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Addison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beall.html#951.84.92">William Dent Beall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Grant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#401.43.62">E. Dent Lackey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#113.03.18">Walter Dent Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welcome-wellborn.html#343.24.31">Maximilian Bethune Wellborn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="508.14.26">Dent, Charles W.</a> (b. 1960)</b> — of Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Born in Allentown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-24.html">May 24, 1960</a>. Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#527.59.10">Donald Ritter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1991-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 16th District, 1999-2004; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 15th District, 2005-. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000604">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400648">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/107/000086846">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b><a name="655.55.19">Dent, Cora C.</a></b> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DE-lived.html">Dent County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MO.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> <b><a name="561.69.09">Dent, Douglas M.</a></b> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="845.40.24">Dent, E. L.</a></b> — of Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CV-lived.html">Covington County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MS.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> <b><a name="278.94.53">Dent, E. O.</a></b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/LA.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> <b><a name="604.86.74">Dent, Emory G.</a></b> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KY.html">1944</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> <b><a name="659.01.34">Dent, Francis M.</a></b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 3rd District, 1930; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 11th District, 1961. 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> <b><a name="209.53.03">Dent, Fred C., Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/eastbatonrouge-parish.html">mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana</a>, 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> <b><a name="188.91.88">Dent, Frederick Baily</a> (b. 1922)</b> — also known as <b>Frederick B. Dent</b> — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born in Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-born.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/08-17.html">August 17, 1922</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a>, 1973-75. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Magruder Dent and Edith (Baily) Dent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-11.html">March 11, 1944</a>, to Mildred Carrington 'Millie' Harrison.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick B. Dent">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/300/000167796">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b><a name="762.18.62">Dent, George</a> (1756-1813)</b> — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-born.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/index.html">1756</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1782-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1791-92; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1793-1801. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died near Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-died.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/12-02.html">December 2, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-buried.html#cms04889">a private or family graveyard</a>, Richmond County, Ga. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000254">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403392">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="345.77.12">Dent, George B., Jr.</a></b> — of North Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/northplatte.html">Mayor of North Platte, Neb.</a>, 1938-40, 1947-48. 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> <b><a name="760.18.13">Dent, George Wrenshall</a> (1819-1899)</b> — Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/01-30.html">January 30, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Miner</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1858; appraiser of customs at the port of San Francisco. Died in Lorin (now part of Berkeley), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-17.html">January 17, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frederick Fayette Dent and Ellen Bay (Wrenshall) Dent; brother of <a href="#043.94.50">Lewis Dent</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Boggs Dent</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>) and Ellen Wrenshall 'Nellie' Dent (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#097.45.56">Alexander Sharp</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110186590">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="134.79.50">Dent, Harry Shuler</a> (1930-2007)</b> — also known as <b>Harry S. Dent</b> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in St. Matthews, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CA-born.html">Calhoun County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-21.html">February 21, 1930</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SC.html">South Carolina Republican state chair</a>, 1965-68; special counsel and political advisor to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> in 1974 to a federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/campaign-finance.html">campaign finance violation</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to one month <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">Alzheimer's disease</a>, in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/09-28.html">September 28, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 219 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hampton N. Dent and Sallie P. Dent; married to Betty Francis.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/839/000164347">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b><a name="158.06.02">Dent, Henry H.</a></b> — of Coudersport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PO-lived.html">Potter County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/PA.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> <b><a name="766.35.39">Dent, Herbert Warder</a> (b. 1880)</b> — also known as <b>Herbert W. Dent</b> — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born in Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-born.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-16.html">April 16, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 19th Judicial Circuit, 1932-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a> and Mary (Warder) Dent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-25.html">October 25, 1924</a>, to Mary M. Welch.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></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> <b><a name="226.30.92">Dent, Howard, Jr.</a></b> — of The Dalles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/WS-lived.html">Wasco County</a>, Ore. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OR.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</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> <b>Dent, Hubert, Jr.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#890.38.63">Stanley Hubert Dent Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="218.46.51">Dent, J. B.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/AR.html">1888</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> <b><a name="458.91.87">Dent, James F.</a> (b. 1914)</b> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DE-lived.html">Dent County</a>, Mo. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DE-born.html">Dent County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-06.html">June 6, 1914</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Dent County, 1945-46. 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> <b><a name="742.75.92">Dent, Jerry A.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 9th District, 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> <b><a name="680.80.38">Dent, John H.</a></b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/GA.html">1912</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> <b><a name="161.66.02">Dent, John Herman</a> (1908-1988)</b> — also known as <b>John H. Dent</b> — of Jeannette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Born in Johnetta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-born.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-10.html">March 10, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a>, Local 18759, United Rubber Workers; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1935-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 39th District, 1937-58; resigned 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 21st District, 1958-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</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/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Jeannette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-died.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/04-09.html">April 9, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 30 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Dent and Genevieve Dent.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000255">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403393">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="912.75.79">Dent, Josiah</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/bdcom.html">Member District of Columbia board of commissioners</a>, 1878-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/dcpres.html">President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners</a>, 1879-82. 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> <b>Dent, Julia Boggs</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Grant</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="811.91.15">Dent, Lewis</a></b> — of California. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OS-consuls.html ">Guaymas</a>, 1859-61. 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> <b><a name="043.94.50">Dent, Lewis</a> (1823-1874)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-03.html">March 3, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in California; elected 1850; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1869. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-22.html">March 22, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Frederick Fayette Dent and Ellen Bay (Wrenshall) Dent; brother of <a href="#760.18.13">George Wrenshall Dent</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Boggs Dent</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>) and Ellen Wrenshall 'Nellie' Dent (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#097.45.56">Alexander Sharp</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/128125139">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="013.28.00">Dent, Louis A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JM-consuls.html ">Kingston</a>, 1897. 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> <b><a name="687.11.68">Dent, Marmaduke Herbert</a> (1849-1909)</b> — also known as <b>Marmaduke H. Dent</b> — of Grafton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, W.Va. Born in Granville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-18.html">April 18, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1893-1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/09-11.html">September 11, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TA-buried.html#cms06226">Bluemont Cemetery</a>, Grafton, W.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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carrie (Roberts) Dent and <a href="#524.90.68">Marshall Mortimer Dent</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-10.html">October 10, 1876</a>, to Mary Jones Warder; father of <a href="#766.35.39">Herbert Warder Dent</a>; ancestor *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay Kurtz</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></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> <b><a name="524.90.68">Dent, Marshall Mortimer</a> (b. 1828)</b> — also known as <b>Marshall M. Dent</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/index.html">1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Monongalia County, 1861. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#687.11.68">Marmaduke Herbert Dent</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></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> <b><a name="580.72.99">Dent, Milton</a></b> — of Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WI-lived.html">Wirt County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WI-parties.html">Chair of Wirt County Republican Party</a>, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="438.20.86">Dent, Otha</a></b> — of Littlefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/LB-lived.html">Lamb County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate 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> <b><a name="594.57.41">Dent, R. A.</a></b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/GA.html">1968</a>. 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> <b><a name="221.35.77">Dent, R. F.</a></b> — of Newcomerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-lived.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/newcomerstown.html#2">Newcomerstown, Ohio</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> <b><a name="081.91.43">Dent, R. L.</a></b> — of Vicksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MS.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MS.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MS.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> <b><a name="522.48.95">Dent, R. Risley, Jr.</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.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> <b><a name="215.77.29">Dent, Mrs. R. Theodore</a></b> — of Arden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-lived.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NC.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> <b>Dent, Risley, Jr.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#522.48.95">R. Risley Dent Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="250.18.03">Dent, Roy</a></b> — of Michigan. Protestants United candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 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> <b><a name="731.23.80">Dent, S. H.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896. 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> <b>Dent, S. Hubert, Jr.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#890.38.63">Stanley Hubert Dent Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="890.38.63">Dent, Stanley Hubert, Jr.</a> (1869-1938)</b> — also known as <b>S. Hubert Dent, Jr.</b> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/08-16.html">August 16, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-officials.html">Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/AL.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1909-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-06.html">October 6, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-buried.html#cms01752">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Eufaula, Ala. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of S. H. Dent and Anna Beall (Young) Dent; married to Etta Tinsley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403394">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="313.96.76">Dent, T. M.</a></b> — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/GA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/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> <b>Dent, Mrs. Theodore</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#215.77.29">Mrs. R. Theodore Dent</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="416.42.22">Dent, Thomas A.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 4th District, 1954. 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> <b><a name="841.37.87">Dent, Thomas H.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 7th District, 1933. 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> <b><a name="354.33.94">Dent, Walter B.</a></b> — of Oakley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MD.html">1912</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> <b><a name="569.39.41">Dent, Wilfrid H.</a></b> — of Croydon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Croydon, 1948. 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> <b><a name="372.37.49">Dent, William</a></b> — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/PA.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> <b><a name="237.32.16">Dent, William Barton Wade</a> (1806-1855)</b> — also known as <b>William B. W. Dent</b> — of Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga. Born in Bryantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-born.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/09-08.html">September 8, 1806</a>. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 4th District, 1853-55. Slaveowner. Died in Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-died.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-07.html">September 7, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-buried.html#cms00224">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Newnan, Ga. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000257">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403395">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b><a name="538.28.87">Dent, William H.</a></b> — of Le Mars, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PM-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IA.html">1916</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> <b><a name="475.47.80">Dent, William J.</a></b> — of Plainville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Plainville, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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