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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Galveston County, Tex.</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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Burnet</a> (Consul 1832-35) </td></tr> <hr> American or honorary foreign consuls in Galveston <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Belgium: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#729.17.37">Francis Lammers</a> (Consul 1873-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#159.76.01">M. H. Royston</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#242.61.73">M. Badoux</a> (Honorary Consul 1938-59) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#654.82.68">M. Baudoux</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1940) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Brazil: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#676.60.14">José Faus=Esteve</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ivey-izlar.html#819.81.83">E. H. Ivey</a> (Consular Agent as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Central America: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#458.22.49">Albert Ferrier</a> (Consul 1898) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Colombia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#488.96.66">J. A. Torregrosa</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Costa Rica: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosgrove-mosley.html#905.97.56">Henry Mosle</a> (Consul 1897-1907) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed6.html#566.12.94">L. W. Reed</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1926) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Cuba: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosgrove-mosley.html#905.97.56">Henry Mosle</a> (Consul 1905) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Czechoslovakia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#016.52.05">Kuzma D. Jakovich</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1926) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Denmark: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#151.41.18">Jens Möller</a> (Vice Consul 1882-96) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#417.51.84">Frederick W. Blake</a> (Vice Consul 1897-99) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#151.41.18">Jens Möller</a> (Vice Consul 1900-07) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#747.13.86">Carl Christian Biehl</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#820.02.38">George Henry Wolfer</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1950) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Dominican Republic: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#488.96.66">J. A. Torregrosa</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  France: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#686.42.88">P. A. Drouilhet</a> (Consular Agent as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Germany: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#480.89.19">Julius Runge</a> (Consul 1875-1906) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#238.77.98">Julius W. Jockusch</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Great Britain: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#417.51.84">Frederick W. Blake</a> (Vice Consul 1896) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#417.51.84">Frederick W. Blake</a> (Vice Consul 1903-04) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#272.25.39">Norbray Liddall</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Guatemala: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#232.97.02">J. Merrow</a> (Honorary Consul 1903-21) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed6.html#566.12.94">L. W. Reed</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1931) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#810.41.47">Richard M. Bazzanella</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1944) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Haiti: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#488.96.66">J. A. Torregrosa</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1931-44) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Honduras: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#458.22.49">Albert Ferrier</a> (Consul 1899-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haines.html#409.19.64">Harvey H. Haines</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1914-26) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#488.96.66">J. A. Torregrosa</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Italy: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#429.36.58">Clemente Nicolini</a> (Consular Agent 1887-1903) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Japan: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#302.19.46">Robert Bornefeld</a> (Honorary Consul 1898-1903) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanell-langdell.html#394.53.29">J. H. Langbehn</a> (Honorary Consul 1904-35) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Latvia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#170.29.07">Edwin Goudge</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Mexico: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#429.36.58">Clemente Nicolini</a> (Consul 1895-96) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Netherlands: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#729.17.37">Francis Lammers</a> (Consul 1876-77) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#187.96.45">Edward S. Flint</a> (Honorary Consul 1882-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonell-mcdougle.html#460.80.05">R. J. McDonough</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Nicaragua: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#458.22.49">Albert Ferrier</a> (Consul 1899-1904) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien7.html#851.66.85">Robert L. O'Brien</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Norway: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynt-fogg.html#778.76.66">John W. Focke</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Panama: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#465.53.12">A. A. Van Alstyne</a> (Consul as of 1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien7.html#851.66.85">Robert L. O'Brien</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Portugal: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien7.html#851.66.85">Robert L. O'Brien</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Russia: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#012.89.47">Ferdinand Wolff</a> (Vice Consul as of 1868) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#151.41.18">Jens Möller</a> (Vice Consul 1879-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Spain: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosgrove-mosley.html#905.97.56">Henry Mosle</a> (Honorary Vice Consul 1900-07) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#403.61.70">Eduardo Sevilla=y=Montoliu</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#567.60.51">Narcisco Estrada=y=Vallet</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Sweden: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowler.html#767.78.08">Charles Fowler</a> (Vice Consul as of 1926) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#874.44.99">Herman Arthur Bornefeld</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Sweden & Norway: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#894.19.00">Bertrand Adoue</a> (Vice Consul 1878-1904) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Switzerland: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#375.60.51">Ulrich Müller</a> (Consul 1893-1914) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Uruguay: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schroeder.html#792.09.99">Henry Schroeder</a> (Honorary Vice Consul 1902-48) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Venezuela: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#302.19.46">Robert Bornefeld</a> (Honorary Consul 1900-04) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#302.19.46">Robert Bornefeld</a> (Honorary Consul 1916-23) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosgrove-mosley.html#268.36.41">J. L. Mosle</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1926-29) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#787.97.51">Filiberto Galván</a> (Honorary Consul 1946-49) </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. 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/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.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>