Convention in 1876, 1880, and 1884. He was mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential nominee in 1876 and 1884, although his name was never offered into formal nomination. Denver reportedly visited Denver, Colorado, in 1875 and 1882, but complained that his visits received little affection from the residents of the city named after him. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1892 and is buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington, Ohio. His son, Matthew R. Denver, was a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1907–1913. References Further reading Barns, George C., Denver, the Man; the Life, Letters and Public Papers of the Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman. Wilmington, Ohio, 1949. Cook, Edward Magruder (ed.), Justified by Honor: Highlights in the Life of General James William Denver. Falls Church, Virginia: Higher Education Publications, 1988. External links Denver's papers at the University of Kansas Guide to the James William Denver Papers at The Bancroft Library |- |- 1817 births 1892 deaths 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American politicians American duellists American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Bleeding Kansas Burials in Ohio California state senators Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Governors of Kansas Territory History of Denver Kansas Democrats Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Members of the United States House of Representatives from California Missouri lawyers Ohio Democrats Ohio lawyers People from Platte City, Missouri People from Wilmington, Ohio People from Winchester, Virginia People of Kansas in the American Civil War Politicians from Xenia, Ohio Secretaries of State of California United States Army officers University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni