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Alford Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#845.85.42">Sir John Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#326.13.18">Middleton Pope Barrow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billingsley-binger.html#892.13.59">Pope B. Billups</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#103.81.54">James Pope Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#085.12.73">Robert Johns Bulkley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#074.14.08">Charles Pope Caldwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook2.html#284.94.63">Daniel Pope Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durkee-duval.html#898.77.08">William Pope Duval</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#289.82.40">Samuel Fessenden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#363.08.94">Daniel Wheelwright Gooch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#885.51.29">Christopher Greenup</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris9.html#658.22.17">Wiley Pope Harris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#036.04.95">Susan A. Pope Helman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/joyes-judah.html#754.97.77">William Henry Joyner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#039.66.07">Pope M. Long</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#440.33.53">John Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nicholson.html#322.33.32">Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#257.70.73">Nathan O'Berry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#386.10.23">Young John Pope Owens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#115.38.01">Karren Pope-Onwukwe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#424.53.64">William Vincent Rawlings</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#642.82.06">John Wallace Riddle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steck-steel.html#394.51.49">George A. Steel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#795.27.87">John Williams Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#755.16.39">Percy Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#382.85.34">Leroy Pope Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#975.84.32">Richard Wilde Walker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#304.77.26">Lemuel Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</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="227.51.00">Pope, A. J.</a> — of Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IA.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> <a name="347.22.59">Pope, Adam</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/pr2024-election.html">2024</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#658.24.98">Cornel R. West</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#980.09.43">Melina Abdullah</a>). Still living as of 2024. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="215.04.80">Pope, Alexander</a> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HJ-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 14th District, 1887-88. 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="015.19.83">Pope, Alexander H.</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</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="220.63.74">Pope, Arthur</a> — of Gladstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DE-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="839.78.11">Pope, Benjamin W.</a> — of Du Quoin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PR-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/duquoin.html">Mayor of Du Quoin, Ill.</a>, 1899-1900, 1904-08. 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="415.99.45">Pope, Billye</a> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/KY.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pope Bob, Impious: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#167.92.03">Robert Green Ingersoll</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="805.47.23">Pope, Byron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1936-39. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="983.90.08">Pope, C. F.</a> — of Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LA-lived.html">Laurens County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/dublin.html">Mayor of Dublin, Ga.</a>, 1951. 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="466.34.57">Pope, Charles F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GA-lived.html">Gasconade County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Gasconade County, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="576.84.11">Pope, Charles P.</a> (born c.1888) — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., about 1888. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Oxford, 1919-20. 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="393.95.34">Pope, Clay L.</a> — American candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="079.43.44">Pope, D. Kirby</a> — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NC.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pope, Dale See <a href="#758.21.91">L. Dale Pope</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="026.44.00">Pope, Daniel</a> — American Solidarity candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#401.61.14">Brian T. Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pataki-pattersen.html#985.43.50">Amar Patel</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="066.61.82">Pope, David</a> — of Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/oakpark.html">Village president of Oak Park, Illinois</a>, 2005-09. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.22.20">Pope, David Felton</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WL-lived.html">Walker County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Walker County, 1927-28. 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="856.35.30">Pope, Donna</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr1972-meeting.html">1972</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#856.26.45">Spiro T. Agnew</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="327.35.65">Pope, E. M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BE-lived.html">Blue Earth County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 10th District, 1887-90. 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="577.99.19">Pope, Edde Ben</a> (1915-1995) — also known as Edde B. Pope — of Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-lived.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo.; Hermitage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-lived.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-born.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-30.html">September 30, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Hickory County, 1945-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MO.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/10-05.html">October 5, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-buried.html#cms00500">Hazelwood Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. <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/1942/09-13.html">September 13, 1942</a>, to Anna Mae Kukal.</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/38258033">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="815.34.37">Pope, Edward</a> (1739-1818) — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Sandwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-born.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1739/02-15.html">February 15, 1739</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/newbedford.html#3">U.S. Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts</a>, 1789-1808. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/06-10.html">June 10, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 115 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html# ">Griffin Street Cemetery</a>, New Bedford, Mass.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms00993">Acushnet Cemetery</a>, Acushnet, 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 Thomas Pope and Thankful (Dillingham) Pope; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/">1768</a> to Elizabeth Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/06-02.html">June 2, 1785</a>, to Elizabeth Greenleaf.</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/80561855">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="898.90.88">Pope, Elias R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1874-75. 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="460.98.87">Pope, Fortune</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.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="623.39.34">Pope, Frank H.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/aud.html">Massachusetts state auditor</a>, 1914-15. 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="483.11.72">Pope, Gardner</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1874. 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="008.39.86">Pope, Generoso</a> (1891-1950) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-01.html">April 1, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NY.html">1940</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1937. Publisher of Il Progresso, the largest-circulation Italian-language <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a> in the U.S. His son, Generoso Pope Jr., was the creator of the National Enquirer. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/04-28.html">April 28, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 27 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="698.44.31">Pope, Gregory J.</a> (b. 1926) — of Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Medina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/11-27.html">November 27, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1965-70 (Niagara County 1965, 152nd District 1966, 138th District 1967-70). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Auto Workers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</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="007.97.21">Pope, Gustavus D.</a> — Progressive. Progressive Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1912-meeting.html">1913</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="001.78.41">Pope, H. Ray, Jr.</a> — of Clarion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CI-lived.html">Clarion County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.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="349.78.63">Pope, Hamilton</a> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/KY.html">1864</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="260.65.11">Pope, Henry, Jr.</a> (b. 1903) — of Glencoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-13.html">January 13, 1903</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IL.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. President of Bear Brand Hosiery, from 1935. 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="763.96.71">Pope, Horton</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CO.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="131.26.22">Pope, Isaac</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 8, 1866-67. 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> Pope, James Art See <a href="#319.11.42">James Arthur Pope</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="319.11.42">Pope, James Arthur</a> — also known as James Art Pope — of Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NC.html">2008</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/pr2012-meeting.html">2012</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Mitt Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#741.50.08">Paul Ryan</a>). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.19.21">Pope, James Ellis</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TO-lived.html">Toombs County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Toombs County, 1929-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.cityofboise.org/departments/mayor/mayors-past-present/#&gid=1&pid=19"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/552/03.63.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="James P. Pope"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="552.03.63">Pope, James Pinckney</a> (1884-1966) — also known as James P. Pope — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born near Jonesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/JA-born.html">Jackson Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-31.html">March 31, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/ID.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/ID.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/ID.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1929-33; resigned 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1933-39. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/01-23.html">January 23, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-buried.html#cms04338">Lynnhurst Cemetery</a>, Knoxville, Tenn. <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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000430">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408821">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James P. Pope">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">Image source: City of Boise</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="521.12.72">Pope, James S.</a> — of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WE-lived.html">Webster County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Webster County, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="923.27.43">Pope, Joe W.</a> — of Osage Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Camden County, 1943-44. 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="025.56.22">Pope, John</a> (1770-1845) — also known as "One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PW-born.html">Prince William County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/index.html">1770</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr1800-meeting.html">1800</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1802, 1806-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1807-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Kentucky</a>, 1816-19; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr1820-meeting.html">1820</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>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1825-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Arkansas Territory</a>, 1829-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1837-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Lost his right arm</a> as a youth. Slaveowner. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/07-12.html">July 12, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WA-buried.html#cms01176">Springfield Cemetery</a>, Springfield, 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: Brother of <a href="#825.64.22">Nathaniel Pope</a>; married to Eliza Johnson (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Catherine Johnson</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/10001-1002.html">Adams #1 family</a> of Boston, 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PO.html">Pope County, Ark.</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000431">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408822">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Pope (Kentucky politician)">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> <a name="858.33.75">Pope, John B.</a> — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/oxford.html">First selectman of Oxford, Connecticut</a>, 1901-09, 1911; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Oxford; elected 1902, 1904, 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="090.38.89">Pope, John D.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Georgia</a>, 1870-76. 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="564.95.05">Pope, John D.</a> — of Waukegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="879.81.70">Pope, John R.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NY.html">1884</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="940.38.89">Pope, John Russell</a> (1874-1937) — 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/1874/04-24.html">April 24, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">Architect</a>; member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1917-22. Died, following an operation, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/08-27.html">August 27, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 125 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html# ">Berkeley Memorial Cemetery</a>, Middletown, 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 John Pope and Mary Avery (Loomis) Pope; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-31.html">October 31, 1912</a>, to Sadie Jones.</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 Russell Pope (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; sold 1947; scrapped 1973) 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 Russell Pope">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18514653">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="332.70.70">Pope, Jonathan</a> — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> from New Bedford; elected 1810, 1811. 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="875.19.41">Pope, Joseph Daniel</a> (1820-1908) — of Beaufort, Beaufort District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>), S.C. Born in Beaufort District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-born.html">Beaufort County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-06.html">March 6, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from St. Helena, 1860-62. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-21.html">March 21, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05861">Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery</a>, Columbia, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Catherine Scott.</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/61569826">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="948.61.15">Pope, Joyce</a> — of Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MD.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="454.95.84">Pope, Kathryn Q.</a> — of Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IN.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> Pope, Kirby See <a href="#079.43.44">D. Kirby Pope</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="758.21.91">Pope, L. Dale</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-consuls.html ">Halifax</a>, as of 1922; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ME-consuls.html ">Martinique</a>, as of 1924. 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="535.04.89">Pope, Laurence Everett II</a> (b. 1945) — of Maine. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/index.html">1945</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CD-diplomats.html ">Chad</a>, 1993-96. Still living as of 2006. <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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pope-laurence-everett ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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="645.04.50">Pope, LeRoy</a> — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CI-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, Ohio</a>, 1865-66, 1867-68. 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="076.52.80">Pope, Lewis C.</a> — of Georgia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Georgia</a>, 1922-23. 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="225.54.17">Pope, Louis M.</a> (born c.1951) — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md.; Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Born about 1951. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/MD.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MD.html">2008</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MD.html">2012</a> (delegation chair); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MD.html">Republican National Committee from Maryland</a>, 2008, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.23.78">Pope, Margaret G.</a> — of Thibodaux, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/LF-lived.html">Lafourche Parish</a>, La. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/LA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="099.47.68">Pope, Milbra</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="379.37.40">Pope, Moran M., Jr.</a> — of Hattiesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/FO-lived.html">Forrest County</a>, Miss. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/hattiesburg.html">Mayor of Hattiesburg, Miss.</a>, 1953-57. 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="825.64.22">Pope, Nathaniel</a> (1784-1850) — of Illinois. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/01-05.html">January 5, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trsc.html">Secretary of Illinois Territory</a>, 1809-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory</a>, 1816-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Illinois</a>, 1819-50; died in office 1850. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-22.html">January 22, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 17 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms05078">somewhere</a> in St. Louis, Mo. <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="#025.56.22">John Pope</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/10001-1002.html">Adams #1 family</a> of Boston, 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PO.html">Pope County, Ill.</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000432">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408823">Govtrack.us page</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> Pope, One Arm: See <a href="#025.56.22">John Pope</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="656.17.14">Pope, P. H.</a> — of Humboldt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HU-lived.html">Humboldt County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IA.html">1888</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="582.90.66">Pope, Patrick Hamilton</a> (1806-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 8th District, 1833-35; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">about 35 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000433">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408824">Govtrack.us page</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="641.37.65">Pope, Phyllis</a> — of Medford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WI.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="746.76.18">Pope, R. Steven</a> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pope, Ray, Jr. See <a href="#001.78.41">H. Ray Pope Jr.</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="255.96.14">Pope, Rebecca</a> — American Solidarity candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/pr2024-election.html">2024</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somervell-souter.html#074.27.09">Peter Sonski</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oman-onearm.html#050.61.28">Lauren Onak</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2024. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.75.33">Pope, Renee</a> — American Solidarity candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#401.61.14">Brian T. Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pataki-pattersen.html#985.43.50">Amar Patel</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="303.16.46">Pope, Rich</a> — of Iowa. Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/pr1996-meeting.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="349.83.11">Pope, Rick</a> — of Camdenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MO.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="944.89.21">Pope, Roger C.</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 16th District, 1990. Still living as of 1990. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="181.75.98">Pope, Russell S.</a> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MI.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MI.html">1948</a> (alternate). 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="989.59.02">Pope, S.</a> — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/SC.html">1892</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> Pope, Sam E. See <a href="#776.31.15">Samuel E. Pope</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="791.34.00">Pope, Samuel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Passaic County, 1859-61, 1863. 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="776.31.15">Pope, Samuel E.</a> — also known as Sam E. Pope — of Drewryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SO-lived.html">Southampton County</a>, Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/VA.html">1952</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="785.20.45">Pope, Sandra</a> — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="713.83.20">Pope, Seth G.</a> — of Ogdensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County 1st District, 1874-75. 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> Pope, Steven See <a href="#746.76.18">R. Steven Pope</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pope, The: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html#024.43.45">Daniel De Leon</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="121.82.34">Pope, Thomas H.</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/greenville.html#3">Greenville, S.C.</a>, 1917-21. 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="812.55.56">Pope, Thomas Harrington, Jr.</a> (1913-1999) — also known as Thomas H. Pope — of Newberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-lived.html">Newberry County</a>, S.C. Born in Kinards, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-born.html">Newberry County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-28.html">July 28, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1937-40, 1946-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1949-50; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/SC.html">South Carolina Democratic state chair</a>, 1958. <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/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. Died, in Newberry County Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Newberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-died.html">Newberry County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/08-23.html">August 23, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-buried.html#cms02408">Rosemont Cemetery</a>, Newberry, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Harrington Pope and Marie (Gary) Pope; married to Mary Waties Lumpkin; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gary.html#646.79.65">Eugene Blackburn Gary</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: "Lawyer, Soldier, Historian."</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/47917153">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="954.85.90">Pope, Tim</a> — of Novi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.45.25">Pope, W. H.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/TX.html">1888</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="359.03.65">Pope, W. S.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 30th District, 1877-78. 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="248.42.16">Pope, Walter G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 6th District, 1926. 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="022.98.59">Pope, Walter Lyndon</a> (1889-1969) — Born in Valparaiso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PO-born.html">Porter County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-26.html">January 26, 1889</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit</a>, 1949-61; took senior status 1961. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/03-27.html">March 27, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 60 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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1913&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/pope-walter-lyndon">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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="797.00.73">Pope, Walter R.</a> — of Greenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WE-lived.html">Weakley County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/TN.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="277.46.66">Pope, William F.</a> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/littlerock.html#2">Little Rock, Ark.</a>, 1849-55, 1861-64. 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="140.24.78">Pope, William Hayes</a> (1870-1916) — of Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-lived.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M. Born in Beaufort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-born.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/06-14.html">June 14, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court</a>, 1903-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court</a>, 1910-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Mexico</a>, 1912-16; died in office 1916. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-13.html">September 13, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-buried.html#cms00596">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Santa Fe, N.M. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="982.78.29">Pope, Winfield Scott</a> — also known as Winfield S. Pope — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cole County, 1897-1900. 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#486.08.94">Winfield Scott</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. 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