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Berry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#107.06.60">Charles Sumner Bird</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#294.79.13">Charles Sumner Bird Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blount.html#100.38.26">Thomas Blount</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#050.03.24">Sumner Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#086.21.51">Sumner W. Burnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#326.41.23">Sumner O. Bush</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caine-caldom.html#169.65.88">Charles Sumner Cairns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#226.88.10">Sumner Canary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#568.23.80">V. Sumner Carroll</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#575.18.57">Charles Sumner Chase</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cisco-clague.html#932.24.27">Sumner F. Claflin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#302.77.21">Sumner Crosby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draper.html#002.61.56">Eben Sumner Draper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draper.html#792.34.91">Eben Sumner Draper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#016.01.69">Charles Sumner Eastman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#769.44.10">Sumner Ely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#490.81.56">Gertrude Sumner Ely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#260.59.58">Sumner Wellington Farnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#047.93.07">Sumner Pell Gerard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#514.07.10">Charles Sumner Hamlin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#046.12.67">Sumner W. Haynes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicks.html#081.69.94">Sumner Hicks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#565.97.93">Sumner Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#844.62.49">Sumner E. Joslin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaneaster-karns.html#541.63.53">Sumner Z. Kaplan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#031.93.10">Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladd.html#449.71.52">Sumner Ladd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#120.30.69">John Walter Lambeth, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#886.92.39">Robert Lucas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#841.03.06">Marion Sumner MacCarthy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mansfield.html#748.34.56">Ex Sumner Mansfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maynard.html#574.49.65">William Sumner Maynard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#252.34.70">Sumner T. McKnight</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#164.41.51">Sumner Mowry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pike.html#051.99.30">Sumner Tucker Pike</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#126.00.44">Sumner L. Raymond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers5.html#180.96.21">J. Sumner Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#614.27.14">Sumner W. Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#927.00.06">E. Sumner Rust</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#197.19.87">Edgar Backus Schermerhorn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#333.94.85">Arthur Sewall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#714.27.51">Sumner Sewall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#880.45.67">Sumner Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#496.86.46">Sumner S. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html#901.26.84">Sumner F. Spofford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#709.36.90">Benjamin Hinton Steele</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#985.72.07">Harold Sumner Tolley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttle.html#856.47.00">Sumner B. Tuttle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#621.56.89">Sumner Wallace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson8.html#827.30.07">Sumner W. Watson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#914.91.32">Benjamin Sumner Welles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#565.57.07">Sumner Whitney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#234.54.03">Sumner Gage Whittier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#969.93.10">Samuel Sumner Wilde</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#743.52.89">Charles Sumner Winans</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="679.89.78">Sumner, A. B.</a></b> — of Lubec, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/ME.html">1888</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> <b><a name="747.48.14">Sumner, Albert E.</a></b> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Mansfield; elected 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="522.66.57">Sumner, Ben O.</a></b> — of Illinois. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 23rd District, 1934, 1936, 1940. 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> <b><a name="209.40.46">Sumner, Bruce W.</a></b> — of Balboa Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 40th District, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="306.07.07">Sumner, Caleb D.</a></b> — of Bedford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bedford-twp-monroe.html">Supervisor of Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan</a>, 1855-57, 1858-61, 1865-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/2001698165/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/134/74.24.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Charles Sumner"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="134.74.24">Sumner, Charles</a> (1811-1874)</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/01-06.html">January 6, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1851-74; died in office 1874. In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by South Carolina Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#380.36.10">Preston S. Brooks</a>, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-11.html">March 11, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass.; statue erected 1879 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html# ">Boston Public Garden</a>, Boston, Mass. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Pinckney Sumner and Relief (Jacob) Sumner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Alice Mason Hooper; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#131.55.29">Israel Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#081.76.93">Reuel Washburn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#578.05.21">Israel Washburn Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#844.25.24">Elihu Benjamin Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#070.60.86">Cadwallader Colden Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#634.80.77">Charles Ames Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#029.10.17">William Drew Washburn</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/10001-0049.html">Washburn family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#931.70.62">L. M. Keitt</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Charles Sumner <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">School</a> (built 1872 for African-American students; now serves as an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-libraries.html">archives and museum</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-names.html">Washington, D.C.</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Other politicians named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caine-caldom.html#169.65.88">Charles S. Cairns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#107.06.60">Charles Sumner Bird</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#575.18.57">Charles S. Chase</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#305.86.53">Charles S. Ashley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#514.07.10">Charles S. Hamlin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#743.52.89">Charles S. Winans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#016.01.69">Charles S. Eastman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#294.79.13">Charles Sumner Bird, Jr.</a> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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=S001068">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410522">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Sumner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/458/000050308">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1005">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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> Library of Congress</span></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> <b><a name="307.99.58">Sumner, Charles A.</a></b> — of Missouri. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 5th District, 1912. 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> <b><a name="047.26.04">Sumner, Charles Allen</a> (1835-1903)</b> — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-02.html">August 2, 1835</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/stsen.html">Nevada state senate</a>, 1865-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1883-85; defeated, 1884. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-31.html">January 31, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms01128">San Francisco National Cemetery</a>, San Francisco, Calif. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001069">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410523">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405145">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="858.85.06">Sumner, Charles F.</a></b> — of Connecticut. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/CT.html">1864</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> <b><a name="089.66.40">Sumner, Charles F.</a></b> — of Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bolton; elected 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="793.86.49">Sumner, Charles J.</a></b> — of Delavan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</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> <b><a name="876.24.23">Sumner, Clifford W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Washington County, 1919. 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> <b><a name="053.18.28">Sumner, Daniel Hadley</a> (1837-1903)</b> — of Wisconsin. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/09-15.html">September 15, 1837</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 2nd District, 1883-85. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-29.html">May 29, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-buried.html#cms01521">Prairie Home Cemetery</a>, Waukesha, Wis. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001070">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410524">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6856342">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="406.39.86">Sumner, David E.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GT-lived.html">Gates County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gates County, 1819. 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> <b><a name="711.24.12">Sumner, Duke W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Edgecombe County, 1805-06. 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> <b><a name="257.12.07">Sumner, Edward C.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1876-79. 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> <b><a name="074.13.87">Sumner, Elliot B.</a></b> — of Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1871. 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> <b><a name="067.83.89">Sumner, F. Warren</a></b> — of New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-consuls.html">Consul-General for Siam</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-consuls.html">New York, N.Y.</a>, 1921. 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> <b><a name="146.68.69">Sumner, Frederick A.</a></b> — of Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/pawtucket.html#2">Pawtucket, R.I.</a>, 1844-49. 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> <b><a name="016.72.48">Sumner, George G.</a> (1841-1906)</b> — of Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn.; Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/01-14.html">January 14, 1841</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1878-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1883-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 1st District, 1887-88. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-20.html">September 20, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 249 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#612.21.52">David Gallup</a>.</span></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> <b><a name="192.13.73">Sumner, George S.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 24th District, 1863-65. 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> <b><a name="423.31.29">Sumner, George W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County 1st District, 1864-65. 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> <b><a name="025.52.60">Sumner, Henry T.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County, 1834. 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> <b><a name="823.94.09">Sumner, Increase</a> (1746-1799)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/11-27.html">November 27, 1746</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1782-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1797-99; died in office 1799. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/06-07.html">June 7, 1799</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00130">Old Granary Burying Ground</a>, Boston, Mass. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/increase-sumner/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></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> <b><a name="804.93.94">Sumner, J. White</a></b> — of Bolton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bolton; defeated, 1904; elected 1908. 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> <b><a name="180.27.72">Sumner, Jackson A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 3rd District, 1868. 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> <b><a name="313.47.80">Sumner, James, Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1861. 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> <b><a name="645.63.54">Sumner, James</a></b> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1885 (Greenback), 1886. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="790.20.60">Sumner, James B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GT-lived.html">Gates County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gates County, 1790. 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> <b><a name="222.94.24">Sumner, James B.</a></b> — of St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel proprietor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saintlouis.html">mayor of St. Louis, Mich.</a>, 1935-37, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gratiot County, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 25th District, 1940, 1942. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="941.67.40">Sumner, Jane</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <b><a name="705.06.39">Sumner, Jessie</a> (1898-1994)</b> — of Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/IR-lived.html">Iroquois County</a>, Ill. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/index.html">1898</a>. Republican. State court judge in Illinois, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 18th District, 1939-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/index.html">1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">about 96 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001071">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410525">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="917.73.64">Sumner, Jethro</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GT-lived.html">Gates County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gates County, 1780-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="414.55.72">Sumner, John</a></b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html#2">Village president of Jackson, Michigan</a>, 1847-48, 1850-52. 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> <b><a name="124.03.57">Sumner, John B.</a></b> — of Arden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NC.html">1912</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> <b><a name="676.46.49">Sumner, John J.</a></b> — of Lambertville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bedford-twp-monroe.html">Supervisor of Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan</a>, 1869-73, 1880-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1871-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 5th District, 1873-74. 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> <b><a name="166.22.76">Sumner, John J.</a></b> — of Lambertville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bedford-twp-monroe.html#2">Lambertville, Mich.</a>, 1871-83. 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> <b><a name="078.47.95">Sumner, John N.</a></b> — of Ashford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ashford, 1821. 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> <b><a name="319.64.02">Sumner, Linda</a></b> — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; elected 2010, 2012. <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"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="793.86.66">Sumner, Mark, Sr.</a></b> — of Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/asheville.html#2">Asheville, N.C.</a>, 1949-66. 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> <b><a name="822.60.15">Sumner, Orrin</a></b> — of Abington, Pomfret, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/pomfret.html#5">Abington, Conn.</a>, 1842-46, 1848-54. 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> <b><a name="269.14.54">Sumner, Roger</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, as of 1929. 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> <b><a name="429.62.31">Sumner, Ruth V.</a></b> — of Adel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IA.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="142.23.34">Sumner, Sam R.</a></b> — of Wenatchee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CH-lived.html">Chelan County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/WA.html">1936</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> <b><a name="438.21.47">Sumner, Samuel</a></b> — of Abington, Pomfret, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/pomfret.html#5">Abington, Conn.</a>, 1818-22. 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> <b><a name="491.55.26">Sumner, Thomas E.</a></b> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MU-lived.html">Muhlenberg County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/KY.html">1932</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> <b><a name="370.94.64">Sumner, Thomas M.</a></b> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 1st District, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="039.64.02">Sumner, Wallace</a></b> — Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1934. 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> <b>Sumner, Warren</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#067.83.89">F. Warren Sumner</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sumner, White</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#804.93.94">J. White Sumner</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="352.39.91">Sumner, William</a></b> — of Hebron, <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 Hebron, 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> <b><a name="469.99.52">Sumner, William M.</a></b> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/carrollton.html#2">Carrollton, Tex.</a>, 1958-73 (acting, 1958-59). 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