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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Kappa Alpha Society Politicians</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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Born in Pittsfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/08-29.html">August 29, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad builder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1850-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 2nd District, 1881-82; died in office 1882. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/04-08.html">April 8, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-buried.html#cms00396">Pittsfield Cemetery</a>, Pittsfield, 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">Relatives: Married to Ann Russell.</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=A000147">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400803">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6423399">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> Leander Babcock (1811-1864) — of Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/03-01.html">March 1, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/oswego.html">Mayor of Oswego, N.Y.</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1851-53. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Richfield Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-died.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-18.html">August 18, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-buried.html#cms00614">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Scriba town, Oswego County, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000005">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401011">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7575369">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 Lewis Beale (1824-1900) — also known as Charles L. Beale — of Kinderhook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y. Born in Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/03-05.html">March 5, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1859-61. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-died.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-29.html">January 29, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 330 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-buried.html#cms01258">Kinderhook Cemetery</a>, Kinderhook, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000265">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401259">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7782946">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 John Bennett (b. 1943) — also known as Bill Bennett — Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/07-03.html">July 3, 1943</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Education</a>, 1985-88; director, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar"), 1989-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio show host</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">television commentator</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. In 2003, news media reported that Bennett had <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/gambling.html">lost millions gambling</a> in Las Vegas, a minor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> in light of his advocacy for self-discipline and other virtues; he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">acknowledged</a> that he had done "too much gambling" and that it "set a bad example". Still living as of 2010. <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/1982/05-29.html">May 29, 1982</a>, to Mary Elayne Glover.</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/eichelroth-elcan.html#185.23.79">Allison H. Eid</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/William Bennett">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1184423">Internet Movie Database profile</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> Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904) — of Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis. Born in Fultonham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-born.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/12-16.html">December 16, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/attygn.html">Wisconsin state attorney general</a>, 1858-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1860, 1874; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WI.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 6th District, 1877-81. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Oshkosh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-died.html">Winnebago County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/02-21.html">February 21, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WI-buried.html#cms00287">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Oshkosh, 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: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#105.02.68">Joseph Bouck</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=B000658">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401620">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3466933587/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/350/33.14.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Edward S. Bragg"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912) — also known as Edward S. Bragg — of Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Born in Unadilla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/02-20.html">February 20, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-officials.html">Fond du Lac County District Attorney</a>, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/WI.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/WI.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/WI.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/WI.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/WI.html">1896</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1868-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a>, 1877-83, 1885-87 (5th District 1877-83, 2nd District 1885-87); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1888-89; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1902-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1903-06. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. In 1884, made a famous speech supporting <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a>, in which he declared: "We love him for the enemies he has made," meaning the Tammany Hall organization in New York. Died in Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-died.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-20.html">June 20, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-buried.html#cms01082">Rienzi Cemetery</a>, Fond du Lac, 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 Joel Bragg and Margaretha (Kohl) Bragg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-02.html">January 2, 1854</a>, to Cornelia Colman.</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=B000757">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401716">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward S. Bragg">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bragg-edward-stuyvesant ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5894224">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: American Monthly Review of Reviews, June 1902</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 McPhail Bridgforth (1906-1951) — also known as E. M. Bridgforth — of Kenbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-lived.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va. Born in Kenbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-born.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-16.html">June 16, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil company agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1950-51; died in office 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/12-16.html">December 16, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 183 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> Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Born in Hampden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-31.html">July 31, 1875</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-diplomats.html ">Honduras</a>, 1908-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; Kappa Alpha Society. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/05-10.html">May 10, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 283 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 David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-14.html">April 14, 1925</a>, to Jane (Yuile) Lawrence.</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/brown-philip-marshall ?">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> John Michael Carroll (1823-1901) — also known as John M. Carroll — of New York. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-27.html">April 27, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 18th District, 1871-73. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-08.html">May 8, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/FU-buried.html#cms01083">Johnstown Cemetery</a>, Johnstown, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000190">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402337">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 Dixon (1814-1873) — of Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn.; Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Enfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/08-05.html">August 5, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Enfield, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 1st District, 1845-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 1st District, 1849, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Connecticut</a>, 1857-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-27.html">March 27, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms00569">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Hartford, 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/10-01.html">October 1, 1840</a>, to Elizabeth Lord Cogswell.</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=D000369">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403486">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Dixon">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6248528">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 Tappan Dunwell (1852-1908) — also known as Charles T. Dunwell — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-13.html">February 13, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1891-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1903-08; died in office 1908. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-12.html">June 12, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms01006">The Evergreens Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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 Almerin Dunwell and Elizabeth (Hill) Dunwell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#303.49.94">James Winslow Dunwell</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-22.html">April 22, 1880</a>, to Emma B. Williams.</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=D000557">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403664">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6942021">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> Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) — of Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J.; Morris Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. 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/1946/04-29.html">April 29, 1946</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1983-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 11th District, 1995-; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/NJ.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NJ.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; Kappa Alpha Society. Still living as of 2014. <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/freemont-fremming.html#611.81.84">Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.</a> and Beatrice Sterling (Procter) Frelinghuysen; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#602.82.46">Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#120.99.33">Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#297.98.70">Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#974.59.91">Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#467.97.77">Theodore Frelinghuysen</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#325.21.00">Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#838.41.69">Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#944.11.33">John Davis Lodge</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#155.20.72">Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#873.64.12">George Cabot Lodge</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0194.html">Davis family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0052.html">Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family</a> of Massachusetts (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=F000372">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400142">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney Frelinghuysen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/573/000037462">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1498">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Herbert James Hagerman (1871-1935) — also known as Herbert J. Hagerman — of Roswell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/CH-lived.html">Chaves County</a>, N.M.; Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-lived.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/12-15.html">December 15, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of New Mexico Territory</a>, 1906-07. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-died.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-28.html">January 28, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 44 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 J. Hagerman and Anna (Osborne) Hagerman.</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> Lewis Henry (1885-1941) — of Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elmira, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-born.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-08.html">June 8, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 37th District, 1922-23; president, Oriental Consolidated <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> Company. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/07-23.html">July 23, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-buried.html#cms00442">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Elmira, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000510">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405373">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> Nelson Karr Hopkins — also known as Nelson K. Hopkins — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1872-75. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. 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> Henry Martyn Hoyt (1830-1892) — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/06-08.html">June 8, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/PA.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Pennsylvania Republican state chair</a>, 1875-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1879-83. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-01.html">December 1, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-buried.html#cms01280">Forty Fort Cemetery</a>, Forty Fort, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ziba Hoyt and Nancy (Herbert) Hoyt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-25.html">September 25, 1855</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Loveland; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#594.26.84">Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910)</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/16919.html">Hoyt-McMichael family</a> of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-martyn-hoyt/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry M. Hoyt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5995096">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> Ward Hunt (1810-1886) — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/06-14.html">June 14, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/utica.html">mayor of Utica, N.Y.</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1865-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1868-69; Member of the New York Commission of Appeals, 1870-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1872-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-24.html">March 24, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms00991">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Utica, 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 Montgomery James Hunt and Elizabeth (Stringham) Hunt; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to Mary Ann Savage (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sauner-sawtelle.html#024.71.71">John Savage</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Maria Taylor.</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/Ward Hunt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/898/000180358">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5691">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> Preston King (1806-1865) — of Ogdensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Ogdensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/10-14.html">October 14, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ogdensburg.html#3">Ogdensburg, N.Y.</a>, 1833-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County, 1835-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 18th District, 1843-47, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Platform Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NY.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/NY.html">1864</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1857-63; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1865; died in office 1865. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Tied bags of lead shot to his body, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">jumped</a> from the ferryboat Paterson, between New York and Hoboken, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">Lower Hudson River</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/11-12.html">November 12, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms00246">Ogdensburg Cemetery</a>, Ogdensburg, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000211">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406371">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston King (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/771/000118417">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6221615">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> Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/02-27.html">February 27, 1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1874; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 17th District, 1882-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-04.html">October 4, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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 Christopher Yates Lansing and Caroline Mary (Thomas) Lansing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-26.html">November 26, 1873</a>, to Catherine Gansevoort; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#419.52.01">Gerrit Yates Lansing</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#926.88.78">Abraham Gerritse Lansing</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#719.50.72">John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#999.98.53">Abraham Robertse Yates</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#162.20.56">Robert Lansing (1799-1878)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#963.25.01">Frederick Lansing (1806-1861)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#689.23.54">Frederick Lansing (1838-1894)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#577.13.17">Robert Lansing (1864-1928)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#835.90.94">Stuart Douglas Lansing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#365.78.32">Emma Sterling Lansing</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#155.98.48">Agnes Phelps Lansing</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#790.50.30">Abraham Jacob Lansing</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#857.31.62">Samuel Allyne Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#029.86.17">Cornelius Lansing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#628.51.57">Bradford R. Lansing</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis</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/10001-0024.html">Lansing family</a> of 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Lansing">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36391180">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> Levi Augustus Mackey (1819-1889) — also known as Levi A. Mackey — of Lock Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CN-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Pa. Born in Whitedeer Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-25.html">November 25, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lockhaven.html">mayor of Lock Haven, Pa.</a>, 1870; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/PA.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1875-79; defeated, 1868. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Lock Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CN-died.html">Clinton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-08.html">February 8, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CN-buried.html#cms01056">Highland Cemetery</a>, Lock Haven, 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 to Mary Hepburn.</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=M000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407053">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> Alfred Tyrrell Nester (b. 1898) — also known as Alfred T. Nester — of Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Born in Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-19.html">July 19, 1898</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Naples</a>, as of 1921-24; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Naples</a>, 1926-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-consuls.html ">Cardiff</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TS-consuls.html ">Tunis</a>, as of 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Palermo</a>, 1933-38. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. 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 Frederick Tyrrell Nester and Rose Waltham (Pickett) Nester; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/09-23.html">September 23, 1920</a>, to Daphne Munn Licht.</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> Jesse Olds Norton (1812-1875) — also known as Jesse O. Norton — of Joliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-lived.html">Will County</a>, Ill. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/index.html">1812</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> Iroquois and Will counties, 1847; member of Illinois state legislature, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1853-57, 1863-65 (3rd District 1853-57, 6th District 1863-65); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/IL.html">1856</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/index.html">1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WI-buried.html#cms01663">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Joliet, Ill. <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=N000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408233">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003001926/PP/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/692/95.14.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Edward Overton, Jr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Overton Jr. (1836-1903) — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Born in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-born.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/02-04.html">February 4, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 15th District, 1877-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank president</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-died.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-18.html">September 18, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-buried.html#cms00228">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Towanda, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eliza Willing (Clymer) Overton and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#574.03.74">Edward Overton</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Colette Theresa Rossell; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#292.67.69">George Clymer</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#419.18.44">Edward Shippen (1703-1781)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</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/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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=O000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408396">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Overton, Jr.">Wikipedia article</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: Library of Congress</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> Amasa Junius Parker Jr. (1843-1938) — also known as Amasa J. Parker, Jr. — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Delhi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/05-06.html">May 6, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 3rd District, 1882; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1886-87, 1892-95 (17th District 1886-87, 1892-93, 19th District 1894-95). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/05-02.html">May 2, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker1.html#990.38.90">Amasa Junius Parker</a> and Harriet Langdon (Roberts) Parker; married to Cornelia Kane Strong; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#034.83.15">Parker Corning</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#688.07.51">Edwin Corning</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#032.67.40">Erastus Corning II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#580.06.28">Edwin Corning Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/langdon.html#810.83.24">Woodbury Langdon</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/langdon.html#928.40.62">John Langdon</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#391.74.24">Robert Odiorne Treadwell</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://findagrave.com/memorial/132878464">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 Edward Pearce (1842-1902) — also known as Charles E. Pearce — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Whitesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/05-29.html">May 29, 1842</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MO.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1897-1901. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-30.html">January 30, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-buried.html#cms00777">Fort Hill Cemetery</a>, Auburn, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000582">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408564">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> Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rensselaerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/12-20.html">December 20, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#146.66.83">Lyman Tremain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1861-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1870-73; died in office 1873. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among 226 passengers and crew who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> when the steamer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/boat.html">collided</a> with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/boat.html">sank</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-22.html">November 22, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 337 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, 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 Peleg Peckham and Desire (Watson) Peckham; married to Isabella Adaline Lacey and Mary Elizabeth Foote; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#571.37.59">Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr.</a>; uncle of Isabella Peckham (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#389.47.48">Andrew Galbraith Miller</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#023.20.47">Nathaniel Hazard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#528.17.46">Stephen E. Peckham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#233.50.73">Benjamin Hazard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#970.87.08">Ebenezer Hazard</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#927.13.32">Augustus George Hazard</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#405.45.96">Erskine Hazard</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/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0054.html">King-Hazard family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0644.html">Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin family</a> of New York (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=P000180">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408584">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873)">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> Augustus Schell (1812-1884) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rhinebeck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/08-01.html">August 1, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director or trustee of several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> companies; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic state chair</a>, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/NY.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/NY.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1857-61; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">Democratic National Committee from New York</a>, 1872-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1872-76; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 7th District, 1877; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1878. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; Kappa Alpha Society; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</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/1884/03-27.html">March 27, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, 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 Christian Schell and Elizabeth (Hughes) Schell; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schauber-schemanske.html#877.22.01">Richard Schell</a>; married to Anna Mott Fox.</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/Augustus Schell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/143965048">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> Carlton Skinner (b. 1913) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Palo Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-born.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-08.html">April 8, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GU/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Guam</a>, 1949-53; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; Kappa Alpha Society. 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 Macy Millmore Skinner and Marian Weymouth (Junkins) Skinner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-01.html">May 1, 1943</a>, to Jeanne Rowe.</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 Benedict Steele (1814-1866) — also known as John B. Steele — of New York. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/index.html">1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1861-65 (11th District 1861-63, 13th District 1863-65). Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-buried.html#cms01073">Wiltwyck Cemetery</a>, Kingston, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000833">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410297">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_6316595_000/pages/ldpd_6316595_000_00000036.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/730/90.34.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Horace White"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Horace White (1865-1943) — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-07.html">October 7, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1896-1908 (36th District 1896-1906, 38th District 1907-08); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1909-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1910-11. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-died.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/11-26.html">November 26, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 50 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-buried.html#cms00239">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Syracuse, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Horace Keep White and Marion (Strong) White; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/">1903</a> to Jane (Lines) Denison; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#268.84.98">Andrew Dickson White</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/13527.html">White family</a> of Syracuse, New York.</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/horace-white/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace White">Wikipedia article</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: Empire State Notables (1914)</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> Clark Williams — of New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1909-10. 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