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font-family:garamond,serif;">Wharton</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="WHARTON"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>WHARTON</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/w.html#W635">Soundex W635</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis-dawsey.html#DAWHARE">DAWHARE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#HARTOG">HARTOG</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#HARTOM">HARTOM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#HARTON">HARTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#NEWHARD">NEWHARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#NEWHART">NEWHART</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#WARTHEN">WARTHEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#WHARRIE">WHARRIE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#WHARRY">WHARRY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheelock-whipp.html#WHERTON">WHERTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#WHORTON">WHORTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#WORTHEN">WORTHEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthy-wriggins.html#WORTON">WORTON</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>WHARTON:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#003.16.20">Richard Henry Alvey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#203.03.89">Wharton Barker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#880.21.00">Henry Wharton Conway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#483.78.52">George Mifflin Dallas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#123.06.92">Robert Wharton Dill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#952.32.91">Wharton Jackson Green</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#912.56.03">William Wharton Heidelbaugh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#227.53.36">Guy Vernor Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#181.35.00">Homer Hoch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#408.37.33">Rufus Wharton Landon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#267.76.69">Marian LeSueur</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html#986.07.02">Beth Wharton Milford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#057.64.91">Joseph Allen Overton Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#818.08.79">Thomas Barbour Paxton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#249.86.23">Thomas Barbour Paxton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#113.30.21">George Wharton Pepper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#667.04.41">Thomas Wharton Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#956.37.24">Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#015.40.78">Frederick William Seward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#408.15.33">Henry Wharton Shoemaker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#612.18.64">John Humphrey Small</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</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="706.20.97">Wharton, Albert</a></b> — of Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/dubuque.html">Mayor of Dubuque, Iowa</a>, 1950. 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>Wharton, Beth</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html#986.07.02">Beth Wharton Milford</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="465.68.82">Wharton, Blaze</a></b> — of Murray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/UT.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/UT.html">2008</a>. 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="840.02.23">Wharton, Charles E.</a></b> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 8th District, 1908. 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="589.90.54">Wharton, Charles E.</a></b> — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/omaha.html#2">Omaha, Neb.</a>, 1912-16. 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="190.03.79">Wharton, Charles E.</a></b> — of Kenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HR-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ohio. Candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1926, 1928; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> at-large, 1938. 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="190.59.96">Wharton, Charles M.</a></b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1915-18; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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="367.24.01">Wharton, Charles Stuart</a> (1875-1939)</b> — also known as <b>Charles S. Wharton</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-22.html">April 22, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 4th District, 1905-07; in February, 1928, a group of masked men stopped a train at Evergreen Park, Illinois, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/theft.html">robbed</a> it of over $130,000; after the robbery, they met at Wharton's home to divide up the proceeds, leaving him $4,000; in June, after being <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">implicated</a> by two of the robbers, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> by a federal grand jury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">federal prison</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-04.html">September 4, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms01067">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <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 Henry Wharton and Aurilla Wharton.</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=W000322">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411484">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles S. Wharton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15416767">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="051.41.20">Wharton, Clifton Reginald, Sr.</a> (1899-1990)</b> — also known as <b>Clifton R. Wharton</b> — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-11.html">May 11, 1899</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html ">Monrovia</a>, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CI-consuls.html ">Las Palmas</a>, as of 1932-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AZ-consuls.html ">Ponta Delgada</a>, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RM-diplomats.html ">Romania</a>, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-diplomats.html ">Norway</a>, 1961-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/04-25.html">April 25, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 349 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>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wharton-clifton-reginald ?">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="864.83.75">Wharton, D. D.</a></b> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/DE.html">1944</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>Wharton, Ernest</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#699.44.31">James Ernest Wharton</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="772.07.70">Wharton, F. H.</a></b> — of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/miami.html">Mayor of Miami, Fla.</a>, 1907-11. 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="193.86.99">Wharton, Ferris W.</a></b> — Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 2006. Still living as of 2006. <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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=110776">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Wharton, Frank</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#804.17.04">J. Frank Wharton</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="474.59.19">Wharton, G. C.</a></b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/KY.html">1920</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="859.78.31">Wharton, Gabriel Colvin</a></b> — also known as <b>Gabriel C. Wharton</b> — of Kentucky. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Kentucky</a>, 1870-76, 1877-81. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ra-buried.html#cms06056">Wharton Family Cemetery</a>, Radford, 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="635.04.01">Wharton, George Mifflin</a> (1806-1870)</b> — also known as <b>George M. Wharton</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1857-60. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/index.html">1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</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="252.79.05">Wharton, Gordon H.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 21st District, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </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="387.91.68">Wharton, Henry Marvin</a></b> — also known as <b>Henry M. Wharton</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1912. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</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>Wharton, J. Ernest</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#699.44.31">James Ernest Wharton</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="804.17.04">Wharton, J. Frank</a></b> — of Laguna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/lagunabeach.html">Mayor of Laguna Beach, Calif.</a>, 1950-55. 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="383.49.31">Wharton, Jacob L.</a></b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html#3">Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1935-36. 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="119.37.10">Wharton, James E.</a></b> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.). Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/wheeling.html#5">Wheeling, Va.</a>, 1849-50. 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="500.29.23">Wharton, James E.</a></b> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SC-lived.html">Scioto County</a>, Ohio. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1881. 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="699.44.31">Wharton, James Ernest</a> (1899-1990)</b> — also known as <b>J. Ernest Wharton</b> — of Richmondville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-lived.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1951-65 (30th District 1951-53, 29th District 1953-63, 28th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/index.html">1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">about 91 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000323">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411485">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="033.28.98">Wharton, James F.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 4th District, 1883-85. 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="086.44.71">Wharton, Jesse</a> (1782-1833)</b> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Covesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/07-29.html">July 29, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1807-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Tennessee</a>, 1814-17. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-22.html">July 22, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-buried.html#cms00355">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Nashville, Tenn. <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 John O. Wharton and Rhoda (Morris) Wharton; grandfather 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=W000324">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411486">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse Wharton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8004929">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="137.29.81">Wharton, John Austin</a> (1806-1838)</b> — of Texas. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rswar.html">Texas Republic Secretary of War</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1836-37, 1838; died in office 1838. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/12-17.html">December 17, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/32.html">about 32 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-buried.html#cms04690">Founders Memorial Park</a>, Houston, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="#570.29.17">William Harris Wharton</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH.html">Wharton County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</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="410.14.70">Wharton, John Henry</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-lived.html">Laurens County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Laurens County, 1908-12, 1916-20. 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="037.16.16">Wharton, Joseph</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. 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="025.80.95">Wharton, Joseph J.</a></b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html#3">Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1894-98. 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="279.09.83">Wharton, Joshua B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 3rd District, 1927-34. 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="402.18.02">Wharton, Randy</a></b> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 3rd District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </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="725.58.03">Wharton, Robert</a></b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1798-1800, 1806-08, 1810-11, 1814-19, 1820-24. 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="852.29.65">Wharton, Robert E.</a></b> — of Gadsden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ET-lived.html">Etowah County</a>, Ala. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gadsden.html#2">Gadsden, Ala.</a>, 1949-50. 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="912.01.72">Wharton, Samuel</a> (1732-1800)</b> — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/05-03.html">May 3, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1782; state court judge in Delaware, 1790. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000325">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411487">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="156.87.03">Wharton, Samuel S.</a></b> — Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 19th District, 1861-62. 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="137.07.34">Wharton, Thomas, Jr.</a> (1735-1778)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/index.html">1735</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1777-78; died in office 1778. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/05-22.html">May 22, 1778</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms05509">Evangelical Trinity Church</a>, Lancaster, 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> Son of John Wharton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/">1762</a> to Susannah Lloyd; married to Elizabeth Fishbourne.</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/thomas-wharton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Wharton Jr.">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="808.40.24">Wharton, Thomas P.</a></b> — of Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MD.html">1928</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="623.22.02">Wharton, W. W.</a></b> — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. 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="570.29.17">Wharton, William Harris</a> (1802-1839)</b> — of Texas. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Victoria, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Victoria, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1836, 1837-39; died in office 1839. Killed when he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">accidentally</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> himself while dismounting from his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/horse.html">horse</a>, near Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-died.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/03-14.html">March 14, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-buried.html#cms04691">Restwood Memorial Park</a>, Clute, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="#137.29.81">John Austin Wharton</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WH.html">Wharton County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</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="281.55.16">Wharton, William R.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. 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