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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National
Forest (established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Sullivan M. Cutcheon (b. 1833) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
4, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1861-64; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1863-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868
(delegation chair); member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1877-85;
president, Dime Savings Bank,
1884; president, Ypsilanti Savings Bank, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cutcheon and Hannah M. (Tripp) Cutcheon; married, December
8, 1859, to Josephine Louise Moore. |
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Lawyer;
pastor;
college
professor; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser). |
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John Butler Jameson (b. 1873) —
also known as John B. Jameson —
of Antrim, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Bennington, Hillsborough
County, N.H., August
2, 1873.
Democrat. Treasurer and director, United Life Accident Insurance
Co.; director, Eastern Zinc and
Lead Co.; director, First National Bank of
Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire
Democratic state chair, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1918.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Cleaves Jameson and Idabel (Butler) Jameson; married, November
19, 1913, to Marion Dudley Eidlitz. |
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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David Lawrence Morril (1772-1849) —
also known as David L. Morril —
of Goffstown, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 10,
1772.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1808-17; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1817-23; member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1823-24; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1824-27.
Presbyterian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
28, 1849 (age 76 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal
failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Cyrus Porter Smith (1800-1877) —
also known as Cyrus P. Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., April 5,
1800.
Whig. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1856-57.
Presbyterian.
Died February
13, 1877 (age 76 years, 314
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Taggart (1754-1825) —
of Colrain, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., March
24, 1754.
Farmer;
minister;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-17 (at-large 1803-05, 6th
District 1805-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815-17).
Presbyterian.
Died in Colrain, Franklin
County, Mass., April
25, 1825 (age 71 years, 32
days).
Interment at Chandler
Hill Cemetery, Colrain, Mass.
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Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897) —
also known as Asa W. Tenney; "Magnetic
Tenney" —
of Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dalton, Coos
County, N.H., May 20,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1877-85; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1897.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1897 (age 64 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Thornton (1713-1803) —
of Merrimack, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March
17, 1713.
Physician;
President
of New Hampshire, 1775-76; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-82; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1780-81, 1785-86; member
of New
Hampshire state senate from Hillsborough County, 1784-87.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., June 24,
1803 (age 90 years, 99
days).
Interment at Thornton's
Ferry Cemetery, Merrimack, N.H.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Gardner Towne (1795-1879) —
of Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1795.
Farmer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1856-57.
Congregationalist;
later Presbyterian.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 20,
1879 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Towne and Relief Towne; married 1826 to Dorcas
Eames. |
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Socrates Tuttle (1819-1885) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., November
19, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1861-62;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1867; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1871-72.
Presbyterian.
Died, while suffering from angina
pectoris, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
12, 1885 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Roy A. Warden (b. 1900) —
of Yukon, McDowell
County, W.Va.; War, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Monroe, Grafton
County, N.H., October
2, 1900.
Democrat. Movie
theater owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1945-46,
1951-52; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Warden and Suzie (Fairbanks) Warden; married 1924 to Edith
Lingard. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian. English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram
Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin
George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake and John
Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Rowell and Amos
Tuck. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks
family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster
family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell
family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
W. Waugh
— Daniel
W. Tallmadge
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th
century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John
F. Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
22, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
4, 1851 (age 61 years, 256
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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