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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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Levi J. Law (1854-1909) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
1, 1854.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
postmaster at Cadillac,
Mich., 1894-98; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Presbyterian.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., 1909
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Law. |
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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.
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Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) —
also known as "First Lord of the Manor" —
of New York.
Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland,
December
13, 1654.
Fur trader;
member of New York
colonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26; Speaker
of New York Colonial Assembly, 1718.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1728 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Livingston and Janet (Fleming) Livingston; married 1679 to
Alida Schuyler; father of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle of Robert
Livingston the Younger; grandfather of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Margaret Livingston (who married Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833)), Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); great-granduncle of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer and James
Livingston; second great-grandfather of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, 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); second great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin
Livingston; third great-grandfather of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III, Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); third great-granduncle of James
Alexander Hamilton, Gerrit
Smith and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; fourth great-grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); fourth great-granduncle of Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-grandfather 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, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Robert
Winthrop Kean, Brockholst
Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fifth great-granduncle of Robert
Ray Hamilton; sixth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Thomas
Howard Kean, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; seventh great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Jayme Mackay=de=Almeida (1870-1942) —
also known as J. M. Almeida; James M. de
Almeida —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores,
June
7, 1870.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Boston,
Mass., 1895-1903; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Boston,
Mass., 1901-07; Honorary
Consul for Brazil in Boston,
Mass., 1924-38; Honorary
Consul for Nicaragua in Boston,
Mass., 1928-36.
Portugese
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., July 20,
1942 (age 72 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pedro Mackay=de=Almeida (1871-1948) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores,
September
15, 1871.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Boston,
Mass., 1901-21; Commercial
Agent (Consul) for Brazil in Boston,
Mass., 1901-16; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Brazil in Boston,
Mass., 1929-36; Honorary
Consul for Bolivia in Boston,
Mass., 1931-36.
Portugese
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., December
27, 1948 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Longmont, Boulder
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., July 20,
1979 (age 88 years, 237
days).
Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Winter Park, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August
4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Robert Ure (1823-1891) —
of Saginaw Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1823.
Farmer;
insurance
business; supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1865-66, 1870-71.
Scottish ancestry.
Died December
11, 1891 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) —
also known as Carroll D. Wright —
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 25,
1840.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; chief, Massachusetts Bureau
of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of the state census in 1875 and
1885, and the federal census for Massachusetts in 1880; U.S.
Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905; university
professor; president,
Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.
Unitarian.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died February
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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