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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of Throat or Larynx Cancer</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Grant"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CL-born.html">Clermont County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-27.html">April 27, 1822</a>. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/index.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-died.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/07-23.html">July 23, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms02222">General Grant Memorial</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 Jesse Root Grant and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/08-22.html">August 22, 1848</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Boggs Dent</a> (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#097.45.56">Alexander Sharp</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#760.18.13">George Wrenshall Dent</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#043.94.50">Lewis Dent</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cronen-crosbie.html#495.04.57">William Pigott Cronan</a>); first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#941.57.26">William Augustus Bird</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#722.35.36">Jabez Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#606.56.26">William Rush Merriam</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#607.66.83">Jedediah Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#723.57.31">Jesse Monroe Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#596.85.32">Francis Watkinson Cole</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robbins.html#539.37.12">Warren Delano Robbins</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/10001-2182.html">Grant family</a> of San Francisco, California (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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#125.19.86">Horace Porter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#349.30.94">Ayres Phillips Merrill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/douglas.html#033.46.86">Robert Martin Douglas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#975.03.17">Thomas L. Hamer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#289.74.21">James Arkell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#247.62.18">Joseph D. Webster</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">Grant counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GN.html">Ark.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/GA.html">Kan.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/GR.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GR.html">Minn.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GN.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/GR.html">N.M.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GA.html">N.Dak.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/GN.html">Okla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/GR.html">Ore.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/GR.html">S.Dak.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/GA.html">Wash.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GA.html">W.Va.</a> are 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">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#701.32.59">Ulysses G. Owings</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#035.86.71">Ulysses G. Argetsinger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scadden-schafe.html#842.06.76">Ulysses G. Scalley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cherry.html#461.66.66">U. S. G. Cherry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#689.18.56">Ulysses G. Palmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#356.98.58">Ulysses S. G. Bieber</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/denivernais-denning.html#072.33.61">Ulysses G. Denman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#412.08.62">Ulysses G. Crandell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#953.67.16">Ulysses S. G. Blakely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#424.81.25">S. U. G. Rhodes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#442.10.54">Ulysses G. Borden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#514.75.05">U. Grant Mengel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#668.40.08">Ulysses G. Foster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bale-baliles.html#734.96.14">U. S. Balentine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#562.74.48">Ulysses G. Byers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burch.html#454.21.48">U. Grant Burch, Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#568.30.66">U. S. Grant Leverett</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appears</a> on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927.</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">Personal motto: "When in doubt, fight."</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/Ulysses S. Grant">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/966/000023897">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/411">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4093">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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 Ulysses S. Grant: Jean Edward Smith, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684849267/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684849267&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grant</a> — Frank J. Scaturro, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568331320/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568331320&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">President Grant Reconsidered</a> — William S. McFeely, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393323943/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393323943&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grant</a> — Brooks D. Simpson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395659949/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0395659949&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865</a> — Brooks D. Simpson, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807819662/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807819662&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868</a> — James S. Brisbin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006AG116/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0006AG116&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax</a> — Josiah Bunting III, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069496/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069496&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Ulysses S. Grant</a> — Michael Korda, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060590157/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060590157&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero</a> — Edward H. Bonekemper, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089526062X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=089526062X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius</a> — Harry J. Maihafer, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1574881051/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1574881051&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana</a> — H. W. Brands, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385532415/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385532415&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace</a> — Charles Bracelen Flood, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306820285/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0306820285&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year</a> — Joan Waugh, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807833177/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807833177&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth</a> — Mike Resnick, ed., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812511925/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812511925&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Alternate Presidents [anthology]</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">Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant: Nathan Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684852063/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684852063&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents</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">Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312309376/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312309376&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Grant Comes East</a> — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312342985/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312342985&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Granville Henderson Oury (1825-1891) — also known as Granville H. Oury — of Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz.; Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz.; Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PN-lived.html">Pinal County</a>, Ariz. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/03-12.html">March 12, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Arizona Territory to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/trhs.html">Arizona territorial House of Representatives</a>; elected 1866, 1873, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/tatgn.html">Arizona territory attorney general</a>, 1869; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory</a>, 1881-85; defeated, 1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/AZ.html">1884</a>. Died of throat cancer, in Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-died.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-11.html">January 11, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PN-buried.html#cms05197">Adamsville Cemetery</a>, Near Florence, Pinal County, Ariz. <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=O000135">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408387">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> Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-30.html">May 30, 1850</a>. Army officer; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AH-diplomats.html ">Austria-Hungary</a>, 1889-93; New York City Police Commissioner, 1894-98; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Died, from throat cancer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-11.html">April 11, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-buried.html# ">United States Military Academy Cemetery</a>, West Point, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Grant</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-20.html">October 20, 1874</a>, to Ida M. Honoré; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#760.18.13">George Wrenshall Dent</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#043.94.50">Lewis Dent</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#941.57.26">William Augustus Bird</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#722.35.36">Jabez Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#606.56.26">William Rush Merriam</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/10001-2182.html">Grant family</a> of San Francisco, California (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">Epitaph: "Eldest son of General and President Ulysses S. Grant."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/grant-frederick-dent ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2302">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> Ivey Goodman Riddick (1861-1920) — also known as Ivey G. Riddick — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-born.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-03.html">December 3, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Franklin County, 1903-04. Died, from throat cancer, in Raleigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-died.html">Wake County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-01.html">January 1, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WK-buried.html#cms00463">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Raleigh, N.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 Willie Goodman Riddick and Annie Ivey (Jones) Riddick; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Annie Dunn.</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/63883912">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> Maecenas Eason Benton (1848-1924) — also known as Maecenas E. Benton — of Neosho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-lived.html">Newton County</a>, Mo. Born near Dyersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DY-born.html">Dyer County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-29.html">January 29, 1848</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-officials.html">Newton County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1878-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MO.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 15th District, 1897-1905; defeated, 1904; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1908-election.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 18th District, 1922-23. Died, from carcinoma of larynx, in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-27.html">April 27, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-buried.html#cms01788">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Neosho, 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 Thomas Hart Benton (1824-1879) and Mary Ellen (Eason) Benton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/06-24.html">June 24, 1888</a>, to Elizabeth Wise; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benton.html#298.11.03">Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benton.html#633.78.80">Thomas Hart Benton 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/10001-1083.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000397">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401388">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7017295">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> Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr. (1852-1929) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Buck Grant — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CL-born.html">Clermont County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/07-22.html">July 22, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/CA.html">1896</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/CA.html">1900</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1904-meeting.html">1905</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#741.57.28">Theodore Roosevelt</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#884.62.50">Charles W. Fairbanks</a>); Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1908-meeting.html">1909</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#155.21.12">William H. Taft</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#082.27.33">James S. Sherman</a>). Died of throat cancer, in the Sandberg <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Lodge</a>, Sandberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/09-25.html">September 25, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-buried.html#cms00573">Greenwood Memorial Park</a>, San Diego, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Grant</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-01.html">November 1, 1880</a>, to Josephine Chaffee (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#296.78.60">Jerome Bunty Chaffee</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-12.html">July 12, 1913</a>, to America Workman Will; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#760.18.13">George Wrenshall Dent</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#043.94.50">Lewis Dent</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#941.57.26">William Augustus Bird</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#722.35.36">Jabez Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#606.56.26">William Rush Merriam</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/10001-2182.html">Grant family</a> of San Francisco, California (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/Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6336018">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known as T. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-11.html">December 11, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Powder</a> Co., 1902-15; president, Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> Co., and other mining firms; director, Union National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotels</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Delaware Republican state chair</a>, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DE.html">1920</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DE.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1908-30; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/index.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921; defeated, 1922; resigned 1928. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, from cancer of the larynx, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-11.html">November 11, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 335 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms04670">Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery</a>, Wilmington, Del. <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 Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-17.html">January 17, 1889</a>, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware (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=D000560">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403618">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T. Coleman du Pont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6818530">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 Emile Harley (1880-1942) — also known as J. E. Harley — of Barnwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-lived.html">Barnwell County</a>, S.C. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-born.html">Barnwell County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-14.html">September 14, 1880</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1904-08, 1927-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/barnwell.html">mayor of Barnwell, S.C.</a>, 1912-22; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#602.58.95">Solomon Blatt</a>, 1917-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/SC.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1931-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1941-42; died in office 1942. Died, from throat cancer, in the South Carolina <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Governor's Mansion</a>, Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-27.html">February 27, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 166 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-buried.html# ">Barnwell Baptist Church Cemetery</a>, Barnwell, S.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 Lunsford F. Harley and Elizabeth (Hummel) Harley; married to Sarah Agnes Richardson.</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/joseph-emile-harley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Emile Harley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41044457">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> Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) — also known as Louis H. Fead — of Newberry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LU-lived.html">Luce County</a>, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SN-born.html">Sanilac County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-02.html">May 2, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LU-officials.html">Luce County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1928, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> while suffering from throat cancer, in the University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-04.html">February 4, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00774">Deepdale Memorial Park</a>, Delta Township, Eaton County, 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">Relatives: Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-19.html">September 19, 1919</a>, to Marion McPherson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Henry Abegg (1864-1958) — also known as Charles Abegg; Carl Abegg — of New York. Born in Zurich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/04-15.html">April 15, 1864</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Port de Paix</a>, 1896-1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Died, from cancer of the larynx, in Port de Paix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-died.html">Haiti</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/06-12.html">June 12, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 58 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-buried.html# ">Cemetery of Port de Paix</a>, Port de Paix, Haiti. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward F. Clark (1898-1963) — also known as Howie Clark — of Bayonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born in Bayonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-01.html">May 1, 1898</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NJ.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/bayonne.html">mayor of Bayonne, N.J.</a>, 1951-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of throat cancer, in Pollak <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/12-27.html">December 27, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-buried.html#cms02797">Holy Name Cemetery</a>, Jersey City, N.J. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) — of Illinois. Born in Hamilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/08-03.html">August 3, 1915</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; speechwriter for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai E. Stevenson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#288.06.12">John F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy7.html#923.49.98">Robert F. Kennedy</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#503.62.34">Hubert Humphrey</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-diplomats.html ">Dominican Republic</a>, 1962-63. Died, from throat cancer, in Highland Park <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Highland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/01-03.html">January 3, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 153 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BG-buried.html#cms07164">Herman Cemetery</a>, Herman, 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">Relatives: Son of John Martin and Laura Martin; married to Frances Rose Smethurst Martin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Bartlow Martin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/martin-john-bartlow ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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> Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) — also known as Samuel George Davis — Born in Harlem, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-08.html">December 8, 1925</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">singer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">dancer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">actor</a>; injured in an automobile accident in 1954, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his left eye</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960 /speakers.html">honored guest</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Cuban</a> ancestry. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/spingarn-medal.html">Spingarn Medal</a> in 1968. Died, from complications of throat cancer, in Beverly Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-16.html">May 16, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel George Davis and Elvera (Sanchez) Davis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-10.html">January 10, 1958</a>, to Loray White; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/11-13.html">November 13, 1960</a>, to May Britt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-11.html">May 11, 1970</a>, to Altovise Gore.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "The Entertainer -- He Did It All"</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/Sammy Davis, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/534/000022468">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002035">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/263">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.laprogressive.com/sports-homophobia-racism-sexism/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/256/06.74.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Curt Flood"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Curt Flood (1938-1997) — also known as Charles Curtis Flood — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-18.html">January 18, 1938</a>. Democrat. Professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">baseball</a> player in 1959-71; sued to overturn the reserve clause and make players free agents; alternate 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/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died, from throat cancer and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in UCLA <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/01-20.html">January 20, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 2 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms02104">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a>, Inglewood, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/">1959</a> to Beverly Collins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/12-20.html">December 20, 1986</a>, to Judy Pace.</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/Curt Flood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/083/000085825">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1202646">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3549">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: L.A. Progressive</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 F. Brachtenbach (1931-2008) — of Selah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/YA-lived.html">Yakima County</a>, Wash. Born in Sidney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CH-born.html">Cheyenne County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-28.html">January 28, 1931</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/WA.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Washington state supreme court</a>, 1972-94. Died, of throat cancer, in Cottage Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LA-died.html">Lane County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/05-02.html">May 2, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 95 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 Henry Brachtenbach and Elizabeth Brachtenbach; married to Nancy Blair.</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/Robert Brachtenbach">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/294/000170781">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://TomChambers.com"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/441/87.75.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Tom Chambers"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Tom Chambers (1943-2013) — Born in Wapato, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/YA-born.html">Yakima County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/10-11.html">October 11, 1943</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Washington state supreme court</a>, 2001-12. 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