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Sussex County
Delaware

Politicians who were born in Sussex County

Sussex County (no city given): Samuel Paynter, 1768 — Joseph Maull, 1781 — William Burton, 1789 — Charles H. Richards, 1827 — John M. Houston, 1832 — John A. Lingo, 1843 — Charles B. Houston, 1845 — W. K. James, 1852 — George W. Marshall, 1854 — James Pennewill, 1854 — William H. Boyce, 1855 — George T. Beebe, 1857 — Harry V. Lyons, 1866 — Harry M. Deputy, 1876 — Willard F. Deputy, 1877 — Carlton L. Lingo, 1894 — Fred J. Brittingham, 1894 — Blanche R. Bennett, 1895 — Jennings H. Moore, 1897 — David W. Steele, 1899    Bridgeville: Charles Polk, 1788 — William F. Allen, 1883    Near Bridgeville: Peter F. Causey, 1801 — William Cannon, 1809 — Trusten Polk, 1811    Cannon: Leon F. Trivits, 1910    Clarksville: Ebe Walter Tunnell, 1844 — James M. Tunnell, 1879    Concord: John W. Houston, 1814    Dagsboro: John M. Clayton, 1796 — Alfred Wells, 1814 — Henry A. Houston, 1847 — Curtis W. Steen, 1908    Delmar: E. Frank LeCates, 1876    Fenwick Island: Fred Pepper, 1875 — Isaac J. MacCollum, 1889    Frankford: James M. Tunnell, 1910 — Elisha Dukes, 1913 — Elwood F. Melson, Jr., 1914 — Manford L. Hudson, 1924    Near Frankford: Caleb R. Layton, 1851 — John J. Williams, 1904    Georgetown: Willard Saulsbury, Jr., 1861 — Wilbur L. Adams, 1884 — Howard Wellington Bramhall, 1895 — Nutter D. Marvel, 1902 — Caleb M. Wright, 1908    Near Georgetown: Charles C. Stockley, 1819    Greenwood: Hugh Martin Morris, 1878 — Ralph E. Willey, 1888    Near Greenwood: Thomas A. Smith, 1850 — Simeon S. Pennewill, 1867    Laurel: William H. H. Ross, 1814 — Richard R. Kenney, 1856    Near Laurel: Nathaniel Mitchell, 1753 — Outerbridge Horsey, 1777 — Joshua Hopkins Marvil, 1825    Lewes: Caleb Rodney, 1767 — Joshua Hall, 1768 — Lemuel Paynter, 1788 — George B. Rodney, 1803 — Hiram R. Burton, 1841 — Franklin C. Maull, 1844 — G. Clifton Maull, 1888 — G. Norman Anderson, 1932    Near Lewes: John Fisher, 1771    Lingo Landing: Eugene D. Bookhammer, 1918    Little Creek Hundred: Thomas Cooper, 1764    Milford: Francis P. Phelps, 1799 — George P. Fisher, 1817 — William Frederick Causey, 1833 — William T. Watson, 1849 — James Hall Anderson, 1878 — Harry E. Mayhew, 1906 — Ruth Ann Minner, 1935    Millsboro: Elisha Dickerson Cullen, 1799 — Alfred R. Layton, 1856 — Charles D. Lingo, 1884 — Harvey H. Lawson, 1890    Milton: Joseph M. Carey, 1845 — Robert G. Houston, 1867    Near Milton: James Ponder, 1819    Ocean View: George S. Williams, 1877    Seaford: Edward L. Martin, 1837 — Seth G. Ellegood, c.1860 — Horace G. Knowles, 1863 — Charles H. Wheatley, 1888 — Harry Reyner, 1889 — James R. Hurley, 1932    Near Seaford: Charles T. Wheatley, 1868    Selbyville: Elwood F. Melson, Sr., 1890     See also Delaware birthplaces not assigned to counties.

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