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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Typewriter Politicians</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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Born in Cherry Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-13.html">February 13, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Hammond <b>Typewriter</b> Corporation, 1913-24; president (1925-52) and chairman (1952-55), Intertype Corporation; trustee and member of executive committee, Consolidated Edison <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric utility</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BL-consuls.html">Honorary Consul-General for Bulgaria</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-consuls.html">New York, N.Y.</a>, 1923-33; chairman, Cornell University Board of Trustees, 1947-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/05-16.html">May 16, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-buried.html# ">All Souls Onteora Park Church Cemetery</a>, Hunter, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dow.html#766.65.61">Neal Dow</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>Relatives:</i> Son of William E. Becker and Eva Claire (Kenyon) Becker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/">1909</a> to Ivah Elizabeth Smith; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/">1954</a> to Charlotte Allen.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal Dow Becker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/115838685">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>Benn Conger (1856-1922)</b> — of Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Born in Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-born.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-29.html">October 29, 1856</a>. President, Corona <b>Typewriter</b> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tompkins County, 1900-01; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 41st District, 1909-10; resigned 1910. In 1910, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#318.18.10">Jotham P. Allds</a>, the majority leader, of accepting a bribe from bridge companies; Allds was investigated and ultimately resigned. Conger, who had also taken part in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> scheme, was criticized for not coming forward sooner; facing a likely attempt to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expel</a> him, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> a few days later. Died in Groton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-died.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-28.html">February 28, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-buried.html#cms06399">Groton Rural Cemetery</a>, Groton, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Corydon Wilson Conger and Mary Jane (Brown) Conger; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Florence C. Buck; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#065.35.89">Hugh Conger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#317.28.00">James Lockwood Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#123.53.84">Anson Griffith Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#499.43.84">Harmon Sweatland Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#541.81.62">Omar Dwight Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#220.73.42">Moore Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#087.79.44">Frederick Ward Conger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#398.98.93">Chauncey Stewart Conger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#909.90.32">Charles Franklin Conger</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0006.html">Conger family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946)</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mannheim, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-26.html">April 26, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-diplomats.html ">Turkey</a>, 1913-16; director, Underwood <b>Typewriter</b> Company; director, Equitable <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Assurance</a> Society of U.S.; president, Herald Square <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Realty</a> Company; director, Mt. Sinai <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-25.html">November 25, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms04206">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a>, Hawthorne, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lazarus Morgenthau and Babette (Guggenheim) Morgenthau; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/05-10.html">May 10, 1883</a>, to Josephine Sykes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#535.75.52">Henry Morgenthau Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#617.00.23">Robert Morris Morgenthau</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/10001-0291.html">Morgenthau-Lehman family</a> of New York City, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/morgenthau-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Washburn</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Livermore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/03-16.html">March 16, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CA.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1863-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">novelist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">invented</a> an early <b>typewriter</b>. 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/1889/01-26.html">January 26, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 316 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#131.55.29">Israel Washburn</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#578.05.21">Israel Washburn Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#844.25.24">Elihu Benjamin Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#070.60.86">Cadwallader Colden Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#029.10.17">William Drew Washburn</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#081.76.93">Reuel Washburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#882.62.17">Charles Fox Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#333.33.49">Hempstead Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#223.37.09">Robert Charles Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#310.00.75">William Drew Washburn Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#885.61.88">Stanley Washburn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumner.html#134.74.24">Charles Sumner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#984.54.28">Dwight May Sabin</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/10001-0049.html">Washburn family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/washburn-charles-ames ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></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"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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