Selected officials of Suffolk County

(not intended to be complete)

John A. Keliher (Sheriff, 1917-38) William J. Foley (District Attorney, 1927) W. T. A. Fitzgerald (Register of Deeds)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Suffolk County

• Boston Calvary Cemetery
• Boston Central Boston Common Cemetery
• Boston Central Burying Ground
• Boston Copps Hill Cemetery
• Boston Dorchester Burying Ground
• Boston Evergreen Cemetery
• Boston Friends Burial Grounds
• Boston King's Chapel Burying Ground
• Boston Oak Grove Cemetery
• Boston Old Granary Burying Ground
• Boston Phipps Street Cemetery
• Boston Trinity Church
• Dorchester, Boston Cedar Grove Cemetery
• Jamaica Plain, Boston Forest Hills Cemetery
• Mattapan, Boston New Calvary Cemetery
• Roslindale, Boston Old Calvary Cemetery
• West Roxbury, Boston Mishkan Tefila Cemetery
• West Roxbury, Boston St. Joseph's Cemetery
• Chelsea Woodlawn Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Henry Francis Naphen (1852-1905) — also known as Henry F. Naphen — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Ireland, August 14, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1885-86; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1899-1903. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 8, 1905. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• Michael Joseph McEttrick (1848-1921) — also known as Michael J. McEttrick — of Massachusetts. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1848. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1885-91, 1906-07, 1913; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1892, 1908; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1893-95; defeated, 1894. Died December 31, 1921. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• James Sullivan (1744-1808) — of Massachusetts. Born in Berwick, York County, Maine, April 22, 1744. Brother of John Sullivan; uncle of George Sullivan. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782-83; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1790-1807; Governor of Massachusetts, 1807-08; died in office 1808. Died December 10, 1808. Interment at Central Boston Common Cemetery.
  • See also Sullivan family of New Hampshire
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• Stephen Higginson (1743-1828) — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., November 28, 1743. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1783. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 22, 1828. Interment at Central Burying Ground.
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• Isaac Parker (1768-1830) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1768. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-99; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1806-30; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1814-30. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 25, 1830. Interment at Copps Hill Cemetery.
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• Henry Lillie Pierce (1825-1896) — also known as Henry L. Pierce — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Mass., August 23, 1825. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1868; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1873, 1878; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1873-77. Died December 17, 1896. Interment at Dorchester Burying Ground.
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• William Wirt Warren (1834-1880) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, 1834. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1875-77. Died in 1880. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Peleg Coffin, Jr. (1756-1805) — of Massachusetts. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., November 3, 1756. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1793-95. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 6, 1805. Original interment at Friends Burial Grounds; reinterment in 1833 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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• James Lloyd (1769-1831) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1769. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1800; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1804; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1808-13, 1822-26. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1831. Interment at King's Chapel Burying Ground.
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• John Bailey (1786-1835) — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Stoughton (part now in Canton), Norfolk County, Mass., 1786. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1814-17; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1823-31 (13th District 1823-25, 10th District 1825-31); member of Massachusetts state senate, 1831, 1834; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Died in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., June 26, 1835. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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• Timothy Davis (1821-1888) — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1821. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860; member of Massachusetts state legislature. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 23, 1888. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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• John Hancock (1737-1793) — of Massachusetts. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., January 23, 1737. Son of John Hancock ; ancestor of Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4 electoral votes, 1789. Congregationalist. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., October 8, 1793. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground. Hancock counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Miss., Ohio, Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about John Hancock: Harlow Giles Unger, John Hancock : Merchant King and American Patriot
  
  
• Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as "The Tribune of the People"; "The Cromwell of New England"; "Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer"; "Amendment Monger"; "American Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 27, 1722. Married 1749 to Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to Elizabeth Wells; third cousin of John Adams; uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married Alfred Cumming); ancestor of John Quincy Adams. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1803. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
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• Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 11, 1731. Great-grandson of Robert Treat. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1777; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1777-90; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1790-1804. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died May 12, 1814. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground; statue at Church Green, Taunton, Mass.
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• Increase Sumner (1746-1799) — of Massachusetts. Born November 27, 1746. Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-97; Governor of Massachusetts, 1797-99; died in office 1799. Died June 7, 1799. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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• Christopher Gore (1758-1827) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 21, 1758. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1788-89, 1808; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1789-96; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1806-07; Governor of Massachusetts, 1809-10; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1813-16. Died in Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass., March 1, 1827. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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• Thomas Cushing (1725-1788) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 24, 1725. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-76; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-88; died in office 1788; Governor of Massachusetts, 1785. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 28, 1788. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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• Samuel Turell Armstrong (1784-1850) — also known as Samuel T. Armstrong — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., April 29, 1784. Son of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1828-29; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1833-36; Governor of Massachusetts, 1835-36; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1836; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1839. Among leaders of the effort to save Plymouth Rock, 1835. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 1850. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Jonathan Jackson (1743-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 4, 1743. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1789; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1802-06. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 5, 1810. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
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• Edward St. Loe Livermore (1762-1832) — of Newburyport, Essex County, Mass. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., April 5, 1762. Son of Samuel Livermore; brother of Arthur Livermore. U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1794-97, 1801; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1797-99; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1807-11. Died in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Mass., September 15, 1832. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
  • See also Livermore family of New Hampshire
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• John Phillips — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1822-23. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
  
  
• Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) — Born in 1811. Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback). Abolitionist. Died in 1884. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground.
  
  

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• George Cabot (1752-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 3, 1752. Married to Elizabeth Higginson (1756-1826); great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge; great-great-great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge; great-great-great-great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 18, 1823. Original interment at Old Granary Burying Ground; reinterment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
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• Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 27, 1738. Father of Benjamin Gorham. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1780-81; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1781-87; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1782-83, 1785-87; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1785-96; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 11, 1796. Interment at Phipps Street Cemetery.
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• Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1775. Son of Nathaniel Gorham. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1820-23, 1827-31, 1833-35. Died in 1855. Interment at Phipps Street Cemetery.
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• Charles Devens (1820-1891) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 4, 1820. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1849; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; People's candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1862; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1867; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-77, 1881-91; U.S. Attorney General, 1877-81. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 7, 1891. Interment at Trinity Church.
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• John Conness (1821-1909) — of El Dorado County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abbey, County Galway, Ireland, September 22, 1821. Naturalized U.S. citizen; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California state assembly, 1853-55, 1860-62 (12th District 1853-54, 18th District 1854-55, 1860-62); Union Democratic candidate for Governor of California, 1861; U.S. Senator from California, 1863-69. Died in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 10, 1909. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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• Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H., February 23, 1751. Father of Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95, 1st District 1795-97); U.S. Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24. Member, Freemasons. Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., June 6, 1829. Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest Hills Cemetery. Dearborn County, Ind. is named for him.
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• Curtis Guild, Jr. (1860-1915) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 2, 1860. Son of Curtis Guild (born 1827) and Sarah C. Guild; married, June 1, 1892, to Charlotte H. Johnson. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1884; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-06; Governor of Massachusetts, 1906-09; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1911-13. Member, Freemasons; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; American Forestry Association. In 1907, John A. Steele came to the State House with a revolver, and attempted to kill Gov. Guild; he was subdued and arrested after shooting two people. Died, of pneumonia, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 6, 1915. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) — also known as Eugene N. Foss — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin County, Vt., September 24, 1858. Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble) Foss; married, June 12, 1884, to Lilla Sturtevant; brother of George Edmund Foss (1863-1936). Owner of cotton mills and iron and steel works; active in banking and railroads; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11; defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (Democratic, 5th District); Governor of Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913. Baptist. Member, Sigma Phi. Died September 13, 1939. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (1816-1891) — also known as Samuel C. Pomeroy; "Subsidy Pom" — of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison County, Kan. Born in Southampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 3, 1816. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1852-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1856 (Honorary Vice-President); mayor of Atchison, Kan., 1858-59; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1861-73; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Kansas, 1870-72. Died, from Bright's disease, in Whitinsville, Northbridge, Worcester County, Mass., August 27, 1891. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• William Gaston (1820-1894) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born October 3, 1820. Father of William Alexander Gaston. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1853-56; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1868; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1871-72; Governor of Massachusetts, 1875-76; defeated, 1873, 1875, 1877. Died January 19, 1894. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  • See also Gaston family of Massachusetts
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• Walbridge Abner Field (1833-1899) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., April 26, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1877-81; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-99; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1890-99. Died in 1899. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Andrew James Peters (1872-1938) — also known as Andrew J. Peters — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 3, 1872. Son of Andrew James Peters and Mary Richards (Whitney) Peters; married, June 23, 1910, to Martha R. Phillips. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1902; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1904-05; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1907-14; resigned 1914; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Episcopalian. Died June 26, 1938. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• John Lowell (1824-1897) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 18, 1824. U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1865; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1878-84. Died May 14, 1897. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  
  
• Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) — also known as Channing H. Cox — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 28, 1879. Son of Charles Edson Cox and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox; married, February 18, 1915, to Mary Emery Young. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928; president, Old Colony Trust Company; director, United Fruit Co., Revere Sugar Co., First National Bank of Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper); board member, Deaconness Hospital. Episcopalian. Member, Humane Society. Died August 20, 1968. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Thomas Norton Hart (1829-1927) — also known as Thomas N. Hart — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., January 20, 1829. Republican. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1889-90, 1900-02; defeated, 1901. Died October 4, 1927. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  
  
• William Morgan Butler (1861-1937) — also known as William M. Butler — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., January 29, 1861. Son of Rev. James D. Butler and Eliza B. (Place) Butler; married, July 15, 1886, to Minnie F. Norton (died 1905); married, January 1, 1907, to Mary Lothrop Webster. Republican. Lawyer; president of cotton mills; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1908, 1924, 1928, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924-25; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1924-28; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930. Member, Freemasons. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 29, 1937. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• George Holden Tinkham (1870-1956) — also known as George H. Tinkham — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 29, 1870. Son of George Henry Tinkham and Frances Ann (Holden) Tinkham. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1910-12; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1915-43 (11th District 1915-33, 10th District 1933-43). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association. Died in Cramerton, Gaston County, N.C., August 28, 1956. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Benjamin Seaver (1795-1856) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., April 12, 1795. Third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Seaver; son of Benjamin Seaver (1766-1815) and Debby (Loud) Seaver; married, August 13, 1818, to Sarah Johnson (1796-1865); fourth cousin once removed of James Warren Sever. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1846-48; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1850-51; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1852-53. Congregationalist. Died February 14, 1856. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  • See also Seaver family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Thomas (1813-1878) — of Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, 1813. Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1853-59; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1861-63. Died in 1878. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) — also known as William A. Gaston — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 1, 1859. Son of William Gaston (1820-1894) and Louisa Augusta (Beecher) Gaston; married 1892 to May Davidson Lockwood; father of William Gaston (1899-?). Democrat. Lawyer; banker; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1922; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924. Episcopalian. Died in Barre, Worcester County, Mass., July 17, 1927. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  • See also Gaston family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Ambrose Arnold Ranney (1821-1899) — of Massachusetts. Born in Vermont, April 7, 1821. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1881-87. Died March 5, 1899. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• William Shapleigh Damrell (1809-1860) — of Massachusetts. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., November 29, 1809. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1855-59. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., May 17, 1860. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Frank Welch (1835-1878) — of Nebraska. Born in Massachusetts, 1835. Republican. Member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1866; U.S. Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1877-78; died in office 1878. Died in 1878. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Peleg Tallman (1764-1840) — of Massachusetts. Born in Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., July 24, 1764. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1811-13; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1821-22. Lost an arm during Revolutionary War service. Died in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, March 12, 1840. Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine; reinterment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851) — also known as Henry A. S. Dearborn — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., March 3, 1783. Son of Henry Dearborn. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Collector of Customs for Boston, Mass., 1812-29; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1829; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1830; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1831-33; defeated, 1832; mayor of Roxbury, Mass., 1847-51. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 29, 1851. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Linus Bacon Comins (1817-1892) — also known as Linus B. Comins — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Charlton, Worcester County, Mass., November 29, 1817. Republican. Mayor of Roxbury, Mass., 1854; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 14, 1892. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) — also known as Harrison H. Atwood — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham County, Vt., August 26, 1863. Son of Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aldrich) Atwood; married, September 11, 1889, to Clara Stein. Republican. Architect; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888 (alternate), 1892, 1900, 1904, 1908 (alternate); member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th District). Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1954. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• George Washington Kittredge (1805-1881) — also known as George W. Kittredge — of Newmarket, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H., January 31, 1805. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1835; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1853-55. Died March 6, 1881. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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• William Heath (1737-1814) — Born in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., March 7, 1737. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1791-92; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1793-1810. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., January 24, 1814. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  
  
• Wellington Wells (1868-1955) — also known as Bill Wells — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass., April 18, 1868. Son-in-law of David Josiah Brewer. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate. Baptist; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 23, 1955. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  • See also Field-Brewer family
  
  
• Nathaniel Wheeler Coffin (1815-1869) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born November 25, 1815. Whig. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1847-49. Died August 26, 1869. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John E. Kerrigan (1906-1973) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in 1906. Democrat. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1945-46; defeated, 1945; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1964 (alternate). Died in 1973. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  
  
• James E. Sullivan (1897-1969) — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Suffolk County, Mass., 1897. Nephew of Lewis R. Sullivan and Benjamin Sullivan; half-nephew of Jeremiah Mahoney; first cousin of Lewis R. Sullivan II; brother of Thomas C. Sullivan, Sr.; uncle of Thomas C. Sullivan, Jr.; granduncle of Jim Sullivan. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1945-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948. Died in 1969. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Sullivan family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Thomas C. Sullivan, Sr. — Brother of James E. Sullivan; father of Thomas C. Sullivan, Jr.; grandfather of Jim Sullivan. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Sullivan family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Thomas C. Sullivan, Jr. — Nephew of James E. Sullivan; son of Thomas C. Sullivan, Sr.; father of Jim Sullivan. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Interment at New Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Sullivan family of Massachusetts
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• James Michael Curley (1874-1958) — also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal King" — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 20, 1874. Son of Michael Curley and Sarah (Clancy) Curley; brother of John J. Curley; married, June 27, 1906, to Mary Emelda Herlihy (died 1930); married, January 7, 1937, to Gertrude Marion Dennis. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; president, Hibernia Savings Bank; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47); resigned 1914; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1914-17, 1922-25, 1930-33, 1946-49; defeated, 1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic National Committee from Massachusetts, 1941-43, 1947; indicted in federal court in 1943, with Donald W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group, Inc., which fraudulently obtained war contracts; re-indicted in 1944; tried in 1945-46 and convicted; sentenced to six to eighteen months in prison and fined $1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by President Harry Truman. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 12, 1958. Interment at Old Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about James M. Curley: Jack Beatty, The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley; Gerald Leinwand, Mackerels in the Moonlight : Four Corrupt American Mayors
  
  
• John Austin Keliher (1866-1938) — also known as John A. Keliher — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 6, 1866. Son of John Keliher and Joanna (Shea) Keliher. Real estate dealer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1899-1900; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1903-11; defeated (Independent), 1910; Suffolk County Sheriff, 1917-38; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1925. Died September 20, 1938. Interment at Old Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lewis R. Sullivan (1873-1928) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 29, 1873. Half-brother of Jeremiah Mahoney; brother of Benjamin Sullivan; uncle of James E. Sullivan; father of Lewis R. Sullivan II. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1913-15, 1925-28; died in office 1928; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1916-21. Died February 8, 1928. Interment at Old Calvary Cemetery.
  • See also Sullivan family of Massachusetts
  
  
• William G. O'Hare (d. 1957) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Died in 1957. Interment at Old Calvary Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Theodore D. Mann (c.1923-1994) — of Massachusetts. Son of Hyman Mann. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1972-94. Jewish. Died of leukemia, April 9, 1994. Interment at Mishkan Tefila Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John William McCormack (1891-1980) — also known as John W. McCormack — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 21, 1891. Uncle of Edward Joseph McCormack, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1920-22; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1923-26; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-71 (12th District 1928-63, 9th District 1963-71); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1963-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 (Permanent Chair); Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Foresters; Elks; Moose. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., November 22, 1980. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Francis Fitzgerald (1863-1950) — also known as John F. Fitzgerald; "Honey Fitz" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 11, 1863. Son of Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna Fitzgerald; married, September 18, 1889, to Josephine Mary Hannon; father of Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1955) (who married Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.); grandfather of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1893-94; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1895-1901, 1919 (9th District 1895-1901, 10th District 1919); mayor of Boston, Mass., 1906-07, 1910-13; defeated, 1907; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912, 1932; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1916; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1922; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1932. Catholic. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1950. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also Kennedy family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John B. Hynes (1897-1970) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in 1897. Democrat. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1950-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956, 1964. Died in 1970. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  
  
• Paul Andrew Dever (1903-1958) — also known as Paul A. Dever — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 15, 1903. Cousin of William Emmett Dever; son of Joseph Patrick Dever and Anna Amelia (McAlevy) Dever. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1928-34; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940, 1952, 1956; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53; defeated, 1940, 1952; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Knights of Columbus. Died April 11, 1958. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John F. Collins (1919-1995) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1960, 1964; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1960-68. Catholic. Died at Vencor Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 23, 1995. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Joseph Douglass (1873-1939) — also known as John J. Douglass — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 9, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-35 (10th District 1925-33, 11th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Catholic. Died in West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 5, 1939. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel A. Whelton — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Mayor of Boston, Mass., 1905. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Francis O'Connell (1872-1942) — also known as Joseph F. O'Connell — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 7, 1872. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912 (alternate), 1920; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1918-20; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1930; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1933. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 10, 1942. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Sarsfield McNary (1863-1930) — also known as William S. McNary — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abington, Plymouth County, Mass., March 29, 1863. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892 (alternate), 1900, 1928; secretary of Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1898-1900; Massachusetts Democratic state chair, 1901-03; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1903-07; defeated, 1892, 1894. Died in 1930. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955) — also known as John P. Higgins — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 19, 1893. Son of Patrick Higgins and Winifred (Gilligan) Higgins; married, November 19, 1927, to Eleanor G. McNamara. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chemist; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1929-34; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1935-37; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1937-55; died in office 1955. Catholic. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 2, 1955. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) — also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier — of Biddeford, York County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, December 29, 1886. Son of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier; married, March 25, 1912, to Mathilde Lefebure. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924. Catholic. French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Foresters; Knights of Columbus. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Rufus Smith Frost (1826-1894) — of Massachusetts. Born in Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H., July 18, 1826. Republican. Mayor of Chelsea, Mass., 1867-68; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1871-72; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1873-74; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1875-76; defeated, 1876. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 6, 1894. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872