The Strangest Names In American Political History

Dedicated to American political figures with strange, odd, and unusual names! ©

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Sinnickson Chew (1830-1901)

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Portrait from Prowell's  History of Camden County, New Jersey, 1886.     A leading name in New Jersey newspaper publishing during...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Beider Wellington Wilde (1854-1936)

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 Portrait from the Hazleton Plain Speaker , Feb. 24, 1936.     A distinguished merchant and Republican leader in Hazleton, Pennsylvan...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Renwick Sloane McNiece (1886-1983)

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Portrait from the Salt Lake Times, May 24, 1916.   The first odd named American diplomat profiled on the site in well over a year, Re...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Stroder McNeal Long (1840-1898)

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From the Historical and Biographical History of Douglas County, Illinois, 1900.    A farmer, banker and political figure from Douglas...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

Cecilius Risley Higgins (1847-1904)

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Portrait from " Ice and Refrigeration", Volume 27, August 1904.   2018 is upon us and with the dawn of new year comes somet...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

Summerfield Massilon Glenn Gary (1826-1886)

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Portrait from the 1861 Florida Secession Convention composite .    It has become customary the past four years to set aside the year...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Wiltz Gleason Kirklin (1912-1997)

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Portrait courtesy of the Texas Legislative Reference Library.    A two-term member of the Texas House of Representatives from Ector C...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Arioch Wentworth Griffiths (1851-1934)

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Portrait courtesy of the town of Durham, New Hampshire, 1902.    For many years distinguished in the civic life of Durham, New Hampsh...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Deaderick Chandler Dungan (1899-1983)

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Portrait from the 1949 North Carolina State Manual.     A one-term member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Deaderick C...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Parkhurst Ward Cutler (1848-1930)

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Portrait from the Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, 1907.    A longtime resident of Hancock County, Illinois, Parkhurs...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Other Vernon Woodrome (1896-1973)

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Portrait courtesy of Ark-Ives.    Marianna, Arkansas native Other Vernon Woodrome is another oddly named man who held political offic...
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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Arlander Denson Dulaney (1877-1952)

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Portrait from the Annual Report of the Arkansas Insurance Department, 2009.   Lifelong Arkansas resident Arlander Denson Dulaney rose...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Meverell Knox Allen (1846-1919)

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From the 1892 "History of Kentucky".   A longtime physician based in Louisville, Kentucky, Meverell Knox Allen had a brief ...
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