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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Were Born in 1797</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Barnard (1797-1861)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#727.95.64">George Ogilvie Belden (1797-1833)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John P. Bigelow (1797-1872)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#001.70.82">Joseph Blake (1797-1864)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget (1797-1865)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#616.98.92">Peter I. Borst (1797-1848)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#692.26.28">Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowne-boyce.html#908.49.32">Henry Boyce (1797-1873)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brady.html#020.73.11">Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown (1797-1883)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#382.40.64">Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cale-calhoon.html#021.35.91">John Calhoon (b. 1797)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#916.90.88">Alanson Carley (1797-1879)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#463.48.62">Abiram Chamberlain (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinch-clingman.html#394.61.95">Charles P. Clinch (1797-1880)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#761.36.05">William Kennedy Clowney (1797-1851)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#873.26.04">Simon P. Colby (1797-1844)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#427.10.47">Silas W. Cole (1797-1875)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conner.html#251.44.56">Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden (1797-1834)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#305.30.05">Alvin Cullom (1797-1877)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daughton-daveis.html#779.43.58">Thomas Davee (1797-1841)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#404.05.81">John W. Degrauw (1797-1885)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#571.41.18">Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#010.66.33">Alfred Dockery (1797-1875)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#899.92.66">Thomas J. Drake (1797-1875)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#651.26.95">George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles I. du Pont (1797-1869)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#212.44.85">George Evans (1797-1867)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#262.16.59">John Fairfield (1797-1847)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#201.75.54">Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fishman-fister.html#579.93.79">Lorenzo F. Fisler (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#362.99.86">Elias Florence (1797-1880)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#515.24.64">Isaac Funk (1797-1865)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#292.07.66">Addison Gardiner (1797-1883)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#670.07.13">Riddick Gatling (1797-1868)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall1.html#412.15.99">Addison Hall (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall8.html#519.77.01">Samuel Hall (1797-1862)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#884.25.56">Benjamin F. Hallett (1797-1862)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#212.77.08">Samuel Hanna (1797-1866)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard (1797-1885)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes (1797-1877)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#626.32.70">John Henderson (1797-1857)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#039.56.70">John Hill (1797-1861)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#750.78.58">Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#330.21.97">Gideon Hotchkiss (1797-1860)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#457.69.43">Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington (1797-1885)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#397.31.14">Charles Jackson (1797-1876)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson8.html#139.14.64">Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg (1797-1859)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knapp.html#187.48.26">Charles Knapp (1797-1880)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#816.10.63">Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1797-1834)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#901.53.60">Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797-1870)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavitt.html#737.70.61">Benson Leavitt (1797-1869)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#183.23.35">Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#984.89.19">Hugh S. Legaré (1797-1843)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#349.50.83">John Long (1797-1870)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loomis.html#446.11.23">Andrew Williams Loomis (1797-1873)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#988.40.15">Abner McCarty (b. 1797)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#713.20.47">Charles J. McCurdy (1797-1891)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#018.58.90">Samuel D. McDowell (1797-1870)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchenry.html#833.35.75">John H. McHenry (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintosh.html#472.77.92">Donald McIntosh (1797-1837)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#964.61.80">Joshua Mills (1797-1843)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore8.html#634.79.21">Thomas P. Moore (1797-1853)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moran.html#345.34.21">Charles Moran (1797-1876)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehead.html#236.90.64">James T. Morehead (1797-1854)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#486.82.31">Curtis Morris (1797-1869)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#993.58.46">Gayton Pickman Osgood (1797-1861)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis (1797-1855)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#432.04.90">John Mercer Patton (1797-1858)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson (1797-1884)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#347.97.97">Eli K. Price (b. 1797)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#155.45.23">Tunis Quick (1797-1883)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#692.49.84">Archibald Randall (1797-1846)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raynale-rea.html#385.47.67">Thomas Raysor (1797-1858)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#847.18.13">John M. Read (1797-1874)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#722.34.79">Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#542.00.15">James Rider (1797-1876)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#221.78.03">Thomas H. Rochester (1797-1874)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#485.18.50">Edward S. Sayres (1797-1877)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott6.html#595.50.57">Levi Scott (b. 1797)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#137.52.92">James Warren Sever (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#904.85.56">Luther Severance (1797-1855)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shantz-sharon.html#878.89.00">William B. Shapard (1797-1870)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#271.56.57">John C. Smallwood (1797-1878)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#784.46.42">Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#190.87.79">William Smith (1797-1887)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#194.75.48">Jonathan Stocking (1797-1835)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomason-thomasson.html#940.00.72">William P. Thomasson (1797-1882)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#175.21.48">Andrew Tracy (1797-1868)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#178.42.64">Jonathan Trotter (1797-1865)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#417.96.90">Andrew Trumbo (1797-1871)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turney-tutt.html#084.83.16">Hopkins Lacy Turney (1797-1857)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#451.54.41">John J. Walbridge (1797-1841)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#002.35.59">Lott Warren (1797-1861)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#930.88.30">Thurlow Weed (1797-1882)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#796.34.88">John W. Willey (1797-1841)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#743.37.18">James Wilson (1797-1881)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#687.56.21">Benjamin F. H. Witherell (1797-1867)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#708.67.56">Archibald Yell (1797-1847)</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <font size=+1>Arranged By Date (where known):</font> <ul> <li>Jan 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden (1797-1834)</a></li> <li>Jan 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#984.89.19">Hugh S. Legaré (1797-1843)</a></li> <li>Jan 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#253.35.63">David Barker, Jr. (1797-1834)</a></li> <li>Jan 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#212.44.85">George Evans (1797-1867)</a></li> <li>Jan 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#988.40.15">Abner McCarty (b. 1797)</a></li> <li>Jan 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#262.16.59">John Fairfield (1797-1847)</a></li> <li>Feb 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#271.56.57">John C. Smallwood (1797-1878)</a></li> <li>Feb 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#743.74.01">Harvey Baldwin (1797-1863)</a></li> <li>Feb 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes (1797-1877)</a></li> <li>Feb 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#362.99.86">Elias Florence (1797-1880)</a></li> <li>Feb 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allison.html#935.42.91">John Allison (1797-1874)</a></li> <li>Feb 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#626.32.70">John Henderson (1797-1857)</a></li> <li>Mar 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brady.html#020.73.11">Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Mar 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#397.31.14">Charles Jackson (1797-1876)</a></li> <li>Mar 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#542.00.15">James Rider (1797-1876)</a></li> <li>Mar 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#784.46.42">Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)</a></li> <li>Mar 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#750.78.58">Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854)</a></li> <li>Mar 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#155.45.23">Tunis Quick (1797-1883)</a></li> <li>Mar 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#743.37.18">James Wilson (1797-1881)</a></li> <li>Mar 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#292.07.66">Addison Gardiner (1797-1883)</a></li> <li>Mar 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#761.36.05">William Kennedy Clowney (1797-1851)</a></li> <li>Mar 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#692.26.28">Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844)</a></li> <li>Mar 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson8.html#139.14.64">Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881)</a></li> <li>Mar 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis (1797-1855)</a></li> <li>Mar 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#727.95.64">George Ogilvie Belden (1797-1833)</a></li> <li>Mar 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles I. du Pont (1797-1869)</a></li> <li>Apr 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#670.07.13">Riddick Gatling (1797-1868)</a></li> <li>Apr 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#223.93.48">Judson Allen (1797-1880)</a></li> <li>Apr 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#039.56.70">John Hill (1797-1861)</a></li> <li>Apr 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#899.92.66">Thomas J. Drake (1797-1875)</a></li> <li>Apr 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#964.61.80">Joshua Mills (1797-1843)</a></li> <li>Apr 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#616.98.92">Peter I. Borst (1797-1848)</a></li> <li>Apr 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard (1797-1885)</a></li> <li>Apr 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget (1797-1865)</a></li> <li>May 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#651.26.95">George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847)</a></li> <li>May 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#404.05.81">John W. Degrauw (1797-1885)</a></li> <li>May 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#382.40.64">Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868)</a></li> <li>May 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehead.html#236.90.64">James T. Morehead (1797-1854)</a></li> <li>May 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#692.49.84">Archibald Randall (1797-1846)</a></li> <li>Jun 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall8.html#519.77.01">Samuel Hall (1797-1862)</a></li> <li>Jun 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#916.90.88">Alanson Carley (1797-1879)</a></li> <li>Jun 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#201.75.54">Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881)</a></li> <li>Jun 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavitt.html#737.70.61">Benson Leavitt (1797-1869)</a></li> <li>Jun 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loomis.html#446.11.23">Andrew Williams Loomis (1797-1873)</a></li> <li>Jul 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#137.52.92">James Warren Sever (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Jul 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#816.10.63">Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1797-1834)</a></li> <li>Jul 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#973.58.92">Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861)</a></li> <li>Jul 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#347.97.97">Eli K. Price (b. 1797)</a></li> <li>Jul 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#847.18.13">John M. Read (1797-1874)</a></li> <li>Aug 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#427.10.47">Silas W. Cole (1797-1875)</a></li> <li>Aug 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#687.56.21">Benjamin F. H. Witherell (1797-1867)</a></li> <li>Aug 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#737.34.24">Charles Allen (1797-1869)</a></li> <li>Aug 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#708.67.56">Archibald Yell (1797-1847)</a></li> <li>Aug 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#432.04.90">John Mercer Patton (1797-1858)</a></li> <li>Aug 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#330.21.97">Gideon Hotchkiss (1797-1860)</a></li> <li>Aug 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John P. Bigelow (1797-1872)</a></li> <li>Sep 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall1.html#412.15.99">Addison Hall (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Sep 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#305.30.05">Alvin Cullom (1797-1877)</a></li> <li>Sep 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#190.87.79">William Smith (1797-1887)</a></li> <li>Sep 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#901.53.60">Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797-1870)</a></li> <li>Sep 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown (1797-1883)</a></li> <li>Sep 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#221.78.03">Thomas H. Rochester (1797-1874)</a></li> <li>Sep 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#768.96.23">John James Allen (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Oct 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#463.48.62">Abiram Chamberlain (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Oct 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg (1797-1859)</a></li> <li>Oct 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#485.18.50">Edward S. Sayres (1797-1877)</a></li> <li>Oct 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knapp.html#187.48.26">Charles Knapp (1797-1880)</a></li> <li>Oct 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchenry.html#833.35.75">John H. McHenry (1797-1871)</a></li> <li>Oct 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#175.21.48">Andrew Tracy (1797-1868)</a></li> <li>Oct 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#212.77.08">Samuel Hanna (1797-1866)</a></li> <li>Oct 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859)</a></li> <li>Oct 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinch-clingman.html#394.61.95">Charles P. Clinch (1797-1880)</a></li> <li>Oct 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#904.85.56">Luther Severance (1797-1855)</a></li> <li>Oct 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#002.35.59">Lott Warren (1797-1861)</a></li> <li>Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shantz-sharon.html#878.89.00">William B. Shapard (1797-1870)</a></li> <li>Nov 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#722.34.79">Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851)</a></li> <li>Nov 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#457.69.43">Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844)</a></li> <li>Nov 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#930.88.30">Thurlow Weed (1797-1882)</a></li> <li>Nov 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#515.24.64">Isaac Funk (1797-1865)</a></li> <li>Nov 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#349.50.83">John Long (1797-1870)</a></li> <li>Nov 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#251.85.17">John Larkin Payson (1797-1884)</a></li> <li>Dec 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#884.25.56">Benjamin F. Hallett (1797-1862)</a></li> <li>Dec 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daughton-daveis.html#779.43.58">Thomas Davee (1797-1841)</a></li> <li>Dec 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#010.66.33">Alfred Dockery (1797-1875)</a></li> <li>Dec 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#183.23.35">Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851)</a></li> <li>Dec 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington (1797-1885)</a></li> <li>Dec 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raynale-rea.html#385.47.67">Thomas Raysor (1797-1858)</a></li> <li>Dec 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#571.41.18">Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849)</a></li> <li>Dec 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#018.58.90">Samuel D. 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