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Barbara S. Abbott (b. 1930) —
also known as Barbara Straight —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Mannington, Marion
County, W.Va., November
30, 1930.
Daughter of Ardas Leo Straight and Nellie (Starkey) Straight.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1965; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1981.
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Relatives:
Married 1961
to George Norman Abbott IV. |
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Son of James Harvey Ackerman.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1896;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Stephen C. Acropolis (b. 1957) —
of Brick Township, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., September
9, 1957.
Republican. Mayor
of Brick Township, N.J., 2007-.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Adams (b. 1915) —
also known as Bob Adams —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., June 17,
1915.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 1952;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1957, 1965;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1967.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks.
Still living as of 1967.
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Coursen Henry Albertson (1833-1913) —
also known as Coursen H. Albertson —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Independence Township, Warren
County, N.J., March 26,
1833.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1879-81.
Presbyterian.
Died, of acute
cystitis, in Warren
County, N.J., June 7,
1913 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pequest
Union Cemetery, Great Meadows, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Clarissa White (daughter of John
White). |
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Woodbury Holt Apgar (b. 1861) —
Born in Annandale, Hunterdon
County, N.J., May 18,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Armstrong (c.1879-1963) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born about 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Rahway, N.J., 1943-44.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Rahway Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1963 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Albion Barber. |
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John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 11,
1875.
Son of John H. Avis and Sallie (Barker) Avis.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1902-05;
Speaker
of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New Jersey
state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Foresters;
Redmen.
Died January
21, 1944 (age 68 years, 194
days).
Interment at Wenonah
Cemetery, Woodbury, N.J.
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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, Morristown, N.J.
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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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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Son of William J. Barbour and Adelaide (Sprague) Barbour.
Republican. Manufacturer;
business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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George Kenneth Batt (1894-1986) —
also known as George K. Batt —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
18, 1894.
Republican. Mayor
of Montclair, N.J., 1944-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Died in September, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harlan Besson (1887-1949) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., July 1,
1887.
Son of Samuel Austin Besson (c.1854-1937) and Arabella (Roseberry)
Besson.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1912; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1932-35.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Reserve
Officers Association.
Died, of heart
disease, in Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., January
9, 1949 (age 61 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Austin Besson (c.1854-1937) and Arabella (Roseberry)
Besson; cousin of J.
W. Rufus Besson; married, May 14,
1913, to Addie Case. |
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer;
railroad
builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel
Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy Ann Locke (1804-1888). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: King's Notable New
Yorkers of 1896-1899 |
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Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883-1950) —
also known as Joseph L. Bodine —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1883.
Son of Joseph L. Bodine (M.D.) and Frances P. (Davis) Bodine.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1919-20; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1920-29; resigned 1929; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 10,
1950 (age 66 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lawrenceville
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, N.J.
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William Bradford (1755-1795) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
14, 1755.
Son of William Bradford and Rachel (Budd) Bradford.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1780-91; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791-94; U.S.
Attorney General, 1794-95; died in office 1795.
Presbyterian.
Died August
23, 1795 (age 39 years, 343
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Son of William Hardcastle Browne and Alice (Beaver) Browne.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; president, board of trustees,
Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1936-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Son of Aaron Burr .
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804. Tried for
treason
in 1807 and acquitted.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr ; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; brother of Sarah Burr (1754-1797; who married Tapping
Reeve); married 1782 to
Theodosia Prevos (died 1794); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel (1775-1865); first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; father of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; who
married Joseph
Alston). See Edwards-Wagner-Burr-Alston
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 (out
of print) — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (out of
print) — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April 16,
1904.
Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Peter Angelo Cavicchia (1879-1967) —
also known as Peter A. Cavicchia —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Italy,
May
22, 1879.
Son of Dominic Cavicchia and Maria Josephine (Lombardi) Cavicchia.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1931-37 (9th District 1931-33,
11th District 1933-37).
Presbyterian. Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Freemasons;
Sons of
Italy.
Died in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., September
11, 1967 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Abraham Clark (1726-1794) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born near Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1726.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-78, 1779-83,
1787-89; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Jersey state
legislature, 1776, 1783-85; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-94; died in office
1794.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
15, 1794 (age 68 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rahway
Cemetery, Rahway, N.J.
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William Clark (1891-1957) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1891.
Son of J. William Clark and Margaretta (Cameron) Clark.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1923-25; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1925-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-43; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died October
10, 1957 (age 66 years, 251
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March 18,
1837.
Son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann (Neal)
Cleveland (1806-1882).
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $20
bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000
bill from 1928 to 1946.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher; son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann
(Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882); third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; married, June 2,
1886, to Frances Folsom (1864-1947); fourth cousin once removed
of Rollin
Usher Tyler; father of Richard
F. Cleveland. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman K.
Bass — George
B. Cortelyou |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Robinson III
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Compton (b. 1869) —
of Hillside, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Scotland,
July
1, 1869.
Republican. General
contractor; lumber
dealer; real estate
developer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Irving Cox (1870-1962) —
also known as Frederick I. Cox —
of Budd Lake, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Rockaway, Morris
County, N.J., May 25,
1870.
Son of John Backster Cox and Carolyn (Cooper) Cox.
Republican. Silk
manufacturing executive; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1921-26.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Reeder Rest
Home, Allamuchy, Warren
County, N.J., March 31,
1962 (age 91 years, 310
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Wardlaw Cunningham (1885-1953) —
also known as Warren W. Cunningham —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
11, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1927-29.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1953 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895-1973) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Davis —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 1,
1895.
Son of John D. Davis and Marguerite (Scobie) Davis.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1923-25; Pernambuco, 1925-29; London, 1929-34; prisoner of Japanese Army in Manila, 1942-43;
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1947-49; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1949-51.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1973
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) —
also known as Alfred E. Driscoll —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
25, 1902.
Son of Alfred Roble Driscoll and Mattie (Eastlack) Driscoll.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1939-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948,
1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway is named for
him.
Died March 9,
1975 (age 72 years, 135
days).
Interment at Haddonfield
Baptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J.
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Son of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance
Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke,
and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April 21,
1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to Barbara
Freeman. |
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Frank Durand (1895-1978) —
of Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 9,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1930-31; member of New Jersey
state senate from Monmouth County, 1933-38.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Atlantic
View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (b. 1891) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Son of Adison
Ely and Emily (Johnson) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Reid English (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles R. English —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Englishtown, Monmouth
County, N.J., May 18,
1886.
Son of John Perrine English and Anna (Reid) English.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of
Red Bank, N.J., 1931-39.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Guy Leverne Fake (b. 1879) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Son of Milton E. Fake and Mary (Cook) Fake.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Elizabeth Micklow. |
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Alexander Robert Fordyce, Jr. (b. 1873) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
13, 1873.
Son of Alexander Robert Fordyce and Margaret Livingston (Hall)
Fordyce.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1904-05.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 30,
1880.
Son of John
Franklin Fort and Charlotte Elizabeth (Stainsby) Fort.
Republican. Lawyer;
Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank;
chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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Agnes Jones Gifford —
also known as Agnes Crowell Jones —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-31;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932,
1936,
1948.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Son of Henry Gleason and Cynthia (Vandervoort) Gleason.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Son of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel René Gummeré (1853-1920) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
19, 1853.
Son of Barker Gummeré and Elizabeth (Stryker) Gummeré
(1826-1898).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Consul General in Tangier, 1898-1905; U.S. Minister to Morocco, 1905-09.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1920
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joshua C. Haines (b. 1868) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., July 1,
1868.
Republican. Camden
County Sheriff, 1914-17; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1918-20.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Son of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Son of John Henry Hammond and Sophia Vernon (Wolf) Hammond.
Republican. Real estate
business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate); U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Thomas Henderson (1743-1824) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
15, 1743.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779; member of New
Jersey state legislature, 1780; state court judge in New Jersey,
1783; Governor of
New Jersey, 1793; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-97.
Presbyterian.
Died December
15, 1824 (age 81 years, 122
days).
Interment at Old
Tennent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J.
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William Henry Hornblower —
Republican. Minister;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1860.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in South Carolina, about 1746.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis,
August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James R. Hurley (b. 1932) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., January
29, 1932.
Republican. Public
relations and advertising business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1968-76.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1976.
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1868.
Son of Augusta (Mushbach) Katzenbach and Frank Snowden Katzenbach
(1844-1921).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Died, from sepsis
resulting from a leg
infection, in Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 13,
1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Mine Brook, Morris
County, N.J., February
17, 1756.
Son of David Kirkpatrick and Mary (McEowen) Kirkpatrick.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1797-98; resigned 1798; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1798-1804; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1804-25.
Presbyterian.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1831 (age 74 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mershon Lanning (1849-1912) —
also known as William M. Lanning —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ewingville, Mercer
County, N.J., January
1, 1849.
Son of Elijah Lanning and Cornelia Ann (Mershon) Lanning.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey, 1887-89; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1903-04; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1904-09; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1909-12; died in
office 1912.
Presbyterian.
Died February
16, 1912 (age 63 years, 46
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Arthur W. Lewis (b. 1904) —
of Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born September
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1943-44;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1945-48; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Burlington
County, 1947.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
to Lillian Alberta Hess. |
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William Livingston (1723-1790) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
30, 1723.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of
New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died July 25,
1790 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Originally entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Walter Madden (b. 1873) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Tuckahoe, Cape May
County, N.J., July 10,
1873.
Son of Thomas Burch Madden and Eleanor (Steelman) Madden.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Minnie J. Mentzler. |
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Peter Henry Meisel (c.1867-1939) —
also known as Peter H. Meisel —
of Springfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Germany,
about 1867.
Republican. Contractor;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Union
County, N.J., March 3,
1939 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gene W. Miller (b. 1906) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, 1906.
School
teacher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Richard L. Miller. |
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Hiram Lindsley Miller (1804-1896) —
also known as Hiram L. Miller —
of Michigan.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
28, 1804.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County, 1841, 1844;
supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1842-43, 1854-55; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1854-57; appointed 1854; resigned 1857;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Presbyterian.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., May 16,
1896 (age 92 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Son of James Morgan (1710-1782).
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887-1963) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1887.
Son of Henry Duncan Oliphant and Elizabeth Van Dever (Dayton)
Oliphant.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1915-17; Mercer
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1927-45; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1945-46, 1948-57; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1946-48.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died June 25,
1963 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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William E. Ozzard (1915-2002) —
of Bridgewater Township, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., June 15,
1915.
Son of James H. Ozzard and Josephine (Bergman) Ozzard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1954-58;
resigned 1958; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1958-67; candidate in primary
for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died June 29,
2002 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mountain
Top Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) —
also known as Charles L. Pack —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 7,
1857.
Son of George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack.
Republican. Forester;
president, American Forestry
Association, 1916-20; economist;
director, Seaboard National Bank, New
York; founder, Cleveland Trust Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Forestry Association.
Died June 14,
1937 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Alice Gertrude Hatch. |
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William Paterson (1745-1806) —
of New Jersey.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806 (age 60 years, 259
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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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, Morristown, N.J.
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Charles A. Rathbun (1867-1927) —
of Madison, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., January
7, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1914-16.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1927
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Atlantic
View Cemetery, Manasquan, N.J.
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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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William Rockhill (1793-1865) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., February
10, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36, 1836-37; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1836;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
15, 1865 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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John D. Rue (b. 1833) —
of Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Mercer
County, N.J., July 26,
1833.
Son of Enoch Rue and Lydia A. (Davison) Rue.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1878-79;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1887-92.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Amanda Shangle. |
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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, Boonton, N.J.
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Bret Schundler (b. 1959) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
14, 1959.
Republican. Mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1992-2001; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2001; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2004.
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Anthony Atwood Skirm —
also known as Anthony A. Skirm —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Son of Edward Skirm.
Mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1889-91.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rachel Myers. |
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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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Richard Stockton (1730-1781) —
of New Jersey.
Born near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
1, 1730.
Associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1774; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
28, 1781 (age 50 years, 150
days).
Interment at Stony
Brook Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Edward Philip Stout (b. 1876) —
also known as Edward P. Stout —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
17, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1918; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1931-40.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian. German and
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) —
also known as William H. Sutphin —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,
1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
14, 1972 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929-2006) —
also known as Alexander B. Trowbridge —
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., December
12, 1929.
Son of A. Buel Trowbridge.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
president, Esso Standard Oil Puerto
Rico; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68; vice-chairman, Allied Chemical
Corporation.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 27,
2006 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Buel Trowbridge; married to Nancy Horst and Eleanor 'Ellie'
Hutzler. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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David S. Van Alstyne, Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Son of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1940-41;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1852.
Poet;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1913-17; Luxembourg, 1913-17.
Presbyterian.
Died April 10,
1933 (age 80 years, 151
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Edmund Waring Wakelee (b. 1869) —
also known as Edmund W. Wakelee —
of Demarest, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
21, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza C. (Ingersoll) Wakelee.
Republican. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1900; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1901-10; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer;
miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Gertrude Hamilton. |
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John Haines Ware III (1908-1997) —
also known as John H. Ware III —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
29, 1908.
Son of John H. Ware, Jr. and Clara (Edwards) Ware.
Republican. Engineer;
utility
executive; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1970-75 (9th District 1970-73,
5th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died July 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Christine Todd Whitman (b. 1946) —
also known as Christie Whitman; Christine Temple
Todd —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
26, 1946.
Daughter of Webster
Bray Todd and Eleanor
Schley Todd.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1990; Governor of
New Jersey, 1994-2001; resigned 2001; Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-03; lobbyist.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Son of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton)
Wicoff (1844-1928).
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff
(1844-1928); married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff. |
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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
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| | | 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 Witherspoon (1723-1794) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland,
February
5, 1723.
Presbyterian
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789.
Presbyterian.
Became blind
in 1792.
Died near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
15, 1794 (age 71 years, 283
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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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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