| CHENEY (Soundex
C500)
— See also
CHANEY,
CHEENEY,
CHEN,
CHENERY,
CHEREY,
CHERNEY,
CHESNEY,
CHEYNEY,
CHINIO,
HENEY,
KEANEY,
KEENEY,
KEENY,
KENEE,
KENNEY,
KENNY,
KENYA,
KINNEE,
KINNEY,
KINNIE,
KINNY,
METHENEY.
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See also
John
True Abbott —
Ray
Allen —
Cheney
Ames —
Cheney
Austin —
James
Marshall Carter —
Elial
Todd Foote —
Horace
Greeley —
Orpha
Hall —
Charlotte
H. McMorran —
Orren
Cheney Moore —
Michael
Hubert O'Brien —
Cheney
R. Prouty —
Cheney
Reid —
Benjamin
McLaine Spock —
George
Stoneman |
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Cheney, A. Morelle —
of Bemus Point, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1914-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Albert N. —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1848.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Albert W. —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Albert W. —
of Newbury, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Republican. Elected New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Newbury 1938; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Newbury,
1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Alfred, Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Aden, as of 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Amherst B. —
of Kent
County, Mich.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Arthur Sanford
(1869-1908) —
also known as Arthur S. Cheney —
of Connecticut.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., October
4, 1869.
Physician;
U.S. Vice Consul in Reichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul in Messina, 1907-08, died in office 1908.
He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during the
Messina Earthquake,
specifically, when the U.S. consulate building collapsed,
in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
December
28, 1908 (age 39 years, 85
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married 1895 to Laura
A. Pfeiffer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cheney, C. Joseph, Jr. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1976-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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Cheney, Charles H. —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Concord 4th Ward;
elected 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Clifford C. —
of New York.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 51st District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Coleman B. —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1932 (Socialist),
1934 (Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1938 (Socialist), 1940 (American
Labor); candidate for New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1935; candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1936; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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| | Cheney,
Dick See Richard Bruce
Cheney |
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Cheney, Edgar G. —
of Lansing Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for supervisor
of Lansing Township, Michigan, 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Edith C. (b.
1888) —
also known as Edith Madison Costello —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born July 12,
1888.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1940-44.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Edward D. —
of Michigan.
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1948, 1952, 1954.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Edward M. —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Republican. Postmaster at Jacksonville,
Fla., 1872-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1882-87.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Edwards —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Elias Hutchins
(1832-1924) —
also known as Elias H. Cheney —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Holderness, Grafton
County, N.H., January
28, 1832.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1867; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1872;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1885-86; U.S. Consul in Matanzas, 1892-94; La Paz, as of 1895-98; Curaçao, 1899-1914.
Died in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., August
26, 1924 (age 92 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Ellsworth J. —
of Sandusky, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1909-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Frank, Jr. —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester; elected 1904,
1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Frank W. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1854-55.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Frank W. —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Manchester;
elected 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Frederic M. —
U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, as of 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, George —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, George L. —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, George L. —
of Newton, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Newton,
1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, George W. —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1824, 1835.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Glenn T.
(1923-1999) —
of Clinton
County, Mich.
Born August
12, 1923.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1952.
Died February
8, 1999 (age 75 years, 180
days).
Interment at Gunnisonville
Cemetery, Gunnisonville, Mich.
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Cheney, Guy Warren
(1886-1939) —
also known as Guy W. Cheney —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Covington, Franklin
County, N.Y., February
20, 1886.
Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Alanson
B. Houghton, 1919-21; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1922-31; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in
office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Chi Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died April
18, 1939 (age 53 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Hampton J. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Postmaster at Nashville,
Tenn., 1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Harrison —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1876, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Harry M. —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1897-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Henry R. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Acting postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Horace B. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
First
selectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, J. A. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Jerome L. —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1921-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, John Moses
(1859-1922) —
also known as John M. Cheney —
of Florida.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
6, 1859.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1900, 1904; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1902-12; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1920.
Died June 2,
1922 (age 63 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Cheney, John S. —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1881-82.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Jonathan M. —
of Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Jr. See C. Joseph Cheney
Jr. |
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Cheney, Laura —
of White Salmon, Klickitat
County, Wash.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Washington, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cheney, Lisa Marie (born
c.1965) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born about 1965.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cheney, Louis Richmond
(1859-1944) —
also known as Louis R. Cheney —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., April
27, 1859.
Republican. Silk
manufacturer; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1912-14; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1915.
Member, Union
League.
Died December
17, 1944 (age 85 years, 234
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married 1890 to Mary
Alice Robinson; married to Margaret Bennett. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cheney, Lynne (b. 1941) —
also known as Lynne Ann Vincent —
Born in Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo., August
14, 1941.
Republican. Author; Second Lady
of the United States, 2001-09.
Female.
Presbyterian;
later Methodist.
Still living as of 2022.
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Cheney, M. Nan —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1976.
Female.
Still living as of 1976.
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Cheney, Manley J. —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
First
selectman of Milford, Connecticut, 1915-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Marjory —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester; elected 1924,
1926, 1928, 1930.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Morelle See A. Morelle
Cheney |
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Cheney, Myra —
of Sedan, Chautauqua
County, Kan.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1940.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Myron P. (b.
1851) —
of Hyde Park, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Born in Lowell, Orleans
County, Vt., January
30, 1851.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Hyde Park, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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See M. Nan Cheney |
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Cheney, Nellie A. —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1932.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Nelson Welch
(1875-1944) —
also known as Nelson W. Cheney —
of Eden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 27,
1875.
Republican. Assistant treasurer, Goodyear Lumber
Company and Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Company; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1916-29 (Erie County 9th District 1916-17, Erie
County 8th District 1918-29); member of New York
state senate 50th District, 1930-38.
Died November
23, 1944 (age 69 years, 149
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Cheney, Newell —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Orlando A. —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Republican. Postmaster at Fort
Scott, Kan., 1904-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Luetta See Orpha
Hall |
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Cheney, Person, Jr. —
of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Dixon, Ill., 1865-66.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Person Colby
(1828-1901) —
also known as Person C. Cheney —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Holderness (part now in Ashland), Grafton
County, N.H., February
25, 1828.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1853-54; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; New Hampshire Railroad Commissioner,
1864-67; president, People's Savings Bank; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1871-72; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1875-77; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1886-87; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1888;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1888-1900; U.S. Minister
to Switzerland, 1892-93.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., June 19,
1901 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Cheney, Ralph —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1852; postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1859-61.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Reuben S. —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Democrat. Postmaster at Jackson,
Mich., 1853-59.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Richard Bruce (b.
1941) —
also known as Richard B. Cheney; Dick Cheney;
"Shooter" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
30, 1941.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1979-89; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1989-93; Vice
President of the United States, 2001-09.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 3, 1991.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Married, August
29, 1964, to Lynne Ann Vincent. |
| | | Cross-reference: Don
Evans |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Richard B. Cheney: Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History, with Lynne V. Cheney (1996) — In
My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir (2011) |
| | | Books about Richard B. Cheney: Stephen
F. Hayes, Cheney
: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice
President — Barton Gellman, Angler:
The Cheney Vice Presidency |
| | | Critical books about Richard B. Cheney:
John Nichols, Dick:
The Man Who is President — Clint Willis, The
I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .
Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America — Dan
Piraro, The
Three Little Pigs Buy the White House — Lou Dubose and
Jake Bernstein, Vice:
Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American
Presidency |
| | | Fiction about Richard B. Cheney: Henry
Beard, The
Dick Cheney Code : A Parody |
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Cheney, Richard L. (d.
1974) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Tampa, Fla., 1974; died in office 1974.
Died June 19,
1974.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Rufus, Jr. —
of Whitewater, Walworth
County, Wis.
Whig. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Walworth County, 1850.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Thomas C. —
of Morristown, Lamoille
County, Vt.
Dry candidate for delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Thomas P. —
of Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1864
(alternate), 1868;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 4th District, 1889-90.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Thomas Perkins (b.
1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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Cheney, Walter B. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1889-94, 1898-1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Walter W. —
of Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1888-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Ward —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1851-54, 1855-57.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, William C. (born
c.1866) —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1866.
Republican. Silk
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1895-96, 1939-40;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1900;
member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1913-14; first
selectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, William H. —
of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1861-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Cheney, Z. R. —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker).
Burial location unknown.
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