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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Latvia</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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Noah</a> (Consul 1811-13) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#904.90.81">Edward Wyer</a> (Consul 1813-17) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell6.html#394.83.86">Moses M. Russell</a> (Consul 1817-34) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartz.html#116.91.18">Alexander Schwartz</a> (Consul 1834-58) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowland.html#748.00.79">William S. Rowland</a> (Consul 1858-62) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartz.html#116.91.18">Alexander Schwartz</a> (Consul 1862-80) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#328.29.70">Niels P. A. Bornholdt</a> (Consular Agent 1880-90) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#328.29.70">Niels P. A. Bornholdt</a> (Consul 1890-93) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#272.59.34">Hermann Schoenfeld</a> (Consul 1893-94) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#328.29.70">Niels P. A. Bornholdt</a> (Consul 1895-1905) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schroer-schulte.html#337.37.81">Christian F. Z. Schulin</a> (Vice & Deputy Consul as of 1905) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/derrick-destrehan.html#303.42.15">Hernando de Soto</a> (Consul 1908-10) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html#516.61.49">William F. Doty</a> (Consul 1910-11) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#040.20.74">Douglas Jenkins</a> (Consul 1913-17) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#335.68.66">T. Brooks Alford</a> (Vice Consul 1916-17) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurley.html#525.55.69">John P. Hurley</a> (Consul 1921-25) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#787.47.37">Jay Walker</a> (Vice Consul as of 1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#646.55.75">Thomas D. Howard</a> (Vice Consul as of 1921) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#411.97.03">Carl Birkeland</a> (Vice Consul 1921-24) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#361.37.71">Earl L. Packer</a> (Vice Consul 1922) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#836.52.24">David B. Macgowan</a> (Consul 1922-25) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heisel-hellyer.html#042.33.49">Charles H. Heisler</a> (Vice Consul as of 1924) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#719.48.01">John F. Simons</a> (Consul 1925-26) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wentz-werline.html#729.49.71">McCeney Werlich</a> (Vice Consul as of 1926) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall4.html#651.82.87">Harry H. Hall</a> (Vice Consul as of 1926) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kleindienst-klima.html#927.66.17">Alfred W. Klieforth</a> (Consul 1927-29) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurley.html#525.55.69">John P. Hurley</a> (Consul 1929-32) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#877.15.71">Landreth M. Harrison</a> (Vice Consul as of 1929) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#825.93.56">Norris B. Chipman</a> (Vice Consul 1930) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#867.15.10">Bernard Gufler</a> (Vice Consul 1930-33) — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#845.27.47">E. Allen Lightner, Jr.</a> (Vice Consul 1938-40) </td></tr> <hr> Honorary consuls in U.S. territories representing Latvia <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Boston, Mass.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#804.95.51">Jacob Sieberg</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Chicago, Ill.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#615.66.53">August Bontoux</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Cleveland, Ohio: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultz.html#970.95.15">Malvern E. Schultz</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Galveston, Tex.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#170.29.07">Edwin Goudge</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Honolulu, Hawaii: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#785.71.50">McKinley Linder</a> (Vice Consul as of 1929) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Indianapolis, Ind.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#343.65.06">Edward W. Hunter</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Los Angeles, Calif.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson6.html#127.70.21">Leo E. Anderson</a> (Honorary Vice Consul 1932-68) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Manila, Philippine Islands: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#756.42.80">Leopoldo Aguinaldo</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Memphis, Tenn.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walcott-waldren.html#922.22.28">Abe D. Waldauer</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Milwaukee, Wis.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansen.html#812.29.02">Charles A. Hansen</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  New Orleans, La.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#256.30.34">August Edward Pradillo</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Norfolk, Va.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#590.69.74">John D. Leitch</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Philadelphia, Pa.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#711.41.24">John M. Hemphill</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Pittsburgh, Pa.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#348.60.39">John Joseph Neville Gorrell</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  St. Louis, Mo.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#276.02.69">Bernard Greensfelder</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  San Francisco, Calif.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glenni-glotzbach.html#177.00.73">Harry Willard Glensor</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  San Juan, P.R.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#834.77.71">Ricardo Ramon Pesquera</a> (Honorary Vice Consul as of 1935-50) <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Seattle, Wash.: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cronen-crosbie.html#096.05.24">Hans Cron</a> (Honorary Consul as of 1935) </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/ZZ/LV-consuls.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-consuls.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>