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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Grand Army of the Republic, politicians, California</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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Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/09-21.html">September 21, 1839</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">feed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">grain</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1909-13. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; Grand Army of the Republic; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, and died two months later, in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-02.html">August 2, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01088">Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Annie Yeiser.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Alexander (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7698948">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> Henry Clay Bates (1843-1909) — also known as Henry C. Bates — of St. Johnsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-lived.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt. Born in Derby Line, Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-29.html">January 29, 1843</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-officials.html">Caledonia County State's Attorney</a>, 1880-82, 1892-94; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Caledonia County, 1886-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1896-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a>, 1898-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/VT.html">1900</a>; U.S. Judge for the Philippine Islands, 1901-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-12.html">March 12, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WO-buried.html#cms08424">Smithland Cemetery</a>, Smithland, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Laura E. Jenness.</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/26915698">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) — also known as William H. Bonsall — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/02-10.html">February 10, 1846</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html">mayor of Los Angeles, Calif.</a>, 1892. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in California, July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01088">Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Bonsall and Mary (Mills) Bonsall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-02.html">October 2, 1871</a>, to Ella Doddridge McFarland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Hartshorn Bonsall">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73656950">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) — of Elkhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/EL-lived.html">Elkhart County</a>, Ind. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-29.html">January 29, 1844</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/elkhart.html">mayor of Elkhart, Ind.</a>, 1880-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 13th District, 1893-95. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-05.html">January 5, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/EL-buried.html#cms03305">Grace Lawn Cemetery</a>, Elkhart, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000683">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402809">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) — also known as Milton J. Daniels — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-lived.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn.; Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-lived.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif. Born in Cobleskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SH-born.html">Schoharie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/04-18.html">April 18, 1838</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 14, 1883-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 14th District, 1887-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 8th District, 1903-05. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Riverside, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-died.html">Riverside County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-01.html">December 1, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/RI-buried.html#cms03349">Evergreen Memorial Park</a>, Riverside, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#005.50.60">John V. Daniels</a> and Hester Ann (Wheeler) Daniels; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Jennie E. Booth.</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=D000042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403182">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6406562">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12457">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> Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) — of Kansas. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-02.html">May 2, 1841</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1901-03. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Turlock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-died.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/05-29.html">May 29, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-buried.html#cms04379">Turlock Cemetery</a>, Turlock, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Roxbury, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/12-14.html">December 14, 1840</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Washington territorial supreme court</a>, 1870-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Washington territorial supreme court</a>, 1879-87; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a>, 1888; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Washington</a>, 1890. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-17.html">February 17, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 65 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-17.html">August 17, 1866</a>, to Grace Wooster; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-04.html">August 4, 1918</a>, to May (Collins) Jones; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#905.67.06">William Maxwell Evarts</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#527.30.17">Henry Sherman Boutell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#883.29.86">Roger Sherman Greene II</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#184.57.68">Roger Sherman</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evar-everel.html#720.99.92">Maxwell Evarts</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#707.40.36">Simeon Eben Baldwin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#529.19.33">Rockwood Hoar</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#149.45.68">Sherman Hoar</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#123.27.66">Roger Kent</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1051.html">Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family</a> of Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) — also known as Henry Z. Osborne — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in New Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/10-04.html">October 4, 1848</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CA.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">California Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1890-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losangeles.html#9">U.S. Collector of Customs at Wilmington, Calif., California</a>, 1890-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 10th District, 1917-23; defeated, 1914; died in office 1923. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-08.html">February 8, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01088">Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Zenas Osborne and Juliaette (Bristol) Osborne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/12-11.html">December 11, 1872</a>, to Helen Annas.</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=O000112">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408368">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7406877">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Myron Sabin (1833-1890) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis.; Treasure Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WP-lived.html">White Pine County</a>, Nev.; Pioche, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Nev.; Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EU-lived.html">Eureka County</a>, Nev. Born in Ohio, August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/index.html">1833</a>. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Nevada</a>, 1882-90; died in office 1890. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-12.html">May 12, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-buried.html#cms00182">Lone Mountain Cemetery</a>, Carson City, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Wells Sabin and Clarissa (Church) Sabin.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2086&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5132323">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sabin-george-myron">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/12-25.html">December 25, 1836</a>. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Washington Territory</a>, 1870-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 42nd District, 1889-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-18.html">July 18, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms08016">Salem Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#871.11.38">Edward P. Salomon</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/5996340">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> Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) — also known as Stephen G. Whipple — of Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-lived.html">Humboldt County</a>, Calif. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/11-05.html">November 5, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55, 1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-died.html">Humboldt County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-21.html">October 21, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/HU-buried.html#cms05608">Myrtle Grove Cemetery</a>, Eureka, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Downey Works (1847-1928) — also known as John D. Works — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born near Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-29.html">March 29, 1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1879; state court judge in California, 1886-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1888-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1911-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CA.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-06.html">June 6, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 69 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms02104">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a>, Inglewood, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000743">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411892">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John D. Works">Wikipedia article</a></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. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. 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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>