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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Alameda County, Calif.</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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Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/01-27.html">January 27, 1838</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 15th District, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1864; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory</a>, 1864; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> at-large, 1869-71; defeated, 1870. Died in Decoto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/11-12.html">November 12, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Cypress 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=F000159">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404114">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08606">Irvington Memorial Cemetery</a> 41001 Chapel Way Fremont, Alameda County, California See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=7982&">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> Florence J. Beckers (1911-1990) — of Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-lived.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-19.html">March 19, 1911</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1951-56 (47th District 1951-52, 45th District 1953-56). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-15.html">May 15, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Irvington Memorial 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://findagrave.com/memorial/23108210">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01379">Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</a> Hayward, Alameda County, California <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 Harvey Tolan (1877-1947) — also known as John H. Tolan — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 7th District, 1935-47. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> when his 2-year-old granddaughter disappeared from the family's summer vacation home; she was found unharmed, one mile from the cabin, but he died the next day at Westwood General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Westwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LS-died.html">Lassen County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/06-30.html">June 30, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=T000295">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410868">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> Edward Richard Stackable (1864-1945) — also known as Edward R. Stackable — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Hamburg Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-04.html">November 4, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/honolulu.html#5">U.S. Collector of Customs at Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii</a>, 1903-13. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/07-04.html">July 4, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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 Robert C. Stackable and Mary M. (McCrossen) Stackable; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#215.20.67">Clarence G. Stackable</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/">1897</a> to Jennie Eastman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/">1908</a> to Ynez Sophia Neumann; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#968.68.02">Frederick Lawrence Stackable</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/47468.html">Stackable family</a> of Hamburg Township, Michigan.</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/73020961">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> Wallace B. Colthurst (c.1904-1978) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born about 1904. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CA.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/01-02.html">January 2, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05086">Unknown Location</a> Oakland, Alameda County, California <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07386">Chapel of Memories</a> Oakland, Alameda County, California <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/258/18.29.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="William F. Knowland"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) — also known as William F. Knowland — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-26.html">June 26, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1933-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.html">1964</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/CA.html">1968</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">Republican National Committee from California</a>, 1938-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1945-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a> at his summer home near Guerneville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/02-23.html">February 23, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 242 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of Memories; cenotaph at <a href="#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>. <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: Step-son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#083.88.25">Emelyn West Knowland</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#919.06.75">Joseph Russell Knowland</a> and Ella Johnson (Fife) Knowland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-31.html">December 31, 1927</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#590.28.69">Helen Davis Herrick</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/04-29.html">April 29, 1972</a>, to Ruth Ann Dickson.</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/10777.html">Knowland family</a> of Oakland, California.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1946): "We will not surrender."</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=K000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406448">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William F. Knowland">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/758/000118404">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/233413497">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=9508">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 William F. Knowland: Gayle B. Montgomery & James W. Johnson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520211944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0520211944&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">One Step from the White House: The Rise and Fall of Senator William F. Knowland</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: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (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> William J. McCracken (1878-1949) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-31.html">January 31, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1933-41. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-03.html">December 3, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 306 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of Memories. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Russell Knowland (1873-1966) — also known as Joseph R. Knowland — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-05.html">August 5, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1899-1903; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1904-15 (3rd District 1904-13, 6th District 1913-15); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> in Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/02-01.html">February 1, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 180 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of Memories. <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 Hannah Bailey (Russell) Knowland and Joseph Knowland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/04-02.html">April 2, 1884</a>, to Ella Johnson 'Ellie' Fife; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Clarice Ella Cook; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/">1909</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#083.88.25">Emelyn West</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#258.18.29">William Fife Knowland</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#590.28.69">Helen Davis Herrick</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/10777.html">Knowland family</a> of Oakland, California.</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=K000291">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406447">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7322511">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03026">Chapel of the Chimes</a> (formerly Chapel of Memories) Oakland, Alameda County, California <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 Ezra Rickards (1848-1927) — also known as John E. Rickards — of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont.; Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Delaware City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-23.html">July 23, 1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trcn.html">member Montana territorial council</a>, 1887; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Montana state constitutional convention</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1889-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1893-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-26.html">December 26, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 156 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes. <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 David Townsend Rickards and Mary (Burris) Rickards; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-18.html">June 18, 1883</a>, to Eliza A. Ellis.</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://www.nga.org/governor/john-ezra-rickards/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70212209">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 Norris Gillett (1860-1937) — also known as James N. Gillett — of Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-lived.html">Humboldt County</a>, Calif. Born in Viroqua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/VE-born.html">Vernon County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-20.html">September 20, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1897-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1907-11. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-20.html">April 20, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 212 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, 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">Relatives: Son of Cyrus L. Gillett and Sarah J. Gillett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-08.html">May 8, 1898</a>, to Isabella Erzgraber.</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=G000202">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404566">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-norris-gillett/">National Governors Association biography</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> Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) — also known as Friend W. Richardson; William Richardson — of California. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-01.html">December 1, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1915-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1923-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/09-05.html">September 5, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 278 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes. <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 William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson; married to Augusta Felder.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowne-boyce.html#146.11.85">Fletcher Bowron</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://www.nga.org/governor/friend-william-richardson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend William Richardson">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> Henry Vollmer (1867-1930) — of Davenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Iowa. Born in Davenport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-28.html">July 28, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/davenport.html">mayor of Davenport, Iowa</a>, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IA.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 2nd District, 1914-15; defeated, 1914. Died in Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-25.html">August 25, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 28 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes. <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=V000113">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411167">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> Marvin Birkett Sherwin — also known as Marvin Sherwin — of Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 16th District, 1949-51; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>; superior court judge in California, 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Chapel of the Chimes. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02858">Evergreen Cemetery</a> Oakland, Alameda County, California <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://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA17"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/374/49.25.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Otto G. Foelker"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Otto Godfrey Foelker (1875-1943) — also known as Otto G. Foelker — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mainz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-29.html">December 29, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/bakery.html">Baker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 5th District, 1905-06; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1908-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/01-18.html">January 18, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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=F000231">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404186">Govtrack.us page</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: New York Red Book 1907</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a> 5000 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, Alameda County, California Founded 1863 <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 Franklin Swift (1829-1891) — also known as John F. Swift — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/index.html">1829</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CA.html">1888</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-diplomats.html ">Japan</a>, 1889-91, died in office 1891. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-died.html">Japan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/03-10.html">March 10, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/swift-john-franklin ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> Victor Howard Metcalf (1853-1936) — also known as Victor H. Metcalf — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/10-10.html">October 10, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 3rd District, 1899-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor</a>, 1904-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1906-08. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-20.html">February 20, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 133 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=M000672">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407657">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/569/000168065">NNDB dossier</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> Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) — also known as Benjamin P. Avery — of California. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/11-11.html">November 11, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1874-75, died in office 1875. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney disease</a>, in Peking (Beijing), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-died.html">China</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-08.html">November 8, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 362 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#009.56.83">Benjamin Parke</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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Putnam Avery and Hannah (Parke) Avery; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/">1861</a> to Mary A. Fuller.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/avery-benjamin-parke">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18946399">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> Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) — also known as Washington Bartlett — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-29.html">February 29, 1824</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1883-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1887; died in office 1887. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-12.html">September 12, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://www.nga.org/governor/washington-bartlett/">National Governors Association biography</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> Henry Perrin Coon (1822-1884) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-30.html">September 30, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; state court judge in California, 1856-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1863-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a> in the Palace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-04.html">December 4, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward B. Pond (1833-1910) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-07.html">September 7, 1833</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">Mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1887-91; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1890. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-22.html">April 22, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899) — of San Luis Obispo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SP-lived.html">San Luis Obispo County</a>, Calif. Born in Santa Barbara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-born.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/10-31.html">October 31, 1831</a>. Republican. Superior court judge in California, 1853-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1857, 1861-63, 1869-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1871-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 4th District, 1877-78, 1879-83; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-diplomats.html ">Costa Rica</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-diplomats.html ">Salvador</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-diplomats.html ">Nicaragua</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1890-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-diplomats.html ">Honduras</a>, 1890-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-23.html">January 23, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 84 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/1863/">1863</a> to Mary McIntire.</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=P000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408415">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/romualdo-pacheco/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romualdo Pacheco">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pacheco-romualdo ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf100004k2/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/105/88.30.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="George C. Perkins"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) — also known as George C. Perkins — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Kennebunkport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/08-23.html">August 23, 1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">miller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamship business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1869-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1880-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1893-1915; appointed 1893. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-26.html">February 26, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/">1864</a> to Ruth A. Parker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Clement Perkins (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1969) 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=P000232">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408635">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-clement-perkins/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Clement Perkins">Wikipedia article</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: Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley</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 McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) — also known as W. M. Gwin — of Mississippi; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born near Gallatin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-09.html">October 9, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> at-large, 1841-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1850-55, 1857-61. Engaged in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#813.17.56">J. W. McCorkle</a>, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> for alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">disloyalty</a> during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-03.html">September 3, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 329 days</a>). Entombed at Mountain View 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. James Gwin.</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=G000540">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404883">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William M. Gwin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/107/000164612">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5994">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> Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known as Henry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born near Lawrenceburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-born.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-29.html">January 29, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">riverboat captain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">miller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1864-71. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/07-22.html">July 22, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Jacob Blasdel and Elizabeth (Weaver) Blasdel; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/">1845</a> to Sarah Jane Cox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Blasdel <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">state office building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-names.html">Carson City, Nevada</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS H. G. Blasdel (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1947) 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://www.nga.org/governor/henry-goode-blasdel/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry G. Blasdel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5996">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> Henry Huntly Haight (1825-1878) — also known as Henry H. Haight — of California. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/05-30.html">May 30, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1867-71; defeated, 1871. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-02.html">September 2, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://www.nga.org/governor/henry-huntly-haight/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3572533214/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/579/80.28.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="George C. Pardee"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941) — also known as George C. Pardee — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-25.html">July 25, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1893-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/CA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/CA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1903-07; Progressive Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1912-meeting.html">1913</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1924-meeting.html">1925</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-01.html">September 1, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/palmer-parillo.html#059.67.75">Enoch Homer Pardee</a> and Mary Elizabeth (Pardee) Pardee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-25.html">January 25, 1887</a>, to Helen Newhall Penniman; grandnephew and second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#030.80.98">Aaron Pardee</a>; first cousin once removed and third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#921.20.05">Don Albert Pardee</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#463.01.97">Jared Whitfield Pardee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#664.30.46">Dwight Whitfield Pardee</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/12783.html">Pardee family</a> of New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Pardee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Dam</a> (built 1929), and the Pardee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Reservoir</a>, on the Mokelumne River between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CV-names.html">Calaveras County</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AM-names.html">Amador County</a>, California, are <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://www.nga.org/governor/george-cooper-pardee/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Pardee">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5987">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">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902</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 Clark Stevenson (1826-1890) — also known as Charles C. Stevenson — of Nevada. Born in Phelps, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/02-20.html">February 20, 1826</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/stsen.html">Nevada state senate</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1887-90. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-died.html">Carson City</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-21.html">September 21, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Edward Stevenson and Phebe Pratt (Spafford) Stevenson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#518.31.96">Edward Augustus Stevenson</a>; married to Ellen Mary Frame.</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://www.nga.org/governor/charles-clark-stevenson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles C. Stevenson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8181567">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> Henry Durant (1802-1875) — of Byfield, Newbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Acton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/06-18.html">June 18, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founder</a>, College of California; first <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of California, 1870-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1873-75; died in office 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-22.html">January 22, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/1833/">1833</a> to Mary E. Buffett.</td></tr> <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-buildings.html">Hotel</a> Durant (built 1928; renamed 2017 as Graduate Berkeley), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-names.html">Berkeley, California</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry Durant (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-names.html">Sausalito, California</a>; scrapped 1963) 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Durant">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> Anson Barstow (1831-1906) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/11-29.html">November 29, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1901-03. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-05.html">February 5, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=295888">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Warren Olney (1841-1921) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DV-born.html">Davis County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/03-11.html">March 11, 1841</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896; director, California <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/landtitle.html">Title Insurance</a> and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Dock</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1903-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-02.html">June 2, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-11.html">September 11, 1865</a>, to Mary Jane Craven; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olmstead-olshaw.html#132.50.35">Warren Olney Jr.</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> Coles Bashford (1816-1878) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y.; Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis. Born near Cold Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-24.html">January 24, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-officials.html">Wayne County District Attorney</a>, 1847-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1856-58; defeated, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/tatgn.html">Arizona territory attorney general</a>, 1864-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory</a>, 1867-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Arizona Territory</a>, 1869-76. Died in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-died.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/04-25.html">April 25, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartos-bason.html#541.28.41">Levi Bashford</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#935.98.85">Benjamin F. Hopkins</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000219">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401216">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/coles-bashford/">National Governors Association biography</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> Nathan W. Spaulding (1829-1903) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/09-24.html">September 24, 1829</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1870-73; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CA.html">1888</a>. Died in New Britain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-08.html">October 8, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. P. M. Davis (d. 1864) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1860-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Williams (c.1800-1876) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, about 1800. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1857-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-19.html">January 19, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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: Step-father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#692.06.86">Bret Harte</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> Eli W. Playter (1819-1893) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Toronto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/10-06.html">October 6, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1885-87. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-09.html">January 9, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Washburne R. Andrus (1841-1895) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/09-23.html">September 23, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1878-80. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-06.html">June 6, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Enoch Homer Pardee (1826-1896) — also known as Enoch H. Pardee — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Greece, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/04-01.html">April 1, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1871-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1876-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1880. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-21.html">September 21, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Wheeler Pardee and Eleanor (Rose) Pardee; married to Mary Elizabeth Pardee (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#030.80.98">Aaron Pardee (1808-1898)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#921.20.05">Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919)</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-19.html">July 19, 1879</a>, to Emily Sophia Elliott; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#579.80.28">George Cooper Pardee</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#030.80.98">Aaron Pardee (1808-1898)</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#921.20.05">Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#463.01.97">Jared Whitfield Pardee</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#664.30.46">Dwight Whitfield Pardee</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#081.12.63">Henry Pardee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#704.14.04">Tracy Pardee</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/12783.html">Pardee family</a> of New York.</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 E. Blethen (1828-1909) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/06-25.html">June 25, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1880-82. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-23.html">June 23, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Raglan Glascock (1845-1913) — also known as John R. Glascock — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PA-born.html">Panola County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/08-25.html">August 25, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1889-91. Died in Woodside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-died.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-10.html">November 10, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=G000229">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404591">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> Melvin C. Chapman (1852-1936) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/12-05.html">December 5, 1852</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1891-93. Died in Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-04.html">May 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George M. Blake (d. 1875) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1862-63. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-16.html">October 16, 1875</a>. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin F. Ferris (c.1806-1876) — also known as B. F. Ferris; H. A. Johnson — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, about 1806. Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson', <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard the steamer</a> Amador on the Sacramento River, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">taking poison</a>, tying his feet together, and then jumping or falling overboard to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drown</a> in the river, near Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-20.html">May 20, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Brooks Felton (1827-1877) — also known as John B. Felton — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/index.html">1827</a>. Union Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1868-meeting.html">1868</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#449.47.53">Schuyler Colfax</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1869-70; Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1872-meeting.html">1872</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#990.49.45">Henry Wilson</a>); Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1876-meeting.html">1876</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#084.68.34">Rutherford B. Hayes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#722.03.22">William A. Wheeler</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-02.html">May 2, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William W. Crane Jr. (1831-1883) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/09-14.html">September 14, 1831</a>. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1864-meeting.html">1864</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#846.03.55">Andrew Johnson</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1867-68. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-31.html">July 31, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Stanly (1810-1872) — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BE-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, N.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in New Bern, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CR-born.html">Craven County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/01-10.html">January 10, 1810</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1837-43, 1849-53 (3rd District 1837-43, 8th District 1849-53); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1844-46, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1844-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1846-48; in 1853, he participated in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#539.72.43">Samuel W. Inge</a>, but neither was seriously injured; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-12.html">July 12, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/stanly-stansel.html#121.59.88">John Stanly</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000799">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410265">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> Edward Gibbons (1816-1886) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/index.html">1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1864-65. Died in Calistoga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NA-died.html">Napa County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-30.html">May 30, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles K. Robinson (1835-1887) — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-16.html">January 16, 1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1882-83. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-22.html">November 22, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Campbell (c.1838-1890) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born about 1838. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1855-56. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-09.html">October 9, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Merritt (1822-1890) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1868-69. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-17.html">August 17, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> W. H. Bovee (1823-1894) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/index.html">1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1863-64. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-14.html">May 14, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis K. Shattuck (1823-1898) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/index.html">1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1859-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 4th District, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/CA.html">1872</a>. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-09.html">September 9, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. West Martin (1822-1899) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/02-06.html">February 6, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1883-84. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-18.html">August 18, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mack Weber (c.1834-1901) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Ohio, about 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1875-76. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-06.html">January 6, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ashmun C. Henry (1828-1907) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/12-06.html">December 6, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1884-85. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-15.html">January 15, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert Lafayette Beach (1876-1959) — also known as Herbert L. Beach — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-14.html">April 14, 1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1945-47. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/08-30.html">August 30, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Dexter Pierce (1859-1909) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/index.html">1859</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1888-89. Died in Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-died.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-17.html">October 17, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William R. Davis (1850-1915) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/02-26.html">February 26, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1887-88. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/03-17.html">March 17, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> March Fong Eu (1922-2017) — also known as March Kong; March K. Fong — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Oakdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-born.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/03-29.html">March 29, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dental hygenist</a>; supervisor of dental health education, Alameda County; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 15th District, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of California</a>, 1975-94; resigned 1994; defeated, 2002; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FM-diplomats.html ">Micronesia</a>, 1994-96. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/asian-pacific.html">Chinese</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, in Irvine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2017/12-21.html">December 21, 2017</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 267 days</a>). The California Secretary of State building in Sacramento is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Mountain View 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 Yuen Kong and Shin (Shee) Kong; married to Chester Fong and Henry Eu; adoptive mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foltz-foot.html#924.66.27">Matthew Kipling Fong</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">The March Fong Eu Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Building</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-names.html">Sacramento, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March Fong Eu">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/eu-march-fong ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/129264665">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> Edward Colston Marshall (1821-1893) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/06-29.html">June 29, 1821</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1851-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1856; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/attygn.html">California state attorney general</a>, 1883-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-09.html">July 9, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#161.06.97">Thomas Francis Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#245.21.54">Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884)</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825)</a>; first cousin and second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#582.99.97">Thomas Alexander Marshall</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#886.01.00">Edward Colston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#227.90.83">Charles Alexander Marshall</a>; first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#977.05.33">Humphrey Marshall</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/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407173">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> William Higby (1813-1887) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CV-lived.html">Calaveras County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Willsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/08-18.html">August 18, 1813</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1863-69 (at-large 1863-65, 2nd District 1865-69); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html#7">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, California</a>, 1876-79. Died in Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-27.html">November 27, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=H000576">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405438">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> Alexander White Baldwin (1835-1869) — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Gainesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/index.html">1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Nevada</a>, 1865-69; died in office 1869. Died in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-14.html">November 14, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">about 34 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/baldwin.html#120.15.10">Joseph Glover Baldwin</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 Maxwell Coghlan (1835-1879) — also known as John M. Coghlan — of California. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/12-08.html">December 8, 1835</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1865-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 3rd District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California</a>, 1876-78. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-26.html">March 26, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=C000594">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402723">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> Horace Francis Page (1833-1890) — also known as Horace F. Page — of Placerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ED-lived.html">El Dorado County</a>, Calif. Born near Medina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/10-20.html">October 20, 1833</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1869; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 2nd District, 1873-83; defeated, 1882; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/CA.html">1884</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-23.html">August 23, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=P000017">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408428">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> Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (1839-1890) — also known as P. D. Wigginton — of Merced, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ME-lived.html">Merced County</a>, Calif. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 4th District, 1875-77, 1878-79; American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1886. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/index.html">1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=W000449">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411606">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> Joseph Glover Baldwin (c.1818-1864) — also known as Joseph G. Baldwin — of California. Born about 1818. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1858-61. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-30.html">September 30, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">about 46 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#300.68.97">Alexander White Baldwin</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> Oscar L. Shafter (c.1823-1873) — of California. Born about 1823. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1864-67. Died in Florence (Firenze), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-22.html">January 22, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Warren Barkley English (1840-1913) — also known as Warren B. English — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Charles Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-01.html">May 1, 1840</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/CA.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 3rd District, 1894-95; defeated, 1892, 1894, 1896; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1901. Died in Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-09.html">January 9, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=E000189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403877">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=70874">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 Van Dyke (d. 1905) — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 22nd District, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California</a>, 1873-76. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a>. Interment at Mountain View 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 Rowena Cooper.</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> Frank M. Otis (1852-1932) — also known as Frank Otis — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/11-18.html">November 18, 1852</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1907; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/alameda.html">mayor of Alameda, Calif.</a>, 1919-25. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, at Alameda <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanatorium</a>, Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-07.html">January 7, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 50 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Stephen Otis and Harriet G. (Dennett) Otis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/08-26.html">August 26, 1880</a>, to Lucretia Lockwood Mastick.</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/116495707">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> Frank D. Stringham (1871-1931) — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/12-11.html">December 11, 1871</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/berkeley.html">Mayor of Berkeley, Calif.</a>, 1923-27. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-08.html">December 8, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 362 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Clayton (1825-1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Devon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/10-05.html">October 5, 1825</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1863-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1873-75. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-04.html">October 4, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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=C000493">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402631">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> William John Cooper (1882-1935) — of California. Born in Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-born.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-24.html">November 24, 1882</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1927-29; appointed 1927; resigned 1929. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">while driving</a>, and died nine days later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Kearney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BF-died.html">Buffalo County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-19.html">September 19, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Will C. Wood (c.1881-1939) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-born.html">Solano County</a>, Calif., about 1881. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sppi.html">California superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1919-27; resigned 1927; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CA.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/05-15.html">May 15, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Coffee Hays (1817-1883) — also known as Jack C. Hays — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Cedar Lick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/01-28.html">January 28, 1817</a>. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/CA.html">1876</a>. Joined the Texas Rangers in the 1830s (later named to Texas Rangers Hall of Fame). Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850; U.S. Surveyor General for California, 1853; one of the founders of the city of Oakland. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-21.html">April 21, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HY.html">Hays County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</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 Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-16.html">September 16, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the Central Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; first president of the Southern Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died in Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-14.html">August 14, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Isaac Crocker and Eliza (Wright) Crocker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#112.49.37">Edwin Bryant Crocker</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Mary Deming; father of Harriet Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#046.49.95">Charles Beatty Alexander</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#041.61.00">Charles Frederick Crocker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#027.43.91">William Henry Crocker</a>; uncle of Jennie Louise Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#954.51.99">Jacob Sloat Fassett</a>); grandfather of Mary Alexander (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#886.50.99">Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)</a>), Mary Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#709.42.82">Francis Burton Harrison</a>) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#708.55.52">Charles Sheldon Whitehouse</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#086.83.28">Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955)</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/10001-1011.html">Rockefeller #1 family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1367.html">Crocker #1 family</a> of Sacramento, California; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2633.html">Whitehouse-Alexander family</a> of New York and Virginia (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">Charles Crocker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-names.html">Sacramento, California</a>, is <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Crocker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/243">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> Selah Merrill (1837-1909) — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Canton Center, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/05-02.html">May 2, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Clergyman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">archaeologist</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-consuls.html ">Jerusalem</a>, 1882-86, 1891-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-22.html">January 22, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Daniel Merrill and Lydia (Richards) Merrill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-29.html">April 29, 1875</a>, to Adelaide Brewster Taylor; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#526.52.89">John Russell Kellogg</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#481.85.10">Francis William Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#020.30.43">Edward Russell Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#576.03.61">Jason Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#062.20.35">Charles Kellogg (1773-1842)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#064.94.72">Rufus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#194.32.12">Daniel Fiske Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#156.31.83">Asahel Pierson Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#598.27.26">Hiram Bidwell Case</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#969.08.53">Arthur Tappan Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#496.05.79">Thomas Kimberly Brace</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#924.72.11">Luther Walter Badger</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#770.34.45">Silas Dewey Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#844.96.95">Chester Ashley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#316.08.43">Daniel Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#262.96.22">Alvan Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#579.32.42">William Alfred Buckingham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#922.22.69">Albert Gallatin Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#785.33.52">Ensign Hosmer Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#134.93.10">Farrand Fassett Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#320.61.72">Charles Kellogg (1839-1903)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#544.04.20">Nelson Platt Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#779.46.46">William Egbert Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#292.83.71">Joseph Wells Holcomb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#690.18.87">William Lucius Case</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/10001-1693.html">Merrill #1 family</a> of Vermont and New Hampshire (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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13209903">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> Joseph Lander Eastland (1880-1919) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/07-20.html">July 20, 1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html">Consul for Venezuela</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1906-17. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, in his rooms at the Clift <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-19.html">March 19, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://findagrave.com/memorial/147943283">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> Frank Aleamon Leach (1846-1929) — also known as Frank A. Leach — of Vallejo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-lived.html">Solano County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CA.html">1880</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 19th District, 1880-82; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/vallejo.html#2">Vallejo, Calif.</a>, 1882-85; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1897-1907. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/06-19.html">June 19, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Tyler Botts (c.1808-1884) — also known as Charles T. Botts — of Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SP-born.html">Spotsylvania County</a>, Va., about 1808. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a> from Monterey District, 1849; district judge in California, 1850. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-04.html">October 4, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherman Day (1806-1884) — Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/02-11.html">February 11, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California, 1868-71. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-14.html">December 14, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Jeremiah Day and Martha (Sherman) Day; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Elizabeth Ann King; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#576.79.65">Thomas Day Thacher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#123.27.66">Roger Kent</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#882.80.37">Archibald Cox</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#858.30.42">Alexander Buel Trowbridge III</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#118.72.56">John Stanley Addis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John Adams Dix</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/10001-1051.html">Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family</a> of Massachusetts (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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman Day">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/166760693">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> Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) — Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-27.html">May 27, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">contractor</a> on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railways</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">harbor projects</a> in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OL-consuls.html ">Manzanillo</a>, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OL-consuls.html ">Manzanillo</a>, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OL-consuls.html ">Manzanillo</a>, as of 1916-17. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Victoria Carbajal.</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> George J. G. Marsily (1855-1946) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-born.html">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/index.html">1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html">Consul for Netherlands</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-17.html">June 17, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">about 90 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://findagrave.com/memorial/126003425">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> Luther Harvey Cary — also known as Luther H. Cary — of Greenbush, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis.; Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1855, 1867; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1861-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/WI.html">1864</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 14th District, 1883-85. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen T. Gage — of California; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/virginiacity.html#3">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Virginia City, Nevada</a>, 1867. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wellesley Moore (1854-1915) — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-08.html">January 8, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1891-1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-01.html">June 1, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/1892/10-12.html">October 12, 1892</a>, to Bertha Louise Ziel.</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/187856248">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 Byron Rumford (d. 1986) — also known as W. Byron Rumford — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1948-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/06-12.html">June 12, 1986</a>. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Goodall (1824-1899) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/index.html">1824</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1871-73. Co-founded a San Francisco shipping firm; served as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">harbormaster</a> of San Francisco in 1861-65. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) — also known as C. W. Wendte — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio; Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-11.html">June 11, 1844</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1880. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, and died two weeks later in Peralta <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-09.html">September 9, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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 Charles Wendte and Johanna (Ebeling) Wendte; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-28.html">April 28, 1896</a>, to Abbie Louise Grant.</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/Charles William Wendte">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125760939">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> Emelyn West Knowland (1884-1950) — also known as Emelyn Knowland; Emelyn West; Mrs. Joseph R. Knowland — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Craddockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-born.html">Accomack County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-09.html">January 9, 1884</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-14.html">July 14, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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/1909/">1909</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#919.06.75">Joseph Russell Knowland</a>; step-mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#258.18.29">William Fife Knowland</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/10777.html">Knowland family</a> of Oakland, California.</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/125724149">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> Kent Doak Pursel (1904-1967) — also known as Kent D. Pursel — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-07.html">January 7, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-officials.html">Alameda County Supervisor</a>, 1951-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/08-15.html">August 15, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View 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://findagrave.com/memorial/28111486">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> Heber J. Brown (d. 1978) — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/08-31.html">August 31, 1978</a>. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harriet Gould Forward (1883-1980) — also known as Mrs. Walter F. Forward, Sr. — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Hebron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/TA-born.html">Thayer County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-11.html">February 11, 1883</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/01-31.html">January 31, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Helen Davis Whyte (1907-1981) — also known as Helen Davis Herrick; Helen Davis Knowland — of Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-12.html">July 12, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956 /speakers.html">Honored guest</a>, Republican National Convention, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/03-08.html">March 8, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 239 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Mountain View 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 Henry Clay Herrick, Jr. and Estelle M. (Davis) Herrick; married to Charles Johnson Whyte; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-31.html">December 31, 1927</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#258.18.29">William Fife Knowland</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#919.06.75">Joseph Russell Knowland</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/10777.html">Knowland family</a> of Oakland, California.</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/166037855">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> Robert Sargent Barkell (1903-1985) — also known as Robert S. Barkell — of Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Hancock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-born.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/04-14.html">April 14, 1903</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/02-14.html">February 14, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 306 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Mountain View 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 Richard Barkell and Amelia (Hoffenbacher) Barkell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to Eunice Helena Force.</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/166754489">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/258/18.29.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="William F. Knowland"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) — also known as William F. Knowland — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Piedmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-26.html">June 26, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1933-35; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CA.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.html">1964</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/CA.html">1968</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">Republican National Committee from California</a>, 1938-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1945-59; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a> at his summer home near Guerneville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/02-23.html">February 23, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 242 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="#cms07386">Chapel of Memories</a>; cenotaph at Mountain View 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: Step-son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#083.88.25">Emelyn West Knowland</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#919.06.75">Joseph Russell Knowland</a> and Ella Johnson (Fife) Knowland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-31.html">December 31, 1927</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#590.28.69">Helen Davis Herrick</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/04-29.html">April 29, 1972</a>, to Ruth Ann Dickson.</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/10777.html">Knowland family</a> of Oakland, California.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1946): "We will not surrender."</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=K000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406448">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William F. Knowland">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/758/000118404">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/233413497">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=9508">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 William F. Knowland: Gayle B. Montgomery & James W. Johnson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520211944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0520211944&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">One Step from the White House: The Rise and Fall of Senator William F. Knowland</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: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06668">St. Mary's Cemetery</a> Oakland, Alameda County, California <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> Patrick William McDonough (1888-1951) — also known as Patrick W. McDonough — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-20.html">February 20, 1888</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CA.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 7th District, 1946; Democratic Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1948-meeting.html">1948</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barkett-barlett.html#230.97.09">Alben W. Barkley</a>). Died in Wellington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NZ-died.html">New Zealand</a>, August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery. </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/CA/AL-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-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>