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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: September 22, 1864</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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Connell</a> — Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#563.98.25">Frederic S. Cole</a> — Waterloo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#794.74.90">Bernard B. Semmes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/lx-born.html">Lexington</a>, Va.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-09-22.html">Politicians who were born on September 22</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/born.html">politicians who were born in 1864</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who were married on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brewton-brigadier.html#912.34.55">Thomas C. Bridwell</a> and Bettie McFarland</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/married-09-22.html">Politicians who were married on September 22</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/married.html">politicians who were married in 1864</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Politicians who died on this date: <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#161.06.97">Thomas Francis Marshall</a> — near Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-died.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky.</li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#095.63.23">Robert William Wells</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayt-hayward.html#636.99.68">Elijah Hayward</a> — McConnelsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MN-died.html">Morgan County</a>, Ohio</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/died-09-22.html">Politicians who died on September 22</a> (all years), or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/died.html">politicians who died in 1864</a> (all dates).</li> </ul> Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: <ul> <li>Age 66: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fellrath-femille.html#531.06.95">John Felt</a></li> <li>Age 61: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#052.20.67">Thomas H. Clay</a></li> <li>Age 56: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#325.09.84">James Houston Thomas</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#554.63.17">George S. Hillard</a></li> <li>Age 50: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buenemeyer-bufford.html#925.32.68">Peter C. Buffington</a></li> <li>Age 48: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyer.html#528.83.75">Philetus Sawyer</a></li> <li>Age 43: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conners-connet.html#321.51.94">John Conness</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker6.html#573.96.05">Luther F. Parker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#062.21.65">Matthew Wadleigh</a></li> <li>Age 40: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart8.html#737.22.72">Thomas E. Stewart</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#446.95.70">Perry Hannah</a></li> <li>Age 39: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burcham-burdette.html#982.66.95">Horatio Chapin Burchard</a></li> <li>Age 37: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell5.html#181.58.29">John Russell</a></li> <li>Age 36: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#175.42.18">Edward C. Mercereau</a></li> <li>Age 35: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#241.81.50">William W. Belknap</a></li> <li>Age 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams</a></li> <li>Age 29: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#378.13.55">William Wirt Culbertson</a></li> <li>Age 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#707.11.05">Henry Van Woert</a></li> <li>Age 25: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#596.67.85">Knut H. Helling</a></li> <li>Age 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neal.html#650.00.89">Lawrence T. Neal</a></li> <li>Age 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#813.43.36">Alfred J. Ostheimer</a></li> <li>Age 16: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#615.50.27">James C. Haynes</a></li> <li>Age 14: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#853.38.12">John B. Goodwin</a></li> <li>Age 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holland.html#741.50.00">Frank P. Holland</a></li> <li>Age 11: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray4.html#549.68.79">George W. Murray</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#448.68.47">Edward D. Black</a></li> <li>Age 10: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#185.79.99">James H. Manning</a></li> <li>Age 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#501.50.02">Albert B. White</a></li> <li>Age 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#262.59.86">William W. Griest</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#342.78.79">A. B. Lucas</a></li> <li>Age 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#037.11.73">George T. Page</a></li> <li>Age 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#304.23.45">D. F. Grube</a></li> <li>Age 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans6.html#710.12.27">Mosiah Evans</a></li> <li>Age 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christinson-chumbler.html#526.84.58">R. L. Chuning</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-22.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-22.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>