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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: McDowell County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Rucker</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> McDowell County, 1900-1949: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#533.73.41">W. M. Armour</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beaty-bechtold.html#281.19.00">James F. Beavers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#548.21.74">Gladys Bingham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook9.html#424.42.93">William Cassius Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#107.78.09">J. C. Cornett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickerson.html#214.91.56">A. C. Dickerson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#783.35.77">Kermit W. Dillard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#481.11.70">E. L. Douglass</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fellrath-femille.html#185.04.64">F. W. Felton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#586.49.14">Lewis E. Fite</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#230.55.01">Hoagland French</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hagerman-haggard.html#294.71.69">Harve Hagerman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#839.72.28">A. E. Hodges</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#894.28.30">B. D. Humphreys</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#091.26.87">R. H. Inscore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#316.88.31">J. T. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#876.41.60">John D. Kennedy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#655.83.22">John J. Lincoln</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#393.07.66">William J. McClaren</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore2.html#035.18.95">C. B. Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy2.html#374.96.72">C. A. Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#954.01.67">R. H. O'Blenis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#082.53.12">Howard O'Toole</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennington.html#568.32.78">T. V. Pennington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#868.29.75">Frank J. Pinto</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherford.html#512.60.71">A. G. Rutherford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#727.39.66">Frank Rutledge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#367.96.86">E. B. 'Peg' Shannon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#677.22.61">James A. Strother</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tabbert-taffe.html#191.56.28">M. H. Tabor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner7.html#907.60.04">Robert L. Turner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#103.90.12">George W. Vick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#679.10.01">William W. Whyte</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#614.16.38">W. G. Williamson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> McDowell County, 1950-1999: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacha-backstrom.html#613.65.25">Frank C. Bacho</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey8.html#189.17.50">Tom Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#654.10.81">Hersel Bostic</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#868.37.92">Thelma Branch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#964.50.00">L. E. Burks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cassaday-cassey.html#923.67.88">Joe Cassady</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#710.37.65">Frank P. Castrodale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins8.html#093.45.77">Sherman Collins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#886.76.93">Albert David Crochett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#249.02.45">Abishi C. Cunningham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#683.67.57">John C. Dash, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#276.23.20">Dean Dupler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#407.91.14">James L. Gallimore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#536.41.44">Edward Gibson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregor-grennell.html#295.32.20">Helen M. Gregory</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawkins.html#598.66.05">Claude Hawkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horn.html#646.63.00">Randall N. Horn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#515.78.18">R. B. 'Bob' Hughes, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#020.67.38">Joseph J. Hundley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#203.91.12">J. C. Hurt, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin7.html#413.64.21">Robert Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#083.22.92">Chester M. Matney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maynard.html#748.63.48">Archie Maynard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#878.45.90">W. Dewey Mentz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#798.08.37">W. J. Morgan, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muncell-murdoch.html#183.35.52">Charles D. Muncey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murfee-murphree.html#664.68.97">Rick Murensky</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#728.97.67">G. G. Newberry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newell.html#135.37.21">Tom Newell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norris.html#055.72.62">William Norris, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#209.76.38">Joe Pack</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parsons.html#900.94.42">Richard R. Parsons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#816.13.12">David B. Payne, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#951.70.54">Melvin Walter Payne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennington.html#568.32.78">T. V. Pennington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#231.98.46">W. H. Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers6.html#461.46.05">L. E. Rogers, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintclair.html#871.98.35">Otis E. St. Clair</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#104.91.93">Wallace Shrader</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#696.35.78">Evelyn R. Sword</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/travis.html#686.65.18">Joe Travis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#234.43.89">James E. Tweedy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#288.92.45">Fred G. Wooten</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young6.html#764.99.43">Lawrence Young</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bartley: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coulomb-courtlandt.html#729.44.77">Fred E. Counts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickerson.html#598.48.59">Wilfred L. Dickerson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Bradshaw: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright6.html#488.25.02">Lacy Wright, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Caretta: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#109.36.38">Theo Brincefield</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Crumpler: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#914.13.02">Lewis T. Cope</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eckman: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#710.62.33">William T. Blankenship</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#391.57.29">Henry D. Hatfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#027.87.28">S. F. Morris</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elkhorn: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#691.48.07">Thomas E. Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#609.52.17">George Trechock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#503.86.62">Cecil W. Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> English: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#144.78.98">B. M. Stone</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gary: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#523.70.97">J. M. Cyphers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#284.74.38">Jim Flippo</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Iaeger: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/auth-avern.html#901.11.58">D. L. Auvil</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/browning.html#910.59.36">Garland Browning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dousman-dovey.html#946.43.75">C. L. Dove</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#862.86.77">George Evans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#922.82.61">John Pat Fanning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#717.63.87">A. Keith Wagner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitla-whitlow.html#830.44.24">Ebb Whitley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Keystone: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#949.40.24">J. E. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#520.15.02">Stewart A. Calhoun</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#420.29.60">Jheopart Harry Capehart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christie.html#252.81.34">Sidney L. Christie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamlet-hammitt.html#780.16.33">Mrs. C. M. Hamlett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill8.html#192.36.02">T. Edward Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray2.html#548.10.10">D. T. Murray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#671.46.68">Fred L. Ray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#666.11.26">John J. Stuart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#667.65.97">M. T. Whittico</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kimball: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#934.93.91">Ruth Farris Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#233.49.17">W. L. Mills</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#696.35.78">Evelyn R. Sword</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kyle: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark6.html#738.90.79">Luther H. Clark</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Northfork: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#545.59.84">J. Robert Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#275.29.46">Reba Carroll</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#232.55.33">Elizabeth Drewry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#857.60.85">McGinnis Hatfield</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Paynesville: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#087.87.61">Jerry K. Horne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#591.90.23">Roger Stacy</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Powhatan: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennington.html#568.32.78">T. V. Pennington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tierney.html#253.42.84">Mrs. Lawrence C. Tierney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tierney.html#841.27.57">Lawrence E. Tierney</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roderfield: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#740.88.24">John A. Blevins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#751.42.19">Albert Falvo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#467.83.94">Smith McCoy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckenzie.html#108.37.80">Ronnie McKenzie</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stansill (now Welch): <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#813.19.07">William G. Hunt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thorpe: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore2.html#749.67.10">Clif Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html#274.70.21">Ernest C. Moore</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> War: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatcher-hatchett.html#389.18.73">Glenn D. Hatcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#541.74.09">Jack Marinari</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#851.77.23">Roy A. Warden</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Welch:</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> Welch, 1850-1899: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beaty-bechtold.html#281.19.00">James F. Beavers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#522.43.76">Lewis H. Blakley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#984.34.27">Samuel A. Daniels</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> Welch, 1900-1949: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#568.98.22">Lon L. Ashworth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/belcher.html#323.49.96">Lawrence L. Belcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berry.html#024.59.33">Thornton G. Berry, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#559.38.99">J. W. Blakeley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#280.46.40">G. A. Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#517.30.00">A. L. Calhoun</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#908.70.36">Harry J. Capehart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter4.html#135.22.78">Gail T. Carter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christenson-christianson.html#371.58.64">Maud Christian</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark6.html#919.49.43">Mary Marshall Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crockett.html#573.67.39">Joseph M. Crockett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cuomo-curlin.html#283.75.52">Thomas H. S. Curd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#984.34.27">Samuel A. Daniels</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/early.html#458.49.33">Daisy M. Early</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#465.88.85">J. W. Edwards</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards8.html#731.46.63">T. W. Edwards</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fry.html#058.34.17">Lucian Fry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#282.44.93">Belfrad Hampton Gray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#413.19.75">J. C. Hansbarger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html#498.21.53">J. M. Harman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#857.60.85">McGinnis Hatfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendrickson-henriquez.html#099.45.54">Thomas F. Henritze</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#691.48.07">Thomas E. Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#273.22.63">B. F. Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#617.60.07">J. G. Hunt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#968.50.42">Fleming A. Jones, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#718.03.80">W. R. Keyser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#507.85.37">M. O. Litz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#920.14.60">E. Leslie Long</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lutfy-lynam.html#272.00.36">John W. Luther</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#891.65.17">Leon P. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#427.92.33">William Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#090.73.57">Ira J. Partlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#624.00.70">I. J. Rhodes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers6.html#494.66.03">L. E. Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#961.09.01">James French Strother</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westover-weymouth.html#117.19.98">Ann H. Wetherby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woods.html#931.12.37">L. E. Woods</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#348.03.88">Bernard H. Woodyard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/youngblood-yulee.html#764.63.47">E. L. Youngue</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> Welch, 1950-1999: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#635.77.00">Wade H. Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beals-bearce.html#186.27.61">J. M. 'Jack' Beamer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/belcher.html#152.69.07">Hal B. Belcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/belcher.html#323.49.96">Lawrence L. Belcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berry.html#024.59.33">Thornton G. Berry, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#471.19.56">Vernon Q. Callaway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#956.78.00">Harry G. Camper, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christenson-christianson.html#037.30.76">Jack L. Christian</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christenson-christianson.html#371.58.64">Maud Christian</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark5.html#931.11.82">J. Don Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crockett.html#429.77.17">J. Strother Crockett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crockett.html#573.67.39">Joseph M. Crockett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cunningham.html#446.83.77">A. C. Cunningham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/early.html#058.01.93">Mrs. P. A. Early</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goode.html#533.57.04">Gary D. Goode</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#221.61.65">M. E. Hatfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#857.60.85">McGinnis Hatfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendley-hendrick.html#308.63.50">E. F. Hendrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#273.22.63">B. F. Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html#617.60.07">J. G. Hunt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#968.50.42">Fleming A. Jones, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis7.html#714.94.87">Robert D. Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#172.00.10">I. Mann Litz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#224.43.68">Helen Mamick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#758.51.94">Stephen Mamick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#891.65.17">Leon P. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#427.92.33">William Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#492.19.39">J. Lewis Pais</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#075.45.77">Francis W. Pendleton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saunders.html#439.12.42">Irvine Saunders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott8.html#220.28.81">T. J. Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewell-seyler.html#941.38.82">Granville C. Sexton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#244.46.81">Samuel Solins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#144.78.98">B. M. Stone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swope.html#515.33.26">W. B. Swope</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westover-weymouth.html#117.19.98">Ann H. Wetherby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiton-whittaker.html#081.42.74">James L. Whitt</a></td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilcoe: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#418.01.74">Robert Long</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Yukon: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#810.48.14">Corbett Church</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harless-harmison.html#220.26.44">Perle T. Harman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#851.77.23">Roy A. Warden</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ZZ-lived.html">West Virginia areas not assigned to counties</a>. </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. 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See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>