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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician).
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69.
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As
Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the
purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
His portrait appeared on the $50
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park;
statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) —
also known as "The Oneida Chieftan"; "My
Lord Roscoe" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
3, 1829.
Son of Alfred
Conkling and Eliza (Cockburn) Conkling.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District
1859-63, 21st District 1865-67); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 18,
1888 (age 58 years, 198
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park.
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Stephen Allen (1767-1852) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1767.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1829-32.
Killed when the steamboat
Henry Clay burned and
sank,
killing about eighty passengers, in the Lower Hudson
River, next to what is now the Riverdale section of the Bronx, July 28,
1852 (age 85 years, 26
days).
Entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery.
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Isaac Leggett Varian (1793-1864) —
also known as Isaac L. Varian —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 25,
1793.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1831-33; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1839-41; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1842-45.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
10, 1864 (age 71 years, 46
days).
Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery.
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Marinus Willet (1740-1830) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1740.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly, 1783-84, 1819-20 (New York County 1783-84,
Schenectady County 1819-20); mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1807-08.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
22, 1830 (age 90 years, 22
days).
Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery.
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Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cork, Ireland,
April
24, 1764.
Lawyer;
New
York state attorney general, 1812-13; appointed 1812.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1827 (age 63 years, 205
days).
Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery; cenotaph at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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David Sherwood Jackson (1813-1872) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1813.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1847-49.
Died in 1872
(age about
59 years).
Interment at New York City Marble Cemetery.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New York Marble
Cemetery; subsequently entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery;
reinterment in 1858 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Lorenzo Bingham Shepard (1821-1856) —
also known as Lorenzo B. Shepard —
of New York.
Born in Cairo, Greene
County, N.Y., May 27,
1821.
Son of David Shepard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1849-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1852,
1856;
New
York County District Attorney, 1854; New York City Corporation
Counsel, 1855-56.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
18, 1856 (age 35 years, 114
days).
Original interment at New York City Marble Cemetery; reinterment at
Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of David Shepard; married, July 5,
1842, to Lucy Morse; father of Edward
Morse Shepard. |
| | | Epitaph: "This monument Is erected by
the voluntary subscriptions of Citizens who valued him as a public
officer, of Associates and Clients Who trusted him as a Counsellor,
of Friends who loved him as a man, Just, generous and true, In all
the relations of Life." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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| Politicians buried
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Aaron Clark (1787-1861) —
also known as "King of the Lotteries";
"Dancing Mayor" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
16, 1787.
Son of David Clark and Lydia (Benjamin) Clark.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1837-39.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 2,
1861 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at New York Marble Cemetery.
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James Tallmadge, Jr. (1778-1853) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, Dutchess
County, N.Y., January
28, 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1817-19; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1824; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1825-26; president
of New York University, 1830-46; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
29, 1853 (age 75 years, 244
days).
Interment at New York Marble Cemetery.
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Myndert Van Schaick (1782-1865) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1782.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1832; member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1833-36.
One of the founders of New York University.
Died in 1865
(age about
83 years).
Interment at New York Marble Cemetery.
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James Monroe (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery; subsequently
entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery;
reinterment in 1858 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas
Bell Monroe; uncle of James
Monroe (1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Monroe
— James
Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) —
also known as Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The
Boy Governor"; "Young Hotspur";
"The Stripling" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
27, 1811.
Son of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason
(1789-1839).
Secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of
Michigan, 1835-40.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1843 (age 31 years, 69
days).
Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery; reinterment in 1905
at Capitol
Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Peter Sharpe (1777-1842) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1777.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1814-15, 1816-21; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820-21; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821, 1823-25 (2nd District 1821,
3rd District 1823-25); defeated, 1824.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 3,
1842 (age 64 years, 236
days).
Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) —
also known as Philip J. Schuyler —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
21, 1768.
Son of Philip
John Schuyler.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.
Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1835 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery; subsequent interment
at a
private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment
at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Fernando Wood (1812-1881) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1812.
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1841-43, 1863-65, 1867-81 (3rd
District 1841-43, 5th District 1863-65, 9th District 1867-73, 10th
District 1873-75, 9th District 1875-81); died in office 1881; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1855-58, 1860-62.
Died February
14, 1881 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898) —
also known as A. Oakey Hall; "Elegant
Oakey" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 26,
1826.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1869-72; indicted
and tried in
1871-73 on charges
of covering up corruption during his mayoralty; acquitted.
Presbyterian;
later Catholic.
English,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Died, of heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1898 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Entombed at Trinity Cemetery.
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John Adams Dix (1798-1879) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 24,
1798.
Son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of New York, 1833-39; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1842; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1845-49; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S. Minister to France, 1866-69; Governor of
New York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848, 1874; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1876.
Fort Dix, New Jersey, is named for
him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 21,
1879 (age 80 years, 271
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1873.
Son of Rev. William Jones Seabury and Alice Van Wyck (Beare) Seabury.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-14; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1916; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 7,
1958 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Son of John White Chanler (1785-1853) and Elizabeth Sheriffe
(Winthrop) Chanler (1791-1866).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction
enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a
few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting
the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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James Monroe (1799-1870) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1799.
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.
Died in 1870
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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Edward Haight (1817-1885) —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 26,
1817.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1861-63; defeated,
1862.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
15, 1885 (age 68 years, 173
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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William Augustus Darling (1817-1895) —
also known as William A. Darling —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
27, 1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1865-67.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1895 (age 77 years, 150
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) —
also known as William A. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Paris, France.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., June 11,
1867.
Son of John
Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler (1838-1875).
Democrat. Explorer;
author;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1898; served in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1899-1901.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Injured in an automobile accident in France, 1915, and lost a
lower leg.
Died in Mentone (Menton), France,
March
4, 1934 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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Seth C. Hawley (1810-1884) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly; railroad
builder; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1863; chief clerk, New York City Police
Department; the New York Times called him "the brains of the
department.".
English
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1884 (age 74 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Son of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis,
in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity Cemetery; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John F.
Hill
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
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Abraham Albert Alphonse Gallatin (1761-1849) —
also known as Albert Gallatin —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
January
29, 1761.
Son of Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin.
Democrat. Delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1790-92; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister to France, 1815-23; Great Britain, 1826-27.
Swiss
ancestry.
His portrait appeared on the $500
U.S. Note in the 1860s.
Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
12, 1849 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Entombed at Trinity Churchyard; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $10
bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on
U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $2
to $1,000.
Shot
and mortally wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to
Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
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| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
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Francis Lewis (1713-1803) —
of New York.
Born in Llandaff, Wales,
March
21, 1713.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died December
30, 1803 (age 90 years, 284
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Son of John Williamson, Sr. and Mary (Davison) Williamson.
Preacher;
university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity Churchyard.
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Luther Martin (1748-1826) —
of Somerset
County, Md.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
20, 1748.
Son of Benjamin Martin and Hannah Martin.
Lawyer;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1778-1805, 1818-22; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1784; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; defense attorney for Samuel
Chase in his 1805 impeachment trial, and for Aaron
Burr in his 1807 treason trial.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1826 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
17, 1783.
Son of Abraham Swartwout and Maria (North) Swartwout.
He was participant in Aaron
Burr's "Western Conspiracy"; delivered a message from Burr to
Gen. James Wilkinson in New Orleans; subsequently arrested
in November 1806 for misprision
of treason, but released a few months later; early promoter of railroads;
openly supported the Texas Republic in its war for independence from
Mexico; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1829-38; in 1838, it was alleged that he had embezzled
more than $1.2 million from the New York customs house, and fled
to England; later investigation implicated a subordinate of his as
having obtained most of that money; forfeited
his property and returned to the U.S. in 1841.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1856 (age 73 years, 4
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Alsop (1724-1794) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor, Orange
County, N.Y., 1724.
Son of John Alsop and Abigail (Sackett) Alsop.
Merchant;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76.
Died in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
22, 1794 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Morin Scott (1730-1784) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1730.
Member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-82; secretary of
state of New York, 1778-84; died in office 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1780.
Died September
14, 1784 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Walter Livingston (1740-1797) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born November
27, 1740.
Son of Robert
Livingston.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1784-85; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1784.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1797 (age 56 years, 168
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 6,
1738.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1777-98; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1798; U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1798.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
4, 1805 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Jordan Morgan (1770-1849) —
also known as John J. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queens
County, N.Y., 1770.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1819, 1836, 1840; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-25, 1834-35 (2nd District
1821-23, 3rd District 1823-25, 1834-35); U.S. Collector of Customs,
1841.
Died in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 29,
1849 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Thomas Jackson Oakley (1783-1857) —
also known as Thomas J. Oakley —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born near Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
10, 1783.
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1813-15, 1827-28 (4th District
1813-15, 5th District 1827-28); member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County, 1815-16, 1817-20; New York
state attorney general, 1819-21; appointed 1819; superior court
judge in New York, 1828-47.
Died in 1857
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Richard Harison (1747-1829) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1747.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1787-89; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for New York, 1789-1801.
Died in 1829
(age about
82 years).
Entombed at Trinity Churchyard.
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John R. Fellows (1832-1896) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 29,
1832.
Delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1888,
1892,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1891-93 (6th District 1891-93, 14th
District 1893); National Democratic candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York, 1896.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1896 (age 64 years, 131
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Silas Talbot (1751-1813) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Dighton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
11, 1751.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from Montgomery County, 1791-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1793-95.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1813 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Watts (1749-1836) —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1749.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1793-95.
Died in 1836
(age about
87 years).
Entombed at Trinity Churchyard.
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Aaron Hackley, Jr. (1783-1868) —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., May 6,
1783.
Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1813-15, 1817-18, 1837; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1819-21; county judge
in New York, 1823-24.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1868 (age 85 years, 236
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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William Hogan (1792-1874) —
of Hogansburg, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in England,
July
17, 1792.
Member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1823; state court judge in
New York, 1829; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1831-33.
Died November
25, 1874 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Church Cruger (1807-1879) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1807.
Whig. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1852.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
17, 1879 (age about 72
years).
Entombed at Trinity Churchyard.
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Lewis Allaire Scott —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Secretary
of state of New York, 1784-93.
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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John Ward (1767-1816) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1767.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1798-1809; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801-02.
Died September
19, 1816 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Horatio Gates (1726-1806) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1726.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from New York County, 1800-01.
Died in 1806
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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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; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Virginia.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March 21,
1742.
Son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland (1719-1790).
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity Churchyard; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) —
also known as Brockholst Livingston —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1757.
Son of William
Livingston.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23.
Presbyterian.
Died March 18,
1823 (age 65 years, 113
days).
Original interment at Trinity Churchyard; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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