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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Quaker Politicians in 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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Douglas — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/03-26.html">March 26, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IL.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/IL.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a> or Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/09-24.html">September 24, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 182 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/">1915</a> to Dorothy S. Wolff; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#637.01.17">Emily Taft</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000456">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403566">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul Douglas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000054959">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Paul H. Douglas: Roger Biles, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875803040/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0875803040&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/11-17.html">November 17, 1788</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad president</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1839-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 10th District, 1843-51; president, Wamsutta <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton Mills</a>. Quaker. Died in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/02-07.html">February 7, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms02162">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, New Bedford, 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimke-grissom.html#217.08.50">Moses Hicks Grinnell</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=G000477">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404822">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Grinnell (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6399315">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=266231">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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> Peter Morrell Neal (1811-1908) — also known as Peter M. Neal — of Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in North Berwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/09-21.html">September 21, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/lynn.html">Mayor of Lynn, Mass.</a>, 1862-66. Quaker. Died in Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-13.html">April 13, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 205 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barney.html#733.20.04">Charles Neal Barney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter M. Neal">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> Edward Pope (1739-1818) — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Sandwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-born.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1739/02-15.html">February 15, 1739</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/newbedford.html#3">U.S. Collector of Customs at New Bedford, Mass., Massachusetts</a>, 1789-1808. Quaker. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/06-10.html">June 10, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 115 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html# ">Griffin Street Cemetery</a>, New Bedford, Mass.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms00993">Acushnet Cemetery</a>, Acushnet, 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 Thomas Pope and Thankful (Dillingham) Pope; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/">1768</a> to Elizabeth Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/06-02.html">June 2, 1785</a>, to Elizabeth Greenleaf.</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/80561855">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> Edward Shippen (1639-1712) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Methley, Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-03-05.html">March 5</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1639.html">1639</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1701-03. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1712/10-02.html">October 2, 1712</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms01330">Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, 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">Relatives: Son of William Shippen and Mary Shippen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1671.html">1671</a> to Elizabeth Lybrand; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1689.html">1689</a> to Rebecca (Howard) Richardson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1706/">1706</a> to Esther (Wilcox) James; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>, Anne Nancy Shippen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen (1712-1801)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-2138.html">Shippen-Byrd family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1148.html">Brown-Willing-Byrd family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Shippen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18313283">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> Thomas Swain (died c.1825) — of Indiana. Born in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-born.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1820-21. Quaker. Died near Economy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., about 1825. 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> John Wanton (1672-1740) — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I. Born in Scituate, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1672.html">1672</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/dspkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies</a>, 1707, 1710, 1713; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1734-40; died in office 1740. Quaker. Died in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-died.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/07-05.html">July 5, 1740</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html# ">Coddington Cemetery</a>, Newport, R.I. <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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#023.56.70">William Wanton</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#172.62.01">Gideon Wanton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#846.82.63">Joseph Wanton</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/10001-2751.html">Wanton family</a> of Newport, Rhode Island (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Wanton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23403961">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> John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) — of Amesbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/12-17.html">December 17, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Poet</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1835; Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1842. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-anti-slavery-soc.html">American Anti-Slavery Society</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1905. Died in Hampton Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-died.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-07.html">September 7, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms05826">Union Cemetery</a>, Amesbury, 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 John Whittier and Abigail (Hussey) Whittier; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#213.82.21">Robert Foss Fernald</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilman.html#312.65.73">Nicholas Gilman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wentworth.html#552.36.46">John Wentworth Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#582.14.34">Daniel Davis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#899.40.25">Albert Gallatin Dole</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#994.23.54">William Henry Barnum</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#527.56.14">George Winthrop Maston Pitman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#341.75.43">Joseph Pitman</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/10001-2034.html">Wentworth-Gilman family</a> of New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1427.html">Gilman family</a> of Exeter, New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1776.html">Appleton family</a> of New Hampshire (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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Whittier, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Whittier <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">College</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Whittier, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John G. Whittier (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1962) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Politician named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#348.34.63">John Greenleaf Whittier Lewis</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Greenleaf Whittier">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/214/000103902">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1101">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. 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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>