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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: White County, Ill.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Williams; Bob Williams — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-born.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/12-27.html">December 27, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1889-95, 1899-1905 (19th District 1889-95, 20th District 1899-1903, 24th District 1903-05); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/IL.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/index.html">1904</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Loma Linda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-died.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-08.html">November 8, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <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=W000508">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411665">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> John Montgomery Crebs (1830-1890) — also known as John M. Crebs — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Middleburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/04-09.html">April 9, 1830</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 13th District, 1869-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IL.html">1880</a>. Died in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-died.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-26.html">June 26, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <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 Ferdinand Berry Crebs and Lucy Jones (Wilson) Crebs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-13.html">October 13, 1857</a>, to Annie E. Stewart; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#419.37.75">John Montgomery Crebs Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#561.69.51">Caswell Jones Crebs</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/20872.html">Crebs family</a> of Carmi, Illinois.</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=C000900">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403012">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John M. Crebs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15571789">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=209139">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> Orlando Burrell (1826-1921) — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-born.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-26.html">July 26, 1826</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; county judge in Illinois, 1873-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-officials.html">White County Sheriff</a>, 1892-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 20th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896. Died in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-died.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-07.html">June 7, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <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=B001136">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402079">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> Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916) — also known as Chauncey S. Conger — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Strong Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/01-14.html">January 14, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-officials.html">White County Superintendent of Schools</a>, 1861-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1863-64; circuit judge in Illinois, 1879. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>. Died in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-died.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/07-24.html">July 24, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <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 Enoch Conger and Esther (West) Conger; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#541.81.62">Omar Dwight Conger</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-28.html">November 28, 1861</a>, to Ellen Stewart; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#509.64.14">Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#836.07.64">Franklin Barker Conger</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#065.35.89">Hugh Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#000.02.26">Edwin Hurd Conger</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#220.73.42">Moore Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#087.79.44">Frederick Ward Conger</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#617.29.24">Ralph Waldo Hungerford</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#123.53.84">Anson Griffith Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#499.43.84">Harmon Sweatland Conger</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#474.35.32">Edward Augustus Conger</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#976.23.17">Robert John Conger</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#317.28.00">James Lockwood Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#909.90.32">Charles Franklin Conger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#030.91.98">Abraham Bogart Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#494.60.21">James W. Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#934.34.14">Benn Conger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1266.html">Conger #1 family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109793851">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> John Montgomery Crebs Jr. (1869-1955) — also known as John M. Crebs, Jr. — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-24.html">January 24, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/uofi.html">University of Illinois trustee</a>, 1918. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/06-21.html">June 21, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#877.49.29">John Montgomery Crebs</a> and Annie (Stewart) Crebs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-01.html">May 1, 1890</a>, to Eledith Hinde Powell; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#561.69.51">Caswell Jones Crebs</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/20872.html">Crebs family</a> of Carmi, Illinois.</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/63955765">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=263721">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> Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963) — also known as Chauncey S. Conger — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-born.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-01.html">October 1, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-officials.html">White County Judge</a>, 1934-42; director, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Carmi. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-died.html">White County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-16.html">April 16, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#398.98.93">Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916)</a> and Ellen (Stewart) Conger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/02-02.html">February 2, 1910</a>, to Lena Patrick; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#541.81.62">Omar Dwight Conger</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#836.07.64">Franklin Barker Conger</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#065.35.89">Hugh Conger</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#000.02.26">Edwin Hurd Conger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#220.73.42">Moore Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#087.79.44">Frederick Ward Conger</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#123.53.84">Anson Griffith Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#499.43.84">Harmon Sweatland Conger</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#617.29.24">Ralph Waldo Hungerford</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#317.28.00">James Lockwood Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#909.90.32">Charles Franklin Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#474.35.32">Edward Augustus Conger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1266.html">Conger #1 family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109794275">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01935">Old Graveyard</a> Carmi, White County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John McCracken Robinson (1794-1843) — also known as John M. Robinson — of Carmi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-lived.html">White County</a>, Ill. Born near Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/04-10.html">April 10, 1794</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1830-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1843; died in office 1843. Died in Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-died.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-25.html">April 25, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at Old 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=R000344">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409315">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John McCracken Robinson">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> William Wilson (1795-1857) — of Illinois. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/index.html">1795</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1819-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-29.html">April 29, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Old Graveyard. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09763">Union Ridge Cemetery</a> Herald, White County, Illinois <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Winfield Karber (1914-1976) — also known as James W. Karber — of Ridgway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill. Born in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HR-born.html">Hardin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-08.html">July 8, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-officials.html">Gallatin County State's Attorney</a>, 1936-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1941-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-died.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind., September, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Union Ridge Cemetery. <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 James F. Karber and Myrtle C. (Tyer) Karber; married to Irma Cox.</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/16978854">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>