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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Denver city & county, Colo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Calvary Cemetery</a> <li>Denver <a href="cms00495">Riverside Cemetery</a> <li>Denver <a href="cms06562">St. John's Episcopal Cathedral</a> </ul> <hr> <a name=" ">Congregation Emanuel Cemetery</a> 430 South Quebec Street Denver, Colorado Founded 1874 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1963499&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> Ira Louis Quiat (1891-1967) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-born.html">Weld County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-01.html">November 1, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/01-02.html">January 2, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at Congregation Emanuel 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 Anna (Shames) Quiat and Philip Quiat; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-15.html">June 15, 1921</a>, to Esther Greenblatt.</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/65747333">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a> 430 South Quebec Street Denver, Colorado Founded 1890 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=57267&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> Robert Walter Speer (1855-1918) — also known as Robert W. Speer — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/HU-born.html">Huntingdon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-01.html">December 1, 1855</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1886-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1904-12, 1916-18. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 George W. Speer and Jane Ann (Brewster) Speer; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/">1882</a> to Kate A. Thrush.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#361.80.40">John S. Irby</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/7245184">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506765445/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/163/66.32.jpg" width=70 height=120 border=0 alt="Henry M. Teller"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914) — also known as Henry M. Teller — of Central City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GI-lived.html">Gilpin County</a>, Colo. Born in Granger, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-born.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/05-23.html">May 23, 1830</a>. Republican. <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/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1876-82, 1885-1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Interior</a>, 1882-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CO.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-23.html">February 23, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 276 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tazewell-temmey.html#802.15.65">James H. Teller</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/TE.html">Teller County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry M. Teller (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=T000116">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410698">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry M. Teller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6654619">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)</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> Dewey Crossman Bailey (1860-1937) — also known as Dewey C. Bailey — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-born.html">Branch County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1888-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1919-23. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey1.html#792.91.89">Adella Brown</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/8477849">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 J. Barker (d. 1911) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1874-76. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/index.html">1911</a>. Entombed at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11126947">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> Wolfe Londoner (1842-1912) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CO.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1889-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/index.html">1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11127377">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 Davis Begole (1877-1956) — also known as George D. Begole — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kirksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-born.html">Adair County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-28.html">May 28, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1931-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-22.html">December 22, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Davis W. Begole and Lydia (Stanford) Begole; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-01.html">June 1, 1927</a>, to Ethel Waldo.</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/11148304">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 V. Johnson (b. 1852) — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Ky.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-06.html">August 6, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SC-officials.html">Scott County Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Colorado</a>, 1893-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1899-1901. Interment at Fairmount 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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berry.html#302.05.09">John Berry</a>; son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#914.11.37">George W. Johnson</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/17350.html">Johnson family</a> of Georgetown, Kentucky.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Quigg Newton Jr. (1911-2003) — also known as J. Quigg Newton — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-03.html">August 3, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1947-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Colorado system, 1956-63. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/04-04.html">April 4, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 244 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Virginia Shafroth.</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/7327703">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> Thomas S. McMurray — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1895-99. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) — also known as Edwin C. Johnson; "Big Ed" — of Craig, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MF-lived.html">Moffat County</a>, Colo. Born in Scandia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RP-born.html">Republic County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-01.html">January 1, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad work</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telegrapher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1923-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1933-37, 1955-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-30.html">May 30, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 149 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Nels Johnson and Anna Belle (Lunn) Johnson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-17.html">February 17, 1907</a>, to Fern Claire Armitage.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> — The Johnson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Tunnel</a> (opened 1979), which carries eastbound I-70 under the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/SU-names.html">Summit County</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CC-names.html">Clear Creek County</a>, Colorado, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=J000127">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406026">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edwin-carl-johnson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin C. Johnson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7362877">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> Robert Morris — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1881-83; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1883-86. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marion D. Van Horn — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1893-95. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James McDaniel Perkins (b. 1863) — also known as James M. Perkins — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SF-born.html">St. Francois County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-08.html">January 8, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1913-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Interment at Fairmount 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 Joseph C. Perkins and Rachel (Powell) Perkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-08.html">June 8, 1892</a>, to Hattie F. Montague.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Franklin Shafroth (1854-1922) — also known as John F. Shafroth — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-born.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-09.html">June 9, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1895-1904; resigned 1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1913-19; defeated (Democratic), 1918. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-20.html">February 20, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Virginia Morrison; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffner-shanley.html#023.58.86">Morrison Shafroth</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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John F. Shafroth (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">North Pacific Ocean</a>, 1964) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=S000279">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409778">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-franklin-shafroth/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John F. Shafroth">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7362880">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> Eugene Donald Millikin (1891-1958) — also known as Eugene D. Millikin — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Hamilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-12.html">February 12, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1941-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CO.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CO.html">1952</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CO.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/07-26.html">July 26, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 164 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Samuel Hunter Millikin and Mary (Schelly) Millikin; married to Delia Alsena (Shepard) Schuyler (widow of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#240.15.79">Karl Cortlandt Schuyler</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/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000771">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407749">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene Millikin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8678132">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=73809">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis M. Case — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1873-74. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/370/39.78.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Charles S. Thomas"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Spalding Thomas (1849-1934) — also known as Charles S. Thomas — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Darien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MI-born.html">McIntosh County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-06.html">December 6, 1849</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/CO.html">1880</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/CO.html">1900</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/officers.html">Temporary Chair</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CO.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CO.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a>, 1884; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Democratic National Committee from Colorado</a>, 1884-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1899-1901; defeated, 1894; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1913-21; defeated (National), 1920. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-24.html">June 24, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 200 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Fairmount 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 Emma Gould Fletcher.</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=T000160">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410742">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-spalding-thomas/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Spalding Thomas">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13077989">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minneapolis Times, July 5, 1900</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> Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) — also known as Lawrence C. Phipps — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Amityville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/08-30.html">August 30, 1862</a>. Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel</a> Corporation; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CO.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CO.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Republican National Committee from Colorado</a>, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Santa Monica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/03-01.html">March 1, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 183 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps; married to Genevieve Chandler; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#826.98.21">Lawrence C. Phipps Jr.</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=P000317">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408716">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence C. Phipps">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7362960">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> Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) — also known as Peter H. Dominick — of Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-07.html">July 7, 1915</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1957-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1961-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CO.html">1972</a> (delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-diplomats.html ">Switzerland</a>, 1975. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in Hobe Sound, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-died.html">Martin County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/03-18.html">March 18, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/smith4.html#854.93.45">Howard Alexander Smith</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=D000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403522">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter H. Dominick">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/dominick-peter-hoyt ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7362912">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 Henry Gabbert (1849-1923) — also known as William H. Gabbert — of Telluride, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/SM-lived.html">San Miguel County</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-12.html">October 12, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Colorado 7th District, 1893-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1898-1917; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1904-07, 1915-17. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/index.html">1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-19.html">December 19, 1883</a>, to Eva Adams.</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/54691199">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> Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) — also known as Samuel D. Nicholson — of Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PE-born.html">Prince Edward Island</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-22.html">February 22, 1859</a>. Republican. President and general manager, Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> Co.; director, Denver National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, American National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Leadville, Colo.), First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Monte Vista, Colo.); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/leadville.html">mayor of Leadville, Colo.</a>, 1893-97; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1914, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1921-23; died in office 1923. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver-cancer.html">liver cancer</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-24.html">March 24, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 30 days</a>). Entombed at Fairmount 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 Donald M. Nicholson and Catherine (McKenzie) Nicholson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Anne Nerey.</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=N000101">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408186">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel D. Nicholson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365626">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> Edward Prentiss Costigan (1874-1939) — also known as Edward P. Costigan — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/KW-born.html">King William County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/07-01.html">July 1, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1912, 1914; U.S. Tariff Commissioner, 1917-28.; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1927-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CO.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/01-17.html">January 17, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Mabel Cory.</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=C000797">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402916">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward P. Costigan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7362972">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> Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) — also known as Gordon Allott — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo.; Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-born.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-02.html">January 2, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CO.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CO.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CO.html">1964</a> (delegation chair), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CO.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1950-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1955-73; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-pi.html">Delta Sigma Pi</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Swedish <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-died.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/01-17.html">January 17, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/05-15.html">May 15, 1934</a>, to Welda O. Hall.</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=A000161">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400816">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon L. Allott">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774863">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=7388">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Macdonald Patterson (1839-1916) — also known as Thomas M. Patterson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in County Carlow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/11-04.html">November 4, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory</a>, 1875-77; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Democratic National Committee from Colorado Territory</a>, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/CO.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1877-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/CO.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/CO.html">1892</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1888, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1901-07. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/07-23.html">July 23, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 James Patterson and Margaret (Mountjoy) Patterson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/">1863</a> to Katherine Grafton.</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=P000130">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408537">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas M. Patterson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365590">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> Nathaniel Peter Hill (1832-1900) — also known as Nathaniel P. Hill — of Black Hawk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GI-lived.html">Gilpin County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-18.html">February 18, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trcn.html">Member Colorado territorial council</a>, 1872-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1879-85. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-22.html">May 22, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Alice Hale.</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=H000603">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405464">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel P. Hill">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363009">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 James Hughes Jr. (1853-1911) — also known as Charles J. Hughes, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CD-born.html">Caldwell County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-16.html">February 16, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CO.html">1904</a> (secretary, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CO.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1909-11; died in office 1911. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pernicious-anemia.html">pernicious anemia</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">myelitis</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-11.html">January 11, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 329 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Lucy Menefee; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#013.56.64">Gerald Hughes</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=H000919">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405764">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles J. Hughes, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363022">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 Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) — also known as Stephen W. Dorsey — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PH-lived.html">Phillips County</a>, Ark.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Benson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/02-28.html">February 28, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/AR.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AR.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">frauds</a> against the U.S. Post Office Department; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-20.html">March 20, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000441">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403551">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Wallace Dorsey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363219">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 Lee Knous (1889-1959) — also known as W. Lee Knous — of Montrose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MO-lived.html">Montrose County</a>, Colo. Born in Ouray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/OU-born.html">Ouray County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-02.html">February 2, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a> 17th District, 1930-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1937-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1946-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Colorado</a>, 1950. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> at his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, and died soon after in St. Joseph's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/12-11.html">December 11, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 312 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Elsie Marie Grabow; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knill-knowland.html#113.86.91">Robert Lee Knous</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://www.nga.org/governor/william-lee-knous/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8740144">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> Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) — also known as Frederick W. Pitkin — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/08-31.html">August 31, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1879-83. Died in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-died.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-18.html">December 18, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Eli Pitkin and Hannah M. (Torrey) Pitkin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-17.html">June 17, 1862</a>, to Fidelia Maria James; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#459.87.70">William Greene</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#539.20.10">Roger Wolcott</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#245.04.04">William Greene Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#700.58.06">Daniel Pitkin</a>; second cousin four times removed 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>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#115.37.60">George Eastman</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#935.22.52">Ray Greene</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#966.75.11">Thomas Chittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#451.94.48">Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#282.75.32">Josiah Meigs</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#954.23.04">Abel Madison Scranton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#902.34.84">Silas Condict</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#785.33.52">Ensign Hosmer Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#584.07.76">John Robert Graham Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#949.54.81">Clarence Horatio Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#062.41.93">Carroll Peabody Pitkin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#499.87.77">Caleb Seymour Pitkin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#778.50.42">Eldred C. Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0495.html">Beakes-Greene-Witter family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PI.html">Pitkin County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frederick-walker-pitkin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363041">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> Rice William Means (1877-1949) — also known as Rice W. Means; "Puffed Rice" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-born.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-16.html">November 16, 1877</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD-officials.html">Adams County Judge</a>, 1902-04; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1924-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kkk.html">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-30.html">January 30, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to C. Frances Dickinson.</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=M000621">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407610">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice W. Means">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363036">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> John Taylor Adams (1873-1942) — also known as John T. Adams — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in LaPorte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-25.html">December 25, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1925-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1931-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Thomas Leander Adams and Nannie (Pressly) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-29.html">May 29, 1902</a>, to Sue E. Raber.</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/29343735">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> Clarence J. Morley (1869-1948) — of Colorado. Born in Dyersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/02-09.html">February 9, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1925-27. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-15.html">November 15, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/clarence-morley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7209321">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> Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887-1950) — also known as Ralph L. Carr — of Antonito, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CO-lived.html">Conejos County</a>, Colo. Born in Rosita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CU-born.html">Custer County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-11.html">December 11, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CO-officials.html">Conejos County Attorney</a>, 1922-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Colorado</a>, 1929-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CO.html">1940</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-22.html">September 22, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 William Frank Carr and Mattie (Kimberlin) Carr; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-01.html">February 1, 1913</a>, to Gretchen Fowler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill9.html#161.27.71">William S. Hill</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://www.nga.org/governor/ralph-lawrence-carr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5838165">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Ralph Carr: Adam Schrager, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555916546/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1555916546&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr Story</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> Job Adams Cooper (1843-1899) — of Colorado. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/11-06.html">November 6, 1843</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1889-91. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-20.html">January 20, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Jane O. Barnes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/job-adams-cooper/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363026">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> James Benton Grant (1848-1911) — also known as James B. Grant — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-02.html">January 2, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Mining</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">smelting</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/CO.html">1884</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney</a> trouble, in Excelsior Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CY-died.html">Clay County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-01.html">November 1, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Mary Goodell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#496.19.44">James Grant</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://www.nga.org/governor/james-benton-grant/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363017">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> Elias Milton Ammons (1860-1925) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MC-born.html">Macon County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/07-28.html">July 28, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1890-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives</a>, 1893-94; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1898-1902; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1904, 1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1913-15. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-20.html">May 20, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Jehu R. Ammons and Margaret C. (Brendle) Ammons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-29.html">January 29, 1889</a>, to Elizabeth Fleming; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#955.75.47">Teller Ammons</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://www.nga.org/governor/elias-milton-ammons/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7738151">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> James H. Teller (1850-1937) — of Colorado. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/06-14.html">June 14, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trsc.html">Secretary of Colorado Territory</a>, 1883-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1915-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1923-25. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-25.html">January 25, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tazewell-temmey.html#163.66.32">Henry Moore Teller</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/9710050">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 Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) — also known as William E. Sweet — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-27.html">January 27, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Investment banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1923-25; defeated (Republican), 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/CO.html">1924</a>; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1926, 1936 (primary). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-09.html">May 9, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Channing Sweet; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/">1892</a> to Joyeuse L. Fullerton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-ellery-sweet/">National Governors Association biography</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 Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) — also known as Henry A. Buchtel — of Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind.; Knightstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HN-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Ind.; Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind.; Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind.; East Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born near Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-born.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/09-30.html">September 30, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Ordained minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">chancellor</a>, University of Denver, 1900-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1907-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/10-22.html">October 22, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Dr. Jonathan B. Buchtel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-04.html">February 4, 1873</a>, to Mary Nelson Stevenson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-augustus-buchtel/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7249153">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> Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) — of Trinidad, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LA-lived.html">Las Animas County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-31.html">October 31, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Colorado 3rd District, 1889-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals</a>, 1901-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1917-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/10-26.html">October 26, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/gundry-guthery.html#181.65.37">Thomas Montague Gunter</a> and Marcella (Jackson) Gunter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/04-30.html">April 30, 1884</a>, to Bettie Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/julius-caldeen-gunter/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8740120">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> Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-born.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-03.html">April 3, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CO.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Struck by an automobile</a>, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/07-31.html">July 31, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 119 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millikin-milliorn.html#300.16.36">Eugene Donald Millikin</a>); grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George Washington Schuyler</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#239.05.05">Eugene Schuyler</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#103.37.19">James Parker</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000152">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409659">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl C. Schuyler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774917">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> Teller Ammons (1895-1972) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-03.html">December 3, 1895</a>. Democrat. 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/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1930-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1937-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/01-16.html">January 16, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/amick-andersen.html#843.67.37">Elias Milton Ammons</a> and Elizabeth (Fleming) Ammons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-09.html">September 9, 1933</a>, to Esther Davis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/teller-ammons/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7738167">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> Moses Hallett (1834-1913) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-born.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/07-16.html">July 16, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trcn.html">member Colorado territorial council</a>, 1863-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Colorado territorial supreme court</a>, 1866-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Colorado</a>, 1877-1906; retired 1906. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-25.html">April 25, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Moses Hallett and Eunice Hallett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/02-09.html">February 9, 1882</a>, to Katharine Felt.</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=953&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Moses Hallett">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11134279">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> James Edward Garrigues (b. 1852) — also known as James E. Garrigues — of Glenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MI-lived.html">Mills County</a>, Iowa; Greeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-lived.html">Weld County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-born.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/10-06.html">October 6, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district attorney 8th District, 1888-94; district judge in Colorado 8th District, 1903-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1910-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1919-21. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Interment at Fairmount 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 James Miller Garrigues and Harriet (Tuthill) Garrigues; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-03.html">May 3, 1880</a>, to Clara L. Boehner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-19.html">January 19, 1911</a>, to Alice Roberts.</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 Newell Vaile (1876-1927) — also known as William N. Vaile — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kokomo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-22.html">June 22, 1876</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1919-27; defeated, 1916; died in office 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">riding in an automobile</a> in or near Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-02.html">July 2, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Joel Frederick Vaile and Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-14.html">June 14, 1915</a>, to Kate Rothwell Varrell.</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=V000004">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411063">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William N. Vaile">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261121">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> Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) — also known as Frank L. Hagaman — of Fairway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Born in Bushnell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MD-born.html">McDonough County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-01.html">June 1, 1894</a>. Republican. 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/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kansas State House of Representatives</a>, 1945-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1945; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kansas</a>, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1950-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/06-23.html">June 23, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Elizabeth Blair Sutton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-lester-hagaman/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11262353">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 Gifford Symes (1840-1893) — also known as George G. Symes — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-born.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/04-28.html">April 28, 1840</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of Montana territorial supreme court</a>, 1869; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1885-89. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-03.html">November 3, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410584">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261161">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 Robb Eaton (1877-1942) — also known as William R. Eaton — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Pugwash, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-born.html">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-17.html">December 17, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1915-18, 1923-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1929-33; defeated, 1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CO.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-16.html">December 16, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Cyrus Black Eaton and Margaret (Whidden) Eaton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/09-16.html">September 16, 1909</a>, to Leila Carter; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#573.43.35">Charles Aubrey Eaton</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=E000027">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403722">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261197">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> Dean Milton Gillespie (1884-1949) — also known as Dean M. Gillespie — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Salina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SA-born.html">Saline County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-03.html">May 3, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1944-47; defeated, 1946. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/02-02.html">February 2, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000194">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404559">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261250">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> James Henry Platt Jr. (1837-1894) — also known as James H. Platt, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CA-born.html">Canada</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/07-13.html">July 13, 1837</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 2nd District, 1869-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> in Green Lake, near Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CC-died.html">Clear Creek County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-13.html">August 13, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Sophia Chase.</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=P000380">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408774">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261267">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> Jackson Orr (1832-1926) — of Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FY-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/09-21.html">September 21, 1832</a>. Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1871-75 (6th District 1871-73, 9th District 1873-75). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/03-15.html">March 15, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000103">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408360">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261362">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> Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) — also known as Homer F. Bedford — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-lived.html">Weld County</a>, Colo.; Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Balltown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/VE-born.html">Vernon County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-16.html">March 16, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-officials.html">Weld County Assessor</a>, 1922-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trea.html">Colorado state treasurer</a>, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/aud.html">Colorado state auditor</a>, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57, 1959-63; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-died.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/03-26.html">March 26, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 John Franklin Bedford and Eliza Ann (Summers) Bedford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-22.html">June 22, 1904</a>, to Stella Valencia Cornell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-09.html">June 9, 1951</a>, to Corrine G. Faust.</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/14031795">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> Jasper Delos Ward (1829-1902) — of Illinois. Born in Java Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/02-01.html">February 1, 1829</a>. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 2nd District, 1873-75. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-06.html">August 6, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Cincinnatus Ward and Eliza A. (Wooster) Ward; married to Emma Jane Raworth.</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=W000135">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411310">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261370">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/9981060404/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/431/61.29.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Rufus Switzer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rufus Switzer (1855-1947) — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-born.html">Cabell County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-25.html">October 25, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/huntington.html">mayor of Huntington, W.Va.</a>, 1909-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">coal mining executive</a>. Died in Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-died.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/03-25.html">March 25, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Ellen Vara (Doolittle) Switzer and Jonathan Switzer; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Emma E. Merrill.</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/91984785">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Huntington Through Seventy-Five Years (1947)</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 Washington Cook (1851-1916) — also known as George W. Cook — of Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/11-10.html">November 10, 1851</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/leadville.html">mayor of Leadville, Colo.</a>, 1885-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1907-09. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-died.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-18.html">December 18, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</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=C000717">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402840">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261390">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 John Kindel (1855-1930) — also known as George J. Kindel — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/03-02.html">March 2, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Upholstery and furniture business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916 (Liberal), 1927 (Independent); Kindel Commercial Equality candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1914. Injured in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a> near Hillrose, Colo., and subsequently died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Brush, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MR-died.html">Morgan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-28.html">February 28, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406350">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George John Kindel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261405">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> Fred Farrar (1877-1961) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Evans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-born.html">Weld County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-15.html">November 15, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1913-16; secretary and general counsel, Colorado <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Fuel</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/index.html">1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 John H. Farrar and Agnes I. (McCain) Farrar; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-12.html">February 12, 1907</a>, to Mary H. McMenemy.</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/55374176">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 Van Derveer Hodges (1878-1965) — also known as William V. Hodges — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Westville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/07-06.html">July 6, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CO.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CO.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CO.html">1932</a>; member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">1924</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/speakers.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">1928</a>; Convention Vice-President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">1928</a>; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Treasurer of Republican National Committee</a>, 1924-28. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-psi.html">Delta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 George Lincoln Hodges and Ella (Van Derveer) Hodges; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/12-03.html">December 3, 1902</a>, to Mabel E. Gilluly; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Catherine Lowndes.</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 Evans Burney (1893-1969) — also known as William E. Burney — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Hubbard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HI-born.html">Hill County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-11.html">September 11, 1893</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance executive</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-29.html">January 29, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-26.html">October 26, 1921</a>, to Eunice L. Latamore.</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=B001122">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402067">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261433">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> John W. Metzger (1914-1984) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">sod hut</a> on the prairie near Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LO-born.html">Logan County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-04.html">April 4, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CO.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1949-50; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1952. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/01-25.html">January 25, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 296 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Byron Lindberg Johnson (1917-2000) — also known as Byron L. Johnson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-12.html">October 12, 1917</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1955-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated, 1956, 1960, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CO.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CO.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-economic-assoc.html">American Economic Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-pol-sci-assoc.html">American Political Science Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>. Died in Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-died.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/01-06.html">January 6, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-22.html">October 22, 1938</a>, to Catherine Elizabeth Teter.</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=J000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406020">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6244429">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> Warren Armstrong Haggott (1864-1958) — also known as Warren A. Haggott — of Idaho Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CC-lived.html">Clear Creek County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born near Sidney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-18.html">May 18, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1902-03; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1907-09; defeated, 1908; district judge in Colorado 2nd District, 1921-23. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/04-29.html">April 29, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Benjamin Pearl Haggott and Margaret Agnes (Gamble) Haggott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-29.html">December 29, 1897</a>, to Lou Willie Cecil.</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=H000017">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404902">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261474">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> Hugh Hiram Price (1859-1904) — also known as Hugh H. Price — of Black River Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Wis.; Silver City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/GR-lived.html">Grant County</a>, N.M.; Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Black River Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/12-02.html">December 2, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 8th District, 1887; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1889-91; U.S. Surveyor-General for Arizona, 1903. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/12-25.html">December 25, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/price.html#690.58.99">William Thompson Price</a>; married to Eliza Blakeley Graham.</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=P000526">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408910">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13122016">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> Gail Leonard Ireland (1895-1988) — also known as Gail L. Ireland — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/11-21.html">November 21, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1941-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/index.html">1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">about 92 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Clarence Mead Ireland and Bertha (Strawn) Ireland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-09.html">January 9, 1924</a>, to Eleanor Staats; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-24.html">March 24, 1927</a>, to Jewel Cawthon; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#254.66.80">Clarence Leo Ireland</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> Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) — also known as Lewis C. Carpenter — of South Carolina; Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo. Born in Putnam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/02-20.html">February 20, 1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; secretary to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#579.32.42">William H. Buckingham</a>, 1868-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SC.html">Republican National Committee from South Carolina</a>, 1870-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 3rd District, 1874-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-06.html">March 6, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 15 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Fairmount 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cass.html#892.23.36">Lewis Cass</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=C000170">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402318">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13079234">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> Robert Hickman Walker (1886-1962) — also known as R. Hickman Walker — of Grand Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ME-lived.html">Mesa County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CI-born.html">Crittenden County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/07-19.html">July 19, 1886</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1928; defeated, 1928. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/11-19.html">November 19, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Robert Clement Walker and Mattie Martin (Brown) Walker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker9.html#733.36.54">Walter Walker</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-05.html">September 5, 1912</a>, to Jessie A. Lace.</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/96339124">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/023/58.86.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Morrison Shafroth"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Morrison Shafroth (1888-1978) — of Colorado. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-27.html">October 27, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1924; chief counsel, U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1936-37. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/10-05.html">October 5, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/shaffner-shanley.html#175.26.92">John Franklin Shafroth</a> and Virginia (Morrison) Shafroth; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Abby Hagerman.</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/28294488">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clarence Leo Ireland (b. 1889) — also known as Clarence L. Ireland — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-born.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-05.html">December 5, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1931-32; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CO.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Interment at Fairmount 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 Frederick Ireland and Clara Jennie (Ball) Ireland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/01-26.html">January 26, 1918</a>, to Bess Low; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ireland.html#285.25.27">Gail Leonard Ireland</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> Victoria Buckley (1947-1999) — also known as Vikki Buckley — of Colorado. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/11-02.html">November 2, 1947</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Colorado</a>, 1995-99; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a> caused by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, at University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/07-14.html">July 14, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred E. Bent (d. 1922) — of Colorado. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/aud.html">Colorado state auditor</a>, 1905-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trea.html">Colorado state treasurer</a>, 1907-08. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a>. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Hall — of Colorado. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trsc.html">Secretary of Colorado Territory</a>, 1866-74. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henrich Anton Fredrich Walsen (1841-1906) — also known as Fred Walsen — of Colorado. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trea.html">Colorado state treasurer</a>, 1883-84. Founded the town of Walsenburg, Colorado, which is named for him. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-15.html">February 15, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/300/19.48.jpg" width=70 height=120 border=0 alt="Jean Mignolet"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jean Baptiste Marie Augustin Mignolet (1853-1935) — also known as Jean Mignolet — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Dendermonde, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-born.html">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-17.html">June 17, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-consuls.html">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1895-1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-25.html">October 25, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59033137">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Fort Collins (Colo.) Express-Courier, October 28, 1935</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> Paul Weiss (1864-1943) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Basel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/07-08.html">July 8, 1864</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/eyedoctor.html">optician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Switzerland</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-consuls.html">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1902-35. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-13.html">February 13, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31496468">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> Allison E. Stocker — of Colorado. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trea.html">Colorado state treasurer</a>, 1915-16. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Le Bert (1850-1942) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-23.html">October 23, 1850</a>. Dealer in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">stone, lime, and fire-clay</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-officials.html">Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder</a>, 1894-97; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Ghent</a>, 1898-1902. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">about 91 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/">1882</a> to Louise C. Mensch.</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/33466467">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> Joseph Clarence Leckemby (1889-1963) — also known as J. Clarence Leckemby — of Maine. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-09.html">November 9, 1889</a>. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 2nd District, 1936. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Helen Bartlet.</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> Adella Brown Bailey (1860-1937) — also known as Adella Brown; Mrs. Dewey C. Bailey — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey2.html#503.52.68">Dewey Crossman Bailey</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/34611870">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> Viggo Egede Baerresen (1858-1940) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Copenhagen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/03-13.html">March 13, 1858</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Denmark</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-consuls.html">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1903-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-21.html">March 21, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 Gunda Marie Graverholt.</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/91984399">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> Anna Lou P. Boettcher (1903-1941) — also known as Anna Lou Pigott — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-29.html">October 29, 1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-17.html">September 17, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 323 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Harry Hale Pigott and Anna (Frizell) Pigott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Charles Boettcher II (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#180.16.59">Claudius Kedzie Boettcher</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#153.12.59">Charles Boettcher</a>); niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/piet-pihl.html#772.46.13">William Trigg Pigott</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/18054.html">Boettcher family</a> of Denver, Colorado.</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/116459888">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 Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-lived.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo.; Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-lived.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo.; Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Kölleda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/04-08.html">April 8, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">Sugar</a> Co.; co-founder and president Ideal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Cement</a> Company; vice-president, Brown Palace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate investor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CO.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CO.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/07-02.html">July 2, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 85 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount 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 Frederick Boettcher and Susanna Boettcher; married to Fannie Augusta Cowan; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#180.16.59">Claudius Kedzie Boettcher</a>; grandfather of Charles Boettcher II (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#028.60.35">Anna Lou Pigott</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/10447825">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> Frank Lockhart Fetzer (1886-1955) — also known as Frank L. Fetzer — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/08-19.html">August 19, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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 John L. Fetzer and Lucretia (Elgin) Fetzer; married to Alma Blood.</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/54691183">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> Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) — also known as Claude K. Boettcher — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Boulder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BO-born.html">Boulder County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-10.html">January 10, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Packing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and Intermountain <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a>; president, Brown Palace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a>; director, Great Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">Sugar</a> Co.; director, Denver <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry Goods</a> Co.; vice-president of several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">electric utilities</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CO.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CO.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/06-09.html">June 9, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Fairmount 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/boe-boggess.html#153.12.59">Charles Boettcher</a> and Fannie August (Cowan) Boettcher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-29.html">January 29, 1900</a>, to De Allen McMurtrie; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/">1920</a> to Edna Case McElveen; father of Charles Boettcher II (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#028.60.35">Anna Lou Pigott</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/66457004">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> Eileen Ewing Archibold (1899-1992) — also known as Eileen E. Archibold; Eileen Eleanor Ewing — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-born.html">Lake County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-02.html">October 2, 1899</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Republican National Committee from Colorado</a>, 1944-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CO.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>. Died in February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/index.html">1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 0 days</a>). Entombed at Fairmount 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 John Alvin Ewing and Georgia Muriel (White) Ewing; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-14.html">September 14, 1927</a>, to Robert French Archibold, Jr.</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/22431823">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02933">Fort Logan National Cemetery</a> Denver, Colorado See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=57288&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> John Albert Carroll (1901-1983) — also known as John A. Carroll — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-born.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-30.html">July 30, 1901</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CO.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CO.html">1960</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1947-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1957-63; defeated, 1950, 1962. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/08-31.html">August 31, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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 Dorothy R. Doyle.</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=C000189">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402336">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. Carroll">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774946">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> Arie Parks Taylor (1927-2003) — also known as Arie P. Taylor; "Denver's Bella Abzug" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/index.html">1927</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CO.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CO.html">1972</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a> 7th District, 1973-84; Denver clerk and recorder, 1991-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Colorado's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> African-American woman legislator. Died, in Presbyterian/St. Luke's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/09-27.html">September 27, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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">The Arie P. Taylor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Municipal Center</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-names.html">Denver, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </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> Clarence Edward Macy (1886-1984) — also known as Clarence E. Macy — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-born.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/11-09.html">November 9, 1886</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">mail clerk</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Coblenz</a>, 1921-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SN-consuls.html ">Dakar</a>, 1925-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html ">Monrovia</a>, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Port Elizabeth</a>, 1928-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TA-consuls.html ">Tampico</a>, as of 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AF-consuls.html ">Kabul</a>, as of 1938-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PK-consuls.html ">Karachi</a>, as of 1938-43. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/04-16.html">April 16, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3358093">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> Neal Dow Bishop (1900-1980) — also known as Neal D. Bishop — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Born in Hannibal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/07-18.html">July 18, 1900</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chiropractor.html">chiropractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/05-20.html">May 20, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dow.html#766.65.61">Neal Dow</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/1928/02-23.html">February 23, 1928</a>, to Emma S. Alexander.</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/36028295">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Edward Bennett (1914-1987) — also known as Charles E. Bennett — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-14.html">November 14, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Sally Lou <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Food</a> Co.; vice-president, Tasty <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Foods</a> Inc.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1948-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/humane-soc.html">Humane Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/07-22.html">July 22, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/10-20.html">October 20, 1940</a>, to Sylvia Patricia Mason.</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/36213310">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> Daniel Grove (1923-1999) — of Colorado. Born in Millport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LM-born.html">Lamar County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/12-14.html">December 14, 1923</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1960. Sponsored legislation to create Colorado's prison work release program. Served ten years on Colorado's State Adult Parole Board before being <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fired</a> in 1984 over allegations of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">sexual harassment</a>; later reinstated; the sexual harassment allegations were never substantiated. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">bone cancer</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/09-13.html">September 13, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 273 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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 Mary M. (Young) Grove and Elbert Vernon Grove.</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/728772">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> John R. Jacobucci (1916-1984) — of Green River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/SW-lived.html">Sweetwater County</a>, Wyo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/07-05.html">July 5, 1916</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/WY.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/03-11.html">March 11, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at Fort Logan National 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/828474">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01328">Mt. Calvary Cemetery</a> Denver, Colorado <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899) — also known as Horace A. W. Tabor; "The Bonanza King of Leadville" — of Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OL-born.html">Orleans County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/11-26.html">November 26, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/leadville.html">Mayor of Leadville, Colo.</a>, 1878-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1879-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1883; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1898-99. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-10.html">April 10, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 135 days</a>). Original interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-buried.html#cms05327">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Wheat Ridge, Colo. <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=T000004">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410594">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace Tabor">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2750">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00495">Riverside Cemetery</a> 5201 Brighton Road Denver, Colorado Founded 1876 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=57513&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> Richard Sopris (1813-1893) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-born.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/06-26.html">June 26, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">steamboat captain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">prospector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1878-81. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-07.html">April 7, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Sopris, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PI-names.html">Pitkin County, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/Richard Sopris">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Long Routt (1826-1907) — also known as John L. Routt — of Central City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GI-lived.html">Gilpin County</a>, Colo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/04-25.html">April 25, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Colorado Territory</a>, 1875-76; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CO.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CO.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1876-79, 1891-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1883-85. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-13.html">August 13, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 110 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/RO.html">Routt County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Routt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">National Forest</a> (established 1905, now part of Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/RO-names.html">Routt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JA-names.html">Jackson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/RB-names.html">Rio Blanco</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GR-names.html">Grand</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/MF-names.html">Moffat</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GA-names.html">Garfield</a> counties, Colorado, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-long-routt/">National Governors Association biography</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">Books about John Routt: Joyce B. Lohse, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865410631/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0865410631&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">First Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of Colorado</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> Joseph E. Bates — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1872-73, 1885-87. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Baxter B. Stiles — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1869-71, 1877-78. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Green Buckingham (1816-1889) — also known as R. G. Buckingham — of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/09-14.html">September 14, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1876-77. 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/1889/03-18.html">March 18, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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 Gideon Buckingham and Marie Josephine (Crowley) Buckingham.</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/8798202">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> Amos Steck (1822-1908) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-08.html">January 8, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1863-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Colorado territorial supreme court</a>, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CO.html">1880</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-17.html">November 17, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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">Steck <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (built 1930), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-names.html">Denver, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/8821009">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 A. Cook — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1861-63. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George T. Clark — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Leadville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Colo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1865-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CO.html">1880</a>. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) — also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J. Sampson — of Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born near Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-21.html">June 21, 1839</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-diplomats.html ">Ecuador</a>, 1897-1905. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">acute nephritis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/12-24.html">December 24, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 186 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Riverside 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Kate I. Turner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Frances S. Wood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sampson-archibald-johnson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iYdBkBWv0QsC&pg=PA158"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/660/87.42.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="John Evans"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Evans (1814-1897) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/03-09.html">March 9, 1814</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Colorado Territory</a>, 1862-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/CO.html">1868</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/speakers.html">speaker</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. One of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founders</a> of Northwestern University, and of the University of Denver. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-03.html">July 3, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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 David Evans and Rachel (Burnett) Evans; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/">1838</a> to Hannah P. Canby; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/">1853</a> to Margaret Patten Gray; father of Josephine Evans (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#727.56.31">Samuel Hitt Elbert</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">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Evanston, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/WE-names.html">Evans, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Evans, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/CC-names.html">Clear Creek County, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Evans (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1961) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/John Evans (Colorado governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8740981">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897</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> Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) — of Plattsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Neb.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LG-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/04-03.html">April 3, 1833</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trlg.html">Nebraska territorial legislature</a>, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NE.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Colorado Territory</a>, 1862-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trlg.html">Colorado territorial legislature</a>, 1869; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Colorado Territory</a>, 1873-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1877-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/CO.html">1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-27.html">November 27, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 238 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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 John Downes Elbert and Achsa (Hitt) Elbert; married to Josephine Evans (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans5.html#660.87.42">John Evans</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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EB.html">Elbert County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Elbert, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LK-names.html">Lake County, Colorado</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/Samuel Hitt Elbert">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8678188">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> James Burns Belford (1837-1910) — also known as James B. Belford — of Central City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GI-lived.html">Gilpin County</a>, Colo. Born in Lewistown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-born.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/09-28.html">September 28, 1837</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Colorado territorial supreme court</a>, 1870-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CO.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1876-77, 1879-85; defeated, 1884. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-10.html">January 10, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beldam-belknap.html#331.65.94">Joseph McCrum Belford</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=B000326">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401318">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> Miguel Antonio Otero (1829-1882) — also known as Miguel A. Otero — of Albuquerque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/BE-lived.html">Bernalillo County</a>, N.M. Born in Valencia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/VA-born.html">Valencia County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/06-21.html">June 21, 1829</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/trhs.html">New Mexico territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1852-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Mexico</a>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/tatgn.html">New Mexico territory attorney general</a>, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory</a>, 1856-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of New Mexico Territory</a>, 1861-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Died in Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SM-died.html">San Miguel County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/05-30.html">May 30, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oswald-othneil.html#942.23.67">Miguel Antonio Otero II</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oswald-othneil.html#715.62.66">Mariano Sabino Otero</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/10907.html">Otero-Emmett family</a> of Albuquerque, New Mexico.</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=O000125">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408378">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> Hiram Pitt Bennet (1826-1914) — of Glenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MI-lived.html">Mills County</a>, Iowa; Nebraska City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/OT-lived.html">Otoe County</a>, Neb.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/09-02.html">September 2, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trcn.html">Member Nebraska territorial council</a>, 1856; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trhs.html">Nebraska territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory</a>, 1861-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Colorado Territory</a>, 1867; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1869-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1876. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-11.html">November 11, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000369">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401361">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> Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (1823-1903) — also known as Henry P. H. Bromwell — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-lived.html">Coles County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-born.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-26.html">August 26, 1823</a>. Republican. County judge in Illinois, 1853-57; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 7th District, 1865-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 39th District, 1869-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/trcn.html">member Colorado territorial council</a>, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Colorado state constitutional convention</a>, 1875. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-07.html">January 7, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 134 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000865">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401822">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> Thomas Jefferson O'Donnell (1856-1925) — also known as Thomas J. O'Donnell — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Mendham Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/06-02.html">June 2, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/CO.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/CO.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CO.html">1904</a> (delegation chair). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-11.html">June 11, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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: Son of Michael O'Donnell and Amy (O'Connell) O'Donnell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/10-24.html">October 24, 1881</a>, to Katharyn Dwyer.</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/23411721">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> Richard E. Whitsitt — of Colorado. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/taud.html">Colorado territorial auditor</a>, 1864-66. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06562">St. John's Episcopal Cathedral</a> Denver, Colorado <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> Byron Raymond White (1917-2002) — also known as Byron R. White; "Whizzer" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in Fort Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-born.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-08.html">June 8, 1917</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/rhodes-scholars.html">Rhodes scholar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CO.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1962-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">football</a> player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football League. Died, of complications from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/04-15.html">April 15, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 311 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral. <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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#035.50.08">Rex E. Lee</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://www.nndb.com/people/401/000059224">NNDB dossier</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">Books about Byron R. White: Dennis J. Hutchinson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684827948/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684827948&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White : A Portrait of Justice Byron R. White</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BA-lived.html">Baca County</a>, Colo.; Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PR-lived.html">Prowers County</a>, Colo. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-01.html">September 1, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BA-officials.html">Baca County Attorney</a>, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Colorado</a>, 1957-76; took senior status 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/10-23.html">October 23, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 52 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral. <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 Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-12.html">November 12, 1929</a>, to Madge Louise Connors.</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=65&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/182817550">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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