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See also
Franklin
Swift Billings —
Vail
M. Delony —
Arthur
H. Gleason —
Raymond
Vail Ingersoll —
Fred
Vail Johnson —
Vail
Montgomery Pittman |
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Vail, Aaron (1796-1878) —
of New York.
Born in 1796.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Great Britain, 1832-36; Spain, 1840-42; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada, 1838.
Died in Pau, France,
November
4, 1878 (age about 82
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Abraham —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1819-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Arthur —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1903; Prohibition
candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Benjamin A. —
of Union
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1876-77; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1879-84.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Carl M. —
of Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Charles —
of Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Washington, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Charles —
Peace and Freedom candidate for Presidential Elector for California,
1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Vail, Charles D. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Charles Winfield (b.
1861) —
also known as Charles W. Vail —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Fairbury, Livingston
County, Ill., 1861.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912;
clerk of the Illinois supreme court, 1915-19; defeated in primary,
1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Modern
Woodmen; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Barton. |
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1919 |
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Vail, David M. —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1840-41.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Delmar J. —
of Vermont.
Born in Vermont.
U.S. Consul in Charlottetown, 1897-1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Dmitri —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Vail, Donald —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Vail, Edmund G. —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1897; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Edward M. —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Fred —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1986.
Still living as of 1986.
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Vail, George (1809-1875) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 21,
1809.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1843-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1853-57; defeated,
1850; U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1858-61; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1865-71.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1875 (age 65 years, 306
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Vail, George M. —
of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1904;
chair
of Suffolk County Republican Party, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, George W. —
Greenback Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Henry (1782-1853) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1782.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1837-39.
Died in 1853
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Vail, J. A. —
of Flagstaff, Coconino
County, Ariz.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona
Territory, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Lewis —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Mayor
of Canton, Ohio, 1842-44.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. See Louis W. Vail |
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Vail, Louis W. (b. 1851) —
also known as Lou W. Vail —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.; Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Elkhart
County, Ind., January
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-95; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1924.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, M. H. C. —
of Essex
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1867.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Moses —
of Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1791-92; member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1796-1801.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Richard Bernard
(1895-1955) —
also known as Richard B. Vail —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948, 1952, 1954.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 29,
1955 (age 59 years, 332
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Vail, Roy —
of Lagrange, LaGrange
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vail, Theodore Newton
(1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric
railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and
cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 16,
1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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