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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died in 1800</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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type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <p align=center><font size=5> Politicians Who Died in 1800 </font></p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <table border=0 cellspacing="10" cellpadding="10" align="center"> <td valign="top"> <font size=+1>Arranged By Name:</font> <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#700.07.78">James Armstrong (c.1728-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#647.62.99">John Blair (1732-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blount.html#176.99.22">William Blount (1749-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burditt-burges.html#431.56.32">Dempsey Burges (1751-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#840.01.20">John Chapman (1740-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#910.58.57">Moses Cockrell (1767-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell (1733-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#165.74.27">Jeremiah Crabb (1760-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#931.49.63">Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbons.html#021.68.88">William Gibbons (1726-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilhams-gillen.html#345.38.26">Moses Gill (1734-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#123.79.28">Thomas Hartley (1748-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#513.97.32">Jonathan Hoge (1727-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington (1736-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lamb.html#561.53.65">John Lamb (1735-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#267.92.16">Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathews.html#501.08.36">David Mathews (d. 1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/midkiff-milen.html#511.90.16">Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#339.64.02">Henry Osborne (1751-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pataki-pattersen.html#876.81.16">John Patten (1746-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#821.29.21">William Peery (d. 1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#017.38.38">David Ross (1755-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#303.50.98">John Rutledge (1739-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#020.81.87">Gustavus Scott (1753-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#130.85.70">Upton Sheredine (1740-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#179.65.89">Samuel Shoemaker (c.1724-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#503.35.82">Peleg Sprague (1756-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart2.html#585.69.71">Charles Stewart (1729-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#656.75.50">Artemas Ward (1727-1800)</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wharton.html#912.01.72">Samuel Wharton (1732-1800)</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <font size=+1>Arranged By Date (where known):</font> <ul> <li>Jan 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burditt-burges.html#431.56.32">Dempsey Burges (1751-1800)</a></li> <li>Jan 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepperd-sherlock.html#130.85.70">Upton Sheredine (1740-1800)</a></li> <li>Jan 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/midkiff-milen.html#511.90.16">Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800)</a></li> <li>Jan 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)</a></li> <li>Jan 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#840.01.20">John Chapman (1740-1800)</a></li> <li>Feb 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#165.74.27">Jeremiah Crabb (1760-1800)</a></li> <li>Feb 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800)</a></li> <li>Mar 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blount.html#176.99.22">William Blount (1749-1800)</a></li> <li>Apr 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#513.97.32">Jonathan Hoge (1727-1800)</a></li> <li>Apr 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell (1733-1800)</a></li> <li>May 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilhams-gillen.html#345.38.26">Moses Gill (1734-1800)</a></li> <li>May 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lamb.html#561.53.65">John Lamb (1735-1800)</a></li> <li>Jun 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart2.html#585.69.71">Charles Stewart (1729-1800)</a></li> <li>Jul 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#303.50.98">John Rutledge (1739-1800)</a></li> <li>Aug 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#931.49.63">Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800)</a></li> <li>Aug 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#267.92.16">Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800)</a></li> <li>Aug 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#647.62.99">John Blair (1732-1800)</a></li> <li>Sep 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbons.html#021.68.88">William Gibbons (1726-1800)</a></li> <li>Oct 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800)</a></li> <li>Oct 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#179.65.89">Samuel Shoemaker (c.1724-1800)</a></li> <li>Oct 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington (1736-1800)</a></li> <li>Oct 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#656.75.50">Artemas Ward (1727-1800)</a></li> <li>Nov 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#339.64.02">Henry Osborne (1751-1800)</a></li> <li>Dec 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#821.29.21">William Peery (d. 1800)</a></li> <li>Dec 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#123.79.28">Thomas Hartley (1748-1800)</a></li> <li>Dec 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#020.81.87">Gustavus Scott (1753-1800)</a></li> <li>Dec 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pataki-pattersen.html#876.81.16">John Patten (1746-1800)</a></li> </ul> </td> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </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. 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