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Baldwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#698.54.05">Ransom Blakesley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#533.51.54">Robert Ransom Bradford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#172.53.18">Ransom Albert Breuer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockenbrough-brockmeyer.html#557.76.12">Ernest Ransom Brockett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/browning.html#953.99.60">George Landon Browning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#156.56.35">Ransom W. Brunt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#868.20.19">John Ransom Buck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#038.73.25">Ransom M. Burnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#672.84.67">Ransom Culver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis9.html#076.26.85">Warren Ransom Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dracos-drane.html#238.88.86">Moses Ransom Doyon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunckel-dunklin.html#439.00.67">Ransom Williams Dunham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#589.41.42">Ransom Asbury Ellis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#790.44.59">Ransom Everett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#948.12.96">Ransom L. Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gillet-gillhaus.html#083.40.15">Ransom Hooker Gillet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gillet-gillhaus.html#099.58.95">Ransom A. Gillett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gillet-gillhaus.html#866.21.02">Ransom H. Gillett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#877.58.51">Ransom R. Grant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregor-grennell.html#653.66.85">Ransom E. Gregory</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#244.20.65">Ransom Hart Guinnip</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#311.61.33">Ransom Halloway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#798.14.15">Ransom Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy2.html#641.22.99">Charles Ransom Kennedy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locker-lockport.html#715.67.45">Cora Ransom Lockhart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#707.93.85">Ransom Eli Olds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#158.23.25">Ransom Lloyd Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sjoberg-skillman.html#963.86.34">Ransom M. Skeels</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#962.45.75">Ransom B. Tifft</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#225.45.72">Ransom B. True</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#576.93.15">Robert Ransom Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood9.html#859.73.51">William Ransom Wood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright1.html#045.09.00">Ambrose Ransom Wright</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="793.12.67">Ransom, Alexis</a></b> — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/kalamazoo.html#3">Kalamazoo, Mich.</a>, 1844-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="040.78.21">Ransom, Chandler R.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/aud.html">Massachusetts state auditor</a>, 1856-58. 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="463.00.93">Ransom, Clara</a></b> — of Montello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/WI.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="416.71.28">Ransom, D. C.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Geauga and Lake counties, 1897. 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="367.20.50">Ransom, Daniel</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 2nd District, 1871-74. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="889.98.03">Ransom, Daniel</a></b> — of Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CO.html">1876</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="208.51.22">Ransom, David Michael</a> (1938-2003)</b> — also known as <b>David M. Ransom</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/11-23.html">November 23, 1938</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BH-diplomats.html ">Bahrain</a>, 1994-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/12-04.html">December 4, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 11 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 Clifford Fredic Ransom and Inez Natalie (Green) Ransom; married to Marjorie Ann Marilley.</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/ransom-david-michael ?">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><a name="442.41.66">Ransom, Dwight French</a> (1848-1928)</b> — also known as <b>Dwight F. Ransom</b> — of Riverton, Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Riverton, Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Barkhamsted, 1915-16. Died in Riverton, Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-02.html">November 2, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html# ">Riverton Cemetery</a>, Riverton, Barkhamsted, Conn. <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 George Sidney Ransom and Mary Ellen (Coe) Ransom; married to Harriet Rebecca Hart.</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/117782119">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="354.86.56">Ransom, E. N.</a></b> — of Barkhamsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Barkhamsted, 1856. 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="852.70.15">Ransom, E. R.</a></b> — of Flat Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/brownstown-twp.html#4">Flat Rock, Mich.</a>, 1881-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="716.32.64">Ransom, Earl</a></b> — of Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/VT.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/VT.html">1948</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="554.97.23">Ransom, Elias</a></b> — of Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Niagara 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="673.63.12">Ransom, Elton T.</a></b> — of Ransomville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Niagara County, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268127366/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/284/27.65.jpg" width=70 height=89 border=0 alt="Epaphroditus Ransom"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="284.27.65">Ransom, Epaphroditus</a> (1798-1859)</b> — of Vermont; Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/03-24.html">March 24, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1836-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1843-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1848-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1850-51; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kalamazoo County 2nd District, 1853-54. Died in Fort Scott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BO-died.html">Bourbon County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-09.html">November 9, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html#cms00577">Mountain Home Cemetery</a>, Kalamazoo, Mich. <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> Uncle of Elizabeth Noyes Ransom (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#872.57.23">Charles Eugene Otis</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#848.58.76">Edward Cahill</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/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (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;">Ransom <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-names.html">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/epaphroditus-ransom/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6246099">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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="552.80.67">Ransom, F. B.</a> (b. 1882)</b> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Grenada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/GR-born.html">Grenada County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-13.html">July 13, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IN.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</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="136.52.44">Ransom, Fletcher</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kalamazoo County, 1845-46. 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>Ransom, Ford</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#262.52.04">J. Ford Ransom</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="087.87.32">Ransom, Frank A.</a></b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 7th District, 1867. 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="806.65.04">Ransom, Gene III</a></b> — of Grasonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-lived.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </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="081.86.27">Ransom, Harry</a></b> — of Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/AZ.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="189.98.02">Ransom, Harry B.</a></b> — of Grand Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 4th District, 1870-71, 1875. 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="234.97.51">Ransom, Harry S.</a></b> — of Plattsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/plattsburgh.html#3">Plattsburgh, N.Y.</a>, 1869-85. 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="219.63.39">Ransom, Henry G.</a></b> — of Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/vernon.html#2">First selectman of Vernon, Connecticut</a>, 1888. 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="169.28.19">Ransom, Horace U.</a></b> — of Meredith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Meredith, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="947.42.71">Ransom, I. J.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="262.52.04">Ransom, J. Ford</a></b> — of Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">Tobacco</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windsor, 1939-44. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="403.80.17">Ransom, J. H.</a></b> — of Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/KS.html">1900</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="872.48.70">Ransom, J. R.</a></b> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/KS.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="247.88.04">Ransom, J. R.</a></b> — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KS.html">1936</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="737.23.80">Ransom, Jessie M.</a></b> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </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="472.00.74">Ransom, John S.</a></b> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Salem, 1827. 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="224.08.02">Ransom, Kim</a></b> — of Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/CO.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CO.html">2008</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/CO.html">2012</a> (alternate). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="000.59.63">Ransom, Lawrence B.</a></b> — of Hartland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hartland, 1914. 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="407.54.21">Ransom, Matt Whitaker</a> (1826-1904)</b> — also known as <b>Matt W. Ransom</b> — of Warrenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.C.; Weldon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-lived.html">Halifax County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/10-08.html">October 8, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1853-55; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1858-60; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1872-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NC.html">Democratic National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 1876-88; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1895-97. Slaveowner. Died near Garysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NO-died.html">Northampton County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-08.html">October 8, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 0 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-buried.html#cms04830">a private or family graveyard</a>, Halifax County, N.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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#540.45.02">Edward Rawles</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#952.32.91">Wharton Jackson Green</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/10001-0322.html">Hawkins-Green-Macon family</a> of Warrenton, North Carolina (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000062">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409042">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ransom-matt-whitaker ?">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><a name="219.13.22">Ransom, Nelson E.</a></b> — of Little Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/littlefalls.html#3">Little Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1899-1907, 1911-16. 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="065.60.10">Ransom, Perry M.</a></b> — of Hartland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hartland; elected 1946, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="053.91.57">Ransom, Reverdy C.</a></b> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 21st District, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="180.97.63">Ransom, Richard</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Franklin County, 1784, 1786. 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="486.38.49">Ransom, Robert M.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 7th Circuit, 1977-2001. Still living as of 2001. </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="639.28.27">Ransom, Russel</a></b> — of Flat Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/brownstown-twp.html#4">Flat Rock, Mich.</a>, 1873. 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="151.43.03">Ransom, Samuel C.</a></b> — of Sea Cliff, Queens County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>), Long Island, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/seacliff.html#2">Sea Cliff, N.Y.</a>, 1891. 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="763.27.04">Ransom, William Lynn</a> (b. 1883)</b> — also known as <b>William L. Ransom</b> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Harmony town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-20.html">June 20, 1883</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. 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