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John Adams (1735-1826) —
also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of
Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old
Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of
Independence"; "Father of the American
Navy" —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., October
30, 1735.
Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams
(1699-1797).
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice
President of the United States, 1789-97; President
of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Unitarian.
English ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 4,
1826 (age 90 years, 247
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams (1699-1797);
third cousin of Samuel
Adams; married, October
25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818; aunt of William
Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813; who married
William
Stephens Smith) and John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848); third cousin twice removed of Erastus
Fairbanks and Eli
Thayer; grandfather of George
Washington Adams and Charles
Francis Adams (1807-1886); third cousin thrice removed of George
Otis Fairbanks, Austin
Wells Holden, Horace
Fairbanks, Franklin
Fairbanks, Arthur
Newton Holden and John
Alden Thayer; second cousin twice removed of John
Milton Thayer; first cousin thrice removed of Edward
M. Chapin; great-grandfather of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
T. Hayden and Arthur
Laban Bates; ancestor of William
Rush Merriam, Vinson
Martlow Whitley and Eugene
H. Nickerson; first cousin four times removed of Arthur
Chapin; second great-grandfather of Charles
Francis Adams (1866-1954); first cousin six times removed of Denwood
Lynn Chapin; third great-grandfather of Thomas
Boylston Adams. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Adams Harper
— John
A. Cameron
— John
A. Dix
— John
Adams Fisher
— John
A. Taintor
— John
A. Gilmer
— John
A. Perkins
— John
Adams Hyman
— John
A. Damon
— John
Adams Lee
— John
A. Sanders
— John
Adams Hurson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Adams: John Ferling,
John
Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John
Adams — David McCullough, John
Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling,
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James
Grant, John
Adams : Party of One |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) —
also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The
Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts
Madman" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767.
Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818).
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834.
Unitarian.
English ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Suffered a stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection
following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Theodore Cornelius Bates (b. 1843) —
of North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., June 4,
1843.
Son of Elijah Bates and Sarah (Fletcher) Bates.
Republican. Manufacturer;
proprietor, Worcester Corset Co.; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1883; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist.
English ancestry. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) —
also known as Cornelius N. Bliss —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
26, 1833.
Son of Asahel Newton Bliss and Irene Borden (Luther) Bliss.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; banker; New York
Republican state chair, 1887-89; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1892-1904; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1897-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904.
English ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 78 years, 256
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Son of George
Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Waldo Colburn (1824-1885) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
13, 1824.
Civil
engineer; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1875-82; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
English ancestry.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
26, 1885 (age 60 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) —
also known as John Calvin Coolidge; "Silent
Cal"; "Cautious Cal" —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., July 4,
1872.
Son of John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926) and Victoria Josephine (Moor)
Coolidge (1846-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907; mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1910-11; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1912-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1919-21; Vice
President of the United States, 1921-23; President
of the United States, 1923-29.
Congregationalist.
English ancestry.
Died of coronary
thrombosis in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 185
days).
Interment at Plymouth
Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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Samuel Etheridge (1788-1864) —
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 15,
1788.
Miller; inventor;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1839-40.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Quincy, Branch
County, Mich., February
18, 1864 (age 75 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Cynthia Maria Ingham (1806-1888). |
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Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) —
also known as Addison L. Green —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
23, 1862.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green.
Lawyer;
archaeologist;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; became
involved in the textile
business; vice-president, Association of Woolen
Manufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain and
France with Charles
G. Dawes, 1930.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1942 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) —
also known as Nathaniel Hathorne —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 4,
1804.
Son of Nathaniel Hathorne.
Famed novelist
and short story writer; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1846-49; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1853-57.
English ancestry.
Died in Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H., May 19,
1864 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.; statue at Hawthorne
Boulevard, Salem, Mass.
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John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) —
also known as John F. Kerry;
"Liveshot" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital,
Aurora, Adams
County, Colo., December
11, 1943.
Son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry (1913-2002).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1972; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1983-85; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1985-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Catholic.
English and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and
Bones.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Robert
Charles Winthrop; third cousin twice removed of William
Cameron Forbes; son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes)
Kerry (1913-2002); married, May 23,
1970, to Julia Stimson Thorne (divorced 1988); married, May 26,
1995, to Teresa (Simoes-Ferreira) Heinz (widow of Henry
John Heinz III). See Heinz-Forbes-Kerry-Winthrop
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kerry: A
Call to Service : My Vision for a Better America
(2003) — The
New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
(1997) — Our
Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World, with
John Edwards (2004) |
| | | Books about John F. Kerry: Douglas
Brinkley, Tour
of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War — Michael
Kranish et al, John
F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who
Know Him Best — Paul Alexander, The
Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White
House — George Butler, John
Kerry: A Portrait |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kerry:
John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi, Unfit
for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John
Kerry — David N. Bossie, The
Many Faces of John Kerry |
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Levi J. Law (1854-1909) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., December
1, 1854.
Son of George D. Law.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
postmaster;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Presbyterian.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., 1909
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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William Caleb Loring (1851-1930) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1851.
Son of Caleb William Loring (1819-1897) and Elizabeth Smith (Peabody)
Loring (1822-1869).
Lawyer;
solicitor, New York and New England Railroad,
1881-85; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1899-1919.
English ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Prides Crossing, Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., September
8, 1930 (age 79 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) —
also known as George V. N. Lothrop —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., August 8,
1817.
Son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1848-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Minister
to Russia, 1885-88.
English ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1897
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Franklin Nason (1897-1954) —
also known as William F. Nason; William Franklyn
Nason —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
13, 1897.
Son of Bradford A. Nason (born 1868) and Edith Jane (Appleton) Nason
(1878-1967).
U.S. Vice Consul in Yokohama, 1921-24; Mukden, 1924-25; Kobe, 1926; Taihoku, 1929; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1932.
English ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1954 (age 56 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, January
20, 1932, to Ruth Wells Barron (1910-1936; aviator killed in
explosion while trying to land plane at Omaha, Neb.). |
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Charles O. Newton —
of Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1905, 1907.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Malcolm E. Nichols (1876-1951) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1914, 1917-19; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-29; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Souther (1826-1891) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., March 5,
1826.
Son of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Treasurer, 1847; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
county judge in Pennsylvania, 1871.
English ancestry.
Died in 1891
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther; married 1850 to Letitia
Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Marc
Hubbard Souther. |
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Andrew Coolidge Stone (1839-1905) —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Cheshire
County, N.H., May 16,
1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1880-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884.
Congregationalist.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
26, 1905 (age 65 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Swift (b. 1794) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Massachusetts, 1794.
Candle
manufacturer; librarian;
mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1855-58.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Son of Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) and Abigail (Eastman) Webster
(1759-1836).
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; Presidential
Elector for New Hampshire, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the
$10
U.S. Note from the 1860s until the early 20th century.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) and Abigail (Eastman) Webster
(1759-1836); fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin; married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher (1781-1828); second cousin twice removed
of Edwin
George Eastman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
Webster Waugh
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun |
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Leonard Wood (1860-1927) —
Born in Winchester, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
9, 1860.
Son of Charles Jewett Wood and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood.
Republican. Physician;
received the Medal
of Honor in 1898 for his actions during an Indian war in 1886;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; commander of
the "Rough Riders"; Military Governor of Cuba, 1899-1902; major
general in the Philippine-American War, 1902-06; first Army Chief of
Staff; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
Governor-General of the Philippines, 1921-27.
English ancestry.
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is named for
him.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August 6,
1927 (age 66 years, 301
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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