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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Society of Civil Engineers, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Butler</b> — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Scipio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JN-born.html">Jennings County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-10.html">February 10, 1889</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">general contractor</a>; president, Polaris <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Concrete Products</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1951-64 (57th District 1951-62, 61st District 1963-64); died in office 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/08-01.html">August 1, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-buried.html#cms00466">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Duluth, Minn. <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 to Annabelle Dunning.</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://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11526">Minnesota Legislator record</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>George Dewey Clyde (1898-1972)</b> — also known as <b>George D. Clyde</b> — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-lived.html">Cache County</a>, Utah; Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Springville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-born.html">Utah County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-21.html">July 21, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Utah</a>, 1957-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/UT.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/04-02.html">April 2, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms05724">Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Millcreek, Utah. <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 Hyram Smith Clyde and Elenore Jane (Johnson) Clyde; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-10.html">September 10, 1919</a>, to Ora Packard.</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://www.nga.org/governor/george-dewey-clyde/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/984/000122618">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34660946">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>Robert LeRoy Cochran (1886-1963)</b> — also known as <b>Roy Cochran</b> — of North Platte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Neb.; Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Avoca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-28.html">January 28, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nebraska</a>, 1935-41; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nebraska</a>, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/02-23.html">February 23, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms05182">Lincoln Memorial Park</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <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 Charles A. Cochran and Jane (Wilkinson) Cochran; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-18.html">March 18, 1919</a>, to Aileen Gantt.</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://www.nga.org/governor/robert-leroy-roy-cochran/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/535/000213893">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/614/80.38.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Ern G. Eagleson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Ern G. Eagleson</b> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-13.html">January 13, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">City Engineer</a> of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901, 1911-12; U.S. Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1919-21, 1925-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-17.html">August 17, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <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 Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-06.html">May 6, 1907</a>, to Viola Scully.</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/28416380">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>Image source:</i> City of Boise</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/093/03.42.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Otto E. Eckert"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Otto E. Eckert (1890-1974)</b> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-born.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/01-13.html">January 13, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1946-61. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-mech-engrs.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/index.html">1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms05326">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Lansing, Mich. <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 to Clara Elizabeth Horning.</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>Image source:</i> Michigan Manual 1957-58</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>Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887-1976)</b> — Born in Parkerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MS-born.html">Morris County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-17.html">April 17, 1887</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; Major General, U.S. Army; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Panama Canal Zone</a>, 1940-44. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 John Edgar Edgerton and Alice (Green) Edgerton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-08.html">December 8, 1914</a>, to Cordelia Irene Hessin.</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/14669429">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>Roy G. Finch (b. 1884)</b> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Eagle Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/08-17.html">August 17, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/engr.html">New York state engineer and surveyor</a>, 1925-26. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</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 George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-19.html">October 19, 1909</a>, to Jessie Lewis Weller.</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>Edgar Franklin Foreman (b. 1933)</b> — also known as <b>Ed Foreman</b> — of Las Cruces, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/DA-lived.html">Dona Ana County</a>, N.M. Born in Portales, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/RO-born.html">Roosevelt County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-22.html">December 22, 1933</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 16th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Mexico</a> 2nd District, 1969-71; defeated, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Still living as of 1998. <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=F000272">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404223">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/483/18.64.jpg" width=70 height=140 border=0 alt="Samuel D. Foster"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Davis Foster (1880-1944)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel D. Foster</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in McKeesport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-11.html">September 11, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; worked on roads, sewers, and water works projects in Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone; chief engineer, Allegheny County Road Department; chief engineer, Pennsylvania State Highway Department; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-officials.html">Allegheny County Treasurer</a>, 1924-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-officials.html">Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds</a>, 1928-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <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/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/09-09.html">September 9, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <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 Alexander D. Foster and Amanda (Auld) Foster; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-29.html">June 29, 1905</a>, to charlotta Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/01-25.html">January 25, 1915</a>, to Helen Trego Bradley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-27.html">June 27, 1942</a>, to Mercedes A. Cohill.</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/49183794">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>Image source:</i> Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, September 10, 1944</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>Charles A. Freiberg (b. 1887)</b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/05-23.html">May 23, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; general manager, Buffalo <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Cement</a> Company; president, Amherst <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Stone</a> Company; president, Duane <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Construction</a> Corporation; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 6th District, 1923-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 50th District, 1927-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-officials.html">Erie County Sheriff</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. 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>Fred B. Greenleaf (b. 1883)</b> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Born in Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-15.html">August 15, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a> for International <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">Paper</a> Co.; treasurer and manager, Greenleaf <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Construction</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1923-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 4th District, 1929-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</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 John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-10.html">June 10, 1914</a>, to Mary Margaret Jones; father of Laurie Jones.</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>Harold L. Heiner</b> — also known as <b>Hal Heiner</b> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/KY.html">2008</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/louisville.html">mayor of Louisville, Ky.</a>, 2010. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Still living as of 2010. <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.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=225912">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Theodore H. Hinchman</b> — of Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-24.html">June 24, 1869</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grossepointe.html#5">village president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan</a>, 1933-36; died in office 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi.html">Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-mech-engrs.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>; <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/07-16.html">July 16, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <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 John Marshall Hinchman and Ella Kate (Cropsey) Hinchman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/10-24.html">October 24, 1885</a>, to Emma McAllen Ballentine; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#396.76.58">Theodore Henry Hinchman (1818-1895)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#599.53.72">Marshall Chapin</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#084.46.48">Jeremiah M. DeCamp</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#808.45.00">John W. Chapin</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and 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"><a href="https://www.pe.com//imagesdaily/2008/04-22/20080422_pdf_matichB.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/105/43.32.jpg" width=70 height=92 border=0 alt="Martin A. Matich"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008)</b> — also known as <b>Martin A. Matich</b> — of Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif.; San Bernardino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. Born in Loma Linda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-born.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-06.html">September 6, 1927</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/excavation.html">grading contractor</a>; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads, including major expressways and interchanges, as well as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">airport</a> runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/colton.html">mayor of Colton, Calif.</a>, 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/navy-league.html">Navy League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-arbitration-assoc.html">American Arbitration Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/native-sons-golden-west.html">Native Sons of the Golden West</a>. Died in San Bernardino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-died.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/04-19.html">April 19, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-buried.html# ">Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colton, Calif. <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 John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/09-03.html">September 3, 1964</a>, to Evelyn Winter.</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;">The Martin A. Matich <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Highway</a> (Route 210), from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-names.html">San Bernardino to Redlands, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/26196125">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>Image source:</i> The Press-Enterprise, April 21, 2008</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>David Bennett McKinley (b. 1947)</b> — also known as <b>David B. McKinley</b> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-28.html">March 28, 1947</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 3rd District, 1980-94; defeated, 1980; appointed 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican state chair</a>, 1990-94; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1996; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 2011-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 2018. <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=M001180">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David McKinley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/319/000265521">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/photos/large/R/Ratliff_Bill_78.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/812/55.88.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Bill Ratliff"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Roark Ratliff (b. 1936)</b> — also known as <b>Bill Ratliff</b> — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TI-lived.html">Titus County</a>, Tex. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-16.html">August 16, 1936</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 1st District, 1989-2004; resigned 2004; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Texas</a>, 2000-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">United Methodist</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Still living as of 2004. <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 to Sally Sandlin; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#789.13.92">Bennett Ratliff</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#573.79.36">Robert Thomas Ratliff</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/20901.html">Ratliff family</a> of Texas.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill Ratliff">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=21">Texas Legislators Past & Present</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>Image source:</i> Texas Legislative Reference Library</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>Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959)</b> — also known as <b>Walter C. Sadler</b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Elgin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-born.html">Kane County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-15.html">February 15, 1891</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; worked on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">hydroelectric</a> projects; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <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/sigma-pi.html">Sigma Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-beta-pi.html">Tau Beta Pi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-14.html">October 14, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 241 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 Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/07-21.html">July 21, 1917</a>, to Hariette P. Jamieson.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter C. Sadler">Wikipedia article</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>Julian Larcombe Schley (1880-1965)</b> — of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-lived.html">Panama</a>). Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-23.html">February 23, 1880</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army Corps of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CZ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Panama Canal Zone</a>, 1932-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-29.html">March 29, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 34 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 Jordan Schley and Eliza Ann (Larcombe) Schley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-31.html">October 31, 1931</a>, to Denise Vary.</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>Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907)</b> — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y.; Marquette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-08.html">January 8, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; worked on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> construction; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/engr.html">New York state engineer and surveyor</a>, 1878-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. Died in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-21.html">February 21, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 44 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 John Forman Seymour and Frances Antill (Tappan) Seymour; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-12.html">October 12, 1880</a>, to Abigail Adams Johnson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#287.08.86">Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour (1778-1857)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen Storrs Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#141.11.46">George Seymour</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward Woodruff Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#926.24.50">Joseph Battell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#053.56.67">Morris Woodruff Seymour</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#427.99.59">Edwin Barber Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#898.52.04">Christopher Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#145.68.22">McNeil Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#871.97.99">Henry William Seymour</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#683.55.96">Thomas Seymour</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#998.45.96">Norman Alexander Seymour</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#975.61.35">Hezekiah Cook Seymour</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#035.02.14">Silas Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#366.83.36">Augustus Sherrill Seymour</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#626.06.04">David Lowrey Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#740.73.58">Thomas Henry Seymour</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Orlo Erland Wadhams</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio Seymour, Jr.">Wikipedia article</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>Richard W. Sherman (b. 1848)</b> — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y.; Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/12-04.html">December 4, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/utica.html">mayor of Utica, N.Y.</a>, 1900-01, 1906-07; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/engr.html">New York state engineer and surveyor</a>, 1902. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>. 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>Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel M. Vauclain</b> — of Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-18.html">May 18, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-mech-engrs.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/02-04.html">February 4, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms05207">Church of the Redeemer Cemetery</a>, Bryn Mawr, 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 Andrew Constant Vauclain and Mary Ann (Campbell) Vauclain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-17.html">April 17, 1879</a>, to Annie Kearney.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel M. Vauclain">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9341849">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>James Stephen Watkins (b. 1892)</b> — also known as <b>J. Stephen Watkins</b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LA-born.html">Laurel County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-14.html">November 14, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; Kentucky Highway Commissioner, 1943-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/KY.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/KY.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/KY.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <b>American Society of Civil Engineers</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>. 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