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See also
Wentworth
E. Griffin —
Wentworth
Hayden —
S.
Wentworth Horton —
Benning
Wentworth Jenness —
Clara
Wentworth Lewis —
Hunking
Penhallow —
Asa
Wentworth Tenney —
William
F. Thayer —
Cassius
Montgomery Clay Twitchell —
Charles
Wentworth Upham —
Edgar
Charles Wakefield —
Ernest
Alonzo Wakefield |
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Wentworth, Chester —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1835.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Eli —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1860-62.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Ezekiel —
of Ossipee, Carroll
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1829-31.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Franklin H. —
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, G. M. —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Democrat. Mayor of
Calais, Maine, 1870-71.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, George P. —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1924,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, 1932-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, H. M. —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Republican. Mayor
of Gardiner, Maine, 1874-75.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Wentworth,
Halden See L. Halden
Wentworth |
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Wentworth, Harold E. —
of Durham, Strafford
County, N.H.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Hampshire Governor's Council 2nd District, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Wentworth, J. T. —
of Wisconsin.
Circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit, 1876-84.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Jeff —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Wentworth, John, Jr.
(1745-1787) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in New Hampshire, July 17,
1745.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-81; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1778; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Strafford County, 1784-86.
Died January
10, 1787 (age 41 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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Wentworth, John
(1815-1888) —
also known as "Long John" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
|
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Wentworth, Joseph —
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1886.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Joshua —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1785-89; member of
New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1786-87.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, L. Halden —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Roseville, Calif., 1954-55.
Still living as of 1955.
|
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Wentworth, Mark F. —
of Kittery, York
County, Maine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1860,
1868.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Wentworth, Nathaniel —
of Hudson, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 20th District, 1897-98.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Wentworth, Robert D. —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Tappan
(1802-1875) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in New Hampshire, 1802.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55.
Died in 1875
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Wentworth, Thomas C. —
of Cornish, York
County, Maine.
Delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from York County,
1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wentworth, Mrs. W. W. —
of Santa Rosa, Guadalupe
County, N.M.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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