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Watts Byerly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cady.html#452.47.85">John Watts Cady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#784.36.08">Claiborne Benton Coiner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comstock.html#522.28.15">Watts Comstock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#813.71.59">Frederick Watts Culbertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hessberg-hewson.html#193.09.10">Moses Wesley Hewey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#079.60.26">Watts S. Humphrey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson9.html#224.18.69">Watts A. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#730.86.88">Stephen Watts Kearny</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#153.51.52">J. Watts Kearny</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#115.35.49">John Watts McCormick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#342.48.25">James Watts Mercur</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#094.20.39">Cameron A. Morrison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pool.html#558.06.96">Osmund Fairworth Pool</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#994.34.00">Nathan Powell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#417.88.50">Charles Rich</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#715.57.96">Charles Rich Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#587.72.11">Edward Watts Saunders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#547.11.17">William Watts Sherman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#517.88.33">J. Watts Stovall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#772.05.96">John Haywood Tolbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#178.42.64">Jonathan Trotter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#806.98.64">Frank W. Tuckwiller</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="150.25.65">Watts, A. A.</a></b> — of Gary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IN.html">1944</a>. 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> <b><a name="626.35.31">Watts, Mrs. A. M.</a></b> — of Wharton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH-lived.html">Wharton County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/wharton.html#2">Wharton, Tex.</a>, 1887. <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> <b><a name="532.26.49">Watts, Allan L.</a></b> — of Shippensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/shippensburg.html#2">Burgess of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania</a>, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="060.32.57">Watts, Alston D.</a> (b. 1867)</b> — of Statesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-lived.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-born.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-12.html">March 12, 1867</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/NC.html">1900</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Iredell County, 1901-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 29th District, 1913; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th North Carolina District, 1917. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas A. Watts and Margaret (Morrison) Watts.</span></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> <b><a name="384.05.88">Watts, Archibald</a></b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 12th District, 1876. 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> <b><a name="940.72.58">Watts, Arthur J., Jr.</a></b> — 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, 1950. 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> <b><a name="095.19.86">Watts, Beaufort T.</a></b> — of South Carolina. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GX-diplomats.html ">Gran Colombia</a>, 1827. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/watts-beaufort-t ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></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> <b>Watts, Bernard</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#921.11.34">F. Bernard Watts</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="440.32.34">Watts, Bobbie</a></b> — of Goodyear, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. <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> <b><a name="538.17.73">Watts, Bovant B.</a></b> — of Williamston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MA-lived.html">Martin County</a>, N.C. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/williamston.html#2">Williamston, N.C.</a>, 1889. 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> <b><a name="728.14.64">Watts, Charles, Jr.</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IL.html">2008</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> <b><a name="192.89.60">Watts, Charles H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 4th District, 1905-06. 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> <b><a name="993.38.48">Watts, Charlie</a></b> — of Georgia. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 7th District, 1996. 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> <b><a name="118.83.31">Watts, Chris</a></b> — of Denton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. Elected () <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/denton.html">mayor of Denton, Tex.</a> 2016. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="320.03.30">Watts, Cornelius Clarkson</a> (1848-1930)</b> — also known as <b>Cornelius C. Watts</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-23.html">April 23, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/attygn.html">West Virginia state attorney general</a>, 1881-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for West Virginia</a>, 1886-89, 1893; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 9th District, 1891-94; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1896. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-died.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/05-28.html">May 28, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-buried.html#cms00301">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Charleston, W.Va. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="672.17.50">Watts, Daniel T.</a> (b. 1982)</b> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Born in Santa Clara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-born.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/08-26.html">August 26, 1982</a>. Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="828.92.86">Watts, Deborah</a></b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MN.html">2004</a>; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 3rd District, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="272.84.55">Watts, E. E.</a></b> — of Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-lived.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/brownsville.html">Mayor of Brownsville, Tex.</a>, 1955. 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> <b><a name="458.27.07">Watts, Edward A.</a></b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 21st District, 1932. 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> <b><a name="306.96.96">Watts, Ernest</a></b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-parties.html">Chair of Burlington County Republican Party</a>, 1914. 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> <b><a name="763.46.35">Watts, Ethelbert</a> (1845-1919)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-25.html">February 25, 1845</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">pig iron manufacturer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Horgen</a>, 1896-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JM-consuls.html ">Kingston</a>, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Prague</a>, 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BA-consuls.html ">Hamilton</a>, 1918; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Cairo</a>, 1897-99; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-consuls.html ">St. Petersburg</a>, 1903-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Brussels</a>, 1907-17. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-13.html">July 13, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00792">Woodlands Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#616.34.34">Henry Miller Watts</a> and Anna Maria (Schoenberger) Watts; nephew of Julianna Watts (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137203645">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="921.11.34">Watts, F. Bernard</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="350.61.23">Watts, Frank</a></b> — of Silvis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill. Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1918; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. 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> <b><a name="232.60.80">Watts, G. A.</a></b> — of Clear Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CG-lived.html">Cerro Gordo County</a>, Iowa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/clearlake.html#2">Clear Lake, Iowa</a>, 1901. 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> <b><a name="035.92.61">Watts, George A.</a></b> — of Rock Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, S.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/SC.html">1920</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> <b><a name="911.15.12">Watts, George B.</a></b> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/MI.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="876.68.39">Watts, Guy Leland</a></b> — of Corpus Christi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-lived.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/TX.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="324.75.99">Watts, Harry C.</a></b> — of Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-lived.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/aurora.html#2">Aurora, Ind.</a>, 1922-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/aurora.html">mayor of Aurora, Ind.</a>; elected 1942. 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> <b><a name="616.34.34">Watts, Henry Miller</a> (1805-1890)</b> — also known as <b>Henry M. Watts</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Carlisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-10.html">October 10, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1835-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1842-45; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1868-69. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-30.html">November 30, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of David Watts and Juliana (Miller) Watts; brother of Julianna Watts (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/">1838</a> to Anna Maria Schoenberger; father of <a href="#763.46.35">Ethelbert Watts</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/watts-henry-miller ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/93254547">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Watts, J. C.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#126.27.35">Julius Ceasar Watts Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="637.30.85">Watts, J. P.</a></b> — of Indiana. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 8th District, 1912. 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> <b><a name="703.14.08">Watts, J. W.</a></b> — of Flat River (now part of Park Hills), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SF-lived.html">St. Francois County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/parkhills.html#2">Mayor of Flat River, Mo.</a>, 1945-49. 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> <b>Watts, Jeff, Jr.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#789.75.17">M. Jeff Watts Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="671.43.36">Watts, Jerry</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 1st District, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.57.47">Watts, John</a> (1749-1836)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/index.html">1749</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1788-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1793-95. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms00598">Trinity Churchyard</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000211">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411380">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="610.00.74">Watts, John</a></b> — of Ames, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-lived.html">Story County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ames.html">Mayor of Ames, Iowa</a>, 1883-84. 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> <b><a name="090.47.95">Watts, John</a></b> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="823.24.12">Watts, John Clarence</a> (1902-1971)</b> — also known as <b>John C. Watts</b> — of Nicholasville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-lived.html">Jessamine County</a>, Ky. Born in Nicholasville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-born.html">Jessamine County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-09.html">July 9, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-parties.html">chair of Jessamine County Democratic Party</a>, 1928-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-officials.html">Jessamine County Attorney</a>, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48; Kentucky motor transportation commissioner, 1948-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1951-71; died in office 1971. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/09-24.html">September 24, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JS-buried.html#cms04159">Maple Grove Cemetery</a>, Nicholasville, Ky. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Montague Watts and Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Watts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-27.html">March 27, 1945</a>, to Nora Mae Wilburn.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The John C. Watts <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-names.html">Frankfort, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000212">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411381">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="924.33.32">Watts, John D.</a></b> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 5th District, 1928. 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> <b><a name="230.17.31">Watts, John D.</a> (1895-1966)</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Galt (now part of Cambridge), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-14.html">March 14, 1895</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 1st District, 1965-66; died in office 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/06-01.html">June 1, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 79 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> <b><a name="842.82.14">Watts, John Sebrie</a> (1816-1876)</b> — of Indiana; Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-lived.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-19.html">January 19, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Mexico</a>, 1851-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory</a>, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/tsju.html">justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court</a>, 1868-69. Died in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-11.html">June 11, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MO-buried.html#cms01106">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000213">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411382">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="536.17.14">Watts, John W.</a> (b. 1830)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CU-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, Ore. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/index.html">1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention</a> from Columbia County, 1857. 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> <b><a name="357.83.04">Watts, Joseph B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HM-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Hamilton County, 1838-39. 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> <b><a name="686.70.95">Watts, Joseph F.</a></b> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BN-lived.html">Bond County</a>, Ill. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. 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> <b><a name="853.07.13">Watts, Joseph M.</a></b> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#3">Chief burgess of Columbia, Pennsylvania</a>, 1853-54. 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> <b><a name="462.47.74">Watts, Joshua Howe</a> (b. 1838)</b> — Born in Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-born.html">Ripley County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/03-28.html">March 28, 1838</a>. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html ">Puerto Cortes</a>, 1910-11. 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> <b><a name="507.25.19">Watts, Josiah</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trhs.html">Mississippi territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1815-17. 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> <b><a name="230.97.24">Watts, Joyce</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="126.27.35">Watts, Julius Ceasar, Jr.</a> (b. 1957)</b> — also known as <b>J. C. Watts, Jr.</b> — of Oklahoma. Born in Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MI-born.html">McIntosh County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-18.html">November 18, 1957</a>. Republican. Played professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">football</a> in the Canadian Football League; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> 4th District, 1995-2003. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Julius Caesar</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#000.53.90">Amata Radewagen</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000210">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400541">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C. Watts">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/991/000049844">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by J. C. Watts, Jr.:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060194367/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060194367&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">What Color is a Conservative?</a> (2002)</span></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> <b><a name="273.03.23">Watts, L. R.</a></b> — of London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/london.html#2">London, Ohio</a>, 1901. 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> <b><a name="202.81.64">Watts, Lane</a></b> — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. <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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763985768/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/682/74.95.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Lester W. Watts"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="682.74.95">Watts, Lester W.</a> (b. 1903)</b> — also known as <b>"Doc"</b> — of East Rainelle (now part of Rainelle), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Born in Richlands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-born.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-05.html">February 5, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Greenbrier County, 1951-54. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James G. Watts and Virginia (Wilkinson) Watts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-26.html">December 26, 1926</a>, to Zelma Murphy.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</span></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> <b><a name="067.73.04">Watts, Lucile A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1981-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="789.75.17">Watts, M. Jeff, Jr.</a></b> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/GA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="543.52.23">Watts, M. W.</a></b> — of Cedar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CE-lived.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/AL.html">1908</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> <b><a name="205.19.22">Watts, Mae P.</a></b> — Liberal. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 18th District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1962. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="262.85.11">Watts, Marvin</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1981, 1983. Still living as of 1983. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=296171">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></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> <b><a name="165.27.15">Watts, Mikal</a></b> — of Corpus Christi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-lived.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="979.13.57">Watts, Mike</a></b> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="670.43.77">Watts, Napoleon B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Madison County, 1913-14, 1919-20; defeated, 1920. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Napoleon Bonaparte</a></span></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> <b><a name="075.48.42">Watts, Oscar</a> (b. 1886)</b> — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Born in East Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-born.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/04-29.html">April 29, 1886</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1927-28, 1935-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</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> <b><a name="037.61.23">Watts, R. A.</a></b> — of Centralia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-parties.html">Chair of Marion County Republican Party</a>, 1950. 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> <b><a name="628.89.83">Watts, Mrs. R. C.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-lived.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/VA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/VA.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/VA.html">Democratic National Committee from Virginia</a>, 1939. <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> <b><a name="015.44.05">Watts, Ray</a></b> — of Man, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-parties.html">Chair of Logan County Democratic Party</a>, 1946-50. 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> <b><a name="762.37.77">Watts, Richard C.</a> (d. 1930)</b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/spcj.html">Chief justice of South Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1927-30; died in office 1930. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-13.html">October 13, 1930</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> <b><a name="998.41.90">Watts, Ridley</a></b> — of Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NJ.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NJ.html">1924</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> <b><a name="330.59.91">Watts, Robert B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MD.html">1956</a>. 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> <b><a name="512.99.84">Watts, Robert J.</a></b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Washington; elected 1902. 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> <b><a name="103.81.98">Watts, Rodney</a></b> — 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> 9th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="358.19.84">Watts, S. J.</a></b> — of Corbin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WH-lived.html">Whitley County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/corbin.html#2">Corbin, Ky.</a>, 1887. 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> <b><a name="986.07.96">Watts, Samuel</a></b> — of Thomaston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/ME.html">1876</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> <b><a name="487.08.67">Watts, Samuel G.</a></b> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/auburn.html#3">East Auburn, Calif.</a>, 1903-13. 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> <b><a name="288.08.80">Watts, Sandra</a></b> — of Lakeview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/OR.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="892.92.21">Watts, Stanley</a></b> — of Murray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CK-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a> from Clarke County, 1950. 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> <b><a name="746.24.45">Watts, Steven</a></b> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arizona</a>, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="481.75.45">Watts, Thomas</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 25th District, 1912. 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> <b><a name="574.87.11">Watts, Thomas Hill</a> (1819-1892)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas H. Watts</b> — of Alabama. Born near Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/01-03.html">January 3, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1847-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 1st District, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Alabama secession convention</a>, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Attorney General</a>, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1863-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Union forces</a> in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisoned</a> for a few weeks. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-16.html">September 16, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-buried.html#cms00862">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Montgomery, Ala. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Hughes Watts and Catherine Prudence (Hill) Watts; married to Eliza Brown Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/">1875</a> to Eleanor Noyes.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-hill-watts/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas H. Watts">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7419521">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="253.24.47">Watts, Travis</a></b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SY-lived.html">Searcy County</a>, Ark. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SY-parties.html">Chair of Searcy County Republican Party</a>, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="452.93.89">Watts, Vivian E.</a></b> — of Annandale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-lived.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> 39th District; elected 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="307.21.76">Watts, W. A.</a></b> — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/FL.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. 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> <b><a name="952.27.94">Watts, William</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Putnam County, 1823. 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> <b><a name="058.20.39">Watts, William</a></b> — of Falls City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-lived.html">Richardson County</a>, Neb. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/fallscity.html#2">Falls City, Neb.</a>, 1863-66. 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> <b><a name="154.95.20">Watts, William</a></b> — of Big Lick, Roanoke County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ro-lived.html">Roanoke</a>), Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/VA.html">1876</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> <b><a name="547.13.15">Watts, William, Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Allegan County, 1948. 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> <b><a name="588.48.18">Watts, William</a></b> — of Jerseyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JR-lived.html">Jersey County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="374.93.71">Watts, William Dendy</a> (1800-1861)</b> — of Laurens Court House, Laurens District (now Laurens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-lived.html">Laurens County</a>), S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/08-22.html">August 22, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Laurens, 1860-61; died in office 1861. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-10.html">July 10, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-buried.html#cms02442">Laurens Cemetery</a>, Laurens, S.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8160548">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="501.83.19">Watts, William M.</a></b> — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. 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> <b><a name="004.15.60">Watts, William W.</a></b> — Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/PA.html">1856</a>. 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