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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts</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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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Hingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1733/01-24.html">January 24, 1733</a>. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1788-89; received one electoral vote, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1789.html">1789</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html#7">U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts</a>, 1789-1809. Died in Hingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-died.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/05-09.html">May 9, 1810</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-buried.html#cms03582">Hingham Cemetery</a>, Hingham, 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 Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln and Benjamin Lincoln (1699-1771); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/">1756</a> to Mary Cushing; father of Elizabeth Lincoln (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#173.30.84">Hodijah Baylies</a>); second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#197.27.95">Alexander Lincoln</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis-dawsey.html#646.39.85">Caro Dawes</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#130.55.04">Joseph Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#857.31.62">Samuel Allyne Otis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#931.49.63">Nathaniel Freeman Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#931.69.74">Samuel Austin Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#067.03.43">George Bailey Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#060.29.76">Abraham Lansing</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#201.75.54">Benjamin Fessenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#398.31.32">Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wigginton-wilard.html#891.42.79">Emerson Wight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.61.96">Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#658.12.04">James Otis</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/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Lincoln counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LN.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LI.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC.html">N.C.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LI.html">Tenn.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/4852">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> Hodijah Baylies (1756-1843) — of Dighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/09-17.html">September 17, 1756</a>. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron works operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/dighton.html#2">U.S. Collector of Customs at Dighton, Mass., Massachusetts</a>, 1789-1809; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-officials.html">Bristol County Probate Judge</a>, 1810-34. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Dighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-26.html">April 26, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html# ">Unitarian Church Cemetery</a>, Dighton, 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 Elizabeth (Park) Baylies and Nicholas Baylies; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/06-23.html">June 23, 1784</a>, to Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#293.11.76">Benjamin Lincoln</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#409.05.20">William Baylies</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#642.17.51">Francis Baylies</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#770.52.79">Edwin Baylies</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#714.17.58">Ripley Nicholas Baylies</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/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/182527565">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Baylies (1776-1865) — of Massachusetts. Born in Dighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/09-15.html">September 15, 1776</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1808-09, 1812-13, 1820-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1809, 1813-17, 1833-35 (9th District 1809, at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-17, 10th District 1833-35); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1825-26, 1830-31. Died in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-27.html">September 27, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms02080">Dighton Town Cemetery</a>, Dighton, 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 Baylies (1743-1826) and Bathsheba (White) Baylies; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#642.17.51">Francis Baylies</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#173.30.84">Hodijah Baylies</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#770.52.79">Edwin Baylies</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#714.17.58">Ripley Nicholas Baylies</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/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000256">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401250">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25843046">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> Francis Baylies (1783-1852) — of Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/10-16.html">October 16, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1821-27 (10th District 1821-25, 12th District 1825-27); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1827-32, 1835; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-diplomats.html ">Argentina</a>, 1832. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/10-28.html">October 28, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 12 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03086">Plain Cemetery</a>, Taunton, 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 Baylies (1743-1826) and Bathsheba (White) Baylies; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#409.05.20">William Baylies (1776-1865)</a>; married to Elizabeth Moulton; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#173.30.84">Hodijah Baylies</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#770.52.79">Edwin Baylies</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#714.17.58">Ripley Nicholas Baylies</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/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000255">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401249">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/baylies-francis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25842509">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> Edwin Baylies (1840-1925) — of Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/08-23.html">August 23, 1840</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/johnstown.html#3">Johnstown, N.Y.</a>, 1894-98. Died in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-18.html">May 18, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-buried.html#cms01083">Johnstown Cemetery</a>, Johnstown, 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 Daniel Baylies and Sally (Morris) Baylies; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/05-02.html">May 2, 1871</a>, to Agnes E. Nutter; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#173.30.84">Hodijah Baylies</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#409.05.20">William Baylies</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#642.17.51">Francis Baylies</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#714.17.58">Ripley Nicholas Baylies</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/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/188492017">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> Ripley Nicholas Baylies (1845-1937) — also known as Ripley N. Baylies — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SH-born.html">St. Helena Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-05.html">September 5, 1845</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Iowa 5th District, 1885. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-15.html">May 15, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00626">Oak Woods Cemetery</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 Nicholas Baylies, Jr. and Harriet Helen (Cahoon) Baylies; married to Harriet A. Sinnamon; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#399.70.09">William Cahoon</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#301.75.51">Eleazar Wheelock Ripley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#256.43.70">James Wheelock Ripley</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#173.30.84">Hodijah Baylies</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dana.html#004.89.55">John Winchester Dana</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#409.05.20">William Baylies</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#642.17.51">Francis Baylies</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#770.52.79">Edwin Baylies</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#948.26.70">Benjamin Dyer Manton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1295.html">Dana-Ripley family</a> of Fryeburg, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1071.html">Baylies family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/177073608">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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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/families/10001-1071.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1071.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>

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