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Bolyard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowerman-bowes.html#062.73.76">Dorsey B. Bowers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#773.30.16">Mrs. Dorsey Bramley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrott-carten.html#341.86.36">Dorsey Carson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#227.30.25">Thomas James Creamer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#146.94.92">Dorsey R. Crowe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#897.17.07">Dorsey E. Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#827.68.58">Richard N. Dixon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodrill-doheny.html#998.92.75">Dorsey Dodgen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#715.49.39">Dorsey W. Edwards</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#907.88.34">E. Dorsey Etchison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#793.74.90">Dorsey Gassaway Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goff.html#984.92.26">Abe McGregor Goff</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green2.html#873.73.44">Dorsey Green</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#728.60.94">Dorsey B. Hardeman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#760.13.45">Dorsey M. Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudson.html#111.53.59">Dorsey Hudson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jelinek-jenkin.html#962.11.18">William Dorsey Jelks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#409.84.20">Danise Jones-Dorsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#131.43.67">Dorsey Ketchum</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#429.50.51">Dorsey J. Lake</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis2.html#906.81.29">Dorsey W. Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#702.68.57">Marvin Mandel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin9.html#892.91.42">William Dickinson Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller2.html#368.82.25">Dorsey C. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#920.67.98">R. Dorsey Mohun</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prescott.html#232.63.44">Dorsey J. Prescott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#955.05.36">George Edmund Price</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#557.62.31">Charles Carnan Ridgely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seys-shady.html#749.83.40">Dorsey William Shackleford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stebbins.html#266.85.69">Dorsey R. Stebbins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swan.html#357.23.91">Dot Dorsey Swan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas2.html#448.52.62">Dorsey B. Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#474.95.38">George Dorsey Torbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsh.html#526.30.24">William Francis Walsh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsh.html#753.97.27">James Thomas Walsh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#650.70.28">Robert Dorsey Watkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#818.64.41">Dorsey Whitehead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#766.46.15">Dorsey A. Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#111.57.06">Clifford Brittin Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dorsey, A. A. See <a href="#731.30.39">Albert Alan Dorsey</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="731.30.39">Dorsey, Albert Alan</a> (1873-1933) — also known as A. A. Dorsey — of Parsons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TU-lived.html">Tucker County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PR-born.html">Preston County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-01.html">December 1, 1873</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Tucker County, 1925-26. Died in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/07-31.html">July 31, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TU-buried.html# ">Parsons Cemetery</a>, Parsons, W.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 Charles Wesley Dorsey and Caroline 'Carrie' (Parks) Dorsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Ethiel Hester Shaffer; father of Alberta Dorsey (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#753.93.51">Harlan Mayberry Calhoun</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/145677690">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="054.81.51">Dorsey, Alexander Warfield</a> (1828-1868) — also known as Alexander W. Dorsey — of Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Md. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/12-27.html">December 27, 1828</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/westminster.html#2">Westminster, Md.</a>, 1849-53. Died in Westminster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-02.html">January 2, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-buried.html#cms01787">Westminster Cemetery</a>, Westminster, Md. <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 Richard Green Dorsey and Honor (Warfield) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-23.html">October 23, 1849</a>, to Mary Rebecca Webster; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>, <a href="#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#535.51.86">George William Owings Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown 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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62083809">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="575.27.74">Dorsey, Andrew</a> (1786-1842) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Libertytown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/04-25.html">April 25, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Calhoun County, 1838. Died in Homer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-died.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/04-12.html">April 12, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms05976">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Homer Township, Calhoun 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 <a href="#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and Eleanor (Dorsey) Dorsey; married to Ruth Shekel; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a> and <a href="#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin of <a href="#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</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/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8716199">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="330.03.69">Dorsey, Augustus Lee</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from White County, 1926. 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="936.75.83">Dorsey, Bert C.</a> — of Leon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</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="487.32.45">Dorsey, C. G.</a> — of Beatrice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-lived.html">Gage County</a>, Neb. Citizens candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/beatrice.html">mayor of Beatrice, Neb.</a>, 1895. 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="984.79.47">Dorsey, C. P.</a> — of Cameron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 3rd District, 1936. 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="284.23.04">Dorsey, Caleb</a> (1833-1896) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SS-lived.html">Stanislaus County</a>, Calif. Born in Patapsco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-07.html">September 7, 1833</a>. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">livestock raiser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1877-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by his mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/TO-died.html">Tuolumne County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-21.html">April 21, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 227 days</a>). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SJ-buried.html#cms04007">Stockton Rural Cemetery</a>, Stockton, 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 Edward Worthington Dorsey and Eleanor Elizabeth (Brown) Dorsey; nephew of <a href="#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates</a> and <a href="#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</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/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113647371">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="594.51.02">Dorsey, Catherine B.</a> — of Moundsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="640.16.10">Dorsey, Charles A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MD.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MD.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="103.99.87">Dorsey, Charles G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/NE-lived.html">Nemaha County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention</a>, 1864. 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="247.51.20">Dorsey, Charles Major</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from White County, 1949-50. 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="986.75.13">Dorsey, Chester</a> — of Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CA-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bellevue.html">Mayor of Bellevue, Ky.</a>, 1922-25. 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="122.58.99">Dorsey, Clement F.</a> (1778-1846) — of Chaptico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/index.html">1778</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1816-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1825-31; district judge in Maryland, 1832-46. Slaveowner. Died while holding <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courtroom.html">court session</a>, Port Tobacco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-died.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/08-08.html">August 8, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-buried.html# ">Summerseat Cemetery</a>, Laurel Grove, Md. <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 Dorsey and Mary (Hammond) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-12.html">December 12, 1799</a>, to Priscilla Hebb; married to Dicandia Ireland; first cousin once removed of <a href="#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a> and <a href="#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#213.12.63">William Barret Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#677.68.68">John Overton Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winsor-wintenburg.html#079.84.82">Bickerton Lyle Winston</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</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/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland (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=D000437">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403547">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37080828">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="752.47.31">Dorsey, D. A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MH-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1891-94. 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="732.10.55">Dorsey, D. A.</a> — of Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/FL.html">1920</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="568.12.92">Dorsey, Daniel</a> (1757-1823) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Born in Elkridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-born.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/03-06.html">March 6, 1757</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1809-10. Died in Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-died.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/05-16.html">May 16, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-buried.html#cms08252">South Lyons Cemetery</a>, Lyons, 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 Thomas Dorsey and Elizabeth (Ridgely) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/02-17.html">February 17, 1779</a>, to Eleanor Dorsey; father of <a href="#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a>; second cousin of <a href="#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#382.46.18">Eli Huston Brown III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and <a href="#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</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/10001-1321.html">Dorsey family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1386.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35294668">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="686.48.85">Dorsey, Dean</a> — of Corvallis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/corvallis.html">Mayor of Corvallis, Ore.</a>, 1953-54. 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="616.55.14">Dorsey, Dennis</a> (born c.1935) — of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla. Born about 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Funeral business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/lakeworthbeach.html#2">mayor of Lake Worth, Fla.</a>, 1981-82; resigned 1982. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.17.21">Dorsey, Donald T.</a> (1923-1999) — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-18.html">August 18, 1923</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/meriden.html">mayor of Meriden, Conn.</a>, 1968-71; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1972-93. Died, in the Midstate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/11-27.html">November 27, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms01993">Sacred Heart Cemetery</a>, Meriden, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Patrick Dorsey and Theresa Dorsey; married to Katherine Gaffey.</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/18254342">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="892.65.96">Dorsey, E. D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/NI-lived.html">Nicholas County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Nicholas County, 1927-28. 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="574.04.58">Dorsey, Edward</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1934. 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="031.10.76">Dorsey, Edward B.</a> — of Empire City, Ormsby County (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-lived.html">Carson City</a>), Nev. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863. 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="413.00.77">Dorsey, Frank</a> — of Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/perthamboy.html">Mayor of Perth Amboy, N.J.</a>, 1918-19; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NJ.html">1928</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="721.77.49">Dorsey, Frank Joseph Gerard</a> (1891-1949) — also known as Frank J. G. Dorsey — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-26.html">April 26, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-gamma-sigma.html">Beta Gamma Sigma</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/07-13.html">July 13, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms03389">St. Dominic's Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <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 Henry Dorsey and Ellen Catherine (Maher) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-04.html">April 4, 1920</a>, to Cecelia May Alphonsene Ward.</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=D000438">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403548">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="586.80.08">Dorsey, Frank X.</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/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 1st District, 1937-38. 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Francis Xavier</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> Dorsey, G. Volney See <a href="#618.99.78">Godwin Volney Dorsey</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="273.70.92">Dorsey, George</a> — of Prince Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-lived.html">Calvert County</a>, Md. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MD.html">1952</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="831.32.66">Dorsey, George Washington Emery</a> (1842-1911) — also known as George W. E. Dorsey — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-lived.html">Dodge County</a>, Neb. Born in Waterford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-25.html">January 25, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NE.html">Nebraska Republican state chair</a>, 1882-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 3rd District, 1885-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-12.html">June 12, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-buried.html#cms06979">Ridge Cemetery</a>, Fremont, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hamilton N. Dorsey and Sarah (Polton) Dorsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Emma E. Benton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/">1905</a> to Laura Hodge.</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=D000439">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403549">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7262865">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="618.99.78">Dorsey, Godwin Volney</a> (b. 1812) — also known as G. Volney Dorsey — of Piqua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-lived.html">Miami County</a>, Ohio. Born in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/11-17.html">November 17, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr1848-meeting.html">1848</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Miami County, 1850-51; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/aud.html">Ohio auditor of state</a>, 1857, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trea.html">Ohio treasurer of state</a>, 1862-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OH.html">Ohio Republican state chair</a>, 1863-64; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr1868-meeting.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Miami County, 1873. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MI-buried.html#cms04070">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Piqua, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Maxwell Dorsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/">1837</a> to N. M. McCorkle; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to Laura P. Morrow.</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/13928534">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="026.57.96">Dorsey, Guy Clopton</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from White County, 1945-48, 1951-52. 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="257.27.80">Dorsey, Hattie B.</a> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/GA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/GA.html">2004</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/GA.html">Democratic National Committee from Georgia</a>, 2004; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr2004-election.html">2004</a> (on behalf of <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>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="858.63.53">Dorsey, Homer G.</a> — of Findlay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/findlay.html">Mayor of Findlay, Ohio</a>; elected 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="039.82.41">Dorsey, Hugh Manson</a> (1871-1948) — also known as Hugh M. Dorsey — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-10.html">July 10, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1917-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-11.html">June 11, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 337 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 Rufus Thomas Dorsey and Sarah Matilda (Bennett) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-29.html">June 29, 1911</a>, to Adair Wilkinson.</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/hugh-manson-dorsey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/146/000206525">NNDB dossier</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="162.01.57">Dorsey, I. J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ala. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Lee County, 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="240.04.80">Dorsey, Ira A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MO.html">1932</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="572.63.56">Dorsey, Mrs. J. L.</a> — of Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/KY.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="356.61.30">Dorsey, J. S.</a> — Populist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 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> Dorsey, J. W. See <a href="#191.72.23">John W. Dorsey</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="447.19.44">Dorsey, Jack V.</a> — of Tucker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/GA.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="893.28.75">Dorsey, James W.</a> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia</a>, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/GA.html">1960</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="560.34.54">Dorsey, Jennifer Anna</a> (b. 1971) — Born in Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-born.html">Clark County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/index.html">1971</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Nevada</a>, 2013-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2017. <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=3485&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/dorsey-jennifer-anna">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="025.55.50">Dorsey, Jim</a> — of Nampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CA-lived.html">Canyon County</a>, Idaho. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/nampa.html">mayor of Nampa, Idaho</a>, 2009. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="506.48.26">Dorsey, John H.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 24, 1901-10. 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=12579">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="097.73.29">Dorsey, John H.</a> (b. 1937) — of Boonton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-26.html">December 26, 1937</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 23rd District, 1976-77; defeated, 1973; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1978-93 (23rd District 1978-81, 25th District 1982-93); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1980/NJ.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1994. <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/1964/">1964</a> to Susan De Witt.</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/carroll.html#151.93.74">Michael Carroll</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="415.98.79">Dorsey, John Lloyd, Jr.</a> (1891-1960) — also known as John L. Dorsey, Jr. — of Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-lived.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky. Born in Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-born.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-10.html">August 10, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1930-31. Died in Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-died.html">Henderson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/03-22.html">March 22, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HE-buried.html#cms00106">Fernwood Cemetery</a>, Henderson, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John L. Dorsey and Nannie (Dixon) Dorsey.</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=D000440">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403550">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="016.65.65">Dorsey, John T.</a> — of Delaware. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="191.72.23">Dorsey, John W.</a> (b. 1852) — also known as J. W. Dorsey — of Elko, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/EL-lived.html">Elko County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-04.html">June 4, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NV.html">1888</a>; member, Committee on Permanent Organization, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.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="637.17.15">Dorsey, Mildred B.</a> — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="264.76.35">Dorsey, Norris H.</a> — of Delano, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/KE-lived.html">Kern County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/delano.html#2">Delano, Calif.</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="068.62.00">Dorsey, Owen</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OL-lived.html">Oldham County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861. 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="150.41.15">Dorsey, Paula S.</a> — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/WI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/WI.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="192.85.15">Dorsey, Peter C.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Connecticut</a>, 1974-77. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="844.52.97">Dorsey, Philip H., Jr.</a> — of Leonardtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MD.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MD.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MD.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MD.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="587.74.12">Dorsey, R.</a> — of Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IA.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="944.49.07">Dorsey, Remus W. V.</a> — of Leonardtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SM-lived.html">St. Mary's County</a>, Md.; Ellicott City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MD.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MD.html">1916</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="233.84.00">Dorsey, Robert S.</a> — of Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LN-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/brookfield.html">Mayor of Brookfield, Mo.</a>, 1955-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</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> Dorsey, Roderick See <a href="#018.17.64">William Roderick Dorsey</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="464.26.94">Dorsey, S. B.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 2nd District, 1882. 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="373.17.61">Dorsey, Stephen Wallace</a> (1842-1916) — also known as Stephen W. Dorsey — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PH-lived.html">Phillips County</a>, Ark.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Benson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/02-28.html">February 28, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Arkansas</a>, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/AR.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/AR.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/fraud.html">frauds</a> against the U.S. Post Office Department; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-20.html">March 20, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000441">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403551">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Wallace Dorsey">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7363219">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.68.95">Dorsey, Thomas Beale</a> (1780-1855) — also known as Thomas B. Dorsey — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-born.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/10-17.html">October 17, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maryland</a>, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/attygn.html">Maryland state attorney general</a>, 1822-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals</a>, 1824-51. Died in Ellicott City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-died.html">Howard County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-26.html">December 26, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-buried.html#cms03555">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Ellicott City, Md. <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 Worthington Dorsey and Comfort (Worthington) Dorsey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/01-28.html">January 28, 1808</a>, to Milcah Goodwin; father of Mary Ann Tolley Worthington Dorsey (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson4.html#201.00.11">Gilbert Livingston Thompson</a>); uncle of <a href="#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gaither-galasinski.html#556.34.68">George Riggs Gaither Jr.</a>; second cousin of <a href="#568.12.92">Daniel Dorsey</a> and <a href="#575.27.74">Andrew Dorsey</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#107.44.26">Leonard Franklin Poffenbarger</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#794.25.55">John T. Poffenbarger</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#206.42.64">Richard Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wardell-warnell.html#917.93.00">Alexander Warfield</a> and <a href="#122.58.99">Clement F. Dorsey</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates (1815-1873)</a> and <a href="#054.81.51">Alexander Warfield Dorsey</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates (1860-1936)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#922.60.62">Benjamin H. Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#550.57.25">Albin Owings Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#119.14.06">Eli Huston Brown Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</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: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/28445884">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="137.71.33">Dorsey, Thomas F.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwich.html#2">First selectman of Norwich, Connecticut</a>, 1950. 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="509.33.83">Dorsey, U. B.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IA.html">1908</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> Dorsey, Volney See <a href="#618.99.78">Godwin Volney Dorsey</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="699.25.99">Dorsey, W. E.</a> — of Redfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/SP-lived.html">Spink County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/SD.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="424.00.46">Dorsey, W. H.</a> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SK-consuls.html ">North Portal</a>, as of 1902-05. 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> Dorsey, W. Roderick See <a href="#018.17.64">William Roderick Dorsey</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="709.55.25">Dorsey, Walter F.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> District 5, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="031.75.14">Dorsey, William</a> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IN.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="820.21.86">Dorsey, William C.</a> — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Neb. District judge in Nebraska 10th District, 1917-19; appointed 1917; resigned 1919. 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="018.17.64">Dorsey, William Roderick</a> (b. 1868) — also known as W. Roderick Dorsey — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in New Market, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-08.html">October 8, 1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Shanghai</a>, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Shanghai</a>, 1908-12; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Jerez de la Frontera</a>, 1912-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LY-consuls.html ">Tripoli</a>, 1914-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BM-consuls.html ">Rangoon</a>, 1916-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-consuls.html ">Quebec City</a>, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Shanghai</a>, 1918-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Florence</a>, as of 1920-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Catania</a>, as of 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Tsingtao</a>, as of 1926-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Tsinan</a>, as of 1929; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Genoa</a>, as of 1932. 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