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Politicians in the Hall of Fame
(the Hall of Fame for Great Americans)
in chronological order
John Adams (1735-1826)
— also known as
"His Rotundity"
;
"The Duke of Braintree"
;
"American Cato"
;
"Old Sink and Swim"
;
"The Colossus of Independence"
;
"Father of the American Navy"
— of Quincy,
Norfolk County
, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),
Norfolk County
, Mass.,
October 30, 1735
. Son of John Adams and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; third cousin of
Samuel Adams
; married,
October 25, 1764
, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818) (aunt of
William Cranch
); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married
William Stephens Smith
) and
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
; grandfather of
George Washington Adams
and
Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)
; great-grandfather of
John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)
and
Brooks Adams
; ancestor of
William Rush Merriam
,
Vinson Martlow Whitley
and
Eugene H. Nickerson
; great-great-grandfather of
Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)
; great-great-great-grandfather of
Thomas Boylston Adams
.
Lawyer
;
Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts
, 1774-78;
signer, Declaration of Independence
, 1776; U.S. Minister to
Netherlands
, 1781-88;
Great Britain
, 1785-88;
Vice President of the United States
, 1789-97;
President of the United States
, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800;
delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention
, 1820.
Unitarian
.
English
ancestry. Member,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in Quincy,
Norfolk County
, Mass.,
July 4, 1826
. Original interment at
Hancock Cemetery
, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at
United First Parish Church
, Quincy, Mass. Adams counties in
Idaho
,
Iowa
,
Miss.
,
Neb.
,
Ohio
,
Pa.
,
Wash.
and
Wis.
are named for him.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
Books about John Adams:
John Ferling,
John Adams: A Life
; Joseph J. Ellis,
The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
; David McCullough,
John Adams
; Gore Vidal,
Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
; John Ferling,
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
; James Grant,
John Adams : Party of One
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; 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)
. 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. 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
. Interment at
Lexington Cemetery
, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery
, Washington, D.C. 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.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
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
Peter Cooper (1791-1883)
— of New York,
New York County
, N.Y. Born in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
February 12, 1791
. Uncle by marriage of
Daniel F. Tiemann
; father-in-law of
Abram Stevens Hewitt
.
Manufacturer
,
inventor
, philanthropist, creator of
first
U.S.
steam locomotive
;
founder
of Cooper Union.; Greenback candidate for
President of the United States
, 1876.
Unitarian
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
April 4, 1883
. Interment at
Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, N.Y.
See also
Hewitt-Cooper-Tiemann family
of New York
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
— of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,
Suffolk County
, Mass.,
January 17, 1706
. Uncle of
Franklin Davenport
; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married
Robert John Walker
) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist).
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;
President of Pennsylvania
, 1785;
member, U.S. Constitutional Convention
, 1787. Member,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
;
American Philosophical Society
;
Freemasons
. 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
. Interment at
Christ Church Burial Ground
, Philadelphia, Pa. 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.
See also
Claiborne family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
Books by Benjamin Franklin:
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
;
An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place
(1744, out of print)
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
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)
— also known as
Ulysses S. Grant
;
"Savior of the Union"
;
"Lion of Vicksburg"
;
"The Austerlitz of American Politics"
;
"Unconditional Surrender Grant"
;
"The Galena Tanner"
;
"The Silent Soldier"
;
"The Silent General"
— of Galena,
Jo Daviess County
, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant,
Clermont County
, Ohio,
April 27, 1822
. Married,
August 22, 1848
, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of
Frederick Dent Grant
and
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.
. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
President of the United States
, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1880
.
Methodist
.
Scottish
ancestry. Member,
Loyal Legion
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S.
$50 bill
, and also appeared on
$1 and $5 silver certificates
in 1887-1927. Died of
throat cancer
, at Mt. McGregor,
Saratoga County
, N.Y.,
July 23, 1885
. Interment at
General Grant Memorial
, Manhattan, N.Y. Grant counties in
Ark.
,
Kan.
,
La.
,
Minn.
,
Neb.
,
N.M.
,
N.Dak.
,
Okla.
,
Ore.
,
S.Dak.
,
Wash.
and
W.Va.
are named for him.
Cross-reference:
Horace Porter
;
Ayres Phillips Merrill
See also
Grant family
of New York and Ohio
See also
:
Wikipedia article
.
Books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Jean Edward Smith,
Grant
; Frank J. Scaturro,
President Grant Reconsidered
; William S. McFeely,
Grant : A Biography
; William S. McFeely,
Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator, Writer
; Brooks D. Simpson,
Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865
; Brooks D. Simpson,
Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868
; James S. Brisbin,
The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax
(out of print); Josiah Bunting III,
Ulysses S. Grant
; Michael Korda,
Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero
; Edward H. Bonekemper,
A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius
; Harry J. Maihafer,
The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana
Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller,
Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant:
Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,
Grant Comes East
; Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen,
Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
— of New York. Born in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
April 3, 1783
. U.S. Minister to
Spain
, 1842-46.
essayist
;
historian
;
author
of
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
and other stories; elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in Tarrytown,
Westchester County
, N.Y.,
November 28, 1859
. Interment at
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Books about Washington Irving:
George S. Hellman,
Washington Irving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to the Old
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; 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
; 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
; great-great-grandfather of
John Gardner Coolidge
; ancestor of
Lloyd Lee Gravely
.
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 Academy of Arts and Sciences
;
American Philosophical Society
. 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
. 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. 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.
Cross-reference:
Jefferson M. Levy
;
Joshua Fry
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
National Governors Association biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
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
James Kent (1763-1847)
— of Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess County
, N.Y.; New York,
New York County
, N.Y. Born in Doansburg,
Putnam County
, N.Y.,
July 31, 1763
. Married to Elizabeth Bailey.
Lawyer
; member of
New York state assembly
, 1790-91, 1792-93, 1796-97 (Dutchess County 1790-91, 1792-93, New York County 1796-97); candidate for
U.S. Representative from New York
, 1793;
Justice of New York Supreme Court
, 1798. Member,
Phi Beta Kappa
.
Author
of
Commentaries on American Law
, the
first
comprehensive treatment of the subject. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
December 12, 1847
. Interment
somewhere
in Fishkill, N.Y.
Kent County, Mich.
is named for him.
See also
:
Wikipedia article
.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
— also known as
"Honest Abe"
;
"Old Abe"
;
"The Rail-Splitter"
;
"The Illinois Baboon"
— of Springfield,
Sangamon County
, Ill. Born in a
log cabin
, Hardin County (part now in
Larue County
), Ky.,
February 12, 1809
. 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
; fourth cousin twice removed of
John Joseph Lincoln, Sr.
. 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 John Wilkes Booth 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
. He was elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. 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. 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.
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
See also
Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd family
of Illinois
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Internet Movie Database profile
.
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
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
— of Massachusetts. Born in Franklin,
Norfolk County
, Mass.,
May 4, 1796
.
Lawyer
; member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives
; member of
Massachusetts state senate
;
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
8th District, 1848-53; Free Soil candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts
, 1852. Leader in achieving major reforms of public schools; elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in Yellow Springs,
Greene County
, Ohio,
August 2, 1859
. Interment at
North Burial Ground
, Providence, R.I.
See also
:
congressional biography
.
John Marshall (1755-1835)
— of Virginia. Born in Germantown,
Fauquier County
, Va.,
September 24, 1755
. 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
; granduncle by marriage of
Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872)
; granduncle of
John Augustine Marshall
. 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
. Interment at
Shockoe Cemetery
, Richmond, Va. Marshall counties in
Ala.
,
Ill.
,
Ind.
,
Iowa
,
Ky.
,
Miss.
,
Tenn.
and
W.Va.
are named for him.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
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
Joseph Story (1779-1845)
— of Salem,
Essex County
, Mass.; Cambridge,
Middlesex County
, Mass. Born in Marblehead,
Essex County
, Mass.,
September 18, 1779
. Granduncle of
Bert J. Storey
. Democrat.
Lawyer
; member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives
, 1805-07;
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
2nd District, 1808-09;
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
, 1811-45.
Unitarian
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1900. Died in Cambridge,
Middlesex County
, Mass.,
September 10, 1845
. Interment at
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
, Cambridge, Mass.
Story County, Iowa
is named for him.
Cross-reference:
Harry A. Blackmun
See also
:
congressional biography
.
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 and Mary (Ball) Washington; married,
January 6, 1759
, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis; uncle of
Bushrod Washington
; uncle by marriage of
Burwell Bassett
; granduncle of
George Corbin Washington
; granduncle by marriage of
Charles Magill Conrad
.
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,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
;
Society of the Cincinnati
;
Freemasons
. 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
$1 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
. Entombed at
Mt. Vernon
, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at
Washington Circle
, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at
National Mall
, Washington, D.C. 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.
Cross-reference:
Henry Lee
;
Joshua Fry
;
Alexander Dimitry
;
Tobias Lear
;
David Matthews
;
Rufus Putnam
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
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)
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
— also known as
"Black Dan"
;
"Defender of the Constitution"
;
"Great Expounder of the Constitution"
— of Boston,
Suffolk County
, Mass. Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin),
Merrimack County
, N.H.,
January 18, 1782
. Whig.
Lawyer
;
U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
at-large, 1813-17;
delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention
, 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
. 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
. Interment at
Winslow Cemetery
, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at
Scott Circle
, Washington, D.C. Webster counties in
Ga.
,
Iowa
,
Ky.
,
La.
,
Miss.
,
Mo.
,
Neb.
and
W.Va.
are named for him.
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
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
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
— also known as
"Old Man Eloquent"
;
"The Accidental President"
;
"The Massachusetts Madman"
— of Boston,
Suffolk County
, Mass.; Quincy,
Norfolk County
, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy),
Norfolk County
, Mass.,
July 11, 1767
. Son of
John Adams
and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818); brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married
William Stephens Smith
); married,
July 26, 1797
, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (niece of
Thomas Johnson
; daughter of
Joshua Johnson
; sister-in-law of
John Pope
); first cousin of
William Cranch
; father of
George Washington Adams
and
Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)
; grandfather of
John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)
and
Brooks Adams
; great-grandfather of
Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)
; great-great-grandfather of
Thomas Boylston Adams
.
Lawyer
; U.S. Minister to
Netherlands
, 1794-97;
Prussia
, 1797-1801;
Russia
, 1809-14;
Great Britain
, 1815-17; member of
Massachusetts state senate
, 1802;
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
, 1803-08; resigned 1808;
U.S. Secretary of State
, 1817-25;
President of the United States
, 1825-29;
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts
, 1834.
Unitarian
.
English
ancestry. Member,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1905. Suffered a
stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S.
House of Representatives
, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's
office
, U.S.
Capitol Building
,
Washington
, D.C.,
February 23, 1848
. Original interment at
Hancock Cemetery
, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at
United First Parish Church
, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery
, Washington, D.C. Adams counties in
Ill.
and
Ind.
are named for him.
Cross-reference:
John Smith
;
Thurlow Weed
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
Books about John Quincy Adams:
Paul C. Nagel,
John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life
; Lynn Hudson Parsons,
John Quincy Adams
; Robert V. Remini,
John Quincy Adams
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
— of Massachusetts. Born in Cambridge,
Middlesex County
, Mass.,
February 22, 1819
.
Writer
,
poet
,
critic
, and abolitionist; U.S. Minister to
Spain
, 1877-80;
Great Britain
, 1880-85. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1905. Died of
cancer
, in Cambridge,
Middlesex County
, Mass.,
August 12, 1891
. Interment at
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
, Cambridge, Mass.
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; married,
September 15, 1794
, to Dolly (Payne) Todd (brother-in-law of
John George Jackson
); second cousin of
George Madison
and
Zachary Taylor
; second cousin thrice removed of
Elliot Woolfolk Major
and
Edgar Bailey Woolfolk
. 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
. He was elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1905. His portrait appeared on the U.S.
$5,000 bill
from about 1915 until 1946. Interment at
Montpelier Plantation
, Montpelier Station, Va. 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.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
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
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
— Born in Lancaster,
Fairfield County
, Ohio,
February 8, 1820
. Son of
Charles Robert Sherman
; adoptive son of
Thomas Ewing
; brother of
John Sherman
; uncle by marriage of
James Donald Cameron
and
Nelson Appleton Miles
; father of Eleanor M. Sherman (1859-1915) (who married
Alexander Montgomery Thackara
). Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S. Secretary of War
, 1869. Member,
Loyal Legion
. In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta, Georgia. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1905. Died in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
February 14, 1891
. Interment at
Calvary Cemetery
, St. Louis, Mo.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
Books about William T. Sherman:
Stanley P. Hirshson,
The White Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T. Sherman
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.
George Bancroft (1800-1891)
— of Massachusetts. Born in Worcester,
Worcester County
, Mass.,
October 3, 1800
. Son of Aaron Bancroft and Lucretia (Chandler) Bancroft; married,
March 1, 1827
, to Sarah H. Dwight (died 1837); married
1838
to Elizabeth (Davis) Bliss; brother of Eliza Bancroft (who married
John Davis
). Democrat.
U.S. Collector of Customs for Boston, Mass.
, 1832-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
1844
; candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts
, 1844;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
, 1845-46; U.S. Minister to
Great Britain
, 1846-49;
Prussia
, 1867-71;
Germany
, 1871-74.
Congregationalist
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1910. Died in
Washington
, D.C.,
January 17, 1891
. Interment at
Rural Cemetery
, Worcester, Mass.
See also
Davis-Bancroft family
of Massachusetts
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
— also known as
"Old Hickory"
;
"The Farmer of Tennessee"
;
"King Andrew the First"
— of Tennessee. Born, in a
log cabin
, in The Waxhaws,
Lancaster County
, S.C.,
March 15, 1767
. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of
Andrew Jackson Donelson
. 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
.
English
ancestry. Member,
Freemasons
. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol
duel
, May 30, 1806; also
duelled
with
Thomas Hart Benton
.
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
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1910. 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. 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.
Cross-reference:
Francis P. Blair
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
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
John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877)
— also known as
J. Lothrop Motley
— of Massachusetts. Born in Dorchester, Boston,
Suffolk County
, Mass.,
April 15, 1814
. Member of
Massachusetts state house of representatives
; U.S. Minister to
Austria
, 1861-67;
Great Britain
, 1869-70. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1910. Died in Dorset,
England
,
May 29, 1877
. Interment at
Kensal Green Cemetery
, London, England.
Rufus Choate (1799-1859)
— of Salem,
Essex County
, Mass. Born in Hog Island, Ipswich,
Essex County
, Mass.,
October 1, 1799
. Brother of
George Choate
; uncle of
Joseph Hodges Choate
.
Lawyer
; member of Massachusetts state legislature;
U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
2nd District, 1831-35;
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
, 1841-45;
Massachusetts state attorney general
, 1853-54; resigned 1854. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1915. Died in Halifax,
Nova Scotia
,
July 13, 1859
. Interment at
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
, Cambridge, Mass.
See also
Choate family
of Massachusetts
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
— of
New York County
, N.Y. Born in Charles Town,
Nevis
,
January 11, 1757
. 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
William Stephen 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;
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
, 1789-95.
Episcopalian
.
Scottish
and
French
ancestry. Member,
Society of the Cincinnati
;
Freemasons
. 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
. Interment at
Trinity Churchyard
, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at
Treasury Building Grounds
, Washington, D.C. Hamilton counties in
Fla.
,
Ill.
,
Ind.
,
Kan.
,
Neb.
,
N.Y.
,
Ohio
and
Tenn.
are named for him.
Cross-reference:
Nathaniel Pendleton
;
Robert Troup
;
John Tayler
See also
Schuyler family
of New York
See also
:
congressional biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
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
Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
— of Virginia. Born in Studley,
Hanover County
, Va.,
May 29, 1736
. Cousin of
Isaac Coles
; uncle by marriage of
Francis Preston
; uncle of Priscilla Christian (who married
Alexander Scott Bullitt
); grandfather of
William Henry Roane
; granduncle of
William Campbell Preston
; great-great-great-grandfather of
Robert Lee Henry
; ancestor of
Lloyd Lee Gravely
.
Lawyer
;
Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia
, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
Governor of Virginia
, 1776;
delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution
, 1788; member of
Virginia state senate
, 1799. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1920. Died near Brookneal,
Campbell County
, Va.,
June 6, 1799
. Interment at
Red Hill Cemetery
, Brookneal, Va. Henry counties in
Ala.
,
Ga.
,
Ill.
,
Ind.
,
Ky.
,
Mo.
,
Ohio
,
Tenn.
and
Va.
are named for him.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
.
James Monroe (1758-1831)
— of Virginia. Born in
Westmoreland County
, Va.,
April 28, 1758
. 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)
; great-great-granduncle of
Theodore Douglas Robinson
and
Corinne Robinson Alsop
. 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
. 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. 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.
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
National Governors Association biography
;
Wikipedia article
.
Books about James Monroe:
Harry Ammon,
James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity
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 F. Cleveland and Ann (Neel) Cleveland; married,
June 2, 1886
, to Frances Folsom; father of
Richard F. Cleveland
. 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
. Interment at
Princeton Cemetery
, Princeton, N.J. Cleveland counties in
Ark.
and
Okla.
are named for him.
Cross-reference:
Henry T. Ellett
;
Wilson S. Bissell
;
David King Udall
;
Edward S. Bragg
;
Thomas F. Grady
See also
:
National Governors Association biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
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)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
— also known as
"T.R."
;
"Teddy"
;
"The Colonel"
;
"The Hero of San Juan Hill"
;
"The Rough Rider"
;
"Trust-Buster"
;
"The Happy Warrior"
;
"The Bull Moose"
— of New York,
New York County
, N.Y. Born in New York,
New York County
, N.Y.,
October 27, 1858
. Great-great-grandson of
Archibald Bulloch
; nephew of
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878) and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); married,
October 27, 1880
, to Alice Hathaway Lee (died 1884); married,
December 2, 1886
, to Edith Kermit Carow; fourth cousin once removed of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
; uncle of
Theodore Douglas Robinson
, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) (who married
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
) and
Corinne Robinson Alsop
; father of
Alice Lee Roosevelt
(who married
Nicholas Longworth
) and
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
; granduncle of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
and
John DeKoven Alsop
; great-grandfather-in-law of
William Floyd Weld
. Member of
New York state assembly
from New York County 21st District, 1882-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1884
,
1900
; candidate for
mayor of New York City, N.Y.
, 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
Governor of New York
, 1899-1901;
Vice President of the United States
, 1901;
President of the United States
, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916
.
Christian Reformed
.
Dutch
ancestry. Member,
Freemasons
;
Union League
;
Alpha Delta Phi
;
Delta Kappa Epsilon
;
Phi Beta Kappa
. Received the
Medal of Honor
for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee, Wis., on October 14, 1912, was
shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention. Awarded
Nobel Peace Prize
in 1906; elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1950. Died in Oyster Bay,
Nassau County
, Long Island, N.Y.,
January 6, 1919
. Interment at
Youngs Memorial Cemetery
, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. Roosevelt counties in
Mont.
and
N.M.
are named for him.
Cross-reference:
Gifford Pinchot
;
David J. Leahy
;
William Barnes, Jr.
;
Oliver D. Burden
See also
Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
See also
:
congressional biography
;
National Governors Association biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Internet Movie Database profile
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
Books about Theodore Roosevelt:
James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,
The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America
; H. W. Brands,
T.R : The Last Romantic
; Edmund Morris,
Theodore Rex
; Edmund Morris,
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
; John Morton Blum,
The Republican Roosevelt
; Richard D. White, Jr.,
Roosevelt the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895
; Frederick W. Marks III,
Velvet on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt
; James Chace,
1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country
; Patricia O'Toole,
When Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White House
; Candice Millard,
The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
; Lewis Einstein,
Roosevelt : His Mind in Action
(out of print)
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
— also known as
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
;
"Schoolmaster in Politics"
— of New Jersey. Born in
Staunton
, Va.,
December 28, 1856
. Married,
June 24, 1885
, to Ellen Louise Axson (died 1914); married,
December 18, 1915
, to Edith Bolling Galt; father-in-law of
William Gibbs McAdoo
. 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 Alpha Delta
;
Phi Kappa Psi
. 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
. Interment at
Washington National Cathedral
, Washington, D.C.
Cross-reference:
William C. Bullitt
;
Bainbridge Colby
;
Joseph E. Davies
;
Joseph P. Tumulty
;
Thomas H. Birch
See also
:
National Governors Association biography
;
Wikipedia article
;
Find-A-Grave page
.
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
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
— also known as
"The Great Dissenter"
— of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,
Suffolk County
, Mass.,
March 8, 1841
. Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes; married,
June 17, 1872
, to Fanny Dixwell. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer
;
justice of Massachusetts state supreme court
, 1882-1902;
chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court
, 1899-1902;
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
, 1902-32.
Unitarian
. Elected to the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
in 1965. Died in
Washington
, D.C.,
March 6, 1935
. Interment at
Arlington National Cemetery
, Arlington, Va.
Cross-reference:
Francis Biddle
;
Laurence Curtis
;
Lewis Einstein
;
Erland F. Fish
Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
The Common Law
Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge
(out of print); G. Edward White,
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self
; Sheldon M. Novick,