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Kemper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#081.12.63">Henry Pardee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharpenstein-shaver.html#987.50.03">Walter Elliot Sharrot</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="005.13.11">Pettit, Alfred</a></b> — of Knox City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Knox County, 1915-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="321.61.88">Pettit, Alvin D.</a> (b. 1856)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Houghton County 3rd District, 1903-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="204.97.98">Pettit, Charles</a> (1736-1806)</b> — Born near Amwell (now Mt. Airy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-born.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/index.html">1736</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of New Jersey</a>, 1776-78; resigned 1778; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1783-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1785-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/09-03.html">September 3, 1806</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms01330">Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Sarah Reed (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed1.html#958.46.07">Bowes R. Reed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed5.html#176.73.21">Joseph Reed</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18975.html">Reed family</a> of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000276">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408676">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19513048">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="450.59.07">Pettit, Charles H.</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NN-consuls.html ">Monterrey</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="347.48.59">Pettit, Charles William</a></b> — of Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/norfolk.html">Mayor of Norfolk, Va.</a>, 1894-96. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#918.05.27">George G. Seibels Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12915.html">Pettit-Goldthwaite-Seibels family</a> of Virginia and Alabama.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="839.47.47">Pettit, Curtis H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 5th District, 1866, 1868-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="343.43.39">Pettit, Mrs. Edwin</a></b> — of Stuttgart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/AR-lived.html">Arkansas County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AR.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="188.88.29">Pettit, Eliada</a></b> — of Sodus Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="509.96.87">Pettit, Francis E.</a></b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="848.44.55">Pettit, George</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County, 1820-21, 1824, 1835, 1837. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="397.05.66">Pettit, George H.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York</a>, 1898-1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="641.51.88">Pettit, George P.</a></b> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Dusseldorf</a>, as of 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="562.63.48">Pettit, George W.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="130.29.32">Pettit, Henry Corbin</a> (1863-1913)</b> — of Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-lived.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind. Born in Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-born.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/index.html">1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/wabash.html">mayor of Wabash, Ind.</a>, 1888-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1895-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1897. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-died.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-26.html">July 26, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#721.01.61">John Upfold Pettit</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="983.62.99">Pettit, Howard L.</a></b> — of Ellicottville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-parties.html">Chair of Cattaraugus County Republican Party</a>, 1936-38. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="005.17.42">Pettit, James</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County, 1825. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="285.76.89">Pettit, James</a></b> — of Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html#3">Village president of Dexter, Michigan</a>; elected 1988. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="160.00.10">Pettit, Jesse H.</a></b> — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/lacanadaflintridge.html#3">La Canada, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="961.53.59">Pettit, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1816-17, 1823. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="385.55.44">Pettit, John</a> (1807-1877)</b> — of Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind. Born in Sackets Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/07-24.html">July 24, 1807</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1838-39; defeated, 1835, 1841; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 8th District, 1843-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1853-55; circuit judge in Indiana, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/IN.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">1864</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Kansas territorial supreme court</a>, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/lafayette.html">mayor of Lafayette, Ind.</a>, 1867-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Indiana state supreme court</a>, 1871-77. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-17.html">June 17, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-buried.html#cms01057">Greenbush Cemetery</a>, Lafayette, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000277">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408677">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Pettit">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="104.80.02">Pettit, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Queens County 2nd District, 1860. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="201.19.48">Pettit, John M.</a></b> — of Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-lived.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IN.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="721.01.61">Pettit, John Upfold</a> (1820-1881)</b> — also known as <b>John U. Pettit</b> — of Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-lived.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind. Born in Fabius, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/09-11.html">September 11, 1820</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1844-45, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1865; circuit judge in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Wabash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-died.html">Wabash County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-21.html">March 21, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WB-buried.html#cms00490">Falls Cemetery</a>, Wabash, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#130.29.32">Henry Corbin Pettit</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000278">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408678">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="914.31.87">Pettit, John W.</a></b> — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/elkins.html#2">Elkins, W.Va.</a>, 1889-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="042.43.96">Pettit, Joseph</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Queens County, 1800-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="705.50.75">Pettit, Louis D.</a></b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 1st District, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="712.22.90">Pettit, Mrs. M. F.</a></b> — of Ross, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-lived.html">Marin County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="209.59.48">Pettit, Marshall H.</a></b> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1915; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="939.46.99">Pettit, Martha E.</a></b> — of Michigan; Missouri. Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 2nd District, 1974; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="992.88.30">Pettit, Micajah</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Washington County, 1799-1800, 1801-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="216.70.88">Pettit, Milton H.</a> (d. 1873)</b> — of Kenosha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-lived.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/kenosha.html">Mayor of Kenosha, Wis.</a>, 1861-62, 1865-66, 1867-68, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-23.html">March 23, 1873</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="133.78.17">Pettit, O. M.</a></b> — of Kenosha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-lived.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/kenosha.html">Mayor of Kenosha, Wis.</a>, 1891-94, 1898-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="120.49.93">Pettit, Paris</a></b> — of East Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1866. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="200.70.81">Pettit, Pembroke</a></b> — of Palmyra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FV-lived.html">Fluvanna County</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/VA.html">1920</a>. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FV-buried.html#cms06778">a private or family graveyard</a>, Fluvanna County, Va. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="720.55.09">Pettit, Robert Lee</a></b> — of Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/eastbatonrouge-parish.html#3">Baton Rouge, La.</a>, 1936-37, 1938-43 (acting, 1936-37). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="430.83.71">Pettit, Skidmore, Jr.</a></b> — of Jamaica, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/queens.html#E">Jamaica, N.Y.</a>, 1923-28 (acting, 1923-24). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="433.25.21">Pettit, Tamara H.</a></b> — of New Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 1st District, 1989-; appointed 1989. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1997. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="402.38.03">Pettit, Thomas McKean</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1845-49. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeague-mckechnie.html#162.71.08">Thomas McKean</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="346.82.08">Pettit, W. F.</a></b> — of Minnesota. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 15th District, 1859-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 16, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="233.46.46">Pettit, William Beverly</a> (1825-1905)</b> — also known as <b>William B. Pettit</b> — Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/10-10.html">October 10, 1825</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/VA.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Fluvanna & Goochland counties, 1901-02. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FV-died.html">Fluvanna County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/01-11.html">January 11, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 93 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FV-buried.html#cms06778">a private or family graveyard</a>, Fluvanna 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Arabella Emeline Spears.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/103706836">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="925.02.07">Pettit, William R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County 1st District, 1852. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="567.33.98">Pettit, William W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1864. 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