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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Son of Russell Alger (died 1848) and Caroline (Moulton) Alger (died
1848).
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Henry Darling Coffinberry (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry D. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
14, 1841.
Son of James
McClure Coffinberry and Anna Marie (Gleason) Coffinberry
(1820-1897).
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbuilder;
National Democratic candidate for Ohio board
of public works, 1897.
Member, Loyal Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1912 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder,
president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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.
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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. Denman
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— U.
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) |
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) —
also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid
Gloves" —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in North Bend, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
20, 1833.
Son of John
Scott Harrison.
Republican. Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1876; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President
of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died of pneumonia,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 13,
1901 (age 67 years, 205
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin twice removed of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; grandson of William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); son of John
Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison; married, October
20, 1853, to Caroline Lavinia Scott (died 1892); married, April 6,
1896, to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (sister-in-law of Joseph
Benjamin Dimmick); father of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II; grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
Harrison Reeves
— Benjamin
Harrison Eaton
— Benjamin
H. Swig
— Benjamin
Harrison DeHart
|
| | | Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hat
fits Ben." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita
Stevens, Benjamin
Harrison, 23rd President of the United States — Harry
J. Sievers, Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After,
1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin
Harrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison — Susan Clinton, Benjamin
Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Benjamin Harrison:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) —
also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B.
Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" —
of Ohio.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, October
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of
Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President
of the United States, 1877-81.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Stricken by a heart
attack at the railroad
station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105
days).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; reinterment in 1915 at Spiegel
Grove, Fremont, Ohio.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Dollie Bell Whiley (died 1949). |
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Samuel Furman Hunt (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel F. Hunt —
of Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springdale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
22, 1844.
Son of John Randolph Hunt (M.D.) and Amanda (Baird) Hunt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1870-71; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1871; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1880; superior court judge
in Ohio, 1890-98.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) —
also known as J. Warren Keifer —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, January
30, 1836.
Son of Joseph Keifer and Mary (Smith) Keifer.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio state
senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1876,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79,
4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11);
defeated, 1910; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died April 22,
1932 (age 96 years, 83
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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James Kilbourne (1842-1919) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
9, 1842.
Son of Lincoln Goodale Kilbourne (1810-1895) and Jane (Evans)
Kilbourne (1819-1895).
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder and
president, Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing
Co., maker of wheelbarrows; director, Columbus, Hocking Valley &
Toledo Railway;
director, Hayden-Clinton National Bank;
president, Columbus Children's Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1896,
1900
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Worthington, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 24,
1919 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Son of John Manderson and Katharine Manderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-93; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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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.
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John Willock Noble (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Noble —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
26, 1831.
Son of Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion.
Died March 22,
1912 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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.
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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.
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Peter John Sullivan (1821-1883) —
also known as Peter J. Sullivan —
of Ohio.
Born in Ireland,
1821.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1867-69.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1883 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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