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Dickerson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#044.25.67">Rudolph Halley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawkins.html#253.50.21">Alvin Hawkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#924.00.51">J. Ralston Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#622.48.57">Tom Procter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#155.46.23">Wallace Ralston Westlake</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, C. Glen See <a href="#535.60.55">Carl Glen Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="535.60.55">Ralston, Carl Glen</a> (1883-1965) — also known as C. Glen Ralston — of Shawnee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/05-30.html">May 30, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/shawnee.html">Mayor of Shawnee, Kan.</a>, 1951-53. Died in April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, Carlyle See <a href="#685.66.25">H. Carlyle Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, D. Harry See <a href="#240.82.22">David Henry Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.40.22">Ralston, David</a> — of Ellijay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/GA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.82.22">Ralston, David Henry</a> (1863-1930) — also known as D. Harry Ralston — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-22.html">January 22, 1863</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 1st District, 1907. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a> and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-04.html">April 4, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="953.11.10">Ralston, David M.</a> (b. 1870) — of Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-lived.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trinidad.html">mayor of Trinidad, Colo.</a>, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gavan Ralston.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, Frank See <a href="#791.84.36">H. Frank Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, Glen See <a href="#535.60.55">Carl Glen Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="685.66.25">Ralston, H. Carlyle</a> (1893-1954) — of Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Ill. Born in Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-10.html">October 10, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-parties.html">chair of Boone County Republican Party</a>, 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/index.html">1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-buried.html#cms08451">Scottish Cemetery</a>, Caledonia, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53434736">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="902.79.00">Ralston, H. E.</a> — of Elmo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NO-lived.html">Nodaway County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MO.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="791.84.36">Ralston, H. Frank</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Chester County, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="627.17.31">Ralston, Harry Monroe</a> (1882-1962) — also known as Harry M. Ralston — of Cut Bank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GL-lived.html">Glacier County</a>, Mont. Born in Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-17.html">March 17, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MT.html">1940</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-died.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/06-09.html">June 9, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 84 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel F. Ralston and Mary F. (Gregg) Ralston; married to Cleola I. Pyle.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="294.90.92">Ralston, Jackson Harvey</a> (b. 1857) — also known as Jackson H. Ralston — of Hyattsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md.; Sherwood Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Born in Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-born.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/02-06.html">February 6, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/MD.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#471.97.30">James Harvey Ralston</a> and Harriet N. (Jackson) Ralston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-01.html">June 1, 1887</a>, to Sarah B. Rankin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.50.17">Ralston, James C.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="471.97.30">Ralston, James Harvey</a> (1807-1864) — also known as James H. Ralston — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LA-lived.html">Lander County</a>, Nev. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-born.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-12.html">October 12, 1807</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuit judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-39; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1840-meeting.html">1840</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1841-45; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1841; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1853-54; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died after becoming lost in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">snowstorm</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/NY-died.html">Nye County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-08.html">May 8, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 209 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LA-buried.html#cms05208">somewhere</a> in Austin, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ralston and Elizabeth (Neely) Ralston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/10-11.html">October 11, 1832</a>, to June Alexander; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Harriet N. Jackson; father of <a href="#294.90.92">Jackson Harvey Ralston</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="134.60.65">Ralston, James R.</a> — of Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="388.24.17">Ralston, Jennie Craven</a> (b. 1861) — also known as Jennie Craven; Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Center Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HE-born.html">Hendricks County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-15.html">November 15, 1861</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IN.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IN.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IN.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IN.html">1948</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Democratic National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1932-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-30.html">December 30, 1889</a>, to <a href="#595.13.45">Samuel Moffett Ralston</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="429.52.54">Ralston, Lucy</a> (born c.1941) — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Born about 1941. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/AR.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AR.html">2008</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="050.75.12">Ralston, Patrick R.</a> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IN.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="826.32.33">Ralston, Robert</a> — of Amboy (now Perth Amboy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/perthamboy.html#3">Amboy, N.J.</a>, 1798-1801. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="140.20.84">Ralston, Mrs. Robert</a> — of Coahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CO-lived.html">Coahoma County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MS.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralston, Mrs. Samuel M. See <a href="#388.24.17">Jennie Craven Ralston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="595.13.45">Ralston, Samuel Moffett</a> (1857-1925) — also known as Samuel M. Ralston — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born near New Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-born.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/12-01.html">December 1, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1888; Democratic Presidential Elector for Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/pr1892-meeting.html">1893</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Indiana</a>, 1896, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IN.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1913-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/index.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> diseases, near Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-14.html">October 14, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BO-buried.html#cms00780">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ralston and Sarah (Scott) Ralston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-26.html">December 26, 1881</a>, to Mary Josephine Backous; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-30.html">December 30, 1889</a>, to <a href="#388.24.17">Jennie Craven</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000020">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409002">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-moffett-ralston/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel M. Ralston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8389">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="469.02.74">Ralston, Thomas A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1948, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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