- Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey
Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a
cemetery located in Paterson,New Jersey . Cedar Lawn was founded in 1867, and is considered one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in the United States. As of 2008, over 83,000 interments have been recorded at the cemetery.Noted interments
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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) - U.S. Senator fromNew Jersey and amateurHeavyweight boxing champion.
*Charles R. Bowers (1889-1946),cartoonist and slapstick comedian during thesilent film and early "talkie " era. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9903487 Charles R Bowers] ,Find A Grave . AccessedAugust 9 ,2007 .]
*Nicholas M. Butler (April 2 ,1862 –December 7 ,1947 ) - co-winner withJane Addams of the 1931Nobel Peace Prize . President ofColumbia University from 1902 to 1945 and of theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1925 to 1945. Republican Party nominee forVice President of the United States under PresidentWilliam Howard Taft in 1912, when the nominated vice presidential candidateJames S. Sherman died in office a few days before the election.
*Cornelius A. Cadmus (1844-1902), representedNew Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1891-1895.
*Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) - United States congressman and 12th Governor ofNew Jersey , from 1836 to 1837.
*Dow H. Drukker (1872-1963), representedNew Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1914-1919. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000505 Dow Henry Drukker profile] ,United States Congress . AccessedJuly 16 ,2007 .]
*John W. Griggs (1849-1927) - 29th Governor ofNew Jersey , from 1896 to 1898.
*Garret Hobart (1844-1899) - 24thVice President of the United States .
*William Hughes (April 3 ,1872 -January 30 ,1918 ) - politician who represented New Jersey in both houses of theUnited States Congress .
*Eugene W. Leake (1876-1959), representedNew Jersey's 9th congressional district from 1907 to 1909. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000175 Eugene Walter Leake] ,United States Congress . AccessedAugust 9 ,2007 .]
*Amos H. Radcliffe (1870-1950), Mayor ofPaterson, New Jersey from 1916 - 1919, and representedNew Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1919 to 1923. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000005 Amos Henry Radcliffe biography] ,United States Congress . AccessedJuly 23 ,2007 .]
*John Ryle (1817-1887), Industrialist and prominentsilk manufacturer who pioneered the textile and is frequently referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Silk Industry", who also served asMayor of Paterson from 1869-1870.
*James F. Stewart (1851-1904), representedNew Jersey's 5th congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives from to 1895 to 1903. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000911 James Fleming Stewart biography] ,United States Congress . AccessedAugust 9 ,2007 .]References
External links
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA.html#R9T0XKC6J Political Graveyard: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]
* [http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-cedar_lawn-paterson.htm The Cemetery Project: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]
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