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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians who were Forty-Niners</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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Adams; Will Adams — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-lived.html">Yamhill County</a>, Ore.; Forest Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ore.; Hood River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/HR-lived.html">Hood River County</a>, Ore. Born in Painesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/02-05.html">February 5, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">preacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/ORcc nAS">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>. Died in Hood River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/HR-died.html">Hood River County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/04-26.html">April 26, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/HR-buried.html#cms07731">Idlewild Cemetery</a>, Hood River, Ore. <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 Sebastian Adams and Eunice (Harmon) Adams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#550.28.06">Sebastian C. Adams</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Frances Olivia Goodell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Mary Sue Mosier.</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/15004157">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 Parke Avery (1828-1875) — also known as Benjamin P. Avery — of California. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/11-11.html">November 11, 1828</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1874-75, died in office 1875. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney disease</a>, in Peking (Beijing), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-died.html">China</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-08.html">November 8, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 362 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#009.56.83">Benjamin Parke</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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Putnam Avery and Hannah (Parke) Avery; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/">1861</a> to Mary A. Fuller.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/avery-benjamin-parke">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18946399">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> George Washington Baker (1829-1896) — also known as George W. Baker — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-lived.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio. Born near Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AT-born.html">Athens County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-02.html">May 2, 1829</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ohio</a>, 1867-68; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/athens.html#2">Athens, Ohio</a>, 1889-91. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-12.html">July 12, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 71 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/ARX3600.0001.001/185?rgn=full+text;view=image"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/288/89.14.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Homer G. Barber"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Homer Griswold Barber (1830-1909) — also known as Homer G. Barber — of Vermontville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in Benson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/11-25.html">November 25, 1830</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1871-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Vermontville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-died.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-15.html">March 15, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html# ">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Vermontville, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Hinman Barber and Rebecca (Griswold) Barber; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#012.28.61">Albert M. Barber</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-23.html">March 23, 1853</a>, to Lucy Clarissa Dwight; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-07.html">April 7, 1894</a>, to Gertrude E. (Baker) Wood.</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/68780780">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">Image source: Past and Present of Eaton County, Michigan (1906)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/813/73.94.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Julius S. Barber"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Julius Solon Barber (1824-1908) — also known as Julius S. Barber — of Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-lived.html">Branch County</a>, Mich. Born in Benson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/04-06.html">April 6, 1824</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Branch County 2nd District, 1867-68; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coldwater.html#3">Coldwater, Mich.</a>, 1873-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-died.html">Branch County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-18.html">January 18, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-buried.html#cms00221">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Coldwater, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel Barber and Cynthia (Dyer) Barber; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Emeline (Chalmers) Baker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: History and Biographical Record of Branch County (1906)</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> Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) — also known as Washington Bartlett — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-29.html">February 29, 1824</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1883-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1887; died in office 1887. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-12.html">September 12, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/washington-bartlett/">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> William B. Beeson (d. 1872) — of Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/niles.html#2">village president of Niles, Michigan</a>, 1841; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1859. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</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/beeson.html#483.15.51">Jacob Beeson</a>; married to Sarah Hess; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beeson.html#845.07.10">Lewis H. Beeson</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/16390.html">Beeson family</a> of Niles, Michigan.</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> Frederick H. Billings (1823-1890) — Born in Royalton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/09-27.html">September 27, 1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/scma.html">Vermont secretary of civil and military affairs</a>, 1846-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; president, Northern Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/VT.html">1880</a>. Died in Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-died.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-30.html">September 30, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-buried.html#cms02528">River Street Cemetery</a>, Woodstock, Vt. <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 Oel Billings and Sophie (Wetherbe) Billings; married to Julia Parmly; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html#456.13.78">Franklin Swift Billings</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html#768.49.96">Franklin Swift Billings Jr.</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/38394.html">Billings family</a> of Woodstock, Vermont.</td></tr> <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/ND/BI.html">Billings County, N.Dak.</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/MT/YE-names.html">Billings, Montana</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://findagrave.com/memorial/32073858">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> Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (1828-1894) — also known as Sempronius H. Boyd; Pony Boyd — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/05-28.html">May 28, 1828</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-officials.html">Greene County Clerk of Court</a>, 1854-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Mo.</a>, 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 4th District, 1863-65, 1869-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/MO.html">1864</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Republican National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1864-68; district judge in Missouri 14th District, 1865; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Siam</a>, 1891-92. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-22.html">June 22, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-buried.html#cms00500">Hazelwood Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mo. <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/boyd.html#795.73.94">Marcus M. Boyd</a> and Eliza (Hamilton) Boyd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/07-11.html">July 11, 1855</a>, to Margaret Muse McElhaney.</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=B000720">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sempronius H. Boyd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/boyd-sempronius-hamilton ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6799919">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> David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known as David C. Broderick — of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/02-04.html">February 4, 1820</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1846; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1850-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1857-59; died in office 1859. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Mortally wounded</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/duels.html">duel</a> on September 13, 1859 with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#535.15.15">David S. Terry</a>, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-16.html">September 16, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 224 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment in 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Broderick and Honora (Colbert) Broderick; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy1.html#277.52.98">Andrew Kennedy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#580.58.64">Case Broderick</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/10164.html">Broderick-Kennedy family</a> of Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana.</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 former <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of Broderick, now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YO-names.html">West Sacramento, California</a>, 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=B000857">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401814">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David C. Broderick">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/902/000164410">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> Charles Henry Bryan (1822-1877) — also known as Charles H. Bryan — of Marysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-lived.html">Yuba County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Ellicottville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-20.html">October 20, 1822</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-died.html">Carson City</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-14.html">May 14, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-buried.html#cms00182">Lone Mountain Cemetery</a>, Carson City, Nev. <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/bryan.html#437.24.31">John Alexander Bryan</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/13149.html">Bryan-Weller family</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> Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/03-07.html">March 7, 1809</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1856-59. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-20.html">July 20, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Abbie Miller.</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/32259333">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 Goulder Campbell (1827-1903) — also known as John G. Campbell — of Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-lived.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/06-25.html">June 25, 1827</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel owner</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trhs.html">Arizona territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1868-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-officials.html">Yavapai County Supervisor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory</a>, 1879-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/AZ.html">1880</a> (not seated). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-died.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-22.html">December 22, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-buried.html#cms00969">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Prescott, Ariz. <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=C000092">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402247">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> George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) — also known as George Q. Cannon — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Liverpool, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-11.html">January 11, 1827</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/trcn.html">member Utah territorial council</a>, 1865-66, 1869-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory</a>, 1873-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/UT.html">1880</a> (not seated). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Had five wives and 32 children; spent six months in federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">penitentiary</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">cohabitation</a>. Died in Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-12.html">April 12, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms02369">Salt Lake City Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Cannon and Ann (Quayle) Cannon; brother of Angus Munn Cannon (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cannon.html#392.87.22">Martha Maria Hughes</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cannon.html#465.37.37">Frank Jenne Cannon</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#704.07.31">David Nelson</a>; relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cannon.html#448.42.93">Donald James Cannon</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/10235.html">Cannon family</a> of Salt Lake City, Utah.</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=C000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402270">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6283727">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> Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824-1918) — also known as Horace W. Carpentier — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Galway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-born.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/index.html">1824</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1853, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1854-55; president of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telegraph</a> companies which developed a system of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telegraph</a> lines in California and connecting to the Eastern U.S. Philanthropist; also left more than $1 million to Columbia University and to Barnard College on his death in 1918. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/01-31.html">January 31, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">about 93 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-buried.html#cms08228">somewhere</a> in Galway, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Carpenter and Henrietta Carpenter.</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 Williams Cheesman (1824-1884) — also known as D. W. Cheesman — of Oroville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/BU-lived.html">Butte County</a>, Calif. Born in Hagerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-22.html">December 22, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/CA.html">1860</a>; treasurer, U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1861. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-24.html">November 24, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 338 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00242">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment to unknown location. <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 Richard Williams Cheesman and Hannah (Rowand) Cheesman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Urania K. Macy.</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> Daniel Choate (1828-1899) — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in China, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/09-09.html">September 9, 1828</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sandiego.html#2">San Diego, Calif.</a>, 1876-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-buried.html#cms02378">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, San Diego, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Sarah Wilson.</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/80583801">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Nv41YGdCFaoC&pg=PA70-IA2"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/426/65.85.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="William J. Clark"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Judson Clark (b. 1825) — also known as William J. Clark — of Southington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Southington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/08-19.html">August 19, 1825</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">nut and bolt manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 2nd District, 1883-84. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</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 Theodosius Clark and Chloe (Clark) Clark; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#927.77.39">Charles Hull Clark</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-15.html">November 15, 1855</a>, to Sarah Jane Bradley; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#472.46.19">Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#518.79.69">Philip Frisbee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#697.25.43">Luther Hotchkiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#478.82.62">Levi Yale</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#496.05.79">Thomas Kimberly Brace</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#169.76.66">Charles M. Hotchkiss</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#002.12.47">Elisha Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#613.93.35">Samuel George Andrews</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#957.38.43">Levi Bacon Yale</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (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">Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (1832-1915) — also known as Jeremiah V. Cockrell — of Sherman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GY-lived.html">Grayson County</a>, Tex.; Anson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JN-lived.html">Jones County</a>, Tex.; Abilene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TA-lived.html">Taylor County</a>, Tex. Born near Warrensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JO-born.html">Johnson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/05-07.html">May 7, 1832</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 13th District, 1893-97. Slaveowner. Died in Abilene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TA-died.html">Taylor County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/03-18.html">March 18, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TA-buried.html# ">Abilene Municipal Cemetery</a>, Abilene, Tex. <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 Joseph Cockrell and Nancy (Ellis) Cockrell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#878.44.82">Francis Marion Cockrell</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Maranda Jane Douglass; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#910.58.57">Moses Cockrell</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#323.11.15">Ewing Cockrell</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#504.15.16">Simon Cockrell</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#429.64.87">Elisha Logan Cockrell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#944.49.50">Harrison Cockrill</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#260.16.50">John T. Crisp</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/south.html#119.16.73">Jerry Curtis South</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#788.34.47">Egbert Railey Cockrell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#830.66.91">James Harris Baldwin</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oferrall-ogara.html#525.94.07">Eleanor Hume Offutt</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/10326.html">Cockrell-South family</a> of Kentucky.</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=C000577">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402706">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21567647">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> Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Lodi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-born.html">Seneca County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-17.html">September 17, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">Republican National Committee from California</a>, 1856-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1863-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1867-73. Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-03.html">November 3, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/102.html">102 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms05392">Hollywood Forever Cemetery</a>, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Cole and Rachel (Townsend) Cole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-06.html">January 6, 1853</a>, to Olive Colegrove; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#299.15.95">Willoughby Cole</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#883.69.20">David Cyrus Cole</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/22051.html">Cole family</a> of Sacramento and Los Angeles, California.</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=C000607">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402736">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius Cole">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> John Conness (1821-1909) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ED-lived.html">El Dorado County</a>, Calif.; Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Abbey, County Galway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/09-22.html">September 22, 1821</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1853-55, 1860-62 (12th District 1853-54, 18th District 1854-55, 1860-62); Union Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1863-69. Died in Jamaica Plain, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-10.html">January 10, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00625">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a>, Dorchester, Boston, Mass. <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=C000695">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402820">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Conness">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> Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) — of Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-13.html">March 13, 1815</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil producer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 11th District, 1867; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ridgefield, 1871. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-23.html">March 23, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Scott's Cemetery</a>, Ridgefield, Conn. <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://findagrave.com/memorial/41766979">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> Aylett Rains Cotton (1826-1912) — also known as Aylett R. Cotton — of Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa; Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Iowa; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Austintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/11-29.html">November 29, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Judge</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CL-officials.html">Clinton County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> 23rd District, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1868-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 2nd District, 1871-75. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-30.html">October 30, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Cotton and Cathrinia (Parkhurst) Cotton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Laura Finch Wick; married to Hattie Elizabeth Walker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cotton.html#457.83.58">Aylett Rains Cotton Jr.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000801">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402920">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylett R. Cotton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7127494">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 Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) — also known as Alexander P. Crittenden — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-14.html">January 14, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51, 5th District 1852-53). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">mortally wounded</a> by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">on board a ferry boat</a> in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/11-05.html">November 5, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 295 days</a>). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#787.62.12">Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1788-1832)</a> and Mary Wilson (Parker) Crittenden; brother of Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1825-1905; Union general); married to Clara Churchill; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#432.06.89">John Jordan Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#658.58.19">Robert Crittenden</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#138.09.08">John Crittenden</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#339.61.88">Thomas Theodore Crittenden</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#355.43.54">Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#141.99.20">John Gardner Coolidge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson3.html#244.69.74">Edith Wilson</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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (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/49547142">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> Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-16.html">September 16, 1822</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the Central Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; first president of the Southern Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died in Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/08-14.html">August 14, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Crocker and Eliza (Wright) Crocker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#112.49.37">Edwin Bryant Crocker</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Mary Deming; father of Harriet Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#046.49.95">Charles Beatty Alexander</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#041.61.00">Charles Frederick Crocker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#027.43.91">William Henry Crocker</a>; uncle of Jennie Louise Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farron-faulkland.html#954.51.99">Jacob Sloat Fassett</a>); grandfather of Mary Alexander (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#886.50.99">Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965)</a>), Mary Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#709.42.82">Francis Burton Harrison</a>) and Harriet Crocker Alexander (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aldredge-aleshire.html#812.13.78">Winthrop Williams Aldrich</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#708.55.52">Charles Sheldon Whitehouse</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehouse.html#086.83.28">Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955)</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/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (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/Charles Crocker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/243">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James McGrew Cunnard (b. 1831) — also known as Mike Cunnard — of California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GU-born.html">Guernsey County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-16.html">December 16, 1831</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 24th District, 1862-63. 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> John Currey (b. 1814) — of Peekskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.; Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/10-04.html">October 4, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Anti-Lecompton Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1864-. 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 Thomas Currey and Reban (Ward) Currey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/">1845</a> to Cornelia Elizabeth Scott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Cornelia Ferris.</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> Sherman Day (1806-1884) — Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/02-11.html">February 11, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California, 1868-71. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-14.html">December 14, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Day and Martha (Sherman) Day; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Elizabeth Ann King; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#576.79.65">Thomas Day Thacher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#123.27.66">Roger Kent</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#660.44.61">Roger Sherman Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#694.38.00">Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#657.30.33">George Frisbie Hoar</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#821.98.10">Arthur Outram Sherman</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#783.42.92">Henry de Forest Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#573.12.50">Roger Sherman Hoar</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#882.80.37">Archibald Cox</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey Mitchell Depew</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John Frederick Addis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#118.72.56">John Stanley Addis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John Adams Dix</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0124.html">Sewall-Adams-Quincy family</a> of Maine (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/Sherman Day">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/166760693">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> Pedro de Alcantara Brazileiro de Saisset (1829-1902) — also known as Pedro de Saisset — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/index.html">1829</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html">Consular Agent for France</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-consuls.html">San Jose, Calif.</a>, 1886-1902. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died in San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-16.html">March 16, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-buried.html#cms05938">Santa Clara Mission Cemetery</a>, Santa Clara, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Pierre Josef Felix de Saisset.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "R.I.P."</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/141418221">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> Isaac Harding Duval (1824-1902) — also known as Isaac H. Duval — of Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Born in Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-born.html">Brooke County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/09-01.html">September 1, 1824</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1866-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1869-71; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st West Virginia District, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 1st District, 1887-90; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WV.html">1896</a>. Died in Wellsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-died.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/07-10.html">July 10, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-buried.html#cms00024">Brooke Cemetery</a>, Wellsburg, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000576">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403679">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 Palmer Dyer (1827-1891) — also known as J. P. Dyer — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-29.html">January 29, 1827</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sacramento.html">mayor of Sacramento, Calif.</a>, 1857. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-07.html">July 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 159 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 George Dyer and Jane (Pendleton) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/10-05.html">October 5, 1853</a>, to Deborah Curtis; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#766.63.30">Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#068.53.24">Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#516.46.56">Calvin Crane Pendleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#351.33.39">Charles Marsh Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#034.96.95">James Monroe Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#821.76.62">Cyrus Henry Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#176.42.02">Edward Wheeler Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#840.49.63">Harris Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#239.23.68">Nathan William Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#687.05.34">James Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#178.16.63">Cornelius Welles Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#948.63.46">Enoch C. Chapman</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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 Edwards (1805-1894) — Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-24.html">October 24, 1805</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1845-46; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1853; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1856-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives</a>, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> 9th District, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 3rd District, 1871-73. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-08.html">April 8, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000072">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403767">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> James Graham Fair (1831-1894) — also known as James G. Fair — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-03.html">December 3, 1831</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NV.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-28.html">December 28, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 25 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; re-entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Susanna Margaret (Graham) Fair and James Hay Fair; married to Theresa Rooney; father of Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#419.30.32">Hermann Oelrichs</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000002">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403964">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 Fairchild (c.1791-1866) — of California. Born about 1791. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1860-61. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/09-17.html">September 17, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ED-buried.html#cms06006">Pilot Hill Cemetery</a>, Pilot Hill, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iYdBkBWv0QsC&pg=PA279"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/156/84.02.jpg" width=70 height=85 border=0 alt="Stephen J. Field"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known as Stephen J. Field — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-lived.html">Yuba County</a>, Calif. Born in Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/11-04.html">November 4, 1816</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 14th District, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1857-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1859-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1863-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in San Francisco, August 16, 1889, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of being party to the alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#535.15.15">David S. Terry</a>; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled to be justifiable homicide. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-09.html">April 9, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek 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: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#479.29.62">David Josiah Brewer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#436.56.45">Charlotte Anita Whitney</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/12261.html">Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family</a> of California.</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.nndb.com/people/904/000180364">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5689">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 Stephen J. Field: Paul Kens, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700608176/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700608176&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Justice Stephen Field : Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the Gilded Age</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">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1897</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. Fitzgerald (1834-1871) — of Wickenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/index.html">1834</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trhs.html">Arizona territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1871. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by swallowing <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">strychnine</a>, at Mill City (now part of Phoenix), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-22.html">July 22, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">about 37 years</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> Ferris Forman (1808-1901) — of Vandalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ill.; Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif. Born in Nichols, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-born.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/08-24.html">August 24, 1808</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Illinois</a>, 1839-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1845-46; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sacramento.html#2">Sacramento, Calif.</a>, 1853-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of California</a>, 1858-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 13th District, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FA-officials.html">Fayette County State's Attorney</a>. Died in Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-died.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-11.html">February 11, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-buried.html#cms07388">San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery</a>, Stockton, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-11.html">January 11, 1844</a>, to Lucinda Boothe.</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 White Geary (1819-1873) — also known as John W. Geary — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born near Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/12-30.html">December 30, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html#2">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1849; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1850-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Kansas Territory</a>, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1867-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died after suffering a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-died.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-08.html">February 8, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms00584">Harrisburg Cemetery</a>, Harrisburg, 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GE.html">Geary County, Kan.</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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-white-geary/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/847/000118493">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> Addison Crandall Gibbs (1825-1886) — also known as A. C. Gibbs — of Gardiner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-09.html">July 9, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/ORcc n">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oregon</a>, 1862-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Oregon</a>, 1871-73. Died in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-29.html">December 29, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms00797">River View Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <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://www.nga.org/governor/addison-c-gibbs/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A. C. Gibbs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5954240">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> Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (1816-1897) — also known as Napoleon B. Giddings — of Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo.; Nebraska City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-lived.html">Otoe County</a>, Neb.; Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-lived.html">Andrew County</a>, Mo. Born near Boonsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-born.html">Clark County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-02.html">January 2, 1816</a>. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory</a>, 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-died.html">Andrew County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-03.html">August 3, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-buried.html#cms02015">City Cemetery</a>, Savannah, Mo. <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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Napoleon Bonaparte</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000168">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404535">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> Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) — of North Carolina; Texas; California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/index.html">1802</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Bexar, 1837; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1850. Sponsored the bill in the California Senate to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">create</a> the University of California. Died in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-12.html">December 12, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1905 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-buried.html#cms02088">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Warrenton, N.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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#952.32.91">Wharton Jackson Green</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawkins.html#964.84.70">Micajah Thomas Hawkins</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/10001-0322.html">Hawkins-Green-Macon family</a> of Warrenton, North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0394.html">Alston-Macon-Hawkins family</a> of North Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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 Semple Green (1832-1905) — also known as Will S. Green — of Colusa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CU-lived.html">Colusa County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/12-26.html">December 26, 1832</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel-keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamboat captain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 25th District, 1867-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects. Elected to the California Newspaper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-02.html">July 2, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 188 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CU-buried.html#cms07366">somewhere</a> in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/GL-buried.html#cms07367">Will S. Green Memorial</a>, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Josephine Davis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Sally Morgan.</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/Will S. Green">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 McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) — also known as W. M. Gwin — of Mississippi; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born near Gallatin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SM-born.html">Sumner County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-09.html">October 9, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> at-large, 1841-43; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1850-55, 1857-61. Engaged in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#813.17.56">J. W. McCorkle</a>, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> for alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">disloyalty</a> during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-03.html">September 3, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 329 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. James Gwin.</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=G000540">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404883">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William M. Gwin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/107/000164612">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5994">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> William Stephen Hamilton (d. 1850) — of Wisconsin. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trlg.html">Wisconsin territorial legislature</a>, 1840; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. Died in Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-07.html">October 7, 1850</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-buried.html#cms00522">Sacramento City Cemetery</a>, Sacramento, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#111.82.60">Alexander Hamilton</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> Serranus Clinton Hastings (1814-1893) — also known as S. Clinton Hastings — of Lawrenceburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-lived.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind.; Bloomington (now Muscatine), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MU-lived.html">Muscatine County</a>, Iowa; Benicia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-lived.html">Solano County</a>, Calif. Born in Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/11-22.html">November 22, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trcn.html">Member Iowa territorial council</a>, 1838-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> at-large, 1846-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1848-49; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/attygn.html">California state attorney general</a>, 1852-54. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-18.html">February 18, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 88 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NA-buried.html#cms03252">St. Helena Public Cemetery</a>, St. Helena, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Collins Hastings and Patience (Brayton) Hastings.</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=H000330">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405200">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serranus Clinton Hastings">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> John Coffee Hays (1817-1883) — also known as Jack C. Hays — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Cedar Lick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/01-28.html">January 28, 1817</a>. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/CA.html">1876</a>. Joined the Texas Rangers in the 1830s (later named to Texas Rangers Hall of Fame). Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850; U.S. Surveyor General for California, 1853; one of the founders of the city of Oakland. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-21.html">April 21, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HY.html">Hays County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</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> Harmon Gregg Heald (1824-1858) — also known as Harmon G. Heald — of California. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/01-29.html">January 29, 1824</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 11th District, 1856-57. Died in Healdsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-17.html">December 17, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-buried.html#cms05586">Healdsburg Cemetery</a>, Healdsburg, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/headden-healey.html#675.46.57">Joshua Taylor Heald</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> Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) — of Wisconsin. Born in Lierbyen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/12-21.html">December 21, 1829</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsin state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Suffered wounds in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">battle</a>, and died the next day, at Chickamauga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WL-died.html">Walker County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/09-20.html">September 20, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">33 years, 273 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-buried.html#cms06071">Norway Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-buried.html# ">State Capitol Grounds</a>, Madison, Wis. <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 Even Heg and Sigrid (Kallerud) Heg; married to Gunhild Einong.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Heg Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-names.html">Wind Lake, Wisconsin</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Hans Heg (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1961) 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans Christian Heg">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7489797">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> William Chalmers Hendricks (1825-1892) — also known as William C. Hendricks — of California. Born in Ligonier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-born.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/index.html">1825</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/CA.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of California</a>, 1887-91. Died in Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-24.html">January 24, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/BU-buried.html#cms06049">somewhere</a> in Oroville, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abraham Hendricks (1785-1851) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson) Hendricks; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#554.53.63">Abram Washington Hendricks</a>; married to Susan Elizabeth Glass; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#972.76.16">Scott Springer Hendricks</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#726.12.96">Thomas Hendricks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#576.11.94">William Hendricks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#541.70.49">John Hendricks</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#631.83.79">Abraham Hendricks (1805-1878)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#501.62.03">William Hendricks Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendricks.html#811.95.89">Thomas Andrews Hendricks</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/10001-0071.html">Hendricks family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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 Jefferson Henley (1808-1875) — also known as Thomas J. Henley — of New Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ind.; Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-18.html">June 18, 1808</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1832-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1843-49; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> from Sacramento District, 1850-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html#2">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1853-54. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MC-died.html">Mendocino County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-01.html">May 1, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MC-buried.html# ">Valley View Cemetery</a>, Covelo, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendrickson-henriquez.html#282.47.63">Barclay Henley</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000499">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405362">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405429">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Farquhar Hibberd (1816-1903) — also known as James F. Hibberd — of Ohio; Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind. Born near New Market, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/11-04.html">November 4, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1845-47; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/richmond.html">mayor of Richmond, Ind.</a>, 1875-77. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-public-health-assoc.html">American Public Health Association</a>. Died in Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-08.html">September 8, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-buried.html#cms02374">Earlham Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Ind. <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 Joseph Hibberd and Rachel (Wright) Hibberd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-30.html">March 30, 1842</a>, to Nancy D. Higgins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-06.html">May 6, 1856</a>, to Catherine Leeds; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/04-20.html">April 20, 1871</a>, to Elizabeth M. Laws.</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/73883349">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> Samuel Hungerford (c.1800-1875) — also known as "Colonel" — of Novi Township (now Novi), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born about 1800. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/novi.html#4">Supervisor of Novi Township, Michigan</a>, 1833-34; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/04-07.html">April 7, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</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> Hiram Abiff Imus Jr. (c.1804-1876) — also known as Hiram A. Imus — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif. Born in Cayuga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., about 1804. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 3rd District, 1859-60. Died in Santa Cruz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-died.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-04.html">October 4, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-buried.html#cms05814">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Santa Cruz, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268130382/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/194/41.42.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="David H. Jerome"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Howell Jerome (1829-1896) — also known as David H. Jerome — of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/11-17.html">November 17, 1829</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1863-68 (27th District 1863-66, 26th District 1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MI.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncm.html">Michigan state constitutional commission</a> 8th District, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1881-82; defeated, 1882. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Watkins Glen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-died.html">Schuyler County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-23.html">April 23, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-buried.html#cms06251">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Horace J. Jerome and Elizabeth Rose (Hart) Jerome; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-15.html">June 15, 1859</a>, to Lucy A. Peck; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#093.48.18">Thomas Spencer Jerome</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-howell-jerome/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6280189">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">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) — also known as James K. Kelly — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore.; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Blanchard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-born.html">Centre County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/02-16.html">February 16, 1819</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trlg.html">Oregon territorial legislature</a>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention</a> from Clackamas County, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Oregon</a>, 1860-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1871-77; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OR.html">Democratic National Committee from Oregon</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oregon state supreme court</a>, 1878-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Oregon state supreme court</a>, 1878-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/OR.html">1888</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-15.html">September 15, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek 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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James K. Kelly (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1963) 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=K000074">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406244">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James K. Kelly">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7143722">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> Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Hamilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WP-lived.html">White Pine County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Searsmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-born.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-22.html">April 22, 1828</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 12th District, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> at-large, 1871-75. Died in Mt. Rainier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-25.html">June 25, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000090">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406258">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles West Kendall">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7372262">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> Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) — also known as T. Butler King — of Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BA-lived.html">Brantley County</a>, Ga.; Frederica, St. Simons Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-lived.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga. Born in Palmer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/08-27.html">August 27, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1832-37, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention</a>, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1839-43, 1845-50 (at-large 1839-43, 1st District 1845-50); delegate to Whig National Convention from Georgia, 1844; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/CAcc nSF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died in Waresboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WR-died.html">Ware County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-10.html">May 10, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-buried.html#cms02368">Christ Churchyard</a>, Frederica, St. Simons Island, Ga. <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 Daniel King and Hannah (Lord) King; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king4.html#944.17.53">Henry King</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/">1824</a> to Anna Matilda Page; father of Georgia Page King (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#349.39.92">John Randolph Wilder</a>; who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#637.89.13">Joseph John Wilder</a>), Florence Barclay King (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king5.html#261.56.68">John Floyd King</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/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000215">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406375">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> William Lew May (c.1793-1849) — also known as William L. May — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Kentucky, about 1793. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 3rd District, 1834-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Ill.</a>, 1841; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/09-29.html">September 29, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-buried.html#cms07295">somewhere</a> in Sacramento, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000277">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412164">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 Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) — also known as Joseph W. McCorkle; J. W. McCorkle — of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SR-lived.html">Sutter County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Piqua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-born.html">Miami County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/06-24.html">June 24, 1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dayton.html#2">Dayton, Ohio</a>, 1845-49; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 14th District, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 2nd District, 1851-53. Engaged in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with U.S. Senator <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gutierrez-gyger.html#791.65.62">W. M. Gwin</a>, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries. Died in Branchville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-18.html">March 18, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 268 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-buried.html#cms04070">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Piqua, Ohio. <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=M000362">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407367">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 Chambers McKibbin (1824-1896) — of Downieville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SI-lived.html">Sierra County</a>, Calif. Born in Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-14.html">May 14, 1824</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1852-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1857-59; defeated, 1858; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">general contractor</a>. Died in Marshall Hall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-died.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-01.html">July 1, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeogh-mckibbin.html#828.68.39">Chambers McKibbin</a> and Jane (Bell) McKibbin.</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=M000514">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407508">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7384118">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> Robert H. McKune (1823-1894) — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-19.html">August 19, 1823</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1875-78. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">attacked</a>, and his skull was fractured. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-09.html">October 9, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-buried.html#cms00403">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Dunmore, 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Elmira Smith.</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> Hector B. Meredith (1826-1885) — of Folsom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-born.html">Winchester</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/04-30.html">April 30, 1826</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1855-56. Died from complications of a bad <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-29.html">May 29, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-buried.html# ">Old Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James S. Meredith and Elizabeth B. (Eaty) Meredith.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/winfield/commiss/byyear2.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/381/92.20.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Daniel Azro Millington"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) — of Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-lived.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan. Born in Hubbardton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/05-16.html">May 16, 1823</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/winfield.html">mayor of Winfield, Kan.</a>, 1875-76. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-died.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/05-07.html">May 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-buried.html#cms00338">Union Cemetery</a>, Winfield, Kan. <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 Solomon Millington and Clarinda (Richardson) Millington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/05-16.html">May 16, 1848</a>, to Mary Ann Smith.</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/14977921">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">Image source: Bill Bottorff, Winfield historian</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 L. Morse — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1846-47; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. 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/morry-mortimore.html#453.36.94">Allen Benton Morse</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 Neblett (1818-1907) — of Weaverville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TR-lived.html">Trinity County</a>, Calif.; Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-lived.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PG-born.html">Prince George County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-18.html">July 18, 1818</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hats.html">Hatter</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TR-officials.html">Trinity County Sheriff</a>, 1855-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 21st District, 1858-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/santarosa.html">mayor of Santa Rosa, Calif.</a>, 1876-78. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-died.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-19.html">January 19, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-buried.html# ">Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery</a>, Santa Rosa, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8123298">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> David Hopkinson Nichols (1828-1900) — also known as David H. Nichols — of Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo. Born in Hardwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-16.html">March 16, 1828</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trhs.html">Colorado territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Colorado state constitutional convention</a>, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1893-95. Died in Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-died.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-16.html">December 16, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-buried.html#cms01033">Columbia Cemetery</a>, Boulder, Colo. <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://findagrave.com/memorial/15805432">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> Alanson W. Nightingill (1826-1870) — of Nevada. Born in Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AH-born.html">Ashland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-17.html">May 17, 1826</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/comp.html">Nevada state comptroller</a>, 1864-66. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-died.html">Carson City</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/02-12.html">February 12, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 271 days</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> James Otis (1826-1875) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-11.html">August 11, 1826</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/CA.html">1872</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1873-75; died in office 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diphtheria.html">diphtheria</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-30.html">October 30, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 80 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Washington Otis and Hannah Leavitt (Waters) Otis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Lucy Hamilton Macondray; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#857.31.62">Samuel Allyne Otis</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#928.80.95">John Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#116.20.38">William Shaw Chandler Otis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.61.96">Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#306.13.29">Oran Gray Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#799.32.06">David Perry Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#485.24.85">Harris F. Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#787.12.01">Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917)</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (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://findagrave.com/memorial/26230495">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 Wheeler Pendleton (1825-1889) — also known as Edward W. Pendleton — of Sturgis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich. Born in Broadalbin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/12-13.html">December 13, 1825</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel-keeper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1879-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Sturgis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-died.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-18.html">May 18, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 156 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 Henry Pendleton and Hannah (Wheeler) Pendleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Eveline Lorena Baird; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#766.63.30">Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#948.63.46">Enoch C. Chapman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#351.33.39">Charles Marsh Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#821.76.62">Cyrus Henry Pendleton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#068.53.24">Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#034.96.95">James Monroe Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#516.46.56">Calvin Crane Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dyer.html#852.91.17">Joseph Palmer Dyer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#840.49.63">Harris Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#239.23.68">Nathan William Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#687.05.34">James Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#178.16.63">Cornelius Welles Pendleton</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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> Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) — also known as Edmund W. Pettus — of Selma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LI-born.html">Limestone County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/07-06.html">July 6, 1821</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama, 1855-58; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/AL.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/AL.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/AL.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/AL.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/AL.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1897-1907; died in office 1907. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kkk.html">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-27.html">July 27, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-buried.html#cms00181">Live Oak Cemetery</a>, Selma, Ala. <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/pettitt-pezzulo.html#869.64.89">John Jones Pettus</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-27.html">June 27, 1844</a>, to Mary S. Chapman.</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 Edmund Pettus <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (opened 1940), which takes U.S. Route 80 Business over the Alabama River at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DS-names.html">Selma, Alabama</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000279">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408679">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund Pettus">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8761">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/987/11.36.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="James A. Pinney"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James A. Pinney (b. 1835) — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/09-29.html">September 29, 1835</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">bookseller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1881-85, 1889-93, 1905-07. 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">Image source: City of Boise</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 Adam Piper (1826-1899) — of California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-21.html">May 21, 1826</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1875-77. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-05.html">August 5, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 76 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00242">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms04029">Greenlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000364">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408760">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Adam Piper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7253967">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Harvey Ralston (1807-1864) — also known as James H. Ralston — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LA-lived.html">Lander County</a>, Nev. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-born.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-12.html">October 12, 1807</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuit judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1841-45; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1841; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1853-54; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died after becoming lost in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">snowstorm</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/NY-died.html">Nye County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-08.html">May 8, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 209 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LA-buried.html#cms05208">somewhere</a> in Austin, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ralston and Elizabeth (Neely) Ralston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/10-11.html">October 11, 1832</a>, to June Alexander; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Harriet N. Jackson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ralston.html#294.90.92">Jackson Harvey Ralston</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> Charles Sturtevant Randall (1824-1904) — also known as Charles S. Randall — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-20.html">February 20, 1824</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1889-95 (1st District 1889-93, 13th District 1893-95); defeated (Independent Republican), 1898. Died in New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-17.html">August 17, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms00782">Rural Cemetery</a>, New Bedford, Mass. <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=R000037">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409018">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34631555">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> Edmund Randolph (1820-1861) — of California. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/06-09.html">June 9, 1820</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> from San Francisco District, 1849-51. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-08.html">September 8, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 91 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a> and Maria (Ward) Randolph; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#829.98.96">Russell Benjamin Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</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/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (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://findagrave.com/memorial/173657967">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> Norman Dunning Rideout (1832-1907) — also known as N. D. Rideout — of Marysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-lived.html">Yuba County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Bowdoinham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-born.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-06.html">January 6, 1832</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CA.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/CA.html">1892</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/07-02.html">July 2, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-buried.html#cms06717">East Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Sacramento, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin Rideout and Margaret (Macomber) Rideout; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Phebe Mason Abbott.</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/9056750">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> Jetur Rose Riggs (1809-1869) — also known as Jetur R. Riggs — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Born near Drakesville (now Ledgewood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/06-20.html">June 20, 1809</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1836; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Passaic County, 1856-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 4th District, 1859-61. Died in Drakesville (now Ledgewood), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-died.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-05.html">November 5, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-buried.html#cms02443">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Succasunna, 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=R000254">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409230">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> Richard Roman (1811-1875) — of Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VI-lived.html">Victoria County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1836-37, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/victoria.html">mayor of Victoria, Tex.</a>, 1844; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a>, 1844-45; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1849-54; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OS-consuls.html ">Guaymas</a>, 1854-56. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-22.html">December 22, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Roman">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> George Henry Sanderson (1824-1893) — also known as George H. Sanderson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/index.html">1824</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1891-93. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-01.html">February 1, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</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> Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/05-14.html">May 14, 1820</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1869-71. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/06-17.html">June 17, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 34 days</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> Jacob K. Shafer (1823-1876) — of Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif.; Idaho. Born near Broadway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/12-26.html">December 26, 1823</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stockton.html">mayor of Stockton, Calif.</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-officials.html">San Joaquin County Judge</a>, 1853-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory</a>, 1869. Died in Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EU-died.html">Eureka County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/11-22.html">November 22, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EU-buried.html#cms01797">Masonic Cemetery</a>, Eureka, Nev. <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=S000276">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409775">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> Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) — of St. Clairsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BE-lived.html">Belmont County</a>, Ohio; Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan. Born in Mt. Olivet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BE-born.html">Belmont County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/02-24.html">February 24, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1844-45; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Kansas Territory</a>, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/KS.html">1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Lawrence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-died.html">Douglas County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-30.html">August 30, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DO-buried.html#cms00756">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Lawrence, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George David Shannon and Jane (Milligan) Shannon; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#999.85.68">George F. Shannon</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#777.15.65">Thomas Shannon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#232.38.65">James Shannon</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/11-30.html">November 30, 1825</a>, to Elizabeth Ellis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/11-27.html">November 27, 1832</a>, to Sarah Osbun; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker4.html#518.36.13">Isaac Charles Parker</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/11016.html">Shannon-Shelby family</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000291">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409790">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-shannon/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/shannon-wilson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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 Sharon (1821-1885) — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ill.; Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Smithfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-09.html">January 9, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1875-81. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-13.html">November 13, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 308 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of Clara Adelaide Sharon (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#520.72.09">Francis Griffith Newlands</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#520.72.09">Francis G. Newlands</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#535.15.15">David S. Terry</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409791">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Sharon">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> James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) — of Corvallis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Ore. Born near Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/12-28.html">December 28, 1826</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trhs.html">Oregon territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1857-58; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1859; District Attorney 5th District, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> at-large, 1871-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1879-85. Died in La Grande, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-28.html">January 28, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/UN-buried.html#cms01723">Masonic Cemetery</a>, La Grande, Ore. <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 Jay Slater and Lucretia (Carman) Slater; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/08-31.html">August 31, 1854</a>, to Edna Elizabeth Gray; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slate-slattery.html#928.68.22">Woodson Taylor Slater</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000476">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409965">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Smith (1788-1851) — of Texas. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/05-20.html">May 20, 1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/progov.html">Provisional Governor of Texas</a>, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> as governor by the provisional council in 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rstre.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1836-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1840; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/03-04.html">March 4, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 288 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 James Smith and Magdalen (Woods) Smith.</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 Stark (1820-1898) — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore.; New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/06-26.html">June 26, 1820</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trhs.html">Oregon territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1852; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/CT.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1874. On June 6, 1862, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resolution to expel</a> him from the U.S. Senate for alleged <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">disloyalty to the Union</a>, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of 21 in favor to 16 opposed. Died in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-died.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-10.html">October 10, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms00037">Cedar Grove Cemetery</a>, New London, Conn. <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=S000809">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410275">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7105732">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> Amos Steck (1822-1908) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-08.html">January 8, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1863-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Colorado territorial supreme court</a>, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CO.html">1880</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-17.html">November 17, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00495">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <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">Steck <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (built 1930), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-names.html">Denver, Colorado</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://findagrave.com/memorial/8821009">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 Augustus Stevenson (1831-1895) — also known as Edward A. Stevenson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ED-lived.html">El Dorado County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TE-lived.html">Tehama County</a>, Calif.; Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Lowville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/06-15.html">June 15, 1831</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1854-56, 1860-61 (18th District 1854-56, 13th District 1860-61); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the California State Assembly</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trcn.html">member Idaho territorial council</a>, 1866-68, 1876-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Idaho Territory</a>, 1885-89; appointed 1885; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1894. Died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">laudanum</a>, at Paraiso Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-died.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-06.html">July 6, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms06491">Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Stevenson and Phebe Pratt (Spafford) Stevenson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#815.64.19">Charles Clark Stevenson</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/08-31.html">August 31, 1853</a>, to Harriet E. Marcy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/">1860</a> to Annie D. Orr.</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/20287599">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> Owen Paul Sutton (1821-1881) — also known as Owen P. Sutton — of California. Born in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/08-08.html">August 8, 1821</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/09-01.html">September 1, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 24 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-buried.html#cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment in 1946 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob Boles Sutton and Bestsey (Parish) Sutton.</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/155127198">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> David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known as David S. Terry — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-lived.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif. Born in Christian County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TO-born.html">Todd County</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-08.html">March 8, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of slavery to California; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1855-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1857-59; killed U.S. Senator <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#900.38.85">David C. Broderick</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> near San Francisco in 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a>, but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1878-79; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of wealthy U.S. Senator <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shantz-sharon.html#140.48.54">William Sharon</a>; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected by U.S. Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/field-fielding.html#156.84.02">Stephen J. Field</a> (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jailed</a> six months for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">contempt of court</a>. Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field and slapped him in the face; he was then <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> through the heart and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/rr-stations.html">train station</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/taverns.html">dining room</a> at Lathrop, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-died.html">San Joaquin County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-14.html">August 14, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 159 days</a>). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later released on the demand of the U.S. government. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-buried.html#cms04007">Stockton Rural Cemetery</a>, Stockton, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Royal Terry and Sarah David (Smith) Terry; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#650.36.64">Benjamin Franklin Terry</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/11-26.html">November 26, 1852</a>, to Cornelia Runnels (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#919.23.03">Hardin Richard Runnels</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-07.html">January 7, 1886</a>, to Sarah Althea Hill.</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/11276.html">Runnels-Terry family</a> of Houston, Texas.</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/wilfley-wilkin.html#187.74.85">Peter Singleton Wilkes</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/David S. Terry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/080/000164585">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6823201">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> Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) — also known as Cameron E. Thom — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Culpeper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-born.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/06-20.html">June 20, 1825</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-officials.html">Los Angeles County District Attorney</a>, 1854-57, 1869-73, 1877-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1882-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/02-02.html">February 2, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01084">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Watson Triplett Thom and Abigail DeHart (Mayo) Thom; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Susan Henrietta Hathwell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Belle Cameron Hathwell; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#162.83.60">Erskine Mayo Ross</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#522.07.79">Paul Carrington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#439.27.42">William Henry Cabell</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#045.17.96">Edward Carrington Cabell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#775.45.59">Douglass Townshend Bolling</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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">Epitaph: "He was a Man."</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/Cameron E. Thom">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13083">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> Charles Ames Washburn (1822-1889) — also known as Charles A. Washburn — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Livermore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/03-16.html">March 16, 1822</a>. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CA.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1861-63; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1863-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">novelist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">invented</a> an early <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/typewriter.html">typewriter</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-26.html">January 26, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 316 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#131.55.29">Israel Washburn</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#578.05.21">Israel Washburn Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#844.25.24">Elihu Benjamin Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#070.60.86">Cadwallader Colden Washburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#029.10.17">William Drew Washburn</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#081.76.93">Reuel Washburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#882.62.17">Charles Fox Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#333.33.49">Hempstead Washburne</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#223.37.09">Robert Charles Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#310.00.75">William Drew Washburn Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#885.61.88">Stanley Washburn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumner.html#134.74.24">Charles Sumner</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#984.54.28">Dwight May Sabin</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/10001-0049.html">Washburn family</a> of Massachusetts (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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/washburn-charles-ames ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Jackson Wells (1823-1912) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Charlestown, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/11-16.html">November 16, 1823</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1881-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-24.html">November 24, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 8 days</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> Joseph Rodman West (1822-1898) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-19.html">September 19, 1822</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1871-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/bdcom.html">member District of Columbia board of commissioners</a>, 1882-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/dcpres.html">President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners</a>, 1882-83. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-31.html">October 31, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ann E. (Smith) West and Charles Shute West; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/09-28.html">September 28, 1843</a>, to Jeanne Josephine Fadeuilhe; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#913.22.69">Preston Lea</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#417.50.72">Elsie Cryder Woodward</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#920.46.94">William Woodward III</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#919.04.82">Charles Corbit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#351.56.11">William Webb Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#729.06.30">Eliza Naudain Corbit Lea</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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=W000303">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411467">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> Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) — also known as Stephen G. Whipple — of Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-lived.html">Humboldt County</a>, Calif. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/11-05.html">November 5, 1823</a>. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55, 1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-died.html">Humboldt County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-21.html">October 21, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-buried.html#cms05608">Myrtle Grove Cemetery</a>, Eureka, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Whiteaker (1820-1902) — also known as "Honest John" — of Eugene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-lived.html">Lane County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-born.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/05-04.html">May 4, 1820</a>. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oregon</a>, 1859-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1865-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/stsen.html">Oregon state senate</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> at-large, 1879-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OR.html">Democratic National Committee from Oregon</a>, 1880; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Oregon, 1885-90. Died in Eugene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-died.html">Lane County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-02.html">October 2, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-buried.html#cms01038">Masonic Cemetery</a>, Eugene, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Whiteaker and Nancy (Smales) Whiteaker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-22.html">August 22, 1847</a>, to Nancy Jane Hargrave.</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=W000399">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411559">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-whiteaker/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Whiteaker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4456">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> Frederick A. Woodworth (d. 1865) — of California. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1857. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/02-12.html">February 12, 1865</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/woodworth.html#208.77.71">Selim E. Woodworth</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/Frederick A. Woodworth">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> George Washington Wright (1816-1885) — also known as George W. Wright — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-04.html">June 4, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1850-51. Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-07.html">April 7, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 307 days</a>). 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