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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Alpena County, Mich.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Sanborn (1856-1938) — of Ossineke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Sanborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-born.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/03-17.html">March 17, 1856</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena County, 1907-10; defeated (Independent Republican), 1910. Died in Ossineke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-died.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/11-29.html">November 29, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 257 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Alpena Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a> and Julia (Crawford) Sanborn; married to Lorretta Roberts; father of Laura Sanborn (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#107.24.52">John David Bingham</a>); second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilman.html#312.65.73">Nicholas Gilman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wentworth.html#552.36.46">John Wentworth Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#059.82.05">John Pitts Sanborn</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1002.html">Adams family</a> of Boston, Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1014.html">Adams family</a> of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00791">Evergreen Cemetery</a> Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) — also known as William A. Comstock; Bill Comstock — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/07-02.html">July 2, 1877</a>. Democrat. Builder and operator of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">electric railways</a>, 1899-1922; president, State Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Alpena), 1906-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1914; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1914-16; defeated, 1913, 1925; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic state chair</a>, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MI.html">1932</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Democratic National Committee from Michigan</a>, 1924-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-16.html">June 16, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William B. Comstock and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/04-22.html">April 22, 1919</a>, to Josephine White.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#214.60.45">Rudolph G. Tenerowicz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#502.33.21">Willis M. Brewer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-alfred-comstock/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) — also known as Frank D. Scott — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-25.html">August 25, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1905-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1911-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1915-27; defeated in primary, 1926. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/02-12.html">February 12, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000169">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409675">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry William Harrington (1825-1882) — also known as Henry W. Harrington — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ind. Born near Cooperstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/09-12.html">September 12, 1825</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IN.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IN.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 3rd District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1876. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-20.html">March 20, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000229">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405107">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Au Sable, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-born.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-17.html">November 17, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena County, 1916; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1928; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">gastrointestinal hemorrhage</a>, following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">duodenal ulcer</a> surgery, in University of Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/12-13.html">December 13, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 26 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#130.36.32">Charles Roswell Henry</a> and Florence (Parshal) Henry.</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> Robert Henry Rayburn (1866-1944) — also known as Robert H. Rayburn — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-31.html">October 31, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena County, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MI.html">1932</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1922; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/index.html">1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Rayburn and Elizabeth (Steele) Rayburn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to Elizabeth Mason Wilkinson.</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> Frank Emerick (1847-1932) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-born.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/index.html">1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 26th Circuit, 1882-87, 1900-29; resigned 1929. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/index.html">1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) — also known as Otto W. Bishop — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-17.html">December 17, 1875</a>. Republican. President and manager, Alpena <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fish.html">Fisheries</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1916; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932, 1948; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-parties.html">chair of Alpena County Republican Party</a>, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</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/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/11-22.html">November 22, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-18.html">September 18, 1902</a>, to Viola Dunlop.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John David Bingham (1884-1942) — also known as John D. Bingham — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-16.html">May 16, 1884</a>. Republican. Superintendent, Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Alkali</a> Company; manager, Huron Port <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Cement</a>; director, Peoples State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1930-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney failure</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-14.html">June 14, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Bingham and Elizabeth Mulvena Bingham; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-10.html">June 10, 1911</a>, to Laura Sanborn (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#475.43.08">James L. Sanborn</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/800/54.29.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Lemuel G. Dafoe"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lemuel Grant Dafoe (1857-1946) — also known as Lemuel G. Dafoe — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-02.html">October 2, 1857</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html#2">Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1898-1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MI.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1910-14; defeated, 1914, 1916; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena County, 1922. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/09-27.html">September 27, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <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">Image source: Alpena Argus, July 15, 1908</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> Harlo E. Herron (1898-1965) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-10.html">November 10, 1898</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">Mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1954-60. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/11-10.html">November 10, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard W. Piepkorn (1877-1959) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-09.html">August 9, 1877</a>. President, Peoples <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Alpena; half-owner of Great Lakes <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">freighter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1940-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. 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/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-16.html">October 16, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frederick Piepkorn and Ernestina (Musner) Piepkorn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Ruby J. Chapel.</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> Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) — also known as Charles R. Henry — of Au Sable, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IC-lived.html">Iosco County</a>, Mich.; Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-born.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/12-29.html">December 29, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1885. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died of apoplexy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>), after a period of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart trouble</a>, in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-died.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-26.html">February 26, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#195.21.60">Carl R. Henry</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alonzo B. Green (1860-1945) — of Green Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PI-born.html">Piscataquis County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-06.html">June 6, 1860</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1915-18, 1923-30 (Alpena County 1915-18, 1923-26, Alpena District 1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1918, 1934 (primary). Died in Green Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-died.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/05-21.html">May 21, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George M. Green and Nancy A. (Royal) Green; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/">1885</a> to Rosie E. Nichols; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Dora B. Eaton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125420078">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert A. Kurrasch (1897-1955) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/index.html">1897</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">Mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1950-51. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Hector Deadman (1872-1962) — also known as Richard H. Deadman — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Clandeboye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-20.html">September 20, 1872</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Clerk</a>, 1909-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Treasurer</a>, 1917-21; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena District, 1939-50; defeated in primary, 1936, 1950, 1954. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-died.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/01-13.html">January 13, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Deadman and Christina (McKay) Deadman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#512.94.47">John Flanigan Deadman</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Lillie M. Rea.</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> Abram Randolph Blakley (1841-1898) — also known as Abram R. Blakley — of Meridian Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-19.html">October 19, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/meridian-twp.html">Supervisor of Meridian Township, Michigan</a>, 1874-75, 1878-79; defeated (Greenback), 1879; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena District, 1893-94; resigned 1894. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-died.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-14.html">November 14, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Blakeley and Matilda (Randolph) Blakeley; married to Lydia P. Ballard.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/124025481">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter W. Weinkauf (1894-1971) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/09-16.html">September 16, 1894</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena District, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/alpena.html">mayor of Alpena, Mich.</a>, 1967. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/09-29.html">September 29, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Donald M. Habermehl (1919-1971) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Herron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-20.html">January 20, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-officials.html">Alpena County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1949-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-parties.html">chair of Alpena County Republican Party</a>, 1952-58; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1952; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 1954; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from 29th Senatorial District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-17.html">June 17, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lawrence A. Habermehl and Vernie E. (Smith) Habermehl; married to Jean May.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Flanigan Deadman (1868-1932) — also known as John F. Deadman — of Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-26.html">November 26, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a> in a hunting accident; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost an eye</a> in another accident; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saultsaintemarie.html">mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.</a>, 1915; in 1928, he famously saved several lives when he brought needed serum and medical supplies by dogsled, through a heavy winter storm, to snowbound Detour, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-died.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/04-27.html">April 27, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Deadman and Christina (McKay) Deadman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#509.93.01">Richard Hector Deadman</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Sophronia Eagle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-07.html">October 7, 1912</a>, to Zoe Collins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/124910130">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James D. Turnbull (d. 1900) — of Michigan. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 26th Circuit, 1899. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a>. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Duncan Alex Cameron (1863-1936) — also known as Duncan A. Cameron — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-07.html">May 7, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-04.html">August 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marie B. Comstock (1879-1961) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-12.html">April 12, 1879</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/05-24.html">May 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07979">Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery</a> Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Casper Alpern (1838-1906) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/09-02.html">September 2, 1838</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1899; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MI.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-19.html">April 19, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07980">Holy Cross Cemetery</a> Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Douville (1884-1959) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-born.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-19.html">June 19, 1884</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Alpena District, 1931-32, 1935-38; defeated, 1932, 1938, 1954. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/05-10.html">May 10, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis J. O'Donnell (1896-1961) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-25.html">December 25, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1940-election.html">1940</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-02.html">November 2, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07981">Whispering Pines Cemetery</a> Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry Fletcher (1884-1956) — of Alpena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-lived.html">Alpena County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MI.html">1948</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Whispering Pines Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AP-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. 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See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>