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Levy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#405.74.61">Adam Clayton Powell Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#832.08.45">Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford</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="498.45.60">Washington, Alonzo</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland. 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="646.27.91">Washington, Amos L.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 2nd District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="965.33.14">Washington, Arneze</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 9th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.95.45">Washington, Arthur D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1930 (1st District), 1932 (13th District). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="720.98.11">Washington, B. F.</a> — Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/CAcc nSF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1857-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="199.73.96">Washington, B. R.</a> — of Michigan. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="910.06.87">Washington, Barbara Gore</a> — of North Carolina. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 12th District, 1992. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.99.53">Washington, Blake</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1942. 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="450.46.24">Washington, Bobby R.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 19th District, 1972; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#3">borough president of Manhattan, New York</a>, 1973. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="209.13.59">Washington, Bushrod</a> (1762-1829) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/06-05.html">June 5, 1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Westmoreland County, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1798-1829; died in office 1829. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/11-26.html">November 26, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 174 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms02042">Mt. Vernon</a>, Fairfax County, Va. <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 Augustine Washington and Hannah (Bushrod) Washington; nephew of <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</a> (who married <a href="#978.09.40">Martha Dandridge Custis</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#796.70.90">Sulifand Sutherland Ross</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#659.79.97">Walker Peyton Conway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia (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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2510&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushrod Washington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bushrod Washington">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/963/000180423">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="276.22.58">Washington, Carl</a> — of Compton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1996-2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="073.86.83">Washington, Carl</a> — of Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="741.50.17">Washington, Craig Anthony</a> (b. 1941) — also known as Craig A. Washington — of Texas. Born in Longview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GG-born.html">Gregg County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/10-12.html">October 12, 1941</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1973-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1983-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1989-95; defeated in primary, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <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=W000177">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411350">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/270/000129880">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="453.85.20">Washington, Derek</a> — of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NV.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="393.18.30">Washington, Dominick</a> — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MN.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="531.73.87">Washington, Edith Ann</a> — of Minnesota. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MN.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="060.94.05">Washington, Genoa S.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/IL.html">1968</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 1st District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267921875/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/466/36.08.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="George Washington"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.36.08">Washington, George</a> (1732-1799) — also known as "Father of His Country"; "The American Fabius" — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/02-22.html">February 22, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1774-75; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1789-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Slaveowner. Died, probably from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">acute bacterial epiglottitis</a>, at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-14.html">December 14, 1799</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 295 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms02042">Mt. Vernon</a>, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07284">National Mall</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07304">Washington Circle</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html# ">Boston Public Garden</a>, Boston, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/01-06.html">January 6, 1759</a>, to <a href="#978.09.40">Martha Dandridge Custis</a> (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>); step-father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#689.34.43">John Parke Custis</a>; uncle of <a href="#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; granduncle by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#558.09.06">Charles Magill Conrad</a>; granduncle of <a href="#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a> and <a href="#628.01.46">George Corbin Washington</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#796.70.90">Sulifand Sutherland Ross</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#659.79.97">Walker Peyton Conway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#066.19.54">Thomas Henry Ball Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#496.88.36">William de Bruyn=Kops</a>, <a href="#060.69.24">Horace Lee Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#058.85.53">Edwin McPherson Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#620.12.96">Claude C. Ball</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#585.42.27">Arthur Wesley Holden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia (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/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fry.html#461.56.33">Joshua Fry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#082.68.80">Alexander Dimitry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#812.13.09">Tobias Lear</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#501.08.36">David Mathews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/putnam.html#610.71.80">Rufus Putnam</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">Washington counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/WA.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WA.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/WA.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WA.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/WA.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WA.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WA.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WA.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WA.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA.html">Maine</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA.html">Md.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WA.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WA.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WA.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WA.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WA.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WA.html">Okla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/WA.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA.html">R.I.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WA.html">Tex.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WA.html">Utah</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA.html">Vt.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA.html">Va.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WA.html">Wis.</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/DC/wa-names.html">Washington, D.C.</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-counties.html">state</a> of Washington is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">minor planet</a> 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is <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/marling-marschner.html#554.92.79">George Washington Lent Marr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#289.43.71">George Washington Heard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnet-barnette.html#157.71.38">George Washington Barnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#212.48.19">George Washington Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#894.09.10">George W. Owen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#590.80.32">George W. Toland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#778.26.16">George W. Lay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#456.26.14">George W. Patterson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toth-towns.html#755.08.85">George W. B. Towns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#166.43.91">George Washington Hockley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smyth.html#440.13.76">George W. Smyth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#217.14.19">G. W. Ingersoll</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#569.60.54">George W. Hopkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#999.04.74">George Washington Montgomery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duncan.html#037.12.36">Joseph George Washington Duncan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kittredge-kleier.html#125.81.80">George W. Kittredge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#867.46.20">George W. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#283.75.90">George W. Harrison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#915.84.55">George Washington Ewing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#201.25.56">George Washington Seabrook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#662.85.45">George W. Morrison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#836.61.99">George Washington Woodward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright4.html#179.14.14">George Washington Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trinidad-triplett.html#269.63.56">George Washington Triplett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#834.43.88">George Washington Glasscock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George W. Schuyler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollowell-holmer.html#583.56.71">George Washington Holman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#540.05.68">George W. Greene</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George W. Wolcott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#270.75.08">George W. Paschal</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunlap.html#940.39.63">George Washington Dunlap</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#902.27.52">George Washington Warren</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill4.html#879.21.57">George Washington Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/logan.html#501.39.26">George Washington Logan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#170.15.82">George W. Getchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright4.html#064.08.10">George W. Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#304.66.31">George W. Julian</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyal-dyell.html#360.57.33">George Washington Dyal</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladd.html#402.06.13">George W. Ladd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#136.48.33">George W. Peck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#616.96.96">George Washington Nesmith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#805.78.55">George W. Morgan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#675.32.59">George Washington Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#635.10.15">George Washington Cowles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#580.22.86">George W. Geddes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitmore-whitner.html#224.57.41">George Washington Whitmore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#790.50.43">George Washington Bridges</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#289.20.42">George W. Cate</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#793.25.71">George W. Houk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webber.html#862.08.53">George W. Webber</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#652.22.73">George W. Bemis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#540.52.55">George Washington Fairbrother</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glenni-glotzbach.html#494.60.24">George Washington Glick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#293.54.93">George W. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#219.87.42">George W. Baker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#155.62.10">George W. Shell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson4.html#232.00.48">George W. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#975.67.54">George W. Crouse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#895.22.71">George W. Hulick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#500.94.80">George W. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#194.43.19">George W. F. Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark4.html#311.78.97">George Washington Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#944.54.44">George Washington McCrary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#799.48.29">George W. Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingdon-kingsland.html#303.21.06">George W. Kingsbury</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courts-covode.html#127.31.81">George W. Covington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#091.90.45">George Washington Fleeger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#924.91.80">George W. Steele</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#072.19.58">George W. Wilson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin4.html#056.55.05">George W. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#831.32.66">George W. E. Dorsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#708.09.21">George W. Plunkitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#834.51.92">George W. Furbush</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sutton.html#610.81.70">George W. Sutton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtenius-curtin.html#862.34.73">George W. Curtin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#229.03.18">George W. Ray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#907.06.43">George W. Roosevelt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#946.35.87">George W. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinnison-kipp.html#041.34.73">George W. Kipp</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell4.html#287.58.34">George W. Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#968.80.68">George W. Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#209.56.23">George W. Stone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barsham-bartless.html#050.81.32">George W. Bartch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#450.06.32">George W. Shonk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#931.09.43">George W. Paul</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook4.html#149.99.37">George W. Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray4.html#549.68.79">George W. Murray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#835.46.77">George W. Faris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#159.97.18">George W. Fithian</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prince.html#001.71.20">George W. Prince</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#378.55.40">George W. Buckner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crofoot-crompton.html#470.18.29">George W. Cromer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#893.71.33">George W. Donaghey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#614.86.29">George W. Aldridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#260.26.99">George Washington Wagoner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#188.69.03">George Washington Goethals</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#019.99.20">George W. Armstrong</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#749.83.95">George W. Lovejoy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakar-oakleaf.html#480.49.87">George W. Oakes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hays.html#448.69.29">George W. Hays</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#517.19.49">George W. Edmonds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lindsay.html#568.80.87">George W. Lindsay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#363.90.11">George Washington Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#721.90.67">T. G. W. Tarver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danielson-darke.html#092.75.97">George W. Darden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#377.60.89">George Washington Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mead.html#288.50.36">George W. Mead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbons.html#192.76.19">George W. Gibbons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#728.51.99">George W. List</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#393.22.05">George W. Calkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#682.25.95">George W. Rauch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#567.75.73">George W. Michell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#105.97.01">George Washington Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#133.76.23">George W. Blanchard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#600.15.16">George Washington Herz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#968.23.32">George W. Bristow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hardy.html#032.24.92">George Washington Hardy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#248.36.75">George W. Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#835.81.14">George W. McKown</a> — <a href="#087.61.15">George Thomas Washington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins4.html#262.08.43">George W. Collins</a> — <a href="#201.00.27">George A. Washington</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appears</a> on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait also appeared</a> on various other denominations of U.S. currency, and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411351">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Washington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/107/000024035">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1075">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4136">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 George Washington: Richard Brookhiser, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684831422/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684831422&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington</a> — James Thomas Flexner, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316286168/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316286168&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Washington: The Indispensable Man</a> — Willard Sterne Randall, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080505992X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=080505992X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Washington : A Life</a> — Richard Norton Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395855128/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0395855128&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Patriarch : George Washington and the New American Nation</a> — Henry Wiencek, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374175268/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374175268&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">An Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America</a> — James MacGregor Burns, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069364/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069364&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Washington</a> — Joseph J. Ellis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400040310/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400040310&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">His Excellency, George Washington</a> — Gore Vidal, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300101716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300101716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson</a> — David Barton, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential Care</a> — Wendie C. Old, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766020118/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766020118&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Washington</a> (for young readers)</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> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.27.54">Washington, George</a> (b. 1851) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/index.html">1851</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumberman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-officials.html">Bay County Sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html#4">mayor of West Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1878; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html#3">Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1887; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1899. 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="396.78.01">Washington, George</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 51st District, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="788.05.59">Washington, George</a> — of Oklahoma. American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="201.00.27">Washington, George A.</a> (1925-1980) — of Michigan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/index.html">1925</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1966. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/index.html">1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 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">Presumably named for: <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</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="628.01.46">Washington, George Corbin</a> (1789-1854) — also known as George C. Washington — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born near Oak Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/08-20.html">August 20, 1789</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1816-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1827-33, 1835-37 (3rd District 1827-33, 5th District 1835-37); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/excn.html">Maryland state executive council</a>, 1834-35. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-17.html">July 17, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill 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">Relatives: Grandnephew of <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0501.html">DeBruyn-Washington family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000179">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411352">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="025.51.18">Washington, George L.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Matanzas</a>, as of 1884. 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="087.61.15">Washington, George Thomas</a> (1908-1971) — of Santa Barbara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif. Born in Cuyahoga Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-born.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-24.html">June 24, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</a>, 1949-65. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/08-21.html">August 21, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 58 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">Presumably named for: <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</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">Relatives: Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/">1953</a> to Helen Goodner.</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="282.96.34">Washington, George W.</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AL.html">1880</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="627.52.36">Washington, Gregory</a> — of Forestville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/MD.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="813.21.01">Washington, Harold</a> (1922-1987) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-15.html">April 15, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1965; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1977; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 1st District, 1981-83; resigned 1983; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1983-87; defeated in primary, 1977; died in office 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-bar-assoc.html">National Bar Association</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-25.html">November 25, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00626">Oak Woods Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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">The Harold Washington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">Public Library</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000180">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411353">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/929/000055764">NNDB dossier</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 Harold Washington: Paul Kleppner, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875805329/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0875805329&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Chicago Divided : The Making of a Black Mayor</a> — Melvin G. Holli, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080287052X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=080287052X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Bashing Chicago Traditions : Harold Washington's Last Campaign, Chicago, 1987</a> — Dempsey J. Travis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0941484084/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0941484084&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harold, the People's Mayor : The Authorized Biography of Mayor Harold Washington</a> — Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0914091409/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0914091409&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harold Washington: A political biography</a> — Alton Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933893973/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0933893973&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harold Washington: The Mayor, the Man</a> — Naurice Roberts, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0516036572/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0516036572&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Harold Washington : Mayor With A Vison</a> (for young readers)</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="470.00.07">Washington, Harry O. C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1936. 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="060.69.24">Washington, Horace Lee</a> (1864-1938) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-04.html">June 4, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Cairo</a>, 1894-96; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Alexandretta</a>, 1896-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Valencia</a>, 1899-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html ">Geneva</a>, 1901-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, 1909-22; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Cape Town</a>, 1905-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Marseille</a>, 1908-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Liverpool</a>, as of 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, as of 1926-27. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-27.html">August 27, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 84 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 Richard Washington and Katherine (Lee) Washington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-22.html">September 22, 1897</a>, to Helen Stewart Williams; second cousin five times removed of <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#659.79.97">Walker Peyton Conway</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0501.html">DeBruyn-Washington family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (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"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="269.56.40">Washington, Isaac C.</a> — of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</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="692.97.66">Washington, J. A.</a> — of Mississippi. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 4th District, 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> Washington, J. I. See <a href="#397.22.27">Julius Irwin Washington</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="664.74.36">Washington, Jackie</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; president and CEO, Pontiac Urban League, 1985-92; president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Michigan, 1992-; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wsu.html">Wayne State University board of governors</a>, 2001; inductee, Michigan Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="660.23.34">Washington, James A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DC.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="853.95.37">Washington, James H. R.</a> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html">Mayor of Macon, Ga.</a>, 1851; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html#3">Macon, Ga.</a>, 1865-69, 1869-71. 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="146.53.69">Washington, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Granville County, 1803, 1805, 1807. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="502.98.65">Washington, John C.</a> — of Kinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839. 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="590.15.92">Washington, John D.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/AZ.html">1928</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="778.51.30">Washington, John Thornton Augustine</a> (1783-1841) — Born near Charles Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/05-20.html">May 20, 1783</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1820. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died near Charles Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Va (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-09.html">October 9, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 142 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 Thornton Augustine Washington and Mildred (Berry) Washington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/09-02.html">September 2, 1810</a>, to Elizabeth Conrad Bedinger; grandnephew of <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#796.70.90">Sulifand Sutherland Ross</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#659.79.97">Walker Peyton Conway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker 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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0349.html">Alston-Kenan family</a> of Milledgeville, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Thornton Augustine Washington">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="632.22.04">Washington, Joseph Edwin</a> (1851-1915) — also known as Joseph E. Washington — of Cedar Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RB-lived.html">Robertson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/index.html">1851</a>. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 6th District, 1887-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/index.html">1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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=W000181">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411354">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="087.53.45">Washington, Joseph H.</a> — U.S. Vice Commercial Agent (Vice Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Cardenas</a>, as of 1884. 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="397.22.27">Washington, Julius Irwin</a> — also known as J. I. Washington — of Beaufort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Beaufort County, 1886-90; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/SC.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/SC.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="864.91.11">Washington, Keith</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/DC.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="746.66.53">Washington, LeAnna</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="994.14.48">Washington, Lena</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="195.00.84">Washington, Leon H., Jr.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</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="556.71.87">Washington, Le Phaye</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/IL.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="675.01.19">Washington, Linda Sue</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WE-lived.html">Wetzel County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 5th District, 1984. <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="816.14.55">Washington, Lund</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#2">Washington, D.C.</a>, 1796-99. 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="978.09.40">Washington, Martha</a> (1731-1802) — also known as Martha Dandridge; Martha Dandridge Custis — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-born.html">New Kent County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1731/06-13.html">June 13, 1731</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1789-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/05-22.html">May 22, 1802</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 343 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms02042">Mt. Vernon</a>, Fairfax County, Va. <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 Dandridge and Frances (Jones) Dandridge; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/">1759</a> to Daniel Parke Custis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/01-06.html">January 6, 1759</a>, to <a href="#466.36.08">George Washington</a> (uncle of <a href="#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>); mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#689.34.43">John Parke Custis</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</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/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky (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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/JF-names.html">Dandridge, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Washington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2382">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34206">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="593.93.38">Washington, Mary</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/DC.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="425.33.66">Washington, McKinley, Jr.</a> — of Ravenel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> 116th District, 1980-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/SC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/SC.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="619.00.30">Washington, Michael T.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="947.26.58">Washington, Milton G.</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="093.94.57">Washington, N. W.</a> — of Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/GA-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/WA.html">1920</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="089.00.00">Washington, Pat</a> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.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="803.07.09">Washington, Ralph S.</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Sullivan County, 1934, 1935; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/monticello.html#2">Monticello, N.Y.</a>, 1936-57 (acting, 1936). 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="309.84.52">Washington, Raoul F.</a> (b. 1891) — of New York. Born in Matanzas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-born.html">Cuba</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-03.html">December 3, 1891</a>. U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1915-19, 1927-43. 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="188.29.94">Washington, Roscoe</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1968 (12th District), 1970 (12th District), 1974 (21st District). Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.86.73">Washington, S. S. H.</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/AL.html">1904</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="287.91.85">Washington, S. Walter</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Istanbul</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Stockholm</a>, as of 1943. 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="905.87.69">Washington, Sara S.</a> — of Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="965.01.30">Washington, Sheryl</a> — of Maywood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/maywood.html">village president of Maywood, Illinois</a>, 2005. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2005. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Washington, The Father of Modern: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepardson-shepley.html#948.72.79">Alexander Robey Shepherd</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="669.94.97">Washington, Thomas M.</a> (b. 1862) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C.; Wilson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WI-lived.html">Wilson County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-16.html">April 16, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">fuel and ice dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-officials.html">Granville County Register of Deeds</a>, 1884-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Wilson County, 1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NC.html">1908</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 6th District, 1913-16. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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 M. C. Washington and Nancy (Jones) Washington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-04.html">July 4, 1901</a>, to Nettie E. Ellis.</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="796.73.30">Washington, Tom</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/TX.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="475.48.23">Washington, Toy-Ling</a> — Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 29th District, 2003; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 10th District, 2004. 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="033.77.45">Washington, Travis, Jr.</a> — Republican. 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> Washington, Val See <a href="#967.27.10">Valores J. Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/967/27.10.jpg" width=70 height=92 border=0 alt="Valores J. Washington"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="967.27.10">Washington, Valores J.</a> — also known as Val Washington — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/IL.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. 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">Image source: Jet Magazine, January 29, 1953</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> Washington, Walter See <a href="#287.91.85">S. Walter Washington</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="929.37.68">Washington, Walter Edward</a> (1915-2003) — also known as Walter Washington — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Dawson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TL-born.html">Terrell County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-15.html">April 15, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html">mayor of Washington, D.C.</a>, 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, in Howard University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/10-27.html">October 27, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms06775">Lincoln Memorial Cemetery</a>, Suitland, Md. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="476.07.52">Washington, William Henry</a> (1813-1860) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/index.html">1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 4th District, 1841-43; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). 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