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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New Hanover County, N.C.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Richardson</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scuttled 1968 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#821.23.61">James Burchill Richardson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Paul Hamilton</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; torpedoed and sank 1944 in the Mediterranean Sea) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#347.15.19">Paul Hamilton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Samuel Ashe</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scrapped 1970) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/asbjornson-ashlay.html#661.65.95">Samuel Ashe</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Turner</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scrapped 1970) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#413.78.75">James Turner</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Iredell</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; damaged by air attack and scuttled in the English Channel 1944) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#723.90.78">James Iredell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John C. Calhoun</i> (built 1941-42 at Wilmington; destroyed in cargo explosion at Finchhafen, Papua New Guinea, 1944) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#210.17.82">John C. Calhoun</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James J. Pettigrew</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scrapped 1960) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#915.76.33">J. Johnston Pettigrew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS George Davis</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scrapped 1960) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis4.html#379.55.20">George Davis</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Owen</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; scrapped 1964) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#677.30.24">John Owen</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James I. McKay</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; scrapped 1967) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckay.html#349.02.54">James I. McKay</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Henry Middleton</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; scrapped 1971) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John P. Mitchel</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; scrapped 1971) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#035.97.75">John Purroy Mitchel</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS George E. Badger</i> (built 1942-43 at Wilmington; scrapped 1972) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#993.29.00">George E. Badger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Hannis Taylor</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; scrapped 1972) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#085.08.87">Hannis Taylor</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Branch</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; sold 1947 scrapped 1962) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#433.58.63">John Branch</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John M. Morehead</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; sold 1947 scrapped 1966) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehead.html#267.93.18">John Motley Morehead</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Penn</i> (built 1941-42 at Wilmington; torpedoed and lost in the Greenland Sea 1942) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James Sprunt</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; torpedoed and lost in the Caribbean Sea 1943) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#188.39.22">James Sprunt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Drayton</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1943) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#786.16.27">John Drayton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James K. Polk</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; torpedoed in the North Atlantic Ocean 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James K. Polk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean 1943) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Hugh Williamson</i> (built 1942 at Wilmington; ran aground and wrecked in Pernambuco, Brazil, 1946; later scrapped) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#075.43.36">Hugh Williamson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Hilary A. Herbert</i> (built 1943 at Wilmington; scrapped 1967) was named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herbert.html#500.83.78">Hilary A. Herbert</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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