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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Buffalo, New York</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Harrington</a> 1841-42 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#634.49.96">George W. Clinton</a> 1842-43 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#907.30.36">Joseph G. Masten</a> 1843-44 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#551.76.28">William Ketchum</a> 1844-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masone-masten.html#907.30.36">Joseph G. Masten</a> 1845-46 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#938.63.97">Solomon G. Haven</a> 1846-47 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#236.65.24">Elbridge G. Spaulding</a> 1847-48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen7.html#391.67.49">Orlando Allen</a> 1848-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barton.html#078.40.44">Hiram Barton</a> 1849-50 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#198.60.41">Henry K. Smith</a> 1850-51 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#472.03.04">James Wadsworth</a> 1851-52 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barton.html#078.40.44">Hiram Barton</a> 1852-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook3.html#463.83.45">Eli Cook, Jr.</a> 1853-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens3.html#377.98.43">Frederick P. Stevens</a> 1856-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#322.47.61">Timothy T. Lockwood</a> 1858-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#710.46.12">Franklin A. Alberger</a> 1860-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#604.65.21">William Fargo</a> 1862-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#507.88.77">Chandler J. Wells</a> 1866-67 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers9.html#400.56.10">William F. Rogers</a> 1868-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#515.10.70">Alexander Brush</a> 1870-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#053.59.55">Lewis P. Dayton</a> 1874-75 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#832.25.64">Philip Becker</a> 1876-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#381.43.25">Solomon Scheu</a> 1878-79 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#515.10.70">Alexander Brush</a> 1880-81 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a> 1882 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#859.16.65">Marcus M. Drake</a> 1882 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#329.61.84">Harmon S. Cutting</a> 1882-83 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#379.35.88">John B. Manning</a> 1883-84 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#561.12.59">Jonathan Scoville</a> 1884-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#832.25.64">Philip Becker</a> 1886-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bishop.html#564.74.28">Charles F. Bishop</a> 1890-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jewett.html#057.46.35">Edgar B. Jewett</a> 1895-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#599.72.04">Conrad Diehl</a> 1898-1901 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knight.html#306.30.22">Erastus C. Knight</a> 1902-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#143.37.85">James N. Adam</a> 1906-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#888.70.11">Louis P. Fuhrmann</a> 1910-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#078.30.78">George S. Buck</a> 1918-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> 1922-29 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#485.27.25">Charles E. Roesch</a> 1930-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmerman.html#226.79.57">George J. Zimmerman</a> 1934-37 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#314.93.52">Thomas L. Holling</a> 1938-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly5.html#077.68.14">Joseph J. Kelly</a> 1942-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dowd-dowlin.html#812.02.81">Bernard J. Dowd</a> 1946-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#075.16.31">Joseph Mruk</a> 1950-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#329.83.89">Steven Pankow</a> 1954-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#377.52.54">Frank A. Sedita</a> 1958-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#455.40.79">Chester Kowal</a> 1962-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#377.52.54">Frank A. Sedita</a> 1966-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#260.18.78">Stanley M. Makowski</a> 1973-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#066.40.85">James D. Griffin</a> 1978-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marwood-masloff.html#917.59.29">Anthony M. Masiello</a> 1994-2005 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#188.70.35">Byron W. Brown</a> 2006- Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!) <li> 1853 Mar 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook3.html#463.83.45">Eli Cook, Jr.</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#530.73.78">Leroy Farnham</a> (Whig), defeated. <li> 1853 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook3.html#463.83.45">Eli Cook, Jr.</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#021.05.09">James C. Harrison</a> (Whig), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwardson-efthemios.html#729.56.56">Elijah D. Efner</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#813.96.74">George Palmer</a> (Temperance), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#582.50.39">Reuben B. Heacock</a> (Ind), defeated. <li> 1855 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens3.html#377.98.43">Frederick P. Stevens</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#941.57.26">William A. Bird</a> (American), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#530.84.10">Lewis L. Hodges</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1857 Jun 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockwood.html#322.47.61">Timothy T. Lockwood</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens3.html#377.98.43">Frederick P. Stevens</a> (People's), defeated. <li> 1869 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#515.10.70">Alexander Brush</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 1877: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#381.43.25">Solomon Scheu</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1879: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#381.43.25">Solomon Scheu</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1879 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#515.10.70">Alexander Brush</a>, elected. <li> 1882 Nov 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a>, resigned. <li> 1883 Jan 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#379.35.88">John B. Manning</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heebner-hefron.html#994.93.29">R. R. Hefford</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1887: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#381.43.25">Solomon Scheu</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1901: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#798.63.61">Herbert P. Bissell</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1905 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#143.37.85">James N. Adam</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1909 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#888.70.11">Louis P. Fuhrmann</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1917 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#078.30.78">George S. Buck</a>, elected. <li> 1921 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#078.30.78">George S. Buck</a>, defeated. <li> 1925 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#919.55.52">Ross Graves</a>, defeated. <li> 1929 Sep 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#460.45.98">Charles Diebold, Jr.</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#406.94.30">Frank C. Perkins</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1929 Sep 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#485.27.25">Charles E. Roesch</a> (Rep), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (Rep), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#406.94.30">Frank C. Perkins</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1929 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#485.27.25">Charles E. Roesch</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#406.94.30">Frank C. Perkins</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1933 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmerman.html#226.79.57">George J. Zimmerman</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1937 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (People's), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#314.93.52">Thomas L. Holling</a> (Dem & American Labor), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#331.58.70">Edwin F. Jaeckle</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1941 Sep 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1941 Sep 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1945 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwab-schwaner.html#632.85.14">Frank X. Schwab</a> (People's), defeated. <li> 1947: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#866.08.18">John D. Hillery</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1949 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#075.16.31">Joseph Mruk</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 1953: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#161.41.28">Peter J. Crotty</a>, defeated. <li> 1953 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#329.83.89">Steven Pankow</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1973 Mar 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/secrest-seel.html#377.52.54">Frank A. Sedita</a>, resigned; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#260.18.78">Stanley M. Makowski</a>, appointed. <li> 1977: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#486.04.48">Arthur O. Eve</a>, defeated. <li> 1985: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#066.40.85">James D. Griffin</a> (Rep & Conservative), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnoldus-arzeno.html#289.80.69">George K. Arthur</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1989: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#520.22.60">William B. Hoyt</a>, defeated. <li> 2001 Sep 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marwood-masloff.html#917.59.29">Anthony M. Masiello</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#399.34.87">Beverly Gray</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 2001 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marwood-masloff.html#917.59.29">Anthony M. Masiello</a> (Dem & Rep & Independence), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#695.61.98">Judith Einach</a>, defeated. <li> 2013 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown1.html#188.70.35">Byron W. Brown</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#791.47.33">Sergio Rodriguez</a> (Rep), defeated. <a name=2><hr></a> Postmasters at Buffalo, 1804-1970 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grainger-gransback.html#365.56.09">Erastus Granger</a> 1804-18 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#229.81.36">Julius Guiteau</a> 1818-31 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell8.html#604.35.66">Samuel Russell</a> 1831-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell4.html#729.69.71">Henry P. Russell</a> 1834 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dey-dichman.html#821.75.22">Orange H. Dibble</a> 1834-38 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html#225.12.90">Philip Dorsheimer</a> 1838-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#979.41.32">Charles C. Haddock</a> 1841-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html#225.12.90">Philip Dorsheimer</a> 1845-46 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#198.60.41">Henry K. Smith</a> 1846-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrington-harrion.html#578.28.68">Isaac R. Harrington</a> 1849-51 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/putnam.html#530.92.35">James O. Putnam</a> 1851-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickey-dickie.html#492.34.78">James G. Dickie</a> 1853-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#522.03.16">Israel T. Hatch</a> 1859-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clapp.html#259.21.04">Almon M. Clapp</a> 1861-66 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#590.29.48">Joseph Candee</a> 1866-67 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#131.44.23">Isaac M. Schermerhorn</a> 1867-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#190.54.99">Thomas Blossom</a> 1869-71 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#131.44.23">Isaac M. Schermerhorn</a> 1871-78 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#327.69.43">John M. Bedford</a> 1878-87 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sackett.html#481.96.83">John B. Sackett</a> 1887-90 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#904.37.81">Bernard F. Gentsch</a> 1890-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#678.15.11">Howard H. Baker</a> 1894-99 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorn-dorsett.html#910.50.08">Samuel G. Dorr</a> 1899-1901 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregor-grennell.html#448.55.64">Fred Greiner</a> 1901-14 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#459.27.33">William F. Kasting</a> 1914-16 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyer.html#396.92.07">George J. Meyer</a> 1916 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyer.html#396.92.07">George J. Meyer</a> 1916-19 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#237.07.87">Charles F. Boine</a> 1919-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#887.50.35">Raymond Bissell</a> 1920-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#651.49.89">Robert W. Gallagher</a> 1921-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driscoll.html#891.17.37">Daniel A. Driscoll</a> 1934 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driscoll.html#891.17.37">Daniel A. Driscoll</a> 1934-47 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keyes.html#223.20.41">John M. Keyes</a> 1947 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keyes.html#223.20.41">John M. Keyes</a> 1947-52 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#038.40.27">James M. Gavin</a> 1952-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html#639.85.92">Joseph R. Hawn</a> 1953-54 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html#639.85.92">Joseph R. Hawn</a> 1954-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#639.00.66">Myron F. Blakeney</a> 1957-59 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#639.00.66">Myron F. Blakeney</a> 1959-70 <a name=3><hr></a> Collectors of Customs at Buffalo, 1817-1951 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#669.66.02">Oliver Forward</a> as of 1817 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudson.html#389.46.06">John T. Hudson</a> as of 1854 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#390.67.43">John Tyler</a> 1877-79 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gould.html#727.37.86">Charles A. Gould</a> as of 1881 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#320.20.35">William J. Morgan</a> as of 1891 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray3.html#682.42.54">Frederick O. Murray</a> as of 1909 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#312.48.47">George Bleistein</a> as of 1917 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley3.html#831.23.02">Fred A. Bradley</a> as of 1927-32 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#409.06.66">Martin O. Bement</a> as of 1941 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#576.86.18">Ross E. Brown</a> as of 1946-51 <a name=4><hr></a> U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Buffalo, 1867-1951 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#859.79.98">Adrian R. Root</a> as of 1867 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buell.html#584.09.42">Frederick Buell</a> as of 1879 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#463.11.78">Vincent H. Riordan</a> as of 1917-19 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gage.html#952.78.36">Bert P. Gage</a> as of 1927 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/suarez-sullinger.html#301.15.19">Gilbert T. Sugden</a> as of 1932 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgowan-mcgown.html#306.57.27">George T. McGowan</a> as of 1941-51 </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/NY/ofc/buffalo.html ">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.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>