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Bradley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.29.16">Cotton, Allison M.</a> — of Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CO.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.96.70">Cotton, Angus</a> — of Lone Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KO-lived.html">Kossuth County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.49.04">Cotton, Aylett Rains</a> (1826-1912) — also known as Aylett R. Cotton — of Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa; Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Austintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/11-29.html">November 29, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Judge</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> 23rd District, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1868-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 2nd District, 1871-75. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-30.html">October 30, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, 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 John Cotton and Cathrinia (Parkhurst) Cotton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Laura Finch Wick; married to Hattie Elizabeth Walker; father of <a href="#457.83.58">Aylett Rains Cotton 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000801">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402920">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylett R. Cotton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7127494">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="457.83.58">Cotton, Aylett Rains, Jr.</a> (1874-1965) — also known as Aylett R. Cotton — of Burlingame, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-lived.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif.; Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-lived.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif. Born in De Witt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-29.html">December 29, 1874</a>. Republican. Superior court judge in California, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Died in San Mateo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-died.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/04-15.html">April 15, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, 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="#251.49.04">Aylett Rains Cotton</a> and Hattie Elizabeth (Walker) Cotton; married to Alice Grace Borel and Sophia Borel.</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/17272894">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.96.87">Cotton, Charles Camp</a> — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-parties.html">chair of Gloucester County Democratic Party</a>, 1945; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> District 3-A, 1967. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.32.88">Cotton, Charles E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/DC.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="894.06.18">Cotton, Charles Henry</a> (1845-1938) — also known as Charles H. Cotton — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902, 1905; defeated, 1902. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-15.html">March 15, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 years</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 William H. Cotton.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="204.71.31">Cotton, Delos J.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1900 (28th District), 1910 (31st District). 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> Cotton Ed: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#668.63.83">Ellison DuRant Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.43.56">Cotton, F. R.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/FL.html">1868</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> Cotton, Flora See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#942.98.59">Flora Cotton Etter</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="816.89.22">Cotton, George A.</a> — of Depew, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/depew.html#3">Depew, N.Y.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="140.98.43">Cotton, George B.</a> — of Bankston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/AL.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="894.87.13">Cotton, George H.</a> — of Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/elmira.html#3">Elmira, N.Y.</a>, 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="082.33.95">Cotton, Giles</a> (born c.1814) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/RB-lived.html">Robertson County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in South Carolina, about 1814. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1871. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="551.20.55">Cotton, H. B.</a> — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/OK.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="685.79.73">Cotton, Hamilton H.</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; San Clemente, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/CA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CA.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to California convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.58.71">Cotton, Harold B.</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1920, 1948. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.59.54">Cotton, Harris Y.</a> — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> District 3-A, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cotton, Harry See <a href="#083.81.45">J. Harry Cotton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cotton, Mrs. Harry See <a href="#965.79.31">Mrs. J. Harry Cotton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="330.84.36">Cotton, Hattie E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CA.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="375.31.06">Cotton, Henry G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County, 1837. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="679.31.60">Cotton, Homer S.</a> — of Cedar Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jefferson County, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.81.45">Cotton, J. Harry</a> — Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="965.79.31">Cotton, Mrs. J. Harry</a> — of Crawfordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IN.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="859.83.69">Cotton, J. M.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Texas, 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="033.73.31">Cotton, Jacqueline M.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. U.S. Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1974; U.S. Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1976-election.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.50.11">Cotton, James</a> — of Weatherford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PA-lived.html">Parker County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/weatherford.html">Mayor of Weatherford, Tex.</a>, 1978-80. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="831.15.29">Cotton, James M.</a> (1807-1874) — of Indiana. Born near Indian Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-born.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/06-24.html">June 24, 1807</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1837-39; defeated, 1835, 1851. Died in Mt. Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-died.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-12.html">March 12, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 261 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="461.51.34">Cotton, James V.</a> — of Frostburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/frostburg.html">Mayor of Frostburg, Md.</a>, 2002-. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="081.94.13">Cotton, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Edgecombe County, 1807. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="756.04.06">Cotton, John H.</a> — Presidential Elector for Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/pr1816-meeting.html">1816</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#777.02.93">James Monroe</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="497.50.62">Cotton, John M.</a> — of Ainsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BW-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NE.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="173.40.98">Cotton, Joseph B.</a> — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 54, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MN.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MN.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11811">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="322.07.00">Cotton, Joseph Russell</a> (b. 1890) — also known as Joseph R. Cotton — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Charlestown, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-16.html">November 16, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Twenty-Eighth Middlesex District, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Seventh Middlesex District, 1927-36. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="340.83.30">Cotton, Norris H.</a> (1900-1989) — also known as Norris Cotton — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-11.html">May 11, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1923, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1945; secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moses.html#241.26.80">George H. Moses</a>, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NH.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NH.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/NH.html">1976</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1947-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1954-74, 1975. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/02-24.html">February 24, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-buried.html#cms02430">School Street Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, N.H. <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 Henry Lang Cotton and Elizabeth (Moses) Cotton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-11.html">May 11, 1927</a>, to Ruth Isaacs; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/">1980</a> to Eleanor 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">Epitaph: "U.S. Senator."</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=C000802">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402921">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/096/000218439">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6811907">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="883.54.50">Cotton, Osellus B.</a> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby, 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.40.47">Cotton, Ralph</a> (1786-1828) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-lived.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/01-17.html">January 17, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1817-19, 1823-24. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-died.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/index.html">1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-buried.html#cms05943">Cotton Family Cemetery</a>, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#519.75.71">William Cotton</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.78.37">Cotton, S. R.</a> — of Wisconsin. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1855-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.00.03">Cotton, S. Storrs</a> — of Pomfret, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn.; Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Neb. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 14th District, 1871-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.18.12">Cotton, Stanley Lee</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1971. Still living as of 1971. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=61077">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> Cotton, Storrs See <a href="#348.00.03">S. Storrs Cotton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="293.67.76">Cotton, T. W.</a> — of Van Buren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CA-lived.html">Carter County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CA-parties.html">Chair of Carter County Democratic Party</a>, 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-PICTDIR-NEW-113/pdf/GPO-PICTDIR-NEW-113.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/087/45.41.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Tom Cotton"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="087.45.41">Cotton, Thomas Bryant</a> (b. 1977) — also known as Tom Cotton — of Dardanelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/YE-lived.html">Yell County</a>, Ark. Born in Dardanelle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/YE-born.html">Yell County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/05-13.html">May 13, 1977</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 2013-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 2015-. Still living as of 2018. <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 Thomas Leonard Cotton and Avis (Bryant) Cotton.</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=C001095">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom Cotton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5664101">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=279040">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: U.S. House of Representatives (2012)</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> Cotton, Tom See <a href="#087.45.41">Thomas Bryant Cotton</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.46.29">Cotton, Mrs. Travis</a> — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/TX.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.75.71">Cotton, William</a> (1776-1839) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-lived.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/03-13.html">March 13, 1776</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1819-22, 1825-28; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1831-32. Died in Mt. Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-died.html">Switzerland County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/07-02.html">July 2, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SW-buried.html#cms05943">Cotton Family Cemetery</a>, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="#158.40.47">Ralph Cotton</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="138.91.66">Cotton, William A.</a> (b. 1863) — of Escanaba, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DE-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Mich. Born in Saranac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/11-30.html">November 30, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1907-11; appointed 1907; resigned 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="608.19.07">Cotton, William D.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 11th District, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="856.99.07">Cotton, William J.</a> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ohio County, 1925-26; defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/WV.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="701.02.02">Cotton, William O.</a> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="559.71.95">Cotton, Wilma S.</a> — of Bloomfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bloomfield-twp.html">supervisor of Bloomfield Township, Michigan</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.65.80">Cotton, Wilson H.</a> — Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1912. 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