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Bowles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#096.49.86">Frederick William Backus Coleman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#398.31.32">Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#160.33.72">Winston Lewis Prouty</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#197.19.87">Edgar Backus Schermerhorn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#663.47.12">Jonathan Trumbull Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#243.02.19">David Trumbull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#757.49.96">Joseph Trumbull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#962.62.00">Jonathan G. W. Trumbull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</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="586.52.68">Backus, Ben</a></b> — of Gering, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Nebraska. Still living as of 2020. </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="556.94.11">Backus, Chester Thurlow</a> (b. 1880)</b> — also known as <b>Chester T. Backus</b> — of Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Born in Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-24.html">March 24, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-officials.html">Otsego County Clerk</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County, 1937-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Allen S. Backus and Ella (Folts) Backus.</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="670.41.53">Backus, Clark B.</a></b> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html#3">Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1853-61. 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="706.45.98">Backus, Clyde J.</a></b> — of Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/tacoma.html#2">Tacoma, Wash.</a>, 1922-32. 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="430.10.08">Backus, Dana C.</a></b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Liberal. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 12th District, 1934. 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="685.58.28">Backus, Dwight</a> (1856-1922)</b> — of Benton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; Benton Township supervisor, 1898-1913; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-parties.html">chair of Eaton County Democratic Party</a>, 1913. Died in Benton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-died.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-27.html">December 27, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html# ">Benton Township Cemetery</a>, Potterville, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Herman Backus and Eliza Jane (Lown) Backus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-17.html">June 17, 1885</a>, to Sophronie 'Fronie' Edman; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#461.69.89">Bartlett Nye</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#768.31.38">Paul Fearing</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.14.78">Hezekiah Nye</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#149.22.49">Thomas Nye</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/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68754163">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="359.33.55">Backus, Edward A.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 6th District, 1962. Still living as of 1962. </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="611.71.43">Backus, Edward W.</a> (c.1834-1920)</b> — Born about 1834. U.S. Consul in Brazil; financial backer of Guglielmo Marconi in the development of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio transmission</a>. Died in Tarpon Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-14.html">June 14, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 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> <b><a name="620.39.48">Backus, Elijah</a></b> — of Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/marietta.html#4">Receiver of U.S. Land Office at Marietta, Ohio</a>, 1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a> from Washington County, 1803-04. 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="725.10.82">Backus, Esther</a></b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1947; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MI.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. 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="347.13.65">Backus, Everett</a></b> — of Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NY.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </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="832.39.67">Backus, Franklin B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/alexandria.html">Mayor of Alexandria, Va.</a>, 1949-52. Presumed deceased. 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="702.27.06">Backus, Frederick F.</a></b> — of New York. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 8th District, 1844-47. 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="689.93.08">Backus, George F.</a></b> — of Massachusetts. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1940 (15th District), 1942 (9th District). Presumed deceased. 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="056.67.28">Backus, George Melville</a> (1883-1957)</b> — of Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-lived.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/03-26.html">March 26, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/winfield.html">Mayor of Winfield, Kan.</a>, 1926. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-09.html">November 9, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 228 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-buried.html#cms05416">Highland Cemetery</a>, Winfield, Kan. </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="705.15.70">Backus, Harry F.</a></b> — of Verona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; Caldwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1907, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NJ.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NJ.html">1916</a> (alternate). 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>Backus, Harry T.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Backus, Harvey</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#030.59.20">J. Harvey Backus</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="614.71.17">Backus, Henry Titus</a> (1809-1877)</b> — also known as <b>Henry T. Backus</b>; <b>Harry T. Backus</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/04-04.html">April 4, 1809</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 3rd District, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Arizona territorial supreme court</a>, 1865-69. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MO-died.html">Mohave County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/07-13.html">July 13, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 100 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MO-buried.html#cms06026">somewhere</a> in Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-buried.html#cms01207">Yantic Cemetery</a>, Norwich, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Backus and Dorothy Church (Chandler) Backus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/12-07.html">December 7, 1835</a>, to Julianna Trumbull Woodbridge (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge (1780-1861)</a>; fourth great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#763.72.14">William Leete</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#075.86.53">Erastus Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#701.74.56">Oliver Wolcott Sr.</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott (1679-1767)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge (1780-1861)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin of <a href="#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John William Allen</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold (1833-1919)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#907.26.47">George Frederick Stone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#551.55.56">Frederic Lincoln Chapin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#946.78.15">Charles Wentworth Upham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#624.49.51">James Samuel Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#135.50.92">Christopher Parsons Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen8.html#349.75.29">Samuel Clesson Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#026.38.52">Henry Leavitt Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#601.47.35">William Wolcott Ellsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#618.50.78">Charles Frederick Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#024.06.44">James Wolcott Wadsworth</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#187.88.31">Edward Oliver Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#407.77.12">Alfred Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#333.69.41">Erastus Clark Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#170.23.75">Sereno Hamilton Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#027.13.03">Samuel Lord (1831-1880)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#911.80.76">Joseph Augustine Scranton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#827.56.76">Samuel Lord (1859-1925)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#797.28.81">John Lee Saltonstall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#742.47.43">Joseph Buell Ely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#659.28.97">Henry Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#759.08.98">Thomas Hale Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#893.69.66">William Whiting Boardman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#136.15.39">Martin Olds</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#273.48.39">Frederick William Lord</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#405.41.29">Elisha Hunt Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#410.76.62">Theodore Sill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#146.55.91">George Washington Wolcott</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#456.12.69">Nathaniel Merriam</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#622.22.29">James Doolittle Wooster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#974.07.84">Henry Meigs Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#715.19.72">John Forsyth Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#957.86.08">Alexander Hamilton Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frank.html#124.41.50">Augustus Frank</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen9.html#323.38.79">William Fessenden Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#845.11.77">Judson B. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.97.85">William Clark Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#948.68.07">Henry Stark Culver</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#232.62.06">Frederick Hobbes Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</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/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>).</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="653.10.65">Backus, Horace J.</a> (1889-1918)</b> — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-13.html">October 13, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Andover, 1915-16. Died in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/10-17.html">October 17, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/29.html">29 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-buried.html# ">New Andover Cemetery</a>, Andover, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Backus and Marion (Jacobs) Backus; married to Gertrude Pond.</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/45340824">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="697.11.06">Backus, Ira Chandler</a> (1805-1866)</b> — also known as <b>Ira C. Backus</b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Born in Fort Ann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/01-10.html">January 10, 1805</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1859-60. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/09-03.html">September 3, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 236 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ebenezer Backus and Jemima (Chandler) Backus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-14.html">May 14, 1829</a>, to Julia Ann Sargent (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sargent.html#348.53.89">Isaac Sargent</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#499.43.84">Harmon Sweatland Conger</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#386.60.61">Lyman Averill Chandler</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#380.89.20">Ephraim Safford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#002.51.58">Orestes Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#322.93.90">Jonathan Usher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#347.95.74">Elijah Abel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#304.90.64">Calvin Fillmore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#243.98.46">James Safford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#475.43.08">James L. Sanborn</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 families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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="525.38.95">Backus, Isaac</a> (1789-1868)</b> — of Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Born in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-27.html">November 27, 1789</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canterbury, 1838. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-13.html">February 13, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-buried.html# ">Raymond Cemetery</a>, Canterbury, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Isaac Backus (1754-1814) and Esther (Shepard) Backus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/04-30.html">April 30, 1817</a>, to Susan P. Barstow; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a> and <a href="#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#587.44.91">Matthew Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#416.38.08">Charles Edward Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#616.27.89">John Sedgwick Hyde</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#301.16.25">Edward Warden Hyde</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#394.34.39">Selden Chapin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#659.28.97">Henry Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#293.51.72">Bela Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#136.15.39">Martin Olds</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#974.07.84">Henry Meigs Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fornance-forsythe.html#715.19.72">John Forsyth Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#757.92.13">Alfred Peck Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#435.96.70">Joseph Ketchum Edgerton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.97.85">William Clark Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#948.68.07">Henry Stark Culver</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#308.16.83">John Leffingwell Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#123.20.81">George Leffingwell Reed</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/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>).</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/79092188">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="030.59.20">Backus, J. Harvey</a></b> — of New York. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 44th District, 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="716.61.85">Backus, Jan</a></b> — of Vermont. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Vermont</a>, 1994. Still living as of 1994. </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="962.84.66">Backus, Jean Rae</a> (b. 1923)</b> — also known as <b>Jean Backus</b>; <b>Jean Rae Ettinger</b>; <b>Mrs. Ross Backus</b> — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee 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/1923/04-24.html">April 24, 1923</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1957, 1969; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MI.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>. Still living as of 1969. <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> Daughter of Glen Lerch Ettinger and Phebe (Wells) Ettinger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-18.html">March 18, 1944</a>, to Ross Allen Backus.</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="985.50.40">Backus, John H., Jr.</a></b> — of New Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MA.html">1928</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 16th District, 1924. 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="689.47.94">Backus, John R.</a></b> — of Colchester, <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 Colchester, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/colchester.html">first selectman of Colchester, Connecticut</a>, 1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/colchester.html#2">warden (borough president) of Colchester, Connecticut</a>, 1911. 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="847.23.21">Backus, Joseph</a></b> — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bridgeport, 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="348.38.20">Backus, Louise</a></b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 6th District, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1962. </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="875.32.82">Backus, Mrs. Nelson W.</a></b> — of Freeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ST-lived.html">Stephenson County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IL.html">1920</a>. <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="120.58.30">Backus, Oswald P.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 36th District, 1914. 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>Backus, Mrs. Ross</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#962.84.66">Jean Rae Backus</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="228.24.07">Backus, Samuel D.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 2nd District, 1854. 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="492.05.02">Backus, Samuel Grant</a> (d. 1953)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel G. Backus</b> — of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Summersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/NI-born.html">Nicholas County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1938. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/index.html">1953</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-buried.html#cms06749">Perry Mount Park Cemetery</a>, Pontiac, Mich. </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="847.28.98">Backus, Samuel W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 13th District, 1877-80; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html#2">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1882-86, 1890-94. 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="409.66.84">Backus, Thomas</a></b> — of Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Killingly, 1829, 1833; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 14th District, 1835, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1849-50. 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="595.32.86">Backus, William C.</a></b> — of Willimantic, Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Windham; elected 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="BACLESSE"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>BACLESSE</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B242">Soundex B242</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#ANACLETUS">ANACLETUS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beckham-bedel.html#BECKLES">BECKLES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#BLESSE">BLESSE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bleakley-blews.html#BLESSED">BLESSED</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#BOUCHLES">BOUCHLES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#BUCKLES">BUCKLES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clementson-cletus.html#CLESS">CLESS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clementson-cletus.html#CLESSLER">CLESSLER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clementson-cletus.html#CLESSON">CLESSON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html#DELESSELINE">DELESSELINE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html#DELESSEPS">DELESSEPS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#ESSE">ESSE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#LESSELS">LESSELS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#LESSELYOUNG">LESSELYOUNG</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#LESSEN">LESSEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#LESSER">LESSER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#MACLEAN">MACLEAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#MACLEAY">MACLEAY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#MACLEISH">MACLEISH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#MACLELLAN">MACLELLAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#MACLEOD">MACLEOD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#MIRACLE">MIRACLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#SCHLESSEL">SCHLESSEL</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="439.97.83">Baclesse, Buell A.</a></b> — Republican. 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