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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, Manhattan, N.Y.
  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. HeitmanChester 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)
  Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) — also known as Louis H. Aymé — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 29, 1855. Son of Dr. Henry Aymé and Elizabeth Geraldine (Fitzgerald) Aymé. Republican. Ethnologist; newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of Veterans. Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis), in Lisbon, Portugal, May 16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, February 19, 1890, to Mary Stuart.
  George Sherman Batcheller (1837-1908) — also known as George S. Batcheller — of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Saratoga County, N.Y., July 25, 1837. Son of Sherman Batcheller. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Saratoga County 2nd District, 1859, 1873-74, 1886, 1889; resigned 1889; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; judge, International Tribunal of Egypt, 1875-85, 1898; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1890-92. Member, Loyal Legion. Died, from mouth cancer, in Paris, France, July 2, 1908 (age 70 years, 343 days). Interment at Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Relatives: Descendant of Roger Sherman; son of Sherman Batcheller; married to Catherine Phillips Cook (died 1903). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Wilson Bradley (1844-1920) — also known as Thomas W. Bradley — of Walden, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Yorkshire, England, April 6, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884 (alternate), 1892, 1896, 1900, 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1903-13. Member, Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1896 for action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. Died in Walden, Orange County, N.Y., May 30, 1920 (age 76 years, 54 days). Interment at Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry Breckenridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1886. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911). Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Loyal Legion; Navy League. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 3, 1960 (age 73 years, 344 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of John Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandson of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911); second cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7, 1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) — also known as Milton J. Daniels — of Minnesota; Riverside, Riverside County, Calif. Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., April 18, 1838. Son of John V. Daniels and Hester Ann (Wheeler) Daniels. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1882-89; U.S. Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., December 1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227 days). Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
  Relatives: Married 1869 to Jennie E. Booth.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Stewart Dean (1830-1915) — also known as Henry S. Dean — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., June 14, 1830. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; miller; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1894-1907; appointed 1894; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; American Historical Association. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 18, 1915 (age 85 years, 126 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, August 24, 1865, to Delia Brown Cook (1841-1930).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick H. E. Ebstein (1847-1916) — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Militsch, Prussia (now Milicz, Poland), April 21, 1847. Republican. Newspaper reporter; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1905. German ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 8, 1916 (age 68 years, 293 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Jeanie V. Smith.
  Joel Benedict Erhardt (born c.1838) — also known as Joel B. Erhardt — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa., about 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1888; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1889-91. Member, Loyal Legion; Union League; Sphinx. Burial location unknown.
  Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927. Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 23, 1885 (age 63 years, 87 days). Interment at General Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William Pigott Cronan). See Grant family of Connecticut.
  Cross-reference: Horace Porter — Ayres Phillips Merrill — Robert Martin Douglas
  Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Ulysses G. DenmanS. U. G. RhodesU. S. Grant Leverett
  Personal motto: "When in doubt, fight."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean Edward Smith, Grant — Frank J. Scaturro, President Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant : A Biography — William S. McFeely, Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator, Writer — Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks D. Simpson, Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of print) — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper, A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana
  Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Henry Baldwin Harshaw (1842-1900) — also known as Henry B. Harshaw — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Argyle, Washington County, N.Y., June 14, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin state treasurer, 1887-91. Member, Elks; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Va., 1864, and lost his left arm as a result. Died, of tongue cancer, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., December 25, 1900 (age 58 years, 194 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
  Charles Dewey Hilles (1867-1949) — also known as Charles D. Hilles — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 23, 1867. Son of Samuel Hilles and Elizabeth (Lee) Hilles. Republican. Secretary to President William Howard Taft, 1911-12; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1912-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916 (member, Arrangements Committee; speaker), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1924-38; Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee, 1925; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, Loyal Legion. Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Speonk, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 27, 1949 (age 82 years, 65 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Married 1896 to Dollie Bell Whiley (died 1949).
  Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) — also known as Lucius F. Hubbard — of Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 26, 1836. Son of Charles F. Hubbard and Margaret (Van Valkenberg) Hubbard. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain business; railroad builder; member of Minnesota state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896; member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died February 5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, April 17, 1868, to Amelia Thomas.
  Hubbard County, Minn. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins (died 1864); married 1866 to Esther A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin Kimball Hart). See Hart family of New York.
  George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known as George B. McClellan — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany) of American parents, November 23, 1865. Son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896, 1900; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Loyal Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa. Died November 30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Presumably named for: George B. McClellan
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Laban Marcy; son of George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) and Ellen (Marcy) McClellan; married to Georgianna L. Heckscher. See Howe family of Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Born in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884, 1888; Governor of Ohio, 1892-96; President of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $500 bill from about 1928 until 1946. Shot by the assassin Leon Czolgosz, at a reception in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228 days). Interment at McKinley Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
  Relatives: Married, January 25, 1871, to Ida Saxton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Prather Fletcher.
  Cross-reference: Albert Halstead — Loran L. Lewis — George B. Cortelyou — John Goodnow
  McKinley County, N.M. is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: William McKinley ThomasWilliam M. BellWilliam McKinley ThomasWilliam McKinley Branch
  Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."
  Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, The Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William McKinley and His America
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901
  Thomas Channing Moore (b. 1872) — also known as T. Channing Moore — of Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 1, 1872. Son of T. W. C. Moore. Republican. Sales manager; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1920-26, 1929. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Loyal Legion; Phi Delta Theta; Union League; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Grandson of Francis Elias Spinner; son of T. W. C. Moore; married 1907 to Bertha Douglas Stone.
  John Raines (1840-1909) — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., May 6, 1840. Son of Rev. John Raines. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1881-82, 1885; member of New York state senate, 1886-89, 1895-1909 (28th District 1886-89, 26th District 1895, 42nd District 1896-1909); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker), 1900 (alternate), 1904, 1908 (alternate). Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., December 16, 1909 (age 69 years, 224 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Raines; brother of Thomas Raines and George Raines. See Raines family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 23, 1856. Son of William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice. Democrat. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate for mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1903; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1914. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the Revolution. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, February 10, 1892, to Harriet Langdon Pruyn.
  John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) — also known as John M. Schofield — Born in Gerry, Chautauqua County, N.Y., September 29, 1831. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1868-69. Member, Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1892 for action at Wilsons Creek, Mo., August 10, 1861. Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., March 4, 1906 (age 74 years, 156 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 8, 1820. Son of Charles Robert Sherman. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869. Member, Loyal Legion. In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta, Georgia. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1891 (age 71 years, 6 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Robert Sherman; adoptive son of Thomas Ewing; brother of John Sherman; uncle by marriage of Nelson Appleton Miles; uncle of Elizabeth Sherman (who married James Donald Cameron); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (1859-1915; who married Alexander Montgomery Thackara). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about William T. Sherman: Stanley P. Hirshson, The White Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T. Sherman
  Isaac R. Sherwood (1835-1925) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in Stanford, Dutchess County, N.Y., August 13, 1835. Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; mayor of Toledo, Ohio, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of state of Ohio, 1869-73; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District 1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans. Voted against U.S. entry into World War I. Died in 1925 (age about 89 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) — also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. — of Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., August 12, 1877. Son of James Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; U.S. Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S. Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45, 41st District 1945-51); delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Grange; United Spanish War Veterans; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union League; Skull and Bones. The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol prohibition. Died in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1952 (age 74 years, 314 days). Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Grandson of James S. Wadsworth; son of James Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth; married, September 30, 1902, to Alice Hay (born 1880; daughter of John Milton Hay); father of James Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William Stuart Symington); grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Stuyvesant Wainwright II (b. 1921) — of Wainscott, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1921. Son of Carroll L. Wainwright and Edith Catherine (Gould) Wainwright. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1953-61; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956. Member, Loyal Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Phi Delta Phi; Chi Psi. Still living as of 1998.
  Relatives: Son of Carroll L. Wainwright and Edith Catherine (Gould) Wainwright; married, June 12, 1941, to Janet Parsons; married, December 4, 1965, to Betsy Trippe Douglass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known as Post Wheeler — Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 6, 1869. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in 1956 (age about 86 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
  William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known as William H. Wiley — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1842. Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer; publisher of scientific works; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1925 (age about 82 years). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  Relatives: Married, June 1, 1870, to Joanna King Clarke.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) — also known as Stewart L. Woodford — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 3, 1835. Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of New York, 1870; Presidential Elector for New York, 1872; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1897-98. Member, Delta Psi; Loyal Legion. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford; married, October 15, 1857, to Julia Evelyn Capen; married, September 26, 1900, to Isabel Hansen; cousin of Frederick Chauncey Tanner.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)

 

 


 
   
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