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Bacon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#534.40.01">Selden Brewer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown8.html#338.93.57">Selden S. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#599.34.43">Selden C. Clobridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connor.html#709.23.65">Selden Connor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook8.html#165.36.81">Selden Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#760.49.06">Selden L. Cooke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#473.22.28">Selden B. Dickinson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#579.68.44">William Selden Gale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#211.05.97">Josiah Gale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#933.29.80">Robert Selden Garnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson8.html#315.67.01">Selden G. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#860.91.11">H. Selden Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelley.html#912.11.34">Selden D. Kelley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king8.html#995.55.69">Selden R. King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#895.19.63">H. Selden Loring</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#455.06.89">Selden Maiden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#316.68.88">Selden B. Manwaring</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmanaway-mcmickle.html#893.97.44">Selden A. McMeans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miner.html#868.61.09">Selden S. Miner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#428.38.59">Selden B. Palm</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roads-robberson.html#116.39.52">John Selden Roane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#150.12.60">Robert Selden Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#702.98.13">Selden Palmer Spencer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#429.17.68">George Selden Wallace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#315.65.21">Miles Selden Watkins</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="479.40.83">Selden, Mrs. Armistead</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="108.56.98">Selden, Armistead Inge, Jr.</a> (1921-1985)</b> — also known as <b>Armistead I. Selden, Jr.</b> — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HA-lived.html">Hale County</a>, Ala. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HA-born.html">Hale County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-20.html">February 20, 1921</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1951-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1953-69 (6th District 1953-63, at-large 1963-65, 5th District 1965-69); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1968 (Democratic primary), 1980 (Republican primary); U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FJ-diplomats.html ">Fiji</a>, 1974-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NZ-diplomats.html ">New Zealand</a>, 1974-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TN-diplomats.html ">Tonga</a>, 1974-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SX-diplomats.html ">Western Samoa</a>, 1974-79. <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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/11-14.html">November 14, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HA-buried.html#cms01279">Greensboro Cemetery</a>, Greensboro, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Mary Jane Wright.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000232">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409737">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistead I. Selden, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/selden-armistead-inge ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7120862">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="336.27.05">Selden, Charles</a> (1756-1820)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/11-23.html">November 23, 1756</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County, 1803-04; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Eastern District, 1807-15. Died in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-died.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/01-01.html">January 1, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-buried.html# ">Lansingburgh Village Cemetery</a>, Troy, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Selden and Elizabeth (Ely) Selden; married to Abigail Warren Jones; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#579.68.44">William Selden Gale</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#211.05.97">Josiah Gale</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#905.19.02">George Candee Gale</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/37968.html">Gale-Selden family</a> of Galesburg, Illinois.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44869488">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="574.72.85">Selden, Dudley</a> (d. 1855)</b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1831; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1833-34; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839. Died in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-died.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-07.html">November 7, 1855</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000233">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412095">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3925">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="696.17.39">Selden, Edward</a></b> — of New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y. Socialist. Delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="022.57.53">Selden, Ernest L.</a></b> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lyme; elected 1932. 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> <b><a name="294.18.32">Selden, G. C.</a></b> — of Independence Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/independence-twp.html">supervisor of Independence Township, Michigan</a>, 1905. 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> <b><a name="839.47.63">Selden, Hannah M.</a></b> — of Haddam Neck, Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/haddam.html#3">Haddam Neck, Conn.</a>, 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="333.81.96">Selden, Henry R.</a> (1805-1885)</b> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1857-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NY.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1862; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1870; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 2nd District, 1866; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms00423">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Rochester, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="369.50.17">Selden, Jack W.</a></b> — of Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1992-93. Still living as of 1993. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="774.77.67">Selden, Jacob M.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oswego County 2nd District, 1855. 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> <b><a name="951.50.30">Selden, Joseph</a> (1787-1824)</b> — of Arkansas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HC-born.html">Henrico County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/05-07.html">May 7, 1787</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Arkansas territorial supreme court</a>, 1820-24; died in office 1824. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Killed</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/duels.html">duel</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott1.html#285.00.93">Andrew Scott</a>, on an island in the Mississippi River, near Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PH-died.html">Phillips County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-26.html">May 26, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 19 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> <b><a name="788.07.56">Selden, Joseph</a></b> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Pennsylvania. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Connecticut District, 1869-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CT.html">1876</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> <b><a name="007.36.42">Selden, Joseph P.</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-consuls.html ">Bangkok</a>, as of 1904-05. 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> <b><a name="644.06.69">Selden, Leonard J.</a></b> — of Haddam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Haddam; elected 1918, 1920. 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> <b><a name="123.07.78">Selden, Richard E.</a></b> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lyme, 1823. 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> <b><a name="645.15.17">Selden, Richard E., Jr.</a></b> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 9th District, 1844. 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> <b><a name="217.06.55">Selden, Samuel C.</a></b> — of Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lyme, 1834, 1838; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 9th District, 1840-41. 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> <b><a name="350.20.15">Selden, Samuel L.</a></b> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coacj.html">chief judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1862. 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> <b><a name="493.96.35">Selden, Terry</a></b> — of Blair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/blair.html">mayor of Blair, Neb.</a>; elected 1895. 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