CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Evans, U to Z</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 ? 'https://ssl' : 'https://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/css/ftabmenu.js"> </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/css/ftabmenu.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> ftabmenu.definemenu("ftabs",4) </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFDD" text="#000000" link="#cc0000" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#760000"> <style type="text/css"> p {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} td {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} A:link {text-decoration: none} A:visited {text-decoration: none} A:active {text-decoration: none} A:hover {text-decoration: underline} </style> <p align=center style="font-size:28pt; font-family:garamond,serif"> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">PoliticalGraveyard.com</span><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html" border=0> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgmain6.gif" width=450 height=216 border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard: A Database of American History"></a><br> Index to Politicians</p> <div id="ftabs" class="basictab"><ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">TPG Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">Alpha: A-Z</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/e.html">Alpha: E</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans8.html">< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans9.html">Here</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html">Next ></a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/search.html">Search</a></li> </ul></div> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <p align="center" style="font-size:30pt; font-family:garamond,serif;">Evans, U to Z</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="EVANS"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>EVANS</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/e.html#E152">Soundex E152</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/auth-avern.html#AVENS">AVENS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#BEVANS">BEVANS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#EIVINS">EIVINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#EVAN">EVAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#EVANSET">EVANSET</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#EVENS">EVENS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everette-ewin.html#EVINS">EVINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#IVANS">IVANS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#IVENS">IVENS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ivey-izlar.html#IVINS">IVINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#NEVAS">NEVAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#VANNES">VANNES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#VANNESS">VANNESS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#VANS">VANS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#VANSE">VANSE</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="270.83.31">Evans, Vernon W.</a></b> — of Saugus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Thirteenth Essex 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="533.06.35">Evans, Vonda R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2001. </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="618.00.88">Evans, W. A.</a></b> — of East Tawas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-lived.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/easttawas.html">Mayor of East Tawas, Mich.</a>; elected 1931. 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="735.53.30">Evans, W. D.</a></b> — of Saluda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.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>Evans, W. F.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#355.48.23">William Franklin Evans</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="413.08.27">Evans, W. H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Fayette County; elected 1928. 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="584.81.04">Evans, W. J.</a></b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DA-parties.html">Chair of Dallas County Democratic Party</a>, 1903. 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="411.30.48">Evans, W. Jeff</a></b> — of Fieldale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Va. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 20th District, 2011. Still living as of 2011. </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="497.88.23">Evans, W. M.</a></b> — of Hubbard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-lived.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/hubbard.html#2">Hubbard, Ohio</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="402.82.20">Evans, W. N.</a></b> — of West Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HO-lived.html">Howell County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HO-parties.html">Chair of Howell County Democratic Party</a>, 1903, 1921. 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="641.37.82">Evans, W. P.</a></b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/meridian.html">Mayor of Meridian, Miss.</a>, 1871-73. 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="455.18.59">Evans, W. Ronald</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/DC.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="178.33.88">Evans, W. W.</a></b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IL.html">1936</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="109.00.03">Evans, Waldo A.</a> (1869-1936)</b> — Born in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-26.html">November 26, 1869</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of American Samoa</a>; commander of Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 1922-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands</a>; appointed 1927. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/04-15.html">April 15, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 141 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>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo A. Evans">Wikipedia article</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="911.30.75">Evans, Walter</a></b> — of Ames, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-lived.html">Story County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ames.html">Mayor of Ames, Iowa</a>, 1872-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="630.64.16">Evans, Walter</a> (1842-1923)</b> — of Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-lived.html">Christian County</a>, Ky.; Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born near Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-born.html">Barren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/09-18.html">September 18, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/KY.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/KY.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/KY.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1871; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1873; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1879; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 5th District, 1895-99; defeated, 1876, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Kentucky</a>, 1899-1923; died in office 1923. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/12-30.html">December 30, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <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 Joseph Warder Evans and Matilda (Ritter) Evans; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#274.12.54">Burwell Clark Ritter</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000260">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403941">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6982977">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="566.77.69">Evans, Walter A.</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-consuls.html">Houston, Tex.</a>, 1935-47. 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="194.33.37">Evans, Walter Howard</a> (1870-1959)</b> — of Corvallis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Ore. Born in New Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HR-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/04-17.html">April 17, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-officials.html">Multnomah County District Attorney</a>, 1912-21; circuit judge in Oregon, 1921-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#j">Judge of U.S. Customs Court</a>, 1931-41; retired 1941. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/07-13.html">July 13, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 87 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>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3302&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/evans-walter-howard">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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="217.58.41">Evans, Warren Cleage</a> (born c.1949)</b> — also known as <b>Warren C. Evans</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Sheriff</a>, 2003-; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 2009. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2009. <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> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleage-clemente.html#574.51.17">Albert B. Cleage Jr.</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>Evans, Wayne</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans7.html#826.40.52">Ronald Wayne Evans</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="094.03.46">Evans, William, Jr.</a></b> — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-lived.html">Cache County</a>, Utah. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/logan.html">Mayor of Logan, Utah</a>, 1940-46. 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="948.94.61">Evans, William</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MD.html">1956</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="491.81.94">Evans, William Augustus</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CS-lived.html">Chesterfield County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Chesterfield County, 1874-78. 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="768.42.31">Evans, William C.</a></b> — of Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/riverside.html">Mayor of Riverside, Calif.</a>, 1937, 1952. 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="564.99.17">Evans, William D.</a> (1852-1936)</b> — of Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MQ-born.html">Marquette County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/05-10.html">May 10, 1852</a>. Republican. District judge in Iowa 11th District, 1903-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1908-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-05.html">May 5, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 361 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 Evan J. Evans and Ann (Davis) Evans; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-29.html">October 29, 1879</a>, to Julia Stark.</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="138.05.95">Evans, William D.</a></b> — also known as <b>Bill Evans</b> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/WV.html">1956</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="205.96.37">Evans, William Elmer</a> (1877-1959)</b> — also known as <b>William E. Evans</b> — of Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LA-born.html">Laurel County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-14.html">December 14, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1927-35 (9th District 1927-33, 11th District 1933-35); defeated, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died at Good Samaritan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-12.html">November 12, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, Calif. <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>Epitaph:</i> "Beloved Husband and Father."</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=E000261">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403942">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7126964">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="784.33.08">Evans, William F.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CT-lived.html">Chariton County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Chariton County, 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="355.48.23">Evans, William Franklin</a> (b. 1883)</b> — also known as <b>W. F. Evans</b> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C. Born in Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-born.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-25.html">February 25, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 5th District, 1913-14. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</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 W. F. Evans and Anne M. (Sermons) Evans; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Eva Glenn Allen.</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="122.48.39">Evans, William H.</a></b> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 11th District, 1907-08, 1915-16; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 6th District, 1920; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/newark.html#2">Newark, Del.</a>, 1924-33. 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="305.24.69">Evans, William H.</a></b> — of Townshend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WN-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Vt. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VT.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="370.56.20">Evans, William J.</a></b> — of Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/OH.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="057.41.90">Evans, William L.</a></b> — of Green Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/greenbay.html#2">Green Bay, Wis.</a>, 1914-23. 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="629.55.96">Evans, William L.</a></b> — of Lufkin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/AN-lived.html">Angelina County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/lufkin.html#2">Lufkin, Tex.</a>, 1923-28. 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="391.07.82">Evans, William P.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sps.html">Missouri superintendent of schools</a>, 1911-14. 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="500.55.61">Evans, William S.</a></b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1915-17, 1919-20 (New York County 32nd District 1915-17, Bronx County 5th District 1919-20); defeated, 1917. 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="933.67.15">Evans, William T.</a></b> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1894. 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="401.80.32">Evans, William T.</a></b> — of Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IA.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="527.72.25">Evans, William W.</a></b> — of Auburn, Macon County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>), Ala. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/auburn.html#2">Auburn, Ala.</a>, 1846-49. 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="290.77.66">Evans, William Wadsworth</a> (1886-1972)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Evans</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/10-05.html">October 5, 1886</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Passaic County, 1919-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly</a>, 1923. Died in Allendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-died.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/11-01.html">November 1, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 27 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 John William Evans and Emily (Wadsworth) Evans; married to Isabel Urquhart Blauvelt; father of <a href="#179.04.09">William Wadsworth Evans 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>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Wadsworth Evans">Wikipedia article</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="179.04.09">Evans, William Wadsworth, Jr.</a> (1921-1999)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Evans, Jr.</b> — of Wyckoff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-06.html">May 6, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/wyckoff.html">mayor of Wyckoff, N.J.</a>, 1950; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1960-61; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/index.html">1968</a>. Died in Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-died.html">Martin County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/08-19.html">August 19, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 105 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 <a href="#290.77.66">William Wadsworth Evans</a> and Isabel Urquhart (Blauvelt) Evans; married to Marie Archbold.</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/William W. Evans, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19156">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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="328.36.75">Evans, Willis J.</a></b> — of South Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from South Hampton, 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="144.69.03">Evans, Wilmot R., Jr.</a></b> — of Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Tenth Middlesex District, 1905. 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="459.00.64">Evans, Winfield</a></b> — of Scottsbluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NE.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>Evans, Winnifred Black</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#929.22.75">Winnifred Tweedie</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="634.54.55">Evans, Zenovia G.</a></b> — of Riverdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/riverdale.html">Village president of Riverdale, Illinois</a>, 2005-09; defeated, 2009. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</span></td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <br clear="all"> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a></b> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. 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. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</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 official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans9.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans9.html</a>.</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> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</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> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Copyright notices:</b> (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106.</b> — This site is hosted by <b><a href="https://www.hdl.com">HDL</a></b>. — The Political Graveyard opened on <b>July 1, 1996</b>; the last full revision was done on <b>March 8, 2023</b>. </span></td></tr> </table> <hr> <table align="center" cellpadding=5><tr> <td align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" border="0" src="https://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights.gif" width=88 height=31></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/politicalgraveyard" target="_TOP" title="The Political Graveyard"><img src="https://badge.facebook.com/badge/40475596932.4982.1015512377.png" width="120" height="84" style="border: 0px;" /></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/polgraveyard"> <img src="https://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_us-a.png" border=0 alt="Follow polgraveyard on Twitter"/></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=thepoliticalg-20&path=subst/home/home.html"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif" border=0 alt="[Amazon.com]" align="center"></a></td> </tr></table> </body> </html>