Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve (b.1819 - d.1907). Charlotte S. Van Cleve ran for School Director, East Division Minneapolis in 1876 and won.

Horatio P. Van Cleve (b.1809 - d.1891) was a Civil War Union Brigadier General. He ran for Mayor of St. Anthony in 1866 and St. Anthony School Director in 1868, 1869 & 1871. He lost all four of these elections.

Van Cleve Park, at 901 15th Ave SE, was named for both Charlotte & Horatio Van Cleve in 1895 (formerly known as Second Ward Park).

Horatio's grandson with the same name served as a 2nd ward alderman in Minneapolis. He was elected in 1933, 1937 & 1941. He lost re-election in 1945 to Dale M. Stanchfield.

"Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve - A daughter of the regiment" by Agnes C. Laut

Charlotte and Horatio Van Cleve references in the Minnesota History Magazine

"Van Cleve sorry about church" letter in The Southeast Angle (July 2004) by Allen S. Van Cleve, Swarthmore, Penn.