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The Political Graveyard: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin</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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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings &mdash; even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity &mdash; are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Duncan Connor (1864-1944)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William D. Connor</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Born near Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-24.html">March 24, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Wisconsin Republican state chair</a>, 1904-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1907-09. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/11-20.html">November 20, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 241 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-buried.html#cms06093">somewhere</a> in Marshfield, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#154.62.19">Helen Connor</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#394.69.89">Melvin Robert Laird Sr.</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#540.89.62">Melvin Robert Laird Jr.</a>; great-grandfather of Jessica Laird (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#086.39.17">James Edward Doyle</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William D. Connor">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Melvin Robert Laird Sr. (d. 1946)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Melvin R. Laird, Sr.</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Born near Griggsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Presbyterian minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">chaplain</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 24th District, 1941-46; died in office 1946; Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/pr1944-election.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/03-19.html">March 19, 1946</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#154.62.19">Helen Connor</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#387.62.93">William Duncan Connor</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#540.89.62">Melvin Robert Laird Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Helen Connor Laird (b. 1891)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Helen Connor</b>; <b>Mrs. Melvin R. Laird, Sr.</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Born in Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-22.html">August 22, 1891</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WI.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#387.62.93">William Duncan Connor</a>; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#394.69.89">Melvin Robert Laird Sr.</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#540.89.62">Melvin Robert Laird Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Edward Doyle (1915-1987)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>James E. Doyle</b>&nbsp;&mdash; Born in Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-born.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-06.html">July 6, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrnes.html#104.02.68">James F. Byrnes</a>, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Wisconsin Democratic state chair</a>, 1951-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin</a>, 1965-80; senior judge, 1980-87. Died in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/04-01.html">April 1, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 269 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#036.31.60">Ruth Bachhuber Doyle</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#086.39.17">James Edward Doyle (born 1945)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Edward Doyle (judge)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (1916-2006)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Ruth B. Doyle</b>; <b>Ruth Bachhuber</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-14.html">October 14, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Dane County 1st District, 1949-52; defeated, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-06.html">May 6, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 204 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#030.07.83">James Edward Doyle (1915-1987)</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#086.39.17">James Edward Doyle (born 1945)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth Bachhuber Doyle">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/releases/jun12/Laird,_Melvin_MUG-L-175.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/540/89.62.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Melvin R. Laird"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Melvin R. Laird</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-01.html">September 1, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WI.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WI.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/WI.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WI.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/WI.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 7th District, 1953-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a>, 1969-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/purple-heart.html">Purple Heart</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1974. Died in Fort Myers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-died.html">Lee County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2016/11-16.html">November 16, 2016</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#394.69.89">Melvin Robert Laird Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#154.62.19">Helen Connor Laird</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-15.html">October 15, 1945</a>, to Barbara Masters; uncle of Jessica Laird (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#086.39.17">James Edward Doyle</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#387.62.93">William Duncan Connor</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Purple Heart. Father. Friend. Statesman."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000024">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406534">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/058/000057884">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481981">Internet Movie Database profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/172831191">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Melvin Laird:</i> Dale Van Atta, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299226808/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0299226808&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Nixon Presidential Library and Museum</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Edward Doyle (b. 1945)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>James E. Doyle</b>; <b>Jim Doyle</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-23.html">November 23, 1945</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/peace-corps.html">served in the Peace Corps</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-officials.html">Dane County District Attorney</a>, 1977-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/attygn.html">Wisconsin state attorney general</a>, 1991-2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/WI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/WI.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 2003-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#030.07.83">James Edward Doyle (1915-1987)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doyle.html#036.31.60">Ruth Bachhuber Doyle</a>; married to Jessica Laird (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#540.89.62">Melvin Robert Laird Jr.</a>; great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#387.62.93">William Duncan Connor</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">Laird-Doyle family</a> of Marshfield, Wisconsin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-doyle/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim Doyle">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/446/000044314">NNDB dossier</a></span></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"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</span></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> <br clear="all"> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a></b> 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.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <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.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page &mdash; and on all other pages of this site &mdash; is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13278.html</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <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.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <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>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Copyright notices:</b> (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 <b>fair use</b> 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 &copy;&nbsp;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>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>What is a "political graveyard"?</b> 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>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content.&nbsp;&mdash; The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106.</b>&nbsp;&mdash; This site is hosted by <b><a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a></b>.&nbsp;&mdash; The Political Graveyard opened on <b>July 1, 1996</b>; the last full revision was done on <b>February 17, 2025</b>. </span></td></tr> </table> </body> </html>

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