The Strangest Names In American Political History

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Portrait courtesy of the Texas Legislative Reference Library.    A two-term member of the Texas House of Representatives from Ector C...

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

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

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

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

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

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