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Adams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/antilla-anzelowitz.html#934.99.33">Sebastian Anzaldo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aylesworth-azro.html#990.58.52">Sebastian Azami</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#707.56.95">Sebastian Baltes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#392.99.08">Sebastian J. Bellomo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benedum-benito.html#779.86.81">Sebastian Benet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#128.03.19">Sebastian Bonet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyle.html#795.98.23">William Sebastian Boyle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#282.44.99">Joseph Sebastian Cabot</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#641.35.82">Sebastian Carzola</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#070.64.34">William Sebastian Cohen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#367.77.12">Sebastian Di Grazia</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duffy.html#269.33.54">Sebastian Duffy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/feickert-fellman.html#996.30.40">Sebastian Feldhause</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#202.42.58">Sebastian Fieser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frey.html#898.89.23">Sebastian J. Frey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#449.37.81">Sebastian J. Garafalo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#062.63.03">Sebastian Giansiracusa</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#682.51.32">William Sebastian Jacobsen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kraschel-kreutzer.html#153.71.79">Stanley Sebastian Kresge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#664.92.05">Sebastian Kronenwetter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#607.09.29">Sebastian Lagger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#628.92.01">Sebastian Leone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/little.html#909.59.65">John Sebastian Little</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lund-luster.html#429.82.38">Sebastian Lupica</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#051.55.51">Sebastian Streeter Marble</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martini-marviel.html#939.64.59">Sebastian E. Marty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#768.31.47">Sebastian Ivan Miscenich</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#732.39.58">Sebastian Rack</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanbury-sander.html#976.86.85">Sebastian Sanchez</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/silsbee-simmonds.html#574.54.08">George Sebastian Silzer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white8.html#377.69.23">Sebastian Harrison White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#885.65.67">Lester Sebastian Willson</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="484.07.73">Sebastian, Benjamin</a></b> — of Kentucky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals</a>, 1792-1806. Accused of being a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">paid agent of Spain</a>; the charge was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigated</a> by the Kentucky legislature, and he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned in disgrace</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="037.28.86">Sebastian, Charles Edward</a> (1873-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Charles E. Sebastian</b> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SF-born.html">St. Francois County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-30.html">March 30, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Police officer</a>; Los Angeles Chief of Police, 1911-15; in 1915, he was accused of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">molesting</a> several teenage girls in a rooming house next to the police station; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> by the county grand jury for contributing to the delinquency of a minor; also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> for criminal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">contempt of court</a> for attempting to influence grand jurors; won election for mayor while these cases were pending; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted on the molestation charge, but <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">found guilty</a> of contempt for interference with the grand jury; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1915-16; resigned 1916; defeated, 1917. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/04-17.html">April 17, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms06118">Glen Haven Memorial Park</a>, Sylmar, Calif. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles E. Sebastian">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5299">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="612.82.97">Sebastian, J. L.</a></b> — of Camarillo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-lived.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/camarillo.html#2">Camarillo, Calif.</a>, 1901-05. 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="743.11.70">Sebastian, James M.</a></b> — of Booneville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OS-lived.html">Owsley County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/KY.html">1888</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="220.62.69">Sebastian, John</a></b> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 4th District, 1988. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="048.71.26">Sebastian, Peter</a> (1926-2011)</b> — of Maryland. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-19.html">June 19, 1926</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TS-diplomats.html ">Tunisia</a>, 1984-87. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/03-22.html">March 22, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 276 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/sebastian-peter ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/603/000130213">NNDB dossier</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="900.53.85">Sebastian, Phil</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MO.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="016.33.72">Sebastian, Ricardo</a></b> — Peace and Freedom candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2024-election.html">2024</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#117.73.96">Claudia De la Cruz</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garcia.html#018.70.42">Karina A. Garcia</a>). Still living as of 2024. </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="365.86.80">Sebastian, Robert M.</a></b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. 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="469.91.04">Sebastian, Stephen II</a></b> — of Kingsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TN.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="757.10.41">Sebastian, W. P.</a></b> — of Breckenridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ST-lived.html">Stephens County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/TX.html">1892</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 28th District, 1899-1904. 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="252.57.99">Sebastian, William King</a> (1812-1865)</b> — also known as <b>William K. Sebastian</b> — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PH-lived.html">Phillips County</a>, Ark. Born in Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HI-born.html">Hickman County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/06-12.html">June 12, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1848-61. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Southern senators</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> in absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacy during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously revoked in 1877. Slaveowner. Died in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-20.html">May 20, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 342 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB.html">Sebastian County, Ark.</a> is named for him.</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=S000216">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409721">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William K. Sebastian">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="183.13.94">Sebastian, William R.</a></b> — of Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Preston; elected 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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