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Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878-1953) —
also known as Leonard D. Abbott —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Liverpool, England,
May
20, 1878.
Socialist. Writer; editor;
Social Democratic candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1906; candidate for
New
York state senate 15th District, 1910; president, Free Speech
League, predecessor of the American Civil Liberties Union.
English ancestry. Member, League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March
19, 1953 (age 74 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Lowe Abbott and Grace (Van Dusen) Abbott; married 1915 to Rose
Yuster. |
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article |
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Talbot Jones Albert (1847-1919) —
also known as Talbot J. Albert —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
16, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Brunswick, 1897-1916; Hanover, 1916.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., March
18, 1919 (age 72 years, 30
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) —
also known as Harry Bacheller —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1869.
President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05.
Baptist.
English, Scottish,
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
disease, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
12, 1939 (age 70 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1912-21; resigned 1921.
English ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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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Jonathan Hunt Blackwell (1841-1919) —
also known as Jonathan H. Blackwell —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., December
20, 1841.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1875-77; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1885; appointed 1885.
English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1919
(age about
77 years).
Interment at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
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John C. Butterworth (1870-1952) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England,
1870.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; silk
weaver; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1943,
1949; on October 6, 1924, during a strike at the silk mills in
Paterson, N.J., while the city was under martial law, he and other
strikers and supporters were arrested
and convicted
of unlawful
assembly; the convictions were later overturned by the New Jersey
Supreme Court; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1924, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1944,
1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., October
17, 1952 (age about 82
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Paterson (N.J.) News, October 18, 1952 |
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Andrew J. Campbell (1828-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1828.
Republican. Architectural
iron business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1876; elected
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District 1894, but died before
taking office.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1894 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Chapman —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in England.
Postmaster at Elizabethtown,
N.J., 1793-1822.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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John Bater Drayton (1826-1875) —
also known as John B. Drayton —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1826.
Flour and
feed
business; rolling mill
overseer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1864.
English ancestry.
Died in 1875
(age about
49 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Drayton and Mary (Rood) Drayton; married, December
2, 1852, to Adelaide Dennison Wiswall. |
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Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) —
also known as Edward I. Edwards —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., December
1, 1863.
Democrat. General
contractor; banker; New Jersey
state comptroller, 1911-17; member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Welsh
and English ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of
those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot and
killed
himself, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1931 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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William D. Edwards (c.1853-1916) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1853.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 6,
1916 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954) —
also known as James F. Fielder —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., February
26, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1908-13; Governor of
New Jersey, 1913, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1919-46.
Episcopalian
or Congregationalist.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
2, 1954 (age 87 years, 279
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Charles Joel Fisk (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles J. Fisk —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, June 16,
1858.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896
(alternate), 1900;
mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1897-1900.
English ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from angina
pectoris and myocardial
degeneration, in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1922 (age 64 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Harvey Fisk and Louisa (Green) Fisk; married 1879 to Lizzie
Richey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Plainfield (N.J.)
Courier-News, November 27, 1922 |
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Arthur Hay (b. 1859) —
of Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in New Jersey, March, 1859.
Machinist;
insurance
business; justice of the peace; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; candidate for New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1901.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought
iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor
of Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 13,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, New Mexico Central and Southern Railway;
one of the organizers of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life
Insurance Company of America; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896,
1900;
chair
of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married
to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie
Chesnal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Henry Cooper Pitney (1827-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Pitney —
Born in Mendham Township, Morris
County, N.J., January
19, 1827.
Lawyer;
bank
director; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1889-1907.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died January
10, 1911 (age 83 years, 356
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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John Vanneman Porch (1806-1859) —
also known as John V. Porch —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Gloucester
County, N.J., March
12, 1806.
Farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1853.
English and Swiss
ancestry.
Died September
12, 1859 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Porch and Hannah (Fisler) Porch; married 1830 to
Catherine Hartman. |
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper
publisher; farmer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1925; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932.
English ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Webber Savage (d. 1884) —
also known as J. W. Savage —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Banker;
insurance
executive; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1880-81, 1884; died in office 1884.
English ancestry.
Died in 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Vreeland (b. 1852) —
of Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
30, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1896-98; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1903-13.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Vreeland and Sarah M. Vreeland; married, December
18, 1878, to Ida A. Piotrowski; married, June 2,
1897, to Ida King Smith. |
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