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McMorran</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore7.html#566.56.51">Orren Cheney Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien6.html#750.37.95">Michael Hubert O'Brien</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#299.48.58">Cheney R. Prouty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reid.html#061.72.06">Cheney Reid</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#055.92.72">Benjamin McLaine Spock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#048.90.90">George Stoneman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="003.25.21">Cheney, A. Morelle</a> — of Bemus Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1914-15. 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> <a name="602.90.95">Cheney, Albert N.</a> — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Warren County, 1848. 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> <a name="425.71.33">Cheney, Albert W.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. 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> <a name="684.77.78">Cheney, Albert W.</a> — of Newbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Newbury 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Newbury, 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> <a name="115.17.28">Cheney, Alfred, Jr.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/YM-consuls.html ">Aden</a>, as of 1888. 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> <a name="516.32.07">Cheney, Amherst B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1888; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 17th District, 1910; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th 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> <a name="142.26.97">Cheney, Arthur Sanford</a> (1869-1908) — also known as Arthur S. Cheney — of Connecticut. Born in Joliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-born.html">Will County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-04.html">October 4, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Reichenberg</a>, 1906-07; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Messina</a>, 1907-08, died in office 1908. He and his wife were among about 80,000 people killed during the Messina <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/earthquake.html">Earthquake</a>, specifically, when the U.S. consulate building <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">collapsed</a>, in Messina, Sicily, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-28.html">December 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00758">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <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">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Hicks Cheney and Sarah (Austin) Cheney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to Laura A. Pfeiffer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136987818">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="731.30.16">Cheney, C. Joseph, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana</a>, 1976-77. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="009.59.41">Cheney, Charles H.</a> — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Concord 4th Ward; elected 1956. 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> <a name="206.24.14">Cheney, Clifford C.</a> — of New York. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 51st 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> <a name="513.86.97">Cheney, Coleman B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1932 (Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1934 (Socialist), 1938 (Socialist), 1940 (American Labor); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1935; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1942. 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> Cheney, Dick See <a href="#063.64.84">Richard Bruce Cheney</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="937.16.99">Cheney, Edgar G.</a> — of Lansing Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing-twp.html">supervisor of Lansing Township, Michigan</a>, 1957. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="542.07.58">Cheney, Edith C.</a> (b. 1888) — also known as Edith Madison Costello — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-12.html">July 12, 1888</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County 1st District, 1940-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</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">Relatives: Daughter of William Cheney and Virginia Cheney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-02.html">February 2, 1911</a>, to <a href="#130.96.47">Guy Warren Cheney</a>.</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> <a name="839.51.58">Cheney, Edward D.</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1948, 1952, 1954. 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> <a name="811.94.47">Cheney, Edward M.</a> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/jacksonville.html#2">Jacksonville, Fla.</a>, 1872-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida</a>, 1882-87. 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> <a name="931.04.66">Cheney, Edwards</a> — of Lowell, <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/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a> Seventh 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> <a name="558.38.29">Cheney, Elias Hutchins</a> (1832-1924) — also known as Elias H. Cheney — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Holderness, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-28.html">January 28, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1867; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/NH.html">1872</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1885-86; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Matanzas</a>, 1892-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BY-consuls.html ">La Paz</a>, as of 1895-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CY-consuls.html ">Curaçao</a>, 1899-1914. Died in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-26.html">August 26, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 211 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">Relatives: Son of Moses Cheney and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney; brother of <a href="#995.11.70">Person Colby Cheney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17585.html">Cheney family</a> of New Hampshire.</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> <a name="911.47.76">Cheney, Ellsworth J.</a> — of Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County, 1909-12. 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> <a name="596.17.72">Cheney, Frank, Jr.</a> — of Manchester, <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 Manchester; elected 1904, 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> <a name="626.19.58">Cheney, Frank W.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1854-55. 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> <a name="363.47.43">Cheney, Frank W.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> from Manchester; elected 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> <a name="647.02.08">Cheney, Frederic M.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TZ-consuls.html ">Zanzibar</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="579.24.02">Cheney, George</a> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/OH.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> <a name="404.99.73">Cheney, George L.</a> — of Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/CT.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</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> <a name="021.59.02">Cheney, George L.</a> — of Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Newton, 1956. 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> <a name="332.46.70">Cheney, George W.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Manchester, 1824, 1835. 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> <a name="474.51.83">Cheney, Glenn T.</a> (1923-1999) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-12.html">August 12, 1923</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Clinton County, 1952. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/02-08.html">February 8, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-buried.html#cms08091">Gunnisonville Cemetery</a>, Gunnisonville, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17548259">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="130.96.47">Cheney, Guy Warren</a> (1886-1939) — also known as Guy W. Cheney — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Fort Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-20.html">February 20, 1886</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#055.17.14">Alanson B. Houghton</a>, 1919-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-officials.html">Steuben County District Attorney</a>, 1922-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County 1st District, 1937-39; died in office 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-chi-rho.html">Alpha Chi Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/04-18.html">April 18, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 57 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">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Southwick) Cheney and Warren J. Cheney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-02.html">February 2, 1911</a>, to <a href="#542.07.58">Edith Madison Costello</a>.</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> <a name="464.39.43">Cheney, Hampton J.</a> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/nashville.html#2">Nashville, Tenn.</a>, 1894-98. 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> <a name="394.93.16">Cheney, Harrison</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1876, 1888. 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> <a name="322.01.97">Cheney, Harry M.</a> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1897-98. 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> <a name="235.25.13">Cheney, Henry R.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1913. 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> <a name="539.50.92">Cheney, Horace B.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#2">First selectman of Manchester, Connecticut</a>, 1910-11. 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> <a name="257.27.56">Cheney, J. A.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CT.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</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> <a name="736.52.43">Cheney, Jerome L.</a> — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 5th District, 1921-26. 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> <a name="867.29.83">Cheney, John Moses</a> (1859-1922) — also known as John M. Cheney — of Florida. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-06.html">January 6, 1859</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 2nd District, 1900, 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 1902-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 1912; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 1920. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-02.html">June 2, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-buried.html#cms00421">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Orlando, Fla. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.72.44">Cheney, John S.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 2nd District, 1881-82. 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> <a name="146.21.25">Cheney, Jonathan M.</a> — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 4th District, 1911-12. 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> Cheney, Joseph, Jr. See <a href="#731.30.16">C. Joseph Cheney Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="941.96.59">Cheney, Laura</a> — of White Salmon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KL-lived.html">Klickitat County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/WA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="889.91.28">Cheney, Lisa Marie</a> (born c.1965) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. Born about 1965. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/VA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <a name="497.43.29">Cheney, Louis Richmond</a> (1859-1944) — also known as Louis R. Cheney — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/04-27.html">April 27, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Silk manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1912-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a>, 1915. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-17.html">December 17, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms08486">East Cemetery</a>, Manchester, Conn. <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">Relatives: Son of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Mary Alice Robinson; married to Margaret Bennett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28270844">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="505.44.40">Cheney, Lynne</a> (b. 1941) — also known as Lynne Ann Vincent — Born in Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-born.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/08-14.html">August 14, 1941</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 2001-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Still living as of 2022. <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">Relatives: Daughter of Wayne Edwin Vincent and Edna Lolita (Lybyer) Vincent.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne Cheney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=37549">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> <a name="572.42.33">Cheney, M. Nan</a> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WI.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <a name="173.68.40">Cheney, Manley J.</a> — of Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/milford.html#2">First selectman of Milford, Connecticut</a>, 1915-21. 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> <a name="110.83.30">Cheney, Marjory</a> — of Manchester, <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 Manchester; elected 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930. <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> Cheney, Morelle See <a href="#003.25.21">A. Morelle Cheney</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.30.94">Cheney, Myra</a> — of Sedan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CU-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/KS.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <a name="887.45.39">Cheney, Myron P.</a> (b. 1851) — of Hyde Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-lived.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt. Born in Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-30.html">January 30, 1851</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Hyde Park, 1888. 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> Cheney, Nan See <a href="#572.42.33">M. Nan Cheney</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.06.83">Cheney, Nellie A.</a> — of Falls City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-lived.html">Richardson County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NE.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/583/76.64.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Nelson W. Cheney"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="583.76.64">Cheney, Nelson Welch</a> (1875-1944) — also known as Nelson W. Cheney — of Eden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-27.html">June 27, 1875</a>. Republican. Assistant treasurer, Goodyear <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Company and Buffalo & Susquehanna <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1916-29 (Erie County 9th District 1916-17, Erie County 8th District 1918-29); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1930-38. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/11-23.html">November 23, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, 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">Relatives: Son of Edgar Orlando Cheney and Philena C. (Welch) Cheney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-04.html">June 4, 1904</a>, to Edith Ingram; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#903.03.30">Nelson Welch</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33416015">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1936</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> <a name="408.99.61">Cheney, Newell</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1886. 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> <a name="988.75.65">Cheney, Orlando A.</a> — of Fort Scott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BO-lived.html">Bourbon County</a>, Kan. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/fortscott.html#2">Fort Scott, Kan.</a>, 1904-09. 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> Cheney, Orpha Luetta See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall7.html#308.27.00">Orpha Hall</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="243.51.91">Cheney, Person, Jr.</a> — of Dixon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/dixon.html">Mayor of Dixon, Ill.</a>, 1865-66. 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> <a name="995.11.70">Cheney, Person Colby</a> (1828-1901) — also known as Person C. Cheney — of Peterborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H.; Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Holderness (part now in Ashland), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/02-25.html">February 25, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">Paper manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; New Hampshire Railroad Commissioner, 1864-67; president, People's Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/manchester.html">mayor of Manchester, N.H.</a>, 1871-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1875-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1886-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/NH.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NH.html">Republican National Committee from New Hampshire</a>, 1888-1900; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-diplomats.html ">Switzerland</a>, 1892-93. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-died.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-19.html">June 19, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms00574">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Manchester, N.H. <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">Relatives: Son of Moses Cheney and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney; brother of <a href="#558.38.29">Elias Hutchins Cheney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-22.html">May 22, 1850</a>, to S. Anna Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-29.html">June 29, 1859</a>, to Sarah (White) Keith; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#218.76.61">John True Abbott</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17585.html">Cheney family</a> of New Hampshire.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000343">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402483">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/person-colby-cheney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person Colby Cheney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cheney-person-colby ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8066955">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="056.50.92">Cheney, Ralph</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 2nd District, 1852; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1859-61. 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> <a name="235.13.20">Cheney, Reuben S.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html#3">Jackson, Mich.</a>, 1853-59. 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> <a name="063.64.84">Cheney, Richard Bruce</a> (b. 1941) — also known as Richard B. Cheney; Dick Cheney; "Shooter" — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Born in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/01-30.html">January 30, 1941</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wyoming</a> at-large, 1979-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a>, 1989-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2001-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/trilateral-commission.html">Trilateral Commission</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> on July 3, 1991. Still living as of 2020. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/08-29.html">August 29, 1964</a>, to Lynne Ann Vincent.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans2.html#218.64.00">Don Evans</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000344">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402484">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard B. Cheney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/598/000022532">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155515">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Richard B. Cheney: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684823403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684823403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History</a>, with Lynne V. Cheney (1996) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439176191/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1439176191&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir</a> (2011)</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Richard B. Cheney: Stephen F. Hayes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060723467/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060723467&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Cheney : The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President</a> — Barton Gellman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594201862/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594201862&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Critical books about Richard B. Cheney: John Nichols, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565848403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1565848403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Dick: The Man Who is President</a> — Clint Willis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560256206/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1560256206&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . . Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America</a> — Dan Piraro, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031233074X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=031233074X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Three Little Pigs Buy the White House</a> — Lou Dubose and Jake Bernstein, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400065763/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400065763&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fiction about Richard B. Cheney: Henry Beard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743270029/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743270029&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Dick Cheney Code : A Parody</a></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> <a name="205.61.02">Cheney, Richard L.</a> (d. 1974) — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">Mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 1974; died in office 1974. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/06-19.html">June 19, 1974</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> <a name="727.88.71">Cheney, Rufus, Jr.</a> — of Whitewater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1850. 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> <a name="362.87.90">Cheney, Thomas C.</a> — of Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-lived.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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> <a name="757.13.13">Cheney, Thomas P.</a> — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/NH.html">1864</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NH.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 4th District, 1889-90. 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> <a name="809.60.56">Cheney, Thomas Perkins</a> (b. 1891) — also known as Thomas P. Cheney — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Born in Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-17.html">August 17, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; trustee, Laconia State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; director, Peoples National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Laconia; director, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Public Service</a> Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Street Railway</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-officials.html">Belknap County Solicitor</a>, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NH.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NH.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/attygn.html">New Hampshire state attorney general</a>, 1935-40; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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">Relatives: Son of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-07.html">September 7, 1917</a>, to Ella M. Wardner.</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> <a name="824.94.99">Cheney, Walter B.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1889-94, 1898-1913. 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> <a name="005.18.65">Cheney, Walter W.</a> — of Manlius, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1888-89. 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> <a name="678.41.51">Cheney, Ward</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1851-54, 1855-57. 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> <a name="890.44.01">Cheney, William C.</a> (born c.1866) — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1866. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Silk manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Manchester, 1895-96, 1939-40; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/CT.html">1900</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 4th District, 1913-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#2">first selectman of Manchester, Connecticut</a>, 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> <a name="072.03.51">Cheney, William H.</a> — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/manchester.html#4">South Manchester, Conn.</a>, 1861-88. 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> <a name="874.42.31">Cheney, Z. R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ju-lived.html">Juneau</a>, Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AK.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). 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