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George Bliss Agnew (1868-1941) —
also known as George B. Agnew —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1868.
Republican. Stockbroker;
director of mining companies and railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1903-06;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Presbyterian.
English,
French
Huguenot, Scottish,
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 21,
1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Gifford Agnew and Mary Hervey (Bliss) Agnew; married 1908 to Emily
D. Gruban. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Republican. Banker;
mining engineer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster at Birmingham,
Ala., 1911-15.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March
11, 1853.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining business; manufacturer;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) —
also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire
Strap-Hanger" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
16, 1841.
Republican. School
teacher; pharmaceutical
manufacturer; investor in real
estate, mining claims, and the Standard Oil
Company; owned considerable stock in railroads
and utilities;
director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical
Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical
Co.; director, National Fuel Gas
Co.; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904
(alternate), 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Methodist.
Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman
Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's
wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Raymond Barry (1915-1988) —
also known as Robert R. Barry —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 15,
1915.
Republican. President, Plumas Mining Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1959-65 (27th District 1959-63,
25th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif., June 14,
1988 (age 73 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Calvin Bowman (1852-1941) —
of Pittston, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., November
14, 1852.
Republican. Coal mining business; mayor
of Pittston, Pa., 1886; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1911-13.
Died in Pittston, Luzerne
County, Pa., July 3,
1941 (age 88 years, 231
days).
Interment at Pittston
Cemetery, Pittston, Pa.
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Spruille Braden (1894-1978) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkhorn, Jefferson
County, Mont., March
13, 1894.
Mining engineer;
financier;
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42; Cuba, 1942-45; Argentina, 1945.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Arbitration Association; Navy
League; John
Birch Society.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1978 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) —
also known as Alexander O. Brodie —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Edwards, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
13, 1849.
Republican. Civil and mining engineer;
Yavapai
County Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904.
Died in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., May 10,
1918 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie; married, December
15, 1892, to Louise Hanlon. |
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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as Charles W. Buckley; C. W.
Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance
business; mining business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1876
(alternate), 1896,
1900;
postmaster at Montgomery,
Ala., 1881-85, 1890-93, 1897-1906.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Horace Leete Chapman (1837-1917) —
also known as Horace L. Chapman —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio; Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Allegany
County, N.Y., July 10,
1837.
Democrat. Coal operator; banker;
vice-president, Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876,
1900;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1897.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 28,
1917 (age 79 years, 353
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) —
also known as William A. Clark —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., January
8, 1839.
Democrat. Banker;
mine owner; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1925 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Davenport Clarke (1873-1933) —
also known as John D. Clarke —
of Fraser, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hobart, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
mining business; farmer; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1921-25, 1927-33;
defeated in primary, 1924; died in office 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932.
Killed in an automobile
accident; the car he was driving collided with another car, then
went off the road, plunging down a twelve-foot embankment and hitting
a tree, near Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y., November
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 294
days).
Interment at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Hobart, N.Y.
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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Chugach
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Democrat. Prospector; lawyer; mayor of
Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Ellis P. Earle (b. 1860) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1860.
Republican. Member, New Jersey Board of Institutions and Agencies,
1918-22, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924;
director, Chatham Phenix Bank and
Trust Company; director, Coronet Phosphate Company;
president, Georgia Peruvian Ochre Company; president, Nipissing
Mines Company; director, Phillips Petroleum
Company.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Sherman Willard Eddy (1876-1952) —
also known as Sherman W. Eddy —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Brunswick, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
3, 1876.
Fruit
farmer;
factory superintendent for Ensign-Bickford Company, maker of blasting
equipment for mining; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1927-28; defeated
(Democratic), 1938.
Died in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., August
19, 1952 (age 75 years, 351
days).
Interment at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Edwin Einstein (1842-1905) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
18, 1842.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1879-81; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1892; president, New River Mineral
Company; director, Alabama Mineral Land Company; director,
Raritan Woolen
Mills; trustee, Texas Pacific Land Trust.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost
an arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer
Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
16, 1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Edward F. Fisher (b. 1870) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; physician;
surgeon for Amalgamated Copper Co. coal mines in Wyoming;
candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1924 (5th District), 1926 (21st District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District,
1929-36, 1941-44; defeated, 1944, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Lester Garey (1891-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
28, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Butte Copper and Zinc Co. (mining); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died May 20,
1953 (age 61 years, 265
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Eugene Francis Garey and Ellen Frances (O'Boyle) Garey; married 1923 to
Margaret Kashner. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James A. Garrity (b. 1878) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Griffith, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
18, 1878.
Democrat. Coal miner; probation
officer; insurance
broker; bank
director; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Germer (1881-1966) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia (now Znamensk, Kaliningrad
Oblast), January
15, 1881.
Socialist. Miner; union
official in various capacities for the United Mine Workers of
America, 1906-16; member of Socialist National Committee from
Illinois, 1911; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; National Executive Secretary,
Socialist Party of America, 1916-19; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., May, 1966
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Prentiss Bailey Gilbert (b. 1883) —
also known as Prentiss B. Gilbert —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
3, 1883.
Mining superintendent; college
instructor; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chief,
Division of Political and Economic Information, U.S. State
Department, 1921-27; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1930-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and smelting
business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper
of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and smelting
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Mining, smelting,
and railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Entombed at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South
Africa; Washington,
D.C.; Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Mining engineer;
worked on mines in Mexico and South Africa; worked for Cecil Rhodes;
in 1895, he took part in the Jameson raid, an attempt
to overthrow the Boer government in South Africa; was arrested
with other leaders and sentenced
to be hanged; his sentence was commuted, and he was eventually
released to return to the U.S.; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1908;
chair, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 8,
1936 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lewis Henry (1885-1941) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 8,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23; president,
Oriental Consolidated Mining Company.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1941 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and Coke Company;
director, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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Eberly Hutchinson (b. 1871) —
of Green Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.; Canada Lake, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., 1871.
Republican. Mining engineer;
member of New York
state assembly from Fulton and Hamilton counties, 1919-31; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1939.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Edward Langworthy (1808-1893) —
of Iowa.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
31, 1808.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; farmer;
lead mining business; steamboat
owner; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,
Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
4, 1893 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Hart Langworthy (1807-1865) —
Born in Hopkinton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., February
6, 1807.
Lead mining business; member of Iowa
territorial legislature, 1840.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 13,
1865 (age 58 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1873.
Republican. Miner; cattle
trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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William Loeb Jr. (1866-1937) —
also known as "Stonewall Loeb" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1866.
Secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt, 1903-09, and as such, the first
presidential press secretary; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909-13; vice-president, American Smelting and
Refining Co., owner of copper mines and processing plants.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
19, 1937 (age 70 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Loeb and Louisa (Meyer) Loeb; married 1902 to
Katharine W. Dorr; father of William Loeb III. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John Magee (1794-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., September
3, 1794.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1827-31; promoter of
railroads;
owner of coal mines; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., April 5,
1868 (age 73 years, 215
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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Raymond Malone (b. 1885) —
of Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
29, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Iron Bonnet Gold Mining Company; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 1st District, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James E. Malone and Katie G. (Kean) Malone; married, August
29, 1914, to Grace E. Holmes. |
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1903.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining
engineer;
university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in
primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923) —
also known as Henry H. Markham —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wilmington, Essex
County, N.Y., November
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
gold and silver mining business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1885-87; Governor of
California, 1891-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1923 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; coal mining baron; reputed to be the wealthiest
man and largest landholder in Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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Harry Hays Morgan (b. 1860) —
also known as Harry H. Morgan; Henry H.
Morgan —
of Louisiana; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
24, 1860.
Cashier of a gas-light
company in St. Louis, 1887-91; lawyer;
mining business; U.S. Consul in Horgen, 1897-98; Aarau, 1898-1902; Lucerne, 1902-06; Stuttgart, 1906-07; Amsterdam, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-13; Hamburg, 1913-17; Antwerp, 1918-19; Brussels, 1919-22; Buenos Aires, as of 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber
Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, National Aviation
Corporation; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles D. Pierce (c.1848-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1848.
Consulting
engineer; commission
merchant; manufacturer of well-drilling,
excavation,
and mining machinery and supplies; Consul-General
for Orange Free State in New
York, N.Y., 1891-1902.
Killed
himself by inhaling
illuminating gas, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
24, 1908 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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Timothy Morgan Regan (1843-1919) —
also known as Timothy Regan —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
14, 1843.
Democrat. Mining business; lumberman;
hotel
proprietor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
7, 1919 (age 75 years, 327
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Regan and Mary (Burke) Regan; married 1878 to Rose
Charlotte Blackinger; father of Lt. John M. Regan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Idaho
(1920) |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner; lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allan Aloysius Ryan Jr. (b. 1903) —
also known as Allan A. Ryan, Jr. —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1903.
Republican. Stockbroker;
owner of mining interests; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Allan A. Ryan and Sarah (Tack) Ryan; married, February
6, 1929, to Janet Newbold; married, January
19, 1937, to Eleanor Barry; married, August
5, 1941, to Priscilla St. George; grandson of Thomas
Fortune Ryan. |
| | | Political family: Ryan-Nicoll
family of New York City, New York. |
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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) —
also known as Thomas F. Ryan —
of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson
County, Va.
Born in Lovingston, Nelson
County, Va., October
17, 1851.
Democrat. Financier;
organizer and consolidator of streetcar
companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable
Life
Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco
Company; engaged in mining development in Africa; one of the
richest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1904,
1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1928 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Oak
Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
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Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894-1983) —
also known as Katharine St. George; Katharine Delano Price
Collier —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England,
July
12, 1894.
Republican. Executive vice-president and treasurer, St. George
Coal Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1944;
speaker, 1956;
Parliamentarian, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-65 (29th District 1947-53,
28th District 1953-63, 27th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y., May 2,
1983 (age 88 years, 294
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
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Albert Joseph Seligman (b. 1859) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
24, 1859.
Republican. Banker;
mining business; member of Montana
territorial legislature, 1884-85; Montana
Republican state chair, 1889-90; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1892.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Seligman and Henrietta Seligman; married, December
22, 1886, to Lillie Glazier. |
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Peter Sonna (b. 1835) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1835.
Hardware
business; mining supplies dealer; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1893-95.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Boise |
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Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912) —
also known as Julius H. Stahel-Számwald —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Szeged, Hungary,
November
5, 1827.
Newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5,
1864; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1866-69; Osaka, 1877-84; Hiogo, 1877-84; mining engineer;
U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1884-85; insurance
executive.
Hungarian
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in the Hotel St.
James, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1912 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining engineer;
real
estate investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) —
also known as William B. Thompson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont., May 13,
1869.
Republican. Mining magnate; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan
Life Insurance
Co.
Died, from pneumonia,
June
27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining); U.S. Minister
to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 14,
1810.
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43; mining
business; railroad
promoter; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
24, 1864 (age 53 years, 315
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,
August
22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter of John
Alsop King); nephew of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer
Westerlo; uncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; grandson of William
Paterson; great-grandson of Philip
Livingston; great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Philip
Schuyler; first cousin once removed of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin twice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin once removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Robert
Reginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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William Van Slooten (c.1857-1901) —
also known as "The Mysterious Van
Slooten" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1857.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
candidate for New York
state senate 5th District, 1893.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
14, 1901 (age about 44
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Van Slooten. |
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; involved in silver and gold mining; president,
San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper
editor; mining business; author;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Peter White (1820-1908) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
banker;
founder of Cleveland Cliffs mining company; postmaster at Carp
River, Mich., 1851-56; Marquette,
Mich., 1856; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1876,
1888,
1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., 1908
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Presque
Isle Park, Marquette, Mich.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) —
also known as Cornelius V. Whitney;
"Sonny" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
20, 1899.
Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways;
chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting
Company; horse
breeder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David
O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood
films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, March 5,
1923, to Marie Norton (who later married William
Averell Harriman); married, September
29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle; married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of William
Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry
Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry
B. Payne and James
Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry
Collins Flagg; first cousin of William
Henry Vanderbilt III and John
Hay Whitney; first cousin once removed of Frances
Payne Bolton; second cousin of William
Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver
Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley
Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mackie Burgess. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morton
family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) —
of Clinton
County, N.Y.; Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1781.
Mining business; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15; planter; merchant;
president, Lexington & Ohio Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., June 30,
1849 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Frank Spencer Witherbee (1852-1917) —
also known as Frank S. Witherbee —
of Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Henry, Essex
County, N.Y., May 12,
1852.
Republican. President, Troy Steel
Company; vice-president, Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad
Company; president, Cubitas Iron Ore
Company; president, Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad;
vice-president Cheever Iron Ore
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896
(alternate), 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1917 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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