The Strangest Names In American Political History

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

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Ahiman Valentine Bohn (1836-1914), Ahiman Louis Miner (1804-1886)

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From the Portrait and Biographical Record of the state of Colorado, 1899.    A pioneer settler of Leadville, Colorado, Ahiman Valenti...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Eby Christian Eikenberry (1868-1953)

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From the Co-operative Manager and Farmer, Vol. VI, November 1916.   Eby Christian Eikenberry rose to become an honored son of Preble ...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Novia Zembia Snell (1860-1927)

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Portrait from "Nebraskans: 1904-1914".     One can only wonder how a space-age sounding name like Novia Zembia was viewed i...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Manoah Bostic Reese (1839-1917)

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From the Creighton Chronicle, May 20, 1913. "In Judge Reese the republican party presents to the people of Nebraska a candidate ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Rousseau Owen Crump (1843-1901), Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862-1944)

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Portrait courtesy of the Library of Congress.   Another "old guard" strange name political figure is four-term Michigan con...
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