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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Namesake Politicians: Military Installations</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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Atterbury; "The Railroad General" — of Radnor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-31.html">January 31, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> superintendent; president, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a> Association; during World War I, he was called on to organize organized U.S. military <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> operations in France; he was designated Director-General of Transportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/speakers.html">speaker</a>); President, Pennsylvania <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1925-35. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, in Radnor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-20.html">September 20, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms00772">Old St. David's Church Cemetery</a>, Radnor, 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: Son of John G. Atterbury and Catharine (Larned) Atterbury.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Camp Atterbury, a military training camp in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JO-names.html">Johnson County, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Atterbury Army Air Base, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-names.html">Columbus, Indiana</a>, later known as Bakalar Air Force Base, and since 1970 as Columbus Municipal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Wallace Atterbury">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12934162">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> Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known as Edward D. Baker — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill.; Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Oregon City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/02-24.html">February 24, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District 1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed in battle</a> at Balls Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-died.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-21.html">October 21, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 239 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/04-27.html">April 27, 1831</a>, to Mary A. Lee.</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/OR/BA.html">Baker County, Ore.</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BA-names.html">Baker City, Oregon</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Fort Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Recreation Area</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-names.html">Marin County, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Baker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-names.html">San Francisco, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=B000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401064">Govtrack.us page</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> Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/02-04.html">February 4, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">explorer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AH-diplomats.html ">Austria-Hungary</a>, 1876-77. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-22.html">April 22, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms03351">Chester Rural Cemetery</a>, 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: Son of George Dixon Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Mary Edwards (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards8.html#252.77.65">Samuel Edwards</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#595.12.58">Truxtun Beale</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0603.html">Beale-Blaine-Edwards family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets 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">Beale Air Force Base, near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-names.html">Marysville, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Beale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-names.html">San Francisco, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Fitzgerald Beale">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/beale-edward-fitzgerald ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11558486">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> Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) — also known as Henry L. Benning; "Old Rock" — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-lived.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CU-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/04-02.html">April 2, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1853-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/GA.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Georgia secession convention</a>, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-died.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-10.html">July 10, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-buried.html#cms00351">Linwood Cemetery</a>, Columbus, Ga. <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 Pleasant Moon Benning and Malinda Meriwether (White) Benning; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/08-12.html">August 12, 1839</a>, to Mary Howard Jones (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones8.html#204.13.95">Seaborn Jones</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">Fort Benning, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CC-names.html">Chattahoochee County, Georgia</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/RU-names.html">Russell County, Alabama</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry L. Benning (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry L. Benning">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5738">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> Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/10-30.html">October 30, 1768</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> at-large, 1805-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/war-of-1812.html">Mortally wounded</a> in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and died in Frenchs Mills (now Fort Covington), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/11-14.html">November 14, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 15 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR-buried.html#cms06139">somewhere</a> in Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-buried.html#cms03319">Mt. Covington</a>, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-buried.html#cms05449">Military Post Cemetery</a>, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. <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">Covington counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CV.html">Ala.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CV.html">Miss.</a> are 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-names.html">Covington, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/NE-names.html">Covington, Georgia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-names.html">Covington, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Fort Covington (early 19th century blockhouse) and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FR-names.html">Fort Covington, New York</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=C000817">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402935">Govtrack.us page</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> Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/02-23.html">February 23, 1751</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95, 1st District 1795-97); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1822-24. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/06-06.html">June 6, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 103 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00452">Forest Hills Cemetery</a>, Jamaica Plain, 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#783.21.56">Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn</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/IN/DA.html">Dearborn County, Ind.</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-names.html">Dearborn, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Dearborn <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">River</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-names.html">Lewis & Clark</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-names.html">Cascade</a> counties, Montana, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Mount Dearborn, a former military arsenal on an island in the Catawba River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-names.html">Chester County, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry Dearborn (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1959) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403340">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Dearborn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dearborn-henry ?">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> John Adams Dix (1798-1879) — also known as John A. Dix — of Cooperstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Boscawen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/07-24.html">July 24, 1798</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of New York</a>, 1833-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1845-49; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#2">New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1866-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1873-75; defeated, 1848, 1874; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1876. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-21.html">April 21, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms02313">Trinity Cemetery</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <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/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</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">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#223.65.89">John Jordan Morgan</a>; son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr. and Abigail (Wilkins) Dix; married to Catharine Waine Morgan; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#175.75.17">Sherman Day</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#865.62.29">John Hill Walbridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#870.72.95">Henry E. Walbridge</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#826.88.28">Charles Kirk Tilden</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#559.08.23">Abel Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#071.22.23">Samuel Laning</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#155.30.73">Amariah Kibbe Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#399.19.94">John Lanning</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#118.12.55">Daniel Putnam Tyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets 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">Fort Dix (established 1917 as Camp Dix; later Fort Dix; now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), a U.S. Army post in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-names.html">Burlington County, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Dix <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mountain</a>, in the Ardirondack Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-names.html">Essex County, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-names.html">South Portland, Maine</a>; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000365">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403482">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-adams-dix/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. Dix">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dix-john-adams ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/419/000115074">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5892251">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> Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SG-lived.html">Ste. Genevieve County</a>, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-lived.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis. Born near Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/10-12.html">October 12, 1782</a>. Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/trcn.html">member Michigan territorial council</a> 7th District, 1832-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Wisconsin Territory</a>, 1836-41, 1845-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1848-57. Slaveowner. Died in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-died.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-19.html">June 19, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-buried.html#cms00005">Aspen Grove Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Iowa. <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 Israel Dodge and Nancy Ann (Hunter) Dodge; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linn.html#027.24.22">Lewis Fields Linn</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/">1800</a> to Christiana McDonald; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarke.html#500.34.01">James Clarke</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#377.00.16">Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#399.44.49">Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#232.27.39">David Lane Dodge</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/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a> (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">Dodge counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DD.html">Minn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DO.html">Wis.</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HE.html">Henry County, Iowa</a>, are 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">Fort Dodge (military installation, 1850-53), and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-names.html">Fort Dodge, Iowa</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry Dodge (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; sold and renamed SS Alheli; sank during a storm in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-names.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, 1968) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000396">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403511">Govtrack.us page</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 Fairfield (1797-1847) — of Saco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Born in Saco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/01-30.html">January 30, 1797</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a>, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4th District 1837-38); resigned 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maine</a>, 1843-47; died in office 1847. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-24.html">December 24, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-buried.html#cms01837">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Saco, Maine; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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">Fort Fairfield (old military installation), and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-names.html">Fort Fairfield, Maine</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Fairfield (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-names.html">South Portland, Maine</a>; scrapped 1968) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=F000006">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403969">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-fairfield/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Fairfield">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7186565">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> Henry Leavenworth (1783-1834) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/12-10.html">December 10, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Delaware County, 1815-16. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/07-21.html">July 21, 1834</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 223 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">Relatives: Son of Jesse Leavenworth and Catharine (Conklin) Leavenworth.</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/KS/LV.html">Leavenworth County, Kan.</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">Fort Leavenworth (U.S. Army installation) and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-names.html">Leavenworth, Kansas</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Leavenworth">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8751752316/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/318/99.97.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="John A. Logan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) — also known as John A. Logan; "Black Jack"; "Black Eagle of Illinois" — of Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Murphysboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/02-09.html">February 9, 1826</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1852; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1859-62, 1867-71 (9th District 1859-62, at-large 1867-71); general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IL.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IL.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1871-77, 1879-86; died in office 1886; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/index.html">1884</a>; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1884. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Conceived the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance in May 1868. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-26.html">December 26, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 320 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms02554">U.S. Soldiers' & Airmen's Home National Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/logan.html#880.27.72">John Logan</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">Logan counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LO.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LG.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LO.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/LG.html">N.Dak.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO.html">Okla.</a> are 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">Fort Logan (established 1887, closed 1946), and Fort Logan National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Cemetery</a> (established 1950 on part of the same site) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-names.html">Denver, Colorado</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John A. Logan (built 1942-43 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; renamed USS Alnitah; scrapped 1961) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=L000403">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406894">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. Logan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/778/000207157">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1653">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about John A. Logan: James Pickett Jones, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809323893/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0809323893&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John A. Logan : Stalwart Republican from Illinois</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">Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268119970/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/015/69.29.jpg" width=70 height=71 border=0 alt="James Madison"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as "Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights" — of Virginia. Born in Port Conway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/KG-born.html">King George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/03-16.html">March 16, 1751</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1780-83, 1787-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5th District 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1801-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1809-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. He was elected in 1905 to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/06-28.html">June 28, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-buried.html#cms01363">Montpelier Plantation</a>, Montpelier Station, Va. <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 Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/09-15.html">September 15, 1794</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#035.26.68">Dolley Todd</a> (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#435.32.88">Richard Cutts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#275.41.20">John George Jackson</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#476.15.93">Samuel Bullitt Churchill</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#828.94.61">Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets 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">Madison counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MD.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MD.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MD.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/MA.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MD.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MD.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/MA.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MA.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MD.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA.html">Mont.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/MA.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MD.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MD.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MB.html">Tex.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MD.html">Va.</a> are 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-names.html">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Madison, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Fort Madison (1808-13), and the subsequent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LE-names.html">Fort Madison, Iowa</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James Madison (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#793.83.41">James Madison Broom</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#141.31.74">James Madison Hite Beale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter5.html#516.00.84">James Madison Porter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#049.56.18">James M. Buchanan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregg.html#273.62.13">James Madison Gregg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#377.56.17">J. Madison Wells</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#562.04.87">James M. Tarleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#384.04.77">James Madison Hughes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marvin.html#940.48.32">James M. Marvin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#491.11.47">James M. Edmunds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#324.83.02">James Madison Gaylord</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#694.32.25">James M. Leach</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#448.33.69">James Turner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#820.40.10">James M. Harvey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#785.08.81">James M. Seymour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#828.55.12">James Madison Barker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mullen.html#713.75.65">James Madison Mullen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#899.06.22">James M. Candler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinney.html#305.51.17">James Madison McKinney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#619.07.47">James M. Morton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html#945.22.53">James Madison Barrett, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#020.72.14">James M. Gudger, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#449.24.74">James Madison Morton, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#141.47.82">James Madison Woodard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#448.04.72">James M. Waddell, 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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46.</li> </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=M000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Madison">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/766/000024694">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/661">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4125">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Books about James Madison: Ralph Louis Ketcham, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813912652/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813912652&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison : A Biography</a> — Garry Wills, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069054/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069054&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison</a> — Robert Allen Rutland, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700604650/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700604650&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of James Madison</a> — Charles Cerami, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402202350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1402202350&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution</a> — Samuel Kernell, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804744955/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0804744955&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government</a> — Kevin R. C. Gutzman, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312625006/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312625006&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Madison and the Making of America</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">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) — also known as Robert McCoy — of Sparta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Wis. Born in Kenosha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-born.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-05.html">September 5, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-officials.html">Monroe County Judge</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1920. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pernicious-anemia.html">pernicious anemia</a>, in Sparta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/01-05.html">January 5, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-buried.html#cms07637">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Sparta, 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">Relatives: Son of Bruce Elisha McCoy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Lillian Riege.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fort McCoy (U.S. Army base; was Camp McCoy until 1974), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO-names.html">Monroe County, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/93133805">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267595955/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/777/02.93.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="James Monroe"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Monroe (1758-1831) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SP-lived.html">Spotsylvania County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-lived.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/04-28.html">April 28, 1758</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1783-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Spotsylvania County, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1794-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1803-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1799-1802, 1811; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1811-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1814-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1817-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1829. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1930. Slaveowner. Died, probably of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/07-04.html">July 4, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 67 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms01445">New York Marble Cemetery</a>, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms04987">New York City Marble Cemetery</a>, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <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 Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/02-16.html">February 16, 1786</a>, to Eliza Kortright and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#092.05.28">Elizabeth Kortright</a>; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hay.html#218.81.98">George Hay</a>) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#724.26.22">Samuel Laurence Gouverneur</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#884.45.12">Joseph Jones</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#747.54.98">Thomas Bell Monroe</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#541.06.94">James Monroe (1799-1870)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#186.42.67">Victor Monroe</a>; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson2.html#825.26.57">Corinne Roosevelt Robinson</a>); second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson8.html#581.70.12">Theodore Douglas Robinson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#148.74.70">Corinne Robinson Alsop</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christinson-chumbler.html#821.65.50">Corinne A. Chubb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#338.31.34">John deKoven Alsop</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#718.27.15">William Grayson</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#938.36.55">Alfred William Grayson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#546.45.35">Beverly Robinson Grayson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#957.55.71">John Brady Grayson</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/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (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">Monroe counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ME.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MO.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO.html">Fla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MO.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MO.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MO.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ME.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MO.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO.html">Mich.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MO.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MO.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MO.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MN.html">Tenn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO.html">W.Va.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MO.html">Wis.</a> are 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-names.html">Monrovia, Liberia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Monroe, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Fort Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ha-names.html">Hampton, Virginia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James Monroe (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; scrapped 1970) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#541.06.94">James Monroe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#556.35.15">James Monroe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#034.96.95">James M. Pendleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson5.html#616.41.82">James M. Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#135.89.70">James Monroe Letts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ritchie.html#587.66.74">James M. Ritchie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#527.68.83">James M. Rosse</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comeau-compromiser.html#612.64.63">James M. Comly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#997.59.33">James Monroe Buford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#329.17.49">James M. Seibert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dreyfus-drips.html#741.57.59">J. Monroe Driesbach</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowenberg-lown.html#013.81.25">James M. Lown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#468.94.70">James M. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#267.71.13">James Monroe Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#084.31.74">James Monroe Hale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#006.74.74">James Monroe Spears</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#315.32.78">J. M. Alford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowenberg-lown.html#373.41.08">James M. Lown, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html#479.33.91">James M. Miley</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.</li> </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=M000858">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407829">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-monroe/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Monroe">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/monroe-james ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/026/000043894">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/724">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4123">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813912660/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813912660&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity</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">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> William Moultrie (1730-1805) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/11-23.html">November 23, 1730</a>. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1783-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1785-87, 1792-94; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1787-92. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/09-27.html">September 27, 1805</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 308 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html# ">Windsor Hill Plantation</a>, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in 1977 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms06063">Fort Moultrie National Monument</a>, Sullivan's Island, S.C.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-buried.html#cms02501">St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Goose Creek, S.C. <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 John Moultrie and Lucretia (Cooper) Moultrie; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#734.65.08">Alexander Moultrie</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/">1749</a> to Elizabeth Damaris de St. Julien.</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/IL/MT.html">Moultrie County, Ill.</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">Fort Moultrie, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-names.html">Sullivan's Island, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/william-moultrie/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Moultrie">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23285">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> Winfield Scott (1786-1866) — also known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-born.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/06-13.html">June 13, 1786</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Whig nomination for President, 1839, 1844, 1848; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1852. Died in West Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-29.html">May 29, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-buried.html# ">United States Military Academy Cemetery</a>, West Point, N.Y.; statue erected 1874 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07307">Scott Circle</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 William Scott and Anna (Mason) Scott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/">1817</a> to Mary D. Mayo (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#058.93.76">John De Hart</a>); great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#990.18.82">Philip C. Hanna</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#824.93.42">Frank Newsum Julian</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/14299.html">Scott-DeHart-Hanna family</a> of New Jersey and Alabama.</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/SC.html">Scott 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">Fort Scott (military installation 1842-73), and the subsequent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BO-names.html">Fort Scott, Kansas</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#990.50.60">Winfield S. Sherwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#985.72.42">Winfield S. Sherwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#245.34.52">Winfield Scott Featherston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hancock.html#966.57.75">Winfield S. Hancock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#359.32.68">Winfield S. Cameron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#530.69.08">Winfield S. Hanford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smyth.html#748.53.29">Winfield S. Smyth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#271.55.65">Winfield S. Bird</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#923.89.45">W. S. Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#916.43.22">Winfield S. Holden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntly-hurlbut.html#356.07.57">Winfield S. Huntley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#546.27.09">Winfield Scott Nay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#402.64.80">Winfield S. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerr.html#658.51.89">Winfield S. Kerr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore9.html#136.97.02">Winfield Scott Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/little.html#253.40.34">Winfield S. Little</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#214.23.10">Winfield S. Choate</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#042.29.02">Winfield S. Holt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pope.html#982.78.29">Winfield S. Pope</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson9.html#540.30.02">Winfield S. Watson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#223.47.86">Winfield S. Keenholts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#812.87.23">Winfield Scott Silloway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#593.21.01">Winfield S. Vandewater</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#049.49.23">Winfield S. Braddock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#651.77.54">W. S. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hammond.html#410.05.29">Winfield S. Hammond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#324.02.90">Winfield S. Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#798.98.27">Winfield S. Spencer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#330.54.62">Winfield S. Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultze-schuveldt.html#729.88.95">Winfield S. Schuster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allison.html#318.58.41">Winfield Scott Allison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#708.40.40">Winfield S. Boynton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#981.45.52">Winfield S. Kenyon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#040.88.76">Winfield S. Tibbetts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#786.13.45">Winfield S. Withrow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#474.76.51">Winfield S. Harrold</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed9.html#127.19.92">Winfield Scott Reed</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grove.html#448.67.06">Winfield S. Grove</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers9.html#777.97.46">Winfield S. Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown9.html#228.73.04">Winfield S. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payson-pealy.html#422.37.79">Winfield S. Pealer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#922.35.19">Winfield S. Wallace, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#939.97.97">Winfield S. Hinds</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">Epitaph: "History records his Eminent Services as a Warrior, Pacificator, and General In Chief of the Armies of the United States. Medals, and an Equestrian Statue ordered by Congress in the Capital of his Country, are his Public Monuments. This stone is a mark of the love and veneration of his Daughters. Requiescat in Pace."</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield Scott">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/008/000049858">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/938">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about Winfield Scott: Timothy D. Johnson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700609148/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700609148&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory</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 Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known as Morris Sheppard — of Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-lived.html">Bowie County</a>, Tex. Born in Wheatville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MS-born.html">Morris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-28.html">May 28, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st District 1903-13); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1913-41; died in office 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">brain hemorrhage</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Walter Reed Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-09.html">April 9, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BO-buried.html#cms01769">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Texarkana, Tex. <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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheppard.html#249.23.21">John Levi Sheppard</a> and Margaret Alice (Eddins) Sheppard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/12-01.html">December 1, 1909</a>, to Lucile Ferguson Sanderson (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#891.83.06">Thomas Terry Connally</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#023.73.26">Richard Sheppard Arnold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#756.65.00">Connie Mack III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#001.09.24">Morris Sheppard Arnold</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#144.10.24">Connie Mack IV</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/11019.html">Sheppard-Arnold family</a> of Texarkana, Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Sheppard Air Force Base (opened 1941 as Sheppard Field; runways are shared with the Wichita Falls Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-names.html">Wichita County, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=S000337">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409834">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris Sheppard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785490">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> Dallas Burton Smith (1883-1936) — also known as Dallas B. Smith — of Opelika, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ala. Born in Opelika, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-09.html">March 9, 1883</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/AL.html">1920</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1920. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in the Veterans <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Gulfport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HA-died.html">Harrison County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-01.html">August 1, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-buried.html#cms01859">Rosemere Cemetery</a>, Opelika, Ala. <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 Mary Josephine (Bingham) Smith and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#208.69.33">Dallas Burton Smith (1844-1913)</a>; married to Allie Mitchell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#058.30.29">William Hugh Smith</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#704.00.62">David Dickson</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/30453.html">Smith family</a> of Opelika, Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Dallas B. Smith Armory (now the Dallas B. Smith <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Building</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-names.html">Opelika, Alabama</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/7957334">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> Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) — also known as Floyd Spence — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-lived.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-09.html">April 9, 1928</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1957-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/SC.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/SC.html">1972</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/SC.html">1988</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th District 1969-70); resigned 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1971-2001; died in office 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html">Sons of Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died, following surgery to remove a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">blood clot from his brain</a>, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/08-16.html">August 16, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-buried.html# ">St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery</a>, Lexington, S.C. <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 W. Spence and Addie Jane (Lucas) Spence; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-22.html">December 22, 1952</a>, to Lula Hancock Drake.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson1.html#808.93.97">Joe Wilson</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">The Floyd Spence Reserve Center, in the Fort Jackson U.S. Army post, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-names.html">Columbia, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=S000718">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400610">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd Spence">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/070/000121704">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5860638">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> Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) — also known as Isaac I. Stevens — of Washington. Born in North Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/03-25.html">March 25, 1818</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Washington Territory</a>, 1853-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory</a>, 1857-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and killed at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Civil War</a> battle of Chantilly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/09-01.html">September 1, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html#cms01071">Island Cemetery</a>, Newport, R.I.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html# ">Ox Hill Battlefield Park</a>, Fairfax County, Va. <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: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens2.html#805.82.89">Charles Abbot Stevens</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens6.html#928.66.70">Moses Tyler Stevens</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/11057.html">Stevens-Woodhull family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Stevens counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SV.html">Minn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ST.html">Wash.</a> are 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">Fort Stevens (established 1863; decomissioned 1947; now a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">state park</a>) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CA-names.html">Warrenton, Oregon</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Fort Stevens (active during the Civil War, 1861-65; site now a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">park</a>) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-names.html">Washington, D.C.</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> (and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">lake</a>) of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-names.html">Lake Stevens, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/RA-names.html">Stevensville, Montana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a> (6,838 feet), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-names.html">Shoshone County, Idaho</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a> (5,372 feet), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BI-names.html">Bingham County, Idaho</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Upper Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, and Lower Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-names.html">Shoshone County, Idaho</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Stevens Hall <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">dormitory</a>, at Washington State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WI-names.html">Pullman, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Isaac I. Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (opened 1906, expanded 1928, renovated and reopened 2001), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-names.html">Seattle, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CA-names.html">Port Angeles, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Junior High School</a> (now Middle School), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/FR-names.html">Pasco, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Isaac I. Stevens (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "Who gave to the service of his country a quick and comprehensive mind, a warm and generous heart, a firm will, and a strong arm, and who fell while rallying his command, with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp, at the battle of Chantilly, Va."</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=S000881">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410343">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Stevens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21358">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about Isaac Ingalls Stevens: Joseph Taylor Hazard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0832300594/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0832300594&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Companion of Adventure: A Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, First Governor of Washington</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/234/91.93.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Thomas Sumter"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) — of Statesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HV-born.html">Hanover County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1734/08-14.html">August 14, 1734</a>. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from District Eastward of Wateree River, 1781-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1789-93, 1797-1801 (at-large 1789-93, 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1801-10; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1809-19. Slaveowner. Died near Statesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-died.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/06-01.html">June 1, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 292 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#454.99.60">Thomas De Lage Sumter</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">Fort Sumter (built during 1829-61), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-names.html">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Sumter <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">National Forest</a> (established 1936), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/OC-names.html">Oconee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/UN-names.html">Union</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-names.html">Newberry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MC-names.html">McCormick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-names.html">Edgefield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-names.html">Abbeville</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-names.html">Laurens</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-names.html">Chester</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-names.html">Fairfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-names.html">Greenwood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SA-names.html">Saluda</a> counties, South Carolina, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=S001073">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410527">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Sumter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sumter-thomas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/123/000052964">NNDB dossier</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">Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)</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> Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as "Mad Anthony" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/01-01.html">January 1, 1745</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1774-80, 1784; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1791-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/12-15.html">December 15, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 349 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms04138">Garrison Hill</a>, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms00772">Old St. David's Church Cemetery</a>, Radnor, 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: Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/">1766</a> to Mary Penrose; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#087.78.25">Isaac Wayne (1772-1852)</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">Wayne counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WY.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WY.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY.html">Mich.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WY.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WY.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WY.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WY.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WN.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN.html">Pa.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WY.html">Tenn.</a> are 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">Fort Wayne (1794), and the subsequent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-names.html">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=W000216">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411384">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony Wayne">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/074/000049924">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2711">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3571720773/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/049/33.38.jpg" width=70 height=78 border=0 alt="Leonard Wood"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leonard Wood (1860-1927) — Born in Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-born.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/10-09.html">October 9, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander of the "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; major general in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief of Staff; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PI/ofc/gov.html">Governor-General of the Philippine Islands</a>, 1921-27; died in office 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, following surgery for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain tumor</a>, in the Peter Bent Brigham <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-07.html">August 7, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 Charles Jewett Wood and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Louisa Adriana Condit Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Fort Leonard Wood, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PU-names.html">Pulaski County, Missouri</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Politician named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall6.html#606.49.79">Leonard W. Hall</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard Wood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2816770">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1123">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1902</td></tr> </table> </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"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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