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Dead Politicians Whose Graves Were Moved

Very incomplete list! in chronological order   Theophilus Eaton (1590-1658) — Born in Buckinghamshire, England, 1590. Co-founder and first Governor of New Haven Colony, 1639-58. Puritan. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 17, 1658 (age about 67 years). Original interment and cenotaph at New Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph at Montowese Cemetery, North Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Richard Eaton and Elizabeth (Sheapheard) Eaton; married 1629 to Ann (Lloyd) Yale; fifth great-grandfather of David Parmalee Kelsey; sixth great-grandfather of Walter Samuel Hine, Arthur Eugene Parmelee, Lovel Davis Parmelee, Frank Clark Woodruff and Watson Stiles Woodruff; seventh great-grandfather of Layton Archer Kelsey and Cleon Lorenzo Parmelee.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Eaton, New Hampshire, is named for him.   Epitaph: "Eaton so fam'd so wise, so just, The Phoenix of our world, here lies his dust / This name forget, N. England never must."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jacob Leisler (c.1640-1691) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Bockenheim, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Frankfurt am Main, Germany), about 1640. Fur trader; tobacco business; following the English Revolution of 1688, which brought Protestant rulers William and Mary to power, he led "Leisler's Rebellion" and seized control of the colony; Colonial Governor of New York, 1689-91; provided land for a settlement of French Huguenot refugees (now the city of New Rochelle); following the arrival of a new royal governor, he was ousted. Arrested, charged with treason, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death; executed by hanging and decapitation, in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 1691 (age about 51 years). Four years later, he was posthumously exonerated by an act of Parliament. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New York County, N.Y.; subsequent interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location; statue at Broadview Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y.   Relatives: Great-grandfather of Nicholas Bayard.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) — also known as John Abeel — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 23, 1667. Merchant; fur trader; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member of New York colonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02. Dutch Reformed. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 28, 1711 (age 43 years, 311 days). Original interment at Second Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Brother of Elizabeth Abeel (who married Evert Bancker); married 1694 to Catherine Schuyler.   Political family: Bancker-Abeel family of Albany, New York.   See also Wikipedia article   David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) — also known as David Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 11, 1669. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1706-07. Died December 16, 1715 (age 46 years, 188 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Essex County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catalina (Ver Planck) Schuyler; brother of Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle of Henry Newton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle of Marion Richard Schuyler; first cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; first cousin four times removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born about 1670. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1698-99. Died in 1724 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Father of Johannes Hansen.   Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) — also known as Peter Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany, Albany County, N.Y.), 1657. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1686-94. Died February 19, 1724 (age about 66 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; subsequent interment at Madison Avenue Dutch Church, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst) Schuyler; brother of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); married 1681 to Engeltie Van Schaick; married 1691 to Maria Van Rensselaer; father of Margarita Schuyler (who married Robert Livingston the Younger); uncle of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); grandfather of Philip P. Schuyler; granduncle of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; great-grandfather of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston and Peter Samuel Schuyler; great-granduncle of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and James Parker; second great-grandfather of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second great-granduncle of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third great-grandfather of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; third great-granduncle of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather of John Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Bronson Murray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Robert Reginald Livingston and Brockholst Livingston; sixth great-granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; seventh great-granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of Henry Newton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of Marion Richard Schuyler.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Scotland, 1663. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1710-19. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 21, 1725 (age about 61 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of James Livingston ; married 1697 to Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Pieter Schuyler); nephew of Robert Livingston the Elder; grandfather of Margaret Beekman (who married Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston (1747-1832); great-grandfather of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second great-grandfather of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; third great-grandfather of John Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth great-grandfather of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; fifth great-grandfather of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Robert Reginald Livingston; first cousin of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; first cousin once removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); first cousin four times removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin five times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1641. Fur trader; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1700-01. Died in 1732 (age about 91 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1668. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1701-02. Died in 1737 (age about 69 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born about 1661. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Died in 1740 (age about 79 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of Maria Cuyler (who married John Cruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father of Cornelis Cuyler; uncle of John Cruger Jr.; granduncle of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston and Henry Cruger; great-granduncle of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston; sixth great-granduncle of John Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; seventh great-granduncle of Hamilton Fish, Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr..   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., 1697. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1741-42. Died in Albany County, N.Y., 1746 (age about 49 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) and Elizabeth (Staats) Schuyler; father of Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; nephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); grandfather of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; great-grandfather of Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); third great-grandfather of Robert Ray Hamilton; fourth great-grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; fifth great-grandfather of Brockholst Livingston; first cousin of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; first cousin once removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836) and James Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin five times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin six times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin seven times removed of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; second cousin five times removed of Henry Newton Schuyler.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known as John Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., 1668. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1703-06. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 25, 1747 (age about 78 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Mararetta (Van Sclichtenhorst) Schuyler; brother of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); married 1694 to Elizabeth Staats; father of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); uncle of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; grandfather of Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; granduncle of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston and Philip P. Schuyler; great-grandfather of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; great-granduncle of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836) and James Parker; second great-grandfather of Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; second great-granduncle of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third great-grandfather of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); third great-granduncle of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather of Robert Ray Hamilton; fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); fifth great-grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; fifth great-granduncle of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); sixth great-grandfather of Brockholst Livingston; sixth great-granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; seventh great-granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of Henry Newton Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of Marion Richard Schuyler.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Joshua Fry (1699-1754) — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, 1699. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1740. Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the Most Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon his death, the young George Washington took command of Virginia's military forces. Died, of injuries received in a fall from his horse, near Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., May 31, 1754 (age about 54 years). Original interment somewhere in Allegany County, Md.; reinterment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.   Relatives: Father of John Fry and Henry Fry; second great-grandfather of James Speed; third great-grandfather of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; fourth great-grandfather of Olive Speed (who married Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr.) and William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967).   Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Myndert Davidtse Schuyler (1672-1755) — also known as Myndert Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Colonie, Albany County, N.Y., 1672. Merchant; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 21, 1755 (age about 83 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Davit Pieterse Schuyler and Catharina (Ver Planck) Schuyler; brother of David Davidse Schuyler; fourth great-granduncle of Henry Newton Schuyler; fifth great-granduncle of Marion Richard Schuyler; first cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; first cousin four times removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin six times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin seven times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) — also known as Hans Hansen — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1695. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1754-56. Died in 1756 (age about 61 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Hendrick Hansen.   Edward Holland (1702-1756) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., 1702. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1733-41; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1747-56; died in office 1756. Anglican. English ancestry. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 10, 1756 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Henry Holland and Jenny (Seeley) Holland; married, June 24, 1726, to Magdalena Bayeux; married 1739 to Frances Nicoll.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Simon Boerum (1724-1775) — of New York. Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., February 29, 1724. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1761-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75. Christian Reformed. Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn), Kings County, N.Y., July 11, 1775 (age 51 years, 0 days). Original interment at Dutch Reformed Burying Ground (which no longer exists), Brooklyn, N.Y.; reinterment in 1848 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Ward (1725-1776) — of Westerly, Washington County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., May 27, 1725. Governor of Rhode Island, 1762-63, 1765-67; Delegate to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-76; died in office 1776. Died March 26, 1776 (age 50 years, 304 days). Original interment at First Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1860 at Common Burying Ground, Newport, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Richard Ward.   See also congressional biography   John Hart (c.1713-1779) — also known as "Honest John" — of Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now Mercer County), N.J. Born about 1713. Hunterdon County Judge, 1768-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1776-78; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1776-78. Died, from kidney failure, in Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now Mercer County), N.J., May 11, 1779 (age about 66 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in 1865 at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Edward Hart and Martha (Furman) Hart; married 1741 to Deborah Scudder; second great-grandfather of John Hart Brewer and Lummie J. Earle; first cousin thrice removed of Absalom Price Lanning; first cousin four times removed of William Mershon Lanning; second cousin twice removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of James Lockwood Conger and Homer Nichols Lockwood; second cousin four times removed of Frederick B. Piatt; second cousin five times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood.   Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Hart (built 1941-42 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1966) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Taylor (1716-1781) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland, 1716. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Presbyterian. Died in 1781 (age about 65 years). Original interment at St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; reinterment at Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   The World War II Liberty ship SS George Taylor (built 1942 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Mann Page (1749-1781) — of Virginia. Born in Gloucester County, Va., 1749. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777. Died in 1781 (age about 32 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Gloucester County, Va.; reinterment at Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Va.   Relatives: Brother of John Page.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Campbell (1745-1781) — Born in Augusta County, Va., 1745. Justice of the peace; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1781. Died in Hanover County, Va., August 22, 1781 (age about 36 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Hanover County, Va.; reinterment in 1823 at Aspenvale Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Henry (sister of Patrick Henry; who later married William Russell); father of Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis Smith Preston); grandfather of William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandfather of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Johannes DePeyster (1694-1783) — also known as John DePeyster — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1694. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33. Died February 27, 1783 (age about 88 years). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Johannes de Peyster and Anna (Bancker) DePeyster; married 1715 to Anna Schuyler; nephew of Abraham de Peyster; uncle of Matthew Clarkson and Henry Rutgers; granduncle of Philip DePeyster; first cousin once removed of Pierre Van Cortlandt; first cousin twice removed of Philip Peter Livingston, John Stevens III, Philip Van Cortlandt and Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of William Alexander Duer, John Duer and Charles Ludlow Livingston; first cousin four times removed of William Duer and Denning Duer; first cousin five times removed of Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean; first cousin six times removed of Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean; first cousin seven times removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) — of Delaware. Born in Dover, Kent County, Del., October 7, 1728. Member of Delaware state legislature, 1762; justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1769; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; President of Delaware, 1778-81. Died June 26, 1784 (age 55 years, 263 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Ceasar Rodney and Elizabeth Maude (Crawford) Rodney; brother of Thomas Rodney; uncle of Caesar Augustus Rodney; granduncle of Thomas McKean Rodney; first cousin once removed of Daniel Rodney and Caleb Rodney; first cousin twice removed of George Brydges Rodney; first cousin thrice removed of John Henry Rodney; first cousin four times removed of Caleb Rodney Layton and Reynolds Clough.   Political family: Rodney family of Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Joseph Reed (1741-1785) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., August 27, 1741. Lawyer; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778; President of Pennsylvania, 1778-81. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 5, 1785 (age 43 years, 190 days). Original interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1867 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Reed and Theodosia (Bowes) Reed; brother of Bowes R. Reed and Sarah Reed (who married Charles Pettit).   Political family: Reed family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Abner Nash (1740-1786) — of Jones County, N.C. Born near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., August 8, 1740. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in office 1786. Welsh ancestry. Died while attending a session of the Continental Congress, in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116 days). Original interment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Abner Nash (1685-1732) and Elizabeth (Hinton) Nash; brother of Francis Nash; married 1766 to Justina Davis Dobbs; married 1774 to Mary Whiting Jones.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Abner Nash (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1964) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Henry (1729-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Downingtown, Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1729. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1770, 1773, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1784-85. Died in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., December 15, 1786 (age 57 years, 210 days). Original interment at Moravian Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; reinterment at Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Penn (1741-1788) — of Granville County, N.C. Born near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., May 17, 1741. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of North Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1777. Died in Granville County, N.C., September 14, 1788 (age 47 years, 120 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Moses Penn and Catherine (Taylor) Penn; married, July 28, 1763, to Susannah Lyne; first cousin once removed of Edmund Pendleton; second cousin of John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; second cousin once removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Zachary Taylor, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Henry Gaines Johnson, Coleby Chew, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of William Barret Pendleton, George Cassety Pendleton, James Benjamin Garnett, Francis Key Pendleton, Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton, John Overton Pendleton, Hubbard T. Smith, Charles M. Pendleton and Daniel Micajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major, Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, Charles Sumner Pendleton and Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin twice removed of Charles Willing Byrd.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Penn (built 1941-42 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and lost in the Greenland Sea, 1942) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Mitchell Varnum (1748-1789) — Born in Dracut, Middlesex County, Mass., December 17, 1748. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1780; justice of Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89. Died January 10, 1789 (age 40 years, 24 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1871 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.   Relatives: Brother of Joseph Bradley Varnum.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joseph Spencer (1714-1789) — of Connecticut. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., October 3, 1714. Member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1776-77, 1779-88; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1778. Died in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., January 13, 1789 (age 74 years, 102 days). Original interment at Millington Green Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.; reinterment in 1904 at Nathan Hale Park, East Haddam, Conn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born in Delaware City, New Castle County, Del., September 25, 1738. Lawyer; delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; President of Delaware, 1783-86. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., February 19, 1789 (age 50 years, 147 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.   Relatives: Son of Nicholas Van Dyke and Rachael (Alee) Van Dyke; married 1766 to Elizabeth Nixon; married to Charlotte Stanley; father of Nancy Ann Van Dyke (who married Kensey Johns Sr.) and Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); grandfather of Kensey Johns Jr. and Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married Charles Irénée du Pont); third great-grandfather of Francis Victor du Pont; fourth great-grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont.   Political family: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — of Prince George County, Va. Born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., March 21, 1742. Physician; planter; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince George County, 1788; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office 1790. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1790 (age 48 years, 72 days). Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling) Bland; married 1768 to Martha Dangerfield; nephew of Richard Bland; uncle of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; grandnephew of Richard Randolph; granduncle of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; first cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Henry Lee, Charles Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin five times removed of William Welby Beverley; second cousin of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph and Beverley Randolph; second cousin once removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, John Wayles Eppes, Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton Randolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Edmund Randolph and Carter Henry Harrison; second cousin thrice removed of William Lewis Cabell, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, George Craighead Cabell, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall, Carter Henry Harrison II, Frederick Madison Roberts and Douglass Townshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed of Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, Benjamin Earl Cabell, John Gardner Coolidge, Edith Wilson, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt, Francis Beverley Biddle and Richard Walker Bolling; second cousin five times removed of Henry De La Warr Flood, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell; third cousin of David Meriwether (1755-1822), James Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether Lewis; third cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of George Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Robertson.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   William Livingston (1723-1790) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 30, 1723. Lawyer; member of New York colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Presbyterian. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., July 25, 1790 (age 66 years, 237 days). Originally entombed at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catherine (Van Brugh) Livingston; brother of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston (1716-1778); married 1745 to Susannah French (granddaughter of Phillip French); father of Susannah Livingston (who married John Cleves Symmes), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who married John Jay) and Henry Brockholst Livingston; nephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; uncle by marriage of James Duane and William Duer (1747-1799); uncle of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas Bayard) and Susanna Livingston (who married John Kean (1756-1795)); grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; grandfather of Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes Cuyler and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); granduncle of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather of Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; great-granduncle of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer (1805-1879), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning Duer; second great-grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-granduncle of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; third great-grandfather of Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Brockholst Livingston; third great-granduncle of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean; fourth great-granduncle of John Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; fifth great-granduncle of Hamilton Fish (born 1951), Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of Robert Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Cornelis Cuyler, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), John Cruger Jr., Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler and Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson and John Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; second cousin of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler and Henry Cruger; second cousin once removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   William Hooper (1742-1790) — of North Carolina. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1742. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1777-78. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., October 14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119 days). Original interment at Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Second great-grandfather of Warren Green Hooper.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lyman Hall (1724-1790) — of Georgia. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., April 12, 1724. Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Georgia, 1783-84. Congregationalist. Died October 19, 1790 (age 66 years, 190 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Courthouse Grounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Ancestor *** of Homer William Hall.   Hall County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Richard Butler (1743-1791) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland, April 1, 1743. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1788; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1790. Killed on an expedition against Indian tribes, November 4, 1791 (age 48 years, 217 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Soldiers Monument, Fort Recovery, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Butler and Eleanor (Parker) Butler; married to Maria Smith.   Butler counties in Ky., Ohio and Pa. are named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) — also known as Jacob C. Ten Eyck — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1705. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1748-50. Died in 1793 (age about 88 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   William Russell (1735-1793) — Born in Culpeper County, Va., March 6, 1735. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1785; member of Virginia state senate, 1788-91. Died in Shenandoah County, Va., January 14, 1793 (age 57 years, 314 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Married 1755 to Tabitha Adams; married 1783 to Elizabeth (Henry) Campbell (sister of Patrick Henry; widow of William Campbell); father of William Russell (1758-1825); great-grandfather of Carter Henry Harrison; second great-grandfather of Carter Henry Harrison II.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky; Ewing-Matthews-Watterson-Harrison family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Russell County, Va. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Roger Sherman (1721-1793) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., April 19, 1721. Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1776-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793. Congregationalist. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 23, 1793 (age 72 years, 95 days). Original interment at New Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment in 1821 at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman and William Sherman; married, November 17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell; married, May 12, 1763, to Rebecca Prescott; father of Rebecca Sherman (who married Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who married Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who married Samuel Hoar); grandfather of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; great-grandfather of Roger Sherman Greene, Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; second great-grandfather of Henry Sherman Boutell, Edward Baldwin Whitney, Henry de Forest Baldwin, Thomas Day Thacher, Roger Sherman Greene II, Roger Sherman Hoar and Roger Kent; second great-granduncle of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and John Frederick Addis; third great-grandfather of Archibald Cox; third great-granduncle of John Stanley Addis; ancestor *** of George Sherman Batcheller; first cousin thrice removed of John Adams Dix; second cousin five times removed of Horace Bemis and Lorin Andrews Lathrop.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Sherman, Connecticut, is named for him.  — The town and village of Sherman, New York, are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1746. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1777-80. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 8, 1793 (age about 47 years). Original interment at Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Abigail (Dickinson) Sergeant and Jonathan Sergeant; married to Margaret Spencer and Elizabeth Rittenhouse (daughter of David Rittenhouse); father of John Sergeant; second great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel; fourth great-grandfather of Happy Rockefeller; third cousin thrice removed of Edwin W. Kellogg, Samuel Herbert Kellogg and Charles E. Wooster.   Political families: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family; Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jesse Woodhull (1735-1795) — of Orange County, N.Y. Born in Setauket, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., February 10, 1735. Member of New York council of appointment, 1777; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1779-81; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Orange County, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Orange County, N.Y., February 4, 1795 (age 59 years, 359 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.Y.; reinterment at Cemetery of the Highlands, Highland Mills, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Hester Dubois.   Joel Lane (c.1740-1795) — of North Carolina. Born in Halifax County, N.C., about 1740. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1770; member of North Carolina state senate, 1782-94; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1788, 1789. Provided the site for Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Died March 29, 1795 (age about 55 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1969 at City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.   Relatives: Granduncle of Joseph Lane and David Lowry Swain.   Political family: Lane-Colquitt family of North Carolina.   Thomas Scott (1739-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Chester County, Pa., 1739. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1786; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95 (at-large 1789-91, 8th District 1793-95). Died March 2, 1796 (age about 56 years). Original interment at Old Graveyard, Washington, Pa.; reinterment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., April 8, 1732. Astronomer; mathematician; financier; clockmaker; surveyor; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1777-89; first director of the U.S. Mint. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 26, 1796 (age 64 years, 79 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Matthias Rittenhouse and Elizabeth (Williams) Rittenhouse; married to Eleanor Coulston and Hannah Jacobs; father of Elizabeth Rittenhouse (who married Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant); second great-granduncle of Barton Myers; third great-granduncle of Robert Baldwin cyers.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Rockefeller family of New York City, New York; Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family; Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania; Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Rittenhouse Square (originally Southwest Square; renamed 1825) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — Rittenhouse, a crater on the Moon, about 26 km (16 miles) in diameter, is named for him.   See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Abraham Robertse Yates (1724-1796) — also known as Abraham Yates — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 23, 1724. Member of New York council of appointment, 1777, 1783-84; member of New York state senate Western District, 1777-90; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1787-88; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1790-96; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 30, 1796 (age 71 years, 312 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Christoffel Yates and Catelyntje (Winne) Yates; married 1746 to Antje De Ridder; uncle of Peter Waldron Yates; grandfather of Gerrit Yates Lansing; great-grandfather of Abraham Lansing; third great-granduncle of Bradford R. Lansing.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut; Lansing family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Northern Ireland, February 21, 1721. Physician; New Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1776-77; President of Delaware, 1777. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182 days). Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Married 1761 to Jane 'Jenny' Richardson.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as "Mad Anthony" — of Chester County, Pa.; Chatham County, Ga. Born in Chester County, Pa., January 1, 1745. Surveyor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie County, Pa., December 15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349 days). Original interment at Garrison Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary Penrose; father of Isaac Wayne (1772-1852).   Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are named for him.   Fort Wayne (1794), and the subsequent city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Whitmell Hill (1743-1797) — of North Carolina. Born in Bertie County, N.C., February 12, 1743. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-80; member of North Carolina state senate, 1778-80, 1784-85. Died in Martin County, N.C., September 26, 1797 (age 54 years, 226 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Martin County, N.C.; reinterment at Trinity Cemetery, Near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) — of Jones County, N.C. Born in Craven County (part now in Jones County), N.C., 1748. Member of North Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1781-83; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1787, 1791-94; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1795-98 (at-large 1795-97, 10th District 1797-98); died in office 1798. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 4, 1798 (age about 49 years). Original interment at Baptist Burial Ground on Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment to unknown location; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born in Cecil County, Md., July 20, 1744. Physician; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delaware state treasurer, 1786-89; President of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of Delaware, 1793-96; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798. Presbyterian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 11, 1798 (age 54 years, 22 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Bethel Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.   Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton and James Clayton; married to Rachel (McCleary) Bassett (adoptive daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Thomas Clayton; uncle of John Middleton Clayton; second great-granduncle of Clayton Douglass Buck.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Wilson (1742-1798) — of Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Carskerdo, Fife, Scotland, September 14, 1742. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798. Episcopalian. Died in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., August 28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married, November 5, 1771, to Rachel Bird; married 1793 to Hannah Gray.   The World War II Liberty ship SS James Wilson (built 1941-42 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1964) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Hilary Baker (1746-1798) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born February 21, 1746. Hardware merchant; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1796-98; died in office 1798. Died, from yellow fever, September 25, 1798 (age 52 years, 216 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Married to Anna Maria Kreider.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Duer (1747-1799) — also known as "Philo-Publius" — of New York County, N.Y. Born in Devon, England, March 18, 1747. Planter; timber and lumber merchant; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1776; member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1785-86; went bankrupt as a result of the Panic of 1792, and was imprisoned for debt. Died, in debtor's prison, New York, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1799 (age 52 years, 31 days). Originally entombed at Old St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of John Duer and Frances (Frye) Duer; married 1779 to Catherine Alexander; father of William Alexander Duer and John Duer (1782-1858); nephew by marriage of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; grandfather of William Duer (1805-1879) and Denning Duer; first cousin by marriage of Peter Robert Livingston, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known as Volkert P. Douw — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 23, 1720. Merchant; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York state senate Western District, 1785-93. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 20, 1801 (age 80 years, 362 days). Original interment somewhere in Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Petrus Douw and Anna (Van Rensselaer) Douw; married, May 20, 1742, to Anna De Peyster; uncle of Leonard Gansevoort and Leonard Gansevoort Jr.; granduncle of Peter Gansevoort; great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of James Alexander Hamilton and Philip Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Robert Ray Hamilton; first cousin five times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and John Hubner II; second cousin of Philip P. Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, John Jay, Pieter Schuyler, Frederick Jay, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer and Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of Henry Walter Livingston and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Livingston, Charles Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston and Bronson Murray Cutting; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of John Jay II and John Cortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed of James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt and Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Robert Yates (1738-1801) — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 27, 1738. State court judge in New York, 1777-98; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany County, 1788; candidate for Governor of New York, 1789, 1795. Christian Reformed. Slaveowner. Died September 9, 1801 (age 63 years, 225 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   John Lowell (1743-1802) — also known as "The Old Judge" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., June 17, 1743. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1778, 1780-82; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1780; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1784-85; Judge, Massachusetts Court of Appeals, 1784-89; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1789-1801; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1801-02. Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., May 6, 1802 (age 58 years, 323 days). Original interment at Central Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; reinterment in 1895 at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Rev. John Lowell and Sarah (Champney) Lowell; married, January 8, 1767, to Sarah Higginson; married, May 31, 1774, to Susanna Cabot; married, December 25, 1778, to Rebecca (Graves) Tyng; second great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge and Augustus Peabody Gardner; fourth great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) — of Virginia. Born in Hunterdon County, N.J., 1736. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99. Presbyterian. Welsh ancestry. Slaveowner. Died July 6, 1802 (age about 66 years). Original interment at Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan Square, Spartanburg, S.C.   Relatives: Son of James Morgan; father of Nancy Morgan (who married Presley Neville).   Morgan counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Langworthy (1738-1802) — of Georgia; Baltimore, Md. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., 1738. Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777-79; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777. Died, of yellow fever, in Baltimore, Md., November 2, 1802 (age about 64 years). Original interment at Old Episcopal Churchyard (which no longer exists), Baltimore, Md.; reinterment to unknown location.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) — of Caroline County, Va. Born in Caroline County, Va., September 9, 1721. Planter; lawyer; justice of the peace; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1776; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1777; chief justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died in office 1803; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Caroline County, 1788. Anglican. Died in Richmond, Va., October 23, 1803 (age 82 years, 44 days). Original interment at Edmundsbury Graveyard, Bowling Green, Va.; reinterment in 1907 at Bruton Parish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.   Relatives: Son of Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married, January 21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married, January 20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle of John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; granduncle of Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; great-granduncle of Henry Gaines Johnson, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; second great-granduncle of William Barret Pendleton, Francis Key Pendleton, Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton and John Overton Pendleton; third great-granduncle of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed of John Penn; first cousin twice removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison and Zachary Taylor; first cousin thrice removed of Coleby Chew; first cousin four times removed of George Cassety Pendleton, James Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard T. Smith, Charles M. Pendleton and Daniel Micajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major, Edgar Bailey Woolfolk and Charles Sumner Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Charles Willing Byrd.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Pendleton counties in Ky. and W.Va. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   William McMillan (1764-1804) — of Ohio. Born near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., March 2, 1764. Member of Northwest Territory House of Representatives, 1799-1800; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1800-01; U.S. Attorney for Ohio, 1801-03. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1804 (age about 40 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Walton (c.1749-1804) — of Georgia. Born near Farmville, Cumberland County, Va., about 1749. Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776-77, 1780-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Georgia, 1779-80, 1789; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1783; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1795-96. Member, Freemasons. Died near Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., February 2, 1804 (age about 55 years). Original interment at Rosney Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.; reinterment in 1848 at Courthouse Grounds, Augusta, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Brother of John Walton; cousin *** of Matthew Walton.   Political family: Walton family.   Walton County, Ga. is named for him.   The World War II Liberty ship SS George Walton (built 1942-43 at Savannah, Georgia; burned and sank in the North Pacific Ocean, 1951) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   William Irvine (1741-1804) — of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), November 3, 1741. Physician; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1793-95. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 29, 1804 (age 62 years, 269 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1952 at Gloria Dei Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known as Philip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 20, 1733. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; member of New York council of appointment, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1794; U.S. Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98. Built the first flax mill in America. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 18, 1804 (age 70 years, 364 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue (now gone) at Albany City Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler; brother of Stephen John Schuyler; married, September 17, 1755, to Catherine Van Rensselaer; father of Elizabeth Schuyler (who married Alexander Hamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who married Stephen Van Rensselaer) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; uncle of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); grandfather of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and William Stephen Hamilton; grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston; great-granduncle of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); second great-grandfather of Robert Ray Hamilton; third great-grandfather of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; third great-granduncle of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle of Brockholst Livingston; first cousin of Stephanus Bayard and Pierre Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and James Parker; first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and John Cortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and John Sluyter Wirt; second cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; second cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Schuyler counties in Ill., Mo. and N.Y. are named for him.   The village of Schuylerville, New York, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Image source: New York Public Library   James Gillespie (c.1747-1805) — of North Carolina. Born in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., about 1747. Delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1779-83; member of North Carolina state senate, 1784-86; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1803-05 (at-large 1793-97, 6th District 1797-99, 5th District 1803-05); died in office 1805. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1805 (age about 58 years). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1893 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married to Dorcas Mumford.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Peleg Coffin Jr. (1756-1805) — of Massachusetts. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., November 3, 1756. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1780; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1797-1801. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 6, 1805 (age 48 years, 123 days). Original interment at Friends Burial Grounds, Boston, Mass.; reinterment in 1833 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Uriah Forrest (1756-1805) — of Maryland. Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Md., 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, and lost a leg; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland, 1799-1800. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1805 (age about 49 years). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery (which no longer exists), Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1883 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married, October 11, 1789, to Rebecca Plater (daughter of George Plater).   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Moultrie (1730-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., November 23, 1730. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1783-84; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1784; Governor of South Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member of South Carolina state senate, 1787-92. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., September 27, 1805 (age 74 years, 308 days). Original interment at Windsor Hill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in 1977 at Fort Moultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph at St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard, Goose Creek, S.C.   Relatives: Son of John Moultrie and Lucretia (Cooper) Moultrie; half-brother of Alexander Moultrie; married 1749 to Elizabeth Damaris de St. Julien.   Moultrie County, Ill. is named for him.   Fort Moultrie, in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Jackson (1757-1806) — of Georgia. Born in Devon, England, September 21, 1757. Delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806; Governor of Georgia, 1798-1801. Killed George Wells in a duel in 1780; injured in both knees. Died in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1806 (age 48 years, 179 days). Original interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1832 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father of Jabez Young Jackson; grandfather of James Jackson (1819-1887).   Political family: Jackson family of Georgia.   Jackson County, Ga. is named for him.   The World War II Liberty ship SS James Jackson (built 1942 at Savannah, Georgia; scrapped 1973) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 24, 1745. Delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of New Jersey, 1790-93; chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Injured in a horsedrawn coach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three years later, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 9, 1806 (age 60 years, 259 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; cenotaph at Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Richard Paterson; married to Cornelia Bell; father of Cornelia Paterson (who married Stephen Van Rensselaer); grandfather of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; great-grandfather of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Paterson, New Jersey, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about William Paterson: John E. O'Connor, William Paterson, Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806   John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., December 2, 1760. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S. Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died, from a stomach infection, in near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge; half-brother of Robert Breckinridge; brother of James Breckinridge; married, June 28, 1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell; father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; nephew of William Preston; uncle of James Douglas Breckinridge; grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John Brown and James Brown; first cousin of Francis Smith Preston and James Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston and George Rogers Clark Floyd.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Breckinridge County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Bradford (1729-1808) — of Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Mass., November 4, 1729. Physician; lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780, 1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97. Slaveowner. Died in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., July 6, 1808 (age 78 years, 245 days). Original interment at Bristol Town Common, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Bradford and Sarah (Gray) Bradford; father of Nancy Bradford (who married James De Wolf); great-grandfather of James DeWolf Perry; second great-grandfather of LeBaron Bradford Colt.   Political family: Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family of Bristol, Rhode Island (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Paterson (1744-1808) — of Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass.; Lisle, Tioga County (now Broome County), N.Y. Born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., 1744. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Lisle, Broome County, N.Y., July 9, 1808 (age about 64 years). Original interment at Riverside Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at Church on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 19, 1753. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland state senate, 1787; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland, 1791-92, 1796-1801; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Anglican. Slaveowner. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., November 2, 1808 (age 55 years, 106 days). Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.   Relatives: Brother of Rebecca Potts (who married Benjamin Mackall IV); first cousin of Thomas Sim Lee.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Jackson-Lee family; Lincoln-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Carroll family of Maryland; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Phineas Bruce (1762-1809) — of Massachusetts. Born in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., June 7, 1762. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1791-98, 1800; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1803-05. Died in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., October 4, 1809 (age 47 years, 119 days). Original interment at Old Burying Ground, Uxbridge, Mass.; reinterment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y., August 27, 1738. Democrat. Merchant; surveyor; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1801-04. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 19, 1810 (age 71 years, 176 days). Original interment at Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes Van Rensselaer; brother of Robert Van Rensselaer; married, July 3, 1760, to Judith Bayard; married 1764 to Helena Lansing; father of Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle of Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger; granduncle of James Alexander Hamilton and Philip Schuyler; great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder, Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle of Robert Ray Hamilton; third great-granduncle of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin of Volkert Petrus Douw, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James Livingston and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Philip P. Schuyler, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847) and Maturin Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Peter Gansevoort, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler and John Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; first cousin five times removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Robert Reginald Livingston and John Hubner II; second cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen John Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Henry Walter Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; second cousin five times removed of Brockholst Livingston; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Blake (1752-1810) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in 1752. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; banker; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1785, 1787-96, 1798-1800; delegate to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member of South Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1802-10; died in office 1810. Episcopalian. Died July 2, 1810 (age about 58 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Charleston County, S.C.; reinterment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Edward Blake and Jane (Savage) Blake; married, November 27, 1777, to Margaret Mercier.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) — also known as Leendert Harmense Gansevoort — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 14, 1751. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member of New York state senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93, Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District 1799-1802); member of New York council of appointment, 1797. Dutch ancestry. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 26, 1810 (age 59 years, 43 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Harmen Gansevoort and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort; married, April 10, 1770, to Hester Cuyler; nephew of Volkert Petrus Douw; uncle of Peter Gansevoort; second great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Leonard Gansevoort Jr.; first cousin once removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; second cousin of Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Philip P. Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Philip Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Ray Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and John Hubner II; third cousin of Pieter Schuyler, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer and Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Henry Walter Livingston, James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay, William Jay and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston, Charles Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin of John Jay II and John Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed of James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1747. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85; Delaware state attorney general, 1784-90; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; member of Delaware state senate, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware; U.S. District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 30, 1812 (age about 64 years). Original interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic Home Cemetery, Christiana, Del.   Relatives: Son of Gunning Bedford (1720-1802) and Susannah (Jacquett) Bedford; married 1770 to Jane Ballareau Parker; first cousin of Gunning Bedford (1742-1797).   Political family: Read family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile George Clinton (1739-1812) — of Ulster County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., July 26, 1739. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster County, 1788; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812. Christian Reformed. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1812 (age 72 years, 269 days). Original interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton (1690-1773) and Elizabeth (Denniston) Clinton; brother of James Clinton; married, February 7, 1770, to Cornelia Tappen; father of Catherine Clinton (who married Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.) and Elizabeth Denniston Clinton (who married Matthias Burnett Tallmadge); uncle of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)), Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and James Graham Clinton; granduncle of George William Clinton.   Political families: Clinton-DeWitt family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Clinton counties in N.Y. and Ohio are named for him.   See also congressional biography — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about George Clinton: John P. Kaminski, George Clinton : Yeoman Politician of the New Republic   Image source: New York Public Library   James Clinton (1736-1812) — of Ulster County, N.Y.; Orange County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., August 9, 1736. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88, Orange County 1800-01); delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster County, 1788; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1788-92; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801. Died in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., December 22, 1812 (age 76 years, 135 days). Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton (1690-1773) and Elizabeth (Denniston) Clinton; brother of George Clinton; married to Mary DeWitt; father of Charles Clinton (1767-1829), De Witt Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)), Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and James Graham Clinton; grandfather of George William Clinton.   Political families: Clinton-DeWitt family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   John Simpson (d. 1813) — of Shelby County, Ky. Born in Virginia. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Killed in the Battle of River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe), Monroe County, Mich., January 22, 1813. Original interment somewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Simpson County, Ky. is named for him.   The city of Simpsonville, Kentucky, is named for him. Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 27, 1746. Lawyer; law partner of John Jay; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York County, 1788; candidate for Governor of New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase. Member, Freemasons. Died February 26, 1813 (age 66 years, 91 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston; brother of Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis) and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); married 1770 to Mary Stevens (daughter of John Stevens; sister of John Stevens III); father of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who married Edward Philip Livingston (1779-1843)); uncle of Robert Livingston Tillotson; grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; granduncle of John Jacob Astor III; great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of William Waldorf Astor; second great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandfather of Robert Reginald Livingston; second great-granduncle of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; ancestor *** of Robert Livingston Beeckman; first cousin once removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston (1779-1843), William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), John Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard and James Parker; third cousin once removed of Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin of Peter Gansevoort.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Livingston counties in Ky., La. and N.Y. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Public Library Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) — of Andover (part now in North Andover), Essex County, Mass.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Andover (part now in North Andover), Essex County, Mass., February 3, 1748. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1780; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1781-84; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1784; U.S. Postmaster General, 1789-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1800-02. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 12, 1813 (age 65 years, 190 days). Original interment at Brick Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1856 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Peter Osgood and Sarah (Johnson) Osgood; married 1786 to Mary Browne; granduncle of George Bailey Loring; third cousin twice removed of William Crowninshield Endicott.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Crowninshield-Adams family of Savannah, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. Postal Museum   Charles Scott (1739-1813) — Born in Goochland County, Va., 1739. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1789; Governor of Kentucky, 1808-12. Died in Clark County, Ky., October 22, 1813 (age about 74 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Father-in-law of George Mortimer Bibb.   Scott County, Ky. is named for him.   The city of Scottsville, Kentucky, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography   Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco, Prince George's County, Md., October 30, 1768. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member of Maryland state senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in Frenchs Mills (now Fort Covington), Franklin County, N.Y., November 14, 1813 (age 45 years, 15 days). Original interment somewhere in Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 at Mt. Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph at Military Post Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.   Covington counties in Ala. and Miss. are named for him.   The city of Covington, Kentucky, is named for him.  — The city of Covington, Georgia, is named for him.  — The town of Covington, New York, is named for him.  — Fort Covington (early 19th century blockhouse) and the town of Fort Covington, New York, were named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) — of New York. Born in Westchester County, N.Y., January 10, 1721. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-78; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1778-95. Died in Westchester County, N.Y., May 1, 1814 (age 93 years, 111 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Westchester County, N.Y.; reinterment at Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683-1748) and Catherine (DePeyster) Van Cortlandt; married, May 29, 1748, to Joanna Livingston (daughter of Gilbert Livingston); father of Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (who married Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer); grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Abraham de Peyster; grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Stephanus Bayard, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and John Cortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton and John Sluyter Wirt; first cousin five times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; first cousin six times removed of Brockholst Livingston; second cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Henry Rutgers, John Jay and Frederick Jay; second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip DePeyster, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; second cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cortland County, N.Y. is named for him.   The city of Cortland, New York, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel Sewall (1757-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 11, 1757. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1784, 1788-96; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1796-1800 (11th District 1796-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1800-14; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1814; died in office 1814. Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, June 8, 1814 (age 56 years, 179 days). Original interment at Ancient Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine; reinterment in private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Sewall (1715-1771) and Elizabeth (Quincy) Sewall; married to Abigail Devereux; second cousin of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864); second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Miller Quincy; second cousin thrice removed of Josiah Quincy (1859-1919) and Arthur Outram Sherman; third cousin of Abigail Adams; third cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and William Cranch; third cousin twice removed of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Arthur Sewall and Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin thrice removed of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894), Joseph Homan Manley, Brooks Adams and Harold Marsh Sewall.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1760. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 18, 1814 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Old Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Married, February 14, 1811, to Mary Thomson Mason (sister of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason).   Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Howard County, Mo. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Hoge (1762-1814) — of Washington, Washington County, Pa. Born near Hogestown, Cumberland County, Pa., 1762. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1796-97; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-04, 1807-09 (12th District 1801-03, 10th District 1803-04, 1807-09). Died near Washington, Washington County, Pa., September 25, 1814 (age about 52 years). Original interment at Old Graveyard, Washington, Pa.; reinterment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pa.   Relatives: Brother of John Hoge.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) — of Essex County, N.Y. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., 1768. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Essex County, 1807-10; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Suffered exposure and disease at the seige of Plattsburg, and died as a result, in Schroom, Essex County, N.Y., October 6, 1814 (age about 46 years). Original interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 at Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.   Relatives: Grandfather of George H. Pond.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born in Louisa County, Va., June 17, 1746. Democrat. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large 1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07). Slaveowner. Died near Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., April 21, 1815 (age 68 years, 308 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Francis Winston; father-in-law of Robert Overton Williams; father of Louis L. Winston and Fountain Winston.   Political families: Williams family of North Carolina; Clay family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Winston, now part of the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 20, 1750. Secretary to Benjamin Franklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, 1802; engineer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died in office 1815. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 16, 1815 (age 64 years, 361 days). Original interment at Pine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   The neighborhood of Williamsburg, in Brooklyn, New York, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Roger Nelson (1759-1815) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., 1759. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Maryland state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1792-93, 1800-02; member of Maryland state senate from Western Shore, 1802-04; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., June 17, 1815 (age about 55 years). Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.   Relatives: Father of John Nelson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md.; Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. Born near Charlestown, Cecil County, Md., April 12, 1757. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1794-99; circuit judge in Maryland, 1804; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1815 (age 58 years, 107 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Anne Arnold (Ross) Key and Francis Key; married, July 4, 1790, to Ann Plater (daughter of George Plater; sister of Thomas Plater); uncle of Francis Scott Key and Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger Brooke Taney); granduncle of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859); great-granduncle of Francis Key Pendleton; first cousin of Philip Key; second cousin thrice removed of Vinson Martlow Whitley.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath of His Party"; "High Priest of the Constitution" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 28, 1767. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804-13. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 6, 1815 (age 48 years, 9 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard and Agnes or Ann (Hodge) Bayard; married, February 11, 1795, to Ann Nancy Bassett (daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; nephew and adoptive son of John Bubenheim Bayard; grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; second great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); third great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); third great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin once removed of Littleton Kirkpatrick; first cousin twice removed of Andrew Kirkpatrick; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin once removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin once removed of James Adams Ekin.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS James A. Bayard (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1963) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Bassett (1745-1815) — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Cecil County, Md., April 2, 1745. Lawyer; member of Delaware state legislative council from Kent County, 1776-80, 1782-83; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware state senate, 1782; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1793-99; Governor of Delaware, 1799-1801; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02. Methodist. Slaveowner. Died in Cecil County, Md., September 15, 1815 (age 70 years, 166 days). Original interment somewhere in Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1865 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Son of Arnold Bassett and Judith (Thompson) Bassett; married, December 22, 1774, to Ann Ennals; adoptive father of Rachel McCleary Bassett (who married Joshua Clayton); father of Ann Nancy Bassett (who married James Asheton Bayard Sr.); grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) and James Asheton Bayard Jr.; granduncle of Thomas Clayton; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.; second great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; third great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); first cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Sevier (1745-1815) — Born near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Va., September 23, 1745. Democrat. U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1790-91; Governor of Tennessee, 1796-1801, 1803-09; member of Tennessee state senate, 1810; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-15; died in office 1815. Slaveowner. Died in Decatur, Morgan County, Ala., September 24, 1815 (age 70 years, 1 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1889 at Knox County Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of Valentine Sevier and Joanna (Goad) Sevier; married to Sarah Hawkins; grandfather of Laura Jane Sevier (who married Henry Laurence Norvell); granduncle of Ambrose Hundley Sevier; second great-grandfather of David Henry Cox.   Political family: Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family.   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sevier (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Montgomery (1736-1816) — of Danville, Montour County, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pa., August 3, 1736. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1779; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1784; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1790; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1793-95; postmaster at Danville, Pa., 1800-03; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1801-13. Died in Danville, Montour County, Pa., May 1, 1816 (age 79 years, 272 days). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Montgomery and Mary (McCullough) Montgomery; married 1755 to Margaret Nevins; father of Daniel Montgomery Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel Dexter (1761-1816) — of Lunenburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 14, 1761. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1788-90; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of War, 1800; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1814, 1815, 1816. Died in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., May 4, 1816 (age 54 years, 356 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Hannah (Sigourney) Dexter and Samuel Dexter (1725-1810); married to Katharine Gordon; father of Samuel William Dexter.   The town of Dexter, Maine, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Ebenezer Hazard (1745-1817) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 15, 1745. Publisher; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1775-76; U.S. Postmaster General, 1782-89; insurance business; historian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 13, 1817 (age 72 years, 149 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Hazard and Catherine (Clarkson) Hazard; married, October 18, 1783, to Abigail Arthur; father of Erskine Hazard; first cousin once removed of John Alsop; second cousin once removed of John Alsop King, James Gore King and Edward King; second cousin twice removed of Rufus King (1814-1876) and Rufus King (1817-1891); second cousin four times removed of Frederick B. Piatt; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Hazard and Nathaniel Hazard; third cousin twice removed of Augustus George Hazard, Samuel Austin Gager and Rufus Wheeler Peckham; third cousin thrice removed of Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Hard, Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Reuben Bostwick Heacock, Gideon Hard and Graham Hurd Chapin.   Political families: Conger family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Wildman family of Danbury, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in New London Township, Chester County, Pa., March 19, 1734. Lawyer; member of Delaware colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1765-74; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1777-83; President of Delaware, 1777; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 24, 1817 (age 83 years, 97 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married to the sister-in-law of Francis Hopkinson; married 1763 to Mary Borden; married 1774 to Sarah Armitage.   Political family: Hopkinson-McKean family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   McKean County, Pa. is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan — Thomas McKean Pettit   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Peter Early (1773-1817) — of Georgia. Born near Madison, Madison County, Va., June 20, 1773. U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd District 1805-07); superior court judge in Georgia, 1807-13; Governor of Georgia, 1813-15; member of Georgia state senate, 1815-17; died in office 1817. Slaveowner. Died near Scull Shoals, Greene County, Ga., August 15, 1817 (age 44 years, 56 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at City Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.   Relatives: Grandfather of Daniella Jones (who married Joseph Wheeler).   Early County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known as William C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Sussex County, Va., 1775. Lawyer; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Fought a duel with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh. Died of a liver ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., November 23, 1817 (age about 42 years). Originally entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of William Charles Cole Claiborne (1748-1809) and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; brother of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; married to Clarissa Duralde, Suzette Bosque and Elizabeth Lewis; uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; second great-granduncle of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. and Corinne Claiborne Boggs; third great-granduncle of Claiborne de Borda Pell, Barbara Boggs Sigmund and Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; first cousin once removed of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812); second cousin of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856); third cousin thrice removed of Andrew Fuller Fox.   Political family: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Claiborne counties in La., Miss. and Tenn. are named for him.   Epitaph: "Cara patria, carior libertas; ubi est libertas, ibi mea patria." [Dear my country, dearer liberty; where liberty is, there is my country.]   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Benjamin Walker (1753-1818) — of New York. Born in London, England, 1753. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1801-03. Slaveowner. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., January 13, 1818 (age about 64 years). Original interment at Old Village Burying Ground, Utica, N.Y.; reinterment in 1875 at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as "Light Horse Harry" — of Westmoreland County, Va. Born in Prince William County, Va., January 29, 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Westmoreland County, 1788; Governor of Virginia, 1791-94; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801. Eulogized George Washington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.". Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island, Camden County, Ga., March 25, 1818 (age 62 years, 55 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reinterment in 1913 at Lee Memorial Chapel, Lexington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother of Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; married 1782 to Matilda Ludwell Lee; married, June 18, 1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather of Fitzhugh Lee and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew of Richard Bland; great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee and Theodorick Bland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas Sim Lee, John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; second cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph, John Lee and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed of Francis Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of John Lee Carroll and Edward Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of William Welby Beverley, Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Outerbridge Horsey; third cousin of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Theodorick Bland (1776-1846), Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund Randolph and Carter Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall, Carter Henry Harrison II and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, John Gardner Coolidge, James Sansome Lakin, Elliot Woolfolk Major, Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, Edith Wilson, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt and Francis Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John Wayles Eppes.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lee County, Va. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   John Barker (c.1746-1818) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born about 1746. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; tailor; Philadelphia County Sheriff, 1794-97, 1803-07; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1808-10, 1812-13. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 3, 1818 (age about 72 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of James Barker; father of James Nelson Barker.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Jay Lovett (1761-1818) — also known as John Lovett — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Newent Society (now Lisbon), New London County, Conn., February 20, 1761. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1813-17. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Meigs (unknown county), Ohio, August 12, 1818 (age 57 years, 173 days). Original interment at Spafford Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio; reinterment in 2003 at Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Abigail Adams (1744-1818) — also known as Abigail Quincy Smith — Born in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass., November 22, 1744. Second Lady of the United States, 1789-97; First Lady of the United States, 1797-1801. Female. Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., October 28, 1818 (age 73 years, 340 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.   Relatives: Daughter of William Adams and Elizabeth (Quincy) Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to John Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (who married Louisa Catherine Johnson); aunt of William Cranch; grandmother of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandmother of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandmother of Thomas Boylston Adams; third cousin of Samuel Sewall and Josiah Quincy (1772-1864); third cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Miller Quincy; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Quincy (1859-1919).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Levin Winder (1757-1819) — of Maryland. Born in Somerset County, Md., September 4, 1757. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1789-93, 1806-09; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Governor of Maryland, 1812-16. Presbyterian. Died in Baltimore, Md., July 1, 1819 (age 61 years, 300 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at a private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Md.   Relatives: Son of William Winder and Esther (Gillis) Winder; married to Mary Sloss.   See also National Governors Association biography   Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., November 4, 1732. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in Maryland, 1790-91; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 26, 1819 (age 86 years, 356 days). Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Johnson (1702-1777) and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson; brother of Joshua Johnson; married to Ann Jennings; uncle of Louisa Catherine Johnson (who married John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)); granduncle of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and Bradley Tyler Johnson; great-granduncle of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-granduncle of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-granduncle of Thomas Boylston Adams.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., October 29, 1745. Governor of Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland state senate, 1794. Anglican; later Catholic. Died in Middleton Valley, Frederick County, Md., November 9, 1819 (age 74 years, 11 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment in 1888 at Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Lee and Christiana (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges; father of John Lee; grandfather of Mary Digges Lee (who married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur); great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married Charles Oliver O'Donnell); third great-grandfather of Outerbridge Horsey; first cousin of Richard Potts; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; second cousin of Alexander Contee Hanson, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Alexander Contee Magruder; second cousin once removed of Daniel Carroll and Charles Carroll of Carrollton; second cousin twice removed of John Read Magruder, Fitzhugh Lee and Francis Preston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Brooke Lee; second cousin four times removed of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; third cousin of Zachary Taylor; third cousin once removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, James Sansome Lakin, Elliot Woolfolk Major, John Howell Carroll and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Latimer (1752-1819) — of Delaware. Born in Newport, New Castle County, Del., April 24, 1752. Physician; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1787-91; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801. Presbyterian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239 days). Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Son of James Latimer and Susan (Geddes) Latimer; brother of George Latimer.   Political family: Latimer family of Delaware.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Boone (1734-1820) — Born in Berks County, Pa., November 2, 1734. Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1781, 1787. English and Welsh ancestry. Died in St. Charles County, Mo., September 26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.; reinterment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie Bryan Boone and Nathan Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer Charless Henderson.   Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin family of Pennsylvania; Boone family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are named for him.   The Daniel Boone National Forest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed 1966), in Bath, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe counties, Kentucky, is named for him.  — Boone Dam (built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan and Washington counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake reservoir behind the dam, are named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen John Schuyler (1737-1820) — also known as Stephen J. Schuyler — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 14, 1737. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 14, 1820 (age 83 years, 244 days). Original interment somewhere in Troy, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler; brother of Philip John Schuyler; married to Helena Ten Eyck; uncle of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; great-granduncle of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); second great-granduncle of Robert Ray Hamilton; third great-granduncle of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle of Brockholst Livingston; first cousin of Stephanus Bayard and Pierre Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and James Parker; first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and John Cortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and John Sluyter Wirt; second cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; second cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Adamson Tannehill (1750-1820) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Frederick County, Md., May 23, 1750. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1813-15. Died near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., December 23, 1820 (age 70 years, 214 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; reinterment in 1849 at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Michael Keppele (1771-1821) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born September 9, 1771. Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1811-12. Died February 2, 1821 (age 49 years, 146 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1847 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Married to Catherine Caldwell; grandfather of Thomas Biddle.   Political family: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821) — of Ulster County, N.Y. Born in New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y., March 5, 1755. Member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1796-97, 1801-02, 1805-06; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1803-05, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died near Plattekill, Ulster County, N.Y., March 19, 1821 (age 66 years, 14 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Francis Carr (1751-1821) — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass.; Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Newbury, Essex County, Mass., December 6, 1751. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1791-95, 1801-03, 1806-08; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1809-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 17th District, 1812-13; defeated, 1812. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, October 6, 1821 (age 69 years, 304 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.   Relatives: Father of James Carr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated, 1810. Convicted and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition Act. Slaveowner. Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Ark., August 1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18 days). Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Mary Hosford and Beulah Chittenden (daughter of Thomas Chittenden; sister of Martin Chittenden); father of Chittenden Lyon; great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Matthew Lyon: Aleine Austin, Matthew Lyon, 'New Man' of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822   Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda; Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., August 21, 1757. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; acting president, University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Washington, D.C., September 4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14 days). Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara Benjamin; father of Henry Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John Forsyth); uncle of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur Morris, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, William Dean Kellogg and Charles Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Eastman, William Fessenden Allen, Rush Green Leaming, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Alvred Bayard Nettleton, Robert Cleveland Usher, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Frederick Hobbes Allen, Allen Clarence Wilcox and Carl Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr..   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Meigs, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Kerr (c.1778-1823) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), about 1778. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1818-19. Died in 1823 (age about 45 years). Original interment at North Graveyard, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment to unknown location.   See also Wikipedia article   Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born May 11, 1747. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90. Died March 6, 1823 (age 75 years, 299 days). Original interment at St. John's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1924 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) — also known as Brockholst Livingston — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1757. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23. Presbyterian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1823 (age 65 years, 113 days). Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Susannah (French) Livingston and William Livingston; brother of Susannah Livingston (who married John Cleves Symmes) and Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who married John Jay); married 1774 to Ann Ludlow; nephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston; uncle of Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; grandfather of Henry Brockholst Ledyard; grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; granduncle of John Jay II; great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder, Anthony Brockholls, Pieter Van Brugh and Phillip French; great-grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes Cuyler and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandfather of Brockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle of Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933); first cousin by marriage of James Duane and William Duer (1747-1799); first cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas Bayard), Susanna Livingston (who married John Kean (1756-1795)) and Matthew Clarkson; first cousin once removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin twice removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Cornelis Cuyler, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), John Cruger Jr., Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer (1805-1879), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning Duer; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; first cousin four times removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean; first cousin five times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; first cousin six times removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951), Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger, Frederick Jay and Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson and John Jacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed of William Waldorf Astor and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; second cousin four times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; third cousin of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; third cousin once removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also NNDB dossier   George Cabot (1752-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 3, 1752. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 18, 1823 (age 70 years, 136 days). Original interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; reinterment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Cabot and Elizabeth (Higginson) Cabot; married to Elizabeth Higginson; great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge; second great-granduncle of John Lee Saltonstall; third great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third great-granduncle of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; fourth great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge; fourth great-granduncle of William Lawrence Saltonstall and John Forbes Kerry.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Haslet (c.1769-1823) — of Delaware. Born about 1769. Governor of Delaware, 1811-14, 1823; died in office 1823. Died June 20, 1823 (age about 54 years). Original interment somewhere in Cedar Creek, Del.; reinterment in 1916 at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) — of Surry County, N.C. Born in Orange County, Va., March 24, 1760. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of North Carolina, 1820-21. Slaveowner. Died August 31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160 days). Original interment somewhere in Surry County, N.C.; reinterment at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.   Relatives: Brother of Meshack Franklin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — also known as Cabell Breckinridge — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., July 24, 1788. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823. Presbyterian. Died in an epidemic, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., September 1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father of John Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene Burch); uncle of Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; granduncle of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell, James Patton Preston, Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; second cousin of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John William Leftwich.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be In Everlasting Remembrance."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Martin Davis Hardin (1780-1823) — also known as Martin D. Hardin — of Kentucky. Born in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1780. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1805-06, 1812, 1818-20; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1819-20; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1812-16; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1816-17; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., October 8, 1823 (age 43 years, 109 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Franklin County, Ky.; reinterment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Father of John Jay Hardin; cousin *** of Benjamin Hardin.   Political family: Hardin family of Frankfort, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740-1824) — of Louisiana. Born in France, April 3, 1740. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Orleans Territory, 1809. Slaveowner. Died June 14, 1824 (age 84 years, 72 days). Original interment at Old St. Francis Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.; reinterment at Poydras High School Grounds, New Roads, La.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.; Baltimore, Md. Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., January, 1765. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795, 1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820; member of Maryland state senate, 1819-20. Slaveowner. Died in Baltimore, Md., January 14, 1825 (age about 60 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Harper and Emily Diana (Goodloe) Harper; married, May 1, 1801, to Catherine Carroll (daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton); granduncle of Robert Goodloe Harper Speed; great-granduncle of Robert Loring Speed.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Jackson-Lee family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Carroll family of Maryland; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: John Smith   The town of Harper, Liberia, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Hathorn (1749-1825) — of Orange County, N.Y. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 9, 1749. Member of New York state assembly from Orange County, 1777-78, 1779-80, 1781-85, 1794-95, 1804-05; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1786-89, 1799-1803; member of New York council of appointment, 1787, 1789; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1789-91, 1795-97. Slaveowner. Died February 19, 1825 (age 76 years, 41 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, N.Y.   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Hathorn (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1972) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Ireland, 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23, 18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., January 12, 1826 (age about 55 years). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Mead; father of David M. Farrelly and John Wilson Farrelly.   Political family: Farrelly family of Meadville, Pennsylvania.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial 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. 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 (age 90 years, 247 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Quincy Smith (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (who married Louisa Catherine Johnson); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Arthur Chapin; first cousin six times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; second cousin of Samuel Adams; second cousin once removed of Joseph Allen; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass and Emerson Richard Boyles; third cousin of Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason, George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Caleb Stetson, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames Jr., Benjamin W. Waite, Alfred Elisha Ames, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Joseph Washburn Yates, Augustus Brown Reed Sprague, Franklin Fairbanks, Erskine Mason Phelps, Arthur Newton Holden, John Alden Thayer, Irving Hall Chase, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Giles Russell Taggart.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.   Mount Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Adams (built 1941-42 at Richmond, California; torpedoed and lost in the Coral Sea, 1942) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Adams Harper — John A. Cameron — John A. Dix — John Adams Fisher — John A. Taintor — John A. Gilmer — John A. Perkins — John Adams Hyman — John A. Damon — John A. Lee — John A. Sanders — John Adams Hurson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   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   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) — Born in Prince William County, Va., January 20, 1761. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of Columbia, 1827. Slaveowner. Died in Madison County, Ky., March 12, 1827 (age 66 years, 51 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 at Sully, Chantilly, Va.   Relatives: Son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy Ludwell Gaines (Grymes) Lee; brother of Henry Lee (1756-1818) and Charles Lee; married to Elizabeth Collins Lee; grandnephew of Richard Bland; granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee; third great-grandfather of Lee Marvin; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee; third cousin of Zachary Taylor.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Israel Pickens (1780-1827) — Born near Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., January 30, 1780. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1809; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1811-17 (11th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-17); Governor of Alabama, 1821-25; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1826. Slaveowner. Died in Cuba, April 24, 1827 (age 47 years, 84 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Hale County, Ala.; reinterment at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   John Johnston (1765-1827) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), June 16, 1765. Watch and clock maker; postmaster at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1804-22. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died May 4, 1827 (age 61 years, 322 days). Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Pittsburgh, Pa.; reinterment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.   Relatives: Father-in-law of William Eichbaum Jr..   William Wilson (1773-1827) — of Newark, Licking County, Ohio. Born in New Boston, Hillsborough County, N.H., March 19, 1773. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1808-23; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office 1827. Member, American Antiquarian Society. Died in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, June 6, 1827 (age 54 years, 79 days). Original interment at Old Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Wilson and Mary Wilson; married, November 8, 1808, to Rachel Dixon.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) — of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. Born in Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 16, 1773. Democrat. Member of Northwest Territory House of Representatives, 1799-1803; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802; register of U.S. Land Office at Chillicothe, Ohio, 1802; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1803-07, 1810-14; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1807, 1821-22; Governor of Ohio, 1814-18; defeated, 1808, 1810. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 20, 1827 (age 53 years, 339 days). Original interment at Adena Estate Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio; reinterment at Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.   Relatives: Brother of Mary Worthington (who married Edward Tiffin); father of Sarah Ann Worthington (who married Edward King); grandfather of Rufus King.   Political family: King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill. Born in Scott County, Ky., October 16, 1794. Lawyer; Illinois state attorney general, 1819; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Havana, 1827. Died in Scott County, Ky., October 16, 1827 (age 33 years, 0 days). Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of Nathaniel Cook and John Dillard Cook (1789-1852); married, May 6, 1821, to Julia Catherine Edwards (daughter of Ninian Edwards; niece of Cyrus Edwards); father of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cook County, Ill. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) — also known as Frederick W. S. Grayson — of Kentucky. Born in Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., October 10, 1786. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Kentucky state attorney general, 1825. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., October 27, 1827 (age 41 years, 17 days). Original interment at City Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment at Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Grayson and Caroline Malinda (Taylor) Grayson; brother of Peter William Grayson and Mary Elizabeth Grayson (who married James Douglas Breckinridge); married to Sallie Ward.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827) — of New York. Born in Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), Howard County, Md., April 17, 1765. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19. Died in Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., December 10, 1827 (age 62 years, 237 days). Original interment at Williamsville Graveyard, Williamsville, N.Y.; reinterment in 1849 at Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page 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. 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; member of New York council of appointment, 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. Slaveowner. 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; half-brother of James Graham Clinton; brother of Charles Clinton, George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father of George William Clinton; nephew of George Clinton; first cousin of Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed of Charles De Witt; first cousin five times removed of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; second cousin once removed of Charles D. Bruyn and Charles Gerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed of David Miller De Witt.   Political families: Clinton-DeWitt family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Peter Gansevoort   Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.   The township and city of DeWitt, Michigan, are named for him.  — The city of De Witt, Iowa, is named for him.  — The village of DeWitt, Illinois, is named for him.  — The city of De Witt, Missouri, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: De Witt C. Stevens — DeWitt C. Walker — De Witt C. Stanford — De Witt C. Littlejohn — De Witt C. Gage — DeWitt C. Clark — De Witt C. Leach — Dewitt C. West — John DeWitt Clinton Atkins — DeWitt C. Wilson — De Witt C. Morris — D. C. Giddings — DeWitt C. Hough — DeWitt C. Jones — De Witt C. Tower — D. C. Coolman — DeWitt Clinton Cregier — DeWitt C. Hoyt — DeWitt Clinton Senter — De Witt C. Rugg — DeWitt C. Allen — DeWitt C. Peck — DeWitt C. Richman — Dewitt C. Alden — DeWitt C. Cram — De Witt C. Bolton — DeWitt C. Huntington — DeWitt C. Jones — DeWitt C. Pond — De Witt C. Carr — DeWitt C. Pierce — DeWitt C. Middleton — De Witt C. Badger — DeWitt C. Dominick — DeWitt C. Becker — De Witt C. Titus — De Witt C. Winchell — Dewitt C. Turner — Dewitt C. Ruscoe — DeWitt C. Brown — DeWitt C. French — De Witt C. Flanagan — DeWitt C. Cole — DeWitt C. Talmage — Dewitt Clinton Chase — De Witt C. Poole, Jr. — DeWitt C. Cunningham — Dewitt C. Chastain   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828   Image source: New York Public Library   Obed Hall (1757-1828) — of New Hampshire. Born in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., December 23, 1757. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1801-02; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1800; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13. Slaveowner. Died in Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H., April 1, 1828 (age 70 years, 100 days). Original interment at Garland Ridge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H.; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Few (1748-1828) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Baltimore (unknown county), Md., June 8, 1748. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia, 1796-99; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1801-05. Methodist. Died in Fishkill Landing (now part of Beacon), Dutchess County, N.Y., July 16, 1828 (age 80 years, 38 days). Original interment at Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.   Relatives: Second great-granduncle of William Preston Few (who married Mary Reamey Thomas).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828) — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Born near Fishkill, Dutchess County, N.Y., October 12, 1758. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801, 1801-03; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1801-02; U.S. Senator from New York, 1803-04; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1804-28. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 6, 1828 (age 69 years, 330 days). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1864 at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Izard (1776-1828) — of Arkansas. Born in England, October 21, 1776. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Arkansas Territory, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Died of an illness caused by the gout, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., November 22, 1828 (age 52 years, 32 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1843 at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.   Relatives: Son of Ralph Izard.   Izard County, Ark. is named for him.   Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haddonfield, Camden County, N.J., March 28, 1730. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1777-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780. Died in Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., April 14, 1829 (age 99 years, 17 days). Original interment at Free Quaker Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1905 at a private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Timothy Matlack (1695-1752) and Martha (Burr) Matlack; married, October 5, 1758, to Ellen Yarnall; second great-granduncle of Caspar Wistar Haines; first cousin once removed of James Matlack.   Political family: Matlack-Whitall family of Woodbury, New Jersey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H., February 23, 1751. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95, 1st District 1795-97); U.S. Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24. Member, Freemasons. Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., June 6, 1829 (age 78 years, 103 days). Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Father of Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn.   Dearborn County, Ind. is named for him.   The city of Dearborn, Michigan, is named for him.  — The Dearborn River, in Lewis & Clark and Cascade counties, Montana, is named for him.  — Mount Dearborn, a former military arsenal on an island in the Catawba River, Chester County, South Carolina, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1959) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary   Abner Hammond (1762-1829) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia, January 25, 1762. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of state of Georgia, 1811-23. Drowned, in Fishing Creek, near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., July 9, 1829 (age 67 years, 165 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Baldwin County, Ga.; reinterment at Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.   Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., 1769. Lawyer; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1794-95; member of North Carolina state senate, 1797-1802, 1812-13; Governor of North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in office 1829. Slaveowner. Died near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 26, 1829 (age about 60 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; reinterment in 1984 at John Sampson Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father of Theophilus H. Holmes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Daniel Crosby Lane (1766-1830) — of Indiana. Born in Loudoun County, Va., 1766. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; Indiana state treasurer, 1816-23; member of Indiana state senate, 1827-30; died in office 1830. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 6, 1830 (age about 63 years). Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.; reinterment at Floral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1745. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02, 1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778. Dutch Reformed. Died February 17, 1830 (age 84 years, 133 days). Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew of Johannes DePeyster; grandson of Johannes de Peyster; grandnephew of Abraham de Peyster; first cousin of Matthew Clarkson; first cousin once removed of Philip DePeyster; second cousin of Pierre Van Cortlandt; second cousin once removed of Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, John Stevens III and Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William Alexander Duer, John Duer and Charles Ludlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of William Duer and Denning Duer; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean; second cousin five times removed of Robert Reginald Livingston, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Rutgers University (founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is named for him.  — Henry Street and Rutgers Street, in Manhattan, New York, are both named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Graham (1770-1830) — of Fairfax County, Va. Born in Dumfries, Prince William County, Va., May 16, 1770. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09; U.S. Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Texas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch, Bank of the United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1823-30; died in office 1830. Died in Montgomery County, Md., August 8, 1830 (age 60 years, 84 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Richard Graham and Jane (Brent) Graham; married 1803 to Mary Ann Barnes (Hooe) Mason; married 1825 to Jane Love Watson; nephew of Sarah Brent (who married George Mason).   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Elizabeth Monroe (1768-1830) — also known as Elizabeth Kortright — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 30, 1768. First Lady of the United States, 1817-25. Female. Dutch ancestry. Died in Loudoun County, Va., September 23, 1830 (age 62 years, 85 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.; reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Daughter of Lawrence Kortright and Hannah (Aspinwall) Kortright; married, February 16, 1786, to James Monroe; mother of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur (1799-1865)); aunt of Samuel Laurence Gouverneur (1799-1865); first cousin twice removed of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; first cousin thrice removed of James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr..   Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) — of Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Mine Brook, Morris County, N.J., February 17, 1756. Lawyer; member of New Jersey State Council from Middlesex County, 1798; resigned 1798; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1798-1804; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1804-24. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., January 7, 1831 (age 74 years, 324 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment at Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.   Relatives: Son of David Kirkpatrick and Mary (McEwen) Kirkpatrick; married, November 1, 1792, to Jane Bayard (daughter of John Bubenheim Bayard); father of Littleton Kirkpatrick; grandfather of Andrew Kirkpatrick (1844-1904).   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 21, 1752. Postmaster at Hagerstown, Md., 1792-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of New York state assembly from Monroe County, 1821-22. Episcopalian. Founder of Rochester, New York. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 17, 1831 (age 79 years, 85 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.   Relatives: Married 1788 to Sophia Beatty; father of William Beatty Rochester and Thomas Hart Rochester.   Political families: Rochester family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) — also known as John M. Forbes — of Massachusetts. Born in 1771. U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1802-11; Copenhagen, 1816-19; Schwerin, 1816-19; U.S. Consul General in Stettin, 1816-19; U.S. Agent for Commerce and Seamen (Consul) in Buenos Aires, 1820-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1825-31, died in office 1831. Died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 1831 (age about 59 years). Original interment at Protestant Cemetery at Socorro Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment in 1892 at British Cemetery at Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary James Monroe (1758-1831) — of Spotsylvania County, Va.; Loudoun County, Va. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. 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; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Spotsylvania County, 1788; 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, 1811-17; 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. Slaveowner. 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: Son of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February 16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph Jones; uncle of Thomas Bell Monroe and James Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne A. Chubb and John deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William Grayson; second cousin of Alfred William Grayson and Beverly Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II and John Brady Grayson.   Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   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.   The city of Monrovia, Liberia, is named for him.  — Mount Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Fort Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Virginia, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was 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. Rosse — James M. Comly — James Monroe Buford — James M. Seibert — J. Monroe Driesbach — James M. Lown — James M. Miller — James Monroe Jones — James Monroe Hale — James Monroe Spears — J. M. Alford — James M. Lown, Jr. — James M. Miley   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Daniel Montgomery Jr. (1765-1831) — of Danville, Montour County, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pa., October 30, 1765. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1800; postmaster at Danville, Pa., 1803-13; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1807-09. Died in Danville, Montour County, Pa., December 30, 1831 (age 66 years, 61 days). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Margaret (Nevins) Montgomery and William Montgomery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Shadrach Bond (1773-1832) — also known as Shadrack Bond — of Indiana; Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., November 24, 1773. Member Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1812-13; receiver of U.S. Land Office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1816; Governor of Illinois, 1818-22; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1824. Slaveowner. Died in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill., April 12, 1832 (age 58 years, 140 days). Original interment somewhere in Kaskaskia, Ill.; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Ill.   Bond County, Ill. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Image source: Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (1909)   Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) — of Reading, Berks County, Pa. Born in Berne Township, Berks County, Pa., November 18, 1752. Merchant; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1787-90; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5th District 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20); Governor of Pennsylvania, 1820-23. Slaveowner. Died in Reading, Berks County, Pa., June 10, 1832 (age 79 years, 205 days). Original interment at Reformed Church Burying Ground, Reading, Pa.; reinterment at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.   Relatives: Son of John Hiester (1707-1757) and Maria Barbara (Epler) Hiester; married to Elizabeth Witman; father of Rebecca Hiester (who married Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg); grandfather of Henry Augustus Muhlenberg; second great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg and Hiester Henry Muhlenberg; first cousin of John Hiester (1745-1821) and Daniel Hiester (1747-1804); first cousin once removed of Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) and William Hiester; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Robeadeau Clymer, Isaac Ellmaker Hiester and Hiester Clymer; first cousin five times removed of Edward Brooke Lee; first cousin six times removed of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr..   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Francis Swaine Muhlenberg   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Clark (1766-1832) — also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" — of Georgia. Born February 28, 1766. Governor of Georgia, 1819-23. Died of yellow fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama City, Bay County), Fla., October 2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in 1922 at Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.   Relatives: Uncle of Edward Clark.   See also National Governors Association biography   Peter Samuel Schuyler (1758-1832) — also known as Peter S. Schuyler — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y., May 14, 1758. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1801-04, 1819-20. Died, from apoplexy, in Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y., November 1, 1832 (age 74 years, 171 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment in 1877 at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Engeltie (Van Vechten) Schuyler and Stephanus Schuyler; married to Catherina Cuyler; nephew of Philip P. Schuyler; great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); second great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); first cousin once removed of Henry Walter Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; first cousin five times removed of Brockholst Livingston; second cousin of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, James Livingston, Stephen Van Rensselaer and Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Volkert Petrus Douw, Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin Livingston, Philip Schuyler and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of James Jay, John Jay, Frederick Jay, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of John Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin five times removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and Robert Reginald Livingston; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and James Parker; third cousin once removed of Rensselaer Westerlo, Peter Augustus Jay, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Peter Gansevoort, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Jones Rogers (1781-1832) — also known as Thomas J. Rogers — of Easton, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Ireland, 1781. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 8th District, 1815-18; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1818-24 (6th District 1818-23, 8th District 1823-24). Died December 7, 1832 (age about 51 years). Original interment at New Market Street Baptist Church Graveyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1851 at Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Father of William Findlay Rogers.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Lent (1782-1833) — of Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., 1782. State court judge in New York, 1823; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1829-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., February 22, 1833 (age about 50 years). Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) — of Charlotte County, Va. Born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., June 2, 1773. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25, 1827-29, 1833 (at-large 1799-1807, 15th District 1807-13, 16th District 1815-17, 1819-21, 5th District 1821-25, 1827-29, 1833); died in office 1833; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1830. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 24, 1833 (age 59 years, 356 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.; reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of John Randolph and Frances (Bland) Randolph; half-brother of Henry St. George Tucker; nephew of Theodorick Bland (1742-1790); uncle of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; grandson of Richard Randolph; grandnephew of Richard Bland; first cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) and Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; first cousin four times removed of John Gardner Coolidge; second cousin of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph, Henry Lee, Charles Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; second cousin once removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Edmund Randolph, Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, Fitzhugh Lee and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall, Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Edith Wilson and Frederick Madison Roberts; second cousin four times removed of Henry De La Warr Flood, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt, Francis Beverley Biddle, William Welby Beverley, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell; second cousin five times removed of Harry Flood Byrd; third cousin of John Wayles Eppes and Theodorick Bland (1776-1846); third cousin once removed of David Meriwether (1755-1822), James Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether Lewis; third cousin twice removed of Douglass Townshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, William Henry Robertson and Richard Walker Bolling; fourth cousin of Thomas Jones Hardeman, James Meriwether (1788-1852), Bailey Hardeman, David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of George Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben Handy Meriwether.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Randolph (built 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland; mined and sank, in the Denmark Strait, 1942) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary   Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)   Alexander Buckner (1785-1833) — of Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., 1785. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Cape Girardeau County, 1820; member of Missouri state senate 13th District, 1822-25; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1831-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died of Asiatic cholera during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., June 6, 1833 (age about 47 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; reinterment in 1897 at Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill. Born in Montgomery County, Md., March 17, 1775. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in Kentucky, 1803; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1832. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died of cholera, in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., July 20, 1833 (age 58 years, 125 days). Original interment somewhere in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Margaret (Beall) Edwards and Benjamin Edwards; brother of Cyrus Edwards; married, February 20, 1803, to Elvira Lane; father of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married Daniel Pope Cook) and Ninian Wirt Edwards; uncle of Lucy Amanda Gray (who married Finis Ewing McLean); grandfather of John Pope Cook; granduncle of Richard Lee Metcalfe; great-granduncle of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Edwards County, Ill. is named for him.   The city of Edwardsville, Illinois, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Isaac Pierson (1770-1833) — of Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 15, 1770. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-31. Slaveowner. Died in Orange, Essex County, N.J., September 22, 1833 (age 63 years, 38 days). Original interment at Old Burying Ground, Orange, N.J.; reinterment in 1840 at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Matthias Pierson and Phebe (Nutman) Pierson; married, December 29, 1795, to Nancy Crane; grandfather of Albert Pierson Condit.   Political families: Condit family of Orange, New Jersey; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Wilson Campbell (1782-1833) — also known as John W. Campbell — of West Union, Adams County, Ohio. Born in Augusta County, Va., February 23, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1810, 1813, 1815; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1817-27 (2nd District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-27); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1828; U.S. District Judge for Ohio, 1829-33. Died in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, September 24, 1833 (age 51 years, 213 days). Original interment at North Graveyard, Columbus, Ohio; reinterment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834) — of Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Chatham (part now in Portland), Middlesex County, Conn., August 16, 1755. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1809-15, 1819-20; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821. Died in Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., January 20, 1834 (age 78 years, 157 days). Original interment at Old Burying Ground, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.; reinterment at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Cadwallader David Colden (1769-1834) — also known as Cadwallader D. Colden — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 4, 1769. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1817-18; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1818-21; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1821-23; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1825-27; resigned 1827. Slaveowner. Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 7, 1834 (age 64 years, 309 days). Original interment at Grace Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.; reinterment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Public Library   John Breathitt (1786-1834) — of Kentucky. Born in Loudoun County, Va., September 9, 1786. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834. Presbyterian. Died of tuberculosis in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., February 21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165 days). Original interment at Breathitt Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of William Breathitt and Elizabeth Dawson (Whitsett) Breathitt; married, March 26, 1812, to Caroline Matilda Whitaker; uncle of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke) and Jane Breathitt Sappington (who married Claiborne Fox Jackson); granduncle of John Sappington Marmaduke and James Breathitt; great-granduncle of Erasmus L. Pearson and James Breathitt Jr.; second great-granduncle of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr.; first cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass.   Political families: Jackson-Lee family; Henshaw-Breathitt-Snodgrass-Sappington family of West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Breathitt County, Ky. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography   Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton (1779-1835) — also known as Thomas U. P. Charlton — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in 1779. Mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1815-17, 1819-21; resigned 1821. Died in 1835 (age about 56 years). Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Father of Robert Milledge Charlton; grandfather of mary Marshall Charlton (who married Julian Hartridge).   Political family: Charlton family of Savannah, Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William McHenry (1771-1835) — of White County, Ill. Born in Kentucky, October 3, 1771. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from White County, 1818; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1818-27; member of Illinois state senate, 1832-35. Died in Vandalia, Fayette County, Ill., February 3, 1835 (age 63 years, 123 days). Original interment at Old State Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill.; reinterment in 1871 at South Hill Cemetery, Vandalia, Ill.   McHenry County, Ill. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) — also known as Philip J. Schuyler — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 21, 1768. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 21, 1835 (age 67 years, 31 days). Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment at a private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Philip John Schuyler and Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler; brother of Elizabeth Schuyler (who married Alexander Hamilton); nephew of Stephen John Schuyler, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Robert Van Rensselaer; uncle of Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; grandson of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Younger and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-grandnephew of Jacobus Van Cortlandt; great-granduncle of Robert Ray Hamilton; second great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston the Elder; second great-granduncle of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Volkert Petrus Douw, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James Livingston, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer and Henry Walter Livingston; first cousin twice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Philip P. Schuyler, Edward Livingston (1796-1840) and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; first cousin five times removed of Brockholst Livingston; second cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin Livingston and James Parker; second cousin once removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, John Sluyter Wirt, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; second cousin four times removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Robert Reginald Livingston and John Hubner II; third cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Charles Pinckney Brown, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed of John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in New Jersey, September 22, 1777. Lawyer; Indiana territory attorney general, 1804-08; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1805; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; resigned 1808; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35. Died in Salem, Washington County, Ind., July 12, 1835 (age 57 years, 293 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Parke County, Ind. is named for him.   Politician named for him: Benjamin P. Avery   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Charles McClung (1761-1835) — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Lancaster County, Pa., May 13, 1761. Surveyor; merchant; lawyer; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796. Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., August 9, 1835 (age 74 years, 88 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.; reinterment in 1904 at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known as William T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky, 1816-17; member of Kentucky state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1828; U.S. Postmaster General, 1829-35. Slaveowner. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool, England, August 30, 1835 (age 51 years, 206 days). Original interment and cenotaph at St. James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Barry and Susannah (Dozier) Barry; married 1805 to Lucy Waller Overton; married 1812 to Catherine Armistead Mason (sister of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason).   Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Barry counties in Mich. and Mo. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Blount (1768-1835) — also known as Willie Blount — of Tennessee. Born in Bertie County, N.C., April 18, 1768. Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1807-09; Governor of Tennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834. Died near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., September 10, 1835 (age 67 years, 145 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.; reinterment at Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Blount and Hannah (Baker) Blount; half-brother of William Blount (1749-1800); married 1809 to Lucinda Baker; second great-grandfather of Harry Hill McAlister.   Political family: Blount family of North Carolina.   Blount County, Ala. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography   Joshua Sands (1757-1835) — of New York. Born in Cow Neck, Queens County (now part of Sands Point, Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y., October 12, 1757. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1791-97; member of New York council of appointment, 1796; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1797-1801; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1803-05, 1825-27. Slaveowner. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 13, 1835 (age 77 years, 336 days). Original interment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.; reinterment in 1852 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of John Sands and Elizabwth (Cornwell) Sands; married, March 9, 1780, to Ann Ayscough.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Nathan Williams (1773-1835) — of Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., December 19, 1773. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1805-07; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County, 1815-16, 1817-19; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; circuit judge in New York, 1823-33. Died in Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y., September 25, 1835 (age 61 years, 280 days). Original interment at Burying Ground, Utica, N.Y.; reinterment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Selden Rose (1774-1835) — also known as Robert S. Rose — of Seneca County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Amherst County, Va., February 24, 1774. Member of New York state assembly from Seneca County, 1810-11, 1819-21; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1823-27, 1829-31. Slaveowner. Died while attending a session of the circuit court, in Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y., November 24, 1835 (age 61 years, 273 days). Original interment at Old Pulteney Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Geneva, N.Y.; reinterment in 1925 at Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.   Relatives: Father of Robert Lawson Rose.   Political family: Rose family of Geneva, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) — also known as Elias K. Kane — of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 7, 1794. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Randolph County, 1818; secretary of state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1824; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., December 12, 1835 (age 41 years, 188 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Father of Elizabeth Kane (who married William Henry Bissell).   Kane County, Ill. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Smith (1750-1836) — of Virginia. Born near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750. Justice of the peace; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1779-83; member of Virginia state senate, 1791-94; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1801-15 (at-large 1801-07, 3rd District 1807-15); served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Frederick County, Va., March 5, 1836 (age 85 years, 303 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1890 at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.   Relatives: Son of Mary (Jaquelin) Smith and John Smith (1715-1771); married to Anna Bull; great-granduncle of Howell Cobb, Henry Rootes Jackson and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; fourth great-grandfather of Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton and Joshua Chilton; first cousin thrice removed of Commodore Perry Chilton and Shadrach Chilton; first cousin four times removed of Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family; King family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Washington-Walker family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Livingston (1764-1836) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., May 28, 1764. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99, 2nd District 1799-1801); mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1801-03; U.S. Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1820; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31; U.S. Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister to France, 1833-35. Slaveowner. Died May 23, 1836 (age 71 years, 361 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reinterment somewhere in Rhinebeck, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston; brother of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis) and Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong Jr.); married, April 10, 1788, to Mary McEvers; married, June 3, 1805, to Louisa D'Avezac=de=Castera (sister of Auguste Davezac); uncle of Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (who married Edward Philip Livingston (1779-1843)); grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; granduncle of John Jacob Astor III; great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle of William Waldorf Astor; second great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-granduncle of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston; first cousin once removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston (1779-1843), William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), John Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Winthrop Kean, Brockholst Livingston and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of Thomas Howard Kean, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard and James Parker; third cousin once removed of Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler; fourth cousin of Peter Gansevoort.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Livingston counties in Ill., Mich. and Mo. are named for him.   The town of Livingston, Guatemala, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Edward L. Davis — Edward L. Martin — Edward L. Taylor, Jr. — Edward L. Robertson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 3, 1782. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Slaveowner. Died near Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga., September 25, 1836 (age 53 years, 297 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in 1921 at McRae City Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Coffee County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) — of Texas. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 26, 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Matagorda, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836. Died in Caney Creek, Matagorda County, Tex., October 12, 1836 (age 41 years, 229 days). Original interment somewhere in Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother of Thomas Jones Hardeman; fourth cousin of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and John Randolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Francis Wayles Eppes, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Hardeman County, Tex. is named partly for him.   Philip Thompson (1789-1836) — of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro), Daviess County, Ky. Born near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., August 20, 1789. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1820; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1823-25. Slaveowner. Died November 25, 1836 (age 47 years, 97 days). Original interment at Moseley Burying Ground, Owensboro, Ky.; reinterment in 1856 at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) — also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of Texas" — Born in Wythe County, Va., November 3, 1793. Member of Missouri territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged with attempting revolution, and imprisoned until 1835; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de Austin, 1835; candidate for President of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836. Member, Freemasons. Died of pneumonia, in Brazoria County, Tex., December 27, 1836 (age 43 years, 54 days). Original interment at Peach Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin.   Austin County, Tex. is named for him.   The city of Austin, Texas, is named for him.  — Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, is named for him.  — Austin College, Sherman, Texas, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Handbook of Texas Online   Books about Stephen F. Austin: Gregg Cantrell, Stephen F. Austin : Empresario of Texas   Francis Jacob Harper (1800-1837) — also known as Francis J. Harper — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 5, 1800. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1832; member of Pennsylvania state senate 2nd District, 1834-36; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837; died in office 1837. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 18, 1837 (age 37 years, 13 days). Original interment at Frankford Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1848 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Stukely Stafford Ellsworth, Sr. (1769-1837) — also known as Stukely Ellsworth — of Otsego County, N.Y. Born September 26, 1769. Member of New York state assembly from Otsego County, 1817-18, 1820-21; member of New York state senate 6th District, 1825-28. Died in Hartwick, Otsego County, N.Y., March 31, 1837 (age 67 years, 186 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Otsego County, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.   David Barton (1783-1837) — also known as "Little Red" — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Greeneville, Greene County, Tenn., December 14, 1783. Missouri territory attorney general, 1813; circuit judge in Missouri, 1815-17; member of Missouri territorial House of Representatives, 1818; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from St. Louis County, 1820; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1821-31; member of Missouri state senate 7th District, 1834-35. Died in Boonville, Cooper County, Mo., September 28, 1837 (age 53 years, 288 days). Original interment at City Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.; reinterment in 1858 at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Barton and Keziah (Murphy) Barton.   Barton County, Mo. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John McNairy (1762-1837) — Born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 30, 1762. Superior court judge in North Carolina, 1788; justice of Southwest Territory supreme court, 1790; U.S. District Judge for Tennessee, 1797-1802; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1802-33; resigned 1833; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1802-33; resigned 1833. Died near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., November 12, 1837 (age 75 years, 227 days). Original interment at Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Nashville, Tenn.; reinterment at Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.   McNairy County, Tenn. is named for him.   See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   James De Wolf (1764-1837) — of Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., March 18, 1764. Democrat. Slave trader; built an early cotton mill; manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1800; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1837 (age 73 years, 278 days). Original interment at De Wolf Family Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Mark A. De Wolf and Abigail (Porter) De Wolf; married to Nancy Bradford (daughter of William Bradford); grandfather of James DeWolf Perry; great-granduncle of LeBaron Bradford Colt.   Political families: Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family of Bristol, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS James De Wolf (built 1942-43 at Providence, Rhode Island; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Gentry (1788-1837) — of Columbia, Boone County, Mo. Born in Madison County, Ky., August 25, 1788. Democrat. Member of Missouri state senate, 1826-29; postmaster at Columbia, Mo., 1829-37. One of the founders of Smithton, later Columbia, Mo., 1820. Killed while fighting Indians at the battle of Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Fla., December 25, 1837 (age 49 years, 122 days). Original interment somewhere in Okeechobee, Fla.; reinterment at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Richard William Gentry and Jane (Harris) Gentry; married, February 13, 1810, to Ann Hawkins; grandfather of North Todd Gentry.   Political family: Gentry family of Columbia, Missouri.   Gentry County, Mo. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mansfield, Bristol County, Mass., June 16, 1759. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; physician; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1798-1802; member of Vermont Governor's Council, 1802-06; Rutland County Judge, 1803-06; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808; U.S. District Judge for Michigan, 1808-28; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; secretary of Michigan Territory, 1828-30. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 9, 1838 (age 78 years, 207 days). Original interment at Russell Street Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Wetherell and Sarah (Gilbert) Wetherell; married, March 11, 1790, to Amy Hawkins; father of Benjamin Franklin Hawkins Witherell; grandfather of Thomas Witherell Palmer.   Political family: Witherell family of Detroit, Michigan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) — of Ohio. Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, N.H., 1782. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1823; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., July 20, 1838 (age about 56 years). Original interment at Episcopal Burial Grounds, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1851 at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harmanus Peek (1782-1838) — of Schenectady County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 24, 1782. Member of New York state assembly from Schenectady County, 1816-17; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1819-21. Died in Schenectady, Schenectady County, N.Y., September 27, 1838 (age 56 years, 95 days). Original interment at Dutch Church Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.; reinterment at Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Hiram Alden (c.1792-1838) — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in New York, about 1792. Physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1835-37; village president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1837-38. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 28, 1838 (age about 46 years). Original interment somewhere in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.   Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) — also known as Thomson F. Mason — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born in Fairfax County, Va., 1785. Mayor of Alexandria, D.C., 1827-30. Died in Alexandria, D.C (now Va.), December 21, 1838 (age about 53 years). Original interment at Colross Graveyard (which no longer exists), Alexandria, Va.; reinterment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.   Relatives: Son of Thomson Mason (1759-1820) and Sarah McCarty (Chichester) Mason; married, November 19, 1817, to Elizabeth Clapham Price; grandson of George Mason; grandnephew of Thomson Mason (1733-1785); first cousin of James Murray Mason; first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); first cousin thrice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick; second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason, John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).   Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Daniel Dudley Mayo (1762-1838) — also known as Daniel Mayo — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., September 30, 1762. School teacher; postmaster at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1797-98; Newport, Ky., 1800-38. Died in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., December 25, 1838 (age 76 years, 86 days). Original interment at Newport Cemetery, Newport, Ky.; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Mayo and Esther (Kendrick) Mayo; married 1798 to Mary Putnam.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Bodwell Emerson (1773-1838) — of Hopkinton, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., June 10, 1773. Member of New Hampshire state senate 8th District, 1828-30. Died in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, N.H., December 29, 1838 (age 65 years, 202 days). Original interment at Stumpfield Cemetery (original), Hopkinton, N.H.; reinterment in 1961 at Stumpfield Cemetery (relocated), Contoocook, Hopkinton, N.H.   Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Emerson and Elizabeth (Whittier) Emerson; married 1797 to Sarah Poor.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 1, 1764. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18; member of New York state senate Western District, 1790-95; member of New York council of appointment, 1792; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of New York, 1813; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th District 1823-29). Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Slaveowner. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (who married John Woodworth); brother of Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; married 1783 to Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Philip John Schuyler); married, May 17, 1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter of William Paterson); father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; uncle of Philip Schuyler; grandson of Philip Livingston; grandfather of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and William Livingston; great-grandson of Dirck Ten Broeck; great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; second great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; second great-grandfather of John Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Cuyler; third great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Edward Philip Livingston; first cousin once removed of Philip P. Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cornelis Cuyler, John Cruger Jr. and Robert Reginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter Samuel Schuyler, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, James Parker, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Jay II; second cousin twice removed of James Jay, Henry Cruger, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston; second cousin four times removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951), Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Gansevoort, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and John Cortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy Vernor Henry, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin Livingston, George Washington Schuyler and Philip N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Barent Van Buren, Martin Van Buren and Eugene Schuyler.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Public Library   William James Harriss (1798-1839) — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., April 10, 1798. Physician; mayor of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., July 9, 1839 (age 41 years, 90 days). Original interment at St. James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterment in 1860 at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Son of William James Harriss (1769-1842) and Elizabeth (Barrett) Harriss; married to Mary Priscilla Jennings; father of George Harriss; grandfather of William Nehemiah Harriss.   Political family: Harriss family of Wilmington, North Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William McLean (1794-1839) — of Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. Born in Mason County, Ky., August 10, 1794. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 12, 1839 (age 45 years, 63 days). Original interment at Catherine Street Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1863 at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Fergus McLean and Sophia (Blackford) McLean; brother of John McLean; married to Sarah Fox.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George French Strother (1783-1840) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1783. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1806; U.S. Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1817-20. Slaveowner. Died in 1840 (age about 57 years). Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment in 1860 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Father of James French Strother.   Political family: Strother family of Virginia.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) — of Massachusetts. Born in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., July 24, 1764. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1821-22. Lost an arm during Revolutionary War service. Died in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, March 12, 1840 (age 75 years, 232 days). Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine; reinterment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky. Born in Chester District (now Chester County), S.C., January 9, 1757. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33. Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., May 19, 1840 (age 83 years, 131 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of William Adair and Mary (Moore) Adair; married to Catherine Palmer; father of Eliza Palmer Adair (who married Thomas Bell Monroe) and Eleanor Katherine 'Ellen' Adair (who married Joseph Mills White); grandfather of Victor Monroe.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Roosevelt family of New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Adair counties in Iowa, Ky. and Mo. are named for him.   The city of Adairville, Kentucky, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Smith (1762-1840) — of Yorkville, York District (now York, York County), S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1762. Democrat. Planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from York, 1796-97, 1824-26; member of South Carolina state senate from York, 1803-08, 1831-32; common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1808-16; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1816-23, 1826-31; received 7 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1828; received 23 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1836; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1836-40. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., June 26, 1840 (age about 77 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.   Relatives: Married 1781 to Margaret Duff.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, 1809. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39. Died in 1841 (age about 32 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in 1893 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Menifee County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841) — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., April 25, 1780. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1827-29. Slaveowner. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., March 3, 1841 (age 60 years, 312 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Sam Dale (1772-1841) — also known as Sam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., 1772. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1819; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1836. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died near Daleville, Lauderdale County, Miss., May 24, 1841 (age about 68 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.   Dale County, Ala. is named for him.   The community of Daleville, Mississippi, is named for him.  — Sam Dale State Park, on Highway 39, near Daleville, Mississippi, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Sam Dale (built 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1973) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) — also known as John W. Willey — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Goshen, Sullivan County, N.H., 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio state senate, 1830-32; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-37; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1838; district judge in Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 9, 1841 (age about 44 years). Original interment and cenotaph at Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Married to Laura Maria Higby.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Randall Sanford Street (1780-1841) — also known as Randall S. Street — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Monticello, Sullivan County, N.Y. Born in Catskill, Albany County (now Greene County), N.Y., 1780. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from New York 4th District, 1819-21. Slaveowner. Died in Monticello, Sullivan County, N.Y., November 21, 1841 (age about 61 years). Original interment at Christ Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; reinterment in 1888 at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.   Relatives: Grandfather of Anna Livingston Reade Street.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lyman Law (1770-1842) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., August 19, 1770. Lawyer; postmaster at New London, Conn., 1794-97; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1801-02, 1806, 1809-10, 1819, 1826; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1806, 1809-10; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1811-17. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., February 3, 1842 (age 71 years, 168 days). Original interment at Second Burial Ground, New London, Conn.; reinterment in 1851 at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Richard Law; father of John Law.   Political family: Law family of New London, Connecticut.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford, Granville County, N.C. Born near Williamsboro, Vance County, N.C., about 1800. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42; died in office 1842. Resigned from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming two men in a jealous rage; convicted, and sentenced to six months in prison. Expelled in 1834 from the North Carolina House for cheating at cards. Shot and killed by members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison County (part now in Marion County), Tex., March 2, 1842 (age about 42 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in 1928 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Potter County, Tex. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842) — also known as Sterling C. Robertson — of Texas. Born in Giles County, Tenn., October 2, 1785. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Milam, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Milam, 1836-38. Died in Nashville, Milam County, Tex., March 4, 1842 (age 56 years, 153 days). Original interment at Nashville Cemetery, Nashville, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Father of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson.   William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Screven County, Ga., January 17, 1796. Lawyer; mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad and Banking Co. Died, from bilious pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., March 22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64 days). Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright Square, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Ambrose Gordon and Elizabeth (Meade) Gordon; married 1826 to Sarah Anderson 'Addie' Stites (niece of James Moore Wayne); father of William Washington Gordon (1834-1912); grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low.   Political family: Gordon-Wayne-Stites family of Savannah, Georgia.   Gordon County, Ga. is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 10, 1777. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1820-21; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821, 3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 3, 1842 (age 64 years, 236 days). Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Samuel Hammond (1757-1842) — Born in Richmond County, Va., September 21, 1757. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1796-98; member of Georgia state senate, 1799-1800; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1803-05; secretary of state of South Carolina, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now in Aiken County), S.C., September 11, 1842 (age 84 years, 355 days). Original interment at Hammond Cemetery, New Richmond, S.C.; reinterment in 1991 at Hammond Family Cemetery, North Augusta, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Charles Hammond and Elizabeth (Steele) Hammond.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Richard Waring (1787-1843) — also known as William R. Waring — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in 1787. Physician; mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1830-32. Died in 1843 (age about 56 years). Original interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Married to Ann Moody.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known as Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The Boy Governor"; "Young Hotspur"; "The Stripling" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., October 27, 1811. Secretary of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of Michigan, 1835-40. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 4, 1843 (age 31 years, 69 days). Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at Capitol Park, Detroit, Mich.   Relatives: Son of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason; married, November 1, 1838, to Julia Elizabeth Phelps; nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandnephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); great-grandson of Thomson Mason; great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright; great-grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin once removed of John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick.   Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mason County, Mich. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography   Books about Stevens T. Mason: Harlan L. Hagman, Bright Michigan Morning : The Years of Governor Tom Mason   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) — of District of Columbia. Born in Carroll County, Md., August 1, 1779. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41. During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner". The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem. Died, from pleurisy, in Baltimore, Md., January 11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163 days). Originally entombed at Old St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.   Relatives: Son of John Ross Key and Ann (Charlton) Key; brother of Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger Brooke Taney); married, January 19, 1802, to Mary 'Polly' Lloyd (sister-in-law of Joseph Hopper Nicholson); father of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859) and Mary Alicia 'Alice' Key (who married George Hunt Pendleton); nephew of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); grandfather of Francis Key Pendleton; first cousin once removed of Philip Key; third cousin twice removed of Vinson Martlow Whitley.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: John Smith   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: National Park Service   George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known as George A. Waggaman — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Caroline County, Md., about 1782. Lawyer; sugar cane planter; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge in Louisiana, 1818; secretary of state of Louisiana, 1830-32; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded in a duel, and died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 31, 1843 (age about 61 years). Original interment at Girod Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1957 at Hope Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.   Relatives: Son of Henry Waggaman and Sarah (Ennalls) Waggaman; married to Marie Camille Arnoult.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joshua Pilcher (1790-1843) — of Missouri. Born in Culpeper County, Va., March 15, 1790. Fur trader; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1825-27; Indian agent; Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Member, Freemasons. Died, of sickness resulting from exposure to the elements, in St. Louis, Mo., June 5, 1843 (age 53 years, 82 days). Original interment at Christ Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Joshua Pilcher (1749-1810) and Nancy Pilcher.   Barker Burnell (1798-1843) — of Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., January 30, 1798. Whig. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1824-25; delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; speaker); U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1841-43 (11th District 1841-43, 10th District 1843); died in office 1843. Died in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843 (age 45 years, 136 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1844 at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Mass.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) — also known as Hugh S. Legaré — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., January 2, 1797. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30; South Carolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1832-36; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S. Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843. Scottish and French Huguenot ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 20, 1843 (age 46 years, 169 days). Original interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Solomon Legare and Mary (Swinton) Legare; granduncle of George Swinton Legaré; great-granduncle of William Storen Legaré and Thomas Allen Legaré Jr..   Political family: Seabrook-Legare family of Charleston, South Carolina.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Hugh S. Legare (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1959) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)   Noah Noble (1794-1844) — of Franklin County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Berryville, Clarke County, Va., January 14, 1794. Lawyer; farmer; merchant; miller; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of Indiana, 1831-37. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., February 8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25 days). Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.; reinterment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Brother of James Noble and Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (c.1809-1869); uncle of Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837).   Political family: Noble family of Indiana.   See also National Governors Association biography   Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle County, Va., April 6, 1802. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of Virginia, 1840-41; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-44); U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844. Slaveowner. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.   Relatives: Son of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William Wirt); grandnephew of John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison, Richard Aylett Buckner, Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary Taylor, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Aylette Buckner, David Shelby Walker and Aylett Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Charles John Helm, Hubbard Dozier Helm, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry Bartow Hawes.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Clay family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard family of Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Gilmer County, W.Va. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Northampton County, Va., June 17, 1790. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S. Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Littleton Upshur; married to Elizabeth Ann Upshur.   Upshur counties in Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Abel Parker Upshur (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1966) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., May 5, 1785. Lawyer; member of Maryland state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.   Relatives: Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy; married to Mary Galloway.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., May 29, 1784. Member of New York state senate 1st District, 1824-27. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 59 years, 275 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Phebe Gardiner and Abraham Gardiner; married to Juliana MacLachlan; father of Julia Tyler (who married John Tyler); grandfather of David Gardiner Tyler and Lyon Gardiner Tyler; third cousin thrice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; fourth cousin of Jonas Mapes; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Conkling and David Parshall Mapes.   Political families: Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Tyler family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1780. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 21, 1844 (age 64 years, 98 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin.   Political family: Baldwin family of Connecticut.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Baldwin (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) — also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier — of Louisiana. Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La., March 22, 1797. Planter; member of Louisiana state senate, 1833-43; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., April 24, 1844 (age 47 years, 33 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.   Presumably named for: John the Baptist   Bossier Parish, La. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Asa Brigham (1790-1844) — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Massachusetts, 1790. Delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Brazoria, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; treasurer of Texas Republic, 1836; mayor of Austin, Tex., 1842-43. Died in Washington, Washington County, Tex., July 3, 1844 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Tex.   Stephen Hendrickson Everitt (c.1806-1844) — also known as Stephen H. Everitt — of Texas. Born in New York, about 1806. Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Bevil, 1835; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Jasper, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Jasper and Jefferson, 1836-40. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., July 12, 1844 (age about 38 years). Originally entombed at Girod Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1957 at Hope Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.   William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) — also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the West" — of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. Born in South Carolina, about 1796. Whig. Lawyer; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844. Died, of yellow fever, in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., July 13, 1844 (age about 48 years). Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment somewhere in Chillicothe, Ohio.   Relatives: Married 1821 to Lucinda Sterret.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) — also known as Patrick C. Jack — of Texas. Born in Wilkes County, Ga., 1808. Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of Texas Republic, 1841-44. Died of yellow fever in Houston, Harris County, Tex., August 4, 1844 (age about 36 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Brother of William Houston Jack.   Jack County, Tex. is named partly for him.   William Houston Jack (1806-1844) — of Alabama; Texas. Born in Wilkes County, Ga., April 12, 1806. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1836; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in office 1844. Died of yellow fever in Brazoria County, Tex., August 20, 1844 (age 38 years, 130 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Brother of Patrick Churchill Jack.   Jack County, Tex. is named partly for him.   Ratliff Boon (1781-1844) — of Boonville, Warrick County, Ind. Born in Franklin County, N.C., January 18, 1781. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Indiana state senate, 1818-19; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1819-22, 1822-24; Governor of Indiana, 1822; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1825-27, 1829-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Presbyterian. Died in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., November 20, 1844 (age 63 years, 307 days). Original interment at Lousiana Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.; reinterment at Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, Mo.   Relatives: Cousin of Daniel Boone.   The city of Boonville, Indiana, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John William Smith (1792-1845) — also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith; "El Colorado" — of Ralls County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in Virginia, March 4, 1792. Ralls County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant; surveyor; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office 1845. Catholic. In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex., before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there. Died, probably of pneumonia, in Washington, Washington County, Tex., January 12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314 days). Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Tex.   Relatives: Son of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to Harriet Stone; married 1830 to Maria de Jesús Delgado Curbelo.   See also Wikipedia article   Richard Cutts (1771-1845) — of Pepperell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Saco, York County, Maine, June 28, 1771. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1790; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05, 14th District 1805-13); imprisoned for debt, 1828. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1845 (age 73 years, 283 days). Original interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1857 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married, March 31, 1804, to Anna Payne (sister-in-law of James Madison and John George Jackson).   Political families: Jackson-Lee family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) — also known as Theophilus W. Smith — of Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 28, 1784. Studied law in the office of Aaron Burr; lawyer; newspaper editor; candidate for Illinois state attorney general, 1820; member of Illinois state senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery in Illinois; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1825-42; impeached by the Illinois Legislature in 1833, on charges of oppressive conduct and corruption; the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required). Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 6, 1845 (age 60 years, 220 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Rodney Smith and Mary (Thurston) Smith; father of Adeline Clarissa Smith (who married Jesse Burgess Thomas) and Louise M. Smith (who married Levi Day Boone); uncle of Frances Everallyn Rose (who married William Wallace Irwin).   Political family: Thomas-Smith-Irwin family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., June 13, 1779. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 24, 1845 (age 66 years, 72 days). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists), Meadville, Pa.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Johnston (1793-1845) — of New York. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., February 14, 1793. U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1839-41. Died September 1, 1845 (age 52 years, 199 days). Original interment at Christ Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; reinterment in 1861 at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Richard Cheatham (1799-1845) — of Tennessee. Born in Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn., February 20, 1799. Whig. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1825-33, 1843-45; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 11th District, 1837-39. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died near Springfield, Robertson County, Tenn., September 9, 1845 (age 46 years, 201 days). Original interment at Old City Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.; reinterment in 1952 at Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.   Relatives: Brother of Anderson Cheatham; father of Edward Saunders Cheatham, Richard Boone Cheatham and Boyd M. Cheatham.   Political family: Cheatham-Foster family of Nashville, Tennessee.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Miller (1781-1846) — of Franklin, Howard County, Mo.; Florissant, St. Louis County, Mo. Born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 25, 1781. Newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Missouri, 1826-32; U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1837-43. Died in Florissant, St. Louis County, Mo., March 18, 1846 (age 64 years, 113 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Miller County, Mo. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known as William L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia, Fayette County, Ill. Born in Logan County, Ky., August 31, 1795. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1833-34; Governor of Illinois, 1834; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member of Illinois Democratic State Committee, 1837-38; Illinois state auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 25, 1846 (age 50 years, 206 days). Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Finis Ewing and Margaret Brevard (Davidson) Ewing; brother of Ephraim Brevard Ewing; married to Caroline S. Berry; granduncle of Ewing Cockrell.   Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Carlyle Herbert (1775-1846) — also known as John C. Herbert — of Vansville, Prince George's County, Md. Born in Alexandria, Va., August 16, 1775. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1798-99; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1808-13; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1812-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1815-19; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland state senate, 1826-30. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Buchanan, Botetourt County, Va., September 1, 1846 (age 71 years, 16 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) — also known as Thomas L. Hamer — of Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. Born in Northumberland County, Pa., July, 1800. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Nominated Ulysses S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Died in the military service, probably from dysentery, at Monterrey, Nuevo León, December 2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0 days). Original interment somewhere in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Uncle of Thomas Ray Hamer.   The village of Hamersville, Ohio, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Unknown   Richard Ellis (1781-1846) — Born in Virginia, February 14, 1781. Delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Red River, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39. Slaveowner. Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes taking fire", at his home in Bowie County, Tex., December 20, 1846 (age 65 years, 309 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1929 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Ellis County, Tex. is named for him.   Erastus Root (1773-1846) — of Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y. Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland County), Conn., March 16, 1773. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21, 1826-28, 1830; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S. Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33 (14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17, 11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd District 1840-43); delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283 days). Original interment at Old Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Samuel Simons (1792-1847) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., 1792. Democrat. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1830; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1843-45. Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 13, 1847 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.; reinterment 1859 to unknown location.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847) — also known as Peter R. Livingston — of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., October 3, 1766. Whig. Lawyer; member of New York state senate, 1815-22, 1826-29 (Southern District 1815-22, 2nd District 1826-29); member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1823; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1823; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1828; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839 (Convention Vice-President). Died in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 19, 1847 (age 80 years, 108 days). Original interment at Dutch Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; reinterment to unknown location.   Relatives: Son of Robert James Livingston and Susanna (Smith) Livingston; brother of Maturin Livingston; married to Joanna Livingston; great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger; great-granduncle of Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; second great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston the Elder and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, James Livingston and Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859); first cousin twice removed of Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin four times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Benjamin Tallmadge, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800), Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, John Jacob Astor III and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton and Charles Dunsmore Millard; second cousin four times removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Robert Reginald Livingston; third cousin of Henry Walter Livingston; third cousin once removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); third cousin thrice removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson Murray Cutting; fourth cousin of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Peter Gansevoort, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, Eugene Schuyler, Richard Wayne Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. and Charles Wolcott Parker.   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   William Armstrong (c.1795-1847) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born about 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor of Nashville, Tenn., 1828-32. Died near Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., June 12, 1847 (age about 52 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Swallow Rock Cemetery, Fort Coffee, Okla.; cenotaph at Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.   Relatives: Married to Nancy Irwin.   Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known as Louis D. Wilson — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., May 12, 1789. Democrat. Notary public; justice of the peace; merchant; member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; member of North Carolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County 1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died in office 1847; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1835; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Member, Freemasons. Died, from yellow fever, while serving in the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, in Veracruz, Veracruz, August 12, 1847 (age 58 years, 92 days). Original interment at Rocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in 1904 at Tarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of William Wilson and Elizabeth (Dicken) Wilson.   Wilson County, N.C. is named for him.   The city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — NCpedia   Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) — also known as Richard H. Wilde — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in Dublin, Ireland, September 24, 1789. Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35. Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351 days). Original interment somewhere in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1886 at City Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Philemon Thomas (1763-1847) — of Mason County, Ky.; Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Orange County, Va., February 9, 1763. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1796-99; member of Kentucky state senate, 1800-03; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1800; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., November 18, 1847 (age 84 years, 282 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1886 at National Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., March 26, 1808. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847. Member, Freemasons. Died of tuberculosis, at Seguin, Guadalupe County, Tex., December 24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273 days). Original interment somewhere in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Nephew by marriage of José Antonio Navarro.   Political family: Navarro family of San Antonio, Texas.   Cooke County, Tex. is named for him.   Cooke Avenue, in San Antonio, Texas, is named for him.   Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847) — of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware County, Ind. Born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, July 24, 1810. Democrat. Member of Indiana state senate, 1836-40; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1841-47 (5th District 1841-43, 10th District 1843-47). Died of smallpox, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 31, 1847 (age 37 years, 160 days). Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.; reinterment at Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.   Relatives: Father of Evender Chalane Kennedy; cousin *** of David Colbreth Broderick and Case Broderick.   Political family: Broderick-Kennedy family of Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848) — of Ohio. Born in Connecticut, 1796. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1831; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-41. Died in 1848 (age about 52 years). Original interment at Old Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page 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. 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 (age 80 years, 227 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Adams and Abigail Adams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope; niece of Thomas Johnson); 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); second great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin of William Cranch; second cousin once removed of Samuel Adams; second cousin twice removed of Edward M. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Arthur Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; third cousin of Joseph Allen; third cousin once removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy, Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868) and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of William Vincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; fourth cousin of Jeremiah Mason, Josiah Quincy Jr., George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer, Bailey Frye Adams and Samuel Miller Quincy.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: John Smith — Thurlow Weed   Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.   Mount Quincy Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Mount Quincy Adams, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Q. A. Brackett — John Q. A. Shelden — J. Q. A. Reber   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   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 — Joseph Wheelan, Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Moseley Baker (1802-1848) — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin County, Tex.; Galveston County, Tex.; Harris County, Tex. Born in Norfolk, Va., September 20, 1802. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841; candidate for Texas Republic Senate, 1842. Died, of yellow fever, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., November 4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45 days). Original interment somewhere in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Augustus Garrett (1801-1848) — of Illinois. Born in 1801. Mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1843-44, 1845-46. Unitarian. Died November 30, 1848 (age about 47 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) — of Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Mass., December 28, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office 1849. Died in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1849 (age 51 years, 82 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; cenotaph at