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Paul Bestor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blundell-board.html#508.64.16">Edward Blythin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#358.33.53">Sonny Bono</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#361.04.86">Wareham G. Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#144.03.68">Wade H. Cloyd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#168.15.57">William Andres Cumming</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#550.41.92">William M. Cumming</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferguson.html#678.63.70">Charles Vaughn Ferguson Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#154.18.25">Roy Lynde Fernald</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgibbon-fitzmaurice.html#954.26.30">Louis FitzHenry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#554.14.81">John Rankin Franklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gamble.html#910.52.58">John Rankin Gamble</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#127.74.90">Rankin M. Gibson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#194.43.19">George Washington Finley Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#776.85.03">Grover Cleveland Helm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#898.83.14">J. Rankin Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#414.70.70">Zoe S. Nabers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#950.98.25">Mrs. Rankin Powell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ralston.html#294.90.92">Jackson Harvey Ralston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers5.html#500.40.04">John Rankin Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#537.34.84">Rankin Walkup</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walkinlawton-wall.html#257.45.34">Rankin C. Walkup</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#224.33.09">Charles Sinclair Weeks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wiley.html#828.66.45">Rankin Wiley Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young5.html#471.05.74">James Rankin Young</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="812.54.33">Rankin, A. A.</a> — of Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/WA.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</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="030.94.59">Rankin, Alexander C.</a> — of Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FU-lived.html">Furnas County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NE.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="380.29.34">Rankin, Andrew E.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/scma.html">Vermont secretary of civil and military affairs</a>, 1876-78. 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="512.44.57">Rankin, Archibald</a> — of Rhode Island. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. 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="092.50.35">Rankin, B. P.</a> — of Nebraska. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ttrea.html">Treasurer of Nebraska Territory</a>, 1855. 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> Rankin, B. S. See <a href="#779.80.63">Barrick Samuel Rankin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rankin, Barney See <a href="#288.85.79">Walter R. Rankin</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="779.80.63">Rankin, Barrick Samuel</a> (b. 1872) — also known as B. S. Rankin — of Kingwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PR-lived.html">Preston County</a>, W.Va. Born in Clearfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CL-born.html">Clearfield County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-16.html">July 16, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">surgeon</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Preston County, 1929-32; resigned 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</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="853.71.25">Rankin, C. F.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/AL.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> <a name="692.29.78">Rankin, Carolyn P.</a> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="979.24.56">Rankin, Christopher</a> (1788-1826) — of Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trhs.html">Mississippi territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1813; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/tatgn.html">Mississippi territory attorney general</a> Western District, 1814-17; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> at-large, 1819-26; died in office 1826. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/index.html">1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">about 38 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000054">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409034">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="527.26.35">Rankin, Claude A.</a> — of Arkansas. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1939. 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="319.24.09">Rankin, Daniel</a> (1862-1921) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-lived.html">Oceana County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/index.html">1862</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oceana County, 1921; died in office 1921. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-05.html">October 5, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</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="540.55.03">Rankin, David</a> — of Tarkio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AT-lived.html">Atchison County</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MO.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="373.32.50">Rankin, Donald</a> — of Big Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ME-lived.html">Mecosta County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bigrapids.html">Mayor of Big Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1953-56. 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="572.32.48">Rankin, Doris B.</a> — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/OH.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="240.65.42">Rankin, Ed</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 30th District, 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="942.16.34">Rankin, Edmond S.</a> (c.1856-1924) — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Pennsylvania, about 1856. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/kalamazoo.html">mayor of Kalamazoo, Mich.</a>, 1902. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/index.html">1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. John Rankin.</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="251.39.76">Rankin, Edward O.</a> — of Vandalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/vandalia.html#2">Vandalia, Ohio</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="818.24.47">Rankin, Francis H.</a> (b. 1818) — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/index.html">1818</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1861-64 (Genesee County 1st District 1861-62, Genesee County 2nd District 1863-64); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1877-78; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html#2">Flint, Mich.</a>, 1881-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.00.63">Rankin, Francis H., Jr.</a> (1854-1925) — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/12-28.html">December 28, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html">mayor of Flint, Mich.</a>, 1891-92; director, Union <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Trust</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Savings Bank</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-died.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-07.html">December 7, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-buried.html#cms00371">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Flint, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.21.27">Rankin, Frederick W. A., Jr.</a> — of Florida. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1880-81. 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="672.67.44">Rankin, George, Jr.</a> (c.1869-1949) — of Wilkinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, about 1869. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 44th District, 1935-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms04085">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Wilkinsburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Rankin and Agnes Rankin; married to Annie E. Flanagan.</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="833.88.68">Rankin, George D.</a> — of Cranford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-parties.html">Chair of Union County Republican Party</a>, 1945. 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="554.40.89">Rankin, Grace O.</a> — of Wells, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/wells.html">Wells, Maine</a>, 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="005.08.33">Rankin, Harry</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MI-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MS.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="629.14.37">Rankin, Harry D.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 24th 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="051.98.45">Rankin, Henry C.</a> (1843-1915) — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/12-01.html">December 1, 1843</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">land agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1911-12; defeated (Progressive), 1912. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-15.html">July 15, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00152">Highland Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46618300">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="322.04.83">Rankin, Henry L.</a> — of Beaumont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/beaumont.html#2">Beaumont, Tex.</a>, 1920. 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="490.80.53">Rankin, Herman</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 12th District, 1875-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="965.55.07">Rankin, Howard</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/KY.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="209.27.66">Rankin, I. C.</a> — of Minden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-lived.html">Kearney County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 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="336.46.81">Rankin, Ira P.</a> — Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/CAcc nSF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1861-63. 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="543.07.87">Rankin, J. C. W.</a> — of Cranford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cranford.html">Mayor of Cranford, N.J.</a>, 1901, 1902, 1909. 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> Rankin, J. Lee See <a href="#074.75.20">James Lee Rankin</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="064.17.60">Rankin, J. Riley</a> — of Sparta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="129.69.81">Rankin, J. W.</a> — of Keokuk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IA.html">1860</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="837.16.63">Rankin, J. W.</a> — of Martin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WE-lived.html">Weakley County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</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="086.36.50">Rankin, Jairas</a> — of Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/sheboygan.html#2">Sheboygan, Wis.</a>, 1845-47. 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="536.18.99">Rankin, James</a> — of Sewickleyville (now Sewickley), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sewickley.html#4">Sewickleyville, Pa.</a>, 1866-69. 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="620.30.11">Rankin, James</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. 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="447.89.73">Rankin, James Lee</a> (1846-1933) — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-14.html">April 14, 1846</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-consuls.html">Savannah, Ga.</a>, 1901-03. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-30.html">September 30, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-buried.html#cms00502">Laurel Grove North Cemetery</a>, Savannah, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert C. Rankin and Madeline Julia Rankin; married to Susie Somers Wade.</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/209122355">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="074.75.20">Rankin, James Lee</a> (1907-1996) — also known as J. Lee Rankin — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn.; Los Gatos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Born in Hartington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CE-born.html">Cedar County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-06.html">July 6, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died, following a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a>, in Batterson's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Home</a> at Santa Cruz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-died.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/06-26.html">June 26, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-buried.html# ">Santa Cruz Memorial Park</a>, Santa Cruz, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Herman Primm Rankin and Lois Cornelia (Gable) Rankin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to Gertrude Louise Carpenter.</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/J. Lee Rankin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/829/000209202">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82543301">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="542.37.96">Rankin, James T.</a> — of Corpus Christi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NU-lived.html">Nueces County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/corpuschristi.html#2">Corpus Christi, Tex.</a>, 1894-98. 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="881.45.98">Rankin, Jeannette Pickering</a> (1880-1973) — also known as Jeannette Rankin — of Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-lived.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont.; Carmel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif. Born near Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-born.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-11.html">June 11, 1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a>, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District 1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1918. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II; inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 1993. Died in Carmel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/05-18.html">May 18, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-buried.html#cms02446">Missoula Cemetery</a>, Missoula, Mont. <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: Daughter of John Rankin and Olive (Pickering) Rankin; sister of <a href="#762.14.45">Wellington Duncan Rankin</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#269.08.02">Opal Louise Replogle</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/15441.html">Galt-Replogle family</a> of Martinsdale, Montana.</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=R000055">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409035">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette Rankin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6246268">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/jeannette-rankin/">National Women's Hall of Fame</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="316.29.04">Rankin, Joe</a> — of Ralls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KS-lived.html">Crosby County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/TX.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="373.74.69">Rankin, John</a> — of Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/binghamton.html">Mayor of Binghamton, N.Y.</a>, 1876. 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="506.44.68">Rankin, John C., Jr.</a> — of Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/elizabeth.html">Mayor of Elizabeth, N.J.</a>, 1890-98. 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="182.60.60">Rankin, John Elliott</a> (1882-1960) — also known as John E. Rankin — of Tupelo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/IT-born.html">Itawamba County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-29.html">March 29, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 1st District, 1921-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MS.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MS.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MS.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MS.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/11-26.html">November 26, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CL-buried.html#cms02023">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, West Point, Miss. <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 Braxton Rankin and Modest (Rutledge) Rankin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-01.html">October 1, 1919</a>, to Annie Laurie Burrous.</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/holten-hook.html#245.57.72">Frank E. Hook</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409036">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="297.55.56">Rankin, John K.</a> — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/lawrence.html#2">Lawrence, Kan.</a>, 1867-71. 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="832.62.84">Rankin, John M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/attygn.html">Iowa state attorney general</a>, 1940-47. 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="771.98.55">Rankin, John R.</a> — of Gastonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gastonia.html#2">Gastonia, N.C.</a>, 1914-20. 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="495.74.62">Rankin, John W.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 23rd District, 1946. 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="636.76.60">Rankin, Jonathan Thomas</a> (born c.1822) — also known as Jonathan T. Rankin — of Greenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DD-lived.html">Dade County</a>, Mo. Born in Tennessee, about 1822. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 17th District, 1865. 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="267.21.13">Rankin, Joseph</a> (1833-1886) — of Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-lived.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis. Born in Passaic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-25.html">September 25, 1833</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1860, 1871-74; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/WI.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/WI.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1877-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 5th District, 1883-86; died in office 1886. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-24.html">January 24, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-buried.html#cms02022">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Manitowoc, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409037">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12713454">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="969.65.88">Rankin, Karl Lott</a> (1898-1991) — also known as Karl L. Rankin — of South Bridgton, Bridgton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-04.html">September 4, 1898</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SB-consuls.html ">Belgrade</a>, as of 1940; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Canton</a>, as of 1949; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1949-50; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1950-53; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TW-diplomats.html ">China (Taiwan)</a>, 1953-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/YU-diplomats.html ">Yugoslavia</a>, 1957-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-sigma.html">Phi Kappa Sigma</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/01-15.html">January 15, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 133 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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 Emmett Woollen Rankin and Alberta (Lott) Rankin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-03.html">October 3, 1925</a>, to Pauline Jordan; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/">1978</a> to Ruth Thompson Garcelon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rankin-karl-lott ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/188/000130795">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="273.62.86">Rankin, L. D.</a> — of Lubbock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/LU-lived.html">Lubbock County</a>, Tex. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/lubbock.html#2">Lubbock, Tex.</a>, 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> Rankin, Lee See <a href="#074.75.20">James Lee Rankin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rankin, Louise Replogle See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#269.08.02">Louise R. Galt</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="855.92.68">Rankin, M. C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cmagr.html">Kentucky commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1908-11. 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="574.03.71">Rankin, Maurice</a> — of Fulton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CW-lived.html">Callaway County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Callaway 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="718.28.97">Rankin, Michael</a> — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/toledo.html">mayor of Toledo, Ohio</a>, 1985. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="129.39.74">Rankin, Noel</a> — of Silver City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/GR-lived.html">Grant County</a>, N.M. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to New Mexico state constitutional convention</a>, 1969. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="712.08.28">Rankin, O. A.</a> — of Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="228.84.59">Rankin, Otwell</a> (b. 1916) — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky.; Erlanger, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HI-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-23.html">June 23, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-parties.html">Chair of Kenton County Democratic Party</a>, 1959-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/KY.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 Grover C. Rankin and Alice Mae (Townsend) Rankin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-20.html">December 20, 1940</a>, to Katherine Prather.</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="394.49.78">Rankin, Raymond M.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> 13th District, 1998; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MD.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="235.55.04">Rankin, Reuben</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FY-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Fayette County; elected 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="234.80.23">Rankin, Richard</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Lincoln County, 1844-45, 1850-51. 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="581.86.78">Rankin, Richard</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gaston County, 1856-57. 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> Rankin, Riley See <a href="#064.17.60">J. Riley Rankin</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="768.95.22">Rankin, Robert A.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 5th District, 1940, 1942. 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="172.16.01">Rankin, Robert E.</a> — of Abilene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/abilene.html#2">Abilene, Tex.</a>, 1914-23. 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="383.27.11">Rankin, Robert J.</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/austin.html#2">Austin, Ind.</a>, 1859-64. 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="619.56.05">Rankin, Robert L.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Oregon</a>, 1918. 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="483.72.78">Rankin, Robert L.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-consuls.html ">Warsaw</a>, as of 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TB-consuls.html ">Frontera</a>, as of 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Newcastle</a>, as of 1926-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Brisbane</a>, as of 1929. 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="873.68.72">Rankin, Robert M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.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="347.50.02">Rankin, Robert R.</a> — of Carson, <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/2000/CA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CA.html">Democratic National Committee from California</a>, 2004-08. 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="647.00.99">Rankin, Ronald D.</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="499.63.82">Rankin, Sam</a> — of Billings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/YE-lived.html">Yellowstone County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> at-large, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="899.53.89">Rankin, Samuel E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trea.html">Iowa state treasurer</a>, 1867-73. 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="459.46.59">Rankin, Stacey B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Clark County; elected 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="396.75.68">Rankin, Thomas V.</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DR-lived.html">Drew County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/AR.html">1872</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="628.37.79">Rankin, Tom</a> — of Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PN-lived.html">Pinal County</a>, Ariz. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/florence.html">Mayor of Florence, Ariz.</a>, 2013. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.95.44">Rankin, W. M.</a> — of Tarkio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AT-lived.html">Atchison County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MO.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AT-parties.html">chair of Atchison County Republican Party</a>, 1921-28. 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="288.85.79">Rankin, Walter R.</a> (1904-1983) — also known as Barney Rankin — of Montana. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/12-30.html">December 30, 1904</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> 1st District, 1946. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/12-19.html">December 19, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-buried.html# ">Soldier's Chapel</a>, Big Sky Canyon Village, Mont. <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://findagrave.com/memorial/22465868">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="762.14.45">Rankin, Wellington Duncan</a> (1884-1966) — also known as Wellington D. Rankin — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Missoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-born.html">Missoula County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-16.html">September 16, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/attygn.html">Montana state attorney general</a>, 1921-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Montana</a>, 1926-34; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1928; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/06-04.html">June 4, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MI-buried.html#cms02446">Missoula Cemetery</a>, Missoula, Mont. <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 Rankin and Olive (Pickering) Rankin; brother of <a href="#881.45.98">Jeannette Pickering Rankin</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/03-02.html">March 2, 1910</a>, to Elizabeth Floweree Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/04-16.html">April 16, 1954</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#269.08.02">Opal Louise Replogle</a> (step-mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#098.80.64">Errol Thomas Galt</a>; step-grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#519.40.72">Errol Wylie Galt</a>; who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#642.90.37">Jack E. Galt</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/15441.html">Galt-Replogle family</a> of Martinsdale, Montana.</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/19607697">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="005.68.53">Rankin, William</a> — of Kentucky. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 10th District, 1857. 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="603.26.88">Rankin, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1864-65. 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="415.11.70">Rankin, William</a> — of Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#7">Mayor of Rosedale, Kan.</a>, 1879. 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="836.22.63">Rankin, William J.</a> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">Mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1931-33; defeated, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CT.html">1932</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html#3">Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1935-45 (acting, 1935). 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