The Political
Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is
the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography,
listing 138,150 politicians, living and dead.
- The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state
officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political
party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at
election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
- The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a
continually ongoing project.
- Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is
believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to
check with other sources before relying on any information here.
- The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pope.html
- Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but
specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
- If you are searching for a specific individual, try the alphabetical index of
politicians.
- More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links; reciprocal links; traffic statistics.
- If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you
have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and
submission guidelines.
- Copyright notice. Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v.
Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement
are © 1996-2005 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free
non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License.
The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, of Ann Arbor, Michigan,
who is solely responsible for its structure and content. Web hosting is provided
by Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan.
The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 10,
2005.