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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politician Namesakes</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Ranked List</b> <ol> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></a> (124) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></a> (85) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></a> (67) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a></a> (60) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></a> (53) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a></a> (48) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#026.12.20">De Witt Clinton</a></a> (48) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#486.08.94">Winfield Scott</a></a> (43) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a></a> (25) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a></a> (23) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</a></a> (21) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#777.02.93">James Monroe</a></a> (19) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#909.95.66">Wade Hampton</a></a> (19) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#596.92.65">Francis Marion</a></a> (18) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#878.23.04">Woodrow Wilson</a></a> (18) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#250.80.11">John Jay</a></a> (17) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a></a> (17) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a></a> (16) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#801.93.51">Roscoe Conkling</a></a> (16) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#111.82.60">Alexander Hamilton</a></a> (15) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#062.19.45">Daniel Webster</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#149.58.71">Franklin Pierce</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#682.37.80">Edward Everett</a></a> (13) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a></a> (12) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#991.28.86">William Wirt</a></a> (11) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a></a> (11) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a></a> (10) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#849.39.16">Washington Irving</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#109.58.92">Martin Van Buren</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumner.html#134.74.24">Charles Sumner</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Davis</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cass.html#892.23.36">Lewis Cass</a></a> (7) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#210.17.82">John C. Calhoun</a></a> (7) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</a></a> (6) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#741.57.28">Theodore Roosevelt</a></a> (5) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#008.32.15">John Tyler</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James K. Polk</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#776.37.65">Rufus King</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#772.03.14">Sam Houston</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dow.html#766.65.61">Neal Dow</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#694.62.87">Cassius M. Clay</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#772.44.17">Alfred Moore</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclellan.html#832.49.13">George B. McClellan</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnoldus-arzeno.html#515.43.58">Chester A. Arthur</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#231.48.38">William H. Seward</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#186.49.71">Horace Greeley</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#930.88.30">Thurlow Weed</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#308.96.36">Samuel J. Tilden</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeague-mckechnie.html#162.71.08">Thomas McKean</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintclair.html#415.90.14">Arthur St. Clair</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. Truman</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#717.72.21">William J. Bryan</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood6.html#049.33.38">Leonard Wood</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#751.96.42">John J. Pershing</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#625.76.59">John Greenleaf Whittier</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#009.56.83">Benjamin Parke</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#108.59.50">Shirley Temple Black</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#529.83.94">Mirabeau B. Lamar</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#632.79.08">Albert Sidney Johnston</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillman.html#279.64.90">Benjamin R. Tillman</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#807.77.49">Alexander H. Stephens</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#816.30.28">Joseph C. Sibley</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultze-schuveldt.html#767.01.16">Carl Schurz</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mallory.html#487.93.65">Stephen R. Mallory</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#360.13.15">Thomas Hinds</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#115.91.33">Thomas R. Gold</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#952.86.76">James A. Garfield</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#544.54.57">Lewis Dewart</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George M. Dallas</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#827.26.10">Bronson M. Cutting</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#075.70.84">William H. Crawford</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#050.48.29">Salmon P. Chase</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnside-burque.html#631.68.21">Ambrose E. Burnside</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#380.36.10">Preston S. Brooks</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#759.22.50">James G. Blaine</a></a> (1) </ol> </td> <td valign="top"><b>II. Alphabetical List</b> <ul> <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a></a> (12) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnoldus-arzeno.html#515.43.58">Chester A. Arthur</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#108.59.50">Shirley Temple Black</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#759.22.50">James G. Blaine</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#380.36.10">Preston S. Brooks</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#717.72.21">William J. Bryan</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</a></a> (6) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnside-burque.html#631.68.21">Ambrose E. Burnside</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#210.17.82">John C. Calhoun</a></a> (7) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cass.html#892.23.36">Lewis Cass</a></a> (7) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#050.48.29">Salmon P. Chase</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#694.62.87">Cassius M. Clay</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></a> (67) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#531.34.01">Grover Cleveland</a></a> (48) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#026.12.20">De Witt Clinton</a></a> (48) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#801.93.51">Roscoe Conkling</a></a> (16) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#075.70.84">William H. Crawford</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cutliff-czelusta.html#827.26.10">Bronson M. Cutting</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dales-dalto.html#289.37.90">George M. Dallas</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#938.98.18">Jefferson Davis</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#544.54.57">Lewis Dewart</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dow.html#766.65.61">Neal Dow</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#682.37.80">Edward Everett</a></a> (13) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a></a> (10) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></a> (85) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fremont.html#303.52.14">John Charles Frémont</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</a></a> (21) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#952.86.76">James A. Garfield</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#115.91.33">Thomas R. Gold</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a></a> (11) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graybill-greely.html#186.49.71">Horace Greeley</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#111.82.60">Alexander Hamilton</a></a> (15) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#909.95.66">Wade Hampton</a></a> (19) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a></a> (16) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#360.13.15">Thomas Hinds</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#772.03.14">Sam Houston</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#849.39.16">Washington Irving</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></a> (53) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#250.80.11">John Jay</a></a> (17) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a></a> (60) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#632.79.08">Albert Sidney Johnston</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#776.37.65">Rufus King</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#529.83.94">Mirabeau B. Lamar</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a></a> (23) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a></a> (25) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mallory.html#487.93.65">Stephen R. Mallory</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#596.92.65">Francis Marion</a></a> (18) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a></a> (17) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclellan.html#832.49.13">George B. McClellan</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeague-mckechnie.html#162.71.08">Thomas McKean</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#777.02.93">James Monroe</a></a> (19) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore1.html#772.44.17">Alfred Moore</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#009.56.83">Benjamin Parke</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perryman-petersen.html#751.96.42">John J. Pershing</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#149.58.71">Franklin Pierce</a></a> (14) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James K. Polk</a></a> (4) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#876.28.99">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#741.57.28">Theodore Roosevelt</a></a> (5) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintclair.html#415.90.14">Arthur St. Clair</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schultze-schuveldt.html#767.01.16">Carl Schurz</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#486.08.94">Winfield Scott</a></a> (43) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seward.html#231.48.38">William H. Seward</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherman.html#249.92.18">William Tecumseh Sherman</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#816.30.28">Joseph C. Sibley</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephens.html#807.77.49">Alexander H. Stephens</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumner.html#134.74.24">Charles Sumner</a></a> (8) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a></a> (3) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#308.96.36">Samuel J. Tilden</a></a> (2) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillman.html#279.64.90">Benjamin R. Tillman</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tomlison-tomsen.html#747.08.36">Daniel D. Tompkins</a></a> (1) <li><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#556.54.36">Harry S. 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