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Jill Biden (b. 1951) —
also known as Jill Tracy Jacobs —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Hammonton, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 3,
1951.
Democrat. School teacher; college
professor; Second Lady
of the United States, 2009-17; First Lady
of the United States, 2021-.
Female.
Italian,
Scottish,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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William Henry Boyce (1855-1942) —
also known as William H. Boyce —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., November
28, 1855.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; Sussex
County Recorder of Deeds, 1881-86; chair of
Sussex County Democratic Party, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1896,
1924;
secretary
of state of Delaware, 1897; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1897-1921; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1923-25; defeated, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., February
6, 1942 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Franklin Brockson (1865-1942) —
of Delaware.
Born in New Castle
County, Del., August
6, 1865.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 3rd District,
1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1913-15; defeated, 1914.
Died in Clayton, Kent
County, Del., March
16, 1942 (age 76 years, 222
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) —
also known as E. Paul Burkholder —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in West Earl Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
5, 1898.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in
office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in his parked
car, in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
18, 1950 (age 52 years, 225
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly)
Burkholder. |
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Russell Cory (born c.1918) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. School administrator; candidate for Delaware
state senate 6th District, 1972.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Sarah G. France —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Socialist. School teacher; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1948.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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, 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 Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; 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: 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). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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