| Politicians buried
here: |
| | 
Joshua S. Salmon (1846-1902) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Mt. Olive, Morris
County, N.J., February
2, 1846.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1878; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1899-1902; died in
office 1902.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., May 6,
1902 (age 56 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
|
| |
John Henry Capstick (1856-1918) —
also known as John H. Capstick —
of Montville, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., September
2, 1856.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1915-18; died in
office 1918.
Died in Montville, Morris
County, N.J., March 17,
1918 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
|
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Arthur Walsh (1896-1947) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
26, 1896.
Son of Michael Joseph Walsh and Mary Ann (Shane) Walsh.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; concert
violinist; vice-president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; Presidential
Elector for New Jersey, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-44; appointed 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died December
13, 1947 (age 51 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
|
| |
Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) —
also known as Hugh J. Addonizio —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
31, 1914.
Son of Frank Addonizio and Livia (Barasso) Addonizio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president, A & C Clothing
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; NAACP; Urban
League; Lions; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal Judge Anthony
Giuliano, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty; tried;
during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousands
of dollars in bribes;
convicted
in July, 1970; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and fined
$25,000; released in 1979.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., February
2, 1981 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
|
| |
Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. (1909-2005) —
also known as Peter W. Rodino, Jr. —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 7,
1909.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1949-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964,
1988;
law
professor.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 7,
2005 (age 95 years, 334
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
|
| |
Eugene Francis Kinkead (1876-1960) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Ireland,
March
27, 1876.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1909-15 (9th District 1909-13,
8th District 1913-15).
Died September
6, 1960 (age 84 years, 163
days).
Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
|
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Theodore Fitz Randolph (1826-1883) —
also known as Theodore F. Randolph —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 24,
1826.
Son of James
Fitz Randolph.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1861; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1862-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1869-72; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1875-81; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1876.
Died November
7, 1883 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
Emile Henry Lacombe (1846-1924) —
also known as E. Henry Lacombe —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1887-1916.
Died November
28, 1924 (age 78 years, 304
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., February
5, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1895-99; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1899-1901; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-08; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1908-12; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1912-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
9, 1924 (age 66 years, 308
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
George Theodore Werts (1846-1910) —
also known as George T. Werts —
of Morris
County, N.J.
Born March 24,
1846.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1887-92; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1892-93; Governor of
New Jersey, 1893-96.
Died January
17, 1910 (age 63 years, 299
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
Augustus William Cutler (1827-1897) —
also known as Augustus W. Cutler —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., October
22, 1827.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1872-74; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1875-79.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
1, 1897 (age 69 years, 71
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
George Thomas Cobb (1813-1870) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., October
13, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1861-63; mayor
of Morristown, N.J., 1865; member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1868.
Killed in an accident
on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
12, 1870 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| |
Frank Dale Abell (1878-1964) —
also known as Frank D. Abell —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 26,
1878.
Son of E. Corning Abell and Alice (Tainter) Abell.
Republican. Banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1925; member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1926-31.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1964
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
|
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Amador
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
14, 1819.
Son of Samuel Loree Axtell and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell.
Democrat. Lawyer; Amador
County District Attorney, 1854; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1875; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August 6,
1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
|
| |
Silas Condict (1738-1801) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., March 7,
1738.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1781; member of New
Jersey state legislature, 1791.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., September
6, 1801 (age 63 years, 183
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
|
| |
George Vail (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.
|
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Donald Holman McLean (1884-1975) —
also known as Donald H. McLean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 18,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1933-45; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1945-48; superior court judge in New Jersey,
1948-54.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Fanny Allen Hospital,
Winooski, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
19, 1975 (age 91 years, 154
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Vail Memorial Cemetery.
|
| |
Theodore Newton Vail (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.
|
| Politicians buried
here: |
| |
Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) —
of Succasunna, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Hanover, Morris
County, N.J., April 17,
1770.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1811-13; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1813-15; Governor of
New Jersey, 1815-17; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1817-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1834-38; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1840; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844.
Died in Succasunna, Morris
County, N.J., October
5, 1853 (age 83 years, 171
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
|
| |
Jetur Rose Riggs (1809-1869) —
also known as Jetur R. Riggs —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born near Drakesville (now Ledgewood), Morris
County, N.J., June 20,
1809.
Republican. Physician;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1836; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1856-58; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1859-61.
Died in Drakesville (now Ledgewood), Morris
County, N.J., November
5, 1869 (age 60 years, 138
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-buried.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)
