CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hough</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 ? 'https://ssl' : 'https://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/css/ftabmenu.js"> </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/css/ftabmenu.css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> ftabmenu.definemenu("ftabs",4) </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFDD" text="#000000" link="#cc0000" alink="#ff0000" vlink="#760000"> <style type="text/css"> p {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} td {font-family:georgia,garamond,serif} A:link {text-decoration: none} A:visited {text-decoration: none} A:active {text-decoration: none} A:hover {text-decoration: underline} </style> <p align=center style="font-size:28pt; font-family:garamond,serif"> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">PoliticalGraveyard.com</span><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html" border=0> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgmain6.gif" width=450 height=216 border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard: A Database of American History"></a><br> Index to Politicians</p> <div id="ftabs" class="basictab"><ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">TPG Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">Alpha: A-Z</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/h.html">Alpha: H</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html">< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html">Here</a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html">Next ></a></li> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/search.html">Search</a></li> </ul></div> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <p align="center" style="font-size:30pt; font-family:garamond,serif;">Hough</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="HOUGH"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>HOUGH</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/h.html#H200">Soundex H200</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#HAUGH">HAUGH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#HOE">HOE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#HOEGH">HOEGH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#HOEY">HOEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#HOEYE">HOEYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoggard-holbrock.html#HOH">HOH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#HOOE">HOOE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#HOU">HOU</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#HOUEYE">HOUEYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHAM">HOUGHAM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHN">HOUGHN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHTALIN">HOUGHTALIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHTALING">HOUGHTALING</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHTELING">HOUGHTELING</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHTON">HOUGHTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#HOUGHWOUT">HOUGHWOUT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houstoun-howan.html#HOW">HOW</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#HOWE">HOWE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#HOY">HOY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#HOYE">HOYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#HUEY">HUEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#HUGH">HUGH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#HUGHEY">HUGHEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#HUGHIE">HUGHIE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#HUH">HUH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#HUI">HUI</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#HUIE">HUIE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchison-hyche.html#HUY">HUY</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>HOUGH:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#666.76.29">Joseph F. Guffey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller3.html#143.66.45">Emma Guffey Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#082.19.91">John Prentiss Poe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#987.18.47">Edgar Allan Poe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#928.05.17">Evelyn M. Upson</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="714.85.42">Hough, (need first name)</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, N.J. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Sussex County, 1909. 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="126.34.29">Hough, A. C.</a></b> — of Garretsons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AR.html">1912</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="969.75.90">Hough, A. G.</a></b> — of Swan Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/AR.html">1896</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="151.21.88">Hough, Alanson H.</a></b> — of Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 19th District, 1855. 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="988.19.98">Hough, Alene</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ro-lived.html">Roanoke</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/VA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="691.64.13">Hough, Azel</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery and Hamilton counties, 1834. 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="980.15.89">Hough, Benjamin</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a> from Jefferson and Columbiana counties, 1805-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/aud.html">Ohio auditor of state</a>, 1808-15; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. 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="256.51.08">Hough, Benjamin K.</a></b> — of Gloucester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839. 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="322.50.22">Hough, Benson W.</a></b> — of Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/OH.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio</a>, 1923-25. 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="226.27.54">Hough, Bert</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. 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="779.50.30">Hough, Bruce R.</a></b> — of Park City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Utah. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/UT.html">Republican National Committee from Utah</a>, 2008; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/UT.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="557.31.23">Hough, C. A.</a></b> — also known as <b>Charlie Hough</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 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="004.57.93">Hough, Mrs. C. L.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ro-lived.html">Roanoke</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="246.04.71">Hough, Carl B.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. 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="073.86.78">Hough, Charles C.</a></b> — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Still living as of 2016. </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="892.69.46">Hough, Charles F.</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/IL.html">1960</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="630.82.64">Hough, Charles Merrill</a> (1858-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Charles M. Hough</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/05-18.html">May 18, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; attorney for the Pennsylvania <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, and for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamship</a> companies in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">maritime</a> litigation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1906-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1916-27; died in office 1927. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">angina pectoris</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/04-22.html">April 22, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 339 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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 Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough and Mary (Merrill) Hough; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-21.html">November 21, 1903</a>, to Ethel Powers.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1099&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles M. Hough">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>Hough, Charlie</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#557.31.23">C. A. Hough</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="591.65.18">Hough, Clifford E.</a> (born c.1878)</b> — of Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Southington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1878. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Washington, 1915-16; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 32nd District, 1919-20. 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="095.02.71">Hough, D. W. C.</a></b> — of Rahway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/rahway.html">Mayor of Rahway, N.J.</a>, 1866-68. 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="098.41.24">Hough, David</a> (1753-1831)</b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/03-13.html">March 13, 1753</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Ship</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a>, 1783; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1788-89, 1794; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07). Died in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-died.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/04-18.html">April 18, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-buried.html# ">Cole Cemetery</a>, Lebanon, N.H. <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 David Hough (1723-1798) and Desire (Clark) Hough; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/07-02.html">July 2, 1775</a>, to Abigail Huntington; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#769.07.63">David Edgerton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglass.html#013.40.96">Samuel Townsend Douglass</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#626.06.48">Silas Hamilton Douglas</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#594.08.58">Henry Woolsey Douglas</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#489.72.71">Spencer Gale Frink</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#808.73.93">D-Cady Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#595.94.66">Walter Richmond Herrick</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#425.96.48">Edwin Denison Morgan</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000811">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405659">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/101610481">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="152.68.28">Hough, DeWitt C.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1868-69, 1884. 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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#026.12.20">DeWitt Clinton</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="384.45.28">Hough, Edward S.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/VAcc nAL">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1854. 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="289.61.38">Hough, Elmer</a></b> — of Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1917-20. 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="144.90.89">Hough, Emerson A.</a> (born c.1844)</b> — of Collinsville, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Collinsville, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1844. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/canton.html#5">Collinsville, Conn.</a>, 1885-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canton, 1903-04. 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="469.58.89">Hough, Ernest</a></b> — of Woodland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1976. </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="697.39.61">Hough, F. A.</a></b> — U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Amherstburg</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="213.66.07">Hough, Frank F.</a></b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Lebanon; elected 1938. 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="183.96.17">Hough, Frederick J.</a> (born c.1873)</b> — of Collinsville, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Collinsville, Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., about 1873. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Factory superintendent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canton, 1927-30, 1937-40. 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="346.83.48">Hough, G. C.</a></b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html">Mayor of Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1949, 1955. 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="143.68.28">Hough, George</a></b> — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/concord.html#2">Concord, N.H.</a>, 1793-1802. 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="596.55.59">Hough, George C.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Idaho</a>, 1864-67. 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="622.42.82">Hough, George E.</a></b> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wallingford, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="386.02.79">Hough, Harold</a></b> — of South Carolina. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="868.69.18">Hough, Harold</a></b> — of Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="412.75.91">Hough, Henry Hughes</a> (1871-1943)</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SQ-born.html">St. Pierre and Miquelon</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/01-08.html">January 8, 1871</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands</a>. Died, in Roosevelt <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/1943/09-09.html">September 9, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 244 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> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-16.html">April 16, 1901</a>, to Flaurence Oliphant Ward.</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/Henry Hughes Hough">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><a name="403.41.87">Hough, Henry W.</a></b> — of Kirkwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kirkwood.html#2">Kirkwood, Mo.</a>, 1887. 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="462.17.47">Hough, Hyman C.</a></b> — People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1894. 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="969.23.31">Hough, Jabez B.</a></b> — of East Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/lyme.html#4">East Lyme, Conn.</a>, 1901. 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="660.18.70">Hough, James</a></b> — of Olney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RL-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RL-parties.html">Chair of Richland County Republican Party</a>, 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="420.54.85">Hough, Joel R.</a></b> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wallingford, 1912. 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="849.60.19">Hough, John E.</a></b> — of South Butler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Wayne 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="926.29.70">Hough, John E.</a></b> — of Janesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO-lived.html">Rock County</a>, Wis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WI.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WI.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="487.71.90">Hough, John H.</a></b> — of Indiana. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IN.html">1868</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="282.22.04">Hough, Lemuel</a> (1778-1866)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/10-22.html">October 22, 1778</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County, 1832. Died in Forestport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-died.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-22.html">January 22, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms08275">Boonville Cemetery</a>, Boonville, 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 Mary (Ives) Hough and Elijah Hough; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/05-16.html">May 16, 1802</a>, to Hulda Johnson.</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="140.05.20">Hough, Lewis C.</a></b> — of Plymouth Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/plymouth-twp.html">Supervisor of Plymouth Township, Michigan</a>; elected 1890; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 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="861.04.46">Hough, Lincoln</a></b> — Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> 135th District; elected 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="659.29.53">Hough, Mary E.</a></b> — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Lebanon, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="289.42.64">Hough, Michael</a></b> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-lived.html">Frederick County</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MD.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="162.51.01">Hough, Olmstead</a></b> — of Tecumseh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 2nd District, 1835-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="109.67.71">Hough, Olmsted</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1831. 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="621.61.39">Hough, Patricia A.</a></b> — of Westland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </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="392.89.29">Hough, R.</a></b> — of Tennessee. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/TN.html">1868</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="718.42.16">Hough, Richardson T.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Lewis County, 1860. 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="735.04.64">Hough, Sherwood</a></b> — of Minnesota. Clerk of the Minnesota supreme court, 1869-76. 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="256.22.71">Hough, Sue Metzger</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 34, 1923-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13426">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><a name="501.19.55">Hough, William C.</a></b> — of Essex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 19th District, 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CT.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/saybrook.html#9">first selectman of Essex, Connecticut</a>, 1888. 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="274.19.57">Hough, William Clifton</a> (d. 1919)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1898-1906, 1918-19; died in office 1919. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-04.html">June 4, 1919</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="776.70.77">Hough, William J.</a></b> — American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 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="402.20.94">Hough, William Jervis</a> (1795-1869)</b> — also known as <b>William J. Hough</b> — of Cazenovia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y.; Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cazenovia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/03-20.html">March 20, 1795</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1845-47. Died in Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-died.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-04.html">October 4, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-buried.html#cms00239">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Syracuse, 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000812">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405660">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="375.34.57">Hough, William Reddick</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-lived.html">Kershaw County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Kershaw County, 1911-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</span></td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <br clear="all"> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a></b> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Copyright notices:</b> (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106.</b> — This site is hosted by <b><a href="https://www.hdl.com">HDL</a></b>. — The Political Graveyard opened on <b>July 1, 1996</b>; the last full revision was done on <b>March 8, 2023</b>. </span></td></tr> </table> <hr> <table align="center" cellpadding=5><tr> <td align="center" valign="center"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" border="0" src="https://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights.gif" width=88 height=31></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/politicalgraveyard" target="_TOP" title="The Political Graveyard"><img src="https://badge.facebook.com/badge/40475596932.4982.1015512377.png" width="120" height="84" style="border: 0px;" /></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/polgraveyard"> <img src="https://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_us-a.png" border=0 alt="Follow polgraveyard on Twitter"/></a></td> <td align="center" valign="center"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=thepoliticalg-20&path=subst/home/home.html"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif" border=0 alt="[Amazon.com]" align="center"></a></td> </tr></table> </body> </html>