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Barbara S. Abbott (b. 1930) —
also known as Barbara Straight —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Mannington, Marion
County, W.Va., November
30, 1930.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1965; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1981.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ardas Leo Straight and Nellie (Starkey) Straight; married
1961 to
George Norman Abbott IV. |
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Stephen C. Acropolis (b. 1957) —
of Brick Township, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., September
9, 1957.
Republican. Mayor
of Brick Township, N.J., 2007-.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Adams (b. 1915) —
also known as Bob Adams —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., June 17,
1915.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 1952;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1957, 1965;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1967.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Coursen Henry Albertson (1833-1913) —
also known as Coursen H. Albertson —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Independence Township, Warren
County, N.J., March
26, 1833.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1879-81.
Presbyterian.
Died, of acute
cystitis, in Warren
County, N.J., June 7,
1913 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pequest
Union Cemetery, Great Meadows, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Clarissa White (daughter of John
White). |
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Woodbury Holt Apgar (b. 1861) —
Born in Annandale, Hunterdon
County, N.J., May 18,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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David Armstrong (c.1879-1963) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born about 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Rahway, N.J., 1943-44.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Rahway Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1963 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Albion Barber. |
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John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 11,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1902-05;
Speaker
of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Foresters;
Redmen.
Died, in Price Memorial Hospital,
Camden, Camden
County, N.J., January
21, 1944 (age 68 years, 194
days).
Interment at Wenonah
Cemetery, Woodbury, N.J.
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Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Amador
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
14, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Amador
County District Attorney, 1854; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1875; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August
6, 1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Republican. Manufacturer;
business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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George Kenneth Batt (1894-1986) —
also known as George K. Batt —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
18, 1894.
Republican. Mayor
of Montclair, N.J., 1944-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Died in September, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harlan Besson (1887-1949) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., July 1,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., January
9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Anti-Slavery Society.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer;
railroad
builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel
Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married, September
20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma Elizabeth
Blair. |
| | | The township
of Blairstown,
New Jersey, is named for
him. — The city
of Blair,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The city
of Blairstown,
Iowa, is named for
him. — Blair Hall, at Princeton University,
Princeton,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: King's Notable New
Yorkers of 1896-1899 |
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Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883-1950) —
also known as Joseph L. Bodine —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1919-20; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1920-29; resigned 1929; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 10,
1950 (age 66 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lawrenceville
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph L. Bodine and Frances P. (Davis) Bodine; married, December
24, 1918, to Gertrude Scudder. |
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William Bradford (1755-1795) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
14, 1755.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1780-91; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94; U.S.
Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795.
Presbyterian.
Died August
23, 1795 (age 39 years, 343
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; resigned 1923; president, board of
trustees, Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1925-31;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1936-39;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05; Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804; tried
for treason
in 1807; found not guilty.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr (1716-1757) and Esther (Edwards) Burr; brother of Sarah
Burr (who married Tapping
Reeve); married, July 2,
1782, to Theodosia (Bartow) Prevost (first cousin twice removed
of Francis
Stebbins Bartow); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel; father of Theodosia Burr (who married Joseph
Alston); nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; ancestor of Karla
Ballard; first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; first cousin four times removed of Anson
Foster Keeler; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman and Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Stillman
Stephen Light and Blanche
M. Woodward; second cousin five times removed of Alfred
Walstein Bangs, John
Clarence Keeler, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard, John
Cecil Purcell and Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge; third cousin twice removed of Eli
Thacher Hoyt, George
Smith Catlin, John
Appleton, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson, Abijah
Catlin, David
Munson Osborne, George
Landon Ingraham, Dwight
Arthur Silliman and Charles
Dunsmore Millard; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Henry
Fisk Janes, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout — William
Wirt — Theophilus
W. Smith |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,
1756-1805 — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 —
Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
H. W. Brands, The
Heartbreak of Aaron Burr — David O. Stewart, American
Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's
America — Donald Barr Chidsey, The
great conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in the
West |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Peter Angelo Cavicchia (1879-1967) —
also known as Peter A. Cavicchia —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Italy,
May
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1931-37 (9th District 1931-33,
11th District 1933-37).
Presbyterian. Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Sons
of Italy.
Died in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., September
11, 1967 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Abraham Clark (1726-1794) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born near Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth Union
County), N.J., February
15, 1726.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-78, 1779-83,
1787-89; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1776, 1783-85;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-94; died in office
1794.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
15, 1794 (age 68 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rahway
Cemetery, Rahway, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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William Clark (1891-1957) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New Jersey Court
of Errors and Appeals, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died October
10, 1957 (age 66 years, 251
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark; married, September
20, 1913, to Marjorie Blair. |
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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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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Compton (b. 1869) —
of Hillside, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Scotland,
July
1, 1869.
Republican. General
contractor; lumber
dealer; real estate
developer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Irving Cox (1870-1962) —
also known as Frederick I. Cox —
of Budd Lake, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Rockaway, Morris
County, N.J., May 25,
1870.
Republican. Silk
manufacturing executive; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1921-26.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Reeder Rest
Home, Allamuchy, Warren
County, N.J., March
31, 1962 (age 91 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Backster Cox and Carolyn (Cooper) Cox; married, November
24, 1897, to Anna A. Simpson. |
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895-1973) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Davis —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 1,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1923-25; Pernambuco, 1925-29; London, 1929-34; prisoner of Japanese Army in Manila, 1942-43;
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1947-49; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1949-51; in 1951, he negotiated with the government of
Hungary for the release of Robert
A. Vogeler, an American executive who had been arrested in
Budapest and convicted of espionage.
Presbyterian.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., September
12, 1973 (age 78 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elias Osborn Doremus (1831-1907) —
also known as Elias O. Doremus —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., January
17, 1831.
Builder;
bank
director; insurance
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 13,
1907 (age 76 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Cornelius Doremus and Julia A. (Osborn) Doremus; married 1855 to
Harriet Peck. |
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Henry Meade Doremus (1851-1921) —
also known as Henry M. Doremus —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1851.
Republican. Building
contractor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885-86;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888,
1904,
1916,
1920;
Essex
County Sheriff, 1897-99; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1903-06.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1921 (age 69 years, 238
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) —
also known as Alfred E. Driscoll —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
25, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1939-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948,
1952
(speaker);
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died March 9,
1975 (age 72 years, 135
days).
Interment at Haddonfield
Baptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J.
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John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911) —
also known as John F. Dryden —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Temple, Franklin
County, Maine, August
7, 1839.
Republican. Founder and president, Prudential Insurance
Company of America; director, U.S. Steel
Corporation; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1902-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died, from pneumonia
two weeks after surgery to remove gallstones,
in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
24, 1911 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance
Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke,
and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April
21, 1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to
Barbara Freeman. |
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Frank Durand (1895-1978) —
of Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 9,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1930-31;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1933-38.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Atlantic
View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (1891-1942) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., March 2,
1942 (age 50 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Reid English (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles R. English —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Englishtown, Monmouth
County, N.J., May 18,
1886.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor
of Red Bank, N.J., 1931-39.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Perrine English and Anna (Reid) English; married, June 29,
1910, to Ethel Mount. |
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) —
also known as Guy L. Fake —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace
Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth
Hearn Fake. |
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Clifton S. Fleet (b. 1905) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1905.
Industrial
engineer;
mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1954.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Fleet and Mary E. (Duggan) Fleet; married, November
12, 1928, to Velma Goad. |
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Alexander Robert Fordyce Jr. (b. 1873) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1904-05.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Robert Fordyce and Margaret Livingston (Hall) Fordyce;
married, November
22, 1905, to Ida McCoy. |
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank;
chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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Agnes Jones Gifford —
also known as Agnes Crowell Jones; Agnes C.
Jones —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-31;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932,
1936,
1948.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene; married, September
15, 1922, to Anne Buckley. |
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Samuel René Gummeré (1853-1920) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
19, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1898-1905; U.S. Minister to Morocco, 1905-09.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1920
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua C. Haines (b. 1868) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., July 1,
1868.
Republican. Camden
County Sheriff, 1914-17; member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1918-20.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall; married, July 18,
1936, to Jane R. Armstrong. |
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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Republican. Real estate
business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; president, railway
and real
estate development companies; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Hayward Augustus Harvey (1870-1914) —
also known as Hayward A. Harvey —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., November
3, 1870.
Republican. Steel
manufacturer; mining
business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Killed by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the Lackawanna Railroad station,
Orange, Essex
County, N.J., February
25, 1914 (age 43 years, 114
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Thomas Henderson (1743-1824) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
15, 1743.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1780-84; Governor of
New Jersey, 1793; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-97.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died December
15, 1824 (age 81 years, 122
days).
Interment at Old
Tennent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J.
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William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) —
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., March
21, 1820.
Republican. Minister;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 16,
1883 (age 63 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., about 1746.
College
professor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85; lawyer;
clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis,
while lodging at an inn in
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James R. Hurley (b. 1932) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., January
29, 1932.
Republican. Public
relations and advertising business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1968-81 (District 1 1968-73, 1st
District 1974-81); member of New
Jersey state senate 1st District; elected 1981, 1983.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1983.
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
5, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Died, from sepsis
resulting from a leg
infection, in Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
13, 1929 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Mine Brook, Morris
County, N.J., February
17, 1756.
Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
State Council from Middlesex County, 1798; resigned 1798; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1798-1804; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1804-24.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1831 (age 74 years, 324
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment at Van
Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
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Samuel Allen Laning (b. 1852) —
also known as Samuel A. Laning —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
10, 1852.
Democrat. Postmaster at Bridgeton,
N.J., 1887-90, 1894-96; newspaper
editor.
Presbyterian. Member, Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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William Mershon Lanning (1849-1912) —
also known as William M. Lanning —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ewingville (now part of Ewing), Mercer
County, N.J., January
1, 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey, 1887-91; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; president,
Mechanics' National Bank of
Trenton, 1899; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1903-04; resigned
1904; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1904-09; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1909-12; died in
office 1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
16, 1912 (age 63 years, 46
days).
Interment at Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Arthur W. Lewis (b. 1904) —
of Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born September
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1943-44;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1945-48; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Burlington
County, 1947.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936 to
Lillian Alberta Hess. |
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William Livingston (1723-1790) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
30, 1723.
Lawyer;
member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of
New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 25,
1790 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Originally entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catherine (Van Brugh)
Livingston; brother of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston (1716-1778); married 1745 to
Susannah French (granddaughter of Phillip
French); father of Susannah Livingston (who married John
Cleves Symmes), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who married John
Jay) and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; nephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle by marriage of James
Duane and William
Duer (1747-1799); uncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas
Bayard) and Susanna Livingston (who married John
Kean (1756-1795)); grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); granduncle of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; great-granduncle of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer (1805-1879), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and Denning
Duer; second great-grandfather of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; third great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Brockholst
Livingston; third great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean; fourth great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fifth great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), John
Cruger Jr., Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; second cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography |
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Walter Madden (b. 1873) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Tuckahoe, Cape May
County, N.J., July 10,
1873.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Burch Madden and Eleanor (Steelman) Madden; married to
Minnie J. Mentzler. |
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Peter Henry Meisel (c.1867-1939) —
also known as Peter H. Meisel —
of Springfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Germany,
about 1867.
Republican. Contractor;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Union
County, N.J., March 3,
1939 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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| |
Gene W. Miller (b. 1906) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, 1906.
School
teacher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931 to
Richard L. Miller. |
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Hiram Lindsley Miller (1804-1896) —
also known as Hiram L. Miller —
of Saginaw Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
28, 1804.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County, 1841, 1844;
supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1842-43, 1854-55; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1854-57; appointed 1854; resigned 1857;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Presbyterian.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., May 16,
1896 (age 92 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
also known as Edward T. Moore —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10; law
professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Martin Moore and Sarah (Wickham) Moore; married 1931 to
Lillian Ring. |
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Ada Byron Nafew (1854-1949) —
also known as Ada B. Nafew; Ada Byron
McIntire —
of Eatontown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., 1854.
Postmaster at Eatontown,
N.J., 1897-1903.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, in the Marlboro State mental
hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
27, 1949 (age about 95
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin McIntire and Roxanna (Stearns) McIntire; married
to James Weed Nafew. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Horace Chester Newcomb (1858-1929) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cedarville, Cumberland
County, N.J., March
25, 1858.
Republican. Stenographer;
importing
business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1901-18.
Presbyterian.
Died, in Samaritan Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
16, 1929 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Cedarville, N.J.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John Newcomb and Jane (Paynter) Newcomb. |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in Philadelphia
in Wartime (1920) |
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887-1963) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1915-17; Mercer
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; chair of
Mercer County Republican Party, 1921; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1927-45; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1945-46, 1948-57; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1946-48.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died June 25,
1963 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Duncan Oliphant and Elizabeth Van Dever (Dayton) Oliphant;
married, June 21,
1924, to Marguerite A. Broughton. |
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William E. Ozzard (1915-2002) —
of Bridgewater Township, Somerset
County, N.J.; Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., June 15,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1954-58;
resigned 1958; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1958-67 (Somerset County 1958-65, District 8
1966-67); resigned 1967; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died June 29,
2002 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mountain
Top Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) —
also known as Charles L. Pack —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 7,
1857.
Republican. Forester;
president, American Forestry
Association, 1916-20; economist;
director, Seaboard National Bank, New
York; founder, Cleveland Trust Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Forestry Association.
Died June 14,
1937 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack; married 1886 to Alice
Gertrude Hatch. |
|
| |
William Paterson (1745-1806) —
of New Jersey.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1790-93; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Injured in a horsedrawn
coach accident in 1803, and died from his wounds three years
later, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806 (age 60 years, 259
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment
at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; cenotaph at Van
Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
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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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| |
Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., February
5, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1908-12; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
9, 1924 (age 66 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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| |
Charles A. Rathbun (1867-1927) —
of Madison, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., January
7, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1914-16.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1927
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Atlantic
View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
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| |
Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Democrat. Economist;
college
professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.
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| |
William Rockhill (1793-1865) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., February
10, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36, 1836-37; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
15, 1865 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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| |
John D. Rue (b. 1833) —
of Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Mercer
County, N.J., July 26,
1833.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1878-79;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1887-92.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enoch Rue and Lydia A. (Davison) Rue; married 1852 to Amanda
Shangle. |
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| |
Joshua S. Salmon (1846-1902) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Mt. Olive, Morris
County, N.J., February
2, 1846.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County 2nd District,
1878; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1899-1902; died in
office 1902.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., May 6,
1902 (age 56 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Boonton, N.J.
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| |
Bret D. Schundler (b. 1959) —
also known as Bret Schundler —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
14, 1959.
Republican. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1992-2001; Republican candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2001, 2005 (primary); delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2005.
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| |
Anthony Atwood Skirm —
also known as Anthony A. Skirm —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1889-91.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Skirm; married to Rachel Myers. |
|
| |
John C. Smallwood (1797-1878) —
of Deptford, Gloucester
County, N.J.; Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
2, 1797.
Surveyor;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1845-48.
Presbyterian.
Died September
18, 1878 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1822 to Mary
Dunham. |
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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| |
Richard Stockton (1730-1781) —
of New Jersey.
Born near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
1, 1730.
Associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1774; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1781 (age 50 years, 150
days).
Interment at Stony
Brook Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial
monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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| |
Edward Philip Stout (b. 1876) —
also known as Edward P. Stout —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
17, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1918; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1931-40.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March
18, 1863.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian. German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) —
also known as William H. Sutphin —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Mayor
of Matawan, N.J., 1915-16, 1921-26; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,
1942; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
14, 1972 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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| |
Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto
Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied Chemical
Corporation.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
27, 2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
|
| |
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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David S. Van Alstyne Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1943; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1968;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne; married, October
20, 1923, to Janet Graham. |
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Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1852.
Poet;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1913-17; Luxembourg, 1913-17.
Presbyterian.
Died April
10, 1933 (age 80 years, 151
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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| |
Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1899-1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee. |
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| |
Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer;
miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to
Gertrude Hamilton. |
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| |
John Haines Ware III (1908-1997) —
also known as John H. Ware III —
of Oxford, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
29, 1908.
Republican. Engineer;
utility
executive; burgess
of Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1970-75 (9th District 1970-73,
5th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died July 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Thompson Watson (1844-1916) —
also known as David T. Watson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
2, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
24, 1916 (age 72 years, 53
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James Watson and Maria Woodbridge (Morgan) Watson; married to
Margaret Hepburn Walker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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| |
Christine Todd Whitman (b. 1946) —
also known as Christie Whitman; Christine Temple
Todd —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.; Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
26, 1946.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1990; Governor of
New Jersey, 1994-2001; resigned 2001; Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-03; lobbyist.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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| |
John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wicoff and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff; married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff. |
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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) —
also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in
Politics" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
28, 1856.
Democrat. University
professor; president
of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of
New Jersey, 1911-13; President
of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 at Main Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;
married, June 24,
1885, to Ellen
Wilson; married, December
18, 1915, to Edith
Wilson; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William
Gibbs McAdoo); grandfather of Woodrow
Wilson Sayre. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
C. Bullitt — Bainbridge
Colby — Joseph
E. Davies — Joseph
P. Tumulty — Thomas
H. Birch — Byron
R. Newton |
| | | Mount
Woodrow Wilson, in Fremont
County and Sublette
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Woodrow Wilson Plaza,
in the Federal Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is is named for
him. — Wilson Dam
(built 1924), on the Tennessee River in Colbert
and Lauderdale
counties, Alabama, as well as the Wilson Lake
reservoir, which extends into Lawrence
county, are named for
him. — Rambla
Presidente Wilson, in Montevideo,
Uruguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Woodrow
W. Bean
— Woodrow
W. Jones
— Woodrow
W. Scott
— Tom
Woodrow Payne
— W.
W. Dumas
— Woodrow
Wilson Mann
— Woodrow
W. Lavender
— Woodrow
W. Baird
— Woodrow
W. Mathna
— Woodrow
W. Hulme
— Woodrow
W. Kline
— Woodrow
W. McDonald
— Woodrow
W. Hollan
— Woodrow
W. Carter
— Woodrow
W. Ferguson
— W.
Wilson Goode
— Woodrow
Wilson Storey
— Woodrow
W. Bean III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issued
in 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out
of war." |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis
Auchincloss, Woodrow
Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — John Milton Cooper, Reconsidering
Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and
Peace — A. Scott Berg, Wilson —
Anne Schraff, Woodrow
Wilson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:
Jim Powell, Wilson's
War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,
Stalin, and World War II |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1902 |
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John Witherspoon (1723-1794) —
of Princeton, Somerset County (now Mercer
County), N.J.
Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland,
February
5, 1723.
Presbyterian
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Somerset County, 1787.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Became blind
in 1792.
Died near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
15, 1794 (age 71 years, 283
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor
of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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Frederick Washburn Yates (1866-1930) —
also known as Frederick W. Yates —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1866.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1903.
Presbyterian.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1930 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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