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Gust Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#790.23.76">Rockwell Kent</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#396.86.96">Rockwell Marietta</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#341.18.27">Rockwell Anthony Schnable</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#890.37.87">James Rockwell Sheffield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#159.36.72">James Beach Wakefield</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.80.94">Rockwell, Albert Fenimore</a> (1862-1925) — also known as Albert F. Rockwell — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Woodhull, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-born.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-08.html">April 8, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">Inventor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1907-10. Died in New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-16.html">February 16, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">West Cemetery</a>, Bristol, Conn. <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 Leander Rockwell and Fidelia (Locke) Rockwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-22.html">May 22, 1884</a>, to Nettie Louise Beebe.</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/1398">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/177/37.86.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Almon F. Rockwell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="177.37.86">Rockwell, Almon Ferdinand</a> (b. 1899) — also known as Almon F. Rockwell — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/02-16.html">February 16, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Brussels</a>, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Frankfort</a>, 1924. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Donnell Rockwell and Marie Augusta (Dillon) Rockwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/05-02.html">May 2, 1922</a>, to Gabrielle Nelly Tilmant Gevaert; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#088.18.66">Andrew Gould Chatfield</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#547.88.15">Philo Fairchild Barnum</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#801.26.62">Phineas Taylor Barnum</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. passport application (1925)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="277.97.51">Rockwell, Betty</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/AZ.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rockwell, Brad See <a href="#004.69.92">Bradley L. Rockwell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="004.69.92">Rockwell, Bradley L.</a> — also known as Brad Rockwell — Citizens candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 1982; Green candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/spju.html">justice of Texas state supreme court</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="832.49.32">Rockwell, Charles</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwich, 1822. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="957.87.85">Rockwell, Charles F.</a> — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CT.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="521.88.50">Rockwell, Charles W.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwich, 1834, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 8th District, 1844. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="700.43.78">Rockwell, David L.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.23.04">Rockwell, David Ladd</a> — also known as David L. Rockwell — of Ravenna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-lived.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/OH.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OH.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OH.html">1928</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="421.29.31">Rockwell, Delos</a> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 23rd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/PA.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="051.45.73">Rockwell, Delvyn J.</a> — of Wayne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 17th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.51.94">Rockwell, Dennis</a> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/jacksonville.html#2">Jacksonville, Ill.</a>, 1825-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.99.45">Rockwell, E. A.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1869-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="534.82.03">Rockwell, Eli</a> — of Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ridgefield, 1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="814.97.59">Rockwell, Francis Williams</a> (1844-1929) — also known as Francis W. Rockwell — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/05-26.html">May 26, 1844</a>. Republican. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1881; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 12th District, 1884-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MA.html">1900</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-26.html">June 26, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms00396">Pittsfield Cemetery</a>, Pittsfield, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</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/10388.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</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=R000365">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409335">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="937.55.77">Rockwell, Frank</a> — of St. Charles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-lived.html">Kane County</a>, Ill. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/saintcharles.html#2">St. Charles, Ill.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="130.42.64">Rockwell, Frank W.</a> — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html">Mayor of Akron, Ohio</a>, 1912-15. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="068.07.49">Rockwell, G. W.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 39, 1872-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="753.42.77">Rockwell, George</a> — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/midland.html">Mayor of Midland, Mich.</a>, 1904-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="041.54.49">Rockwell, George H.</a> — of Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NH.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.53.38">Rockwell, George Lincoln</a> (1918-1967) — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-lived.html">Arlington County</a>, Va. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-09.html">March 9, 1918</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; founder, in 1959, of the National Committee to Free America from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">Jewish Domination</a> (later known as the American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/hatred.html">Nazi</a> Party); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> at various <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">demonstrations</a> during the 1960s; American Nazi candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by a sniper, later identified as John Patler, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">driving his car</a> in the parking lot of Dominion Hills <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/shops.html">Shopping Center</a>, Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/08-25.html">August 25, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 169 days</a>); Patler was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rockwell's funeral procession was not allowed into Culpeper National Cemetery because of Nazi emblems worn by his supporters. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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 George Lovejoy 'Doc' Rockwell and Claire (Schade) Rockwell; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#283.53.66">Oliver Morgan Hungerford</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0037.html">Morris-Ingersoll family</a> of New York and Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Lincoln Rockwell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/043/000113701">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6842153">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> <a name="573.15.35">Rockwell, George Lounsbury</a> (1869-1947) — also known as George L. Rockwell — of South Norwalk, Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn.; Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-20.html">January 20, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ridgefield, 1905-06; U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Montreal</a>, 1911; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ridgefield.html#3">Ridgefield, Conn.</a>, 1912-16, 1924-35 (acting, 1924). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-28.html">May 28, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 128 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joel Lawrence Rockwell and Ann Eliza (Lounsbury) Rockwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-05.html">June 5, 1894</a>, to Grace Frances Greaves; married to Anna Delores Ryan; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#834.26.25">George Edward Lounsbury</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#958.46.35">Phineas Chapman Lounsbury</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/11521.html">Lounsbury family</a> of Ridgefield, Connecticut.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="206.70.22">Rockwell, Gordon</a> (1915-1991) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-23.html">February 23, 1915</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 25th District, 1967-74; defeated, 1952 (13th District), 1954 (13th District), 1964 (25th District), 1974 (25th District); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 2nd District, 1960-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/index.html">1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="649.03.84">Rockwell, H. C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of Michigan Gold Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="424.29.62">Rockwell, H. T.</a> — of St. Charles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-lived.html">Kane County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="286.28.42">Rockwell, Hosea Hunt</a> (1840-1918) — also known as Hosea H. Rockwell — of Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lawrenceville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-born.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-31.html">May 31, 1840</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chemung County, 1877; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1891-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-buried.html#cms00442">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Elmira, N.Y. <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 Samuel Rockwell and Johanna (Hunt) Rockwell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/">1877</a> to Hattie Heckman.</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=R000366">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409336">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.12.93">Rockwell, Irvin Elmer</a> (1862-1952) — also known as Irvin E. Rockwell; "Rock" — of Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho. Born in Sun Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-born.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-25.html">December 25, 1862</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1915-19, 1929-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ID.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/ID.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/ID.html">1936</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Successfully advocated for the American Falls dam project on the Snake River. Died in Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-died.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/09-22.html">September 22, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 272 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="809.58.10">Rockwell, J. Leland</a> — of Arbutus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-lived.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MD.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="244.25.36">Rockwell, Jeremy</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1810-11, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="898.01.34">Rockwell, John A.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1886, 1888. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="087.76.51">Rockwell, John Arnold</a> (1803-1861) — also known as John A. Rockwell — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/08-27.html">August 27, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 8th District, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 3rd District, 1845-49. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-10.html">February 10, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms01207">Yantic Cemetery</a>, Norwich, Conn. <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 Charles Rockwell and Sally (Arnold) Rockwell; married to Mary Watkinson Perkins; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#981.03.48">Ebenezer Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#869.84.38">John Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#502.90.13">Roger Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#704.11.74">Solomon Taintor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#967.04.59">Daniel Upson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#283.53.66">Oliver Morgan Hungerford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#941.19.99">Luther S. Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0489.html">Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family</a> of Ohio and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000367">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409337">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. Rockwell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7370652">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> <a name="260.16.26">Rockwell, John T.</a> — of Winsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CT.html">1876</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="509.48.99">Rockwell, Julius</a> (1805-1888) — of Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/04-26.html">April 26, 1805</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1835-37, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 7th District, 1843-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1854-55; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1855; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MA.html">1864</a>. Died in Lenox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-19.html">May 19, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms08434">Church on the Hill Cemetery</a>, Lenox, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#632.69.29">William Perrin Walker</a>; father of <a href="#814.97.59">Francis Williams Rockwell</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/10388.html">Bush family</a> of Texas and Massachusetts.</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=R000368">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409338">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7981435">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> <a name="810.89.59">Rockwell, Kleber P.</a> (1868-1921) — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-08.html">November 8, 1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-officials.html">Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1899-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 12th District, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1918-21; died in office 1921. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/index.html">1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html#cms00226">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Pontiac, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rockwell, Leland See <a href="#809.58.10">J. Leland Rockwell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="929.52.05">Rockwell, Leonard</a> — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TI-lived.html">Titus County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="968.25.22">Rockwell, Lewis</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-lived.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Schoharie County 1st District, 1851. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="280.14.37">Rockwell, Lewis C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Colorado</a>, 1870-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="659.36.93">Rockwell, Lorenzo A.</a> — of Compton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/compton.html#2">Compton, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="393.27.20">Rockwell, Margaret A.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AZ.html">Republican National Committee from Arizona</a>, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="925.81.87">Rockwell, Nathan</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1780-82, 1786-87, 1788-90, 1799-1800. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="485.88.36">Rockwell, Philo G.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html">Mayor of Waterbury, Conn.</a>, 1866-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="676.06.80">Rockwell, Rena</a> — of Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="498.94.55">Rockwell, Reuben</a> — of Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 15th District, 1858. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="082.46.48">Rockwell, Reuben</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="379.56.20">Rockwell, Robert Fay</a> (1886-1950) — also known as Robert F. Rockwell — of Paonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DL-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Colo. Born in Cortland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-born.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-11.html">February 11, 1886</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1917-21; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1921-23, 1939-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1923-25; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 4th District, 1941-49; defeated, 1948. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Paonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DL-died.html">Delta County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-28.html">September 28, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-buried.html#cms01926">Hornell Rural Cemetery</a>, Hornell, N.Y. <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=R000369">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409339">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19565">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> <a name="997.11.67">Rockwell, Samuel</a> — of Stafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stafford, 1823. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="765.88.22">Rockwell, Samuel</a> — of New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 1st District, 1865. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="971.65.91">Rockwell, Solomon</a> — of Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Winchester, 1820. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.03.25">Rockwell, Stuart Wesson</a> (b. 1917) — also known as Stuart W. Rockwell — of Radnor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-15.html">January 15, 1917</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-consuls.html ">Panama</a>, as of 1941-43; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-diplomats.html ">Morocco</a>, 1970-73. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rockwell-stuart-wesson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="032.16.39">Rockwell, Sylvester D.</a> — of Warehouse Point, East Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/eastwindsor.html">First selectman of East Windsor, Connecticut</a>, 1888, 1898; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from East Windsor; elected 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="129.02.77">Rockwell, Theron</a> — of Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 15th District, 1834-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Colebrook, 1838. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="206.42.39">Rockwell, Thomas</a> — Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 21st District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="226.79.18">Rockwell, W. W.</a> — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/glensfalls.html#3">Glens Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="639.05.80">Rockwell, Washington L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1877. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="897.45.02">Rockwell, Willard F.</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.81.92">Rockwell, William</a> — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CT.html">1896</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/CT.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="178.79.54">Rockwell, William W.</a> — of Hadley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1849; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1878-81 (16th District 1878-79, 19th District 1880-81). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="593.74.07">Rockwell, Winthrop E.</a> — of Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ridgefield.html">First selectman of Ridgefield, Connecticut</a>, 1927, 1947. 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