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The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dewey to Dewhurst
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dewey to Dewhurst</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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Dewey Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson2.html#726.67.23">Dewey Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#313.12.96">Dewey G. Archambault</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arn-arnick.html#146.24.23">Dewey B. Arney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#445.56.22">Willmore Dewey Ashley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey2.html#503.52.68">Dewey Crossman Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#973.58.92">Daniel Dewey Barnard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#172.09.41">Dewey Follett Bartlett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html#313.48.20">Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennetts-bensmiller.html#553.76.93">Richard Dewey Bensen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#426.29.58">Melford Dewey Bibens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#407.99.90">Dewey Boyce Blanton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#029.69.03">Walter Harrison Blodget</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#087.87.63">Dewey Phillip Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#288.87.91">L. Dewey Burham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#236.53.85">George Dewey Clyde</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#562.26.74">Felix Cole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#817.83.42">James Dewey Cole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins4.html#687.32.54">G. Dewey Collins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#381.93.52">Dewey Colter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#603.14.83">W. Dewey Corbett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#985.67.17">Dewey Creasman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniel-daniello.html#809.58.61">Dewey Daniel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#805.58.55">Dewey Davenport</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#811.13.55">Dewey Day</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#915.65.82">Dewey Deviney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donlan-donnell.html#852.25.81">Otto Dewey Donnell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fellrath-femille.html#719.14.39">Dorman Felt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfrey.html#554.55.87">Dewey S. Godfrey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goode.html#377.83.59">Dewey Goode</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hancock.html#850.17.83">Dewey Hancock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#214.55.42">Dewey Love Hankins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#944.25.56">Worth Dewey Henderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#434.28.98">Edward Stevens Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#638.95.96">Dewey Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hessberg-hewson.html#328.89.25">Dewey H. Hesse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#729.14.81">John Dewey Hickerson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicklin-hickory.html#243.38.76">Dewey Cook Hickman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#078.41.50">Charles Dewey Hilles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#989.03.75">Amory Houghton Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#014.91.09">Dewey Hughes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson2.html#130.23.21">Dewey William Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#722.75.81">Dewey Kalfsbeeck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#770.34.45">Silas Dewey Kellogg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirke-kirkman.html#163.51.02">Dewey L. Kirkman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#428.10.93">Dewey E. S. Kuhns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#401.80.35">John DeMott Laing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loomis.html#378.95.95">Dewey William Loomis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marksberry-marley.html#350.48.62">Dewey Marlatt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#391.64.82">James Loren Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#829.82.67">Dewey E. McCauslin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#878.45.90">W. Dewey Mentz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#091.47.81">Dewey Montgomery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy2.html#741.50.81">Dewey F. Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neale-neese.html#587.91.83">Dewey Neely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#982.21.99">George Dewey Nye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parks.html#515.44.00">Dewey Parks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#963.19.68">Carl Dewey Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pfaelzer-phellis.html#532.82.69">Dewey P. Phares</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#512.28.54">Harry J. Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#062.41.93">Carroll Peabody Pitkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rayburn-rayl.html#695.62.36">Dewey Little Raymer, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#934.99.97">Franklin Dewey Richards</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#790.19.09">J. Dewey Rockett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/short.html#496.71.49">Dewey Jackson Short</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stearns.html#369.50.49">R. Dewey Stearns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#155.04.46">Dewey Stephens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stiles.html#652.75.06">Dewey Dean Stiles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#843.95.86">Dewey Porter Thatch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson2.html#339.12.46">Dewey Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#371.32.39">Willard Everett Townsend</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#313.20.77">Margaret M. Tucker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/veach-veltri.html#136.34.17">Dewey Vecelius</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washmon-waterlander.html#869.72.59">Dewey S. Wass</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weaver.html#331.39.54">Dewey Weaver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#846.55.06">Dewey Samuel Weeda</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#672.85.94">Dewey Bryan West</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whatley-wheelan.html#878.01.36">Emmett Whealan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilfley-wilkin.html#308.95.95">Dewey Wilfong</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#060.03.52">Dewey Wilson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#412.75.16">Thomas Dewey Wise</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodworth.html#396.79.94">Laurin Dewey Woodworth</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="739.72.95">Dewey, A. R.</a></b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Iowa. District judge in Iowa 6th District, 1891-1902. 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="176.50.16">Dewey, Albert Folger</a> (1857-1935)</b> — also known as <b>Albert F. Dewey</b> — of Punta Gorda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CH-lived.html">Charlotte County</a>, Fla. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CH-consuls.html">Punta Gorda, Fla.</a>, 1899-1907. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/12-28.html">December 28, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CH-buried.html#cms04998">Indian Spring Cemetery</a>, Punta Gorda, Fla. <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> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-24.html">June 24, 1885</a>, to Mary Fannie Royers.</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/57377044">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="488.26.66">Dewey, Arthur J.</a></b> — of Bennington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/bennington.html#2">Bennington, Vt.</a>, 1897-1906. 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="162.90.74">Dewey, Asahel</a></b> — of Lebanon, <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 Lebanon, 1831, 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="902.79.59">Dewey, B. H., Jr.</a></b> — of Bryan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BS-lived.html">Brazos County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/TX.html">1948</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="350.64.05">Dewey, Betsy</a></b> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 25th District, 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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="420.18.27">Dewey, Cassius M.</a></b> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 6th District, 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="256.92.62">Dewey, Chad M.</a></b> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 96th 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="397.12.13">Dewey, Charles</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1821-29. 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="181.21.98">Dewey, Charles</a></b> — of Michigan. Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dewey, Mrs. Charles A.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#074.37.49">Jessie Dewey</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="116.44.05">Dewey, Charles Almon</a> (1877-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Dewey</b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Iowa; Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/09-11.html">September 11, 1877</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-officials.html">Washington County Attorney</a>, 1909-15; district judge in Iowa, 1918-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa</a>, 1928-49; took senior status 1949. <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/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>. Died in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-02.html">March 2, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-buried.html#cms02410">Elm Grove Cemetery</a>, Washington, Iowa. <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 Almon Ralph Dewey and Sarah Ann (Rousseau) Dewey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-01.html">September 1, 1910</a>, to <a href="#074.37.49">Jessie Dewey</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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=609&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31371305">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="783.25.86">Dewey, Charles Augustus</a> (d. 1866)</b> — of Massachusetts. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1837-66. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</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="142.20.95">Dewey, Charles Edward</a></b> — also known as <b>Charles E. Dewey</b> — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1922. 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="332.56.54">Dewey, Charles J.</a></b> — of South Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from South Windsor; elected 1908. 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="924.75.10">Dewey, Charles Schuveldt</a> (1880-1980)</b> — also known as <b>Charles S. Dewey</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-10.html">November 10, 1880</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Ecuador</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-consuls.html">Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 9th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-psi.html">Delta Psi</a>. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/12-27.html">December 27, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/100.html">100 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, 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>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Bromfield Dewey and Louise (Shufelt) Dewey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-20.html">December 20, 1905</a>, to Suzette de Marigny Hall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/">1959</a> to Elizabeth (Zolnay) Smith; father of Suzette de Marigny Dewey (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#822.46.33">Frederick Moulton Alger Jr.</a>); grandfather of David Dewey Alger; first cousin of <a href="#753.65.35">Chauncey Dewey</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13534.html">Alger family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403417">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles S. Dewey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7383453">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="753.65.35">Dewey, Chauncey</a> (1877-1959)</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-19.html">May 19, 1877</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1910. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-04.html">November 4, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 169 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Paulson Dewey and Emma (Scott) Dewey; first cousin of <a href="#924.75.10">Charles Schuveldt Dewey</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 family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13534.html">Alger family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</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="451.34.09">Dewey, Courtland A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-lived.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis. Socialist. Social Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Kenosha County, 1902. 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="894.34.82">Dewey, Daniel</a> (1766-1815)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Sheffield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/01-29.html">January 29, 1766</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1813-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1814-15. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/05-26.html">May 26, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms03092">Westlawn Cemetery</a>, Williamstown, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000293">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403418">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="852.60.53">Dewey, E. C.</a></b> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sanantonio.html#2">San Antonio, Tex.</a>, 1861-65. 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="290.24.83">Dewey, E. G.</a></b> — of Elk City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/KS.html">1896</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="872.37.66">Dewey, E. H.</a></b> — of Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-lived.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/nampa.html">Mayor of Nampa, Idaho</a>, 1909-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trea.html">Idaho state treasurer</a>, 1914-15; appointed 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ID.html">1916</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="843.90.61">Dewey, Edmond Otis</a> (1861-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Edmond O. Dewey</b> — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-born.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-24.html">August 24, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/owosso.html#2">Owosso, Mich.</a>, 1900-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MI.html">1908</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; nominated in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/owosso.html">mayor of Owosso, Mich.</a> 1917, but withdrew before election. Died in Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-died.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-22.html">January 22, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-buried.html#cms02260">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Owosso, Mich. <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 George Martin Dewey (1827-1897) and Emma (Bingham) Dewey; brother of <a href="#339.10.35">George Martin Dewey (1869-1927)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-21.html">September 21, 1887</a>, to May Corinne Williams; uncle of <a href="#203.15.22">Thomas Edmund Dewey</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#713.08.78">Samuel Gager</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#328.20.93">James Gillespie Blaine III</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#008.02.81">Joshua Milton Fiero 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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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="254.64.48">Dewey, Elijah</a></b> — of Vermont. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-buried.html#cms06154">somewhere</a> in Bennington, Vt. </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="494.06.04">Dewey, F. G.</a></b> — of Coleridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CE-lived.html">Cedar County</a>, Neb. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CE-parties.html">Chair of Cedar County Republican Party</a>, 1940. 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="619.14.62">Dewey, George E.</a> (b. 1854)</b> — of Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-lived.html">Oceana County</a>, Mich. Born in Pennline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-31.html">July 31, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">implement dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-officials.html">Oceana County Register of Deeds</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oceana County, 1905-08. 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="954.18.17">Dewey, George M.</a></b> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html#4">Receiver of U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan</a>, 1849-53. 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="339.10.35">Dewey, George Martin</a> (1869-1927)</b> — also known as <b>George M. Dewey</b> — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-born.html">Barry County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-10.html">September 10, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/owosso.html#2">Owosso, Mich.</a>, 1900. Died in Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-died.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-19.html">June 19, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 282 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George M. Dewey and Emma (Bingham) Dewey; brother of <a href="#843.90.61">Edmond Otis Dewey</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-25.html">January 25, 1899</a>, to Anne Louise 'Annie' Thomas; father of <a href="#203.15.22">Thomas Edmund Dewey</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#713.08.78">Samuel Gager</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#328.20.93">James Gillespie Blaine III</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#008.02.81">Joshua Milton Fiero 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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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="136.98.67">Dewey, Godfrey</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1915. 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="964.24.56">Dewey, Guy M.</a></b> — of Cortland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cortland.html">Mayor of Cortland, N.Y.</a>, 1942-44. 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="912.77.10">Dewey, H. P.</a></b> — of Tullahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CO-lived.html">Coffee County</a>, Tenn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/tullahoma.html#2">Tullahoma, Tenn.</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> <b><a name="434.39.06">Dewey, Henry B.</a></b> — of Washington. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> at-large, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/379/01.66.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Henry S. Dewey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="379.01.66">Dewey, Henry S.</a></b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html">mayor of Boston, Mass.</a>, 1905 (Republican primary), 1905 (Independent Republican). 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Boston Globve, November 21, 1905</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="900.60.66">Dewey, Hope</a></b> — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1984. </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="821.35.67">Dewey, Howard G.</a></b> — of Gloversville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. 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="625.86.68">Dewey, James</a></b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 11th 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> <b><a name="358.92.63">Dewey, James F.</a></b> — of Quechee, Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/VT.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VT.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/VT.html">Vermont Republican state chair</a>, 1945. 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="453.38.20">Dewey, James S.</a></b> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1867-73. 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> <b><a name="407.68.63">Dewey, Jedediah, Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1843. 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="264.06.00">Dewey, Jesse L.</a></b> — of Tariffville, Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/simsbury.html#4">Tariffville, Conn.</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> <b><a name="074.37.49">Dewey, Jessie</a> (1886-1963)</b> — also known as <b>Jessie Irene Laffer</b>; <b>Mrs. Charles A. Dewey</b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Iowa. Born in Sigourney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KE-born.html">Keokuk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-17.html">January 17, 1886</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/12-23.html">December 23, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WA-buried.html#cms02410">Elm Grove Cemetery</a>, Washington, Iowa. <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 Henry Laffer and Georgianna (Crist) Laffer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-01.html">September 1, 1910</a>, to <a href="#116.44.05">Charles Almon Dewey</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://findagrave.com/memorial/31371336">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="051.79.26">Dewey, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County, 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="031.19.68">Dewey, John</a></b> — of Vermont. Natural Law candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Vermont</a> at-large, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </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="597.30.88">Dewey, John A.</a></b> — of New York. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 25th District, 1946. 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="266.76.92">Dewey, John J.</a></b> — of Minnesota. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 3rd District, 1849-50. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12539">Minnesota Legislator record</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="323.26.54">Dewey, John S.</a></b> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 41st District, 1877-81. 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> <b><a name="270.97.87">Dewey, Joseph</a></b> — 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, 1856. 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="924.63.45">Dewey, Joshua</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County, 1797-99. 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="536.20.12">Dewey, Lanson</a></b> — of Victor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County 2nd District, 1863-64. 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="252.76.13">Dewey, Leon</a></b> — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 23rd District, 1948. 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="275.86.19">Dewey, Leroy L.</a></b> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1916. 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="367.25.39">Dewey, Mary R.</a></b> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 19th District, 1873-75. <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="844.68.18">Dewey, Nelson</a> (1813-1889)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Wis. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/12-19.html">December 19, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1848-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WI.html">1872</a>. Died in Cassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-died.html">Grant County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-21.html">July 21, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-buried.html#cms06151">Dewey Cemetery</a>, Lancaster, Wis.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-buried.html#cms07906">Grant County Courthouse Grounds</a>, Lancaster, Wis. <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://www.nga.org/governor/nelson-dewey/">National Governors Association biography</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="579.31.45">Dewey, Nelson</a></b> — of Colorado. Progressive. LaFollette candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1924. 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="368.58.94">Dewey, Oliver S.</a></b> — of Ocracoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HD-lived.html">Hyde County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NCcc n">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1854. 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="529.61.71">Dewey, Philip H.</a></b> — Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soi.html">Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs</a>; elected 1930. 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="624.86.04">Dewey, Sabino L.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1933 (Socialist), 1940 (American Labor); American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1942; Liberal candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1952. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c06327/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/203/15.22.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Thomas E. Dewey"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="203.15.22">Dewey, Thomas Edmund</a> (1902-1971)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas E. Dewey</b> — of Pawling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-24.html">March 24, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-officials.html">New York County District Attorney</a>, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/index.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-mu-alpha.html">Phi Mu Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his room at the Seaview <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/03-16.html">March 16, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 357 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms03530">Pawling Cemetery</a>, Pawling, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#339.10.35">George Martin Dewey</a> and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-16.html">June 16, 1928</a>, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Finis Davis</a>); nephew of <a href="#843.90.61">Edmond Otis Dewey</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#545.09.22">Thomas Glasby Waterman</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#328.20.93">James Gillespie Blaine III</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/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0136.html">Chandler-Hale family</a> of Portland, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0567.html">Abbott family</a> of Salinas, California; <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/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#838.22.13">Herbert Brownell, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wing.html#455.16.89">Charles C. Wing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#545.20.06">Martin T. Manton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#249.40.12">Herman Methfessel</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 Thomas E. Dewey <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Thruway</a>, which runs through <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-names.html">Westchester</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-names.html">Rockland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-names.html">Orange</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-names.html">Ulster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-names.html">Greene</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-names.html">Albany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SC-names.html">Schenectady</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-names.html">Montgomery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-names.html">Herkimer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-names.html">Oneida</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-names.html">Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-names.html">Onondaga</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-names.html">Cayuga</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-names.html">Seneca</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-names.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-names.html">Monroe</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-names.html">Genesee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-names.html">Erie</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-names.html">Chautauqua</a> counties in New York, is <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://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-edmund-dewey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas E. Dewey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/939/000054777">NNDB dossier</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 about Thomas E. Dewey:</i> Mary M. Stolberg, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555532454/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1555532454&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey</a> — Barry K. Beyer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824036263/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0824036263&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership</a> — Richard Norton Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067141741X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067141741X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Thomas E. Dewey and His Times</a> — Scott Farris, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762763787/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0762763787&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation</a> — David Pietrusza, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140276748X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140276748X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America</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>Image source:</i> Library of Congress</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="105.15.21">Dewey, Thomas P.</a></b> — of Clyde, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SA-lived.html">Sandusky County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/OH.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="656.44.83">Dewey, Truman</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County, 1845. 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="447.33.98">Dewey, V. R.</a></b> — of Parker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 6th 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="528.99.95">Dewey, Verne E.</a></b> — of Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/groton.html#3">First selectman of Groton, Connecticut</a>, 1956-57. 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="522.58.48">Dewey, W. C.</a></b> — of Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-lived.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/ID.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="726.49.25">Dewey, Walter H.</a></b> — of Chariton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IA.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="758.98.27">Dewey, William</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Delaware County, 1815-16. 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="830.54.10">Dewey, William</a></b> — of Three Mile Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Jefferson County 3rd District, 1854, 1862-64; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</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="313.01.82">Dewey, William</a></b> — of Clifton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NJ.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="260.01.33">Dewey, William</a></b> — of Clifton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NJ.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NJ.html">New Jersey Republican State Committee</a>, 1976. 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="230.41.55">Dewey, William H.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/ID.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="740.32.51">Dewey, William H.</a></b> — of Granby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Granby; elected 1908. 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="374.54.66">Dewey, William L.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 58th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </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="485.62.36">Dewey, William Pitt</a> (d. 1900)</b> — also known as <b>William P. Dewey</b> — of Wisconsin; Yankton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/YA-lived.html">Yankton County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in New York. U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1873-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trcn.html">member Dakota territorial council</a>, 1883-84. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">William Pitt</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DE.html">Dewey County, S.Dak.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="DEWHIRST"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>DEWHIRST</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/d.html#D623">Soundex D623</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#APPLEWHITE">APPLEWHITE</a>, <a href="#DEWHITT">DEWHITT</a>, <a href="#DEWHURST">DEWHURST</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#HIRST">HIRST</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#MCWHIRK">MCWHIRK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#MCWHIRTER">MCWHIRTER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#MEWHINNEY">MEWHINNEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#MUSSLEWHITE">MUSSLEWHITE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#NEWHILL">NEWHILL</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="068.15.32">Dewhirst, H. T.</a></b> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 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="298.38.05">Dewhirst, J. A.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="DEWHITT"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>DEWHITT</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/d.html#D300">Soundex D300</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#APPLEWHITE">APPLEWHITE</a>, <a href="#DEWHIRST">DEWHIRST</a>, <a href="#DEWHURST">DEWHURST</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#DEWITT">DEWITT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewine-dewson.html#DEWITTE">DEWITTE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#DWIGHT">DWIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hitchens-hoag.html#HITT">HITT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#MEWHINNEY">MEWHINNEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#MUSSLEWHITE">MUSSLEWHITE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#NEWHILL">NEWHILL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#WHITED">WHITED</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiton-whittaker.html#WHITT">WHITT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiton-whittaker.html#WHITTED">WHITTED</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="740.16.29">De Whitt, Ed</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 75th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="DEWHURST"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>DEWHURST</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/d.html#D623">Soundex D623</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="#DEWHIRST">DEWHIRST</a>, <a href="#DEWHITT">DEWHITT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#HURST">HURST</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#STRAWHUN">STRAWHUN</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="742.82.30">Dewhurst, David Henry</a> (b. 1945)</b> — also known as <b>David Dewhurst</b> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/08-18.html">August 18, 1945</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/laco.html">Texas land commissioner</a>, 1999-2003; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Texas</a>, 2003-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TX.html">2008</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 2012. 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