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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Cantine (1735-1808) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/10-20.html">October 20, 1735</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ulster County, 1777-78, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1786-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Ulster County, 1788; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1789-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/capp.html">New York council of appointment</a>, 1790; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 7th District 1801, but never took office. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/04-30.html">April 30, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-buried.html#cms04797">Quick Cemetery</a>, Caroline, 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#035.88.37">Matthew Cantine</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#943.13.95">Peter Cantine Jr.</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#763.36.57">Moses I. Cantine</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/10001-2845.html">Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Matthew Cantine — of New York. Born in Marbletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1777. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#710.37.89">John Cantine</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#943.13.95">Peter Cantine Jr.</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#763.36.57">Moses I. Cantine</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/10001-2845.html">Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Peter Cantine Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Dutchess County, 1787-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1797-1801. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#710.37.89">John Cantine</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#035.88.37">Matthew Cantine</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#763.36.57">Moses I. Cantine</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/10001-2845.html">Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/01-18.html">January 18, 1774</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ulster County, 1799-1800; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1814-18. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/06-24.html">June 24, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 157 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#710.37.89">John Cantine</a>; married to the sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#109.58.92">Martin Van Buren</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#035.88.37">Matthew Cantine</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#943.13.95">Peter Cantine Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1989.html">VanBuren family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2845.html">Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267596885/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/109/58.92.jpg" width=70 height=74 border=0 alt="Martin Van_Buren"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook"; "Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand"; "Blue Whiskey Van" — of Kinderhook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/12-05.html">December 5, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-officials.html">Columbia County Surrogate</a>, 1808-13; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1812-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1815-19; appointed 1815; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1821-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1829; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1831-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848 (Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/index.html">1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asthma.html">asthma</a>, but more likely some kind of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Kinderhook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-died.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/07-24.html">July 24, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-buried.html#cms01258">Kinderhook Cemetery</a>, Kinderhook, 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 Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#570.40.66">James Isaac Van Alen</a>; married to the sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#763.36.57">Moses I. Cantine</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/02-21.html">February 21, 1807</a>, to Hannah Hoes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#769.82.45">John Van Buren</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#958.37.42">Barent Van Buren</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#059.95.71">Dirck Ten Broeck</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#132.10.62">Cornelis Cuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#505.10.96">Thomas Brodhead Van Buren</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#522.20.50">Harold Sheffield Van Buren</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#741.57.28">Theodore Roosevelt</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#800.41.06">Rensselaer Westerlo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#095.75.00">Edward Philip Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#701.93.68">Peter Gansevoort</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-4186.html">VanBuren-Phelps family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1989.html">VanBuren family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2845.html">Cantine family</a> of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#495.27.21">Sanford W. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#375.04.02">Jesse Hoyt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#482.23.95">Charles Ogle</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/VB.html">Van Buren County, Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/VB.html">Van Buren County, Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB.html">Van Buren County, Mich.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/VB.html">Van Buren County, Tenn.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CF-names.html">Van Buren, Arkansas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-names.html">Van Buren, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Van Buren, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AT-names.html">Palmer Land, Antarctica</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Martin Van Buren <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1955), in Queens Village, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-names.html">Queens, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>) 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">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#365.39.69">M. V. B. Edgerly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#726.29.45">M. V. B. Jefferson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett6.html#542.09.09">M. V. B. Bennett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wiseham-wismer.html#761.15.33">Van B. Wisker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowland.html#530.44.88">Martin V. B. Rowland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#311.27.15">Martin V. B. Ives</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark6.html#139.38.87">Martin V. B. Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godard-goder.html#744.47.25">Martin V. Godbey</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">Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is a used-up man."</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=V000009">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411074">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/martin-van-buren/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin Van Buren">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/van-buren-martin ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/821/000024749">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1054">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4110">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">Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L. Wilson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700602380/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700602380&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of Martin Van Buren</a> — Joel H. Silbey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742522431/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0742522431&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics</a> — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087580229X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=087580229X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Martin Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology</a> — John Niven, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707258/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707258&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics</a> — Ted Widmer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069224/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069224&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Martin Van Buren</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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." 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2845.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2845.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>

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