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Brainard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bullock.html#563.17.12">Dyer Dudley Bullock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butman-butters.html#320.96.00">Dyer Butterfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#026.19.87">William Dyer Byrd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#399.70.09">William Cahoon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#283.15.91">Frank Dyer Chester</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#549.86.31">Dyer Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#281.08.48">Dyer Howe Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#604.29.12">Jack Dyer Crouch II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#529.41.99">Dyer D. Dix</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#260.59.58">Sumner Wellington Farnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#107.70.03">Lafayette Gilbert Mortiere Fletcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant-graver.html#068.08.96">Joseph Jackson Gravely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hains-haldor.html#473.44.53">Ernest Sherrill Halbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskell.html#472.89.36">Lewis W. Haskell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#951.53.20">Dyer Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houstoun-howan.html#651.45.27">Chester Ralph Hovey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#977.97.55">Dyer Hughes Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jordan.html#590.79.42">Pomeroy Wells Jordan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#680.81.42">Geraldine Dyer Layne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#948.26.70">Benjamin Dyer Manton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccall.html#589.36.79">Dyer McCall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oconnor.html#667.76.17">Clara Dyer O'Connor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#787.12.01">Harrison Gray Otis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#518.86.88">Thomas Dyer Tway</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winslow.html#382.17.52">Alfred Augustus Winslow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.26.58">Dyer, A. L.</a> — of Celina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CO-lived.html">Collin County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TX.html">1912</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> <a name="992.74.08">Dyer, A. S.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1897-1900 (District 7 1897-98, District 16 1899-1900). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12654">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.76.02">Dyer, Barlow</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CV-lived.html">Calaveras County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 13th District, 1863-65. 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> <a name="121.56.99">Dyer, Benjamin</a> (1778-1823) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/index.html">1778</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1819-22. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/index.html">1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-buried.html#cms06398">a private or family graveyard</a>, Henry County, Va. <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="#765.12.34">David Dalton Dyer</a>; father of <a href="#889.29.92">Benjamin F. Dyer Jr.</a>; uncle of <a href="#948.34.55">David Patterson Dyer</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/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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 name="889.29.92">Dyer, Benjamin F., Jr.</a> (1821-1914) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-born.html">Henry County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/12-21.html">December 21, 1821</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1876-79. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-11.html">March 11, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-buried.html#cms06397">Carroll United Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, Axton, Va. <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="#121.56.99">Benjamin Dyer</a>; nephew of <a href="#765.12.34">David Dalton Dyer</a>; first cousin of <a href="#948.34.55">David Patterson Dyer</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/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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 name="450.71.12">Dyer, Bernard H.</a> — of St. Charles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SC-lived.html">St. Charles County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 9th District, 1918; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 10th District, 1922-23. 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> Dyer, Buddy See <a href="#953.55.95">John Hugh Dyer Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="020.03.28">Dyer, C. J.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">Mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1899. 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> <a name="912.25.28">Dyer, Charles</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1834. 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> <a name="333.62.61">Dyer, Charles E.</a> (1834-1905) — Born in Cicero, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-born.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-15.html">October 15, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin</a>, 1875-88; resigned 1888. Died in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-died.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-25.html">November 25, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 41 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=673&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/dyer-charles-e.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="832.64.16">Dyer, Chris</a> — of North Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NV.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="735.74.47">Dyer, Clement Clinton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Harrisburg, 1835. 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> <a name="556.63.68">Dyer, Dan</a> — of Wisconsin. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WI.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="693.54.90">Dyer, Daniel T.</a> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canton, 1898. 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> <a name="765.12.34">Dyer, David Dalton</a> (1791-1844) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-born.html">Henry County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/05-21.html">May 21, 1791</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1832. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-died.html">Lincoln County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/10-08.html">October 8, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-buried.html# ">Sand Run Cemetery</a>, Lincoln County, Mo. <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 Dyer and Rachel (Dalton) Dyer; brother of <a href="#121.56.99">Benjamin Dyer</a>; married to Nancy Reiger Salmon; father of <a href="#948.34.55">David Patterson Dyer</a>; uncle of <a href="#889.29.92">Benjamin F. Dyer 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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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/21508206">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 name="948.34.55">Dyer, David Patterson</a> (1838-1924) — also known as David P. Dyer — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-born.html">Henry County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/02-12.html">February 12, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MO.html">1868</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MO.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MO.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 9th District, 1869-71; defeated (Liberal Republican), 1870; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri</a>, 1902-07; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri</a>, 1907. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-29.html">April 29, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <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="#765.12.34">David Dalton Dyer</a>; nephew of <a href="#121.56.99">Benjamin Dyer</a>; uncle of <a href="#689.79.88">Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer</a>; first cousin of <a href="#889.29.92">Benjamin F. Dyer Jr.</a>; relative *** of <a href="#572.97.00">Otis M. Dyer</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/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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=D000589">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403692">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> <a name="121.97.97">Dyer, David William</a> (1910-1998) — Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-28.html">June 28, 1910</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 1961-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1966-76; took senior status 1976; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit</a>, 1981-98; died in office 1998. Died in Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/06-07.html">June 7, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 344 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The David W. Dyer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-names.html">Miami, Florida</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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=675&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/dyer-david-william">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="521.90.19">Dyer, E. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Kanawha County, 1891. 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> <a name="384.61.59">Dyer, E. H.</a> — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/CA.html">1876</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> <a name="484.62.53">Dyer, Eliphalet</a> (1721-1807) — of Connecticut. Born in Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1721/09-14.html">September 14, 1721</a>. Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut</a>, 1774-79, 1780-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1776-83. Died in Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-died.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/05-13.html">May 13, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-buried.html# ">Windham Center Cemetery</a>, Windham, 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000590">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403693">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphalet Dyer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7370275">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 name="574.71.96">Dyer, Elisha</a> (1811-1890) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-born.html">Newport County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/07-20.html">July 20, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">cotton mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Rhode Island</a>, 1840-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1857-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president and director, Exchange <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-17.html">May 17, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <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 Elisha Dyer (1772-1854) and Frances Dunn (Jones) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/10-08.html">October 8, 1833</a>, to Anna Jones Hoppin (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#371.78.11">William Jones</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>); father of <a href="#944.94.91">Elisha Dyer Jr.</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#668.02.78">Walter Gurnee Dyer</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/10001-2577.html">Dyer-Hoppin family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (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://www.nga.org/governor/elisha-dyer-sr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha Dyer">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27001749">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 name="944.94.91">Dyer, Elisha, Jr.</a> (1839-1906) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/11-29.html">November 29, 1839</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1877; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/sthse.html">Rhode Island state house of representatives</a>, 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Rhode Island</a>, 1882-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/providence.html">mayor of Providence, R.I.</a>, 1906; died in office 1906. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-29.html">November 29, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00375">Swan Point Cemetery</a>, Providence, R.I. <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="#574.71.96">Elisha Dyer</a> and Anna Jones (Hoppin) Dyer; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Nancy Anthony Viall; grandfather of <a href="#668.02.78">Walter Gurnee Dyer</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#371.78.11">William Jones</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#083.03.95">Peter Rawson Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#643.28.78">Denwood Lynn Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</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/10001-1258.html">Taft family</a> (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://www.nga.org/governor/elisha-dyer-jr/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha Dyer Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3266">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 name="600.40.23">Dyer, Elmer E.</a> — of Medford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/medford.html#2">Medford, N.J.</a>, 1901-03. 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> <a name="310.60.36">Dyer, Erastus W.</a> — of Chula Vista, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/chulavista.html#2">Chula Vista, Calif.</a>, 1905. 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> Dyer, Ford N. See <a href="#010.92.39">Fordyce N. Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="010.92.39">Dyer, Fordyce N.</a> (1876-1902) — also known as Ford N. Dyer — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-28.html">April 28, 1876</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from DeKalb County, 1897-98. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-19.html">November 19, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/26.html">26 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-buried.html# ">Amity Cemetery</a>, Amity, Mo. <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/131616834">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 name="324.18.40">Dyer, Francis J.</a> (1864-1924) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Dyersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-21.html">June 21, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-consuls.html ">Swansea</a>, 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html ">Ceiba</a>, 1915-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html ">Tegucigalpa</a>, 1917-18. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/12-26.html">December 26, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 188 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> <a name="090.93.95">Dyer, Frank P.</a> — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1904. 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> Dyer, Franklin See <a href="#389.86.59">J. Franklin Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="802.37.48">Dyer, Frederick Rainey</a> (b. 1873) — also known as Frederick R. Dyer — of Buckfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Old Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-04.html">October 4, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-officials.html">Oxford County District Attorney</a>, 1913-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maine</a>, 1922-33. 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/lions.html">Lions</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Dyer and Catherine (Noonan) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-27.html">October 27, 1900</a>, to Lena H. Maxim.</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 name="115.48.38">Dyer, George</a> — of Christiansted, St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-lived.html">Virgin Islands</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/VI.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="344.79.88">Dyer, George L., Jr.</a> — of Kailua, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/HI.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.00.54">Dyer, George W.</a> — of Corning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/corning.html#3">Corning, N.Y.</a>, 1853-56. 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> <a name="430.12.65">Dyer, George W.</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 12th District, 1892. 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> <a name="734.82.68">Dyer, George W.</a> — of Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-lived.html">Story County</a>, Iowa. District judge in Iowa 11th District, 1902-17. 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> Dyer, Gurnee See <a href="#668.02.78">Walter Gurnee Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.48.02">Dyer, H. I.</a> — of Newington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Newington, 1912. 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> <a name="075.65.59">Dyer, H. M.</a> — of Commerce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HU-lived.html">Hunt County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/TX.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/TX.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TX.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/TX.html">1960</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="014.84.76">Dyer, Howard E.</a> — of Cape Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/southportland.html#3">Cape Elizabeth, Maine</a>, 1893-95. 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> <a name="836.43.58">Dyer, Isaac</a> — of Skowhegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/skowhegan.html#2">Skowhegan, Maine</a>, 1901. 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> <a name="259.24.72">Dyer, Issac Watson</a> (b. 1855) — also known as Issac W. Dyer — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Baldwin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-13.html">September 13, 1855</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1885; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maine</a>, 1890-94, 1898-1906. <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Dyer and Martha Osgood (Porter) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-07.html">June 7, 1887</a>, to Mary Laura Nye.</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 name="048.29.01">Dyer, J. D.</a> — of Glendora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/glendora.html">Mayor of Glendora, Calif.</a>, 1918-19. 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> <a name="389.86.59">Dyer, J. Franklin</a> — of Gloucester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gloucester.html#2">Gloucester, Mass.</a>, 1866-67. 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> Dyer, J. P. See <a href="#852.91.17">Joseph Palmer Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="228.03.91">Dyer, James A.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html#3">Jackson, Mich.</a>, 1849-53. 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> <a name="649.24.24">Dyer, James E.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html">mayor of Jackson, Mich.</a>, 1862. 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> <a name="839.98.13">Dyer, James L.</a> — also known as Jim Dyer — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/marshall.html">Mayor of Marshall, Mich.</a>, 2011-. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dyer, Jim See <a href="#839.98.13">James L. Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="332.54.50">Dyer, John A. S.</a> — of South Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/southportland.html">Mayor of South Portland, Maine</a>, 1910-13. 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> <a name="775.94.76">Dyer, John B.</a> — of Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/VT.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</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> <a name="172.98.51">Dyer, John H.</a> — of Florida. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="953.55.95">Dyer, John Hugh, Jr.</a> — also known as Buddy Dyer — of Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Born in Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1993-2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/FL.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/FL.html">2008</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/attygn.html">Florida state attorney general</a>, 2002; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/orlando.html">mayor of Orlando, Fla.</a>, 2003-05, 2005-; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> March 10, 2005, for illegally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vote-fraud.html">paying</a> a campaign worker to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/vote-fraud.html">collect absentee ballots</a> in the 2004 mayoral election; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">suspended</a> from office as mayor; on April 20, the charges were dropped, and he was reinstated; Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr2012-meeting.html">2012</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#539.70.25">Barack Obama</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#109.77.03">Joseph R. Biden, Jr.</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Still living as of 2012. <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/Buddy Dyer">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> <a name="416.98.87">Dyer, John James</a> (1809-1855) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fn-born.html">Franklin</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/07-26.html">July 26, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Iowa</a>, 1847-55; died in office 1855. Died in Woodstock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SH-died.html">Shenandoah County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-14.html">September 14, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 50 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=676&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/dyer-john-james">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.61.15">Dyer, John N.</a> — of Indiana. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1912; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1916. 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> <a name="318.90.91">Dyer, John R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WB-lived.html">Webster County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Webster County, 1933-34. 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> <a name="852.91.17">Dyer, Joseph Palmer</a> (1827-1891) — also known as J. P. Dyer — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-29.html">January 29, 1827</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/CA/ofc/sacramento.html">mayor of Sacramento, Calif.</a>, 1857. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-07.html">July 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 159 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Dyer and Jane (Pendleton) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/10-05.html">October 5, 1853</a>, to Deborah Curtis; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#766.63.30">Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#068.53.24">Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#516.46.56">Calvin Crane Pendleton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#351.33.39">Charles Marsh Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#034.96.95">James Monroe Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#821.76.62">Cyrus Henry Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#176.42.02">Edward Wheeler Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#035.17.11">Charles Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#840.49.63">Harris Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#348.93.66">Chauncey C. Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#239.23.68">Nathan William Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#687.05.34">James Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#988.70.26">Eckford Gustavus Pendleton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#178.16.63">Cornelius Welles Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#125.09.48">Claudius Victor Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#948.63.46">Enoch C. Chapman</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/10001-2233.html">Lenoir-Avery-Morehead family</a> of North Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1741.html">Packer-Burrows family</a> of Mystic, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="099.68.15">Dyer, Judy</a> — of Norcross, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GW-lived.html">Gwinnett County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="228.91.49">Dyer, Karen M.</a> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-lived.html">Solano County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/CA.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="097.56.64">Dyer, Keith</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 13th District, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="099.92.56">Dyer, Kirk W.</a> — of Cromwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Cromwell; elected 1912. 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> <a name="702.48.15">Dyer, L. E.</a> — of Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/TN.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/689/79.88.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Leonidas C. Dyer"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="689.79.88">Dyer, Leonidas Carstarphen</a> (1871-1957) — also known as Leonidas C. Dyer — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born near Warrenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-11.html">June 11, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1911-14, 1915-33; defeated, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (11th District), 1936 (11th District), 1942 (11th District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MO.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MO.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MO.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-15.html">December 15, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-buried.html#cms00663">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Bel-Nor, Mo. <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 Coleman Dyer and Martha E. (Camp) Dyer; nephew of <a href="#948.34.55">David Patterson Dyer</a>; relative *** of <a href="#572.97.00">Otis M. Dyer</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/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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=D000591">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403694">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12141068">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: Missouri Official Manual 1917</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 name="861.85.59">Dyer, Myles P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 34th District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="402.63.40">Dyer, Napoleon J.</a> — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1904, 1930; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Laconia 4th Ward, 1938. 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> <a name="317.00.11">Dyer, Newcomb</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from DeKalb County, 1895-96. 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> <a name="512.32.14">Dyer, Oliver</a> — of Saco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/saco.html">Mayor of Saco, Maine</a>, 1871. 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> <a name="572.97.00">Dyer, Otis M.</a> (1899-1989) — of Bassett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/VA.html">1964</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/07-10.html">July 10, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">about 90 years</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HR-buried.html#cms05743">Henry Memorial Park</a>, Bassett, Va. <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: Relative *** of <a href="#948.34.55">David Patterson Dyer</a> and <a href="#689.79.88">Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer</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/10439.html">Dyer family</a> of Henry County, Virginia.</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 name="655.37.03">Dyer, Phil</a> (b. 1951) — of Plano, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CO-lived.html">Collin County</a>, Tex. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-06.html">July 6, 1951</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/plano.html">mayor of Plano, Tex.</a>, 2009-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 2012. <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/Phil Dyer">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> <a name="872.73.42">Dyer, Ray</a> — of Hardinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BC-lived.html">Breckinridge County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KY.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="452.37.22">Dyer, Raymond F.</a> — of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Berlin, 1922. 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> <a name="067.39.27">Dyer, Robert Guy</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.73.60">Dyer, Robert Henry</a> (1774-1826) — Born in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/index.html">1774</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1820. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-died.html">Madison County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-11.html">May 11, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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/TN/DY.html">Dyer County, Tenn.</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://findagrave.com/memorial/146952889">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 name="430.96.52">Dyer, Rodney N.</a> — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/laconia.html">Mayor of Laconia, N.H.</a>, 1968-69, 1971-74. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="029.60.24">Dyer, Russell</a> — of Kansas. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 2nd District, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="052.09.46">Dyer, Samuel B.</a> (1779-1846) — of Loudon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 4th District, 1837-38. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/11-19.html">November 19, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 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> <a name="964.67.02">Dyer, Sidney I.</a> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Bilbao</a>, as of 1897. 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> <a name="160.96.94">Dyer, Stonewall Henry</a> (1900-1967) — also known as Stonewall H. Dyer — of Newnan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-lived.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CW-born.html">Coweta County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-17.html">December 17, 1900</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/GA.html">1944</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/09-02.html">September 2, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms01061">Westview Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, Ga. <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 Henry Dyer and Lavenia (Morris) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-24.html">August 24, 1924</a>, to Estelle Britticks.</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 name="625.12.57">Dyer, Thomas</a> (1805-1862) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/01-13.html">January 13, 1805</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1848-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1856-57. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-06.html">June 6, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 144 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> <a name="450.73.83">Dyer, Thomas</a> — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LA-lived.html">Lafayette County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/odessa.html">Mayor of Odessa, Mo.</a>, 1938-45; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Lafayette County, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="311.57.20">Dyer, Timothy</a> — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ypsilanti.html">Mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich.</a>, 1968-70. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dyer, W. Gurnee See <a href="#668.02.78">Walter Gurnee Dyer</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="679.41.34">Dyer, Walter B.</a> — of Michigan. American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sbe.html">Michigan state board of education</a>, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="668.02.78">Dyer, Walter Gurnee</a> (1903-1974) — also known as W. Gurnee Dyer — of Rhode Island. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-14.html">February 14, 1903</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1946. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/04-03.html">April 3, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-buried.html#cms01071">Island Cemetery</a>, Newport, R.I. <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 Rathbone Dyer and Grace Gurnee (Scott) Dyer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-11.html">July 11, 1929</a>, to Betty Brown Tayler; grandson of <a href="#944.94.91">Elisha Dyer Jr.</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#574.71.96">Elisha Dyer</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#371.78.11">William Jones</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#544.37.14">William Warner Hoppin</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/10001-2577.html">Dyer-Hoppin family</a> of Providence, Rhode Island (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/156031771">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 name="434.28.95">Dyer, Ward B.</a> — of Kimball, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BL-lived.html">Brule County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 16th District, 1923-24. 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> <a name="250.93.81">Dyer, Wesley E.</a> — of Muskegon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-lived.html">Muskegon County</a>, Mich. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Muskegon County 1st District, 1933. 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> <a name="306.47.36">Dyer, William</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Plainfield, 1839. 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> <a name="555.71.43">Dyer, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1915. 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> <a name="535.91.30">Dyer, William B.</a> — of Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norfolk, 1912 (Progressive), 1920 (Democratic). 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> <a name="614.37.21">Dyer, William H.</a> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/KY.html">1904</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> <a name="156.62.74">Dyer, William H.</a> — of Worcester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 4th District, 1922, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="183.10.69">Dyer, Yolanda</a> — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2004-meeting.html">2004</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#928.28.53">John F. Kerry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#537.36.58">John Edwards</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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