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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Son of Russell Alger (died 1848) and Caroline (Moulton) Alger (died
1848).
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Larz Anderson (1866-1937) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France
of American parents, August
15, 1866.
Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson (1838-1892) and Elizabeth
Coles (Kilgour) Anderson.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal Legion.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April 13,
1937 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Son of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer;
member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) —
also known as George F. Dudley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., September
25, 1867.
Episcopal
priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions;
Loyal Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob
Eisenhower (1863-1942).
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar
coin, 1971-78.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Walter Quintin Gresham (1832-1895) —
also known as Walter Q. Gresham —
of Indiana.
Born near Lanesville, Harrison
County, Ind., March 17,
1832.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1866, 1868; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1868;
U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1869-83; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1883-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1884; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1884-93; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1893-95; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1895 (age 63 years, 72
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) —
also known as Winfield S. Hancock —
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
14, 1824.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1868,
1876;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2
silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s.
Died February
9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Son of Rev. Sherman K. Kellogg.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
justice
of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana,
1868,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) —
also known as George B. McClellan; "Little
Mac" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826.
Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal Legion.
Died October
29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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William Franklin Sands (1874-1946) —
also known as William F. Sands —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1874.
Son of James Hoban Sands (Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and Mary Elizabeth
(Meade) Sands.
U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1909-10.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in 1946
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Edith Gertrude Keating. |
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Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) —
of Michigan.
Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H., August 2,
1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
1922 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and
Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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