The Political Graveyard: Clergy Politicians in Rhode Island

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Clergy Politicians in Rhode Island

Sidney Dean (1818-1901) — of Thompson, Windham County, Conn.; Warren, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn., November 16, 1818. Minister; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1854-55; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1855-59; newspaper editor; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1870-71. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., October 29, 1901 (age 82 years, 347 days). Interment at South Cemetery, Warren, R.I.

Almer Fisk Gallup (b. 1884) — also known as Almer F. Gallup — of Scituate, Providence County, R.I.; Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Montgomery, Franklin County, Vt., December 25, 1884. Republican. Pastor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly, 1932. Nazarene. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Zephariah Gallup and Lucy Mariah (Horner) Gallup; married to Mildred Luella Barstow; third cousin twice removed of Philander Blakeslee Cole, John Patterson Gallup and Henry Augustus Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks.
		Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Fairbanks-Adams family; Gallup family of Marysville, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known as Samuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna, Kent County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 8, 1835. Methodist minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died by suicide, when he cut his throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium, West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., August 19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.

		Relatives: Son of John Gracey and Ann Elizabeth Bartram (Leech) Gracey; married, November 21, 1860, to Leonora Thompson; married, January 15, 1900, to Cordania Elizabeth 'Corda' (Perkins) Pratt; father of Spencer Pettis Gracey and Wilbur Tirrell Gracey.
		Political family: Gracey family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Epitaph: "Soldier - Clergyman - Diplomat"
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Washington Evening Srar, June 25, 1911

William Ferdinand Morgan (1816-1888) — also known as William F. Morgan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., December 21, 1816. Democrat. Episcopal priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1868. Episcopalian. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 19, 1888 (age 71 years, 150 days). Interment somewhere in Newport, R.I.

Wilbour Eddy Saunders (1894-1979) — also known as Wilbour E. Saunders — of Hightstown, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Warwick, Kent County, R.I., September 20, 1894. Pastor; chaplain; school headmaster; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County, 1947; interim president, Keuka College, 1965-66. Baptist. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta Tau Delta; Freemasons; Junior Order; Royal Arcanum; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died in 1979 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Son of Colver Leeds Saunders and Harriet (Robertson) Saunders; married, September 22, 1919, to Mildred A. Paige.

Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) — also known as C. W. Wendte — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 11, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1880. Unitarian. German ancestry. Injured in a fall, and died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital, Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., September 9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.

		Relatives: Son of Charles Wendte and Johanna (Ebeling) Wendte; married, April 28, 1896, to Abbie Louise Grant.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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