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Johannes Abeel (1667-1711) —
also known as John Abeel —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March
23, 1667.
Merchant;
fur trader;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1694-95, 1709-10; member of New York
colonial assembly, 1695, 1701-02.
Dutch Reformed.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
28, 1711 (age 43 years, 311
days).
Original interment at Second Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.;
reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Simon Boerum (1724-1775) —
of New York.
Born in Flatbush (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., February
29, 1724.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1761-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-75.
Christian Reformed.
Died in New Lots (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., July 11,
1775 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Reformed Burying Ground (which no longer exists), Brooklyn, N.Y.;
reinterment in 1848 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) —
also known as Joseph P. Bradley —
Born in Berne, Albany
County, N.Y., March
14, 1813.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892.
Christian Reformed.
As the only politically independent member of the Electoral
Commission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he cast
the deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to the
Republican candidate, Rutheford
B. Hayes.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1892 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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William Brown Carswell (1883-1953) —
also known as William B. Carswell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1913-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1923-53; died in office
1953; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1927-49; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-president and trustee, Caledonian Hospital.
Christian Reformed. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grotto;
Elks.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in Sherbrooke Hospital,
Sherbrooke, Quebec,
September
7, 1953 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Bruce Carswell and Ann (Brown) Carswell. |
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George Clinton (1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian Reformed. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
20, 1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at Old
Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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John Cruger (1678-1744) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germany,
1678.
Merchant;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1739-44; died in office 1744.
Dutch Reformed; later Anglican.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
13, 1744 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1661.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.
Christian Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of Maria
Cuyler (who married John
Cruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father of Cornelis
Cuyler; uncle of John
Cruger Jr.; granduncle of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston and Henry
Cruger; great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; sixth great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; seventh great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish, Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Beveridge C. Dunlop (1879-1961) —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
28, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; textile
executive; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member
of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian Reformed. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 2,
1961 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y.
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David Greenlie (1867-1911) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1867.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1904-07.
Christian Reformed. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from apoplexy,
in his room at the Northwestern Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1911 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William Powell Greenlie and Georgina Cameron (Ireland) Greenlie;
married to Mattie Ora Pierson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist
or Christian Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Adrian Hegeman (1788-1861) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., December
19, 1788.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1832-41; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County, 1840.
Christian Reformed.
Died April
25, 1861 (age 72 years, 127
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacobus Hegeman and Sarah (Van der Bilt) Hegeman. |
| | | Image source: Chronicles of Erasmus
Hall (1906) |
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Chester Arthur Heitman (b. 1880) —
also known as Chester A. Heitman —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
12, 1880.
Investment
securities business; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 24th District, 1924; mayor
of Spring Valley, N.Y., 1930; defeated (Democratic), 1935;
Democratic candidate for New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1934.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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D-Cady Herrick II (1908-1974) —
of Slingerlands, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 5,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1947-54.
Christian Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Pi
Delta Epsilon.
Died February
20, 1974 (age 65 years, 352
days).
Interment at North Chatham Cemetery, North Chatham, N.Y.
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Lawyer;
pastor;
college
professor; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser). |
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Frederick John Henry Kracke (1868-1954) —
also known as Frederick J. H. Kracke —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
1868.
Republican. Produce
merchant; cemetery
monument business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1948,
1952;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1907, 1930; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grange;
Union
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
2, 1954 (age 86 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in West Eaton, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Kracke and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke; married 1890 to
Florence Tayntor. |
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John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (b. 1754) —
also known as John Lansing, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
30, 1754.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1786; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1786-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1790-1801.
Christian Reformed.
Mysteriously
disappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leaving
his hotel to post a letter; his fate is
unknown.
Cenotaph at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Gilbert Livingston (1690-1746) —
of New York.
Born in March
3, 1690.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1728-37.
Dutch Reformed.
Died April
25, 1746 (age 56 years, 53
days).
Interment at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Alida (Schuyler) Livingston; brother of
John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); married to Cornelia Beekman; father of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Joanna Livingston (who married Pierre
Van Cortlandt); nephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); uncle of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; grandfather of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); great-granduncle of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second great-grandfather of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second great-granduncle of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II and John
Jacob Astor III; third great-grandfather of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth great-grandfather of Guy
Vernor Henry, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr. and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; fifth great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; fifth great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Thomas
Howard Kean; sixth great-granduncle of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin once removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Stephanus
Bayard, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; first cousin thrice 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; first cousin four times removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Henry
Newton Schuyler. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Lyman Munson (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel L. Munson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire
County, Mass., June 14,
1844.
Republican. Collar
manufacturer; vice-president, Home Savings Bank;
director, National Exchange Bank;
vice-president, Albany Homeopathic Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian Reformed. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Antiquarian Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garry Munson and Harriet (Lyman) Munson; married, May 21,
1868, to Susan Babcock Hopkins. |
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William MacRae Nicoll (b. 1893) —
also known as William M. Nicoll —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Dundee, Scotland,
May
7, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1924-29.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1924 |
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Benjamin Barker Odell Sr. (1825-1916) —
also known as Benjamin B. Odell, Sr. —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor, Orange
County, N.Y., September
25, 1825.
Republican. Restaurant
owner; ice
business; Orange
County Sheriff, 1880-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1884;
mayor
of Newburgh, N.Y., 1884-90, 1894-1900.
Christian Reformed. French
and English
ancestry.
Died July 21,
1916 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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George Opdyke (1805-1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., December
7, 1805.
Republican. Clothing
manufacturer and merchant; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1859; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1862-64.
Christian Reformed.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931) —
also known as Alfred R. Page —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill., October
7, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1905-08; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1910-23; resigned 1923;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1916-23; law partner of George
L. Ingraham, 1923-25.
Christian Reformed. Member, Chi Psi;
Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Southampton Hospital,
Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
3, 1931 (age 71 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Page and Angeline (Rider) Page; married, April
27, 1886, to Elizabeth M. Rose. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937) —
also known as Anning S. Prall —
of West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Westerleigh, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1923-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate); Honest Government candidate for borough
president of Richmond, New York, 1933; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937; chair,
Federal Communications Commission, 1935-37; died in office 1937.
Christian Reformed.
Died in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln
County, Maine, July 23,
1937 (age 66 years, 309
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
Republican candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian Reformed; later Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother of
Anna L. Roosevelt (who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married, December
2, 1886, to Edith
Kermit Carow (first cousin once removed of Daniel
Putnam Tyler); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt (who married Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather of Susan
Roosevelt (who married William
Floyd Weld); great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; fourth cousin once removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. — Asa
Bird Gardiner |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The minor
planet (asteroid) 188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), is
named
for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Ted
Dalton
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
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| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall, Bully!:
The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than
250 Vintage Political Cartoons |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,
1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.
Dutch Reformed.
Died February
17, 1830 (age 84 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew of Johannes
DePeyster; grandson of Johannes
de Peyster; grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster; first cousin of Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin once removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin of Pierre
Van Cortlandt; second cousin once removed of Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, John
Stevens III and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of William
Duer and Denning
Duer; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; second cousin five times removed of Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Rutgers University
(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) in
New
Brunswick, New Jersey, is named for
him. — Henry Street
and Rutgers Street,
in Manhattan,
New York, are both named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Schell (1810-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 15,
1810.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.
Christian Reformed. Dutch
and German
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1879 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman (1855-1912) —
also known as James S. Sherman; "Sunny
Jim" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
24, 1855.
Republican. Mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1884-86; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-91, 1893-1909 (23rd District
1887-91, 25th District 1893-1903, 27th District 1903-09); defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1909-12; died in office 1912.
Christian Reformed.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
30, 1912 (age 57 years, 6
days).
Entombed at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868) —
also known as Gold S. Silliman —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
26, 1777.
Whig. Lawyer;
postmaster at Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1849-53.
Christian Reformed.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 3,
1868 (age 90 years, 221
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) —
of New York.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1817.
Importing
business; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
1867-99.
Episcopalian
or Christian Reformed. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
22, 1907 (age 89 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue at Erie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J.
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Alfred E. Steers (c.1861-1948) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1861.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; grocer; broom
manufacturer; real estate
business; magistrate; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1910-13; resigned 1913; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 2,
1948 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Steers. |
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Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 21,
1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of
New York, 1807-17; Vice
President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Presbyterian
or Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 11,
1825 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Entombed at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) —
of Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 8,
1776.
Postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.
Christian Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
22, 1849 (age 72 years, 228
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ghent, N.Y.
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Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) —
also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old
Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook";
"Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand";
"Blue Whiskey Van" —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
5, 1782.
Lawyer;
Columbia
County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York
state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of
New York, 1829; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice
President of the United States, 1833-37; President
of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848
(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Christian Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died, reportedly due to asthma,
but more likely some kind of heart
failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1862 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;
half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father of John
Van Buren; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Dirck
Ten Broeck, Cornelis
Cuyler and Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt; fourth cousin of James
Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston and Peter
Gansevoort. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Cantine
family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith — Jesse
Hoyt — Charles
Ogle |
| | | Van Buren
County, Ark., Van Buren
County, Iowa, Van Buren
County, Mich. and Van Buren
County, Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | The city
of Van
Buren, Arkansas, is named for
him. — The town
of Van
Buren, New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Van Buren, in Palmer
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Martin Van Buren High
School (opened 1955), in Queens Village, Queens,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at Baltimore,
Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North
Atlantic Ocean) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— M.
V. B. Jefferson
— M.
V. B. Bennett
— Van
B. Wisker
— Martin
V. B. Rowland
— Martin
V. B. Ives
— Martin
V. B. Clark
— Martin
V. Godbey
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| | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is
a used-up man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.
Wilson, The
Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin
Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular
Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin
Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican
Ideology — John Niven, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —
Ted Widmer, Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) —
also known as Jacob Westervelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
20, 1800.
Shipbuilder;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1853-55; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1857.
Dutch Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1879 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Isaiah Davis Winne (1818-1902) —
also known as Davis Winne —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Shandaken town, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 18,
1818.
Farmer;
lumber
business; hotelier;
Ulster
County Sheriff, 1861, 1864; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 3rd District, 1876, 1887.
Christian Reformed.
Died February
27, 1902 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Barentse Yates (1784-1836) —
also known as John B. Yates —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., February
1, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1815-17; county judge
in New York, 1835; member of New York
state assembly from Madison County, 1836; died in office 1836.
Christian Reformed.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chittenango, Madison
County, N.Y., July 10,
1836 (age 52 years, 160
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Near Chittenango, Madison County, N.Y.
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Robert Yates (1738-1801) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1738.
State court judge in New York, 1777-98; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1789, 1795.
Christian Reformed.
Slaveowner.
Died September
9, 1801 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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