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Bland Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/booth.html#784.38.15">Fenton Whitlock Booth</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#187.10.49">Samuel Fenton Cary</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#638.50.42">Charles Fenton Collier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#829.59.29">C. Fenton Day</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleming.html#928.91.20">Fenton B. Fleming</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gard-gardlock.html#032.31.93">Samuel Whittier Gardiner</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keenan.html#477.23.66">Fenton Keenan</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#502.56.15">Howard Fenton Latourette</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#278.44.68">Griffith Walker Lewis Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#786.54.61">Fenton Reuben McCreery</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mercer.html#197.32.06">Charles Fenton Mercer</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell4.html#061.11.81">G. Fenton Mitchell</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#538.76.76">Ned Fenton Roscoe</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#585.48.34">Hazel Schermerhorn</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#464.43.13">Fenton T. Stockard</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor3.html#901.31.10">Fenton J. Taylor</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winter.html#844.84.42">Marion Fenton Winter</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="363.30.24">Fenton, Alva E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="281.86.42">Fenton, Arthur</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Denton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DN-lived.html">Doniphan County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/KS.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="820.93.76">Fenton, Arthur C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/OHcc nCV">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1927. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="339.54.23">Fenton, Aubrey</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Willingboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J.; Mt. Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NJ.html">2008</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/NJ.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="122.49.92">Fenton, Barbara Ann</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/RI.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="650.31.26">Fenton, Charles B.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Mackinac District, 1867-68, 1871-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="191.24.85">Fenton, Charles W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New Jersey. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Southampton</a>, 1849-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="765.53.18">Fenton, Daniel G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Prairie du Chien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 3rd District, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="526.49.06">Fenton, David N.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Rhode Island. Peace and Freedom candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="912.27.95">Fenton, Elizabeth</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Connecticut. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CT.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="665.15.07">Fenton, Ernest B.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Markham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/markham.html">mayor of Markham, Ill.</a>, 2009. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="986.53.00">Fenton, Frank P.</a> (1874-1947)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Willimantic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-31.html">October 31, 1874</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CT.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/CT.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1918, 1924; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windham, 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/01-19.html">January 19, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 80 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Franklin D. Fenton and Emily (Swift) Fenton; married to Rose E. Gray; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#940.15.49">Reuben Eaton Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="710.01.20">Fenton, Harry C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">Secretary of Indiana Republican Party</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Fenton, Hazel Wilma</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#585.48.34">Hazel Schermerhorn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="366.12.98">Fenton, Ivor David</a> (1889-1986)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Ivor D. Fenton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Mahanoy City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Born in Mahanoy City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-03.html">August 3, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-63 (13th District 1939-45, 12th District 1945-63); defeated, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>. Died in Sunbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-died.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/10-23.html">October 23, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-buried.html#cms04318">German Protestant Cemetery</a>, Mahonoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-23.html">June 23, 1915</a>, to Theresa Lewis.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=F000075">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404033">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="766.95.28">Fenton, Jeremiah</a> (1845-1936)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1894-96; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1898-1902. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-20.html">December 20, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">about 91 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-buried.html#cms00500">Hazelwood Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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> Father of <a href="#535.42.91">Jerry B. Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35563391">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="535.42.91">Fenton, Jerry B.</a> (1889-1958)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-06.html">August 6, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Greene County 2nd District, 1922; on December 7, 1922, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">stabbed</a> in the upper back by Tom J. Griffin, whose wife he was representing in a divorce case; Griffin was convicted of felonious assault and sentenced to two years in prison. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-15.html">March 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-buried.html#cms00500">Hazelwood Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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="#766.95.28">Jeremiah Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35563513">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="906.15.90">Fenton, John J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MD.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="215.30.43">Fenton, John W.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/WV.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="922.71.16">Fenton, Joseph Brush</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/laco.html">Michigan land commissioner</a>, 1876. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="287.84.95">Fenton, Joseph S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Fenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County, 1851-52. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="684.25.42">Fenton, Kelly</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 53-B, 2015-. Still living as of 2016. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15434">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="264.11.03">Fenton, Lawrence Bruce</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 17th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="753.49.14">Fenton, Lucien Jerome</a> (1844-1922)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Lucien J. Fenton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio. Born in Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/05-07.html">May 7, 1844</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 10th District, 1895-99. Died in Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-28.html">June 28, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-buried.html#cms03531">Winchester Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Benjamin Fenton and Elizabeth (Smith) Fenton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-22.html">May 22, 1872</a>, to Sarah Belle Manker.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=F000076">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404034">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="568.20.08">Fenton, Nathaniel</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y.; <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>, 1814-15, 1817-18, 1828 (Otsego County 1814-15, 1817-18, Chautauqua County 1828). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="220.85.68">Fenton, Peter</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-lived.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 9, 1872. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12790">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="764.87.12">Fenton, Reuben</a> (born c.1964)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kingshill, St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-lived.html">Virgin Islands</a>. Born about 1964. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/legis.html">Virgin Islands legislature</a> from St. Croix, 2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virgin Islands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/VI.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/940/15.49.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Reuben E. Fenton"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="940.15.49">Fenton, Reuben Eaton</a> (1819-1885)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Reuben E. Fenton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Frewsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Carroll, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/07-04.html">July 4, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1853-55, 1857-65 (33rd District 1853-55, 1857-63, 29th District 1863-65); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1865-69; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/index.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1869-75. Died in Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-died.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-25.html">August 25, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 52 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms00671">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Jamestown, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Washington Fenton and Elsie (Owen) Fenton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/02-05.html">February 5, 1840</a>, to Jane Frew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-12.html">June 12, 1844</a>, to Elizabeth Scudder; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#931.49.63">Nathaniel Freeman Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#201.75.54">Benjamin Fessenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#398.31.32">Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#090.10.96">Desda Chapin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#031.63.55">Peronneau Finley Henderson</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#892.31.86">John Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#478.82.62">Levi Yale</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#984.56.83">Herschel Harrison Hatch</a> and <a href="#986.53.00">Frank P. Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-names.html">Fenton, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>. &nbsp;&mdash; The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-names.html">Fentonville, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>. &nbsp;&mdash; Fenton Hall, at the State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of New York at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-names.html">Fredonia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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=F000077">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404035">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/7698-2/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben Fenton">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6848632">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1896</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="654.57.58">Fenton, Robert E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html#2">Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 1936-43 (acting, 1936-37). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="310.18.34">Fenton, Robert G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 24th District, 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="781.64.03">Fenton, Robert J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1995. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="538.61.18">Fenton, Roderick</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Willington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Willington, 1834. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="146.97.87">Fenton, T. P.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/charleston.html">Mayor of Charleston, Mo.</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="667.17.55">Fenton, Walter Samuel</a> (1886-1940)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Walter S. Fenton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Pittsford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-12.html">July 12, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1917-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/VT.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary embolism</a>, in Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-died.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-12.html">July 12, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Henry S. Fenton and Belle C. (Hudson) Fenton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-28.html">December 28, 1910</a>, to Marion S. Babbitt; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="#063.71.93">William Matthew Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="572.99.83">Fenton, Warren C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html#2">Boise, Idaho</a>, 1897-1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="788.71.95">Fenton, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="771.83.80">Fenton, William H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Naugatuck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Naugatuck, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="063.71.93">Fenton, William Matthew</a> (1808-1871)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William M. Fenton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Fenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich.; Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/12-19.html">December 19, 1808</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 6th District, 1846-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1848-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html#3">register of U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan</a>, 1853-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/flint.html">mayor of Flint, Mich.</a>, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1864. Injured while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">fire-fighting</a>, and subsequently died, in Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-died.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/05-12.html">May 12, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-buried.html#cms00371">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Flint, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Seneca Fenton and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/">1835</a> to Adelaide Birdsall; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="#667.17.55">Walter Samuel Fenton</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="666.53.54">Fenton, William T.</a> (b. 1872)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-lived.html">Richardson County</a>, Neb.; Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Dawson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-born.html">Richardson County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-02.html">October 2, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/RC-officials.html">Richardson County Sheriff</a>, 1907-13; warden, Nebraska State Prison, 1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NE.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</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 Jeremiah Fenton and Catherine (Calnon) Fenton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-09.html">April 9, 1903</a>, to Vinnette M. Coleman.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general sideline */ google_ad_slot = "2646840196"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 600; //--> </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"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general bottomline */ google_ad_slot = "1170106998"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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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;">&nbsp;</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page &mdash; and on all other pages of this site &mdash; is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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