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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Inventor Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Pierpont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-born.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/03-17.html">March 17, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">book publisher</a>; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Light and Power</a> Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented in 1893 and patented a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> car seal which became widely used; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 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> James Arkell (1829-1902) — also known as "Father of the Paper Sack Industry" — of Canajoharie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/10-16.html">October 16, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; manufacturer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printer</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">flour bags</a>, originally from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton</a>, then when cotton became scarce during the Civil War, he innovated the use of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">paper bags</a> as a substitute for cotton; his inventions received dozens of U.S. patents; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 18th District, 1884-85; in 1885, former General and President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a> died at Arkell's summer home in Mt. McGregor. Died in Canajoharie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-11.html">August 11, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-buried.html# ">Canajoharie Falls Cemetery</a>, Canajoharie, 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">Relatives: Son of William Arkell and Mary (Carter) Arkell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/07-23.html">July 23, 1853</a>, to Sarah Hall Bartlett; father-in-law of Bernhard Gillam.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/143308859">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> Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) — also known as Matthias W. Baldwin — Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/12-10.html">December 10, 1795</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">Jeweler</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">locomotive manufacturer</a>; abolitionist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837. Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/09-07.html">September 7, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html# ">Philadelphia City Hall Grounds</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">Relatives: Son of William Baldwin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Matthias Baldwin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-names.html">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias W. Baldwin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21656">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> Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) — of Lake Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-24.html">September 24, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">Metallurgist</a>; worked for copper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> companies; inventor, ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-chemical-soc.html">American Chemical Society</a>; <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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-04.html">February 4, 1902</a>, to Lena Manson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254105794/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/603/06.50.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Harry W. Bolens"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry W. Bolens (b. 1864) — of Port Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OZ-lived.html">Ozaukee County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-13.html">January 13, 1864</a>. Democrat. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 2nd District, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/WI.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/WI.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 20th District, 1933-40; defeated, 1940. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OZ-buried.html#cms06554">somewhere</a> in Port Washington, Wis. <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">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</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> Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) — Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/11-09.html">November 9, 1801</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Austin, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the Texas Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed commercially; in 1853, he invented a process to make sweetened <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">condensed milk</a>, which could be transported without refrigeration, and developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination. Died in Borden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CD-died.html">Colorado County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-11.html">January 11, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, 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">Relatives: Son of Gail Borden and Philadelphia (Wheeler) Borden.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BN.html">Borden County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CD-names.html">Borden, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BN-names.html">Gail, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail Borden">Wikipedia article</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> Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) — also known as Jerome I. Case — of Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-lived.html">Racine County</a>, Wis. Born in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-born.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/12-11.html">December 11, 1819</a>. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">threshing machine manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/racine.html">mayor of Racine, Wis.</a>, 1856, 1858, 1860; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. Died in Racine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-died.html">Racine County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-22.html">December 22, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 11 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-buried.html#cms02448">Mound Cemetery</a>, Racine, Wis.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-buried.html# ">Monument Square</a>, Racine, Wis. <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 Calebv Case and Deborah (Jackson) Case; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Lydia Ann Bull; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#753.42.25">Jackson Irving Case</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">Jerome I. Case <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-names.html">Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome Case">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5660634">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> William Rockwell Clough (1844-1920) — also known as William R. Clough — of Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-08.html">November 8, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1896-1900; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NH.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-died.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-29.html">September 29, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 326 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 John Chesley Clough and Lydia Jane (Treddick) Clough; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-28.html">April 28, 1904</a>, to Nellie Sophia Place; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#166.61.63">Clarence Ambrose Clough</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#196.00.67">William Bradbury Small</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#036.06.46">George W. Clough</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#907.73.00">Harlan Page Andrews</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#635.60.97">Darvin Pratt Clough</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.37.65">David Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#382.51.43">Samuel Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#973.68.20">David Marston Clough</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0042.html">Clough family</a> of New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) — of Verona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Santa Paula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-lived.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif.; Essex Fells, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Roseland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-05.html">September 5, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; invented and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufactured</a> the Condit refrigerator door fastener; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-officials.html">Essex County Freeholder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; New York representative for Union <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil</a> Company of California; founder, Long Beach Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a> 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/longbeach.html">mayor of Long Beach, Calif.</a>, 1926-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anti-saloon-league.html">Anti-Saloon League</a>. Died in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/01-06.html">January 6, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 123 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-buried.html#cms07094">Prospect Hill Cemetery</a>, Caldwell, N.J. <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 Stephen J. Condit and Catherine Jane (Tappan) Condit; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Ida Frances Rafter; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#902.34.84">Silas Condict</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#842.84.78">Alfred Henry Condict</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#959.20.97">John Condit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#301.06.90">Lewis Condict</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#937.79.63">Silas Condit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#300.66.40">Israel Dodd Condit</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutler.html#516.74.13">Augustus William Cutler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#646.63.22">Albert Pierson Condit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#606.85.31">Amzi Condit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#811.79.86">Elias Mulford Condit</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#406.87.03">Simeon Harrison</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0142.html">Condit family</a> of Orange, New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://findagrave.com/memorial/9768524">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> Floyd J. Cook (b. 1883) — of Medford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ore.; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-born.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-16.html">March 16, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; inventor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OR.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/OR.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OR.html">Oregon Republican state chair</a>, 1931; candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</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/1923/01-02.html">January 2, 1923</a>, to Helen Colvig Gale.</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> Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York, <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/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/02-12.html">February 12, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>, inventor, philanthropist, creator of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">steam locomotive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founder</a> of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1876. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-04.html">April 4, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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">Relatives: Father of Sarah Amelia Cooper (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hessberg-hewson.html#038.52.50">Abram Stevens Hewitt</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#716.12.82">Edward Cooper</a>; uncle of Martha Clowes (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#117.88.27">Daniel Fawcett Tiemann</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10053.html">Cooper-Ashley family</a> of New York City, New York.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter Cooper">Wikipedia article</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> George Henry Corliss (1817-1888) — also known as George H. Corliss — of North Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/06-02.html">June 2, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Mechanical engineer</a>; inventor; developed the Corliss steam engine; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1868-70; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-21.html">February 21, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <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 Dr. Hiram Corliss and Susan (Sheldon) Corliss; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/">1839</a> to Phebe F. Frost; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Emily Shaw.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Corliss <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-names.html">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Corliss <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1974), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS G. H. Corliss (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1972) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Serving God in his life and with his wealth. Serving men with a kindness that was both careful and generous. By the gift of God, he increased magnificently as an inventor the world's resources in the use of steam machinery."</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Henry Corliss">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23293412">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> Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) — of Grinnell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PW-lived.html">Poweshiek County</a>, Iowa; Harvey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born in Franklinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/09-03.html">September 3, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1876. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturers</a>; invented the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain; later, he was an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil producer</a> based in Oklahoma. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart trouble</a>, in Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-died.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-12.html">May 12, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-buried.html#cms05962">Rose Hill Memorial Park</a>, Tulsa, Okla. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James G. Cutler (1848-1927) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-24.html">April 24, 1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1904-07. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Patented the mail chute for tall buildings. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</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 John N. Cutler and Mary E. (Goold) Cutler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-27.html">September 27, 1871</a>, to Anna K. Abbey.</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> John Deere (1804-1886) — of Moline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-lived.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill. Born in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/02-07.html">February 7, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; inventor of the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere & Company, manufacturers of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implements</a>; president, National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Moline; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/moline.html">mayor of Moline, Ill.</a>, 1873-75. Died in Moline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-died.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-17.html">May 17, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-buried.html#cms07701">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Moline, Ill.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/OG-buried.html#cms07917">John Deere Historic Site</a>, Grand Detour, 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">Relatives: Son of William Rinold Deere and Sarah (Yates) Deere; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-28.html">January 28, 1827</a>, to Demarias Lamb (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#598.88.60">Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903)</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Lucenia Lamb (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#598.88.60">Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903)</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Deere (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Deere">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/174/000168667">NNDB dossier</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> George R. Dempster (1887-1964) — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/index.html">1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; inventor of Dempster Dumpster; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/knoxville.html">mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.</a>, 1952-55. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009005720/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/451/49.59.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="George H. Dern"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Henry Dern (1872-1936) — also known as George H. Dern — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-born.html">Dodge County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-08.html">September 8, 1872</a>. Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> and Milling Company; joint inventor, with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/stsen.html">Utah state senate</a>, 1915-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Utah</a>, 1925-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/UT.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney failure</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-27.html">August 27, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms00211">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <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 Dern and Elizabeth (Dern) Dern; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-07.html">June 7, 1899</a>, to Charlotte Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George H. Dern (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1969) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://www.nga.org/governor/george-henry-dern/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George H. Dern">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/446/000167942">NNDB dossier</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">Image source: Library of Congress</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> Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) — of Stillwater Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Born near Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-05.html">December 5, 1877</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a> and executive in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Bell System</a>, 1902-40; granted more than 60 patents for inventions; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">dairy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Sussex County, 1945-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Sussex County, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</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> Solomon Robert Dresser (1842-1911) — also known as Solomon R. Dresser — of Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-lived.html">McKean County</a>, Pa. Born in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-born.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/02-01.html">February 1, 1842</a>. Republican. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 21st District, 1903-07. Died in Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-died.html">McKean County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-21.html">January 21, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-buried.html#cms03395">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Bradford, 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">Relatives: Son of Parker Dresser and Lydia (Cronkhite) Dresser; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/">1863</a> to Vesta E. Stimson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-21.html">December 21, 1883</a>, to Caroline Kirsch.</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=D000493">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403600">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19240331,00.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/115/37.60.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="George Eastman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Eastman (1854-1932) — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-12.html">July 12, 1854</a>. Republican. Inventor; founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/03-14.html">March 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 246 days</a>). His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> note was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?". Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms05828">Kodak Park</a>, Rochester, 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">Relatives: Son of George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#078.50.13">Harvey Gridley Eastman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#212.63.80">Frederick Walker Pitkin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#632.14.15">James Kilbourne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#902.34.84">Silas Condict</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#976.04.53">Byron H. Kilbourn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#273.22.68">George Bradley Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#599.32.89">Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#949.54.81">Clarence Horatio Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#062.41.93">Carroll Peabody Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#778.50.42">Eldred C. Pitkin</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Eastman (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1977) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Eastman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/980/000086722">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2184">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about George Eastman: Carl W. Ackerman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893122999/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1893122999&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: Founder of Kodak and the Photography Business</a> — Elizabeth Brayer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801852633/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801852633&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: A Biography</a> — Lynda Pflueger, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076601617X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076601617X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Time Magazine, March 31, 1924</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> Samuel Etheridge (1788-1864) — Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/04-15.html">April 15, 1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Miller</a>; inventor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 7th District, 1839-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-died.html">Branch County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-18.html">February 18, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-buried.html#cms00221">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Coldwater, Mich. <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 to Cynthia Maria Ingham.</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> Gregory E. Fischer (b. 1958) — also known as Greg Fischer — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-14.html">January 14, 1958</a>. Democrat. Co-founder and president of SerVend International, and co-inventor of a now widely used ice-beverage dispenser; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 2008; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 2011-. Still living as of 2012. <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 George Fischer and Mary Lee Fischer; married to Alexandra Gerassimides.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg Fischer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=174866">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/07-30.html">July 30, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; inventor; founder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Ford Motor Company</a>, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/index.html">1916</a>; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/index.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. 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/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper, which promoted <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">anti-Semitic</a> ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">libel lawsuit</a> against Ford over these writings led him to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">shut down</a> the paper and publicly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">recant</a> its contents. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/04-07.html">April 7, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms05129">Ford Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <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 William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-11.html">April 11, 1888</a>, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#480.65.91">Clarence William Ford</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#601.08.21">Clyde McKinlock Ford</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16595.html">Ford family</a> of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courts-covode.html#551.96.08">James Couzens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#694.22.90">Herman Bernstein</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy1.html#424.08.05">Alfred J. Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#146.88.31">Martin C. Ansorge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucero-ludlam.html#994.85.79">William A. Lucking</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">Personal motto: "Efficiency."</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Ford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/294/000027213">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285678">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/352">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about Henry Ford: Douglas Brinkley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067003181X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067003181X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Wheels for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903-2003</a> — William A. Levinson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563272601/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1563272601&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Henry Ford's Lean Vision</a> — Pat McCarthy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076601620X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=076601620X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Henry Ford : Building Cars for Everyone</a> (for young readers) — David Weitzman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375811079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375811079&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Model T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend</a> (for young readers)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Henry Ford: Max Wallace, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312290225/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312290225&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich</a> — Neil Baldwin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586481630/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586481630&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Henry Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/00649615/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/370/29.47.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Benjamin Franklin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as "Silence Dogood"; "Anthony Afterwit"; "Poor Richard"; "Alice Addertongue"; "Polly Baker"; "Harry Meanwell"; "Timothy Turnstone"; "Martha Careful"; "Benevolus"; "Caelia Shortface" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1706/01-17.html">January 17, 1706</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1775; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1775-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1778-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-diplomats.html ">Sweden</a>, 1782-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1785-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/deist.html">Deist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-17.html">April 17, 1790</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html# ">Old City Hall Grounds</a>, Boston, Mass.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-buried.html#cms07901">La Arcata Court</a>, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.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">Relatives: Son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/09-01.html">September 1, 1730</a>, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#869.81.95">Richard Bache</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#979.61.64">Franklin Davenport</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#690.87.76">Richard Bache Jr.</a> and Deborah Franklin Bache (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#138.28.12">William John Duane</a>); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#339.59.21">Robert John Walker</a>) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#508.04.57">William Wallace Irwin</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#156.31.03">Robert Walker Irwin</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewster.html#818.32.51">Daniel Baugh Brewster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#707.94.66">Elise du Pont</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#343.91.75">Charles James Folger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#803.40.72">Benjamin Dexter Sprague</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#203.03.89">Wharton Barker</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#032.33.79">Thomas Mott Osborne</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#417.76.61">Charles Devens Osborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#039.21.18">Lithgow Osborne</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#484.18.15">George Hammond Parshall</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#973.20.76">Jonathan Williams</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">Franklin counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/FR.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/FR.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FR.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FR.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FR.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/FR.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/FR.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR.html">Maine</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR.html">Mass.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/FR.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FR.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/FR.html">Vt.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FK.html">Va.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/FR.html">Wash.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Franklin, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">minor planet</a> 5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#133.84.30">Benjamin F. Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#884.25.56">Benjamin F. Hallett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wade.html#542.93.95">Benjamin F. Wade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#640.35.30">Benjamin Franklin Wallace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#922.91.80">Benjamin Cromwell Franklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#310.31.30">Benjamin Franklin Perry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson1.html#022.19.55">Benjamin Franklin Robinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin F. Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#221.79.16">Benjamin Franklin Massey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#648.71.73">Benjamin F. Rawls</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#820.48.99">Benjamin Franklin Leiter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas1.html#341.70.22">Benjamin Franklin Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall1.html#113.39.32">Benjamin F. Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#861.56.61">Benjamin F. Angel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#418.57.18">Benjamin Franklin Ross</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#139.47.08">Benjamin F. Flanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#886.88.69">Benjamin F. Bomar</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#429.48.39">Benjamin Franklin Hellen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#100.09.06">Benjamin F. Mudge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#027.42.42">Benjamin F. Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd-lockard.html#612.62.31">Benjamin F. Loan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simpson.html#606.59.81">Benjamin F. Simpson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#650.36.64">Benjamin Franklin Terry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#071.99.03">Benjamin Franklin Junkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#066.54.48">Benjamin F. Partridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lange-lanham.html#499.37.27">B. F. Langworthy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harding.html#285.58.05">Benjamin F. Harding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#637.37.02">Benjamin Mebane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whittemore.html#269.34.15">B. F. Whittemore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley1.html#442.75.38">Benjamin Franklin Bradley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#546.08.97">Benjamin Franklin Claypool</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#005.80.12">Benjamin Franklin Saffold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coad-coatsworth.html#737.11.74">Benjamin F. Coates</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin1.html#443.87.57">B. Franklin Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howells-howey.html#859.35.76">Benjamin Franklin Howey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin1.html#034.51.30">Benjamin F. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#315.62.83">Benjamin Franklin Rice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.22.82">Benjamin F. Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#935.98.85">Benjamin F. Hopkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#494.38.55">Benjamin F. Tracy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/briggs.html#163.63.88">Benjamin Franklin Briggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grady.html#666.01.27">Benjamin F. Grady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#073.37.73">Benjamin F. Farnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyering-michalski.html#492.72.70">Benjamin F. Meyers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#346.66.86">Benjamin Franklin White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prescott.html#153.24.89">Benjamin Franklin Prescott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jolley-jondahl.html#389.63.42">Benjamin F. Jonas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#116.17.32">B. Franklin Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#965.56.48">Benjamin Franklin Potts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#942.19.20">Benjamin F. Funk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#325.70.44">Benjamin F. Marsh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#312.51.70">Frank B. Arnold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#092.45.95">Benjamin F. Heckert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley1.html#200.87.91">Benjamin F. Bradley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#566.34.07">Benjamin F. Howell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#206.47.96">Benjamin Franklin Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahady-mahone.html#751.65.41">Benjamin F. Mahan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#452.01.31">Ben Franklin Caldwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/till-tillinghaust.html#315.25.94">Benjamin Franklin Tilley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#980.96.58">Benjamin F. Hackney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillan.html#571.48.54">B. F. McMillan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#435.01.21">Benjamin F. Shively</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#375.54.25">B. Frank Hires</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#671.12.90">B. Frank Mebane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy1.html#122.78.72">B. Frank Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starr.html#375.65.78">Benjamin F. Starr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#397.53.67">Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#000.98.80">Benjamin F. Welty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones1.html#644.52.77">Benjamin F. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#042.63.79">Benjamin Franklin Boley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#117.72.66">Ben Franklin Looney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#427.24.03">Benjamin F. Bledsoe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams1.html#610.03.71">Benjamin Franklin Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelley.html#167.28.02">B. Frank Kelley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#348.37.80">Benjamin Franklin Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#845.17.38">Benjamin F. James</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#829.34.26">Frank B. Heintzleman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/feickert-fellman.html#635.66.59">Benjamin F. Feinberg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bunn.html#114.81.74">B. Franklin Bunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#910.88.26">Ben F. Cameron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#096.45.16">Ben F. Blackmon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheelock-whipp.html#260.89.20">B. Frank Whelchel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merritt.html#329.22.05">B. F. Merritt, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#476.39.42">Ben F. Hornsby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#330.21.20">Ben Dillingham II</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appears</a> on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. half dollar coin (1948-63).</li> </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=F000342">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404290">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-franklin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Franklin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/franklin-benjamin ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/578/000026500">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/364">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books by Benjamin Franklin: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486290735/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0486290735&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place</a> (1744)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385493282/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385493282&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin</a> — Edmund S. Morgan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300095325/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300095325&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Benjamin Franklin</a> — Stacy Schiff, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805066330/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805066330&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America</a> — Gordon S. Wood, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420019X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=159420019X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin</a> — Walter Isaacson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684807610/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684807610&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Benjamin Franklin : An American Life</a> — Carl Van Doren, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670157589/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670157589&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Benjamin Franklin</a> — Philip Dray, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140006032X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140006032X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America</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">Image source: Library of Congress</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> Carlos French (1835-1903) — of Seymour, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-06.html">August 6, 1835</a>. Democrat. Inventor; president and treasurer, Fowler Nail Co.; vice-president, H. A. Matthews <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Co.; director, Union <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Horse Shoe Nail</a> Co.; director, Second National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of New Haven; director, New York, New Haven, and Hartford <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1860, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1887-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/CT.html">1892</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Seymour, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-14.html">April 14, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms03613">Seymour Union Cemetery</a>, Seymour, Conn. <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 Raymond French and Olive (Curtis) French; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-29.html">April 29, 1863</a>, to Julia H. Thompson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#045.81.76">Raymond Thompson French</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#199.33.69">James Levi Hotchkiss</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">Epitaph: "A native of Seymour, always identified with its interests, and one of its most honored and successful citizens … an honest man, a wise counselor, a devoted husband and father, and a faithful friend. Those who knew him best most deeply mourn his loss."</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=F000376">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404321">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos French">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6858814">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> Raymond Earl Garvey (1893-1975) — also known as Raymond E. Garvey — of Ironwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-lived.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-04.html">September 4, 1893</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/plumbing-heating.html">Plumber</a>; inventor; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1936 (Farmer-Labor), 1940 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Democratic primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ironwood.html">mayor of Ironwood, Mich.</a>, 1936-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gogebic County, 1939-40; defeated in Democratic primary, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-buried.html#cms00411">Fairview Memorial Park</a>, Albuquerque, N.M. <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/1919/08-02.html">August 2, 1919</a>, to Matilda M. Lanfald.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/162/13.65.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Joseph F. Glidden"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph F. Glidden (b. 1813) — of DeKalb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ill. Born in Charlestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/01-18.html">January 18, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-officials.html">DeKalb County Sheriff</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel proprietor</a>; inventor of the barbed-wire fence; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IL.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dekalb.html">mayor of DeKalb, Ill.</a>, 1881-83. 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">Relatives: Son of David Glidden and Polly (Hurd) Glidden; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to Clarissa Foster; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/">1851</a> to Lucinda Warne.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of De Kalb County (1885)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/232/46.13.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="John Gorrie"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Gorrie (1803-1855) — of Apalachicola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SC-born.html">Nevis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/10-03.html">October 3, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/apalachicola.html#2">Apalachicola, Fla.</a>, 1834-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/apalachicola.html">mayor of Apalachicola, Fla.</a>, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; inventor of the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Apalachicola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/06-29.html">June 29, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 269 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-buried.html# ">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-buried.html# ">Gorrie Square</a>, Apalachicola, Fla. <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/1838/">1838</a> to Caroline Frances Myrick.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The John Gorrie Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319 across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/FR-names.html">Franklin County, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — John Gorrie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Junior High School</a> (built 1923; closed 1997; now an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">apartment building</a> called The John Gorrie), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-names.html">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Gorrie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-names.html">Tampa, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-names.html">Jacksonville, Florida</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Gorrie">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7595407">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, October 17, 1993</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> James Hartness (1861-1934) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Born in Schenectady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-born.html">Schenectady County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-03.html">September 3, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1921-23. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/02-02.html">February 2, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-buried.html#cms04320">Summer Hill Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Vt. <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 Williams Hartness and Ursilla (Jackson) Hartness; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-13.html">May 13, 1885</a>, to Lena Sanford Pond.</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://www.nga.org/governor/james-hartness/">National Governors Association biography</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> David S. Heebner (b. 1810) — of Lansdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/06-25.html">June 25, 1810</a>. Republican. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lansdale.html#2">burgess of Lansdale, Pennsylvania</a>, 1873-74, 1876-79. 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 Balthasar Heebner and Susanna (Schultz) Heebner; married to Anna Derstein and Regina Schultz; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heebner-hefron.html#923.93.98">William D. Heebner</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> George E. Hilton (b. 1846) — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich. Born in Leighton, Bedfordshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-25.html">August 25, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Building contractor</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">bee keeper</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Newaygo County, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MI.html">1900</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> Roger Sherman Hoar (1887-1963) — also known as Roger S. Hoar; Ralph Milne Farley — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; South Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Waltham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-08.html">April 8, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1911; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">cartoonist</a>; inventor. Died in South Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/10-10.html">October 10, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 185 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 Caroline Prescott (Wood) Hoar and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-25.html">June 25, 1913</a>, to Elva Stuart Pease; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#387.40.79">Samuel Hoar</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#175.75.17">Sherman Day</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#428.16.95">Edward Baldwin Whitney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#882.80.37">Archibald Cox</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John Adams Dix</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#118.72.56">John Stanley Addis</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0124.html">Sewall-Adams-Quincy family</a> of Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger Sherman Hoar">Wikipedia article</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">Fiction by Roger Sherman Hoar: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/149108068X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=149108068X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Gun Runners</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449543758/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1449543758&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Flyers</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442182539/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1442182539&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Man</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442182555/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1442182555&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Planet</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1448610613/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1448610613&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Menace</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G5LUKQC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00G5LUKQC&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Man Returns</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BN152I0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00BN152I0&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Man</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NHXCSW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000NHXCSW&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Immortals</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1494826216/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1494826216&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Danger From The Deep</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442182482/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1442182482&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Golden City</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H3DN3Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000H3DN3Q&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Beasts</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449560458/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1449560458&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Eric of Atzalan</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1450522378/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1450522378&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Pirates</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442182547/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1442182547&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Radio Minds</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> Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. (1903-1969) — also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. — of Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif.; San Marino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-04.html">August 4, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Petroleum</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">geologist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; inventor; president, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Aeronautical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Radio</a>, Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57; director, Monsanto <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> Company; director, Lockheed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Aircraft</a> Corporation; director, Southern California <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Edison</a> Company; director, Hanna <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> Company; director, Pacific Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Huntington Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/04-09.html">April 9, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 248 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00868">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Altadena, Calif. <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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#988.79.86">Herbert Clark Hoover</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#870.54.76">Lou Hoover</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-25.html">June 25, 1925</a>, to Margaret Watson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16135.html">Hoover family</a> of Palo Alto, California.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/20002">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> John F. Kane (c.1914-2007) — of Fall River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Fall River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., about 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">songwriter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/fallriver.html">mayor of Fall River, Mass.</a>, 1952-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>. Died, in St. Patrick's Manor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, Framingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/02-24.html">February 24, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">about 93 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms06802">St. Patrick's Cemetery</a>, Fall River, Mass. <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 James Kane and Ann (Mulligan) Kane; married to Mary M. Leddy.</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> William Vinson Kidder (1881-1934) — also known as William V. Kidder — of La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-lived.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis. Born in Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-10.html">August 10, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">automobile accessories business</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/WI.html">1928</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-died.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-05.html">April 5, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 238 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 Hannah Susan (Vinsonheller) Kidder and George Winslow Kidder; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#688.16.87">Fannie Kidder Tyler</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.40.78">Randolph Appleton Kidder</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> Harvey Link (1824-1906) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-04.html">February 4, 1824</a>. Co-inventor of the "Robertson and Link Pattern Sheet and Proof Measure System of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Garment Cutting</a>"; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trhs.html">Nebraska territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1867. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-11.html">September 11, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 219 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 John Link and Barbara (Harnsbarger) Link; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-01.html">June 1, 1852</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Lloyd; father of Helena Barbara Link (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall7.html#073.92.40">Phillip Louis Hall</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#899.22.89">Albert Link</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#863.98.60">Dennis Daniels Link</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15456.html">Link-Jones family</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> Lodian W. Lodian (b. 1866) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/07-15.html">July 15, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">metallurgist</a>; world traveler; inventor; claimed to be <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> American to cross the Himalayan mountains, 1895; secretary, international antisemitic convention, Paris, 1900; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 1st District, 1918 (Prohibition), 1921 (Prohibition), 1933 (Law Preservation); Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 12th District, 1922; Law Preservation candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1932. 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 Kalos I. Lodian and Anita (Mana) Lodian.</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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=158777">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) — also known as Mads H. Madsen — of Kimballton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AU-lived.html">Audubon County</a>, Iowa; Solvang, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/03-28.html">March 28, 1863</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; inventor; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 9th District, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Patented several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implements</a>, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-husking machine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader (1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-21.html">April 21, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-buried.html# ">Solvang Cemetery</a>, Solvang, Calif. <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">Epitaph: "KÆMP FOR ALT HVAD DU HAR KÆRT" ("Fight for everything you hold dear", from a Danish hymn)</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://findagrave.com/memorial/25718139">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> Charles Horatio Matchett (1843-1919) — also known as Charles H. Matchett — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Needham (part now in Wellesley), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/05-15.html">May 15, 1843</a>. Socialist. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">electrician</a>; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1892; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/brooklyn.html#2">mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y.</a>, 1895; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1896; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Social Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1904; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1910 (7th District), 1914 (6th District); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 10th District, 1915. Died in Allston, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-23.html">October 23, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 161 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 Horatio Matchett and Clarissa (Batchelder) Matchett.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Matchett">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4745">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=147913&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2028640"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/522/23.25.jpg" width=70 height=88 border=0 alt="Cyrus H. McCormick"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) — also known as Cyrus H. McCormick — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-15.html">February 15, 1809</a>. Democrat. One of the inventors of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">farm implement manufacturing</a> company which became International Harvester; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1862; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Democratic National Committee from Illinois</a>, 1876. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-13.html">May 13, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, 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">Relatives: Son of Robert McCormick and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Hall) McCormick; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-26.html">January 26, 1858</a>, to Nancy Maria 'Nettie' Fowler; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#820.89.71">Robert Sanderson McCormick</a> (son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#883.59.75">Joseph Meharry Medill</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#489.81.62">Joseph Medill McCormick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#486.07.04">Robert Rutherford McCormick</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#939.11.71">William McCormick Blair Jr.</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10638.html">McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family</a> of Illinois and New York.</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://www.nndb.com/people/427/000096139">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/694">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1940)</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> Vernon Ream McMillan (1892-1968) — also known as Vernon R. McMillan — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Morrill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-15.html">September 15, 1892</a>. Founded <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/musical-sporting.html">sporting goods</a> business; invented the football face mask and the basketball inflator; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1943-48. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/12-01.html">December 1, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-buried.html#cms00649">Highland Lawn Cemetery</a>, Terre Haute, Ind. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=147910&img=1&mode=1&pg=1&tid=2028639"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/474/29.41.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Samuel F. B. Morse"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) — also known as Samuel F. B. Morse — of Poughkeepsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in Charlestown, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/04-27.html">April 27, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">Artist</a>; inventor of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telegraph</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1841; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1854. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/04-02.html">April 2, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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">Relatives: Son of Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Finley (Breese) Morse; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/09-29.html">September 29, 1818</a>, to Lucretia Pickering Walker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/08-10.html">August 10, 1848</a>, to Sarah Elizabeth Griswold.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Morse">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/663/000113324">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/741">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1940)</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> Eugene Hermann Plumacher (1837-1910) — also known as Eugene H. Plumacher — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; inventor; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Maracaibo</a>, 1883-1909. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Founded a leprosy hospital in Venezuela. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-25.html">September 25, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00796">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.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">Relatives: Married to Olga Maria Pauline Hunerwadel.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/64567745">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> Francis J. Plym (1869-1940) — of Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/index.html">1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; inventor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-buried.html#cms00677">Silverbrook Cemetery</a>, Niles, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asa Porter Prather (1883-1956) — also known as Asa P. Prather — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Ky. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/05-07.html">May 7, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">Garage business</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/georgetown.html">mayor of Georgetown, Ky.</a>, 1933-49, 1953-55. Died, in John Graves Ford Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-died.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/03-22.html">March 22, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-buried.html#cms00591">Georgetown Cemetery</a>, Georgetown, 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">Relatives: Son of John Cabell Breckinridge Prather and Emma Dora (Works) Prather; married to Addie May Perry; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prather.html#910.38.89">Hiram Prather</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prather.html#176.21.78">Alonzo Smith Prather</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26611.html">Prather family</a> of North Vernon, Indiana.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/99435031">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/005/49.22.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="William A. Purtell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Arthur Purtell (1897-1978) — also known as William A. Purtell — of West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/05-06.html">May 6, 1897</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1952, 1953-59; appointed 1952; defeated, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CT.html">1956</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/05-31.html">May 31, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms04344">Fairview Cemetery</a>, West Hartford, Conn. <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 to Katherine Cassidy.</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=P000575">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408958">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William A. Purtell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=8036">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953</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> Samuel William Raymond (1872-1950) — also known as Samuel W. Raymond — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Born in Fairfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-born.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-23.html">March 23, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; inventor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-buried.html#cms00236">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Adrian, Mich. <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 Raymond and Rebecca (Burgess) Raymond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-02.html">March 2, 1898</a>, to Kate Bell Bryant; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#592.01.44">Russell Bryant Raymond</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://findagrave.com/memorial/74960895">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> William Evarts Richards (b. 1855) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Meriden, Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-02.html">March 2, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-consuls.html">Consul for Paraguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-consuls.html">New York, N.Y.</a>, 1896-1903. 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 Cyrus Smith Richards and Helen Dorothy (Whiton) Richards.</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> Albert Fenimore Rockwell (1862-1925) — also known as Albert F. Rockwell — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Woodhull, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-08.html">April 8, 1862</a>. Republican. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1907-10. Died in New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-16.html">February 16, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">West Cemetery</a>, Bristol, Conn. <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 Leander Rockwell and Fidelia (Locke) Rockwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-22.html">May 22, 1884</a>, to Nettie Louise Beebe.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/1398">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> Friend William Smith Jr. (1829-1917) — also known as Friend W. Smith, Jr. — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-11.html">May 11, 1829</a>. Republican. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bridgeport.html#3">Bridgeport, Conn.</a>, 1861-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-03.html">March 3, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01742">Mountain Grove Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, Conn. <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 Friend William Smith and Mary (Esmond) Smith; married to Angeline A. Weed.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/114091648">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> Hezekiah Bradley Smith (1816-1887) — also known as Hezekiah B. Smith — of Smithville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Born in Bridgewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/07-24.html">July 24, 1816</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 2nd District, 1879-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/NJ.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Burlington County, 1883-85. Took out more than forty patents for original inventions. Died in Smithville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-03.html">November 3, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-buried.html#cms01422">St. Andrew's Graveyard</a>, Mt. Holly, N.J. <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/1846/">1846</a> to Eveline Veronica English; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/">1865</a> to Agnes Mitilda Gilkerson; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#829.60.66">James Creel Marshall</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=S000549">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410031">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah Bradley Smith">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6938462">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Nv41YGdCFaoC&pg=PA210"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/052/38.47.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="George E. Somers"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Edwin Somers (1833-1915) — also known as George E. Somers — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Newtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/01-21.html">January 21, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; inventor; superintendent, later president, Bridgeport <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Brass</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bridgeport, 1897. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-18.html">December 18, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01742">Mountain Grove Cemetery</a>, Bridgeport, Conn. <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 Esther (Peck) Somers and Rufus Somers; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Sarah J. Noble; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-06.html">December 6, 1865</a>, to Fannie Elizabeth (French) Clark.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/83836217">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)</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> John Stevens III (1749-1838) — Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/06-26.html">June 26, 1749</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/trea.html">New Jersey state treasurer</a>, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the first U.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships and locomotives; built <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> in New Jersey. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/03-06.html">March 6, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 253 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens5.html#388.80.43">John Stevens</a> and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of Mary Stevens (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/10-17.html">October 17, 1782</a>, to Rachel Cox; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#224.99.12">James Alexander</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#032.54.77">Abraham de Peyster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#849.76.43">Johannes de Peyster</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#630.79.23">Johannes DePeyster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#635.63.07">William Duer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#112.09.04">Denning Duer</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#438.67.46">Nicholas Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#367.32.64">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#319.31.40">John Kean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#724.71.29">Hamilton Fish Kean</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#559.40.43">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#446.68.36">Robert Winthrop Kean</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#177.95.46">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#994.36.12">Thomas Howard Kean</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#910.15.98">Hamilton Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#557.36.23">Alexa Fish Ward</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#903.35.73">Thomas Howard Kean Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#016.40.36">Henry Rutgers</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#832.00.97">Philip DePeyster</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"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Stevens (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1962) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20886904">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> Ingebert J. Thomsen (b. 1873) — also known as I. J. Thomsen — of Minden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-lived.html">Kearney County</a>, Neb. Born in North Albid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-04.html">August 4, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; inventor of Nu-Matic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">horse collar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-officials.html">Kearney County Clerk</a>, 1916-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">abstractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-parties.html">chair of Kearney County Republican Party</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</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 Peter H. Thomsen and Marie (Johansen) Thomsen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-18.html">November 18, 1903</a>, to Hedvig E. Holstein.</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> Daniel Tomlinson (1776-1863) — of Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Newbury (now Brookfield), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/index.html">1776</a>. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Brookfield, 1828; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> at-large, 1829. Died in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/index.html">1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</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 Joseph Tomlinson; married to Lucia (Ruggles) Holman.</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> William Erastus Upjohn (1853-1932) — also known as William E. Upjohn — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/index.html">1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; inventor of the "friable pill" to make medicines more digestible; founder of the Upjohn Pill and Granule Company, which later became the The Upjohn Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/kalamazoo.html">mayor of Kalamazoo, Mich.</a>, 1918. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/index.html">1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html#cms00577">Mountain Home Cemetery</a>, Kalamazoo, Mich. <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 Dr. Uriah Upjohn; married to Rachel Babcock and Carrie (Sherwood) Gilmore.</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> Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) — also known as Samuel M. Vauclain — of Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-18.html">May 18, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive manufacturer</a>; inventor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-civil-engrs.html">American Society of Civil Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-mech-engrs.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/02-04.html">February 4, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms05207">Church of the Redeemer Cemetery</a>, Bryn Mawr, 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">Relatives: Son of Andrew Constant Vauclain and Mary Ann (Campbell) Vauclain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-17.html">April 17, 1879</a>, to Annie Kearney.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel M. Vauclain">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9341849">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> Webster Wagner (1817-1882) — of Palatine Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Born in Palatine Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/10-02.html">October 2, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway station agent</a>; inventor; founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and "drawing room" cars for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> passenger service; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1871; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District 1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/NY.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">railroad accident</a> on the Hudson River Railroad, at Spuyten Duyvil, New York County (now part of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-13.html">January 13, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-buried.html#cms06170">Palatine Bridge Cemetery</a>, Palatine Bridge, 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">Relatives: Married to Susan Davis.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster Wagner">Wikipedia article</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> Benjamin Harrison Waigand (1900-1998) — also known as Ben H. Waigand — of Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-lived.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/07-08.html">July 8, 1900</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">Electrical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">refrigeration equipment dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/nampa.html">mayor of Nampa, Idaho</a>, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/ID.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-died.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/05-06.html">May 6, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms01557">Cloverdale Memorial Park</a>, Boise, Idaho. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison</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">Relatives: Son of Charles Waigand and Wilhelmina (Honig) Waigand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-01.html">October 1, 1920</a>, to Grace Woodward; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/">1986</a> to Maxine (Tapp) Davidson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-17.html">July 17, 1931</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#383.68.80">Jessie L. Harker</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://findagrave.com/memorial/57051649">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> Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) — also known as Charles A. Washburn — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Livermore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/03-16.html">March 16, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CA.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1863-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">novelist</a>; invented an early <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/typewriter.html">typewriter</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-26.html">January 26, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 316 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#131.55.29">Israel Washburn</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#578.05.21">Israel Washburn Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#844.25.24">Elihu Benjamin Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#070.60.86">Cadwallader Colden Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#029.10.17">William Drew Washburn</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#081.76.93">Reuel Washburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#882.62.17">Charles Fox Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#333.33.49">Hempstead Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#223.37.09">Robert Charles Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#310.00.75">William Drew Washburn Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#885.61.88">Stanley Washburn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumner.html#134.74.24">Charles Sumner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#984.54.28">Dwight May Sabin</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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0049.html">Washburn family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/washburn-charles-ames ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/455/20.41.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Mark V. Weatherford"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mark Vern Weatherford (1886-1962) — also known as Mark V. Weatherford — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Ore. Born in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/GI-born.html">Gilliam County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-05.html">March 5, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> 1st District, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; invented a mobile artillery repair unit, which became widely used during the war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/albany.html">mayor of Albany, Ore.</a>, 1927-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OR.html">Oregon Democratic state chair</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-died.html">Linn County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/09-11.html">September 11, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LI-buried.html# ">Masonic Cemetery</a>, Albany, Ore. <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 William Washington Weatherford and Samantha Alice (Sperry) Weatherford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/09-07.html">September 7, 1911</a>, to Emmaline Joyce 'Emma' Kuhn.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/28832787">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)</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> Cyrenus Wheeler Jr. (1817-1899) — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/03-17.html">March 17, 1817</a>. Republican. Inventor and manufacturer of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">agricultural implements</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/auburn.html">mayor of Auburn, N.Y.</a>, 1881-86, 1889-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-25.html">March 25, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 8 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 Thirza (Evans) Wheeler; married to Harriet Trumbull, Susan Tracy and Jane Barker.</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> John A. Wilson (born c.1916) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., about 1916. Republican. Inventor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">city street inspector</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 3rd District, 1960. Presumed deceased. 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