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Caswell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dana.html#568.71.18">Woodbury K. Dana</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis9.html#596.99.36">Woodbury Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#591.00.13">Nehemiah Eastman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#367.90.30">Woodbury A. Ham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#920.93.31">Joseph Woodbury Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#546.86.80">Clinton Woodbury Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#868.25.59">Hiram Augustus Huse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/langdon.html#810.83.24">Woodbury Langdon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/love.html#924.76.11">Woodbury G. Love</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#505.82.68">Woodbury L. Melcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#033.34.87">Woodbury H. Polleys</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#845.29.59">Woodbury L. Rand</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#864.39.60">Byron Delos Shear</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="282.01.62">Woodbury, Alvin D.</a> — of Highland Lake, Westbrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/westbrook.html#4">Duck Pond, Maine</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/westbrook.html#5">Highland Lake, Maine</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="721.17.43">Woodbury, Bruce L.</a> — of Boulder City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/NV.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NV.html">2008</a> (delegation chair); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Mitt Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#741.50.08">Paul Ryan</a>). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Woodbury, C. H. B. See <a href="#034.45.68">Charles Henry Bowman Woodbury</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="547.20.26">Woodbury, Caleb</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tompkins County, 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="135.51.54">Woodbury, Charles E.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough 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 Manchester 2nd Ward; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="034.45.68">Woodbury, Charles Henry Bowman</a> (1823-1899) — also known as C. H. B. Woodbury — of Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-lived.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine. Born in Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/05-15.html">May 15, 1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/doverfoxcroft.html#2">Dover, Maine</a>, 1861; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/ME.html">1868</a>. Died in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-died.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-07.html">December 7, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-buried.html#cms02150">Dover Cemetery</a>, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. <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 James Woodbury and Rebecca (Sydleman) Woodbury; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/02-15.html">February 15, 1849</a>, to Elizabeth Tower; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-23.html">September 23, 1854</a>, to Lucinda Buswell Tower.</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/23100686">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="023.34.56">Woodbury, Charles I.</a> — of Nashua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough 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 Nashua 1st Ward; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="701.58.24">Woodbury, Charles Levi</a> (1820-1898) — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/05-22.html">May 22, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/NH.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts</a>, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MA.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-01.html">July 1, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-buried.html#cms00914">Harmony Grove Cemetery</a>, Portsmouth, 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 <a href="#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a> and Elizabeth (Clapp) Woodbury; brother of Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#427.19.36">Gordon Woodbury</a> and <a href="#507.71.22">Charlotte Eliza Woodbury</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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/woodbury-charles-levi">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/107162968">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="550.76.33">Woodbury, Charlotte</a> (1875-1964) — also known as Charlotte Osborne; Mrs. John L. Woodbury — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-24.html">July 24, 1875</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/KY.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>. Died in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/03-07.html">March 7, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Thomas DeCourcy Osborne and Christina Charlotte (Ray) Osborne; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/">1899</a> to John Leonard Woodbury.</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/106235376">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="507.71.22">Woodbury, Charlotte Eliza</a> (1873-1966) — also known as Charlotte E. Woodbury — of Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Methuen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-28.html">March 28, 1873</a>. Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/pr1940-election.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/08-14.html">August 14, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms06083">Bedford Center Cemetery</a>, Bedford, 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: Daughter of George Edwin Woodbury and Harriette Emily (Reed) Woodbury; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-18.html">April 18, 1894</a>, to <a href="#427.19.36">Gordon Woodbury</a>; grandniece of <a href="#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#701.58.24">Charles Levi Woodbury</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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/62443036">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="594.86.14">Woodbury, Daniel</a> — of Peabody, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/peabody.html#2">Peabody, Mass.</a>, 1868-69. 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="989.85.59">Woodbury, Dwight</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 4, 1863. 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="243.79.26">Woodbury, E. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-lived.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Ashtabula County, 1850-51. 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="950.73.77">Woodbury, Eben</a> — of Houlton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-lived.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/houlton.html">Houlton, Maine</a>, 1883, 1893; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/ME.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="580.20.88">Woodbury, Edmund C.</a> — of Winnetka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/winnetka.html">Village president of Winnetka, Illinois</a>, 2005-07. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="117.10.82">Woodbury, Edward B.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 17th District, 1895-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924087826669#page/n9/mode/2up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/048/90.06.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Egburt E. Woodbury"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="048.90.06">Woodbury, Egburt E.</a> (b. 1861) — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cherry Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-29.html">March 29, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1891-93 (Chautauqua County 2nd District 1891-92, Chautauqua County 1893); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-officials.html">Chautauqua County Surrogate</a>, 1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1915-17; resigned 1917. 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">Image source: New York State Legislative Souvenir (1893)</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="374.90.21">Woodbury, Ethel</a> — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="117.68.22">Woodbury, Frank E.</a> — of Bow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Bow; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="481.29.18">Woodbury, Frank Perce</a> (1850-1916) — also known as Frank P. Woodbury — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/index.html">1850</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 20th District, 1891-92. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/index.html">1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-buried.html#cms06085">Pine Grove Cemetery</a>, Salem, 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#149.58.71">Franklin Pierce</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/glendale_mayors.asp"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/431/24.06.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="G. B. Woodbury"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="431.24.06">Woodbury, G. B.</a> — of Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/glendale.html#2">City president of Glendale, California</a>, 1918-19; resigned 1919. 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">Image source: Glendale Public Library</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="427.19.36">Woodbury, Gordon</a> (1863-1924) — of Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/09-17.html">September 17, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NH.html">1920</a>. Died in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-died.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-17.html">June 17, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms06083">Bedford Center Cemetery</a>, Bedford, 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 Freeman Perkins Woodbury and Harriet Ann (McGaw) Woodbury; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-18.html">April 18, 1894</a>, to <a href="#507.71.22">Charlotte Eliza Woodbury</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#673.92.87">Matthew Thornton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#701.58.24">Charles Levi Woodbury</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#874.75.74">Thomas Chandler</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#701.00.48">Zachariah Chandler</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#041.82.33">Luther Lawrence</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#825.15.05">Abbott Lawrence</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#149.55.75">George Byron Chandler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#094.65.14">Isaac Stuart Raymond</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#142.65.23">Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#051.25.52">Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#916.43.22">Winfield Scott Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#254.98.96">Frederick William Holden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#099.44.25">Frederick Hale</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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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/62442995">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="228.59.22">Woodbury, Greg</a> — of North Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 32nd District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="746.64.64">Woodbury, H. B.</a> (d. 1895) — of Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-lived.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Ashtabula County, 1873; circuit judge in Ohio 7th Circuit, 1885-95; died in office 1895. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-20.html">December 20, 1895</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="957.45.45">Woodbury, J. A.</a> — of Greeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-lived.html">Weld County</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/greeley.html">Mayor of Greeley, Colo.</a>, 1890-91. 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="870.21.04">Woodbury, James P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-lived.html">Carson City</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NV.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="803.99.19">Woodbury, Jesse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Liberty, 1833. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="427.30.51">Woodbury, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County, 1825. 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="415.31.22">Woodbury, John</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1836-38. 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="046.77.20">Woodbury, John F.</a> — Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1882. 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> Woodbury, Mrs. John L. See <a href="#550.76.33">Charlotte Woodbury</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="865.47.44">Woodbury, John S.</a> — of Cedar City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/IR-lived.html">Iron County</a>, Utah. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/UT.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="873.76.01">Woodbury, Josiah</a> — of Beverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/beverly.html#2">Beverly, Mass.</a>, 1894-97. 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="768.29.37">Woodbury, Levi</a> (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born in Francestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-born.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/12-22.html">December 22, 1789</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spju.html">justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1816-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Hampshire</a>, 1823-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1825; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives</a>, 1825; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1831-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1834-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1845-51; died in office 1851; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1848/index.html">1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-died.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/09-04.html">September 4, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-buried.html#cms00914">Harmony Grove Cemetery</a>, Portsmouth, 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 Peter Woodbury and Mary (Woodbury) Woodbury; married to Elizabeth Williams Clapp; father of <a href="#701.58.24">Charles Levi Woodbury</a> and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; granduncle of <a href="#427.19.36">Gordon Woodbury</a> and <a href="#507.71.22">Charlotte Eliza Woodbury</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#094.65.14">Isaac Stuart Raymond</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/10001-1100.html">Lee family</a> of Silver Spring, Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO.html">Woodbury County, Iowa</a> is named for him.</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=W000711">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411863">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2641&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/levi-woodbury/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi Woodbury">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Levi Woodbury">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/941/000180401">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5673">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="853.67.01">Woodbury, Marjorie S.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough 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 Manchester 3rd Ward; elected 1938. <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="513.74.72">Woodbury, N. F.</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/auburn.html">mayor of Auburn, Maine</a>, 1925. 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="207.47.53">Woodbury, Nathan F.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1904. 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="405.41.01">Woodbury, Nathan L.</a> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/portland.html#2">Portland, Maine</a>, 1845-49, 1853-57. 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="592.51.75">Woodbury, Orion L.</a> — Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1900. 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="188.46.33">Woodbury, Peter</a> — of Francestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 7th District, 1832-34. 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="502.49.35">Woodbury, Peter</a> (1899-1970) — of New Hampshire. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. State court judge in New Hampshire, 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spju.html">justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1933-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit</a>, 1941-64. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/index.html">1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-buried.html#cms06083">Bedford Center Cemetery</a>, Bedford, N.H. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.54.61">Woodbury, Peter P.</a> — of Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 3rd District, 1851-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="362.06.06">Woodbury, Urban Andrain</a> (1838-1915) — also known as Urban A. Woodbury — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in Acworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-11.html">July 11, 1838</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded at the Battle of First Bull Run, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his right arm</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/burlington.html">mayor of Burlington, Vt.</a>, 1885-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1888-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 1894-96. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-died.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-15.html">April 15, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-buried.html#cms03497">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Vt. <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 to Pauline L. Darling.</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://www.nga.org/governor/urban-andrain-woodbury/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13106518">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="552.01.25">Woodbury, Val</a> — of Alhambra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/alhambra.html">Mayor of Alhambra, Calif.</a>, 1937. 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="288.10.82">Woodbury, Verne G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Shiawassee County, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="845.48.40">Woodbury, W. H.</a> — of Crescent City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/DN-lived.html">Del Norte County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/crescentcity.html#2">Crescent City, Calif.</a>, 1881. 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="360.30.62">Woodbury, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tompkins County, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <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.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>