Eric Alva

Eric Alva

male
from Texas, From San Antonio, Texas, The Pentagon, U.S. Military, Military Unit, Military of the United States…Repeal
Staff Sergeant Eric Fidelis Alva (born 1971-04-01) was the first U.S. military service member injured in the Iraq War. He was in charge of 11...
Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell

male, deceased (1847)
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Burials in Glasnevin Cemetery, Duellist, Irish, Lord Mayor of Dublin, barrister…Repeal, Repeal of the Union
Daniel O'Connell, known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Ireland's predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century...

John Martin

male, deceased (1875)
Rebel, Irish, meath, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Convicts transported to Australia, Land reform in Ireland…Repeal
John Martin (8 September 1812 - 29 March 1875) was an Irish nationalist activist who progressed from early militant support for Young Ireland and...
James Chalmers

James Chalmers

male, deceased (1853)
inventor, newspaper, reform, Convener, Business Person, from Angus…Repeal
James Chalmers (February 2 1782 Arbroath, Angus - May 26 1853) was a Scottish inventor who introduced the adhesive postage stamp and uniform...
John Blake Dillon

John Blake Dillon

male, deceased (1866)
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Repeal, Death from cholera, from County Roscommon, Act of Union 1800, Thomas Osborne Davis
John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 - 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland...
Ida B. Wise

Ida B. Wise

female
Prohibition, Repeal, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Sheppard Bill
Ida B. Wise (1871-1952) was the primary author of the Sheppard Bill in 1916 that imposed prohibition on Washington, DC. She was president of the...

Henry Duncombe

male, deceased (1818)
member of parliament, Bradford, committee, select committee, Repeal, Test Act
Henry Duncombe (1728 - 1818), M.P. for Yorkshire (1780-96) lived at Copgrove, Yorkshire. Duncombe was a vocal supporter of the Parliamentary...
Henry Bourne Joy

Henry Bourne Joy

male, deceased (1936)
Yale University alumni, United States Congress, repeal of prohibition, Automotive pioneer, Prohibition, packard
Henry Bourne Joy (November 23, 1864 in Detroit, Michigan - November 6, 1936) was President of the Packard Motor Car Company. Joy's father was...
William D. Upshaw

William D. Upshaw

male, deceased (1952)
repeal of prohibition, ku klux klan, Temperance movement, Prohibition, From Georgia, Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw (1866-1952) served eight years in Congress (1919-1927), where he was such a strong proponent of the temperance movement that he...
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.

male, deceased (1952)
Republican, eighteenth amendment, Yale, American, Episcopalian, New York politician…repeal of prohibition
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877 - June 21, 1952) was a U.S. Republican politician, grandson of General Wadsworth. He graduated from...