The plot next to this man's grave was bought by gay activist JosÃ©
The plot next to this man's grave was bought by gay activist JosÃ© Sarria, the founder of the Imperial Court System, so he could be married to this man forever. This resident of Eureka Lodgings bankrupted himself by investing in a shipment of Peruvian rice. He claimed that he was from Algoa Bay on the Cape of Good Hope, and always kept a peacock feather in his hat. His public feud with Freddie Coombs was about who was the real ";Great Matrimonial Candidate."; He appears as a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Wrecker, and was depicted by Ed Jump in many cartoons as the owner of Bummer and Lazarus, two stray dogs with whom he often dined at a lunch counter. One of his proclamations abolished both the Republican and Democratic parties, and named himself ";Protector of Mexico."; For 10 points, name this citizen of San Francisco who declared himself Emperor of the United States. 
The plot next to this man's grave was bought by gay activist JosÃ©
Emperor Norton [or Joshua Abraham  Norton, or Norton I Emperor of the United States]