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in alphabetical order John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826 (age 90 years, 247 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Quincy Smith (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (who married Louisa Catherine Johnson); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Arthur Chapin; first cousin six times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; second cousin of Samuel Adams; second cousin once removed of Joseph Allen; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass and Emerson Richard Boyles; third cousin of Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason, George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Caleb Stetson, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames Jr., Benjamin W. Waite, Alfred Elisha Ames, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Joseph Washburn Yates, Augustus Brown Reed Sprague, Franklin Fairbanks, Erskine Mason Phelps, Arthur Newton Holden, John Alden Thayer, Irving Hall Chase, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Giles Russell Taggart.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.   Mount Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Adams (built 1941-42 at Richmond, California; torpedoed and lost in the Coral Sea, 1942) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Adams Harper — John A. Cameron — John A. Dix — John Adams Fisher — John A. Taintor — John A. Gilmer — John A. Perkins — John Adams Hyman — John A. Damon — John A. Lee — John A. Sanders — John Adams Hurson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams — David McCullough, John Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James Grant, John Adams : Party of One   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., July 11, 1767. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-25; President of the United States, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's office, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Adams and Abigail Adams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope; niece of Thomas Johnson); father of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin of William Cranch; second cousin once removed of Samuel Adams; second cousin twice removed of Edward M. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Arthur Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; third cousin of Joseph Allen; third cousin once removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy, Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868) and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of William Vincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; fourth cousin of Jeremiah Mason, Josiah Quincy Jr., George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer, Bailey Frye Adams and Samuel Miller Quincy.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: John Smith — Thurlow Weed   Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.   Mount Quincy Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Mount Quincy Adams, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Q. A. Brackett — John Q. A. Shelden — J. Q. A. Reber   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — Lynn Hudson Parsons, John Quincy Adams — Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan, Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as "The Tribune of the People"; "The Cromwell of New England"; "Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer"; "Amendment Monger"; "American Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 27, 1722. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5 days). Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married 1749 to Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to Elizabeth Wells; uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married Alfred Cumming) and William Vincent Wells; second cousin of John Adams; second cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Chapin, Arthur Laban Bates, Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, Emerson Richard Boyles and Thomas Boylston Adams; third cousin of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington and Caleb Cushing; third cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin, Erastus Fairbanks, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Charles Adams Jr., James Brooks and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Alphonso Taft, Benjamin W. Waite, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Franklin Fairbanks, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Edgar Weeks and Arthur Newton Holden; third cousin four times removed of John Quincy Adams (1848-1911).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Samuel Adams (built 1941 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Samuel Adams: Donald Barr Chidsey, The World of Samuel Adams Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 29, 1828. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880, 1884; U.S. Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., September 28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa Lee; married, November 7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; nephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who married Joseph Gardner Bradley), Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson of Richard Bassett; great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin once removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin of John Sluyter Wirt.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Bayard, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)   Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994) — also known as Ralph E. Becker — of Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 29, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1976-77. Jewish; later Episcopalian. Lithuanian and Belarusian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jewish War Veterans; American Legion; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Committee. Donor of the Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana to the Smithsonian Institution; a sponsor of the Antarctic-South Pole Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1963. Died, from congestive heart failure, in George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., August 24, 1994 (age 87 years, 207 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Max Joseph Becker and Rose (Becker) Becker; married to Ann Marie Watters; father of Ralph Elihu Becker Jr..   Mount Becker, in the Merrick Mountains of Palmer Land, Antarctica, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known as Nick Begich — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minn., April 6, 1932. Democrat. Member of Alaska state senate, 1963-71; U.S. Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office 1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1972. Alaska Native and Croatian ancestry. Disappeared while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane crash, somewhere in Alaska, October 16, 1972 (age 40 years, 193 days). The wreckage was never found. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Begich and Anna (Martinich) Begich; brother of Joseph Richard Begich; married 1956 to Margaret Jendro; father of Nicholas J. Begich Jr., Thomas Scott Begich and Mark Peter Begich (who married Deborah Bonito).   Political family: Begich family of Anchorage, Alaska.   Begich Peak in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.  — Begich Middle School, in Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Worth Belknap (1829-1890) — also known as William W. Belknap — of Iowa. Born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., September 22, 1829. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1857-58; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869-76. Impeached in 1876 by the House of Representatives for taking bribes; resigned on March 2, 1876. Despite arguments that the Senate lacked jurisdiction after his resignation, an impeachment trial was held; on August 1, the Senate voted 35 to 25 for his conviction, short of the necessary two-thirds. Died, of an apparent heart attack, in Washington, D.C., October 13, 1890 (age 61 years, 21 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of William Goldsmith Belknap and Ann (Clark) Belknap; married to Cora LeRoy, Carrie Thompson and Mrs. John Bower; father of Hugh Reid Belknap.   Mount Belknap, in the Tushar Mountains, Beaver and Piute counties, Utah, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918) — also known as Joseph C. S. Blackburn — of Versailles, Woodford County, Ky. Born near Spring Station, Woodford County, Ky., October 1, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1871-75; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1875-85; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1885-97, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1896, 1900, 1904 (member, Credentials Committee). Died in Washington, D.C., September 12, 1918 (age 79 years, 346 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn; brother of Luke Pryor Blackburn; married, February 10, 1858, to Therese Graham; married, December 11, 1901, to Mary E. Blackburn; father of Corinne Blackburn (who married William Holt Gale); granduncle of Smith Alford Blackburn; great-granduncle of Charles Milton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed of Gabriel Slaughter; third cousin of Charles Rice Slaughter; third cousin once removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry and Gustavus Adolphus Henry.   Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Blackburn, the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains, in the Copper River Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 at Brunswick, Georgia; sold for scrap 1967) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896) James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) — also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine"; "Magnetic Man" — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856 (Honorary Secretary); member of Maine state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1876, 1880; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S. Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President of the United States, 1884. Congregationalist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.   Relatives: Son of Ephraim Lyon Blaine and Maria Louise (Gillespie) Blaine; married, June 30, 1850, to Harriet Stanwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married Truxtun Beale); nephew of Ellen Blaine (who married John Hoge Ewing); grandfather of James Gillespie Blaine III.   Political family: Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Robert G. Ingersoll   Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are named for him.   Mount Blaine, in Park County, Colorado, is named for him.  — The city of Blaine, Washington, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James G. Blaine (built 1942 at South Portland, Maine; scrapped 1969) was named for him.   Politician named for him: J. B. McLaughlin   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about James G. Blaine: Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum, Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President, 1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History   Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)   Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known as Hale Boggs — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72; died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1968; Parliamentarian, 1964; chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Catholic War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Knights of Columbus; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Disappeared while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane crash, somewhere in Alaska, October 16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244 days). The wreckage was never found. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs; married, January 22, 1938, to Corinne Claiborne; father of Barbara Boggs Sigmund, Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts.   Boggs Peak in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary Boulard, The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The Great Compromiser" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Hanover County, Va., April 12, 1777. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died in office 1852; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd District 1823-25); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844 (Whig); U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for President, 1839. Member, Freemasons. In 1809, he fought a duel with Humphrey Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1852 (age 75 years, 78 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother of Porter Clay; married, April 11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father of Thomas Hart Clay, Henry Clay Jr. and James Brown Clay; grandfather of Henry Clay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married James Reily); first cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; second cousin of Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; second cousin once removed of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Carroll Clay; second cousin four times removed of Archer Woodford; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay Jr..   Political family: Clay family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.   Mount Clay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 at Mobile, Alabama; scrapped 1967) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Henry Clay Longnecker — Henry Clay Dean — H. Clay Dickinson — Henry C. Brockmeyer — H. Clay Cockerill — Henry Clay Ewing — Henry Clay Caldwell — Henry Clay Hall — Henry Clay Gooding — Henry Clay Naill — Henry C. Myers — Henry C. Cole — H. Clay Harris — Henry C. Miner — Henry C. Warmoth — Henry Clay Cleveland — H. Clay Evans — Henry C. Payne — Henry C. Bates — H. Clay Foster — Henry C. McCormick — Henry C. Ide — Henry Clay Williams — Henry C. Simms — Henry Clay Ferguson — Henry C. Glover — H. Clay Park — Henry C. Hansbrough — Henry C. Snodgrass — H. Clay Maydwell — Henry C. Gleason — Henry C. Loudenslager — H. Clay Van Voorhis — Henry C. Clippinger — H. Clay Crawford — H. Clay Bascom — H. Clay Michie — H. Clay Chisolm — H. Clay Howard — Henry C. Hall — Henry Clay McDowell — H. Clay Jones — H. Clay Day — Henry Clay Hines — H. Clay Heather — Henry Clay Meacham — Henry Clay Calloway — H. Clay Suter — H. Clay Hall — H. Clay Warth — Henry Clay Elwood — H. Clay Kennedy — H. Clay Davis — H. Clay Needham — Henry Clay Etherton — H. Clay Mace — H. Clay Armstrong — H. Clay Baldwin — H. Clay Haynes — H. Clay Burkholder — Mrs. H. Clay Kauffman — H. Clay Bentley — Henry C. Greenberg — H. Clay Gardenhire, Jr. — Henry Clay Cox — H. Clay Myers, Jr. — H. Clay Johnson   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20th centuries.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent Remini, Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History — Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Henry Clay: The Essential American — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union   Image source: James Smith Noel Collection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport 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.   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   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   Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known as Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of Politicians" — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Huntsville, Yadkin County, N.C., July 27, 1812. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1st District 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58); U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1868, 1876 (member, Resolutions Committee). When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern senators expelled in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., November 3, 1897 (age 85 years, 99 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.   Clingman's Dome, a mountain on the border between Sevier County, Tennessee, and Swain County, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Columbus Delano (1809-1896) — of Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. Born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., June 4, 1809. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1845-47, 1865-67, 1868-69 (10th District 1845-47, 13th District 1865-67, 1868-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1863; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1870-75. Died in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, October 23, 1896 (age 87 years, 141 days). Interment at Mound View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.   The city of Delano, California, is named for him.  — Delano Peak, in Beaver and Piute counties, Utah, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Adams Dix (1798-1879) — also known as John A. Dix — of Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., July 24, 1798. Democrat. Secretary of state of New York, 1833-39; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1842; U.S. Senator from New York, 1845-49; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1860-61; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to France, 1866-69; Governor of New York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848, 1874; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1876. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 21, 1879 (age 80 years, 271 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.   Presumably named for: John Adams   Relatives: Son-in-law of John Jordan Morgan; son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr. and Abigail (Wilkins) Dix; married to Catharine Waine Morgan; first cousin thrice removed of Roger Sherman; second cousin once removed of Nathan Read; third cousin once removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts, George Frisbie Hoar, John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg and Charles Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; fourth cousin once removed of Abel Merrill, Samuel Laning, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Amariah Kibbe Jr., John Lanning, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Putnam Tyler, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, John Frederick Addis, Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Fort Dix (established 1917 as Camp Dix; later Fort Dix; now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), a U.S. Army post in Burlington County, New Jersey, is named for him.  — Dix Mountain, in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 at South Portland, Maine; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) was named for him.   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 Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German and Swiss ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Loyal Legion. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower; brother of Milton Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1, 1916, to Mamie Eisenhower; father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower II (son-in-law of Richard Milhous Nixon).   Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Sherman Adams — Carter L. Burgess — Woodrow Wilson Mann — Jacqueline C. Odlum — George E. Allen — Meyer Kestnbaum — Bernard M. Shanley   The Eisenhower Expressway, from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook County, Illinois, is named for him.  — The Eisenhower Tunnel (opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear Creek County to Summit County, Colorado, is named for him.  — The Eisenhower Range of mountains, in Victoria Land, Antarctica, is named for him.  — Mount Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78).   Campaign slogan: "I Like Ike."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower: The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World   Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1969)   Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) — of Plattsmouth, Cass County, Neb.; Denver, Colo. Born in Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1833. Republican. Member of Nebraska territorial legislature, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska Territory, 1860; secretary of Colorado Territory, 1862-66; member of Colorado territorial legislature, 1869; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1873-74; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1877-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1884. Methodist. Died in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., November 27, 1899 (age 66 years, 238 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of John Downes Elbert and Achsa (Hitt) Elbert; married to Josephine Evans (daughter of John Evans).   Elbert County, Colo. is named for him.   Mount Elbert, in Lake County, Colorado, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial John Evans (1814-1897) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, March 9, 1814. Republican. Physician; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory, 1868 (member, Credentials Committee; member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker). Methodist. One of the founders of Northwestern University, and of the University of Denver. Died in Denver, Colo., July 3, 1897 (age 83 years, 116 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of David Evans and Rachel (Burnett) Evans; married 1838 to Hannah P. Canby; married 1853 to Margaret Patten Gray; father of Josephine Evans (who married Samuel Hitt Elbert).   The city of Evanston, Illinois, is named for him.  — The city of Evans, Colorado, is named for him.  — Mount Evans, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Evans (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897 Joseph Benson Foraker (1846-1917) — also known as Joseph B. Foraker; "Fire Alarm Foraker" — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born near Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio, July 5, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superior court judge in Ohio, 1879-82; Governor of Ohio, 1886-90; defeated, 1883, 1889; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896, 1900, 1904; speaker, 1888, 1896; chair, Resolutions Committee, chair, 1896; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1909; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 10, 1917 (age 70 years, 309 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Married, October 4, 1870, to Julia Ann Paine Bundy (daughter of Hezekiah Sanford Bundy).   Political family: Foraker-Bundy family of Cincinnati, Ohio.   Mount Foraker, the third highest peak in the United States, in Denali Borough, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896) Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as "Silence Dogood"; "Anthony Afterwit"; "Poor Richard"; "Alice Addertongue"; "Polly Baker"; "Harry Meanwell"; "Timothy Turnstone"; "Martha Careful"; "Benevolus"; "Caelia Shortface" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 17, 1706. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; U.S. Postmaster General, 1775-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President of Pennsylvania, 1785-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Deist. Member, Freemasons; American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 17, 1790 (age 84 years, 90 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 at Old City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue at La Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married, September 1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (who married Richard Bache); uncle of Franklin Davenport; grandfather of Richard Bache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who married William John Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache (who married Robert John Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William Wallace Irwin); second great-grandfather of Robert Walker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather of Daniel Baugh Brewster and Elise du Pont; first cousin four times removed of Charles James Folger, Benjamin Dexter Sprague and Wharton Barker; first cousin six times removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; first cousin seven times removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin five times removed of George Hammond Parshall.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Jonathan Williams   Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are named for him.   Mount Franklin, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The minor planet 5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. Hallett — Benjamin F. Wade — Benjamin Franklin Wallace — Benjamin Cromwell Franklin — Benjamin Franklin Perry — Benjamin Franklin Robinson — Benjamin F. Randolph — Benjamin Franklin Massey — Benjamin F. Rawls — Benjamin Franklin Leiter — Benjamin Franklin Thomas — Benjamin F. Hall — Benjamin F. Angel — Benjamin Franklin Ross — Benjamin F. Flanders — Benjamin F. Bomar — Benjamin Franklin Hellen — Benjamin F. Mudge — Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. Loan — Benjamin F. Simpson — Benjamin Franklin Terry — Benjamin Franklin Junkin — Benjamin F. Partridge — B. F. Langworthy — Benjamin F. Harding — Benjamin Mebane — B. F. Whittemore — Benjamin Franklin Bradley — Benjamin Franklin Claypool — Benjamin Franklin Saffold — Benjamin F. Coates — B. Franklin Martin — Benjamin Franklin Howey — Benjamin F. Martin — Benjamin Franklin Rice — Benjamin F. Randolph — Benjamin F. Hopkins — Benjamin F. Tracy — Benjamin Franklin Briggs — Benjamin F. Grady — Benjamin F. Farnham — Benjamin F. Meyers — Benjamin Franklin White — Benjamin Franklin Prescott — Benjamin F. Jonas — B. Franklin Fisher — Benjamin Franklin Potts — Benjamin F. Funk — Benjamin F. Marsh — Frank B. Arnold — Benjamin F. Heckert — Benjamin F. Bradley — Benjamin F. Howell — Benjamin Franklin Miller — Benjamin F. Mahan — Ben Franklin Caldwell — Benjamin Franklin Tilley — Benjamin F. Hackney — B. F. McMillan — Benjamin F. Shively — B. Frank Hires — B. Frank Mebane — B. Frank Murphy — Benjamin F. Starr — Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr. — Benjamin F. Welty — Benjamin F. Jones — Benjamin Franklin Boley — Ben Franklin Looney — Benjamin F. Bledsoe — Benjamin Franklin Williams — B. Frank Kelley — Benjamin Franklin Butler — Benjamin F. James — Frank B. Heintzleman — Benjamin F. Feinberg — B. Franklin Bunn — Ben F. Cameron — Ben F. Blackmon — B. Frank Whelchel — B. F. Merritt, Jr. — Ben F. Hornsby — Ben Dillingham II   Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. half dollar coin (1948-63).   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   Books by Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744)   Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America — Gordon S. Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America   Image source: Library of Congress John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) — also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The Champion of Freedom" — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., January 21, 1813. Republican. Explorer; Military Governor of California, 1847; arrested for mutiny, 1847; court-martialed; found guilty of mutiny, disobedience, and conduct prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James K. Polk; U.S. Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Died, of peritonitis, in a hotel room at New York, New York County, N.Y., July 13, 1890 (age 77 years, 173 days). Original interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor) Frémont; married, October 19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas Hart Benton).   Political families: Benton family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Selah Hill   Fremont County, Colo., Fremont County, Idaho, Fremont County, Iowa and Fremont County, Wyo. are named for him.   Fremont Peak, in Monterey County and San Benito County, California, is named for him.  — Fremont Peak, in Coconino County, Arizona, is named for him.  — The city of Fremont, California, is named for him.  — The city of Fremont, Ohio, is named for him.  — The city of Fremont, Nebraska, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for him.   Politician named for him: John F. Hill   Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil, Free Men, Fremont."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs of My Life and Times   Books about John C. Fremont: Tom Chaffin, Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire — David Roberts, A Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the American West — Andrew Rolle, John Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893) James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. Shot by the assassin Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the effects of the wound and infection, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304 days). Entombed at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia Rudolph; father of Harry Augustus Garfield and James Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John Alden Thayer.   Political families: Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: William S. Maynard   Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.   Garfield Mountain, in the Cascade Range, King County, Washington, is named for him.  — The city of Garfield, New Jersey, is named for him.   Politician named for him: James G. Stewart   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur   Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)   William Gilpin (1813-1894) — of Colorado. Born in New Castle County, Del., October 4, 1813. Lawyer; newspaper editor; explorer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862. Run over by a horse and buggy, and later died as a result, in Denver, Colo., January 20, 1894 (age 80 years, 108 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Joshua Gilpin and Mary (Dilworth) Gilpin; brother of Henry Dilworth Gilpin; married to Julia Pratte.   Gilpin County, Colo. is named for him.   Gilpin Peak, in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains, in Ouray County and San Miguel County, Colorado, is named for him.  — Gilpin Lake, in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Routt County, Colorado, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Horace Greeley (1811-1872) — also known as "Old Honesty"; "Old White Hat" — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Chappaqua, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 3, 1811. Founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1848-49; defeated (Republican), 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1860; after the Civil War, became advocate of universal amnesty for Confederates; offered bail in May 1867 for Jefferson Davis; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1866-70; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for New York state comptroller, 1869; Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1872. Died in Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y., November 29, 1872 (age 61 years, 300 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; statue at City Hall Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Herald Square, Manhattan, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Zaccheus Greeley and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley; married, July 5, 1836, to Mary Y. Cheney; second cousin of Wallace M. Greeley.   Cross-reference: Josiah B. Grinnell   Greeley counties in Kan. and Neb. are named for him.   The city of Greeley, Colorado, is named for him.  — Horace Greeley High School, in Chappaqua, New York, is named for him.  — Mount Horace Greeley, in Keweenaw County, Michigan, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Horace G. Snover — Horace G. Knowles — Horace Greeley Dawson, Jr.   Personal motto: "Go West, young man."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books by Horace Greeley: American conflict: A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-1865 (1869) — Recollections Of A Busy Life   Books about Horace Greeley: Glyndon G. Van Deusen, Horace Greeley, Nineteenth Century Crusader — Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana — Wilbur J. Granberg, Spread the truth : The life of Horace Greeley — Doris Faber, Horace Greeley: The People's Editor — Coy F. Cross, Go West Young Man! : Horace Greeley's Vision for America — J. Parton, The Life of Horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune   Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)   Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) — also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr. Alaska" — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1887. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, 1952; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960, 1968, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska. Jewish. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War. Died of cancer in Washington, D.C., June 26, 1974 (age 87 years, 140 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.   Relatives: Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening; married, November 19, 1914, to Dorothy Elizabeth Smith.   Mount Ernest Gruening, in Juneau, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Books about Ernest Gruening: Claus-M Naske, Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor   John Hancock (1737-1793) — of Massachusetts. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., January 23, 1737. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4 electoral votes, 1789. Congregationalist. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., October 8, 1793 (age 56 years, 258 days). Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Rev. John Hancock and Mary (Hawke) Hancock; married, August 28, 1775, to Dorothy 'Dolly'(Quincy) Scott.   Hancock counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Miss., Ohio, Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.   The town of Hancock, Massachusetts, is named for him.  — Mount Hancock, in the White Mountains, Grafton County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Hancock (built 1941 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed and lost in the Caribbean Sea, 1942) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about John Hancock: Harlow Giles Unger, John Hancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — Harlow Giles Unger, John Hancock: Merchant King & American Patriot Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as Winfield S. Hancock — of St. Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Montgomery County, Pa., February 14, 1824. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876; candidate for President of the United States, 1880. Member, Freemasons; Loyal Legion. Died in Governor's Island, New York County, N.Y., February 9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360 days). Interment at Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock Circle, Washington, D.C.   Presumably named for: Winfield Scott   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Hancock and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock; married, February 1, 1850, to Almira Dubois Russell; uncle of Laura Elizabeth Hancock (who married William Rush Merriam).   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Hancock, in Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, is named for him.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Winfield Scott Hancock: David M. Jordan, Winfield Scott Hancock : A Soldier's Life   Image source: Cornell University Library Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) — also known as Warren G. Harding — of Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio, November 2, 1865. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904 (alternate), 1912, 1916 (Temporary Chair; Permanent Chair; speaker); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1910; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923. Baptist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Phi Alpha Delta. First president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14, 1922. Died, probably from a heart attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., August 2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273 days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted by historians. Originally entombed at Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding; married, July 8, 1891, to Florence Harding.   Harding County, N.M. is named for him.   Harding High School, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.  — Warren G. Harding High School, in Warren, Ohio, is named for him.  — Warren G. Harding Middle School, in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — The community of Harding Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for him.  — Warren Street, G Street, and Harding Street (now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan, Alaska, were all named for him.  — Harding Mountain, in Chelan County, Washington, is named for him.  — Mount Harding, in Skagway, Alaska, is named for him.   Personal motto: "Remember there are two sides to every question. Get both."   Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to normalcy with Harding."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis Russell, The Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His Times — Robert K. Murray, The Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty, Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W. Dean, Warren G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts, Warren G. Harding (for young readers)   Critical books about Warren G. Harding: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents   Image source: Library of Congress   Cornelius Hedges (1837-1907) — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Born in 1837. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1874; member of Montana state senate 7th District, 1889-92. Died in 1907 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.   Hedges Peak, in Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, is named for him. Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912) — also known as Weldon B. Heyburn — of Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Born in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pa., May 23, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1888; delegate to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1892, 1900, 1904; candidate for U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1898; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of Republican National Committee from Idaho, 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., October 17, 1912 (age 60 years, 147 days). Interment at Lafayette Cemetery, Chadds Ford, Pa.   The city of Heyburn, Idaho, is named for him.  — Mount Heyburn, in Custer County, Idaho, is named for him.  — Heyburn State Park, in Benewah County, Idaho, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Image source: Library of Congress   John Wesley Hoyt (1831-1912) — also known as John W. Hoyt — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born near Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, October 13, 1831. Wisconsin railroad commissioner, 1874-76; Governor of Wyoming Territory, 1878-82. Methodist. Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md., May 23, 1912 (age 80 years, 223 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Presumably named for: John Wesley   Hoyt Peak, in Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John W. Hoyt (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of Monticello"; "Friend of the People"; "Father of the University of Virginia" — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Albemarle County, Va., April 13, 1743. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782; U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice President of the United States, 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican), 1796. Deist. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., July 4, 1826 (age 83 years, 82 days). Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph at University of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father of Martha Jefferson (who married Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who married John Wayles Eppes); uncle of Dabney Carr; grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Francis Wayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist), Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; grandnephew of Richard Randolph; granduncle of Dabney Smith Carr; great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle of Edith Wilson; first cousin once removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed of John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed of Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker and William Segar Archer; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Edmund Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh Lee, Edmund Randolph Cocke and John Augustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed of William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt and Francis Beverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed of William Welby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Robertson.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Jefferson M. Levy — Joshua Fry   Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.   Mount Jefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), in Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Thomas Jefferson Kennard — Thomas Jefferson Campbell — Thomas J. Gazley — Thomas J. Drake — Thomas Jefferson Heard — Thomas Jefferson Green — Thomas J. Rusk — Thomas Jefferson Withers — Thomas J. Parsons — Thomas J. Word — Thomas J. Henley — Thomas J. Dryer — Thomas J. Foster — Thomas J. Barr — Thomas Jefferson Jennings — Thomas J. Henderson — Thomas J. Van Alstyne — Thomas Jefferson Cason — T. J. Coghlan — Thomas Jefferson Buford — T. Jefferson Coolidge — Thomas J. Megibben — Thomas J. Bunn — Thomas J. Hardin — Thomas J. McLain, Jr. — Thomas J. Brown — Thomas Jefferson Speer — Thomas J. Boynton — Thomas J. Hudson — Thomas J. Brady — Thomas J. Selby — Thomas Jefferson Deavitt — Thomas Jefferson Majors — Thomas Jefferson Wood — T. J. Jarratt — Thomas Jefferson Nunn — Thomas J. Strait — Thomas J. Humes — T. J. Appleyard — Thomas J. Clunie — Thomas J. Steele — Thomas J. Boynton — Thomas J. O'Donnell — Thomas J. Halsey — Thomas J. Graham — T. J. Martin — Thomas Jefferson Lilly — Thomas J. Randolph — Tom J. Terral — T. Jeff Busby — Thomas Jefferson Murphy — Thomas J. Hamilton — Tom Mangan — Thomas J. Ryan — Tom J. Murray — Tom Steed — Thomas Jefferson Edmonds, Jr. — Thomas J. Anderson — Thomas Jefferson Roberts — Thomas J. Barlow III   Coins and currency: His portrait has appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2 bill since the 1860s.   Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J. Ellis, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard Sterne Randall, Thomas Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan Dunn, Jefferson's Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 — Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Jefferson : Author of America — David Barton, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed about Thomas Jefferson — David Barton, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey, Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson   Critical books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Joseph Henry Kibbey (1853-1924) — also known as Joseph H. Kibbey — of Florence, Pinal County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., March 4, 1853. Republican. Justice of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1889; member Arizona territorial council, 1902; Arizona territory attorney general, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1905-09; candidate for U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1916. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 14, 1924 (age 71 years, 102 days). Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.   Relatives: Son of John Franklin Kibbey and Caroline (Cunningham) Kibbey; married to Nora Burbank (daughter of John Albyne Burbank); great-grandson of Ephraim Kibbey.   Political family: Kibbey-Burbank-Morton-Cunningham family of Indiana.   Kibbey Butte, in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) — also known as Jack London; John Griffith Chaney — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.; Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., January 12, 1876. Socialist. Novelist; candidate for mayor of Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist). Died in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, Calif., November 22, 1916 (age 40 years, 315 days). Interment at Jack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married 1900 to Elizabeth May Maddern; married 1905 to Charmian 'Clara' Kittredge.   Mount London, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Haines Borough, Alaska, is named for him.  — Jack London Square (entertainment and business development), and the surrounding Jack London District neighborhood, in Oakland, California, are named for him.  — Jack London Lake (Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack London Nature Park, in Magadan Oblast, Russia, are named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Jack London (built 1943 at Sausalito, California; scrapped 1968) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) — also known as Clarence H. Mackay — of Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in San Francisco, Calif., April 17, 1874. Republican. Financier; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Catholic. Irish and English ancestry. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209 days). Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford) Mackay; married, May 17, 1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married, July 18, 1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who married Kenneth O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed of Orville Hungerford; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret Brainard.   Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The Mackay Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, are named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as "Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights" — of Virginia. Born in Port Conway, King George County, Va., March 16, 1751. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5th District 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97); U.S. Secretary of State, 1801-09; President of the United States, 1809-17. Episcopalian. English ancestry. He was elected in 1905 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier, Orange County, Va., June 28, 1836 (age 85 years, 104 days). Interment at Montpelier Plantation, Montpelier Station, Va.   Relatives: Son of James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison; brother of William Taylor Madison; married, September 15, 1794, to Dolley Todd (sister-in-law of Richard Cutts and John George Jackson); first cousin once removed of George Madison; first cousin twice removed of Edmund Pendleton; second cousin of Zachary Taylor; second cousin once removed of John Penn, John Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel Pendleton and Coleby Chew; second cousin twice removed of Henry Gaines Johnson, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton and Samuel Bullitt Churchill; second cousin thrice removed of George Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard T. Smith, Charles M. Pendleton, Elliot Woolfolk Major, Edgar Bailey Woolfolk and Daniel Micajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of Charles Sumner Pendleton and Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of Clement F. Dorsey, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Gabriel Slaughter, Andrew Dorsey, Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry, David Shelby Walker, Alexander Warfield Dorsey, William Barret Pendleton, Francis Key Pendleton, Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton and John Overton Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Rice Slaughter, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Eli Huston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Willing Byrd.   Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Madison counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Tenn., Tex. and Va. are named for him.   The city of Madison, Wisconsin, is named for him.  — Mount Madison, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Fort Madison (1808-13), and the subsequent city of Fort Madison, Iowa, were named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Madison (built 1942 at Houston, Texas; scrapped 1966) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: James Madison Broom — James Madison Hite Beale — James Madison Porter — James M. Buchanan — James Madison Gregg — J. Madison Wells — James M. Tarleton — James Madison Hughes — James M. Marvin — James M. Edmunds — James Madison Gaylord — James M. Leach — James Turner — James M. Harvey — James M. Seymour — James Madison Barker — James Madison Mullen — James M. Candler — James Madison McKinney — James M. Morton — James Madison Barrett, Sr. — James M. Gudger, Jr. — James Madison Morton, Jr. — James Madison Woodard — James M. Waddell, Jr.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about James Madison: Ralph Louis Ketcham, James Madison : A Biography — Garry Wills, James Madison — Robert Allen Rutland, The Presidency of James Madison — Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Samuel Kernell, ed., James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government — Kevin R. C. Gutzman, James Madison and the Making of America   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known as William L. Marcy — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., December 12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S. Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S. Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Secretary of State, 1853-57. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 4, 1857 (age 70 years, 204 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Mount Marcy (the highest point in New York State), in the Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, is named for him.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20th century.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about William Learned Marcy: Robert L Scribner, The diplomacy of William L. Marcy, Secretary of State, 1853-1857 — Ivor Debenham Spencer, The victor and the spoils: a life of William L. Marcy   Image source: New York Red Book 1896 William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Shot by the assassin Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228 days). Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to Ida Saxton; first cousin of William McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher.   Political family: McKinley family of Canton, Ohio.   Cross-reference: Albert Halstead — Loran L. Lewis — George B. Cortelyou — John Goodnow   McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.   Mount McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its traditional name, Denali), in Denali Borough, Alaska, was named for him.  — McKinley High School, in Honolulu, Hawaii, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: William McKinley Thomas — William McKinley Thomas — William M. Bell — William M. Branch   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46.   Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."   Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901   John W. Meldrum (1843-1936) — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo. Born in Caledonia, Livingston County, N.Y., September 17, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carpenter; wagon maker; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming Territory, 1884; Surveyor General of Wyoming Territory, 1884-85; secretary of Wyoming Territory, 1889-90; U.S. Commissioner in Yellowstone National Park, 1894-1935. Died in Denver, Colo., February 27, 1936 (age 92 years, 163 days). Burial location unknown.   Meldrum Mountain, in Gallatin County, Montana, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John W. Meldrum (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article James Monroe (1758-1831) — of Spotsylvania County, Va.; Loudoun County, Va. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S. Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1814-15; President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. Slaveowner. Died, probably of tuberculosis, in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 4, 1831 (age 73 years, 67 days). Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February 16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph Jones; uncle of Thomas Bell Monroe and James Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married Corinne Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne A. Chubb and John deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William Grayson; second cousin of Alfred William Grayson and Beverly Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II and John Brady Grayson.   Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.   The city of Monrovia, Liberia, is named for him.  — Mount Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Fort Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Virginia, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: James Monroe — James Monroe — James M. Pendleton — James M. Jackson — James Monroe Letts — James M. Ritchie — James M. Rosse — James M. Comly — James Monroe Buford — James M. Seibert — J. Monroe Driesbach — James M. Lown — James M. Miller — James Monroe Jones — James Monroe Hale — James Monroe Spears — J. M. Alford — James M. Lown, Jr. — James M. Miley   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.   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 James Monroe: Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) — also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting General" — of Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 23, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1856. Episcopalian. Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., October 8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319 days). Interment at Old North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Pierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of Elizabeth Andrews Pierce (who married John McNeil Jr.); married, November 19, 1834, to Jane Means Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who married Tappan Wentworth); cousin by marriage of David Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Sabin.   Political families: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire; Merriam family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Pierce counties in Ga., Neb., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.   Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Mount Pierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; received current name 1913), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Franklin P. Saunders — Frank P. Woodbury — Frank P. Holland — Frank P. Dunwell — Frank Tyler — F. P. Combest — F. Pierce Mortimer — Franklin P. Owen — Franklin P. Stoy — Frank P. Alspaugh — Franklin P. Monfort — Franklin Pierce Lambert — Franklin Pierce McGowan — Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Franklin Pierce: Roy Nichols, Franklin Pierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — Larry Gara, The Presidency of Franklin Pierce   Critical books about Franklin Pierce: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) — also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch"; "The Gipper"; "The Great Communicator"; "The Teflon President"; "Rawhide" — of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Tampico, Whiteside County, Ill., February 6, 1911. Republican. Worked as a sports broadcaster in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast of Chicago Cubs baseball games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional actor in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films including Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe Trail, Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning Team; president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964 (alternate), 1972 (delegation chair); Governor of California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; President of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993. Disciples of Christ. Member, Screen Actors Guild; Lions; American Legion; Tau Kappa Epsilon. Died, from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 5, 2004 (age 93 years, 120 days). Interment at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.   Relatives: Son of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January 25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married, March 4, 1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress) and Nancy Davis (1921-2016); father of Maureen Elizabeth Reagan.   Political family: Reagan family of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California.   Cross-reference: Katherine Hoffman Haley — Dana Rohrabacher — Donald T. Regan — Henry Salvatori — L. William Seidman — Christopher Cox — Patrick J. Buchanan — Bay Buchanan — Edwin Meese III   Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (opened 1941; renamed 1998), in Arlington, Virginia, is named for him.  — Mount Reagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald Reagan : An American Life   Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon, President Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth Brown, Hand of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter J. Wallison, Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All — Richard Reeves, President Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan, My Father at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N. Bossie, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley, The Reagan I Knew — Chris Matthews, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked   Critical books about Ronald Reagan: Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years — William Kleinknecht, The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America   James Delmage Ross (1872-1939) — also known as J. D. Ross — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Chatham, Ontario, November 9, 1872. Electrical engineer; Seattle superintendent of lighting (electric power), 1911-39; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-37; administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1937. Died, from a heart attack, following surgery for stomach and intestinal ailments, in the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., March 14, 1939 (age 66 years, 125 days). Interment at Ross Family Burial Site, Newhalem, Wash.   Relatives: Married 1907 to Alice M. Wilson.   Mount Ross, in Whatcom County, Washington, is named for him.  — Ross Dam (built 1937-49), on the Skagit River, in Whatcom County, Washington, is named for him.  — Ross Lake, a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington, which also extends into British Columbia, Canada, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS J. D. Ross (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; sold and renamed SS Lampsis; sank during a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was originally named for him.   Epitaph: "J.D. Ross, one of the greatest Americans of our generation, was an outstanding mathematician and equally great engineer. He had also the practical ability to make things work in the spirit of public opinion and successful business. More than that, he was a philosopher and lover and student of trees and flowers. His successful career and especially his long service in behalf of the public interest are worthy of study by every American boy."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known as Carl Schurz — of Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; St. Louis, Mo.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany, March 2, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868 (Temporary Chair; speaker); U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81. German ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 14, 1906 (age 77 years, 73 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside Park, Manhattan, N.Y.   The community of Schurz, Nevada, is named for him.  — Mount Schurz, in Park County, Wyoming, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz Park, in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz High School, in Chicago, Illinois, is named for him.  — Schurz Elementary School, in Watertown, Wisconsin, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz Elementary School, in New Braunfels, Texas, is named for him.   Politician named for him: Carl S. Thompson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary   Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis Trefousse, Carl Schurz: A Biography   Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884) William Henry Seward (1801-1872) — also known as William H. Seward — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., May 16, 1801. Lawyer; co-founded (with Thurlow Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper in 1830; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S. Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly". Survived an assassination attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., October 16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153 days). Interment at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer Park, Seattle, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances Adeline Miller; father of Frederick William Seward and William Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who married John Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick Whittlesey Seward Jr..   Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: George W. Jones — Samuel J. Barrows — Frederick W. Seward — Elias P. Pellet   Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are named for him.   Seward Mountain, in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin County, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Seward, Nebraska, is named for him.  — The town of Seward, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Seward, Alaska, is named for him.  — Seward Park (300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle, Washington, is named for him.  — Seward Park (three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: W. Seward Whittlesey — W. H. Seward Thomson — William S. Shanahan   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about William H. Seward: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — Walter Stahr, Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young readers)   Image source: New York Public Library Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) — also known as "The Great Decliner" — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 31, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County, 1842, 1844-45; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1845; mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1843; Governor of New York, 1853-55, 1863-65; defeated, 1850, 1854, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864; candidate for President of the United States, 1868; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Episcopalian. Died in Deerfield, Oneida County, N.Y., February 12, 1886 (age 75 years, 257 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Henry Seymour; brother of Julia Catherine Seymour (who married Roscoe Conkling); married, May 31, 1835, to Mary Bleecker; nephew of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857); uncle of Horatio Seymour Jr. and Helen Lincklaen (who married Charles Stebbins Fairchild); grandson of Moses Seymour; first cousin of Origen Storrs Seymour and George Seymour; first cousin once removed of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell and Morris Woodruff Seymour; second cousin of Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin once removed of Norman Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles, Daniel Pitkin and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Ela Collins and Caleb Seymour Pitkin.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Seymour Mountain, in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin County, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Seymour, Wisconsin, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Books about Horatio Seymour: Stewart Mitchell, Horatio Seymour of New York   Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)   William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 8, 1820. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869. Member, Loyal Legion. In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta, Georgia. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1891 (age 71 years, 6 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue at Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Sherman Park, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of Charles Taylor Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; married, May 1, 1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter of Thomas Ewing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who married Alexander Montgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who married James Donald Cameron); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey.   Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Sherman counties in Kan., Neb. and Ore. are named for him.   The community of Sherman, Michigan, is named for him.  — Mount Sherman, in Lake and Park counties, Colorado, is named for him.   Politician named for him: W. T. S. Rath   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about William T. Sherman: Stanley P. Hirshson, The White Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T. Sherman   Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) — of Shandaken, Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Greenville, Ulster County, N.Y., February 16, 1813. U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1847-49; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1854-55; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded by gunshot in battle, and died the next day, at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., July 4, 1863 (age 50 years, 138 days). Interment at Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Emily Eldridge; grandfather of Carrie Babcock Sherman (who married James Schoolcraft Sherman).   Political family: Schoolcraft-Sherman family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Mount Sherill, in the Catskill Mountains, Greene County, New York, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull), Fairfield County, Conn., August 8, 1779. Republican. Lawyer; chemist; university professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 24, 1864 (age 85 years, 108 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; statue erected 1884 at Sterling Chemistry Laboratory Grounds, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman; brother of Gold Selleck Silliman (1777-1868); married, September 17, 1809, to Harriet Trumbull (daughter of Jonathan Trumbull Jr.); married 1851 to Sarah Isabella (McClellan) Webb; uncle of Benjamin Douglas Silliman; second cousin of Joseph Silliman (1756-1829); second cousin once removed of Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850); second cousin twice removed of Joseph Fitch Silliman; second cousin thrice removed of Dwight Arthur Silliman and Judson Franklin Selleck; third cousin of Abraham Davenport; third cousin once removed of Thaddeus Betts and Jonathan Stratton; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root; third cousin thrice removed of Anson Foster Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of James Kilbourne, Elisha Phelps, Sturges Selleck and Alvan Kidder.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The mineral sillimanite is named for him.  — Mount Silliman, in Tulare County, California, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Sopris (1813-1893) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Bucks County, Pa., June 26, 1813. Carpenter; steamboat captain; prospector; mayor of Denver, Colo., 1878-81. Member, Freemasons. Died in Denver, Colo., April 7, 1893 (age 79 years, 285 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Mount Sopris, in Pitkin County, Colorado, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article   Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known as Isaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover, Essex County, Mass., March 25, 1818. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Washington Territory, 1853-57; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1857-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed at the Civil War battle of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Va., September 1, 1862 (age 44 years, 160 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at Ox Hill Battlefield Park, Fairfax County, Va.   Relatives: Cousin *** of Charles Abbot Stevens and Moses Tyler Stevens.   Political family: Stevens-Woodhull family of New York City, New York.   Stevens counties in Minn. and Wash. are named for him.   Fort Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a state park) in Warrenton, Oregon, was named for him.  — Fort Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a park) in Washington, D.C., was named for him.  — The city (and lake) of Lake Stevens, Washington, is named for him.  — The town of Stevensville, Montana, is named for him.  — Stevens Peak (6,838 feet), in Shoshone County, Idaho, is named for him.  — Stevens Peak (5,372 feet), in Bingham County, Idaho, is named for him.  — Upper Stevens Lake, and Lower Stevens Lake, in Shoshone County, Idaho, are named for him.  — The Stevens Hall dormitory, at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, is named for him.  — Isaac I. Stevens Elementary School (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001), in Seattle, Washington, is named for him.  — Stevens Middle School, in Port Angeles, Washington, is named for him.  — Stevens Junior High School (now Middle School), in Pasco, Washington, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1967) was named for him.   Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the battle of Chantilly, Va."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens: Joseph Taylor Hazard, Companion of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of Washington   Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) — also known as Ted Stevens — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 18, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964, 1972 (delegation chair); member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Indicted in July 2008 on federal charges of failing to report gifts from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and convicted in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to prosecutorial misconduct. Killed in a plane crash, in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, August 9, 2010 (age 86 years, 264 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Married 1952 to Ann Mary Cherrington; father of Ben Stevens.   Cross-reference: Lesil McGuire   Mount Stevens, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, is named for him.  — The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) — also known as Adolph Sutro — of San Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey County, Nev. Born in Germany, April 29, 1830. Cigar and tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro Tunnel, to drain water from the silver mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; real estate investor; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97. Jewish. German ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101 days). Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Emanuel Sutro and Rosa (Warendorff) Sutro; married 1854 to Leah Harris.   Mount Sutro, in San Francisco, California, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Adolph Sutro (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial 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.   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   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)   Carl Vinson (1883-1981) — also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" — of Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga. Born in Baldwin County, Ga., November 18, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia, 1912-14; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952. Methodist. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., June 1, 1981 (age 97 years, 195 days). Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.   Relatives: Granduncle of Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr..   Mount Vinson (the highest peak in Antarctica), located in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, is named for him.  — The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier (built 1980 in Newport News, Virginia), is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) — also known as Henry D. Washburn — of Clinton, Vermillion County, Ind. Born in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., March 28, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1866-69. As Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park. Died of tuberculosis, in Clinton, Vermillion County, Ind., January 26, 1871 (age 38 years, 304 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.   Mount Washburn, in Park County, Wyoming, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as "Father of His Country"; "The American Fabius" — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President of the United States, 1789-97. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the first President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Slaveowner. Died, probably from acute bacterial epiglottitis, at Fairfax County, Va., December 14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295 days). Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January 6, 1759, to Martha Dandridge Custis (aunt of Burwell Bassett); step-father of John Parke Custis; uncle of Bushrod Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles Magill Conrad; granduncle of John Thornton Augustine Washington and George Corbin Washington; first cousin six times removed of Archer Woodford; second cousin of Howell Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Howell Cobb (1772-1818), Sulifand Sutherland Ross and David Shelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed of Walker Peyton Conway, Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Henry Ball Jr., William de Bruyn=Kops, Horace Lee Washington, Edwin McPherson Holden, Claude C. Ball, Arthur Wesley Holden and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed of Henry Rootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family; King family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Washington-Walker family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Henry Lee — Joshua Fry — Alexander Dimitry — Tobias Lear — David Mathews — Rufus Putnam   Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are named for him.   The city of Washington, D.C., is named for him.  — The state of Washington is named for him.  — Mount Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The minor planet 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: George Washington Lent Marr — George Washington Heard — George Washington Barnett — George Washington Davis — George W. Owen — George W. Toland — George W. Lay — George W. Patterson — George W. B. Towns — George Washington Adams — George Washington Hockley — George W. Smyth — G. W. Ingersoll — George W. Hopkins — George Washington Montgomery — Joseph George Washington Duncan — George W. Kittredge — George W. Jones — George W. Harrison — George Washington Ewing — George Washington Seabrook — George W. Morrison — George Washington Woodward — George Washington Wright — George Washington Triplett — George Washington Glasscock — George W. Schuyler — George Washington Holman — George W. Greene — George W. Wolcott — George W. Paschal — George Washington Dunlap — George Washington Warren — George Washington Hill — George Washington Logan — George W. Getchell — George W. Wright — George W. Julian — George Washington Dyal — George W. Ladd — George W. Peck — George Washington Nesmith — George W. Morgan — George Washington Brooks — George Washington Cowles — George W. Geddes — George Washington Whitmore — George Washington Bridges — George W. Cate — George W. Houk — George W. Webber — George W. Bemis — George Washington Fairbrother — George Washington Glick — George W. Jones — George W. Baker — George W. Shell — George W. Anderson — George W. Crouse — George W. Hulick — George W. Allen — George W. F. Harper — George Washington Clark — George Washington McCrary — George W. Gordon — George W. Kingsbury — George W. Covington — George Washington Fleeger — George W. Steele — George W. Wilson — George W. Martin — George W. E. Dorsey — George W. Plunkitt — George W. Furbush — George W. Sutton — George W. Curtin — George W. Ray — George W. Roosevelt — George W. Smith — George W. Kipp — George W. Campbell — George W. Taylor — George W. Stone — George W. Bartch — George W. Shonk — George W. Paul — George W. Cook — George W. Murray — George W. Faris — George W. Fithian — George W. Prince — George W. Buckner — George W. Cromer — George W. Donaghey — George W. Aldridge — George Washington Wagoner — George Washington Goethals — George W. Armstrong — George W. Lovejoy — George W. Oakes — George W. Hays — George W. Edmonds — George W. Lindsay — George Washington Jones — T. G. W. Tarver — George W. Darden — George Washington Jones — George W. Mead — George W. Gibbons — George W. List — George W. Calkin — George W. Rauch — George W. Michell — George Washington Jackson — George W. Blanchard — George Washington Herz — George W. Bristow — George Washington Hardy — George W. Ballard — George W. McKown — George Thomas Washington — George W. Collins — George A. Washington   Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. His portrait also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency, and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about George Washington: Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch : George Washington and the New American Nation — Henry Wiencek, An Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America — James MacGregor Burns, George Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton, The Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential Care — Wendie C. Old, George Washington (for young readers)   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)   James Wickersham (1857-1939) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash.; Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska. Born in Patoka, Marion County, Ill., August 24, 1857. Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1898; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1900; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921, 1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1928 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; member, Resolutions Committee). Died in Juneau, Alaska, October 24, 1939 (age 82 years, 61 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.   Mount Wickersham, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) — also known as Benjamin D. Wilson; "Don Benito" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilson County, Tenn., December 1, 1811. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1851-52; member of California state senate, 1860. Died in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 11, 1878 (age 66 years, 100 days). Interment at Church of Our Savior Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.   Relatives: Married 1844 to Ramona Yorba; married to Margaret Hereford; father of Ruth Wilson (who married George Smith Patton); grandfather of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.   Mount Wilson, in the San Gabriel mountains, Los Angeles County, California, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article 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.   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   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 Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) — of Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., May 24, 1795. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S. Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844; Governor of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846. Died in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., August 27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95 days). Interment at Silas Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice removed of Henry Merrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Charles Ellsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Morris Woodruff, Martin Keeler, Marshall Chapin and William Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Theodore Dwight, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Greene Carrier Bronson, Charles Phelps Huntington, George Catlin Woodruff, Stephen Hiram Keeler, Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff, Edmund Gillett Chapin, William Chapman Williston, Zenas Ferry Moody, Charles Edward Phelps, Arthur Chapin and John Wingate Weeks.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are named for him; Wright County, Iowa may have been named for him.   Wright Peak, in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, is named for him.   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until 1913.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Image source: New York Red Book 1896

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