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href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooney-coop.html#COONJOHN">COONJOHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#JAHN">JAHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jex-johansen.html#JOAN">JOAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNCOCK">JOHNCOCK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNES">JOHNES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNESSE">JOHNESSE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNETTA">JOHNETTA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNEY">JOHNEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNICAN">JOHNICAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNIE">JOHNIE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNKINS">JOHNKINS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNLEY">JOHNLEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNNY">JOHNNY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNNYE">JOHNNYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNS">JOHNS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNSEN">JOHNSEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNSHOY">JOHNSHOY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#JOHNSIE">JOHNSIE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson0.html#JOHNSON">JOHNSON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#JOHNSRUD">JOHNSRUD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#JOHNSTON">JOHNSTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jolley-jondahl.html#JONE">JONE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JONN">JONN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JOOHN">JOOHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JOON">JOON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#JUEN">JUEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#JUIEN">JUIEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#JUNE">JUNE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kochendorfer-kolski.html#KOHN">KOHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#SOHN">SOHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#UPJOHN">UPJOHN</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> JOHN: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hitchens-hoag.html#883.57.48">Robert Roberts Hitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monaco-monro.html#455.97.84">Onna Moniz-John</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="468.33.35">John, A. F.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/PA.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> John, Bally: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hare-harju.html#235.60.23">John Louis Hargis</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Big: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rollins.html#434.27.44">John W. Rollins Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#736.09.82">John Julian McKeithen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#613.25.92">John Ferraro</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#537.33.48">John David Dingell Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#098.52.75">John F. Conrad</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#236.14.89">John Cornyn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Chicken: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#976.75.21">John Joseph James Rinaldi</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Chris See <a href="#141.89.46">Christopher John</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="141.89.46">John, Christopher</a> (b. 1960) — also known as Chris John — of Crowley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/AC-lived.html">Acadia Parish</a>, La. Born in Crowley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/AC-born.html">Acadia Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/01-05.html">January 5, 1960</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1988-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 7th District, 1997-2005; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/LA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/LA.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/arabic.html">Lebanese</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2014. <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="#234.38.98">John N. John Jr.</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=J000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400203">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/403/000039286">NNDB dossier</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> John, Cornbread: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#814.04.93">John Gaston Grant</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="576.20.29">John, Diogenes Peter</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwich.html#3">Norwich, Conn.</a>, 1959-61. 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> John Doe: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#421.39.07">Carlo Poliak</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="215.65.24">John, Eric G.</a> — Born in Indiana. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Thailand</a>, 2007-. Still living as of 2010. <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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/john-eric-g ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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="203.44.29">John, Ernest</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Hancock County, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="040.64.77">John, Esther Virginia</a> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/pr2016-meeting.html">2016</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#533.18.54">Colin L. Powell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins8.html#471.14.65">Susan M. Collins</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="612.48.93">John, Eva</a> — of California. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1952-meeting.html">1952</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</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="715.56.80">John, Frederick C. T.</a> — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html#2">Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1954-65 (acting, 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="950.00.23">John, George W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Macomb County, 1910. 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="303.53.02">John, Harold R.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1916-election.html">1916</a>; Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1928-election.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> John, Honest: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.20.18">John Strong Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly5.html#461.59.55">John Kelly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#036.21.76">John Sparks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#286.52.56">John Thomas Browne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#141.87.57">John Hunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#404.59.77">John Whiteaker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore5.html#546.79.73">John Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#021.99.94">John Hart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connelly.html#655.25.08">John Connelly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farley.html#792.61.58">John Harrington Farley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#445.74.59">John James Patterson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#681.69.41">John Warren Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donner-donolow.html#172.47.75">John P. Donohoe</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="971.44.04">John, Jesse J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-lived.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Northumberland County, 1875-76. 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> John John: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#732.03.83">John Fitzgerald Kennedy 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="234.38.98">John, John N., Jr.</a> — of Louisiana. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1974-82. Still living as of 1982. <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: Father of <a href="#141.89.46">Christopher John</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="065.57.51">John, Julian</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IL.html">1972</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> John, King: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#948.62.81">John Henry Sununu</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#059.82.05">John Pitts Sanborn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Little: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#915.80.18">Godfrey John Grosvenor</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Long: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wentworth.html#352.32.34">John Wentworth</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="954.34.64">John, Louise Moses</a> (1910-2005) — also known as Louise M. John; Ann Louise Moses — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-08.html">September 8, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">Restaurant business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">vice-chair of Pennsylvania Democratic Party</a>, 1942-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>; Democratic Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1960-meeting.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, in the Barclay Friends <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a>, West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/08-29.html">August 29, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <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 Mabel (Rupert) Moses and George Joseph Moses; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to James John.</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/47603889">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="787.84.73">John, Macy</a> — Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#796.53.07">Gary E. Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#763.68.97">James P. Gray</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> <a name="247.21.83">John, Margaret S.</a> — America First candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/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> John, Maximum: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#528.85.77">John Howland Wood Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Oxcart: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#016.12.32">John Ireland</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Prince: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#769.82.45">John Van Buren</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John, Private: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#972.44.32">John Mills Allen</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="513.95.37">John, S. C.</a> — of Hailey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/ID.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="867.17.10">John, Sam Will</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/AL.html">1908</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> John, Tammany's Uncle: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#192.65.76">John Henry McCooey</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="787.34.32">John, Thomas</a> — of Murphysboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</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="778.15.71">John, Thomas</a> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IN.html">2008</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="591.21.37">John, William Scott</a> (b. 1878) — also known as William S. John — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-10.html">January 10, 1878</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Monongalia County, 1917-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</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> John Williams: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#001.55.29">John Birdsall</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Z: See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zielinziger-zimmerer.html#162.83.18">John Ziesenhenne</a></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/john.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/john.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>