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	Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin; "Poo Bah of the Confederacy" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; London, England; Paris, France. Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, August 6, 1811. Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1848; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate Attorney General, 1861; Confederate Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of State, 1862-65. Jewish. His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar note in 1861-64. He fled to Europe in 1865 to avoid arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Fell from a tram car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney and heart problems, and died in Paris, France, May 6, 1884 (age 72 years, 274 days). Interment at Père la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.   Relatives: Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin; cousin of Henry Michael Hyams; married 1833 to Natalie St. Martin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Books about Judah P. Benjamin: Robert Douthat Meade, Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman — Eli N. Evans, Judah P. Benjamin : The Jewish Confederate
	Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as "Old Bullion" — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., March 14, 1782. Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Tennessee state senate, 1809; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1856. Fought a duel with Andrew Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he caused a scandal with his attempt to assault Sen. Henry Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor; he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s. Died in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1858 (age 76 years, 27 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton; married 1821 to Elizabeth McDowell; father of Jessie Benton (who married John Charles Frémont).   Benton counties in Ark., Ind., Iowa, Minn., Ore. and Wash. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
	John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known as John C. Calhoun — of South Carolina. Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick County, S.C., March 18, 1782. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office 1850; U.S. Secretary of State, 1844-45. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000 notes in 1861 and $100 notes in 1862. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1850 (age 68 years, 13 days). Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion Park, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Cousin of John Ewing Colhoun and Joseph Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas Green Clemson; granduncle of John Temple Graves. See Calhoun family of South Carolina.   Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John C. Johnson — John Calhoun Nicholls — John Calhoun Cook — John C. Sheppard — John C. Bell — John C. C. Mayo — John C. Phillips   Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than union."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret L. Coit, John C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren Brown, John C. Calhoun (for young readers)
	Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr. Greenbacks" — of Ohio. Born in Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., January 13, 1808. Republican. U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873. Episcopalian. His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar and ten-dollar notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1873 (age 65 years, 114 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Nephew of Dudley Chase; cousin of Dudley Chase Denison; father-in-law of William Sprague. See Chase-Sprague family of Rhode Island.   Chase County, Kan. is named for him.   Politician named for him: Chase S. Osborn   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick J. Blue, Salmon P. Chase : A Life in Politics — John Niven, Salmon P. Chase : A Biography (out of print) — Albert B. Hart, Salmon P. Chase — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
	William Clark (1770-1838) — of Missouri. Born in Caroline County, Va., August 1, 1770. Governor of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1820. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with Meriwether Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Lewis) appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 1, 1838 (age 68 years, 31 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Grandfather-in-law of Edgar Parks Rucker.   Cross-reference: George F. Shannon   Clark counties in Ark., Mo. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.   See also NNDB dossier
	Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., December 13, 1816. Son of Clement Comer Clay. Democrat. Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1842; state court judge in Alabama, 1846; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1853-61; Senator from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. His portrait appeared on Confederate States one-dollar notes in 1862-64. Suspected of conspiring with other Confederates to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, he was imprisoned for nearly a year after the war. Died near Gurley, Madison County, Ala., January 3, 1882 (age 65 years, 21 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.   Relatives: Second cousin twice removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; third cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1777-1852), Porter Clay, Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; son of Clement Comer Clay; fourth cousin of Thomas Hart Clay, James Brown Clay and Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); married, February 1, 1843, to Virginia Caroline Tunstall (1825-1915; who later married David Clopton); fourth cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
	Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The Great Compromiser" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Hanover County, Va., April 12, 1777. Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died in office 1852; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd District 1823-25); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844 (Whig); U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for President, 1839. Member, Freemasons. In 1809, he fought a duel with Humphrey Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Died in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1852 (age 75 years, 78 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; brother of Porter Clay; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married James Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry Clay (1849-1884). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Henry Clay Longnecker — Henry Clay Dean — Henry Clay Brockmeyer — Henry Clay Ewing — Henry Clay Caldwell — Henry Clay Hall — Henry Clay Gooding — Henry Clay Naill — H. Clay Harris — Henry Clay Miner — Henry C. Warmouth — Henry Clay Cleveland — H. Clay Evans — Henry C. Payne — Henry C. Bates — Henry C. McCormick — Henry C. Ide — Henry C. Simms — Henry Clay Ferguson — Henry C. Glover — Henry C. Hansbrough — Henry C. Snodgrass — H. Clay Maydwell — Henry C. Gleason — Henry C. Loudenslager — H. Clay Van Voorhis — Henry C. Clippinger — H. Clay Bascom — H. Clay Howard — Henry C. Hall — H. Clay Crawford — Henry Clay Meacham — H. Clay Heather — H. Clay Suter — H. Clay Warth — Henry Clay Elwood — H. Clay Kennedy — H. Clay Needham — H. Clay Mace — H. Clay Armstrong — H. Clay Baldwin — H. Clay Haynes — H. Clay Burkholder — Mrs. H. Clay Kauffman — Henry C. Greenberg — H. Clay Gardenhire, Jr. — Henry Clay Cox — H. Clay Myers, Jr. — H. Clay Johnson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent Remini, Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun
	Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton"; "Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman"; "The Veto President"; "Beast of Buffalo"; "Big Steve" — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Caldwell, Essex County, N.J., March 18, 1837. Son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann (Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882). Democrat. Lawyer; Erie County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-85; President of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000 bill from 1928 to 1946. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., June 24, 1908 (age 71 years, 98 days). Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.   Relatives: Third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim Safford; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan Usher; son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann (Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882); third cousin once removed of John Palmer Usher and Robert Cleveland Usher; married, June 2, 1886, to Frances Folsom (1864-1947); fourth cousin once removed of Rollin Usher Tyler; father of Richard F. Cleveland. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Henry T. Ellett — Wilson S. Bissell — David King Udall — Edward S. Bragg — Thomas F. Grady — Lyman K. Bass — George B. Cortelyou   Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Grover C. Cook — Grover C. Helm — Grover C. Robertson — Grover A. Whalen — Grover C. Taylor — Grover C. Winn — Grover C. Luke — Grover C. Belknap — Grover C. Worrell — Grover C. Dillman — Grover C. Brenneman — Grover C. Mitchell — Grover C. Ladner — Grover C. Hall — Grover C. Cisel — Grover C. Hedrick — Grover C. Hunter — Grover C. Montgomery — Grover C. Farwell — Grover C. Gillingham — Grover C. Combs — Grover C. Snyder — Grover C. Guernsey — Grover C. Smith — Grover C. Jackson — Grover C. Hunter — Grover C. Land — Grover C. Moritz — Grover C. Richman, Jr. — Grover C. Anderson — Grover C. Chriss — Grover C. George — Grover C. Criswell — Grover C. Robinson III   Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him for the enemies he has made."   Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?"   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn Brodsky, Grover Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum, Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President, 1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover Cleveland (for young readers)   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as "Father of the Erie Canal" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Napanoch, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769. Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S. Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President of the United States, 1812; Governor of New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Member, Freemasons. Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000 U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905. Died, from heart failure, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346 days). Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George Clinton; married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James Graham Clinton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: DeWitt C. Walker — De Witt C. Littlejohn — DeWitt C. Clark — De Witt C. Leach — Dewitt C. West — John DeWitt Clinton Atkins — DeWitt C. Wilson — De Witt Clinton Giddings — DeWitt C. Hough — DeWitt Clinton Cregier — DeWitt C. Hoyt — DeWitt Clinton Senter — DeWitt C. Allen — DeWitt C. Peck — DeWitt C. Richman — DeWitt C. Cram — De Witt C. Bolton — DeWitt C. Pond — De Witt C. Badger — DeWitt C. Dominick — DeWitt C. Becker — De Witt C. Flanagan — DeWitt C. Talmage — DeWitt C. Cole — Dewitt Clinton Chase — De Witt C. Poole, Jr. — Dewitt C. Chastain   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
	Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known as Jefferson Davis — of Warrenton, Warren County, Miss.; Warren County, Miss. Born in a log cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd County), Ky., June 3, 1808. Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate for Mississippi state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1844; U.S. Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of Mississippi, 1851; U.S. Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of the Confederacy, 1861-65. His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. Captured by Union forces in May 1865 and imprisoned without trial for about two years. Died of bronchitis and malaria in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186 days). Original interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17, 1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary Taylor); married, February 25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Jesse D. Bright — John H. Reagan — Horace Greeley — Solomon Cohen — George W. Jones — Samuel A. Roberts — William T. Sutherlin — Victor Vifquain — Charles O'Conor   Jeff Davis County, Ga., Jefferson Davis Parish, La., Jefferson Davis County, Miss. and Jeff Davis County, Tex. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: J. Davis Brodhead — Jefferson D. Hostetter — Jeff Davis — Jefferson Davis Parris   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Jefferson Davis: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881)   Books about Jefferson Davis: William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir by His Wife — William C. Davis, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald Kennedy, Was Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway & Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart
	Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942). 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, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; 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 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942); married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); brother of Milton Stover Eisenhower; father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower II (son-in-law of Richard Milhous Nixon). See Eisenhower-Nixon family.   Cross-reference: Sherman Adams — Carter L. Burgess — Woodrow Wilson Mann — Jacqueline C. Odlum — George E. Allen — Meyer Kestnbaum   Campaign slogan: "I Like Ike."   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
	Edward Everett (1794-1865) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., April 11, 1794. Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett. Unitarian minister; college professor; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president, Harvard College, 1846-49; U.S. Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1864. Unitarian. Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50 silver certificate in the 1880s. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 15, 1865 (age 70 years, 279 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett; brother of Alexander Hill Everett; married 1822 to Charlotte Gray Brooks (sister-in-law of Charles Francis Adams); uncle of Charles Hale; father of William Everett. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Other politicians named for him: Edward E. Bostwick — Edward E. Robbins — Edward E. Holland — Edward E. Chase — Edward E. McCall — E. E. Dixon — Edward E. Eslick — Edward E. Denison — Edward Everett Brodie   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as Silence Dogood; Poor Richard; Anthony Afterwit; Alice Addertongue; Polly Baker; Harry Meanwell; Timothy Turnstone; Martha Careful; Caelia Shortface; "Benevolus" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 17, 1706. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President of Pennsylvania, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Member, Freemasons; American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $100 bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 17, 1790 (age 84 years, 90 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at La Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.   Relatives: Uncle of Franklin Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist). See Claiborne-Boggs family.   Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. Wade — Benjamin Franklin Wallace — Benjamin Cromwell Franklin — Benjamin Franklin Perry — Benjamin Franklin Robinson — Benjamin Franklin Massey — Benjamin Franklin Leiter — Benjamin Franklin Thomas — Benjamin F. Hall — Benjamin F. Angel — Benjamin Franklin Ross — Benjamin F. Flanders — Benjamin F. Bomar — Benjamin F. Mudge — Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. Loan — Benjamin F. Simpson — Benjamin Franklin Terry — Benjamin Franklin Junkin — Benjamin F. Partridge — B. F. Langworthy — Benjamin F. Harding — B. F. Whittemore — Benjamin Franklin Bradley — Benjamin Franklin Claypool — Benjamin Franklin Howey — Benjamin F. Martin — Benjamin Franklin Rice — Benjamin F. Randolph — Benjamin F. Hopkins — Benjamin F. Tracy — Benjamin F. Grady — Benjamin F. Farnham — Benjamin Franklin Meyers — Benjamin Franklin White — Benjamin Franklin Prescott — Benjamin F. Jonas — B. Franklin Fisher — Benjamin Franklin Potts — Benjamin F. Funk — Benjamin Joseph Franklin — Benjamin F. Marsh — Benjamin F. Heckert — Benjamin F. Howell — Ben Franklin Caldwell — Benjamin Franklin Tilley — B. F. McMillan — Benjamin F. Shively — B. Frank Murphy — Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr. — Benjamin F. Welty — Benjamin Franklin Jones — Benjamin Franklin Boley — Ben Franklin Looney — Benjamin F. Bledsoe — Benjamin Franklin Williams — Benjamin Franklin Kelley — Benjamin Franklin Butler — Benjamin F. James — Frank B. Heintzleman — Benjamin F. Feinberg — Ben F. Cameron — Ben F. Blackmon — B. Frank Whelchel — B. F. Merritt, Jr. — Ben F. Hornsby — Ben Dillingham II   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744)   Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America — Gordon S. Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
	Abraham Albert Alphonse Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known as Albert Gallatin — of Fayette County, Pa. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 1761. Son of Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin. Democrat. Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1790-92; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister to France, 1815-23; Great Britain, 1826-27. Swiss ancestry. His portrait appeared on the $500 U.S. Note in the 1860s. Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 12, 1849 (age 88 years, 195 days). Entombed at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin; married 1789 to Sophie Allègre (died 1789); married, November 11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; cousin by marriage of Joseph Hopper Nicholson; second great-grandfather of May Preston Davie. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: John L. Dawson   Gallatin counties in Ill., Ky. and Mont. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Albert Gallatin Kellogg — Albert Galliton Harrison — Albert G. Jewett — Albert G. Hawes — Albert G. Wakefield — Albert Gallatin Talbott — Albert G. Dow — Albert Gallatin Marchand — Albert G. Brown — Albert G. Brodhead, Jr. — Albert G. Riddle — Albert Galiton Watkins — Albert G. Porter — Albert Gallatin Egbert — Albert Gallatin Jenkins — Albert Gallatin Calvert — Albert G. Lawrence — Albert G. Foster — Albert G. Simms   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Albert Gallatin: John Austin Stevens, Albert Gallatin: An American Statesman — L. B. Kuppenheimer, Albert Gallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability
	James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield (1801-1888). Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by the assassin Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the effects of the wound and infection, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.   Relatives: Third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli Thayer; married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); third cousin once removed of Abial Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John Alden Thayer; father of James Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: William S. Maynard   Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.   Politician named for him: James G. Stewart   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur   Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
	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. 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 (age 63 years, 87 days). Interment at General Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.   Relatives: Married, August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William Pigott Cronan). See Grant family of Connecticut.   Cross-reference: Horace Porter — Ayres Phillips Merrill — Robert Martin Douglas   Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Ulysses G. Denman — S. U. G. Rhodes — U. S. Grant Leverett   Personal motto: "When in doubt, fight."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   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   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Charles Town, Nevis, January 11, 1757. Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York County, 1788; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Scottish and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $2 to $1,000. Shot and mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 12, 1804 (age 47 years, 183 days). Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip John Schuyler; sister of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler); father of James Alexander Hamilton and William Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert Hamilton Woodruff; second great-grandfather of Laurens M. Hamilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Nathaniel Pendleton — Robert Troup — John Tayler — William P. Van Ness   Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Alexander H. Buell — Alexander H. Holley — Hamilton Fish — Alexander H. Stephens — Alexander H. Bullock — Alexander H. Bailey — Alexander H. Rice — Alexander Hamilton Jones — Alexander H. Waterman — Alexander H. Coffroth — Alexander H. Revell — Alexander Hamilton Hargis — Alexander Hamilton Phillips   Personal motto: "Do it better yet."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror : Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America — Arnold A. Rogow, A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr — Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution   Critical books about Alexander Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution -- and What It means for Americans Today
	Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as Winfield S. Hancock — Born in Montgomery County, Pa., February 14, 1824. 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, Freemasons; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s. Died February 9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360 days). Interment at Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock Circle, Washington, D.C.   Presumably named for: Winfield Scott   Relatives: Uncle by marriage of William Rush Merriam. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Winfield Scott Hancock: David M. Jordan, Winfield Scott Hancock : A Soldier's Life
	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) — also known as Thomas A. Hendricks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Son of John Hendricks. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876, 1884; Governor of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1884. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in about 1887-1914. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Nephew of Thomas Hendricks and William Hendricks; son of John Hendricks; cousin of Abram Hendricks, William Hendricks, Jr. and Abram W. Hendricks; first cousin of William Chalmers Hendricks. See Hendricks family of Indiana and Pennsylvania.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
	Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) — also known as Robert M. T. Hunter — of Virginia. Born near Loretto, Essex County, Va., April 21, 1809. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia state senate, 1835-37; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District 1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District 1845-47); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1860; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia state treasurer, 1874-80. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern senators expelled in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $10 notes in 1861-64. Arrested in 1865 and imprisoned without trial by federal forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866. Died in Essex County, Va., July 18, 1887 (age 78 years, 88 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.   Relatives: Uncle of Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett. See Garnett family of Virginia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
	Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born, in a log cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., March 15, 1767. Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson (1737-1781). Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; President of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel, May 30, 1806; also dueled with Thomas Hart Benton and Waightstill Avery. Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died, of dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 8, 1845 (age 78 years, 85 days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. Interment at The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson Square, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson (1737-1781); married, January 17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew Jackson Donelson). See Donelson-Smith-Jackson family of Tennessee.   Cross-reference: Francis P. Blair   Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County, Mo., are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Andrew J. Donelson — Andrew Jackson Miller — Andrew J. Faulk — Andrew Jackson Titus — Andrew Jackson Isacks — Andrew Jackson Hamilton — Andrew Jackson Harlan — Andrew J. Kuykendall — Andrew J. Thayer — Elam A. J. Greeley — Andrew Jackson Ingle — Andrew J. Ogle — Andrew Jackson Carr — Andrew Jackson Bryant — Andrew J. Bentley — Andrew J. Rogers — William A. J. Sparks — Andrew Jackson Poppleton — Andrew J. Hunter — A. J. Clements — Andrew Jackson Baker — Andrew J. Felt — A. J. King — Andrew J. Sawyer — Andrew Jackson Caldwell — Andrew Jackson Gahagan — Andrew Jackson Biship — Andrew Jackson Houston — Andrew J. Cobb — Andrew J. Montague — Andrew J. Barchfeld — Andrew J. Kirk — Andrew J. Livingston — Andrew Jackson Stewart — Andrew J. May — Andrew J. McConnico — Andrew J. Brewer — Andrew Bettwy — Andrew J. Transue — Andrew Jackson Graves — Andrew Jackson Gilbert — Andrew J. Hinshaw — Andy Young   Campaign slogan: "Let the people rule."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 — Andrew Burstein, The Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire — Donald B. Cole, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of Monticello"; "Friend of the People"; "Father of the University of Virginia" — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Albemarle County, Va., April 13, 1743. Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782; U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice President of the United States, 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican), 1796. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2 bill since the 1860s. Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., July 4, 1826 (age 83 years, 82 days). Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph at University of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton (died 1782); third cousin once removed of John Marshall; father-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph and John Wayles Eppes; uncle of Dabney Carr; great-granduncle of John Jordan Crittenden; second cousin once removed of William Segar Archer; granduncle of Dabney Smith Carr; grandfather of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist), Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge; ancestor of Lloyd Lee Gravely. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Jefferson M. Levy — Joshua Fry   Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Thomas Jefferson Campbell — Thomas Jefferson Kennard — Thomas J. Gazley — Thomas Jefferson Word — Thomas J. Drake — Thomas Jefferson Heard — Thomas Jefferson Green — Thomas Jefferson Rusk — Thomas Jefferson Withers — Thomas J. Parsons — Thomas J. Dryer — Thomas J. Foster — Thomas J. Henley — Thomas J. Barr — Thomas Jefferson Jennings — Thomas J. Henderson — Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne — Thomas Jefferson Cason — Thomas Jefferson Buford — T. Jefferson Coolidge — Thomas J. Megibben — Thomas J. Bunn — Thomas J. Hardin — Thomas J. Brown — Thomas Jefferson Speer — Thomas J. Boynton — Thomas J. Hudson — Thomas J. Selby — Thomas Jefferson Deavitt — Thomas Jefferson Majors — Thomas Jefferson Wood — Thomas Jefferson Nunn — Thomas J. Strait — Thomas J. Humes — T. J. Appleyard — Thomas J. Clunie — Thomas J. Steele — Thomas J. Boynton — Thomas J. Halsey — Thomas Jefferson Lilly — Thomas J. Randolph — Tom J. Terral — T. Jeff Busby — Thomas Jefferson Murphy — Thomas J. Hamilton — Thomas J. Ryan — Tom J. Murray — Tom Steed — Thomas J. Anderson — Thomas Jefferson Roberts — Thomas J. Barlow III   Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J. Ellis, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard Sterne Randall, Thomas Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan Dunn, Jefferson's Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 — Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Jefferson : Author of America   Critical books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K."; "Lancer" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917. Son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; received a 1957 Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion; Elks. Shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177 days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. His portrait appears on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.   Relatives: Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995); brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia Joan Bennett); married, September 12, 1953, to Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III); step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton Ivan Steers, Jr.); uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-); father of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.. See Kennedy family of Massachusetts and New York.   Cross-reference: John B. Connally — Henry B. Gonzalez — Henry M. Wade — Walter Rogers — Gerry E. Studds — James B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark Dalton — Waggoner Carr — Theodore C. Sorensen — Pierre Salinger — John Bartlow Martin   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles in Courage   Books about John F. Kennedy: Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK : Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael O'Brien, John F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America — Thomas Reeves, A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy — Shelley Sommer, John F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young readers)   Critical books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK: the Man and the Myth
	Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy, Albemarle County, Va., August 18, 1774. Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with William Clark to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Clark's) appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927. Died of gunshot wounds under mysterious circumstances (murder or suicide?) at Grinder's Stand, an inn on the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn., October 11, 1809 (age 35 years, 54 days). Interment at Meriwether Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.   Cross-reference: George F. Shannon   Lewis counties in Idaho, Ky., Mo., Tenn. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.   Other politicians named for him: Meriwether Lewis Randolph — Meriwether Lewis Walker   See also NNDB dossier
	Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of Spencer County, Ind.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858; President of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865. English ancestry. His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. Shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth, during a play at Ford's Theater, in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House, across the street, the following day, April 15, 1865 (age 56 years, 62 days). He was elected in 1900 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married, November 4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H. R. Dawson); father of Robert Todd Lincoln. See Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd family.   Cross-reference: Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham N. Haynie — William M. Stone — John Pitcher — Stephen Miller — John T. Stuart — William H. Seward — Henry L. Burnett — Judah P. Benjamin — Robert Toombs — Richard Taylor Jacob — George W. Jones — James Adams — John G. Nicolay — Edward Everett — Stephen T. Logan — Francis P. Blair — John Hay   Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Abraham L. Keister — Abraham L. Brick — Abraham L. Kellogg — Abraham Lincoln Bernstein — A. Lincoln Reiley — A. L. Helmick — A. Lincoln Acker — A. L. Auth — A. Lincoln Niditch — Abraham Lincoln Freedman — A. L. Marovitz — Lincoln Gordon — Abraham Lincoln Tosti   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln — George Anastaplo, Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt, ed., The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print) — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends — Edward Steers, Jr., Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln — Mario Cuomo, Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln President — Michael Lind, What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Karen Judson, Abraham Lincoln (for young readers)   Critical books about Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War   Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore Vidal, Lincoln: A Novel   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as "Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights" — of Virginia. Born in Port Conway, King George County, Va., March 16, 1751. Son of James Madison and Eleanor (Conway) Madison. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5th District 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97); U.S. Secretary of State, 1801-09; President of the United States, 1809-17. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Montpelier, Orange County, Va., June 28, 1836 (age 85 years, 104 days). He was elected in 1905 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill from about 1915 until 1946. Interment at Montpelier Plantation, Montpelier Station, Va.   Relatives: Son of James Madison and Eleanor (Conway) Madison; married, September 15, 1794, to Dolly (Payne) Todd (sister-in-law of Richard Cutts and John George Jackson); second cousin of George Madison and Zachary Taylor; second cousin thrice removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Madison counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Tenn., Tex. and Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: James Madison Broom — James Madison Hite Beale — James Madison Porter — James Madison Gregg — J. Madison Wells — James M. Tarleton — James Madison Hughes — James M. Marvin — James Madison Gaylord — James M. Leach — James M. Harvey — James M. Seymour — James Madison Barker — James Madison McKinney — James Madison Morton — James Madison Barrett, Sr. — James M. Gudger, Jr. — James Madison Morton, Jr. — James Madison Woodard — James M. Waddell, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about James Madison: Ralph Louis Ketcham, James Madison : A Biography — Garry Wills, James Madison — Robert Allen Rutland, The Presidency of James Madison — Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Samuel Kernell, ed., James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Daniel Manning (1831-1887) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born August 16, 1831. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; New York Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 silver certificate from the 1890s until about 1919. Died December 24, 1887 (age 56 years, 130 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   See also Wikipedia article
	William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known as William L. Marcy — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., December 12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S. Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S. Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Secretary of State, 1853-57. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 4, 1857 (age 70 years, 204 days). His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about William Learned Marcy: Robert L Scribner, The diplomacy of William L. Marcy, Secretary of State, 1853-1857 (out of print) — Ivor Debenham Spencer, The victor and the spoils: a life of William L. Marcy (out of print)
	John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., September 24, 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500 bill in the early 20th century. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 6, 1835 (age 79 years, 285 days). Interment at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Third cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson; married, January 3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831; daughter of Jacquelin Ambler); brother-in-law of William McClung, George Keith Taylor and Joseph Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin Burwell Harvie) and James Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander Keith McClung, Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; first cousin once removed of William Marshall Anderson and Charles Anderson; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis Minor Coleman; great-granduncle of Hudson Snowden Marshall. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Marshall Stone — John Marshall Martin — John Marshall Harlan — J. Marshall Hagans — John M. Claiborne — John M. Hamilton — John Marshall Raymond — John Marshall Rose — John M. Slaton — John M. Wolverton — John M. Robsion — John Marshall Hutcheson — John M. Butler — John Marshall Harlan — John M. Robsion, Jr. — John Marshall Briley — John Marshall Lindley   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
	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. 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, 1884, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from about 1928 until 1946. Shot by the assassin 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 (age 58 years, 228 days). Interment at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.   Relatives: Married, January 25, 1871, to Ida Saxton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher.   Cross-reference: Albert Halstead — Loran L. Lewis — George B. Cortelyou — John Goodnow   McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: William McKinley Thomas — William M. Bell — William McKinley Thomas — William McKinley Branch   Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."   Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901
	Christopher Gustavus Memminger (1803-1888) — also known as Christopher G. Memminger — of South Carolina. Born in Wurttemberg, Germany, January 9, 1803. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1836-52, 1854-60; delegate to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; member of South Carolina state legislature, 1876-79. Episcopalian. Chairman of the committee that drew up the Constitution of the Confederate States of America. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $5 notes in 1861-64 and $10 notes in 1861. Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1867. Died in Flat Rock, Henderson County, N.C., March 7, 1888 (age 85 years, 58 days). Interment at St. John's of the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, N.C.   Relatives: Adoptive son of Thomas Bennett; married, October 25, 1832, to Mary Wilkinson (1813-1875); grandfather of Lucien Memminger; great-grandfather of Robert B. Memminger. See Memminger family of South Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article
	James Monroe (1758-1831) — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S. Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1814-15; President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s. Died, probably of tuberculosis, in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 4, 1831 (age 73 years, 67 days). Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Nephew of Joseph Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married 1786 to Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas Bell Monroe; uncle of James Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: James Monroe — James Monroe — James M. Pendleton — James M. Jackson — James Monroe Letts — James M. Ritchie — James M. Comly — James Monroe Buford — James M. Seibert — James M. Lown — James M. Miller — James Monroe Hale — James Monroe Spears — James M. Lown, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool, England, January 31, 1734. Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process. Imprisoned for debt from February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 8, 1806 (age 72 years, 97 days). Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris; married, March 2, 1769, to Mary White; father-in-law of James Markham Marshall; father of Thomas Morris. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) — also known as George W. Randolph — of Virginia. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., March 10, 1818. Son of Thomas Mann Randolph. Lawyer; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate Secretary of War, 1862. Episcopalian. After the collapse of the Confederacy, fled to Europe to avoid capture; pardoned in 1866. Died of pulmonary pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., April 3, 1867 (age 49 years, 24 days). His portrait appeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64. Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.   Relatives: Grandson of Thomas Jefferson; second cousin twice removed of Edmund Jenings Randolph; son of Thomas Mann Randolph; brother of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
	Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt; "F.D.R." — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 30, 1882. Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941). Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1928; contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of New York, 1929-33; President of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February 15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak were shot at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights of Pythias. Served as president during the Depression and World War II. His portrait appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether County, Ga., April 12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72 days). Interment at Roosevelt Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.   Relatives: Second great-grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins; son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941); fourth cousin once removed of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); half-uncle of Helen Roosevelt Robinson; married, March 17, 1905, to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne Douglas Robinson); second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married William Phillips); first cousin of Warren Delano Robbins and Katharine Price Collier St. George; father of James Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Ross T. McIntire — Milton Lipson — W. W. Howes — Bruce Barton — Hamilton Fish, Jr. — Joseph W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel I. Rosenman — Rexford G. Tugwell — Raymond Moley — Adolf A. Berle — George E. Allen — Lorence E. Asman — Grenville T. Emmet   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR : 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson, That Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt — Jonas Klein, Beloved Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles Peters, Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World — Steven Neal, Happy Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin D. Roosevelt (for young readers)   Critical books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression — John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth   Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Philip Roth, The Plot Against America: A Novel
	William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known as William H. Seward — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., May 16, 1801. Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician). Lawyer; co-founded (with Thurlow Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper in 1830; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S. Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-69. Survived an assassination attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly". His portrait appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., October 16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer Park, Seattle, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician); married to Frances A. Miller; father of William H. Seward; uncle of George Frederick Seward. See Seward family of New York.   Cross-reference: George W. Jones — Samuel J. Barrows   Politician named for him: William S. Shanahan   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about William H. Seward: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Michael Burgan, William Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young readers)
	Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) — also known as Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great Energy" — Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, December 19, 1814. 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 (age 55 years, 5 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Grandfather of Cora Van Voorhis Stanton (who married Ernest Lee Jahncke).   Cross-reference: Daniel E. Sickles   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Edwin M. Stanton: Amy Allison, Edwin Stanton, Union War Secretary — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
	Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) — also known as Alexander H. Stephens — of Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga. Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga., February 11, 1812. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia state senate, 1842; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45, 7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; candidate for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1872; Governor of Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $20 notes in 1861-64. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., March 4, 1883 (age 71 years, 21 days). Originally entombed at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; later interred at Liberty Hall Cemetery, Crawfordville, Ga.   Presumably named for: Alexander Hamilton   Relatives: Half-brother of Linton Stephens; great-granduncle of Robert Grier Stephens, Jr.. See Stephens family of Georgia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Books about Alexander H. Stephens: Thomas E. Schott, Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia : A Biography — William C. Davis, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens   Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
	John Elliott Ward (1814-1902) — also known as John E. Ward — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in 1814. Mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1853-54; Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to China, 1858-60. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $10 notes in 1861. Died in 1902 (age about 88 years). Interment at Midway Church Cemetery, Midway, Ga.
	George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as "Father of His Country" — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732. Son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington (c.1709-1789). Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President of the United States, 1789-97. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the first President and stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the one dollar bill. His portrait also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency, and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War. Died, probably from acute bacterial epiglottitis, at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax County, Va., December 14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295 days). Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and Mary (Ball) Washington (c.1709-1789); married, January 6, 1759, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis (1731-1802); uncle of Bushrod Washington; uncle by marriage of Burwell Bassett; granduncle of George Corbin Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles Magill Conrad; second cousin five times removed of Horace Lee Washington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Cross-reference: Henry Lee — Joshua Fry — Alexander Dimitry — Tobias Lear — David Matthews — Rufus Putnam   Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: George Washington Lent Marr — George Washington Heard — George Washington Barnett — George Washington Davis — George W. Owen — George W. Toland — George W. Lay — George W. Patterson — George W. B. Towns — George Washington Adams — George Washington Hockley — George W. Smyth — G. W. Ingersoll — George W. Hopkins — George Washington Montgomery — George W. Kittredge — George Washington Jones — George W. Harrison — George Washington Ewing — George W. Morrison — George Washington Woodward — George Washington Wright — George Washington Triplett — George Washington Glasscock — George Washington Holman — George Washington Dunlap — George Washington Warren — George Washington Hill — George Washington Logan — George W. Getchell — George Washington Wright — George W. Julian — George Washington Dyal — George Washington Ladd — George W. Peck — George Washington Nesmith — George W. Morgan — George Washington Brooks — George Washington Cowles — George W. Geddes — George Washington Whitmore — George Washington Bridges — George W. Cate — George W. Houk — George W. Webber — George Washington Fairbrother — George Washington Glick — George Washington Jones — George Washington Baker — George W. Shell — George W. Anderson — George W. Crouse — George W. Hulick — George W. F. Harper — George Washington McCrary — George W. Gordon — George W. Kingsbury — George W. Covington — George Washington Fleeger — George W. Steele — George W. Wilson — George W. E. Dorsey — George W. Plunkitt — George W. Furbush — George W. Sutton — George W. Curtin — George W. Ray — George W. Allen — George W. Roosevelt — George W. Smith — George W. Kipp — George W. Campbell — George W. Taylor — George W. Stone — George W. Shonk — George W. Cook — George W. Murray — George W. Faris — George W. Fithian — George W. Prince — George W. Buckner — George W. Cromer — George W. Donaghey — George W. Aldridge — George Washington Goethals — George W. Armstrong — George Washington Oakes — George Washington Hays — George W. Edmonds — George W. Lindsay — George Washington Jones — George W. Darden — George W. Gibbons — George W. List — George W. Rauch — George W. Michell — George Washington Jackson — George W. Blanchard — George Washington Herz — George W. Bristow — George Washington Hardy — George W. Ballard — George W. McKown — George Thomas Washington — George W. Collins — George A. Washington   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about George Washington: Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch : George Washington and the New American Nation — Henry Wiencek, An Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America — James MacGregor Burns, George Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — Wendie C. Old, George Washington (for young readers)   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Daniel Webster (1782-1852) — also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the Constitution" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack County, N.H., January 18, 1782. Son of Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) and Abigail (Eastman) Webster (1759-1836). Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1820; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned 1827; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President of the United States, 1836; U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from the 1860s until the early 20th century. Died in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass., October 24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280 days). Interment at Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) and Abigail (Eastman) Webster (1759-1836); fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin; married, May 29, 1808, to Grace Fletcher (1781-1828); second cousin twice removed of Edwin George Eastman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.   Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Daniel Webster Wilder — Daniel W. Mills — Daniel W. Jones — Daniel Webster Comstock — Daniel Webster Waugh — Daniel Webster Heagy — Daniel W. Whitmore — Daniel W. Hamilton — Daniel W. Allaman — Webster Turner — Dan W. Turner — Daniel W. Hoan — Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Daniel Webster: Robert Vincent Remini, Daniel Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union — Robert A. Allen, Daniel Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current, Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun
	Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) — also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in Politics" — of New Jersey. Born in Staunton, Va., December 28, 1856. Son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888). Democrat. University professor; president of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-13; President of the United States, 1913-21. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate which was issued in 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. Died in Washington, D.C., February 3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37 days). Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888); married, June 24, 1885, to Ellen Louise Axson (1860-1914); married, December 18, 1915, to Edith (Bolling) Galt (1872-1961); father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; who married William Gibbs McAdoo). See Wilson-McAdoo-Floyd family.   Cross-reference: William C. Bullitt — Bainbridge Colby — Joseph E. Davies — Joseph P. Tumulty — Thomas H. Birch   Other politicians named for him: Woodrow W. Jones — Tom Woodrow Payne — Woodrow Wilson Dumas — Woodrow Wilson Mann — W. Wilson Goode — Woodrow Wilson Storey   Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out of war."   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis Auchincloss, Woodrow Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country — Anne Schraff, Woodrow Wilson (for young readers)   Critical books about Woodrow Wilson: Jim Powell, Wilson's War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1902
	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. Fell dead, from heart disease, at the annual banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just after finishing a speech, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1891 (age 63 years, 264 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847) — of Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., May 24, 1795. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S. Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844; Governor of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until about 1913. Died in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., August 27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95 days). Interment at Silas Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.   Relatives: First cousin once removed of Alvan Kidder. See Kidder family of Vermont.   Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are named for him; Wright County, Iowa may have been named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier

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