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font-family:garamond,serif;">Hand</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="HAND"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>HAND</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/h.html#H530">Soundex H530</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daba-daigre.html#DAHN">DAHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forde-forlenza.html#FOREHAND">FOREHAND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDEL">HANDEL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDELIN">HANDELIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDFORD">HANDFORD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDIGES">HANDIGES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLAN">HANDLAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLER">HANDLER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLEY">HANDLEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLIN">HANDLIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLOFF">HANDLOFF</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLORS">HANDLORS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDLY">HANDLY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDMAN">HANDMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDREN">HANDREN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDRICH">HANDRICH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDRICK">HANDRICK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDS">HANDS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDSHAW">HANDSHAW</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDWERK">HANDWERK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDWORK">HANDWORK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDY">HANDY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#HARD">HARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#HIND">HIND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#HINDE">HINDE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#HUND">HUND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#MARCHAND">MARCHAND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#TURHAND">TURHAND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#WAND">WAND</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <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> <b>HAND:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#122.31.63">Adam Beattie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#683.98.50">Michael L. Bender</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#690.13.03">Frederick Albert Britten</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#543.71.69">Howard Hollis Callaway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#379.80.28">John Thomas Carter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#602.43.80">Josiah C. Chittenden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#827.42.07">Alfred Conkling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curran.html#002.50.84">Edward Matthew Curran</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#513.16.92">Edmund Bennett Leaming</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#230.36.76">John Henry Eugene McAndrews</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrah.html#190.82.35">Jack Murr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parkhill-parkman.html#849.45.82">Asahel W. Parkhurst</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#912.68.52">Omar William Platt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#112.11.66">DeLambert Pinckney Stowe</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="984.60.20">Hand, Andrew J.</a> (1891-1958)</b> — of Endicott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-born.html">Susquehanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-21.html">May 21, 1891</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/endicott.html#3">Endicott, N.Y.</a>, 1936-56 (acting, 1936-37). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Endicott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-died.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-18.html">April 18, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-buried.html# ">St. John's Cemetery</a>, New Milford, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Patrick J. Hand and Ellen L. (Grier) Hand; married to Emma M. O'Byrne.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63589914">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="678.31.61">Hand, Augustus Cincinnatus</a> (1803-1878)</b> — also known as <b>Augustus C. Hand</b> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/09-04.html">September 4, 1803</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-officials.html">Essex County Surrogate</a>, 1831; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1839-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1845-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1848-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NY.html">1864</a>. Died in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-08.html">March 8, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-buried.html#cms01476">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Elizabethtown, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Hand (1770-1845) and Elizabeth (Sill) Hand; married to Marcia Seelye Northrup; father of <a href="#875.45.12">Samuel Hand (1834-1886)</a>, Ellen Salome Hand (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#900.00.33">Matthew Hale</a>) and <a href="#489.87.30">Richard Lockhart Hand</a>; grandfather of <a href="#769.26.49">Augustus Noble Hand</a> and <a href="#248.76.72">Billings Learned Hand</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0238.html">Hand family</a> of Elizabethtown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000152">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405034">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7750145">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="769.26.49">Hand, Augustus Noble</a> (1869-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Augustus N. Hand</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-26.html">July 26, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director, San Juan and Reio Pedras <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1914-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1927-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-28.html">October 28, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 94 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-buried.html#cms04522">somewhere</a> in Elizabethtown, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#489.87.30">Richard Lockhart Hand</a> and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Hand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-05.html">August 5, 1899</a>, to Susan Train; nephew of <a href="#875.45.12">Samuel Hand</a>; grandson of <a href="#678.31.61">Augustus Cincinnatus Hand</a>; first cousin of <a href="#248.76.72">Billings Learned Hand</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0238.html">Hand family</a> of Elizabethtown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#064.74.05">Eugene H. Nickerson</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="409.71.30">Hand, Ben</a></b> — of Alabama. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="122.30.17">Hand, Beulah</a></b> — of Milwaukie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OR.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="248.76.72">Hand, Billings Learned</a> (1872-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Learned Hand</b> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-27.html">January 27, 1872</a>. Progressive. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1909-24; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1913; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1924-51. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-18.html">August 18, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#875.45.12">Samuel Hand</a> and Lydia Coit (Learned) Hand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-06.html">December 6, 1902</a>, to Frances Amelia Fincke; father of Constance Hand (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#005.71.21">Newbold Morris</a>); nephew of <a href="#489.87.30">Richard Lockhart Hand</a>; grandson of <a href="#678.31.61">Augustus Cincinnatus Hand</a>; first cousin of <a href="#769.26.49">Augustus Noble Hand</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0238.html">Hand family</a> of Elizabethtown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13423033">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Learned Hand:</i> Gerald Gunther, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674518802/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674518802&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge</a> — Gerald Gunther, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019537777X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=019537777X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="183.92.98">Hand, Chris</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sthse.html">Oklahoma state house of representatives</a> 37th District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="191.79.41">Hand, Christopher Smith</a> (1872-1938)</b> — also known as <b>Christopher S. Hand</b> — of Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J.; Wildwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-25.html">May 25, 1872</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cape May County, 1910-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NJ.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-buried.html# ">Head of the River Cemetery</a>, Estell Manor, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Somers Hand and Hannah G. (Corson) Hand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/05-25.html">May 25, 1892</a>, to Lillie May Ivins; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#946.70.84">Fletcher Wilbur Stites</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#383.49.99">George Augustus Vare</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#816.72.89">Edwin H. Vare</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#261.01.19">William Scott Vare</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17088.html">Vare-Stites family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13129762">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="400.54.20">Hand, Constance W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1935-36, 1938-41. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="236.20.12">Hand, David R.</a></b> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-consuls.html ">Bocas del Toro</a>, as of 1897-1905. 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> <b><a name="180.66.49">Hand, Edward</a> (1744-1802)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/12-31.html">December 31, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html#2">chief burgess of Lancaster, Pennsylvania</a>, 1789-90. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/09-03.html">September 3, 1802</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms03791">St. James's Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Rockford, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000153">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405035">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.16.36">Hand, Edward E., Jr.</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 7th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="143.75.51">Hand, Edward J.</a></b> — of Amsterdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="147.58.22">Hand, Elaine</a></b> — of Flemington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="509.83.36">Hand, Elizabeth S.</a></b> — of Cumming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/GA.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> <b><a name="426.68.85">Hand, Elsie P.</a></b> — of Georgia. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="489.04.60">Hand, Fred</a></b> — of Pelham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="739.19.99">Hand, George E.</a></b> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Michigan</a>, 1853-57. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="332.52.27">Hand, George F.</a></b> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 26th District, 1892. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="259.67.44">Hand, George H.</a> (1837-1891)</b> — Born in Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-born.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/08-09.html">August 9, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/tatgn.html">Dakota territory attorney general</a>, 1866-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Dakota Territory</a>, 1866-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Dakota Territory</a>, 1874-83. Died in Pierre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HU-died.html">Hughes County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/03-10.html">March 10, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 213 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HN.html">Hand County, S.Dak.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="561.61.74">Hand, J. D.</a></b> — of Los Alamos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/LA-lived.html">Los Alamos County</a>, N.M. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NM.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="035.51.74">Hand, Jesse</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cnrt.html">Delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Cape May County, 1787. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="577.63.79">Hand, John E.</a></b> — of Yorktown Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NY.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="700.16.62">Hand, John J.</a></b> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html ">Puntarenas</a>, as of 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="517.82.01">Hand, John Pryor</a> (b. 1850)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Hand</b> — of Illinois. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-10.html">November 10, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IL.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-officials.html">Henry County Judge</a>, 1885-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1900-13. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry Hand and Mary (Hanna) Hand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-26.html">October 26, 1871</a>, to Elizabeth Brayton.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="029.47.54">Hand, Joseph</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 7th District, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="766.17.51">Hand, Joseph P.</a></b> — of Amsterdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/amsterdam.html">Mayor of Amsterdam, N.Y.</a>, 1946-47. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="383.16.03">Hand, Kenneth C.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1929-31, 1943-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Union County, 1948-56; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1953; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1956. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hand, Learned</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#248.76.72">Billings Learned Hand</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="755.67.98">Hand, Mrs. Lee</a></b> — of Senoia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/GA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="411.54.05">Hand, Lloyd N.</a></b> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.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> <b><a name="053.52.28">Hand, Mary Helena</a></b> — of Little Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hand, Millet</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#494.82.42">Thomas Millet Hand</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="983.18.80">Hand, Perry A.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Alabama</a>, 1989-91. Still living as of 1991. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="489.87.30">Hand, Richard Lockhart</a> (1839-1914)</b> — of Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-15.html">February 15, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1885, 1893. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-psi.html">Chi Psi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-07.html">October 7, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 234 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Marcia Seelye (Northrup) Hand and <a href="#678.31.61">Augustus Cincinnatus Hand</a>; brother of <a href="#875.45.12">Samuel Hand</a> and Ellen Salome Hand (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#900.00.33">Matthew Hale</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-29.html">June 29, 1868</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Noble; father of <a href="#769.26.49">Augustus Noble Hand</a>; uncle of <a href="#248.76.72">Billings Learned Hand</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0238.html">Hand family</a> of Elizabethtown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="346.99.50">Hand, Robert</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 3rd District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="103.87.29">Hand, Robert E.</a> (b. 1854)</b> — of Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J.; Erma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Born in Erma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-born.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-28.html">June 28, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">timber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-officials.html">Cape May County Freeholder</a>, 1887-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-officials.html">Cape May County Sheriff</a>, 1893; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NJ.html">1896</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cape May County, 1897; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Cape May County, 1898-1903, 1907-12. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Lizzie W. Hoffman.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="875.45.12">Hand, Samuel</a> (1834-1886)</b> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/05-01.html">May 1, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1878. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-psi.html">Chi Psi</a>. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-21.html">May 21, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Marcia Seelye (Northrup) Hand and <a href="#678.31.61">Augustus Cincinnatus Hand</a>; brother of Ellen Salome Hand (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#900.00.33">Matthew Hale</a>) and <a href="#489.87.30">Richard Lockhart Hand</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Lydia Coit Learned; father of <a href="#248.76.72">Billings Learned Hand</a>; uncle of <a href="#769.26.49">Augustus Noble Hand</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0238.html">Hand family</a> of Elizabethtown, New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/114821953">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hand Shaking Charlie:</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker2.html#851.85.14">Charles W. Baker</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hand, T. Millet</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#494.82.42">Thomas Millet Hand</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="249.94.33">Hand, Thomas J.</a></b> — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 19th District, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="182.61.68">Hand, Thomas M.</a></b> — of Thomson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ill. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-parties.html">Chair of Carroll County Democratic Party</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="494.82.42">Hand, Thomas Millet</a> (1902-1956)</b> — also known as <b>T. Millet Hand</b> — of Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Born in Cape May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-born.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-07.html">July 7, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NJ.html">vice-chair of New Jersey Republican Party</a>, 1941-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 2nd District, 1945-56; died in office 1956. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Cold Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-died.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-26.html">December 26, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 172 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-buried.html#cms00066">Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Cold Spring, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Reeves Hand and Sarah (Millet) Hand; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-01.html">March 1, 1930</a>, to Mary Mercer Worth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/12-31.html">December 31, 1950</a>, to Elizabeth Frost Spang.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000154">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405036">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="639.14.30">Hand, Tristan Paul</a></b> — of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-lived.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/OH.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="326.25.24">Hand, W. E.</a></b> — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Neb. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sthse.html">Nebraska state house of representatives</a>, 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> <b><a name="229.28.90">Hand, William Brevard</a> (1924-2008)</b> — Born in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-born.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-18.html">January 18, 1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama</a>, 1971-89; took senior status 1989. Died in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-died.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/09-06.html">September 6, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 232 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=966&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/hand-william-brevard">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="652.14.60">Hand, William D.</a></b> — of Edison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/edison.html#2">Edison, N.J.</a>, 1962-66. 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