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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Monmouth County, N.J.</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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Imlay</a>, 1823 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#097.66.57">George Holcombe</a>, 1828 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newell.html#248.39.22">William A. Newell</a>, 1901</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Asbury Park:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbs-giboyeaux.html#437.41.87">Frederick S. Gibbs</a>, 1903 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#153.69.67">C. Meyer Zulick</a>, 1926 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mooers-mooradian.html#879.81.13">Clarence V. Mooney</a>, 1944 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#584.07.13">Albert J. Westlake</a>, 1951</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Atlantic Highlands:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prichard-primrose.html#109.04.28">William A. Prickitt</a>, 1929 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#469.25.29">Solomon Porter Hood</a>, 1943</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Avon-by-the-Sea:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#743.97.71">Leo P. Carlin</a>, 1999</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Elberon:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#952.86.76">James A. Garfield</a>, 1881 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy3.html#630.12.17">Edward Murphy, Jr.</a>, 1911</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Freehold:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haibach-haiko.html#664.04.05">Charles Haight</a>, 1891 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voorheis-vyzral.html#033.04.59">William H. Vredenburgh</a>, 1920 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#278.83.85">Charles S. Joelson</a>, 1999</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Holmdel:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#734.28.45">Henry E. Ackerson, Jr.</a>, 1970</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Near Imlaystown:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright8.html#268.43.63">Samuel G. Wright</a>, 1845</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Keansburg:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahady-mahone.html#862.68.62">James P. Maher</a>, 1946</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Long Branch:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimke-grissom.html#879.11.70">John Grimké</a>, 1819 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#402.25.65">Rufus Blodgett</a>, 1910 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#568.38.09">Lewis Nixon</a>, 1940 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heebner-hefron.html#460.00.50">James J. Heffernan</a>, 1967 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daly.html#848.89.29">Marcus Daly</a>, 1969 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#933.10.87">David T. Wilentz</a>, 1988</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Marlboro:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#293.28.73">Ada B. Nafew</a>, 1949</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Middletown:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#898.76.70">Thomas J. Brogan</a>, 1965</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Near Middletown:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benjiman-bennet.html#166.14.37">Benjamin Bennet</a>, 1840</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Monmouth:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#331.32.32">James Cox</a>, 1810</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Monmouth Beach:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fentress-fergus.html#156.67.16">John W. Ferdon</a>, 1884</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Neptune:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#275.17.53">George A. Armstrong</a>, 1970</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Neptune Township:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#225.23.11">Silvio J. Failla</a>, 1972 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#163.95.79">Alan J. Karcher</a>, 1999</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>New Shrewsbury (now Tinton Falls):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steiwer-stephen.html#831.85.55">Charles Irwin Stengle</a>, 1953</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ocean Grove:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#914.07.85">André L. Bagger</a>, 1895</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Red Bank:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#463.08.88">Abram I. Elkus</a>, 1947 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#271.07.70">Hugh J. Addonizio</a>, 1981</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sea Bright:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#028.78.26">Lindley M. Garrison</a>, 1932</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sea Girt:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#242.61.29">Bird W. Spencer</a>, 1931</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Shrewsbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#370.66.22">Robert Hunter Morris</a>, 1764 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#733.55.07">E. Delafield Smith</a>, 1878</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Near Shrewsbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#594.86.94">Nathaniel Scudder</a>, 1781</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Spring Lake:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#704.01.86">Oliver H. Brown</a>, 1924 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy9.html#847.68.51">Vincent J. Murphy</a>, 1976 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cookerly-cooledge.html#379.42.66">James Aloysius Coolahan</a>, 1986</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Spring Lake Heights:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#682.58.61">Anthony Thomas Augelli</a>, 1985</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ZZ-died.html">New Jersey deathplaces not assigned to counties</a>. </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" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <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. 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