-06; Kansas Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of Kansas, 1909-13; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1912. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died, after a short illness and some heart trouble, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., March 25, 1929. Interment at Lawrence Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
  • Cross-reference: John S. Dawson
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Thomas Swain (died c.1825) — of Indiana. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1820-21. Quaker. Died near Economy, Wayne County, Ind. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Noah Haynes Swayne (1804-1884) — also known as Noah H. Swayne — of Ohio. Born in Frederick County, Va., December 7, 1804. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1830; U.S. Attorney for Ohio, 1830-39; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-81. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died June 8, 1884. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Louis John Taber (b. 1878) — of Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 19, 1878. Republican. Farmer; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1920. Quaker. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Chew Thomas (1764-1836) — of Maryland. Born in Perryville, Cecil County, Md., October 15, 1764. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1796-97; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1799-1801. Quaker. Died near Leiperville, Delaware County, Pa., May 10, 1836. Interment at Friends Cemetery, Near Chester, Delaware County, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elmer Tunis (b. 1872) — of Elwood, Madison County, Ind. Born in Linn County, Mo., October 7, 1872. Democrat. General contractor; wallpaper and paint retailer; mayor of Elwood, Ind., 1917-18, 1943-44; police chief. Quaker. Member, Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac Underwood (1821-1904) — of Indiana. Born in Clinton County, Ohio, July 21, 1821. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861; member of Indiana state senate, 1875-77. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pennville, Jay County, Ind., June 5, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lou W. Vail (b. 1851) — of Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Elkhart County, Ind., January 20, 1851. Member of Indiana state senate, 1893-95. Quaker. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Absalom M. Vickrey (1822-1886) — of Indiana. Born in Milton, Wayne County, Ind., February 10, 1822. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1885. Quaker; later Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Tipton, Tipton County, Ind., February 11, 1886. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John A. Waddington (1911-1981) — of Lower Penns Neck Township, Salem County, N.J. Born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., May 10, 1911. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1953; member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1956-68. Quaker. Died in 1981. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Isaac Weaver (1756-1820) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Chester County, Pa., 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1802-07. Quaker. Died in 1820. Interment somewhere in Near Jefferson, Greene County, Pa.
  
  
• John Wethered (1809-1888) — of Maryland. Born near Wetheredville, Baltimore County, Md., May 8, 1809. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1843-45; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867. Quaker. Died near Catonsville, Baltimore County, Md., February 15, 1888. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) — of Massachusetts. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., December 17, 1807. Poet; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1835. Quaker. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, N.H., September 7, 1892. Interment at Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.
  
  
• Hiette Sinclair Williams (b. 1872) — also known as H. S. Williams — of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in East Bend, Yadkin County, N.C., March 3, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899, 1909, 1913 (Yadkin County 1899, Cabarrus County 1909, 1913). Quaker. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Melvin Willison (1849-1927) — also known as John M. Willison — of Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Johnstown Township, Barry County, Mich., May 21, 1849. Brother of Frank Leslie Willison. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; candidate for Michigan state senate 9th District, 1902. Quaker. Member, Freemasons. Died, at Nichols Hospital, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., May 24, 1927. Interment at Hicks Cemetery, Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, Mich.
  
  
• William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 10, 1827. Republican. U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st District 1863-69); member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Quaker. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1890s. Died, from heart disease, at the annual banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just after f