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The Political Graveyard: Santa Barbara County, Calif.
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Carpinteria Carpinteria Cemetery
Santa Barbara Calvary Cemetery
Santa Barbara La Arcata Court
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Cemetery
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Maria Santa Maria Cemetery
Solvang Solvang Cemetery Carpinteria Cemetery
Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California
Politicians buried here: Thurmond Clarke (1902-1971) — Born in Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif., June 29, 1902. Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1932-35; superior court judge in California, 1935-55; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1955-66; U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, 1966-70; took senior status 1970. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., February 28, 1971 (age 68 years, 244 days). Interment at Carpinteria Cemetery. Robert Montgomery Clarke (1879-1943) — also known as Robert M. Clarke — of Ventura, Ventura County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif., March 5, 1879. Republican. Member of California state assembly, 1901; superior court judge in California, 1909; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1912, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1926; California Insurance Commissioner, 1938; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1940. Died, following a heart attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 15, 1943 (age 64 years, 255 days). Interment at Carpinteria Cemetery.
Calvary Cemetery
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
Politicians buried here: Phil Regan (1906-1996) — also known as Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan; "The Singing Cop" — of Summerland, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., May 28, 1906. Democrat. Detective; singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944, 1948; arrested in January 1973, and charged with attempting to bribe Santa Barbara County Supervisor Frank J. Frost $1,000 for his support of a controversial rezoning; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted; sentenced to prison; released after one year. Irish ancestry. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., February 11, 1996 (age 89 years, 259 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery.
La Arcata Court
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
Politicians who have (or had) monuments here: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as "Silence Dogood"; "Anthony Afterwit"; "Poor Richard"; "Alice Addertongue"; "Polly Baker"; "Harry Meanwell"; "Timothy Turnstone"; "Martha Careful"; "Benevolus"; "Caelia Shortface" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 17, 1706. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; U.S. Postmaster General, 1775-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President of Pennsylvania, 1785-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Deist. Member, Freemasons; American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 17, 1790 (age 84 years, 90 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 at Old City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue at La Arcata Court; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. Relatives: Son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married, September 1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (who married Richard Bache); uncle of Franklin Davenport; grandfather of Richard Bache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who married William John Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache (who married Robert John Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William Wallace Irwin); second great-grandfather of Robert Walker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather of Daniel Baugh Brewster and Elise du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Walter Folger Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Charles James Folger, Benjamin Dexter Sprague and Wharton Barker; first cousin five times removed of Alonzo Mendonhall Folger and Alfred Robert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed of Thomas Mott Osborne, John Hamlin Folger, Alonzo Dillard Folger and Worth Barnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed of Charles Devens Osborne, Lithgow Osborne and Fred Folger; second cousin five times removed of George Hammond Parshall. Political family: Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howard family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Cross-reference: Jonathan Williams Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are named for him. Mount Franklin, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him. — The minor planet 5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), is named for him. — The World War II Liberty ship SS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1958) was named for him. Other politicians named for him: Benjamin F. Deming — Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. H. Witherell — Benjamin F. Hallett — Benjamin F. Wade — Benjamin Franklin Wallace — Benjamin Cromwell Franklin — Benjamin Franklin Perry — Benjamin Franklin Robinson — Benjamin F. Randolph — Benjamin Franklin Massey — Benjamin F. Rawls — Benjamin Franklin Leiter — Benjamin Franklin Thomas — Benjamin F. Hall — Benjamin F. Angel — Benjamin Franklin Ross — Benjamin F. Flanders — Benjamin F. Bomar — Benjamin Franklin Hellen — Benjamin F. Mudge — Benjamin Franklin Wallace — Benjamin F. Butler — Benjamin F. Loan — Benjamin F. Simpson — Benjamin Franklin Terry — Benjamin Franklin Junkin — Benjamin F. Partridge — B. F. Langworthy — Benjamin F. Harding — Benjamin Mebane — B. F. Whittemore — Benjamin Franklin Bradley — Benjamin Franklin Claypool — Benjamin Franklin Arthur — Benjamin Franklin Saffold — Benjamin F. Coates — B. Franklin Martin — Benjamin F. Howey — Benjamin F. Martin — Benjamin Franklin Rice — Benjamin F. Randolph — Benjamin Franklin Jackson — Benjamin F. Hopkins — Benjamin F. Tracy — Benjamin Franklin Briggs — Benjamin F. Grady — Benjamin F. Farnham — Benjamin F. Meyers — Benjamin Franklin White — Benjamin Franklin Prescott — Benjamin F. Jonas — B. Franklin Fisher — Benjamin Franklin Potts — Benjamin F. Funk — B. F. Brimberry — Benjamin F. Marsh — Frank B. Arnold — Benjamin F. Heckert — Benjamin F. Bradley — Benjamin F. Howell — Benjamin Franklin Miller — Benjamin F. Mahan — Ben Franklin Caldwell — Benjamin Franklin Tilley — Benjamin F. Hackney — B. F. McMillan — Benjamin F. Shively — Benjamin Franklin Keller — B. Frank Hires — B. Frank Mebane — Ben F. Stuart — B. Frank Murphy — Benjamin F. Starr — Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr. — Benjamin F. Welty — Benjamin F. Jones — Benjamin Franklin Boley — Ben Franklin Looney — Benjamin F. Bledsoe — Benjamin Franklin Williams — B. Frank Kelley — Benjamin Franklin Butler — Benjamin F. James — Frank B. Heintzleman — Benjamin F. Feinberg — B. Franklin Bunn — B. Franklin Blotz — Ben F. Cameron — Ben F. Blackmon — B. Frank Whelchel — B. F. Merritt, Jr. — Ben F. Hornsby — Ben Dillingham II — Ben Franklin Biddle, Jr. Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. half dollar coin (1948-63). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record Books by Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744) Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America — Gordon S. Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology] Image source: Library of Congress
Santa Barbara Cemetery
901 Channel Drive
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Don Lee Gevirtz (1928-2001) — also known as Don L. Gevirtz — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 1, 1928. Democrat. Venture capitalist and philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968 (alternate), 1988; U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1995-97; Nauru, 1995-97; Tonga, 1995-97; Tuvalu, 1995-97. Died, of a heart attack, in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif., April 22, 2001 (age 73 years, 52 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) — also known as Scott C. Bone — of Alaska. Born in Shelby County, Ind., February 15, 1860. Newspaper editor; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1921-25. Disciples of Christ. Died of a heart attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 27, 1936 (age 75 years, 346 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Thomas More Storke (1876-1971) — also known as Thomas M. Storke — of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., November 23, 1876. Democrat. Postmaster; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1924, 1932, 1936; U.S. Senator from California, 1938-39. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., October 12, 1971 (age 94 years, 323 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Walter Franklin Lineberger (1883-1943) — also known as Walter F. Lineberger — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Whiteville, Hardeman County, Tenn., July 20, 1883. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1921-27; candidate for nomination for U.S. Senator from California, 1926. Died October 9, 1943 (age 60 years, 81 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Edward Bright Bruce (1879-1943) — also known as Edward Bruce — Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 13, 1879. Lawyer; artist; lobbyist; arts administrator; member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1940-43. Died in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., January 26, 1943 (age 63 years, 288 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Walter Holden Capps (1934-1997) — also known as Walter H. Capps — of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., May 5, 1934. Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996; U.S. Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; defeated, 1994; died in office 1997. Suffered a heart attack while on a flight from California to Washington, D.C., and died shortly afterward in a hospital at Reston, Fairfax County, Va., October 28, 1997 (age 63 years, 176 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Curtis Harvey Castle (1848-1928) — also known as Curtis H. Castle — of Merced, Merced County, Calif. Born near Galesburg, Knox County, Ill., October 4, 1848. U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1897-99. Died July 21, 1928 (age 79 years, 291 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Charles A. Storke (1847-1936) — of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Branchport, Yates County, N.Y., November 19, 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of California state assembly, 1883-85, 1889-91 (3rd District 1883-85, 74th District 1889-91); mayor of Santa Barbara, Calif., 1900-02. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 6, 1936 (age 89 years, 17 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Erle Roy Dickover (1888-1963) — also known as Erle R. Dickover — of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 20, 1888. Bookkeeper; manager of an auto livery company, 1909; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Dairen, 1916; Kobe, 1916-21; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1921-32; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, as of 1943. Episcopalian. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Sons of the American Revolution. Died April 18, 1963 (age 75 years, 88 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Horace Binney Sargent (1821-1908) — also known as Horace B. Sargent — Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., June 30, 1821. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Greenback candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1880. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 8, 1908 (age 86 years, 192 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (1865-1945) — also known as Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor; Hobart Chatfield Taylor; Hobart C. Taylor — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 24, 1865. Author; novelist; biographer; Consul for Spain in Chicago, Ill., 1892-98. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 16, 1945 (age 79 years, 298 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. John M. Days (1831-1901) — of Grass Valley, Nevada County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in Hull, England, January 30, 1831. Republican. Tailor; lawyer; member of California state assembly 21st District, 1867-69, 1871-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1868; member of California state senate 13th District, 1885; defeated, 1875. Died in Summerland, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 16, 1901 (age 70 years, 320 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Russell Heath (c.1825-1911) — of Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born about 1825. Lawyer; Santa Barbara County Sheriff, 1854-58; member of California state assembly, 1858-59, 1887-89 (2nd District 1858-59, 74th District 1887-89). Died in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 11, 1911 (age about 86 years). Entombed at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Milie Bunnell (1861-1929) — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Goodrich, Genesee County, Mich., December 4, 1861. Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916, 1920. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 26, 1929 (age 67 years, 53 days). Entombed at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Samuel Prescott Calef (1865-1952) — also known as Samuel P. Calef — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn.; Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., November 1, 1865. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1900; rancher. Died in Medical Lake, Spokane County, Wash., March 12, 1952 (age 86 years, 132 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Charles A. Storke (1911-1998) — of California. Born July 31, 1911. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932. Died December 6, 1998 (age 87 years, 128 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Santa Barbara Cemetery.
Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
Politicians buried here: Ygnacio Sepulveda (1842-1916) — of Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 1, 1842. Member of California state assembly 2nd District, 1863-65; superior court judge in California, 1880. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 2, 1916 (age 74 years, 154 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Mission.
Santa Maria Cemetery
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California
Solvang Cemetery
Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California
Politicians buried here: Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) — also known as Mads H. Madsen — of Kimballton, Audubon County, Iowa; Solvang, Santa Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Denmark, March 28, 1863. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; inventor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1924. Danish ancestry. Patented several farm implements, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-husking machine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader (1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917). Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., April 21, 1944 (age 81 years, 24 days). Interment at Solvang Cemetery.
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