James Wormley
Deceased Person
1819 – 1884
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Who was James Wormley?
James Wormley was the owner and operator of the Wormley Hotel, which opened in Washington D.C. in 1871. He was widely reported in 1865 to be at the bedside of Abraham Lincoln when he died.
The hotel was the site of the Wormley Agreement, which resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876, contested between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
Wormley died on October 18, 1884. He was interred at Columbian Harmony Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1819
Washington, D.C. - Ethnicity
- African American
- Died
- Oct 18, 1884
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on July 23, 2013
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