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Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#487.75.71">John Hamlin Folger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#094.67.28">Fred Folger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmore.html#664.78.46">Solon T. Gilmore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#843.94.16">Joseph Brevard Kershaw</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#154.42.74">James Hamilton Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#541.06.94">James Monroe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#697.16.38">Henry Montgomery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#390.90.98">Harry D. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#687.21.35">Allan Douglas Sanford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#817.94.63">Henry Hulme Sevier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith3.html#975.01.99">Francis Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#537.73.28">Alfred Alten Speer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sterling.html#994.21.35">Jan Sterling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockwell-stokely.html#429.62.46">George Appleton Stockwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#282.78.65">Butler B. Strang</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#499.73.44">William Woodyard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="195.79.82">Douglas, Albert</a> (1852-1935) — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-lived.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio. Born in Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-born.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/04-25.html">April 25, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-officials.html">Ross County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1877-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 11th District, 1907-11; defeated, 1910, 1912. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/03-14.html">March 14, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-buried.html#cms00131">Grandview Cemetery</a>, Chillicothe, Ohio. <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/1880/04-04.html">April 4, 1880</a>, to Lucia C. Taylor.</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=D000449">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403559">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="711.50.12">Douglas, Allen</a> — of Michigan. U.S. Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 15th District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="013.75.69">Douglas, Andrew</a> (b. 1932) — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born in Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-born.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/07-05.html">July 5, 1932</a>. Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1981-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1985-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-sigma-alpha.html">Pi Sigma Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-sigma-phi.html">Alpha Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.73.79">Douglas, Andrew S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GR-lived.html">Green County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Green County; elected 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="620.98.63">Douglas, Archibald</a> — of Voluntown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="862.70.83">Douglas, Archibald, Jr.</a> (b. 1904) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. 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/1904/01-24.html">January 24, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">Stockbroker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 8th District, 1945-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="971.62.70">Douglas, Archibald H.</a> — of Bennettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-lived.html">Marlboro County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/bennettsville.html#2">Bennettsville, S.C.</a>, 1845-48. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="935.14.73">Douglas, Arcus L.</a> — of Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MT-lived.html">Moniteau County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Moniteau County, 1915-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="081.23.15">Douglas, Arthur J.</a> — of Ausable Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NY.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-parties.html">chair of Essex County Democratic Party</a>, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="588.52.33">Douglas, Ben Elbert, Sr.</a> (1894-1982) — also known as Ben E. Douglas — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. Born in Scotts Crossroad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-born.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/09-03.html">September 3, 1894</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">fur merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/charlotte.html">mayor of Charlotte, N.C.</a>, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NC.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-buried.html#cms00379">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Charlotte, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Douglas Municipal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a> (now Charlotte Douglas International Airport), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-names.html">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="014.14.40">Douglas, Benjamin</a> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/middletown.html">Mayor of Middletown, Conn.</a>, 1850-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CT.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1861-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1878. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="344.46.46">Douglas, Benjamin C.</a> — of New Jersey. Independent Citizen candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 10th District, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="329.90.14">Douglas, Beverly Browne</a> (1822-1878) — of Virginia. Born in Providence Forge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-born.html">New Kent County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/12-21.html">December 21, 1822</a>. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 1st District, 1875-78; died in office 1878. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-22.html">December 22, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 1 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/KW-buried.html#cms04848">a private or family graveyard</a>, King William County, Va. <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=D000450">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403560">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="835.80.29">Douglas, Bruce L.</a> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1971-73, 1973-75 (11th District 1971-73, 12th District 1973-75). Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="382.70.52">Douglas, Charles</a> — of Tuscumbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CO-lived.html">Colbert County</a>, Ala. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-consuls.html ">Guazacualo</a>, 1828-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.54.83">Douglas, Charles A.</a> (1862-1939) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/01-31.html">January 31, 1862</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Fairfield County, 1884-88; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/DC.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DC.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/10-31.html">October 31, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 273 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="295.28.92">Douglas, Charles Gwynne III</a> (b. 1942) — also known as Charles G. Douglas III; Chuck Douglas — of Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H.; Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Born in Abington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-02.html">December 2, 1942</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NH.html">1972</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/NH.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NH.html">2008</a>; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1974-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/spju.html">justice of New Hampshire state supreme court</a>, 1977-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 2nd District, 1989-91; defeated, 1990. Still living as of 2014. <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=D000451">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403561">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/372/000140949">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> <a name="429.74.43">Douglas, Charles I.</a> — of Utah. American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Utah</a> at-large, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas, Chuck See <a href="#295.28.92">Charles Gwynne Douglas III</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.21.49">Douglas, Claudia</a> — of Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska; Wasilla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/MS-lived.html">Matanuska-Susitna Borough</a>, Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AK.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AK.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AK.html">2008</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AK.html">Democratic National Committee from Alaska</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="566.42.99">Douglas, Clayton A.</a> — of Tracy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/tracy.html#2">Tracy, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="687.61.28">Douglas, Columbus C.</a> — of Michigan. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Houghton District, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.87.71">Douglas, Curtis</a> — of Pampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GA-lived.html">Gray County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TX.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="491.89.38">Douglas, Curtis N.</a> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 4th District, 1894; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 29th District, 1899-1900; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="359.68.22">Douglas, Daisy</a> — of Union City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="080.62.62">Douglas, Daniel B.</a> — of Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-parties.html">Chair of Wood County Republican Party</a>, 1973. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="676.87.98">Douglas, Dariel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/EC-lived.html">Eau Claire County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Eau Claire County 1st District, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="450.14.48">Douglas, David A.</a> — of Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/FL.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="801.88.39">Douglas, Donald J.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 17th District, 1981. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="527.12.31">Douglas, E. H.</a> — of Little Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/littlefalls.html">Mayor of Little Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1904-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="271.36.77">Douglas, E. Murphy</a> — of Sylacauga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-lived.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sylacauga.html">Mayor of Sylacauga, Ala.</a>, 1887-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="801.10.10">Douglas, Edward Leon</a> (b. 1927) — also known as Edward L. Douglas — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-29.html">May 29, 1927</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 8th District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omega-psi-phi.html">Omega Psi Phi</a>. Still living as of 1962. <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 Levi Douglas and Minnie (Robinson) Douglas; married to Kathleen Ellis.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.01.17">Douglas, Emily Taft</a> (1899-1994) — also known as Emily Taft — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-10.html">April 10, 1899</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IL.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1945-47; defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/01-28.html">January 28, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 293 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Lorado Taft and Ada (Bartlett) Taft; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to <a href="#686.36.38">Paul Howard Douglas</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=D000452">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403562">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="920.44.06">Douglas, Enoch A.</a> — of Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Sterling, 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.83.92">Douglas, Ernest C.</a> — of Burlingame, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-lived.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/burlingame.html">Mayor of Burlingame, Calif.</a>, 1923. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.69.88">Douglas, Fred James</a> (1869-1949) — also known as Fred J. Douglas — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-14.html">September 14, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/utica.html">mayor of Utica, N.Y.</a>, 1922-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 33rd District, 1937-45; defeated in primary, 1944. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-01.html">January 1, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms01731">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Whitesboro, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Douglas and Adelaide (Brennan) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-01.html">December 1, 1897</a>, to Catherine McGrath.</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=D000453">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403563">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="851.03.41">Douglas, Fredericka</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IL.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="748.30.50">Douglas, George A.</a> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NJ.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="038.02.15">Douglas, George F.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.47.42">Douglas, George W.</a> — Democrat. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1982-85. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="016.32.62">Douglas, Greg</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 91st District, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="985.57.68">Douglas, Gwynne K.</a> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WK-lived.html">Walker County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="077.56.19">Douglas, Mrs. H. H.</a> — of Northwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WT-lived.html">Worth County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IA.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.13.32">Douglas, Hal</a> — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AR.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas, Harry See <a href="#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="479.62.50">Douglas, Helen Gahagan</a> (1900-1980) — also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink Lady" — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Boonton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-25.html">November 25, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actress</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">opera singer</a>, 1922-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CA.html">Democratic National Committee from California</a>, 1940-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CA.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CA.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CA.html">vice-chair of California Democratic Party</a>, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 14th District, 1945-51; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, 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/1980/06-28.html">June 28, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 216 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Walter Hamer Gahagan and Lillian Rose (Mussen) Gahagan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-05.html">April 5, 1931</a>, to <a href="#619.52.90">Melvyn Douglas</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=D000454">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403564">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Gahagan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301099">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="589.41.48">Douglas, Henry C.</a> — of Windsor Locks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windsor Locks, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="594.08.58">Douglas, Henry Woolsey</a> (1867-1924) — also known as Henry W. Douglas; Harry Douglas — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-07.html">January 7, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; superintendent, Ann Arbor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Gas</a> Company; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1905. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">acute cardiac failure</a>, in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-24.html">August 24, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00488">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a> and Helen (Welles) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-21.html">May 21, 1902</a>, to Mabelle Minerva Leonard; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#013.40.96">Samuel Townsend Douglass</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html#098.41.24">David Hough</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#769.07.63">David Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="726.85.87">Douglas, Herbert</a> — of Neosho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-lived.html">Newton County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="995.76.52">Douglas, Howard Eugene</a> (b. 1940) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a>. U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/amb-at-large.html "></a>, 1982-86. Still living as of 1991. <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/douglas-howard-eugene ?">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> <a name="601.20.80">Douglas, Hugh</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1998, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="208.58.99">Douglas, J. B.</a> — of Tecumseh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NE.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="033.30.85">Douglas, J. F.</a> — of Goldfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ES-lived.html">Esmeralda County</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NV.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="863.06.06">Douglas, Mrs. J. W.</a> — of Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-lived.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/TX.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TX.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="589.25.93">Douglas, James</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="350.43.79">Douglas, James</a> — of Saline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="391.25.61">Douglas, James A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/WL-lived.html">Walsh County</a>, N.Dak. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention</a> from Walsh County, 1889. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="755.15.09">Douglas, James Holley</a> (b. 1951) — also known as Jim Douglas — of Middlebury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt.; Montpelier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Vt. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-21.html">June 21, 1951</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1973-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Vermont</a>, 1981-93; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1992; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/trea.html">Vermont state treasurer</a>, 1995-2003; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Vermont</a>, 2003-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/VT.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/VT.html">2008</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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 Dorothy Foster.</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/jim-douglas/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/441/000044309">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> <a name="696.75.17">Douglas, James Marsh</a> (b. 1896) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/01-06.html">January 6, 1896</a>. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Missouri, 1935-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1937-47; appointed 1937. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-law-inst.html">American Law Institute</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Walter Bond Douglas and Francesca (Kimball) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/08-05.html">August 5, 1939</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Lumaghi.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.45.54">Douglas, James S.</a> — of Douglas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-lived.html">Cochise County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/AZ.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="215.49.54">Douglas, Jerry R.</a> — of California. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 28th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="030.10.96">Douglas, Jessie</a> (1886-1960) — also known as Jett W. Douglas; Jessie Wickersham — of Fort Dodge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-lived.html">Webster County</a>, Iowa; Wahkonsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-lived.html">Webster County</a>, Iowa. Born in Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-born.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/08-03.html">August 3, 1886</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 10th District, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/08-13.html">August 13, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 10 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Lewis Bonham Wickersham and Rosa (Kelly) Wickersham; married to Floyd Marion Douglas and John Frank Wray.</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> Douglas, Jett W. See <a href="#030.10.96">Jessie Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas, Jim See <a href="#755.15.09">James Holley Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.09.57">Douglas, Joe III</a> — of Lufkin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/AN-lived.html">Angelina County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="278.11.30">Douglas, John</a> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1843-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="771.14.64">Douglas, John</a> — of Seneca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FK-lived.html">Faulk County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 34th District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="896.58.55">Douglas, John</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/psc.html">Georgia public service commission</a> 2nd District, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.79.65">Douglas, John A.</a> — of Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-lived.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/PA.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="013.47.12">Douglas, John C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/tsup.html">Kansas Territory superintendent of schools</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="069.05.83">Douglas, John J.</a> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 48th District, 1893-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="646.95.18">Douglas, John M.</a> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a>, 1871, 1895-96 (18th District 1871, 22nd District 1895-96); delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CT.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CT.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CT.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="893.11.29">Douglas, John W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 4th District, 1864. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="753.49.98">Douglas, Joseph A.</a> — of Babylon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/babylon.html#3">Babylon, N.Y.</a>, 1907-15, 1925-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="020.53.97">Douglas, Joseph William</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/columbia.html#2">Columbia, S.C.</a>, 1967-77 (acting, 1967-68). Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="341.01.01">Douglas, Lee</a> (1885-1959) — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn.; Belle Meade, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-23.html">May 23, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1914-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TN.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/TN.html">1940</a> (alternate); president, Nashville and Decatur <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/08-17.html">August 17, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 86 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Byrd Douglas and Adelaide (Gaines) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/01-30.html">January 30, 1929</a>, to Elizabeth (Keith) Caldwell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.95.72">Douglas, Leon</a> — of Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WG-lived.html">Wilbarger County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/TX.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="452.45.01">Douglas, Lewis Williams</a> (1894-1974) — also known as Lewis W. Douglas — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz.; Sonoita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/SC-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Ariz. Born in Bisbee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-born.html">Cochise County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-02.html">July 2, 1894</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/sthse.html">Arizona state house of representatives</a>, 1923-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> at-large, 1927-33; director of the U.S. Budget, 1933-34; vice-president and director, American Cyanamid Co., 1934-38; president, Mutual Life <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company of New York, 1940-47; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1947-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died in Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-died.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/03-07.html">March 7, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 248 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</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: Son of James Stuart Douglas and Josephine Leah (Williams) Douglas.</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=D000455">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403565">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/douglas-lewis-williams ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/792/000130402">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> <a name="922.86.65">Douglas, Lillian</a> — of Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DC-lived.html">Decatur County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IN.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="517.40.71">Douglas, M. R.</a> — of Grand Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-lived.html">Mesa County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CO.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.02.99">Douglas, Marilyn</a> — of Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NY.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="636.14.47">Douglas, Marion</a> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="164.73.18">Douglas, Maureen A.</a> — of Rancho Cucamonga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="619.52.90">Douglas, Melvyn</a> (1901-1981) — also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-born.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-05.html">April 5, 1901</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">producer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">director</a> of many <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">motion pictures</a>; worked in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">television</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Broadway</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Screen Actors Guild</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac</a> complications, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/08-04.html">August 4, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 121 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</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: Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/04-05.html">April 5, 1931</a>, to <a href="#479.62.50">Helen Gahagan</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/Melvyn Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/100/000063908">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002048">Internet Movie Database profile</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> Douglas, Murphy See <a href="#271.36.77">E. Murphy Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="537.18.55">Douglas, Nicole</a> — of San Leandro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /committees.html">Rules Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.36.38">Douglas, Paul Howard</a> (1892-1976) — also known as Paul H. Douglas — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/03-26.html">March 26, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IL.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/IL.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/09-24.html">September 24, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 182 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. <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 James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/">1915</a> to Dorothy S. Wolff; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to <a href="#637.01.17">Emily Taft</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=D000456">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403566">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000054959">NNDB dossier</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 Paul H. Douglas: Roger Biles, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875803040/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0875803040&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.62.28">Douglas, Paul Louis</a> (b. 1927) — also known as Paul L. Douglas — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-born.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-19.html">September 19, 1927</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Attorney</a>, 1960-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/attygn.html">Nebraska state attorney general</a>, 1975-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eastern-orthodox.html">Eastern Orthodox</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Impeached</a> by the Legislature in 1984 over his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/misfeasance.html">conduct in office</a> and dealings with an officer of a failed savings and loan; acquitted by the state supreme court. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/perjury.html">perjury</a> in December, 1984 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> as Attorney General, but the conviction was later overturned. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.waukeganweb.net/Douglas,%20R.J.-1891.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/436/04.79.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="R. J. Douglas"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="436.04.79">Douglas, R. J.</a> — of Waukegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/waukegan.html">Mayor of Waukegan, Ill.</a>, 1891. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Waukegan</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="864.45.49">Douglas, R. L.</a> — of Council Bluffs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-lived.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa. Circuit judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1869-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="273.06.61">Douglas, Raymond O.</a> — of Kirkwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="245.36.83">Douglas, Richard</a> — of Pleasanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/CA.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.42.55">Douglas, Robert</a> — of Michigan. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 29th Circuit, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="817.83.27">Douglas, Robert A.</a> — of Ironwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-lived.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1907-19; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MI.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="396.96.72">Douglas, Robert Dick</a> (b. 1875) — also known as Robert D. Douglas — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-07.html">April 7, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/attygn.html">North Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NC.html">1904</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/greensboro.html#2">Greensboro, N.C.</a>, 1906-16. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#033.46.86">Robert Martin Douglas</a> and Jessie M. (Dick) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-14.html">April 14, 1909</a>, to Virginia Land Brown; grandson of <a href="#784.08.08">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dick.html#347.05.91">Robert P. Dick</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/17016.html">Douglas-Dick family</a> of Greensboro, North Carolina.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.40.76">Douglas, Robert E.</a> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="325.37.57">Douglas, Robert J.</a> — of Waukegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="949.16.67">Douglas, Robert L.</a> — of Fallon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CH-lived.html">Churchill County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NV.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="033.46.86">Douglas, Robert Martin</a> (1849-1917) — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/01-28.html">January 28, 1849</a>. Republican. Secretary to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, 1869-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/NC.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/spaj.html">justice of North Carolina state supreme court</a>, 1897-1905. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-died.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/02-08.html">February 8, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-buried.html#cms01838">Green Hill Cemetery</a>, Greensboro, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#784.08.08">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a> and Martha Denny (Martin) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-23.html">June 23, 1874</a>, to Jessie Madeleine Dick (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dick.html#347.05.91">Robert P. Dick</a>); father of <a href="#396.96.72">Robert Dick Douglas</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/17016.html">Douglas-Dick family</a> of Greensboro, North Carolina.</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/10439918">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="475.91.54">Douglas, Roy I.</a> — of Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WI-lived.html">Wirt County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wirt County, 1943-48. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="075.27.61">Douglas, Russell</a> — of West New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="215.50.70">Douglas, S.</a> — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IA.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="617.41.87">Douglas, S. M.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="140.27.64">Douglas, Samuel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County, 1843. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="963.42.55">Douglas, Samuel</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 19th District, 1926, 1927; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 10th District, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.74.74">Douglas, Samuel J.</a> — of Florida. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1866-68. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.45.16">Douglas, Samuel T.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1915, 1927. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="966.43.34">Douglas, Scott</a> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/KY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.67.38">Douglas, Shirley L.</a> — of Shawnee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/shawnee.html">mayor of Shawnee, Kan.</a>, 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1997. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="626.06.48">Douglas, Silas Hamilton</a> (1816-1890) — also known as Silas H. Douglas; Silas H. Douglass — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Fredonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-27.html">October 27, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1871-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-26.html">August 26, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms00488">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Ann Arbor, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Douglas and Lucy (Townsend) Douglas; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#013.40.96">Samuel Townsend Douglass</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/05-01.html">May 1, 1845</a>, to Helen Welles; father of <a href="#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html#098.41.24">David Hough</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#769.07.63">David Edgerton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#782.25.86">Almar F. Dickson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and 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://findagrave.com/memorial/60684968">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="283.31.42">Douglas, Stanley M.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1963. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010649391/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/784/08.08.jpg" width=70 height=88 border=0 alt="Stephen A. Douglas"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="784.08.08">Douglas, Stephen Arnold</a> (1813-1861) — also known as Stephen A. Douglas; Arnold Douglass; "The Little Giant" — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Brandon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/04-23.html">April 23, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1840-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1841-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 5th District, 1843-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1852/index.html">1852</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/index.html">1856</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1860. Slaveowner. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/typhoid-fever.html">typhoid fever</a>, in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/06-03.html">June 3, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 41 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms02534">Douglas Monument Park</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah 'Sally' (Fisk) Douglass; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/">1847</a> to Martha Denny Martin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to Adele Cutts; father of <a href="#033.46.86">Robert Martin Douglas</a>; grandfather of <a href="#396.96.72">Robert Dick Douglas</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/17016.html">Douglas-Dick family</a> of Greensboro, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Douglas counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DO.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DU.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DG.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DO.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DO.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/DO.html">Nev.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/DO.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DO.html">S.Dak.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/DO.html">Wash.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DU.html">Wis.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000457">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403567">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen A. Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/221/000050071">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/295">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert W. Johannsen, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252066359/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0252066359&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stephen A. Douglas</a> — James L. Huston, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742534561/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0742534561&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stephen A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality</a> — Roy Morris, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060852097/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060852097&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America</a> — Scott Farris, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762763787/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0762763787&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation</a> — Fergus M. Bordewich, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439124604/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1439124604&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union</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: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="347.10.95">Douglas, Stephen S.</a> — Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="535.85.84">Douglas, T. L.</a> — of Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-lived.html">Audrain County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MO.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.87.33">Douglas, Thomas</a> (b. 1790) — of Florida. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-27.html">April 27, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Florida</a>, 1826-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1846-50, 1854-55. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="277.35.10">Douglas, Thomas H.</a> — of Bolivar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 6th District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.19.59">Douglas, Thomas Jefferson</a> — also known as Thomas J. Douglas — of Bridgton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/bridgton.html">Bridgton, Maine</a>, 1885-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.85.77">Douglas, Tim B.</a> — of Bellingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WH-lived.html">Whatcom County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/bellingham.html">Mayor of Bellingham, Wash.</a>, 1984-95, 2006-07. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Douglas, W. B. See <a href="#778.50.59">Wallace Barton Douglas</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="096.03.20">Douglas, W. G.</a> (b. 1879) — of Willow Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CA-lived.html">Clark County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Edgerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO-born.html">Rock County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/09-11.html">September 11, 1879</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 30th District, 1935-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/trea.html">South Dakota state treasurer</a>, 1939-42. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="268.93.63">Douglas, Mrs. W. H.</a> — of Basin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/BH-lived.html">Big Horn County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WY.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.88.66">Douglas, W. M.</a> — of Parrish, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/WL-lived.html">Walker County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AL.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="778.50.59">Douglas, Wallace Barton</a> (1854-1930) — also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B. Douglas — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Leyden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-21.html">September 21, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 50, 1895-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Minnesota state supreme court</a>, 1904-05; appointed 1904. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-buried.html#cms02658">Prairie Home Cemetery</a>, Moorhead, Minn. <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 Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Ella M. Smith.</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.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12586">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="760.95.70">Douglas, Walter F.</a> — of Acushnet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Sixth Bristol District, 1923-24. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="740.68.01">Douglas, Mrs. Walter R.</a> — of Brentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MO.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="509.09.94">Douglas, Warren B.</a> — of Illinois. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 3rd District, 1919-23, 1925-29, 1935-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="498.44.16">Douglas, Warren C.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Manchester 9th Ward, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="561.77.79">Douglas, William</a> — of Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MO.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="985.27.48">Douglas, William</a> — of Iowa. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1978 (1st District), 1982 (4th District). Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="928.55.09">Douglas, William</a> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="476.11.66">Douglas, William B., Jr.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Malaga</a>, as of 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.71.63">Douglas, William Harris</a> (1853-1944) — also known as William H. Douglas — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. 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/1853/12-05.html">December 5, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">Exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1901-05 (14th District 1901-03, 15th District 1903-05); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-27.html">January 27, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-buried.html#cms01193">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery</a>, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alfred Douglas and Rebecca (Harris) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/04-11.html">April 11, 1889</a>, to Juliette H. Thorne.</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=D000458">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403568">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.44.55">Douglas, William Lewis</a> (1845-1924) — also known as William L. Douglas — of Brockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/08-22.html">August 22, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MA.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MA.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1886-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/brockton.html">mayor of Brockton, Mass.</a>, 1890-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1905-06. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-17.html">September 17, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-buried.html#cms06440">Melrose Cemetery</a>, Brockton, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Douglas and Mary C. (Vaughan) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-06.html">September 6, 1868</a>, to N. Augusta Terry.</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/william-lewis-douglas/">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> <a name="603.19.85">Douglas, William Orville</a> (1898-1980) — also known as William O. Douglas — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn.; Goose Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/YA-lived.html">Yakima County</a>, Wash. Born in Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OT-born.html">Otter Tail County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-16.html">October 16, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/index.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/01-19.html">January 19, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-16.html">August 16, 1923</a>, to Mildred M. Riddle; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/">1966</a> to Kathleen Heffernan.</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/christinson-chumbler.html#731.05.04">Warren Christopher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norris.html#714.84.19">William A. Norris</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/William O. Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/787/000055622">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href=" http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wdouglas.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by William O. Douglas: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585743968/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1585743968&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Of Men and Mountains</a> (1982) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006AX6EQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0006AX6EQ&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">My wilderness: east to Katahdin</a> (1961) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394488342/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394488342&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Go East, Young Man</a> (1974) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394492404/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394492404&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas</a> (1980)</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 O. Douglas: Bruce Allen Murphy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394576284/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394576284&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Wild Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas</a> — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195046129/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195046129&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution</a> — James F. Simon, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060140429/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060140429&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="838.31.51">Douglas, William Wilberforce</a> (b. 1841) — also known as William W. Douglas — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-26.html">November 26, 1841</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1871-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1891-1905; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Rhode Island state supreme court</a>, 1905-08. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. 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