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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: McCracken County, Ky.</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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Carmel Cemetery</a> <li>Paducah <a href="cms01065">Oak Grove Cemetery</a> <li>Near Paducah <a href="cms00476">Mt. Kenton Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms03901">Maplelawn Park Cemetery</a> Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Founded 1918 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Kerr Hendrick (1849-1921) — also known as John K. Hendrick — of Smithland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CS-born.html">Caswell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-10.html">October 10, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LV-officials.html">Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1878-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1887-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1895-97. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-20.html">June 20, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000491">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405354">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Pierce Eubanks Lackey (1898-1967) — also known as Pierce E. Lackey — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-21.html">December 21, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1940-44; defeated, 1963; president, Paducah <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Broadcasting</a> Co., operator of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio station</a> WPAD; founder of six other radio stations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Died, in Barnes <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/02-16.html">February 16, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#062.89.56">Ernest Lackey</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#294.22.17">Hecht S. Lackey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#762.41.93">Frederick Ernest Lackey</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#762.12.07">Sherrill Lackey Jeffers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#218.47.95">Henry G. Lackey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14668.html">Lackey family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62019611">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Walter A. Blackburn (1874-1949) — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CI-lived.html">Crittenden County</a>, Ky.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Fredonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CD-born.html">Caldwell County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-01.html">October 1, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in Kentucky, 1906-10; president, People's National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, Paducah, 1926-31; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, in Illinois Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-30.html">October 30, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Rev. Elisha Bell Blackburn and Mary Jane (McGough) Blackburn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Cora C. Hurley.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a> Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=75218&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rex Platt Cornelison (1880-1967) — also known as Rex P. Cornelison — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Symsonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GA-born.html">Graves County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-07.html">November 7, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Drug company salesman</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html#2">Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1928-33 (acting, 1928-29); Paducah city judge; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1947. Died, in Western Baptist <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/03-30.html">March 30, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Bazalliel Cornelison; married to Lillian Katherine Graves.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85251706">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01065">Oak Grove Cemetery</a> 1613 Park Avenue Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Founded 1847 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=75345&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Linn Boyd (1800-1859) — of Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-lived.html">Trigg County</a>, Ky.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/11-22.html">November 22, 1800</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1827-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1835-37, 1839-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1851-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1859; died in office 1859. Slaveowner. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/12-17.html">December 17, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Abraham Boyd; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Alice Bennett; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Anna L. Dixon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BD.html">Boyd County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000719">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401679">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn Boyd">Wikipedia article</a></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> Charles Kennedy Wheeler (1863-1933) — also known as Charles K. Wheeler — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born near Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-18.html">April 18, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1897-1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-15.html">June 15, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 58 days</a>). Entombed at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-10.html">October 10, 1888</a>, to Mary Kirkpatrick Guthrie.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000331">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411493">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles K. Wheeler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6868608">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> John W. Sauner (1824-1890) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-31.html">May 31, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1859-63, 1867-71. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-17.html">July 17, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Meyer Weil (1830-1891) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/06-29.html">June 29, 1830</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1871-75, 1877-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1880. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-13.html">April 13, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John G. Fisher (1816-1896) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Wurttemberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-01.html">October 1, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1863-67, 1875-77. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-17.html">November 17, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Reed (1842-1908) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-04.html">November 4, 1842</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1881-89. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-28.html">October 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Ayers Yeiser Sr. (1845-1925) — also known as David A. Yeiser, Sr. — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/10-13.html">October 13, 1845</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1891-97, 1902-07; defeated, 1915. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/09-03.html">September 3, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ernest Lackey (1867-1941) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-08.html">June 8, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1916, 1928-32; defeated, 1916. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/03-07.html">March 7, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 272 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Dr. George W. Lackey and Mary Josephine Lackey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-10.html">September 10, 1889</a>, to Catherine Caroline Kreutzer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#360.47.18">Pierce Eubanks Lackey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#294.22.17">Hecht S. Lackey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#762.41.93">Frederick Ernest Lackey</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#762.12.07">Sherrill Lackey Jeffers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#218.47.95">Henry G. Lackey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14668.html">Lackey family</a> of Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66490367">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Jesse H. Gardner (1817-1886) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-23.html">September 23, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1857-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-01.html">March 1, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Henry Johnson (1829-1902) — also known as Joseph H. Johnson — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/07-08.html">July 8, 1829</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1889-91. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-02.html">December 2, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick William Katterjohn (1860-1939) — also known as F. W. Katterjohn — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-13.html">November 13, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1920-24. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/08-28.html">August 28, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 288 days</a>). Entombed at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin Farley (1842-1929) — of Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-lived.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-born.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/08-28.html">August 28, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">barrel manufacturer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/KY.html">1880</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html#2">Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1892-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/trea.html">Kentucky state treasurer</a>, 1908-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-18.html">September 18, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Michael Farley and Mary (Dolan) Farley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-03.html">October 3, 1871</a>, to Ella Marguerite Nunn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33232926">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> James M. Lang (1857-1933) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-15.html">July 15, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">Mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1897-1901; county judge in Kentucky, 1913-26. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/05-18.html">May 18, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John C. Noble (1815-1901) — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/12-04.html">December 4, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html#2">Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1860-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress</a> 1st District, 1864. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-21.html">December 21, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Jones Pearson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36120502">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> William Virgil Eaton (b. 1874) — also known as William V. Eaton — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-born.html">Barren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-22.html">March 22, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 2nd District, 1910-12. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Harrison Ashcraft (1840-1920) — also known as James H. Ashcraft — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Brandenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ME-born.html">Meade County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-04.html">May 4, 1840</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html#2">Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1876-86. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-honor.html">Knights of Honor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-19.html">January 19, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 260 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Grove Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of Absalom Ashcraft and Delilah (Allen) Ashcraft; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/">1865</a> to Mary Emerine Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80514588">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00476">Mt. Kenton Cemetery</a> Lone Oak Road Near Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=17846"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/230/97.09.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Alben W. Barkley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) — also known as Alben W. Barkley; Willie Alben Barkley; "Dear Alben"; "Little Alby"; "Veep" — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> near Lowes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GA-born.html">Graves County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-24.html">November 24, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-officials.html">McCracken County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1913-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/KY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/KY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/KY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/KY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KY.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/KY.html">1948</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/KY.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/index.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1949-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while speaking at the Washington and Lee University Mock Democratic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">Convention</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/lx-died.html">Lexington</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/04-30.html">April 30, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Kenton Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Son of John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-23.html">June 23, 1903</a>, to Dorothy Brower; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/11-18.html">November 18, 1949</a>, to Jane Hadley and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#479.09.94">Jane Hadley (1911-1964)</a>; father of Laura Louise Barkley (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#449.41.47">Douglas MacArthur II</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#808.41.25">Alben W. Barkley II</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1055.html">Barkley family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">C. V. Whitney's thoroughbread <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-misc.html">racehorse</a> "The Veep" (born 1948), was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401146">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alben W. Barkley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/172/000057998">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055063">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2897">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly Ann Davis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824036301/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0824036301&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and Vice President</a> — James K. Libbey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813102383/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813102383&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Dear Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky</a> — Jane Hadley Barkley, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">I Married the Veep</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Truman Library</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> John Thomas Garrett (1921-1979) — also known as Tom Garrett — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-06.html">November 6, 1921</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KY.html">1960</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 2nd District, 1962-79; defeated in primary, 1957; died in office 1979. Died in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/02-04.html">February 4, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Kenton Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrett.html#250.44.65">Helen Marie Rickman</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrett.html#556.65.08">Tom Garrett</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13306.html">Garrett family</a> of Paducah, Kentucky.</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> Helen Garrett (1929-2006) — also known as Helen Marie Rickman — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky.; Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-born.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/index.html">1929</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 2nd District, 1979-90; defeated in primary, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/10-27.html">October 27, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Kenton Cemetery. <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">Relatives: Daughter of John Frank Rickman and Helen Eunice (Bean) Rickman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrett.html#673.35.64">John Thomas Garrett</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrett.html#556.65.08">Tom Garrett</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13306.html">Garrett family</a> of Paducah, Kentucky.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </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. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</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 official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-buried.html</a>.</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> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</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> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? 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>