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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Clay County, Minn.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Haagenson — of Barnesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-13.html">December 13, 1879</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 49th District, 1923-25; died in office 1925. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/index.html">1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Interment at Barnesville City Cemetery. <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 Ellen Sigrid Bolinder.</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/88831411">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13138">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01093">Hawley Cemetery</a> Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Knud Magnus Wefald (1869-1936) — also known as Knud Wefald — of Hawley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in Kragero, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-03.html">November 3, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1913-16 (District 60 1913-14, District 49 1915-16); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 9th District, 1923-27; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1928, 1930; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/rwc.html">Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission</a>, 1933-36; died in office 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/10-25.html">October 25, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Hawley Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Sarah Skree; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#271.69.00">Knut Magnus Wefald</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=W000251">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411419">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6922411">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> Knut Magnus Wefald (1900-1991) — also known as Magnus Wefald — of Hawley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in Hawley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-born.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-21.html">April 21, 1900</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 49th District, 1947-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died, in St. John's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Fargo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/02-09.html">February 9, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at Hawley Cemetery. <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/weems-weinland.html#244.50.11">Knud Magnus Wefald</a> and Sarah (Skree) Wefald; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/11-22.html">November 22, 1924</a>, to Verna M. Ellingson.</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/160734260">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02658">Prairie Home Cemetery</a> Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) — also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B. Douglas — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Leyden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-21.html">September 21, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 50, 1895-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/attygn.html">Minnesota state attorney general</a>, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Minnesota state supreme court</a>, 1904-05; appointed 1904. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/index.html">1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. <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 Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/">1881</a> to Ella M. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12586">Minnesota Legislator record</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> Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842-1933) — of Minnesota. Born in Argyle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/05-09.html">May 9, 1842</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 41, 1876-77, 1879-82; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 44th District, 1883-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1889-91. Died in Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-03.html">June 3, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. <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">Epitaph: "Pioneer citizen of the northwest, sharing in its development and believing steadfastly in its future. Lawyer, member of the State Legislature and of Congress; Instrumental in establishing the state teachers college in Moorhead, Regent of the University of Minnesota. 'Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest; whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure; whatsoever things are lovely; whatsoever things are of good report.' He thought on these things."</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=C000665">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402792">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11773">Minnesota Legislator record</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> Arthur G. Lewis (1860-1900) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/moorhead.html">Mayor of Moorhead, Minn.</a>, 1893-96, 1897-98. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">about 40 years</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Erich Carl F. Hansen (1854-1891) — also known as Erich Hansen — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-18.html">April 18, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/moorhead.html">Mayor of Moorhead, Minn.</a>, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Died in Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-07.html">December 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 233 days</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. <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/trippe-trumbo.html#072.72.38">Henry Casper Truelsen</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/8537856">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> Bottolf T. Bottolfson (1892-1976) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-10.html">December 10, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/moorhead.html">Mayor of Moorhead, Minn.</a>, 1927-29, 1962-63. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/03-27.html">March 27, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/08-07.html">August 7, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/moorhead.html">Mayor of Moorhead, Minn.</a>, 1913-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, in Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-26.html">March 26, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George E. Perley (d. 1927) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 60, 1903-06; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MN.html">1904</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/05-17.html">May 17, 1927</a>. Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Grace Harriet Geib (1913-2003) — also known as Harriet Geib; Grace Harriet Hagen; Mrs. Marvin Geib — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-03.html">August 3, 1913</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MN.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MN.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-phi-beta.html">Gamma Phi Beta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/02-09.html">February 9, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery. <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: Daughter of O. J. Hagen; married to Marvin J. Geib; granddaughter of Frank Weld.</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/32632535">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06066">Riverside Cemetery</a> Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Goodwin L. Dosland (d. 1983) — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 3rd District, 1938. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a>. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06082">Rollag Cemetery</a> Rollag, Clay County, Minnesota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674258507/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/279/57.95.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Stephen N. Lee"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen N. Lee (1860-1942) — of Parke Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in Rollag, Telemark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-17.html">April 17, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1911-12, 1917-18 (District 60 1911-12, District 49 1917-18). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-15.html">February 15, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Rollag Cemetery. <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 Nils Nilson Fikkaneiet Lia and Ambjor Torkelsdtr (Wamreeit) Lia; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Margaret Halvorsen.</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.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13555">Minnesota Legislator record</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: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>