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in alphabetical order
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Oliver Percy Archer (1869-1930) —
also known as O. P. Archer —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Garland, Tipton
County, Tenn., November
29, 1869.
Mayor
of McAllen, Tex., 1913-23.
Member, Rotary.
Died May 3,
1930 (age 60 years, 155
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, McAllen, Tex.
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William Henry Ashley (c.1778-1838) —
also known as William H. Ashley —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., about 1778.
Democrat. Fur
trader; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1831-37.
Died near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., March
26, 1838 (age about 60
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Relatives:
Married, November
17, 1806, to Mary Able; married, October
17, 1832, to Elizabeth Woodson Moss. |
| | | The Ashley National Forest (established
1908), in Daggett,
Duchesne,
Summit,
Uintah,
and Utah
counties, Utah, and Sweetwater
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married, April
27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. |
| | | Baker County,
Ore. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Baker
City, Oregon, is named for
him. — Fort
Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort
Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area), in Marin
County, California, is named for
him. — Baker Street,
in San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) —
also known as Matthias W. Baldwin —
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., December
10, 1795.
Jeweler;
inventor;
locomotive
manufacturer; abolitionist; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.
Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
7, 1866 (age 70 years, 271
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Philadelphia City Hall Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) —
also known as William B. Bankhead —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar
County, Ala., April
12, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900-02; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7th
District 1933-40); died in office 1940; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1940 (age 66 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Vito Piranesi Battista (1909-1990) —
also known as Vito P. Battista —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Bari, Italy,
September
7, 1909.
Republican. Architect;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957 (United Taxpayers), 1961 (United
Taxpayers), 1965 (United Taxpayers), 1977; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1962; member of New York
state assembly 38th District, 1968-75; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1970-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1980.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Delta; American
Institute of Architects; Kiwanis.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 24,
1990 (age 80 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1920.
Died near Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale; married, April
30, 1894, to Harriet 'Hattie' Blaine (daughter of James
Gillespie Blaine); married, April
23, 1903, to Marie Oge. |
| | | Political family: Beale-Blaine-Edwards
family of Chester, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Truxtun Avenue
and Beale Avenue,
in Bakersfield,
California, are named for
him. — Beale Park, in Bakersfield,
California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gabriel Augustus Bodenheim (1873-1957) —
also known as G. A. Bodenheim;
"Bodie" —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., August
13, 1873.
Democrat. Cotton
buyer; insurance
business; mayor
of Longview, Tex., 1904-16, 1918-20; defeated, 1920; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Died in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., August
12, 1957 (age 83 years, 364
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Longview, Tex.
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Harvey Wesley Bolin (1909-1978) —
also known as H. Wesley Bolin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., July 1,
1909.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Arizona, 1949-77; Governor of
Arizona, 1977-78; died in office 1978.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Jaycees;
Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 4,
1978 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) —
Born in Berks
County, Pa., November
2, 1734.
Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781, 1787.
English
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;
reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie
Bryan Boone and Nathan
Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram
Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi
Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer
Charless Henderson. |
| | | Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin
family of Pennsylvania; Boone
family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Daniel Boone National Forest
(established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed 1966), in Bath,
Clay,
Estill,
Harlan,
Jackson,
Knox,
Laurel,
Lee,
Leslie,
McCreary,
Menifee,
Morgan,
Owsley,
Perry,
Powell,
Pulaski,
Rockcastle,
Rowan,
Wayne,
Whitley,
and Wolfe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. — Boone Dam
(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan
and Washington
counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake
reservoir behind the dam, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter Bowne (1770-1846) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
26, 1770.
Member of New York
state senate, 1816-24 (Southern District 1816-22, 1st District
1823-24); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1829-33.
Died August
31, 1846 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Cass (1782-1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
9, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1844,
1852;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1848; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1857-60.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1866 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; married to Elizabeth
Selden Spencer; father of Matilda Frances Cass (who married Henry
Brockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather of Thomas
Cass Ballenger. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
and village
of Cassville,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — The village
of Cass
City, Michigan, is named for
him. — The village
of Cassopolis,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Cassville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — Cass Lake,
and the adjoining city
of Cass
Lake, Minnesota, are named for
him. — Cass Lake, in Oakland
County, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Cass River,
in Tuscola
and Saginaw
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Lewis Cass Building
(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;
rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Building
in 2020), in Lansing,
Michigan, was named for
him. — Cass Avenue,
Cass Park, and Cass Technical High
School, in Detroit,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Lewis
Cass Wilmarth
— Lewis
C. Carpenter
— Lewis
C. Vandergrift
— Lewis
C. Tidball
— Lewis
Cass Wick
— Lewis
Cass Tidball II
— Lewis
C. Gabbert
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| | | 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 Lewis Cass: Willard Carl
Klunder, Lewis
Cass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank Bury
Woodford, Lewis
Cass, the Last Jeffersonian |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb., July 6,
1901.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1952;
member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.
Died in a car
accident, August
22, 1972 (age 71 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March
18, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,
June
2, 1886, to Frances Folsom and Frances
Clara Folsom; father of Richard
Folsom Cleveland (son-in-law of Thomas
Frank Gailor; brother-in-law of Frank
Hoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed of Francis
Landon Cleveland; second cousin of James
Harlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed of James
Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher and Joseph
Wheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lord and Rollin
Usher Tyler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman
K. Bass — George
B. Cortelyou — J.
Hampton Hoge |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Cleveland, a volcano on Chuginadak
Island, Alaska, is named for
him. — The town
of Grover,
North Carolina, is named for
him. — The Cleveland National Forest
(established 1908), in San
Diego, Riverside,
Orange
counties, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Meyrs
— Grover
C. Talbot
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— G. C.
Cooley
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Albright
— Grover
Cleveland Welsh
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
B. Hill
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Tye
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Studivan
— Grover
C. Layne
— Grover
C. Hudson
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Henderson
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Bower
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Gregg
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Brown
— Grover
C. Robinson III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill
(1928-46). |
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Troy Senik, A
Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:
Matthew Algeo, The
President Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland
Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous
Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — Charles
Lachman, A
Secret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Charles Emmett Coffin (1849-1934) —
also known as Charles E. Coffin —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., July 14,
1849.
Real
estate business; banker; Vice-Consul
for Paraguay in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1900-03.
Methodist.
Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
15, 1934 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John H. Coyne —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1906-07; defeated, 1907 (Democratic), 1913
(Progressive).
Burial location unknown.
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David Crockett (1786-1836) —
also known as Davy Crockett; "King of the Wild
Frontier" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., August
17, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District
1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during the
Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 49 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married, August
16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married 1815 to
Elizabeth Patton; father of John
Wesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Carroll Walcutt. |
| | | Political family: Crockett-Walcutt
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Crockett counties in Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The Davy Crockett National Forest
(established 1936), in Houston
and Trinity
counties, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,
then go ahead." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by David Crockett: A
Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of
Tennessee |
| | | Books about David Crockett: William C.
Davis, Three
Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James
Bowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,
Davy
Crockett — Elaine Alphin, Davy
Crockett (for young readers) |
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Samuel Sam Dale (1772-1841) —
also known as Sam Dale —
of Alabama; Mississippi.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1772.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died near Daleville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 24,
1841 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Lauderdale County, Miss.;
reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) —
also known as Jay N. Darling;
"Ding" —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Norwood, Charlevoix
County, Mich., October
21, 1876.
Republican. Cartoonist;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932;
founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head of
the U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildlife
refuges.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died January
12, 1962 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Logan
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., about 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J.
F. McElwain Shoe
Company; secretary-treasurer,
New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate for mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1963.
Catholic.
Member, Catholic
War Veterans; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Foresters.
Suffered a heart
attack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre Dame Hospital,
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
12, 1963 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Asher Bates Emery (1867-1924) —
also known as Asher B. Emery —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., February
18, 1867.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer;
bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1922-24; appointed 1922;
died in office 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Sisters Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
8, 1924 (age 57 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
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James Edgar Evins —
also known as J. Edgar Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1940,
1944.
Entombed in mausoleum at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Clyde Edward Fant (1905-1973) —
also known as Clyde E. Fant —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Linden, Cass
County, Tex., 1905.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1946-54, 1958-70.
Baptist.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1973
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Herman Daniel Farrell Jr. (1932-2018) —
also known as Denny Farrell —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1932.
Democrat. Automobile
mechanic; member of New York
state assembly, 1975-2017 (74th District 1975-82, 71st District
1983-2017); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1985; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1988, 2004-08; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; New York
Democratic state chair, 2001-06.
African
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 26,
2018 (age 86 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) —
also known as Edwin H. Fitler —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1825.
Republican. Rope and
cordage manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1896 (age 70 years, 181
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School
teacher; social reformer; founder of nursing school; advocate for
the creation of a "parental court" to handle cases of delinquent
children; her efforts led to the world's first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park, on West Moffat
Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High
School (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower
Vocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High
School, 1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Irving C. Freese (b. 1903) —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in East Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
19, 1903.
Socialist. Photographer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwalk, 1946; mayor
of Norwalk, Conn., 1947-55, 1957-59; defeated, 1939, 1941, 1943,
1945.
Burial location unknown.
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Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) —
also known as Melville W. Fuller —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sorrento, Hancock
County, Maine, July 4,
1910 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) —
also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklinton, Franklin
County, N.C., October
25, 1867.
Minister;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 21,
1942 (age 74 years, 239
days).
Interment at New
Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) —
also known as William J. Gaynor; "Brother Adrian
Denys" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Oriskany, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
2, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1894-1909; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1908-09; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1910-13; died in office 1913; shot
in the throat by James J. Gallagher, a former city employee, on
August 9, 1910.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, on board the steamship
Baltic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
10, 1913 (age 64 years, 220
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Raymond R. Guest (1939-2001) —
also known as Andy Guest —
of Front Royal, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1939.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1973-99.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Izaak
Walton League; Ruritan.
Died, of cancer,
in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., April 2,
2001 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va.
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Louis Francis Haffen (1854-1935) —
also known as Louis F. Haffen; "Father of the
Bronx" —
of Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Melrose, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1854.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; engineer, New York City Department of Parks, 1883-93;
commissioner of street improvement in Annexed Territory (Bronx),
1893-98; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1898-1909; removed 1909; removed from
office by Gov. Charles
Evans Hughes over maladministration
charges,
1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1915;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
25, 1935 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Kenneth Frederick Hahn (1920-1997) —
also known as Kenneth Hahn; Kenny Hahn —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Los
Angeles City Council, 1947-52; Los
Angeles County Supervisor, 1952-92; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Church
of Christ.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
at Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
12, 1997 (age 77 years, 54
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Phil Hardberger (b. 1934) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Morton, Cochran
County, Tex., July 27,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 2005-09.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Hasson (1833-1923) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Shippenville, Clarion
County, Pa., March
17, 1833.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1904,
1912;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1875-76,
1883-84, 1899-1900.
Died in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., May 15,
1923 (age 90 years, 59
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Lierbyen, Norway,
December
21, 1829.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsin
state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Suffered wounds in battle,
and died the next day, at Chickamauga, Walker
County, Ga., September
20, 1863 (age 33 years, 273
days).
Interment at Norway
Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis.
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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.
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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) —
also known as Henry E. Huntington —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
27, 1850.
Republican. Owned and expanded the streetcar
and trolley system in Southern California; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from kidney
disease and pneumonia,
in Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 23,
1927 (age 77 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married 1873 to Mary
Alice Prentice; married 1913 to
Arabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. |
| | | The city
of Huntington
Beach, California, is named for
him. — The city
of Huntington
Park, California, is named for
him. — Huntington Lake,
in Fresno
County, California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Hotel
(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as the
Huntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntington
hotel) in Pasadena,
California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Library,
Art
Museum, and Botanical Gardens, on his former estate, in San
Marino, California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edgar Lanier Jenkins (1933-2012) —
also known as Ed Jenkins —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Young Harris, Towns
County, Ga., January
4, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
staff member for U.S. Rep. Phillip
M. Landrum, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1977-93.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
1, 2012 (age 78 years, 362
days).
Interment at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Blairsville, Ga.
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John Winthrop Jones (1817-1887) —
also known as J. Winthrop Jones —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, February
14, 1817.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant;
shipbuilder;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860;
lumber
business.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
19, 1887 (age 70 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene A. Leahy (1929-2000) —
also known as Gene Leahy —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Imogene, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 8,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of lung
cancer, at the Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
18, 2000 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Gene Leahy Mall, a
downtown park (created 1977 as "Central Park Mall", renamed
1992, closed and demolished 2019), in Omaha,
Nebraska, was named for
him. |
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James T. Lennon —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1910-17; defeated, 1917; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) —
also known as John A. Logan; "Black Jack";
"Black Eagle of Illinois" —
of Benton, Franklin
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Murphysboro, Jackson
County, Ill., February
9, 1826.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1859-62, 1867-71 (9th District
1859-62, at-large 1867-71); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1868,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1871-77, 1879-86; died in office 1886;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1884;
Republican candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1884.
Member, Freemasons.
Conceived the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance in
May 1868.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1886 (age 60 years, 320
days).
Entombed at U.S.
Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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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 |
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Francis Marion (1732-1795) —
also known as "Swamp Fox" —
of South Carolina.
Born in 1732.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1782-90.
Died February
27, 1795 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Belle
Isle Plantation, Berkeley County, S.C.
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Marion counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., Miss., Mo., Ohio, Ore., S.C., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Francis Marion National Forest
(established 1936), in Charleston,
Berkeley
counties, South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Francis
M. Bristow
— Francis
M. D. Hopkins
— Francis
Marion Ziebach
— Francis
Marion Drake
— Francis
Marion Martin
— F. M.
Crosby
— Francis
M. Cockrell
— Francis
M. Hamilton
— Francis
Marion Gregory
— Francis
M. Griffith
— Francis
M. Nichols
— Francis
Marion Morris
— Francis
M. Taitt
— Francis
Marion Bryan
— F.
M. Norman
— Francis
M. Fields
— Francis
Marion Whaley
— Francis
M. Bistline
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Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) —
also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the
Sugar Trust" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1849.
Democrat. Cooper; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1900,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years.
Died, from intestinal
degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881-1956) —
also known as Sam R. McKelvie —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Fairfield, Clay
County, Neb., April
15, 1881.
Republican. Publisher, The Nebraska Farmer magazine;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1911-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1913-15; Governor of
Nebraska, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1928
(speaker),
1932,
1936,
1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Arizona, October
6, 1956 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) —
also known as Stewart B. McKinney —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
30, 1931.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died in
office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972.
Bisexual.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died, from acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1987 (age 56 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married, October
2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father of John
P. McKinney. |
| | | The Stewart B. McKinney Transportation
Center (built 1987), in Stamford,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — The Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife
Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife Refuge;
renamed 1987), in Fairfield,
New
Haven, and Middlesex
counties, Connecticut, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Wilson Mead (1871-1961) —
also known as George W. Mead —
of Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood
County, Wis.; Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1871.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1926-32; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta
Delta Chi; Union
League.
Died in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood
County, Wis., October
2, 1961 (age 90 years, 222
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
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George Newton (1810-1883) —
of Volinia, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, August
10, 1810.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1858-59.
English
ancestry.
Died in Volinia, Cass
County, Mich., January
23, 1883 (age 72 years, 166
days).
Interment at Crane Cemetery, Volinia, Mich.
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Eugene Hoffman Nickerson (1918-2002) —
also known as Eugene H. Nickerson —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
2, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Augustus
N. Hand, 1943-44, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan
F. Stone, 1944-46; Nassau
County Executive, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1977-94;
took senior status 1994; senior judge, 1994-2002.
His right arm
was paralyzed by polio in his youth.
Died, from complications of ulcer
surgery, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2002 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School
teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park (established 1969), in
Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park, on the waterfront in
Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) —
also known as Jackie Onassis; Jaqueline Lee Bouvier;
Jacqueline Kennedy —
Born in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 28,
1929.
First
Lady of the United States, 1961-63.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, from non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 19,
1994 (age 64 years, 295
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; daughter of John Vernou Bouvier and Janet
Norton (Lee) Bouvier; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III; married, September
12, 1953, to John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; brother of Jean
Kennedy Smith; grandson of John
Francis Fitzgerald); married 1968 to
Aristotle Socrates Onassis; mother of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High
School for International Careers, in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall,
at George Washington University,
Washington,
D.C., is named for
her. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir,
in Central Park, Manhattan,
New York, is named for
her. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Republican. Newspaper
editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died, of cancer,
in Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
31, 1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Interment at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Frank Pate Jr. —
of Port St. Joe, Gulf
County, Fla.
Born in Paul, Conecuh
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Port St. Joe, Fla., 1966-97, 1999-2007.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lynn F. Pett (1940-2017) —
of Murray, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Payson, Utah
County, Utah, December
20, 1940.
Mayor
of Murray, Utah, 1990-98.
Died in Taylorsville, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
17, 2017 (age 76 years, 271
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) —
of Milford, Pike
County, Pa.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1865.
Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore
Roosevelt; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926
(Republican primary); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,
1938.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Forestry Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from leukemia,
at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Pa.
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J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
October
26, 1868.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; meat
merchant; real estate
business; president, Lansing Ice and
Fuel; vice-president, Weissinger Paper
Co.; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Struck
by a car, badly injured, and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
20, 1954 (age 85 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 8,
1732.
Astronomer;
mathematician;
financier;
clockmaker;
surveyor;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89; first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Long Routt (1826-1907) —
also known as John L. Routt —
of Central City, Gilpin
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born April
25, 1826.
Republican. Governor
of Colorado Territory, 1875-76; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1876,
1880;
Governor
of Colorado, 1876-79, 1891-93; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1883-85.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
13, 1907 (age 81 years, 110
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Routt County,
Colo. is named for him. |
| | | Routt National Forest (established
1905, now part of Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest), in Routt,
Jackson,
Rio
Blanco, Grand,
Moffat,
and Garfield
counties, Colorado, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography |
| | | Books about John Routt: Joyce B. Lohse,
First
Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of
Colorado |
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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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.
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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) |
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; defeated, 1905;
judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; defeated (Progressive),
1913; Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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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.
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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 |
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Edwin Alonzo Sherman (1844-1916) —
also known as E. A. Sherman —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wayland, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 19,
1844.
Republican. Treasurer
of Dakota Territory, 1871-74; Dakota
territorial auditor, 1879-81; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1911-12.
Died June 13,
1916 (age 71 years, 360
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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James Richard Slack (1818-1881) —
also known as J. R. Slack —
of Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856,
1868,
1880
(Convention
Vice-President); member of Indiana
state senate, 1850; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1881 (age 62 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Ind.
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Thomas A. Soetaert (1936-2016) —
also known as Tony Soetaert —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., October
1, 1936.
Insurance
agent; mayor
of Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89.
Catholic.
Died December
16, 2016 (age 80 years, 76
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Shawnee, Kan.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park, in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
journalist;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March
21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;
married, January
21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. |
| | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania
State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Sproul State Forest, in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography |
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Robert Theodore Stafford (1913-2006) —
also known as Robert T. Stafford —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., August
8, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1947-51; served in the U.S. Navy during
the Korean conflict; Vermont
state attorney general, 1955-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1957-59; Governor of
Vermont, 1959-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1961-71; resigned 1971; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1971-89; appointed 1971.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
23, 2006 (age 93 years, 137
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March
18, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after, in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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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.
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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 |
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Robert William Straub (1920-2002) —
also known as Robert W. Straub; Bob Straub —
of Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oregon
state senate, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oregon, 1964;
Oregon
state treasurer, 1965-73; Governor of
Oregon, 1975-79; defeated, 1966, 1978.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in a long-term
care facility at Springfield, Lane
County, Ore., November
27, 2002 (age 82 years, 205
days).
Cremated.
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Isidor Straus (1845-1912) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (now Germany),
February
6, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894-95.
Jewish.
One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New
York.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamship Titanic, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, April
15, 1912 (age 67 years, 69
days); his body was subsequently recovered.
Originally entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Straus
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of Oscar
Solomon Straus; married, July 12,
1871, to Ida Blum; father of Jesse
Isidor Straus; uncle of Nathan
Straus Jr.; grandfather of Stuart
Scheftel; granduncle of Ronald
Peter Straus. |
| | | Political family: Straus
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory at
Harvard University,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, is named for
him and his wife. — Straus Park (established
1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale Square; renamed
1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue in Morningside
Heights, Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him and his wife. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Isidor Straus: June Hall
McCash, A
Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus |
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Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) —
of Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
14, 1734.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of South
Carolina state senate from District Eastward of Wateree River,
1781-82; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large
1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1809-19.
Slaveowner.
Died near Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C., June 1,
1832 (age 97 years, 292
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
| | |
Relatives:
Grandfather of Thomas
De Lage Sumter. |
| | | Fort
Sumter (built during 1829-61), in Charleston,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — The Sumter National Forest (established
1936), in Oconee,
Union,
Newberry,
McCormick,
Edgefield,
Abbeville,
Laurens,
Chester,
Fairfield,
Greenwood,
Saluda
counties, South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Leslie M. Sutherland —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Vice-president, Third Avenue Railway,
New York; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1898-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1900,
1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 21,
1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of
New York, 1807-17; Vice
President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Presbyterian
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 11,
1825 (age 50 years, 355
days).
Entombed at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) —
also known as William B. Umstead —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Mangum Township, Durham
County, N.C., May 13,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1933-39; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1945; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease and congestive
heart failure, while also suffering from bronchopneumonia,
in Watts Hospital,
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
7, 1954 (age 59 years, 178
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tabor Church Cemetery, Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C.
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Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (1944-1993) —
also known as Robert F. Wagner III; Bobby
Wagner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
6, 1944.
Democrat. Candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1977.
Catholic.
Died in his room at the Embassy Suites Hotel,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
15, 1993 (age 49 years, 313
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) —
also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen Brigham
Burns —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., September
19, 1926.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1967-68; died in office 1968.
Female.
Methodist.
Died, of uterine
cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 7,
1968 (age 41 years, 231
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married, May 21,
1943, to George
Corley Wallace Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Wallace-Folsom
family of Montgomery, Alabama. |
| | | The Lurleen Wallace Tumor
Institute, at the University
of Alabama Birmingham,
is named for
her. — Lurleen B. Wallace Community
College (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College),
with campuses in Covington,
Butler,
and Crenshaw
counties, Alabama, is named for
her. — Lake
Lurleen, and Lake Lurleen State Park, in Tuscaloosa
County, Alabama, are named for
her. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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Albert Harold Wheeler (1915-1994) —
also known as Albert H. Wheeler —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born December
11, 1915.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1968;
mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1975-78; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died April 4,
1994 (age 78 years, 114
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) —
also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in
Politics" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
28, 1856.
Democrat. University
professor; president
of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of
New Jersey, 1911-13; President
of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 at Main Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;
married, June 24,
1885, to Ellen
Wilson; married, December
18, 1915, to Edith
Wilson; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William
Gibbs McAdoo); grandfather of Woodrow
Wilson Sayre. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
C. Bullitt — Bainbridge
Colby — Joseph
E. Davies — Joseph
P. Tumulty — Thomas
H. Birch — Byron
R. Newton |
| | | Mount
Woodrow Wilson, in Fremont
County and Sublette
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Woodrow Wilson Plaza, in the Federal
Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is is named for
him. — Wilson Dam
(built 1924), on the Tennessee River in Colbert
and Lauderdale
counties, Alabama, as well as the Wilson Lake
reservoir, which extends into Lawrence
county, are named for
him. — Rambla
Presidente Wilson, in Montevideo,
Uruguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Woodrow
W. Bean
— Woodrow
W. Jones
— Woodrow
W. Scott
— Tom
Woodrow Payne
— W.
W. Dumas
— Woodrow
Wilson Mann
— Woodrow
W. Lavender
— Woodrow
W. Baird
— Woodrow
W. Mathna
— Woodrow
W. Hulme
— Woodrow
W. Kline
— Woodrow
W. McDonald
— Woodrow
W. Hollan
— Woodrow
W. Carter
— Woodrow
W. Ferguson
— W.
Wilson Goode
— Woodrow
Wilson Storey
— Woodrow
W. Bean III
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issued
in 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out
of war." |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis
Auchincloss, Woodrow
Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — John Milton Cooper, Reconsidering
Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and
Peace — A. Scott Berg, Wilson —
Anne Schraff, Woodrow
Wilson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:
Jim Powell, Wilson's
War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,
Stalin, and World War II |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1902 |
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George Wingfield (1876-1959) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., August
16, 1876.
Republican. Rancher; mining
business; banker; hotel
owner; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1920-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1924.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Washoe Medical
Center, Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., December
25, 1959 (age 83 years, 131
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
also known as A. P. Wooldridge —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
13, 1847.
Lawyer;
bank
president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) —
also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor";
"Boy Mayor" —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
4, 1908.
Mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
Killed
when the munitions ship La
Salle was struck by torpedos, exploded,
and sank,
about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Indian
Ocean, November
7, 1942 (age 34 years, 307
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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