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Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in Delaware
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  John A. Alderdice — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Newspaper publisher; mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1853-54. Burial location unknown.
  William H. Conner — of Delaware. Socialist. Newspaperman; candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1918; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Delaware, 1920; candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  William T. Croasdale (c.1845-1891) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., about 1845. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; County Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1890. Died in Sullivan County, N.Y., August 9, 1891 (age about 46 years). Burial location unknown.
  Columbus P. Evans — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Whig. Newspaper editor; mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1851-52. Burial location unknown.
  William Gilpin (1813-1894) — of Colorado. Born in New Castle County, Del., October 4, 1813. Lawyer; newspaper editor; explorer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862. Run over by a horse and buggy, and later died as a result, in Denver, Colo., January 20, 1894 (age 80 years, 108 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Gilpin and Mary (Dilworth) Gilpin; brother of Henry Dilworth Gilpin; married to Julia Pratte.
  Gilpin County, Colo. is named for him.
  Gilpin Peak, in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains, in Ouray County and San Miguel County, Colorado, is named for him.  — Gilpin Lake, in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Routt County, Colorado, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Levin Irving Handy Levin Irving Handy (1861-1922) — also known as L. Irving Handy — of Newark, New Castle County, Del. Born in Berlin, Worcester County, Md., December 24, 1861. Democrat. School teacher and principal; Kent County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1887-90; lawyer; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1892-96; newspaper editorial writer; lecturer; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1897-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1900, 1904 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker), 1908; candidate for Delaware state attorney general, 1904. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 3, 1922 (age 60 years, 41 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. William Collins Handy and Marie (Breckinridge) Handy; married, January 25, 1887, to Mary Corbit Bell; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William Cabell and Patrick Henry; first cousin of Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of Valentine Wood Southall, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Stephen Valentine Southall and Earle Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Carroll and Charles Carroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945); fourth cousin once removed of Reuben Handy Meriwether.
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  Robert Griffith Houston (1867-1946) — also known as Robert G. Houston — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Milton, Sussex County, Del., October 13, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Delaware state house of representatives from Sussex County, 1892; newspaper publisher; banker; U.S. Collector of Customs at Wilmington, Del., Delaware, 1903-05; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1925-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee); Independent Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1936. Died in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., January 29, 1946 (age 78 years, 108 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of David Henry Houston and Comfort Tingle (Hitchens) Houston; nephew of John Wallace Houston; first cousin once removed of Ebe Walter Tunnell; second cousin of John Mitchell Houston, Charles Bell Houston, Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925) and James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957); second cousin once removed of John Mitchell Moore Houston, Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979) and James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986).
  Political families: Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware; Houston family of Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) — of Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md. Born in Smyrna, Kent County, Del., May 3, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Queen Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893. Episcopalian. Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., June 1, 1898 (age 69 years, 29 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating; married 1862 to Sarah F. Webster.
  Edward A. Miller (b. 1859) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Smyrna, Kent County, Del., August 30, 1859. Democrat. Newspaper compositor; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1903-04. German ancestry. Member, Typographical Union. Burial location unknown.
Ebe W. Tunnell Ebe Walter Tunnell (1844-1917) — also known as Ebe W. Tunnell; E. W. Tunnell — of Lewes, Sussex County, Del. Born in Blackwater (now Ocean View), Sussex County, Del., December 31, 1844. Democrat. Druggist; hardware merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1871-72; Governor of Delaware, 1897-1901; defeated, 1894; banker; director, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad. Presbyterian. Died in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 18, 1917 (age 72 years, 352 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel T. Tunnell and Maria (Walter) Tunnell; first cousin once removed of Robert Griffith Houston and James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957); first cousin twice removed of James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986).
  Political family: Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: State of Delaware
  Alfred Wells (1814-1867) — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., May 27, 1814. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; Tompkins County District Attorney, 1845-47; Tompkins County Judge, 1847-51; U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1859-61. Died in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., July 18, 1867 (age 53 years, 52 days). Interment at Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Hill Wells and Elizabeth Aydelott (Dagworthy) Wells; married to Sarah Catherine Ratcliff; grandnephew of Lambert Cadwalader; second cousin of John Cadwalader (1805-1879); second cousin once removed of John Cadwalader (1843-1925).
  Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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