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Hobbs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#903.88.91">W. P. Simons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/detaranto-devin.html#757.20.54">Courken George Deukmejian</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="519.41.97">Duke, Albert L.</a></b> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Manchester 6th Ward, 1938. 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> <b><a name="929.61.64">Duke, Alva L.</a></b> — of Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/colton.html">Mayor of Colton, Calif.</a>, 1955. 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> <b><a name="342.09.19">Duke, Angier Biddle</a> (1915-1995)</b> — of Tuxedo Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/11-30.html">November 30, 1915</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-diplomats.html ">El Salvador</a>, 1952-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1965-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1968-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-diplomats.html ">Morocco</a>, 1979-81. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">Chancellor</a> of Southampton College. Hit by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car</a> while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/sports.html">rollerblading</a>, and died as a result, in Southampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/04-29.html">April 29, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 150 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05929">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Durham, N.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Angier Buchanan Duke and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/">1937</a> to Priscilla St. George; married to Margaret Screven White; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Maria-Luisa de Aranal; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/">1962</a> to Robin Chandler Lynn and <a href="#416.48.83">Robin Chandler Duke</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#567.64.39">Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#642.27.08">Malbourne Addison Angier</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#996.30.33">Charles John Biddle</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#920.19.96">James Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#318.47.75">John Biddle (1792-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#783.04.03">Richard Biddle</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a>; first cousin once removed of Pearl McMannen Duke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#372.52.48">Nathan Lynn Bachman</a>) and Doris Duke; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#728.33.99">James Stokes Biddle</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#416.99.59">John Scull</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#861.56.95">John Biddle (1859-1936)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/uczciwek-underhill.html#441.43.87">William Bradley Umstead</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#542.88.78">Julia Grimmet Fortson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0646.html">Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family</a> of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/duke-angier-biddle ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/795/000121432">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/42376054">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="822.46.54">Duke, Basil W.</a> (1838-1916)</b> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/index.html">1838</a>. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1870. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/index.html">1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="593.76.98">Duke, Bruce E.</a></b> — of Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1974; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="647.62.87">Duke, C. J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/VA.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/VA.html">1924</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> <b><a name="393.02.33">Duke, Charles M.</a></b> — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/bdcom.html">member District of Columbia board of commissioners</a>, 1963-66. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="086.16.83">Duke, Charles T.</a></b> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DR-lived.html">Drew County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/AR.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/AR.html">1916</a> (alternate). 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> <b><a name="035.07.08">Duke, Dan L. P.</a></b> — of El Paso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Tex. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/elpaso.html">Mayor of El Paso, Tex.</a>, 1947, 1949-51; defeated in primary, 1947. 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> <b><a name="023.92.67">Duke, David Ernest</a> (b. 1950)</b> — also known as <b>David Duke</b> — of Louisiana. Born in Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-born.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-01.html">July 1, 1950</a>. Candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/index.html">1988</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a> 81st District, 1989-92; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1990, 1996; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/index.html">1992</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kkk.html">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Duke">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241175">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2010/11/116-david-duke.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by David Duke:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1892796007/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1892796007&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding</a> (1998)</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about David Duke:</i> John Maginnis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145561629X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=145561629X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Cross to Bear</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Critical books about David Duke:</i> Bernard Goldberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060761288/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060761288&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)</a></span></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> <b><a name="489.80.85">Duke, E. F.</a></b> — of Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-lived.html">Nash County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/rockymount.html">Mayor of Rocky Mount, N.C.</a>, 1953. 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> <b><a name="933.81.46">Duke, E. L.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 4th District, 1936. 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> <b><a name="793.96.99">Duke, Earl K.</a></b> — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/wichita.html">Mayor of Wichita, Kan.</a>, 1950-51. 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> <b><a name="385.17.89">Duke, Florimond DuS.</a></b> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Hanover; elected 1956. 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> <b><a name="402.86.07">Duke, Fred A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/portsmouth.html">Mayor of Portsmouth, Va.</a>, 1952-56. 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> <b><a name="008.78.66">Duke, Fred F.</a></b> — of Clifton Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cliftonheights.html#3">Clifton Heights, Pa.</a>, 1926-31; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. 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> <b><a name="486.46.79">Duke, George</a></b> — of Hotchkiss, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DL-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CO.html">1912</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> <b><a name="247.71.39">Duke, Helen</a></b> — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/KS.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="734.04.52">Duke, J. C.</a></b> — of Selma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/AL.html">1884</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> <b><a name="962.98.16">Duke, J. M.</a></b> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-consuls.html ">San Salvador</a>, as of 1884. 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> <b><a name="619.75.31">Duke, J. W.</a></b> — of Guthrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OK.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</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> <b><a name="534.91.75">Duke, James Buchanan</a> (1856-1925)</b> — also known as <b>James B. Duke</b>; <b>"Buck"</b>; <b>"Tobacco King"</b> — of Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Born near Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-born.html">Durham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/12-23.html">December 23, 1856</a>. Republican. Organizer and president, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">Tobacco</a> Company, which monopolized the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">tobacco</a> industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric power</a> companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NJ.html">1904</a>. Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchial pneumonia</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-10.html">October 10, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 291 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05171">Duke University Chapel</a>, Durham, N.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Washington Duke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Lillian Fletcher McCredy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-23.html">July 23, 1907</a>, to Nanaline Lee 'Nannie' (Holt) Inman; father of Doris Duke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cromwell.html#195.58.72">James Henry Roberts Cromwell</a>); uncle of Mary Lillian Duke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#567.64.39">Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0412.html">Barkley-MacArthur family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1026.html">Dodge-Duke-Cromwell family</a> of Detroit, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James B. Duke</i> (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-names.html">Brunswick, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1972) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Buchanan Duke">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/823/000124451">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/304">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="443.26.91">Duke, Jesse C.</a></b> — of Pine Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AR.html">1892</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> <b><a name="928.82.41">Duke, Jim</a></b> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 45th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="694.98.36">Duke, John Green</a> (1848-1928)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Duke</b> — of Cookeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Tenn. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SI-born.html">Smith County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-18.html">July 18, 1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cookeville.html#2">Cookeville, Tenn.</a>, 1882-86, 1897-1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/01-15.html">January 15, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PU-buried.html#cms08437">Cookeville City Cemetery</a>, Cookeville, Tenn. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Duke and Sarah (McGuffey) Duke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/08-19.html">August 19, 1875</a>, to Mary Jane Gentry.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48919832">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="813.64.65">Duke, Joseph B.</a></b> — of Eatonton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a> 28th District, 1923-24. 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> <b><a name="503.65.66">Duke, Joseph C.</a></b> — of Arizona. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964 /officers.html">Sergeant-at-Arms</a>, Democratic National Convention, 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> <b><a name="040.91.28">Duke, Kenneth</a></b> — of Leonardtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/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> <b><a name="265.94.20">Duke, Malcolm R.</a></b> — of Dresden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WE-lived.html">Weakley County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TN.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> <b><a name="499.01.81">Duke, Maxie</a></b> — of Walhalla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OC-lived.html">Oconee County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/SC.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.92.60">Duke, Merlin</a></b> — of Bogalusa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WA-lived.html">Washington Parish</a>, La. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/LA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Duke of Braintree, The:</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Duke of Surry:</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#832.08.45">Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Duke of Tacoma, The:</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#472.44.18">Clinton Peyre Ferry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="618.90.42">Duke, Richard Thomas Walker</a> (1822-1898)</b> — of Virginia. Born near Charlottesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/06-06.html">June 6, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1870-73; member of Virginia state legislature, 1870. Slaveowner. Died near Charlottesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-died.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-02.html">July 2, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/cv-buried.html#cms02206">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Charlottesville, Va. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000521">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403631">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="416.48.83">Duke, Robin Chandler</a> (1923-2016)</b> — also known as <b>Grace Esther Tippett</b>; <b>Robin Chandler</b> — of New York. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/10-13.html">October 13, 1923</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Model</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">stockbroker</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-diplomats.html ">Norway</a>, 2000-01. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2016/02-06.html">February 6, 2016</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 116 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html# ">Carolina Memorial Park</a>, North Charleston, S.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Richard Edgar Tippett and Esther (Chandler) Tippett; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/">1962</a> to <a href="#342.09.19">Angier Biddle Duke</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/">1946</a> to Jeffrey Lynn.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0646.html">Umstead-Grimmet-Byrd family</a> of Durham, North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/duke-robin-chandler ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/157911107">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="277.28.71">Duke, S. A.</a></b> — of Baxter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DR-lived.html">Drew County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/AR.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> <b><a name="720.09.83">Duke, Sarah A.</a></b> — of Brady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MU-lived.html">McCulloch County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/brady.html#2">Brady, Tex.</a>, 1895. <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> <b><a name="257.45.83">Duke, Steven Paul</a></b> — of Jonesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-lived.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich. Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="152.42.68">Duke, Thomas A.</a></b> — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/CO.html">1928</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> <b><a name="951.04.06">Duke, Thomas Marshall</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Matagorda, 1833. 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> <b><a name="774.19.17">Duke, W. R.</a></b> — of Colorado. Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1930, 1932. 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> <b><a name="411.01.18">Duke, Walter Edwin</a></b> — also known as <b>Walter E. Duke</b> — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; elected 2010; defeated, 2012 (61st District). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="658.50.76">Duke, William, Jr.</a></b> — of Wellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Allegany County, 1916-23; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</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> <b><a name="574.30.63">Duke, William III</a></b> — of Ardsley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ardsley.html">Mayor of Ardsley, N.Y.</a>, 1956-57; defeated, 1957. 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> <b><a name="239.41.43">Duke, William T.</a></b> — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html#2">Akron, Ohio</a>, 1964-72 (acting, 1964). 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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. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </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 listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </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> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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