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Historic Figures
Because the following people have connections to Buffalo and Western New York, they are featured in exhibits and programs at the Buffalo Presidential Center. Visit our museum in person to learn more about these historic figures.
(Listed in alphabetical order)
Shirley A. Chisholm
November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005
The first African-American woman elected to Congress; 7-term Member of Congress; first African-American candidate to seek a major party’s presidential nomination (1972)
Frances Folsom Cleveland
July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947
First Lady; the only Buffalo native to occupy the White House
Grover Cleveland
March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908
Former Erie County Sheriff; Mayor of Buffalo;
22nd and 24th President of the United States
Barber Conable
November 2, 1922 – November 30, 2003
New York State Senator; 10-term Member of Congress; President of the World Bank
William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan
January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959
Recipient of Medal of Honor for service in World War I; U.S. Attorney; New York gubernatorial candidate; director of the World War II Office of Strategic Services and considered the “Father of U.S. Intelligence."
Abigail Powers Fillmore
March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1883
First Lady; first wife of President Millard Fillmore
Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore
October 21, 1813 – August 11, 1881
Second wife of President Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
Jan. 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874
13th President of the United States
Robert H. Jackson
February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954
U.S. Attorney General; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Chief U.S. Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Jack F. Kemp
July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009
Buffalo Bills championship quarterback; 9-term Member of Congress; Secretary of HUD; 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
16th President of the United States
Belva Ann Lockwood
October 24, 1830 – May 17, 1917
Suffragist; first female attorney to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; first female presidential candidate (of the National Equal Rights Party, 1884 and 1888)
William McKinley
January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901
25th President of the United States; Assassinated in Buffalo in 1901
William E. Miller
March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983
Prosecuting attorney at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials; 7-term Member of Congress; 1964 Republican vice presidential nominee.
Click here to read a 2024 story from Buffalo Tales about Miller's daughters.
John G. Roberts
January 27, 1955 —
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals; currently 17th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
26th President of the United States; Inaugurated in Buffalo in 1901