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Allee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appling-archambault.html#383.30.60">R. Douglass Arbuckle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aylesworth-azro.html#105.26.91">Albert Douglass Ayres</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barsham-bartless.html#596.77.82">Herbert Almon Bartholomew</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#775.45.59">Douglass Townshend Bolling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#486.65.82">Mrs. C. Douglass Buck, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#701.00.48">Zachariah Chandler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#226.00.97">Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cord-corneliusen.html#850.45.50">Douglass Edward Corn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#429.86.85">Charles Boyd Curtis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dale.html#087.33.66">Douglass Dale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#425.15.26">Douglass Diggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#035.98.74">Clarence Douglas Dillon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#784.08.08">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#232.55.33">Elizabeth Simpson Drewry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischer.html#140.83.15">Douglass K. Fischer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foraker-forbes.html#411.48.43">Arthur Elbridge Forbes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#290.67.68">James M. Hinds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#372.46.89">Douglass Houghton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#972.32.55">Douglass E. Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#751.79.54">Douglass H. Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maguire.html#065.86.35">Douglass Maguire</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#565.72.07">James Douglass Manning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonald.html#418.62.78">Douglass McDonald</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html#103.34.91">J. Douglass Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parks.html#890.17.38">Tilman Bacon Parks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/post.html#965.18.95">James Douglass Post</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#312.22.67">J. Douglass Robertson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#143.32.54">Colin Douglass Ruddell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott3.html#277.34.16">Frank Douglass Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#386.20.14">Douglass Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#154.40.57">Douglass Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#587.01.95">Douglass Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandine-vanduzer.html#585.33.67">H. Douglass Van Duser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#313.51.25">Stuyvesant Wainwright II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#339.98.61">Edward Douglass White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#171.78.74">Edward Douglass White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#927.10.90">Douglass Wiles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilfley-wilkin.html#864.51.81">Douglass Wilkie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#766.22.63">William Porter Witherow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#029.39.77">Rodolph A. Woolsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright2.html#042.66.83">Douglass B. Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="395.96.50">Douglass, A. H.</a> — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/memphis.html">Mayor of Memphis, Tenn.</a>, 1855-56. 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> <a name="981.66.20">Douglass, A. M.</a> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HI-lived.html">Hill County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 10th District, 1893-94, 1903-04. 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> <a name="639.79.61">Douglass, Andrew E.</a> — of Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-parties.html">Chair of Wood County Republican Party</a>, 1945-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1949; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WV.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/WV.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WV.html">1960</a> (alternate). 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> <a name="963.96.20">Douglass, Anthony C.</a> — of Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/niagarafalls.html">Mayor of Niagara Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1911. 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> Douglass, Arnold See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#784.08.08">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="469.28.40">Douglass, Asa</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Columbia County, 1800-01. 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> <a name="445.45.58">Douglass, Benajah</a> — of Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canaan, 1821-24, 1830. 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> <a name="240.97.80">Douglass, Benjamin</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County, 1841. 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> <a name="568.26.10">Douglass, Benjamin Pennybacker</a> (b. 1820) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HR-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Ind. Born in New Market, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SH-born.html">Shenandoah County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/07-22.html">July 22, 1820</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1857; common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1864. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#074.78.24">Isaac Samuels Pennybacker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#218.35.76">Joel Pennybacker</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#189.96.03">John D. Pennybacker</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/samson-samul.html#267.74.15">Green Berry Samuels</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/10928.html">Pennybacker-Anderson family</a> of Virginia.</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> <a name="983.30.53">Douglass, Burchet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1841-42. 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> <a name="045.57.58">Douglass, Carlos Lavelette</a> — also known as Carlos L. Douglass — of Walworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WL-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Walworth County, 1873. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="108.24.74">Douglass, Carol J.</a> — of Hawaii. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Hawaii</a> 2nd District, 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.90.78">Douglass, Charles S.</a> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MB-consuls.html ">Emerson</a>, as of 1884. 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> <a name="239.71.93">Douglass, Clyde A.</a> — of Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Wake County, 1915-16. 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> <a name="214.12.86">Douglass, Daniel W.</a> — of Fredonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/fredonia.html#2">Fredonia, N.Y.</a>, 1848-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1851. 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> <a name="606.28.30">Douglass, David Fulton</a> (1821-1872) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif. Born in Gallatin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-08.html">January 8, 1821</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1855-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of California</a>, 1856-58. Died in Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-died.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/06-16.html">June 16, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-buried.html#cms04007">Stockton Rural Cemetery</a>, Stockton, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="481.11.70">Douglass, E. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1934. 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> <a name="159.27.15">Douglass, E. R. N.</a> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-parties.html">Chair of Hunterdon County Republican Party</a>, 1959. Still living as of 1959. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="126.31.26">Douglass, Ebenezer</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1820-21. 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> <a name="653.95.95">Douglass, Elisha P.</a> — of McKeesport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.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> <a name="111.54.18">Douglass, Ephraim</a> — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/uniontown.html#2">Burgess of Uniontown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1796. 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> Douglass, Fay See <a href="#877.89.11">J. Fay Douglass</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.75.25">Douglass, Frank A.</a> (b. 1851) — of Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/index.html">1851</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/houghton.html#2">Houghton, Mich.</a>, 1881-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Houghton County, 1887-88. 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> <a name="114.28.25">Douglass, Frank P.</a> — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OK.html">1940</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> <a name="659.85.22">Douglass, Frank S. R.</a> — of Oakville, Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/watertown.html#3">Oakville, Conn.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267607731/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/181/46.16.jpg" width=70 height=82 border=0 alt="Frederick Douglass"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="181.46.16">Douglass, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey</a> (1818-1895) — also known as Frederick Douglass — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/index.html">1818</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1888 ; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1889-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-anti-slavery-soc.html">American Anti-Slavery Society</a>. Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841. Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848, he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the women's rights movement. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-20.html">February 20, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms00423">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms07914">Highland Park</a>, Rochester, N.Y. <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/1838/">1838</a> to Anna Murray; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-24.html">January 24, 1884</a>, to Helen Pitts; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#770.74.45">Charles Edward Mitchell</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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick Douglass">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/douglass-frederick-augustus-washington-bailey ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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 by Frederick Douglass: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582183678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1582183678&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Life and Times of Frederick Douglass</a> — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300087012/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300087012&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself</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 Frederick Douglass: John Stauffer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446580090/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446580090&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln</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: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)</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> <a name="113.14.06">Douglass, G. E.</a> — of Alexander City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TL-lived.html">Tallapoosa County</a>, Ala. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/alexandercity.html#2">Alexander City, Ala.</a>, 1889. 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> <a name="814.34.07">Douglass, George A.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1859-60. 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> <a name="239.37.83">Douglass, George H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MD.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MD.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MD.html">1960</a> (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland. 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> <a name="475.31.11">Douglass, George N.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1859-60. 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> <a name="242.01.63">Douglass, Gus R.</a> — of Grimms Landing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va.; Leon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/cmagr.html">West Virginia commissioner of agriculture</a>; elected 1964, 1968; elected unopposed 1972, 1976; elected 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1988. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="574.59.88">Douglass, Henry</a> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New London, 1830. 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> <a name="062.26.88">Douglass, Isaac S.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1811-14. 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> <a name="877.89.11">Douglass, J. Fay</a> — of Forestville, Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/bristol.html#3">First selectman of Bristol, Connecticut</a>, 1921-27. 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> <a name="131.20.50">Douglass, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County, 1844. 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> <a name="957.41.31">Douglass, James</a> — of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MN-lived.html">Miner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 18th District, 1893-96. 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> <a name="051.48.84">Douglass, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Calhoun County 1st District, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="290.82.15">Douglass, James A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 2nd District, 1880. 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> <a name="319.49.96">Douglass, John B.</a> — of Talbotton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TB-lived.html">Talbot County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a> 25th District, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Talbot County, 1935-40. 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> <a name="425.46.16">Douglass, John C.</a> — of Bell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/bell.html">Mayor of Bell, Calif.</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> <a name="174.81.55">Douglass, John H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 8th District, 1878-79. 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> <a name="677.59.73">Douglass, John Joseph</a> (1873-1939) — also known as John J. Douglass — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-09.html">February 9, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1925-35 (10th District 1925-33, 11th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in West Roxbury, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/04-05.html">April 5, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms03094">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a>, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass. <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=D000459">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403569">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> <a name="298.89.81">Douglass, John Watkinson</a> (1827-1909) — also known as John W. Douglass — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/10-25.html">October 25, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 19th Pennsylvania District, 1862-69; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1871-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/bdcom.html">member District of Columbia board of commissioners</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/dcpres.html">President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners</a>, 1889-93. Died in Kent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-21.html">August 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Martha (Watkinson) Douglass and Joseph Mullen Douglass; married to Margaret Lyon.</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/45647990">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> <a name="404.20.51">Douglass, Junius Z.</a> (born c.1877) — of Forestville, Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Forestville, Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1877. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bristol, 1913-14, 1917-18. 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> <a name="974.69.22">Douglass, Kelsey Harris</a> (d. 1840) — of Texas. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1837-38. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NA-buried.html#cms01885">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Nacogdoches, 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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/NA-names.html">Douglass, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276635274/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/887/95.21.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Lyle E. Douglass"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="887.95.21">Douglass, Lyle E.</a> — of Waukesha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-lived.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Waukesha County 1st District, 1935-40. 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">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</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> <a name="722.96.60">Douglass, Mary P.</a> — Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="718.31.81">Douglass, Norma A.</a> — of Blacksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/VA.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="887.89.71">Douglass, Prentis P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 2nd District, 1922. 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> <a name="214.21.57">Douglass, Ray R.</a> — of Postville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AL-lived.html">Allamakee County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IA.html">1952</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> <a name="416.57.25">Douglass, Richard II</a> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newlondon.html#3">New London, Conn.</a>, 1797-1816. 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> <a name="785.62.99">Douglass, Robert L.</a> — of Fallon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CH-lived.html">Churchill County</a>, Nev.; Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NV.html">1932</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Nevada, 1941-47. 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> <a name="208.99.23">Douglass, Samuel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1830-33. 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> <a name="867.82.72">Douglass, Samuel</a> — of Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-lived.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/johnstown.html#2">Burgess of Johnstown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1851, 1856, 1857-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="839.91.89">Douglass, Samuel C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Mill Creek, 1832. 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> <a name="013.40.96">Douglass, Samuel Townsend</a> (1814-1898) — also known as Samuel T. Douglass — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Grosse Ile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/02-28.html">February 28, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1852-57; resigned 1857. Died in Grosse Ile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-05.html">March 5, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Douglass and Lucy (Townsend) Douglass; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-05.html">April 5, 1856</a>, to Elizabeth Campbell; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html#098.41.24">David Hough</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#769.07.63">David Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#782.25.86">Almar F. Dickson</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel T. Douglass">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/samuel-douglass">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</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> <a name="751.79.25">Douglass, Scott</a> (born c.1952) — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Born about 1952. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/CT.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglass, Silas H. See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="889.57.35">Douglass, Silas M.</a> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Circuit judge in Ohio 5th Circuit, 1897-1903. 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> <a name="646.40.81">Douglass, Tom</a> — of Edmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/OK.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> <a name="668.49.10">Douglass, W. C.</a> — of Alva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WD-lived.html">Woods County</a>, Okla. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/alva.html#2">Alva, Okla.</a>, 1901. 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> <a name="015.77.74">Douglass, W. O.</a> — of Jellico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CM-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/TN.html">1896</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> <a name="410.93.26">Douglass, William B., Jr.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-consuls.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, as of 1926-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Malaga</a>, as of 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> <a name="980.74.79">Douglass, William R.</a> — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/shreveport.html#2">Shreveport, La.</a>, 1849-52. 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