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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: December 25, 1894</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Hudnall</a> and Sophia Wallace</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emerson.html#695.51.84">Henry I. Emerson</a> and Nettie Naumann</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-12-25.html">Politicians who were married on December 25</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/married.html">politicians who were married in 1894</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#612.52.98">Manly B. Mattice</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#703.69.61">Abraham V. Van Fleet</a></li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-12-25.html">Politicians who died on December 25</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/died.html">politicians who died in 1894</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: <ul> <li>150 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#172.12.03">Robert Brown</a>, born December 25, 1744</li> <li>100 Years: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draper.html#748.07.33">Joseph Draper</a>, born December 25, 1794</li> </ul> Office Transitions on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#703.69.61">Abraham V. Van Fleet</a>, died in office (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/vchan.html">vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery</a>)</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 79: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townshend-trachtenberg.html#606.86.83">Norton S. Townshend</a></li> <li>Age 78: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#804.47.86">J. Williams Thorne</a></li> <li>Age 77: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloan.html#196.70.84">Samuel Sloan</a></li> <li>Age 76: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#280.33.77">James H. Brown</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#430.98.72">John M. Lea</a></li> <li>Age 75: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#161.35.86">James Monroe</a></li> <li>Age 69: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#737.36.90">Stephen F. Chadwick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#293.38.73">Stephen Buhrer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#371.91.64">Ralph Paschal</a></li> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#068.85.20">James Kerrigan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#642.96.86">Benjamin F. Gue</a></li> <li>Age 63: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#009.65.78">William Lounsbery</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#769.50.52">John F. Dillon</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venables-vermillion.html#358.59.38">Thomas G. Vennum</a></li> <li>Age 59: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#647.67.26">Gilbert M. Woodward</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#432.40.13">William A. McKellip</a></li> <li>Age 58: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#566.70.42">Edward Selig Salomon</a></li> <li>Age 57: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#265.33.71">Herbert Brainerd</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#357.28.53">Irving M. Scott</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#408.44.64">Elbridge T. Gerry</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#234.19.88">Samuel K. Crawford</a></li> <li>Age 55: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#930.80.16">Edward J. Hale</a></li> <li>Age 54: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntly-hurlbut.html#322.05.00">Frank H. Hurd</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/post.html#614.52.77">Morton E. Post</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#153.33.08">Charles A. Hungerford</a></li> <li>Age 53: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#463.15.61">W. Godfrey Hunter</a></li> <li>Age 52: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#434.84.92">John H. Lovejoy</a></li> <li>Age 51: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/headden-healey.html#346.58.90">Daniel Webster Heagy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#163.86.53">Charles F. Chidsey</a></li> <li>Age 49: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craig.html#025.68.79">George H. Craig</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#672.21.61">Thomas J. Strait</a></li> <li>Age 47: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#132.15.46">John N. Irwin</a></li> <li>Age 46: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#382.84.33">Ira J. Kellogg</a></li> <li>Age 45: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#663.17.09">Stephen D. Yerkes</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#206.07.41">George B. Chittenden</a></li> <li>Age 44: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#718.24.45">Asa T. Newhall</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#439.22.40">William Henry Craddock</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartos-bason.html#741.57.49">Julius D. Bartow</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#864.02.82">Stephen R. Fitzgarrald</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#222.81.59">Lot Brown</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#503.27.61">Oliver G. Fessenden</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#648.57.85">Herman P. Faris</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#542.61.26">Charles C. Kellogg</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#323.58.73">A. D. Ward</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#882.71.53">Walter Hazard</a></li> <li>Age 34: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#448.58.02">John A. Dix</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#908.89.41">John T. Morrison</a></li> <li>Age 32: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#658.12.93">Irvin E. Rockwell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowler.html#150.32.84">Chester A. Fowler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#247.62.24">George N. Myers</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown9.html#675.01.67">William E. Brown</a></li> <li>Age 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#703.21.11">Barry Miller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#910.01.43">Daniel Richard Randall</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanwood-starin.html#594.48.09">Edwin M. Starcher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#535.82.01">W. M. Salisbury</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slate-slattery.html#040.86.84">John M. Slaton</a></li> <li>Age 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilman.html#550.01.72">Elisabeth Gilman</a></li> <li>Age 26: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#436.87.21">David J. O'Connell</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovan.html#270.74.84">Andrew Donovan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parks.html#795.28.34">Beaumont Parks</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#342.02.62">J. R. Williamson</a></li> <li>Age 24: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kline.html#380.51.37">Charles H. Kline</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#191.46.82">Robert Morss Lovett</a></li> <li>Age 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas3.html#059.41.74">F. E. Thomas</a></li> <li>Age 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#318.17.78">Omer N. Custer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#052.03.58">William C. Manchester</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#924.41.14">John T. Adams</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#070.23.14">James H. Underwood</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#914.47.46">Albert Fletcher</a></li> <li>Age 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#937.15.19">Jessie W. Hughan</a></li> <li>Age 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randall-randlett.html#855.10.44">Clifford Randall</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cady.html#868.45.54">Virgil H. Cady</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monaco-monro.html#363.51.85">Frank R. Monfort</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patteson-pattok.html#841.36.93">John B. Pattison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pugh.html#411.54.71">John F. Pugh</a></li> <li>Age 17: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craige-cram.html#383.13.21">Joe Crail</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#017.27.27">Abraham I. Shiplacoff</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fouch-fowle.html#571.06.27">George E. Foulkes</a></li> <li>Age 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green8.html#020.26.76">Samuel R. Green</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#255.35.81">Rachel Panken</a></li> <li>Age 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duncan.html#696.26.45">Rolla Duncan</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#253.11.98">Peter B. Garberg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#409.19.27">Georgia Daniel Irvine</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#740.47.49">Robert P. Butler</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gillet-gillhaus.html#939.74.63">Herbert R. Gillette</a></li> <li>Age 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#897.11.13">Almer F. Gallup</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/joyce.html#596.07.09">J. Grover Joyce</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennington.html#589.06.20">Irving Pennington</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#240.66.45">Adin Batson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#621.11.17">Frank G. Lewis</a></li> <li>Age 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson3.html#349.43.57">Floyd E. Thompson</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harms-harpending.html#872.13.74">Harry S. Harnsberger</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simmons.html#199.77.76">Robert G. Simmons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#997.63.53">Reginald S. Castleman</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#642.02.90">Robert W. Otto</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sauner-sawtelle.html#737.21.70">Anthony Savage</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-25.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-25.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>