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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in Watercraft Accidents and Disasters</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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Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/08-05.html">August 5, 1749</a>. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776. While on an ocean voyage to France, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">lost at sea</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/29.html">about 29 years</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not recovered</a>. Memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <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/lynch.html#865.44.36">Thomas Lynch Sr.</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=L000535">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407020">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Lynch, Jr.">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> Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) — Born in Lyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1737/05-14.html">May 14, 1737</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/colasb.html">Connecticut colonial assembly</a>, 1762-74; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1784-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Northwest Territory supreme court</a>, 1788-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> in a canoe accident, near Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/11-17.html">November 17, 1789</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 187 days</a>). Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-buried.html#cms04213">Mortimer Cemetery</a>, Middletown, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Jonathan Parsons and Phoebe (Griswold) Parsons; father of Lucia Parsons (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hortsman-hostler.html#162.71.84">Stephen Titus Hosmer</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</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/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Holden Parsons">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22596317">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> Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known as Josiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RA-lived.html">Rapides Parish</a>, La. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/11-24.html">November 24, 1784</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/trlg.html">Orleans territorial legislature</a>, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana, 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> at-large, 1821-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1824-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Killed by an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> on the steamboat Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/05-19.html">May 19, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RA-buried.html#cms00580">Rapides Cemetery</a>, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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: Half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#632.79.08">Albert Sidney Johnston</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1352.html">Johnston-Preston family</a> of Kentucky and Virginia (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=J000194">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406089">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> George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/index.html">1803</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1827; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Died from injuries received in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> on the steamer Flora on the Ohio River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/11-26.html">November 26, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">about 33 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms02377">Presbyterian Burying Ground</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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=K000224">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406383">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> Oliver Hillhouse Prince (1782-1837) — also known as Oliver H. Prince — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Born in Montville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/index.html">1782</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1824; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1828-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Perished</a> in the wreck of the packet ship Home, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a> off Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-09.html">October 9, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>); his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never recovered</a>. <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=P000539">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408923">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver H. Prince">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> William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known as William B. Rochester — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/01-29.html">January 29, 1789</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23, 28th District 1823); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1826. One of 128 people who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> on the the steam packet ship Pulaski, en route from Charleston to Baltimore, when it suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">boiler explosion</a> and sank in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a> off the coast of North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/06-14.html">June 14, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 136 days</a>); his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never recovered</a>. <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/robison-rockne.html#551.80.99">Nathaniel Rochester</a> and Sophia (Beatty) Rochester; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#221.78.03">Thomas Hart Rochester</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/">1812</a> to Harriet Irwin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-31.html">January 31, 1816</a>, to Amanda Hopkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-09.html">April 9, 1832</a>, to Eliza (Hatch) Powers (widow of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powers.html#456.51.20">Gershom Powers</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/10001-0437.html">Rochester 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=R000360">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409331">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> John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) — also known as John A. Cameron — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.C.; Florida. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ME-born.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-consuls.html ">Veracruz</a>, 1831-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Florida</a>, 1832-38. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Perished</a> in the wreck of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/06-14.html">June 14, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">probably not recovered</a>. <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/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</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 Rev. John Cameron and Anne Owen (Nash) Cameron; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#486.55.63">Thomas N. Cameron</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/">1815</a> to Eliza Ann Adam; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/">1818</a> to Catherine (McQueen) Halliday; father of Catherine LaFayette Cameron (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#164.61.59">William Marcus Shipp</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/18916.html">Iredell-Johnston-Cameron family</a> of North Carolina.</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/81021725">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> Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/09-21.html">September 21, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">Geologist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1842. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> with four others, when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">sudden storm</a> overturned their boat, at Eagle Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KW-died.html">Keweenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/10-13.html">October 13, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6578212">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?54422"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/142/46.79.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Stephen Allen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Allen (1767-1852) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/07-02.html">July 2, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">Mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1821-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1826; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 1st District, 1829-32. Killed when the steamboat Henry Clay <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sank</a>, killing about eighty passengers, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">Lower Hudson River</a>, next to what is now the Riverdale section of the Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/07-28.html">July 28, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 26 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms04987">New York City Marble Cemetery</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9628">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: New York Public Library</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> Alexander Anderson (c.1812-1855) — of California. Born about 1812. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1852-53. Killed by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> of the river steamer Pearl, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/01-27.html">January 27, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John B. Macy (1799-1856) — of Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Born in Nantucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NA-born.html">Nantucket County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/03-25.html">March 25, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1853-55. Lost his life in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burning</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sinking</a> of the steamer Niagara, a few miles from Port Washington, Wisconsin, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MI-died.html">Lake Michigan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/09-24.html">September 24, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 183 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407064">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John B. Macy">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12199451">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 Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) — also known as Stephen C. Phillips — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/11-04.html">November 4, 1801</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1824-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1834-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1838-42; Free Soil candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1848, 1849. He was among 253 passengers and crew who perished in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burning</a> of the steamship Montreal, on the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-died.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/06-26.html">June 26, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 234 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never recovered</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms01265">Harmony Grove Cemetery</a>, Salem, Mass. <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 Stephen Phillips and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips.</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=P000312">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408711">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen C. Phillips">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36299335">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 Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/05-08.html">May 8, 1786</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html#2">intendant of Charleston, South Carolina</a>, 1821-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1822-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1830-32. Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some mishap, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MX-died.html">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-15.html">November 15, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 191 days</a>). His remains were probably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. <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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#373.44.79">Barnard Elliott Bee</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/10104.html">Bee family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina.</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/TX/HM.html">Hamilton County, Tex.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404992">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-jr-hamilton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Hamilton Jr.">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> Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Born in Rensselaerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/12-20.html">December 20, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#146.66.83">Lyman Tremain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1861-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1870-73; died in office 1873. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-soc.html">Kappa Alpha Society</a>. En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among 226 passengers and crew who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> when the steamer collided with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/11-22.html">November 22, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 337 days</a>). His remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peleg Peckham and Desire (Watson) Peckham; married to Isabella Adaline Lacey and Mary Elizabeth Foote; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#571.37.59">Rufus Wheeler Peckham Jr.</a>; uncle of Isabella Peckham (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#389.47.48">Andrew Galbraith Miller</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#023.20.47">Nathaniel Hazard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#528.17.46">Stephen E. Peckham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#233.50.73">Benjamin Hazard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#652.15.91">Ezekiel Cornell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#970.87.08">Ebenezer Hazard</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#927.13.32">Augustus George Hazard</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#405.45.96">Erskine Hazard</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/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0054.html">King-Hazard family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0644.html">Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Hardin 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=P000180">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408584">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873)">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> Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in East Schuyler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-born.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/09-08.html">September 8, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">Mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1864-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a>, when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the Detroit River near Amherstburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-died.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-20.html">May 20, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7253852">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 I. Stein (d. 1880) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 20th District, 1877. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. One of dozens killed in the wreck of the steamboat Seawanhaka, which <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sank</a> in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">East River</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-28.html">June 28, 1880</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms04457">Linden Hill Cemetery</a>, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hiland R. Hulburd (1829-1880) — of Great Neck, Queens County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>), Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/index.html">1829</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1867-72. One of dozens killed in the wreck of the steamboat Seawanhaka, which <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burned</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sank</a> in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">East River</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-29.html">June 29, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CH-buried.html#cms01246">Oak Dale Cemetery</a>, Urbana, Ohio. <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 Rebecca Corwin.</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/Hiland R. Hulburd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/146589805">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/previous-comptrollers/bio-03-hiland-hulburd.html">Comptrollers of the Currency</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> Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) — also known as Oscar Iasigi — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-18.html">October 18, 1846</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">Importer and exporter</a>; treasurer, Vassalboro <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">woolen mills</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Turkey</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1871-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html">Consul-General for Turkey</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1877-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/armenian.html">Armenian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Perished</a> in the wreck of the steamship SS City of Columbus, which hit a reef and sank, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">Vineyard Sound</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-18.html">January 18, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <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/iacino-ingerman.html#156.35.29">Joseph Iasigi</a> and Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#944.98.37">Joseph Andrew Iasigi</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#885.84.61">Nora Iasigi</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#140.75.64">William Marshall Bullitt</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (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://findagrave.com/memorial/84647954">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> A. C. Rand (1832-1885) — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/12-31.html">December 31, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">Mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1878-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> in a boat <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion</a> on Lake Minnetonka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/07-12.html">July 12, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 193 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) — also known as Thomas T. Minor — of Port Townsend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Wash.; Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LK-born.html">Sri Lanka</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-20.html">February 20, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/WA.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/porttownsend.html">mayor of Port Townsend, Wash.</a>, 1880-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/seattle.html">mayor of Seattle, Wash.</a>, 1887-88. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">duck huting trip</a>, and was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">never heard from again</a>; presumed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> in a watercraft accident, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PU-died.html">Puget Sound</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/12-02.html">December 2, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 285 days</a>). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not found</a>. <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 Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-20.html">August 20, 1872</a>, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#534.68.48">Thomas Minor Pelly</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/12979.html">Moriarty-Minor family</a> of Seattle, Washington.</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 T.T. Minor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">School</a> (built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated and reopened 2016), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-names.html">Seattle, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Minor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-names.html">Seattle, Washington</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/Thomas T. Minor">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8159123">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> Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901) — of California. Born in Batavia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-19.html">March 19, 1864</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-consuls.html ">Singapore</a>, 1889-97; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HK-consuls.html ">Hong Kong</a>, 1897-1901, died in office 1901. En route from Hong Kong to San Francisco on the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, he and his family were among 135 who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> when the ship struck a reef in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">dense fog</a>, and quickly sank, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-died.html">San Francisco Bay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-22.html">February 22, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 340 days</a>); his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not found</a>. <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 Edwin Wildman and Helen Pamela (Rounsevelle) Wildman; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#078.88.46">Edwin Rounsevelle Wildman</a>; married to Letitia Sherman Aldrich; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#067.82.05">Charles Beers Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#710.88.38">Joseph Russell Hatch</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#189.52.74">Norris Hatch</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#094.84.42">David DeForest Wildman</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#165.54.00">Zalmon Wildman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#402.76.60">Nathaniel Hibbard Wildman</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/10001-0119.html">Wildman family</a> of Danbury, Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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/131888601">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> Isidor Straus (1845-1912) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Otterberg, Bavaria (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-06.html">February 6, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 15th District, 1894-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. One of the owners of the R. H. Macy & Co. department store in New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Perished</a> in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-15.html">April 15, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 69 days</a>); his body was subsequently recovered. Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms06866">Beth El Cemetery</a>, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; later interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms00342">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms06430">Straus Park</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lazarus Straus and Sara (Straus) Straus; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#575.76.31">Oscar Solomon Straus</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-12.html">July 12, 1871</a>, to Ida Blum; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#358.36.62">Jesse Isidor Straus</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#770.49.32">Nathan Straus Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schauber-schemanske.html#366.74.81">Stuart Scheftel</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#363.05.73">Ronald Peter Straus</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/10001-0218.html">Straus family</a> of New York City, 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">Straus Hall (built 1926), a dormitory at Harvard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-names.html">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a> and his wife.  — Straus <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (established 1895 as Schuyler Square; renamed 1907 as Bloomingdale Square; renamed 1915 as Straus Park), at Broadway and West End Avenue in Morningside Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-names.html">Manhattan, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a> and his wife.</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=S001000">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410458">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3678">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 Isidor Straus: June Hall McCash, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881462772/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0881462772&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus</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 Ney McNeely (1883-1915) — also known as Robert McNeely — of Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-12.html">November 12, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1909-10; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/YM-consuls.html ">Aden</a>, 1915, died in office 1915. While en route to Aden as a passenger on the British liner Persia, he was one of 385 passengers and crew who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> when the ship was hit by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-i.html">German torpedo</a>, and sank, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MD-died.html">Mediterranean Sea</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-20.html">December 20, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/32.html">32 years, 38 days</a>). His body was apparently <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">not recovered</a>. <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/67275414">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> Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873-1918) — also known as Alfred L. M. Gottschalk — Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-08.html">February 8, 1873</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper correspondent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">sugar</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Callao</a>, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Callao</a>, 1905-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DF-consuls.html ">Mexico City</a>, 1906-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cg-at-large.html "></a>, 1908-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, 1916-18, died in office 1918. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. While en route from Bahia, Brazil to Baltimore on the U.S. Navy ship Cyclops, during <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-i.html">World War I</a>, he was one of 306 sailors and passengers who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">perished</a> when the ship sank, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 0 days</a>). The wreckage was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. <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 L. G. Gottschalk and Louise de L. (Boucher) Gottschalk.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/896/63.55.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="George W. Borowitz"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George W. Borowitz (1870-1938) — of Wausau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-lived.html">Marathon County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-07.html">December 7, 1870</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Tailor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wausau.html">mayor of Wausau, Wis.</a>, 1935-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Catholic Order of Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. While on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting and fishing trip</a>, he and three other men from Wausau (N. P. Beck, Herman Belter, and J. William Delaney) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> when their boat capsized, in Island Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/VI-died.html">Vilas County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/11-12.html">November 12, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 340 days</a>). The overturned boat was found two days later; the bodies were recovered from the lake the following April. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MA-buried.html# ">St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery</a>, Wausau, Wis. <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 Michael Borowitz and Hulda (Lambs) Borowitz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-20.html">January 20, 1899</a>, to Josephine Kroupa.</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/86322060">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: Appleton (Wis.) Post-Crescent, November 14, 1938</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. Speakman (1900-1942) — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-lived.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-born.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-05.html">March 5, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>; elected 1936, 1938; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 22nd District; elected 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a> when his boat capsized, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-07.html">June 7, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">42 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-buried.html#cms02351">Spring Hill Cemetery</a>, Danville, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Frederick Zeidler (1908-1942) — also known as Carl Zeidler; "Singing Mayor"; "Boy Mayor" — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-04.html">January 4, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/milwaukee.html">Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis.</a>, 1940-42; resigned 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/world-war-ii.html">Killed</a> when the munitions ship La Salle was struck by torpedos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">exploded</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">sank</a>, about 350 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/IN-died.html">Indian Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/11-07.html">November 7, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 307 days</a>); his remains were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-buried.html#cms00501">Forest Home Cemetery</a>, Milwaukee, Wis. <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/zebb-ziegenheim.html#155.22.16">Frank P. Zeidler</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">Carl F. Zeidler <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (now Zeidler Union Square), in downtown <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-names.html">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</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/Carl Zeidler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13991497">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> Albert Denis Cash (1897-1952) — also known as Albert D. Cash — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-21.html">August 21, 1897</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OH.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cincinnati.html">mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1948-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">fishing</a> when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">freak storm</a> overturned his boat and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> him, on a lake in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/08-02.html">August 2, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 347 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stanley Jarolin (c.1933-2000) — Born about 1933. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/plumbing-heating.html">Plumbing and heating contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1983-98; defeated in primary, 1998. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">fishing</a> with a friend, their boat capsized; he made it to shore but died soon after from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-died.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/05-13.html">May 13, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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