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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Quaker Politicians in Pennsylvania</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Barnard (1881-1949) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Ind. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/06-06.html">June 6, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-officials.html">Henry County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1906-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/newcastle.html">mayor of New Castle, Ind.</a>, 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949. Quaker. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-02.html">January 2, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms05689">Longwood Cemetery</a>, Longwood, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barna-barnert.html#763.82.43">William Oscar Barnard</a> and Mary V. (Ballenger) Barnard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-04.html">October 4, 1911</a>, to Marion Hannah Dingee.</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/30306602">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> Rudolph Blankenburg (1843-1918) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Lippe Detmold (now Lippstadt), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/02-16.html">February 16, 1843</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1911-16. Quaker or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-12.html">April 12, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 55 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">Relatives: Son of Ludwig Blankenburg and Sophie (Goede) Blankenburg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/04-18.html">April 18, 1867</a>, to Lucretia M. Longshore.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph Blankenburg">Wikipedia article</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> William Curtis Bok (b. 1897) — also known as Curtis Bok — of Pennsylvania. Born in Wyncote, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-07.html">September 7, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1937-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>; elected 1958. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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">Relatives: Son of Edward William Bok and Mary Louise (Curtis) Bok.</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 H. Bradley (1805-1872) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-lived.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1841-43; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Indiana</a>, 1843; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Quaker. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-14.html">August 14, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley5.html#307.61.89">James Bradley</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> Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) — also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/07-30.html">July 30, 1881</a>. Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police</a> commissioner, 1924-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martialed</a> in 1931 over his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">unauthorized</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/spill-secrets.html">disclosure of an incident</a> unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to Mussolini; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1932. Quaker. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-21.html">June 21, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#619.65.00">Thomas Stalker Butler</a> and Maud Mary (Darlington) Butler; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-30.html">June 30, 1905</a>, to Ethel Conway Peters; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#603.18.83">Samuel Butler</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley Butler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/572/000055407">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6519">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> Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1722/11-29.html">November 29, 1722</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1774-77. Quaker; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/01-20.html">January 20, 1810</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00805">St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Chew and Mary (Galloway) Chew; married to Mary Galloway and Elizabeth Oswald; father of Margaret Oswald 'Peggy' Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#421.54.73">Sophia Chew Nicklin</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George Mifflin Dallas</a>) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#908.74.21">John Lee</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#537.13.84">Charles Oliver O'Donnell</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second cousin once removed of Mary Chew (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#533.33.33">William Paca</a>); second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#402.58.29">Edward Tilghman Paca</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://findagrave.com/memorial/11316238">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> John Conard (1773-1857) — also known as "The Fighting Quaker" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Plumstead Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-born.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/11-15.html">November 15, 1773</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1813-15; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1810. Quaker. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/05-09.html">May 9, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-buried.html#cms00304">St. Mary Anne's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard</a>, North East, Md. <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=C000667">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402794">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> Jeremiah Cox (1763-1830) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/03-03.html">March 3, 1763</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1821-22. Quaker. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RA-died.html">Randolph County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/02-28.html">February 28, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 362 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">Relatives: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#726.27.10">Elihu Cox</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> Warder Cresson — of Pennsylvania. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-consuls.html ">Jerusalem</a>, 1844-56. Quaker; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</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> Edward Darlington (1755-1825) — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in East Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/06-13.html">June 13, 1755</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1802-04, 1811-13. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/04-01.html">April 1, 1825</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms03352">Pikeland Friends Burial Ground</a>, Pikeland, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah (Brinton) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/03-08.html">March 8, 1781</a>, to Hannah Townsend; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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> William Darlington (1782-1863) — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/04-28.html">April 28, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">botanist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-officials.html">Chester County Prothonotary and Clerk</a>, 1827-30; among the founders of the West Chester <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; president, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. Quaker; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-23.html">April 23, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a> and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-01.html">June 1, 1808</a>, to Catherine Lacey; father of Jane Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#506.75.56">Henry S. Evans</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403198">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Darlington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860380">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> John Dickinson (1732-1808) — also known as "Penman of the Revolution" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-born.html">Talbot County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/11-13.html">November 13, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1779; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1781; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1781-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1782-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1793. Quaker; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/02-14.html">February 14, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms03459">Friends Burial Ground</a>, Wilmington, Del. <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 Samuel Dickinson and Mary (Cadwalader) Dickinson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#317.97.45">Philemon Dickinson</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/07-19.html">July 19, 1770</a>, to Mary 'Polly' Norris.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Dickinson (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1973) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000321">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403441">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-dickinson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Dickinson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/217/000050067">NNDB dossier</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> Thomas Earle — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1840. Quaker. 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">Relatives: Married to Mary Hussey; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#858.89.25">George Howard Earle Jr.</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#301.82.24">George Howard Earle III</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14599.html">Earle family</a> of Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.</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> Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984) — also known as Edwin B. Forsythe — of Moorestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Born in Westtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-17.html">January 17, 1916</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/moorestown.html">Mayor of Moorestown, N.J.</a>, 1957-62; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Burlington County, 1961; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1964-70 (Burlington County 1964-65, District 4 1966-67, District 4-B 1968-70); resigned 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a>, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a>, 1970-84 (6th District 1970-83, 13th District 1983-84); died in office 1984. Quaker. Died in Moorestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/03-29.html">March 29, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 72 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-buried.html#cms04399">Union Street Friends Cemetery</a>, Medford, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000286">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404236">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> Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) — also known as Joseph R. Grundy — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-13.html">January 13, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">Woollen manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1929-30. Quaker. Died in Nassau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BI-died.html">Bahamas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/03-03.html">March 3, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-buried.html#cms02151">Beechwood Cemetery</a>, Hulmeville, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William H. Grundy and Mary Lamb (Ridgway) Grundy.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000510">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404855">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> David Garfield Harry (1880-1955) — also known as David G. Harry — of Pylesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Born in Pylesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-11.html">June 11, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MD.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1946. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/12-12.html">December 12, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-buried.html# ">Fawn Grove Friends Cemetery</a>, Fawn Grove, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Harry and Mariah J. (Warner) Harry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-05.html">December 5, 1908</a>, to Sara McIntire Lanius.</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/33855171">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> Darlington Hoopes (1896-1989) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Vale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-11.html">September 11, 1896</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1930-36; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1944; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1952, 1956; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1952, 1958; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/09-25.html">September 25, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 14 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">Relatives: Son of Price Hoopes and Elizabeth Leora (Tucker) Hoopes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-22.html">October 22, 1921</a>, to Hannah Lippincott Fouke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-16.html">October 16, 1925</a>, to Hazelette Miller; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#646.11.90">Darlington Hoopes Jr.</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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> Darlington Hoopes Jr. (b. 1927) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-01.html">January 1, 1927</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Socialist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 11th District, 1956; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee</a>, 1968-2009. Quaker. Still living as of 2009. <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/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</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 Humphreys (1714-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1714/09-19.html">September 19, 1714</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-76. Quaker. Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker and opposed to war. Died in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/03-11.html">March 11, 1786</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms05047">Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery</a>, Haverford, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000961">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405805">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> John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) — also known as John J. Lincoln — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born near Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-11.html">October 11, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. Quaker. Died in Elkhorn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-died.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/01-28.html">January 28, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-buried.html#cms02365">Newtown Cemetery</a>, Newtown, Pa. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jonathan Lindley (1756-1828) — Born near Philadelphia (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/06-15.html">June 15, 1756</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1786; territorial court judge in Indiana, 1814; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1816-17. Quaker. Founder of Terre Haute, Ind. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-05.html">April 5, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/OR-buried.html#cms04415">Old Lick Creek Quaker Cemetery</a>, Chambersburg, Ind. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) — also known as W. Thacher Longstreth — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-04.html">November 4, 1920</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">advertising business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1955, 1971. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary embolism</a>, while hospitalized for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in Naples Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/04-11.html">April 11, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 158 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">Relatives: Son of William Collins Longstreth and Nella (Thacher) Longstreth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/06-21.html">June 21, 1941</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#316.02.20">Anne Strawbridge Claghorn</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W. Thacher Longstreth">Wikipedia article</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> Albert Branson Maris (1893-1989) — of Yeadon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-19.html">December 19, 1893</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-parties.html">chair of Delaware County Democratic Party</a>, 1924-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1930-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1936-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1938-58; took senior status 1958. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/02-07.html">February 7, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 50 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Wood Maris and Elma (Branson) Maris.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1478&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/maris-albert-branson">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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> Thomas Masters (d. 1723) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1707-09. Quaker. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1723/index.html">1723</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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Masters (mayor)">Wikipedia article</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> Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) — also known as "The Quaker Governor" — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/06-27.html">June 27, 1758</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention</a>, 1796; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1796-98, 1805-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate</a>, 1805-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1815-21. Quaker. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-17.html">October 17, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MM-buried.html#cms05981">Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Calhoun, Tenn. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MM.html">McMinn County, Tenn.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WR-names.html">McMinnville, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/joseph-mcminn/">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> Anthony Morris (1654-1721) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Stepney, London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-08-23.html">August 23</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1654.html">1654</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Brewer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">preacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1703-04. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1721/10-24.html">October 24, 1721</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 62 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#852.57.23">Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#685.77.79">Samuel Powel</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#027.47.42">Charles Hudson Griffin</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony Morris (I)">Wikipedia article</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> Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, about 1682. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Brewer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1738-39. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/09-23.html">September 23, 1763</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#579.87.99">Anthony Morris (1654-1721)</a> and Elizabeth (Watson) Morris; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#685.77.79">Samuel Powel</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#892.96.78">Eugene McLanahan Wilson</a>; fourth great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#027.47.42">Charles Hudson Griffin</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony Morris (II)">Wikipedia article</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> Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Ind.; Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind.; Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born near Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-born.html">Bartholomew County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-29.html">June 29, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1895-97. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anti-saloon-league.html">Anti-Saloon League</a>. Died in Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-17.html">April 17, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms08076">Middletown Friends Meeting Cemetery</a>, Lima, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Rhoda Elma Parker.</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/28286615">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> Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) — also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting Quaker" — of Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Moosehead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-04.html">May 4, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 26th District, 1909-15; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1912-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/PA.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1919-21; target of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">assassination attempts</a> in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for deportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/index.html">1920</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/DC.html">1932</a>. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a> following surgery for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a>, in Emergency <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-11.html">May 11, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-buried.html#cms02755">Laurelwood Cemetery</a>, Stroudsburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Bernard Palmer and Caroline (Albert) Palmer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-23.html">November 23, 1898</a>, to Roberta Bartlett Dixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-29.html">August 29, 1923</a>, to Margaret Fallon Burrall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS A. Mitchell Palmer (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-names.html">Savannah, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1968) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000035">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408445">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A. Mitchell Palmer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/233/000166732">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6810808">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> Edward Shippen (1639-1712) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Methley, Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/date/born-03-05.html">March 5</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1639.html">1639</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1701-03. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1712/10-02.html">October 2, 1712</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms01330">Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Shippen and Mary Shippen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1671.html">1671</a> to Elizabeth Lybrand; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1689.html">1689</a> to Rebecca (Howard) Richardson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1706/">1706</a> to Esther (Wilcox) James; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a>, Anne Nancy Shippen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen (1712-1801)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0699.html">Morris-Willing-Wilson-Griffin family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Shippen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18313283">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> Benjamin Shoemaker (1704-c.1767) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1704/08-03.html">August 3, 1704</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1743-44, 1752-53, 1760-61. Quaker. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died about 1767 (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#179.65.89">Samuel Shoemaker</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Shoemaker">Wikipedia article</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> William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) — also known as William C. Sproul — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Octoraro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-16.html">September 16, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</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/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-21.html">March 21, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms03351">Chester Rural Cemetery</a>, Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-21.html">January 21, 1892</a>, to Emeline Wallace Roach.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, University Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-names.html">State College, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Sproul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Forest</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CN-names.html">Clinton County, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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-cameron-sproul/">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> Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) — also known as Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great Energy" — Born in Steubenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/12-19.html">December 19, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of War</a>, 1862-68. Quaker. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/12-24.html">December 24, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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: Grandfather of Cora Van Voorhis Stanton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#344.00.02">Ernest Lee Jahncke</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12620.html">Jahncke-Stanton family</a> of New Orleans, Louisiana.</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/siaca-siewert.html#042.60.91">Daniel E. Sickles</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the $1 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s and 1890s.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin M. Stanton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/271/000050121">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/973">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about Edwin M. Stanton: Amy Allison, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0791064204/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0791064204&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Edwin Stanton, Union War Secretary</a> — Doris Kearns Goodwin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743270754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743270754&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</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> John Chew Thomas (1764-1836) — of Maryland. Born in Perryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-15.html">October 15, 1764</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1796-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1799-1801. Quaker. Slaveowner. Died near Leiperville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/05-10.html">May 10, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms01408">Friends Cemetery</a>, Near Chester, Delaware County, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000173">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410754">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Chew Thomas">Wikipedia article</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> Isaac Weaver (1756-1820) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/index.html">1756</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1802-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 18th District, 1815-20. Quaker. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/index.html">1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). 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