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A.</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MC-lived.html">McCook County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 11th District, 1953-54. 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="288.78.45">Graham, Varah</a> — of Garner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-lived.html">Wake County</a>, N.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/garner.html#2">Garner, N.C.</a>, 1897-1903. 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="562.33.32">Graham, Virginia</a> — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LY-lived.html">Lyon County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/KS.html">2008</a>. <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> Graham, W. Clyde See <a href="#222.07.67">William Clyde Graham</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="277.15.37">Graham, W. E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Minn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 27th District, 1930. 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="782.55.38">Graham, W. E.</a> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 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> <a name="725.39.96">Graham, W. E., Jr.</a> — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NC.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="613.00.54">Graham, W. H. H.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MB-consuls.html ">Winnipeg</a>, as of 1898-1902. 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="597.64.05">Graham, W. J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AL-lived.html">Alamance County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Alamance County, 1905. 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="404.40.50">Graham, W. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/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> <a name="721.25.57">Graham, Wade A.</a> — of Reedsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PR-lived.html">Preston County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 15th 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> <a name="597.09.35">Graham, Wallace D.</a> — of Lake Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/lakeoswego.html">Mayor of Lake Oswego, Ore.</a>, 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="557.24.27">Graham, Walter</a> — of New Jersey. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Cape Town</a>, 1863-66. 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="335.27.13">Graham, Walter</a> — of Lansing Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing-twp.html">supervisor of Lansing Township, Michigan</a>, 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> Graham, Walter See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham7.html#905.38.94">R. Walter Graham</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="076.66.16">Graham, Warner A.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/scma.html">Vermont secretary of civil and military affairs</a>, 1912-15. 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> Graham, Wesley See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#790.14.61">J. Wesley Graham</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="725.01.69">Graham, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> from Lincoln County, 1779. 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="822.83.51">Graham, William</a> (1782-1858) — of Indiana. Born at sea, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-born.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/03-16.html">March 16, 1782</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/trhs.html">Indiana territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1816-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1820-21; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1821-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 3rd District, 1837-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Died in Vallonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/08-17.html">August 17, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JA-buried.html#cms02188">White Church Cemetery</a>, Near Vallonia, Jackson County, Ind. <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=G000361">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404715">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="349.99.43">Graham, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 1st District, 1850. 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="984.56.62">Graham, William</a> — of Circleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PI-lived.html">Pickaway County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/circleville.html">Mayor of Circleville, Ohio</a>, 1936-37. 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="798.29.35">Graham, William</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 7th District, 1937. 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="595.42.50">Graham, William</a> — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KS.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="475.96.00">Graham, William Alexander</a> (1804-1875) — also known as William A. Graham — of Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/09-05.html">September 5, 1804</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1833-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from North Carolina</a>, 1840-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1850-52; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1852; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1854-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Saratoga Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-died.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/08-11.html">August 11, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-buried.html#cms02187">Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery</a>, Hillsborough, 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 Joseph Graham and Isabella (Davidson) Graham; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#668.68.49">James Graham</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/06-08.html">June 8, 1836</a>, to Susannah Sarah Washington; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#449.00.65">John Washington Graham</a>, <a href="#555.50.07">William Alexander Graham (1839-1923)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham1.html#208.18.99">Augustus Washington Graham</a> and Sarah Washington Graham (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#345.28.50">Walter Clark</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/10568.html">Graham #1 family</a> of Hillsborough, 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GH.html">Graham County, N.C.</a> is 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=G000362">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404716">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-alexander-graham/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Alexander Graham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/graham-william-alexander">NCpedia</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="555.50.07">Graham, William Alexander</a> (1839-1923) — also known as William A. Graham — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C. Born in Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/12-26.html">December 26, 1839</a>. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 37th District, 1874-75, 1879-80; member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1908; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lincoln County, 1905-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cmagr.html">North Carolina commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1908-23; died in office 1923. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/12-24.html">December 24, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-buried.html#cms06371">Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, 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="#475.96.00">William Alexander Graham (1804-1875)</a> and Susannah Sarah (Washington) Graham; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#449.00.65">John Washington Graham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham1.html#208.18.99">Augustus Washington Graham</a> and Susan Washington Graham (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#345.28.50">Walter Clark</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-09.html">June 9, 1864</a>, to Julia R. Lane; married to Sallie Hill Clark; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#668.68.49">James Graham</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/10568.html">Graham #1 family</a> of Hillsborough, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William A. Graham (agriculture commissioner)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="073.42.08">Graham, William B.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Adams and Marquette counties, 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="245.30.27">Graham, William B.</a> — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1956-election.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/222/07.67.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="W. Clyde Graham"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.07.67">Graham, William Clyde</a> (b. 1897) — also known as W. Clyde Graham — of Pamplico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-lived.html">Florence County</a>, S.C. Born in Coward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FL-born.html">Florence County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-31.html">December 31, 1897</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">cattle breeder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Florence County, 1935-38, 1941-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1951-68 (Florence County 1951-66, 11th District 1967-68). 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 W. Watson Graham and Knita Emma (Matthews) Graham; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-30.html">November 30, 1922</a>, to Marguerite Hyman.</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: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</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> Graham, William Franklin, Jr. See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham1.html#736.63.91">Billy Graham</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Graham, William Franklin III See <a href="#863.71.96">William Franklin Graham 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="863.71.96">Graham, William Franklin III</a> (b. 1952) — also known as Franklin Graham; William Franklin Graham III — of Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-lived.html">Watauga County</a>, N.C. Born in Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-born.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/07-14.html">July 14, 1952</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 2000. 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham1.html#736.63.91">Billy Graham</a> and Ruth McCue (Bell) Graham; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/">1974</a> to Jane Austin Cunningham.</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/Franklin Graham">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/445/000121082">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334039">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2011/02/156-franklin-graham.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</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="384.69.19">Graham, William George</a> (1841-1914) — of Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-lived.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HO-born.html">Holmes County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/04-18.html">April 18, 1841</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/winfield.html">mayor of Winfield, Kan.</a>, 1885-86, 1891. Died in Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-died.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-02.html">January 2, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-buried.html#cms05415">Graham Cemetery</a>, Winfield, Kan. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="572.53.22">Graham, William H.</a> — Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/pr1968-election.html">1968</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#856.26.45">Spiro T. Agnew</a>). Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT29"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/817/89.70.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="William H. Graham"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="817.89.70">Graham, William Harrison</a> (1844-1923) — also known as William H. Graham — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-03.html">August 3, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Accident Insurance</a> Company of Pittsburgh; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1875-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1898-1903, 1905-11 (23rd District 1898-1903, 29th District 1905-11). Died in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-02.html">March 2, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms01733">Highwood Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. <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=G000363">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404717">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12760941">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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="673.01.21">Graham, William J.</a> (b. 1875) — of Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-02.html">October 2, 1875</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Seventh Essex District, 1904-06. 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="170.21.75">Graham, William J.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.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="353.49.13">Graham, William J.</a> — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</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="054.16.34">Graham, William Johnson</a> (1872-1937) — also known as William J. Graham — of Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill. Born near New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-07.html">February 7, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-officials.html">Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1901-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1915-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 14th District, 1917-24; resigned 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#i">Associate Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals</a>, 1924-37; died in office 1937. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/11-10.html">November 10, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 276 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-buried.html#cms02186">Aledo Cemetery</a>, Aledo, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000364">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404718">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="736.19.42">Graham, William L.</a> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/WV.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="989.42.55">Graham, William M.</a> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 10th District, 1868-71. 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="285.70.86">Graham, William M.</a> — of Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</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="831.23.69">Graham, William N.</a> — Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1880. 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="086.51.11">Graham, William S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Illinois. U.S. Surveyor-General for California, 1903-05. 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="100.14.84">Graham, William S.</a> — of Kenilworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IL.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="960.31.07">Graham, Willis F.</a> — of Monmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ill. Circuit judge in Illinois 9th Circuit, 1925. Burial location unknown. </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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