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Loyal Legion
Politician members in New Jersey

Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) — also known as S. W. Fordyce — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Guernsey County, Ohio, February 7, 1840. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884, 1892; member of Democratic National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Arkansas, 1896. Scottish and Dutch ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., August 3, 1919 (age 79 years, 177 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce; brother of Ruth Fordyce (who married Lewis Baker); married, May 1, 1866, to Susan E. Chadick.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) — also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal Garfield — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, October 11, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; university professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904; president of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19. Member, American Political Science Association; Loyal Legion. Died in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., December 12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62 days). Interment at Williams College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.   Relatives: Son of James Abram Garfield and Lucretia Garfield; brother of James Rudolph Garfield; married 1888 to Belle Hartford Mason; fourth great-grandson of Peleg Sanford; first cousin twice removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin once removed of Daniel Rose Tilden and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; third cousin of Claude Carpenter Pinney; third cousin once removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Thayer.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Harry A. Garfield (built 1943 at South Portland, Maine; transferred to the Belgian government and renamed Belgian Dynasty; scrapped 1965) was originally named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Harry A. Garfield: Lucretia Garfield Comer, Harry Garfield's First Forty Years: Man Of Action In A Troubled World George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known as George B. McClellan; "Little Mac" — of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 3, 1826. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for President of the United States, 1864; Governor of New Jersey, 1878-81. Member, Freemasons; Loyal Legion. Died October 29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan; married to Mary Ellen Marcy (daughter of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy; granddaughter of Laban Marcy); father of George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940).   Political family: Howe family of Massachusetts.   The World War II Liberty ship SS George B. McClellan (built 1942 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1973) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: George Harvey — George B. Hudnall — George B. McClellan   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about George B. McClellan: Stephen W. Sears, George B. McClellan : The Young Napoleon   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)   William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) — of near Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Monmouth County, N.J., March 20, 1839. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; insurance business; stockbroker; U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, N.J., January 6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.J.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known as William H. Wiley — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1842. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer; publisher of scientific works; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1925 (age about 82 years). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley; married, June 1, 1870, to Joanna King Clarke.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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