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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Son of Charles C. Badeau and Mary Lyles (Stothoff) Badeau.
Minister;
missionary;
university professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mamie Bridgeforth —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Democrat. College professor; Presidential Elector for New
Jersey, 2000;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
Son of David Wilbur Brown and Clara Herrick (Hill) Brown.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university professor.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler.
Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Edward Capps (1866-1950) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
21, 1866.
Son of Stephen Reid Capps and Rhoda S. (Tomlin) Capps.
University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1920.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1950
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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Alfred C. Clapp (b. 1903) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; member of New Jersey
state senate from Essex County, 1948-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Archibald Cox (1912-2004) —
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 17,
1912.
Son of Archibald Cox and Frances (Perkins) Cox.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor in Watergate
scandal, 1973.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Common
Cause.
Died in Brooksville, Hancock
County, Maine, May 29,
2004 (age 92 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
Son of E. A. Daniels.
University professor; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-23; trustee of New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad,
1935.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Son of Samuel Ashbel Farrand and Louise (Wilson) Farrand.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university professor; president,
University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the
American Red Cross, 1919-21; president,
Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New
York Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Milton A. Feller (b. 1902) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., September
21, 1902.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1942-44;
district judge in New Jersey 1st District, 1944; law
professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Member, Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer;
college professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Arthur R. Gemberling —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Woodstown, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Republican. College teacher; real estate
broker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rush D. Holt (b. 1948) —
of Hopewell Township, Cumberland
County, N.J.; Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Weston, Lewis
County, W.Va., October
15, 1948.
Son of Rush Dew
Holt.
Democrat. College professor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nathan L. Jacobs (1905-1989) —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.
Born February
28, 1905.
Lawyer;
law partner of Arthur
T. Vanderbilt, 1928-34; law professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948, 1952-75;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1948-52.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
25, 1989 (age 83 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 28,
1902.
Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell
(Corliss) Lamont (died 1952).
Author;
lecturer; arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and
its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him
with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 26,
1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss)
Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8,
1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen
Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth
Keehner; uncle of Ned
Lamont. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Son of Lycurgus L. Lurton and Sarah (Harmon) Lurton.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Edward A. McGrath —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey 1st District, 1924; common pleas court
judge in New Jersey, 1932; law professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) —
also known as Harold R. Medina —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
16, 1888.
Son of Joaquin A. Medina and Elizabeth (Fash) Medina.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1947-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1951-58; took senior
status 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 14,
1990 (age 102 years, 26
days).
Interment at Westhampton
Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Son of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan.
Newspaper
editor; university professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan; nephew by
marriage of John
Ryan; married, June 12,
1892, to Dorothy T. Ryan. |
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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
also known as Edward T. Moore —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Son of Thomas Martin Moore (attorney) and Sarah (Wickham) Moore.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10;
law professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Lillian Ring. |
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Edward J. O'Mara (b. 1897) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., May 6,
1897.
Son of Walter O'Mara and Margaret (Bailey) O'Mara.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
law professor; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1941-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence N. Park (b. 1907) —
of Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Glassboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., April 17,
1907.
Son of Clarence J. Park and Lyda (Clouse) Park.
Lawyer;
law professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Rotary; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Lewis. |
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Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1866-1937) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J., May 15,
1866.
Son of John Feaster Phillips and Hannah (Warne) Phillips.
Republican. University professor; geologist;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1911-16.
Episcopalian.
Died January
20, 1937 (age 70 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dyneley Prince (1868-1945) —
also known as John D. Prince —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Ringwood Manor, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 17,
1868.
Son of John Dyneley Prince and Anne Maria (Morris) Prince.
University professor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1906,
1908-09; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1909; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1910-12; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1921-26; Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1926-29; Yugoslavia, 1929-33.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1945
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne.
Economist;
college professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
The Renne Library at Montana State University is named for
him.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, East Hanover, N.J.
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Frank H. Sommer (b. 1872) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
3, 1872.
Lawyer;
law professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor;
college professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) —
also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in
Politics" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
28, 1856.
Son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie'
(Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888).
Democrat. University professor; president
of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of
New Jersey, 1911-13; President
of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100,000
gold certificate which was issued in 1934-45 for cash
transactions between banks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822-1903) and Janet 'Jessie'
(Woodrow) Wilson (1826-1888); married, June 24,
1885, to Ellen Louise Axson (1860-1914); married, December
18, 1915, to Edith (Bolling) Galt (1872-1961); father of Eleanor
Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; who married William
Gibbs McAdoo). See Wilson-McAdoo-Floyd
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
C. Bullitt — Bainbridge
Colby — Joseph
E. Davies — Joseph
P. Tumulty — Thomas
H. Birch |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Woodrow
W. Jones
— Tom
Woodrow Payne
— Woodrow
Wilson Dumas
— Woodrow
Wilson Mann
— W.
Wilson Goode
— Woodrow
Wilson Storey
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out
of war." |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis
Auchincloss, Woodrow
Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Anne Schraff, Woodrow
Wilson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:
Jim Powell, Wilson's
War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,
Stalin, and World War II |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1902 |
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John Hopkins Worcester, Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Son of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester.
Republican. Pastor,
Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary,
1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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