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• Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) — also known as Robert G. Allen — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., August 24, 1902. Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen; married, January 17, 1925, to Katharine Hancock Williamson. Democrat. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41. Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Died in Keene, Albemarle County, Va., August 9, 1963. Interment at Christ Episcopal Church, Keene, Va.
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• David Verner Anderson — also known as David V. Anderson — of Montpelier, Washington County, Vt. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Republican. Vermont state auditor of accounts, 1940-. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Larz Anderson (1866-1937) — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Paris, France of American parents, August 15, 1866. Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth Coles (Kilgour) Anderson; married to Isabel Perkins Anderson (author). Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of the Cincinnati. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., April 13, 1937. Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) — also known as F. Christopher Arterton — of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 22, 1942. Son of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton; married 1966 to Janet MacArthur Bond. Democrat. College instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Alpha Chi Rho; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) — also known as Albert E. Austin — of Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Medway, Norfolk County, Mass., November 15, 1877. Step-father of Clare Boothe Luce. Republican. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1917-19, 1921-23; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., January 26, 1942. Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gaspar Griswold Bacon (b. 1886) — also known as Gaspar G. Bacon — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 7, 1886. Son of Robert Bacon and Martha (Cowdin) Bacon; married, July 16, 1910, to Priscilla Toland. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1940; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1925-32; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway Co., Eliot Savings Bank. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Reserve Officers Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) — also known as Robert L. Bacon — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 23, 1884. Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; married, April 14, 1913, to Virginia Murray. Republican. Banker; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Moose. Died, of a heart attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., September 12, 1938. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Bacon family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) — also known as George L. Balcom — of Cavendish, Windsor County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Mass., October 9, 1819. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884; member of New Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90. Episcopalian. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., May 13, 1900. Interment somewhere in Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  
• Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (b. 1914) — also known as Art Ballantine — of Durango, La Plata County, Colo. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 12, 1914. Married, July 26, 1947, to Morley Cowles Gale. Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Sigma Delta Chi. Still living as of 1960.
  
  
• Charles Sidney Baxter (b. 1866) — also known as Charles S. Baxter — of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 27, 1866. Son of Charles Willard Baxter. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1921. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Tilton S. Bell (b. 1874) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; East Milton, Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., July 27, 1874. Son of Wakeman D. Bell and Ida (Clark) Bell; married, October 17, 1905, to Harriet Ballou. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of Veterans (later SUVCW); Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mary B. Besse (b. 1869) — of Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass., December 5, 1869. Married to Frank Alden Besse. Republican. Member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1929; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940 (alternate). Female. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. (b. 1908) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Manchester, Essex County, Mass., August 21, 1908. Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist; radio newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936; member of Indiana state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946. Episcopalian. Still living as of 1946.
  
  
• Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) — also known as Franklin S. Billings — of Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., May 11, 1862. Son of Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy (Swift) Billings; married, July 12, 1892, to Bessie Hewitt Vail (died 1917); married 1919 to Gertrude (Curtis) Todd. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1910-12, 1910, 1921-23; Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of Vermont, 1925-27; delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Died, of a heart attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair shop, Woodstock, Windsor County, Vt., January 16, 1935. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Anna Child Bird (b. 1855) — also known as Anna J. Child; Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird — of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., January 12, 1855. Daughter of Elisha Norwin Child and Elizabeth Humphrey (Martin) Child; married, October 19, 1880, to Charles Sumner Bird (son of Francis William Bird) and Charles Sumner Bird (1855-?) (son of Francis William Bird); mother of Charles Sumner Bird, Jr.. Republican. Chair, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Interment somewhere in East Walpole, Walpole, Mass.
  • See also Bird family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Charles Sumner Bird, Jr. (b. 1884) — of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass., September 24, 1884. Grandson of Francis William Bird; son of Charles Sumner Bird and Anna Child Bird; married, November 10, 1917, to Julia Appleton. Republican. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Bird family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Edward William Brooke III (b. 1919) — also known as Edward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919. Son of Edward W. Brooke and Helen (Seldon) Brooke; married, June 7, 1947, to Remigia Ferrari Scacco. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978. Black. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association; Amvets; Alpha Phi Alpha. First black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1967. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) — also known as George Bush; "Poppy"; "Sheepskin"; "Timberwolf" — of Midland, Midland County, Tex.; Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., June 12, 1924. First cousin thrice removed of David Davis; son of Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992); married, January 6, 1945, to Barbara Pierce; father of George Walker Bush and John Ellis Bush. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980; Vice President of the United States, 1981-89; President of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Society of the Cincinnati; Skull and Bones; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2003.
  • Cross-reference: Caspar W. Weinberger; John H. Sununu; Don Evans; James C. Oberwetter
  • See also Bush family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by George H. W. Bush: All The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings (1999); Looking Forward (1987, out of print); A World Transformed (1998)
  • Books about George H. W. Bush: John Robert Greene, The Presidency of George Bush; Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren, George H. W. Bush (for young readers)
  • Critical books about George H. W. Bush: Kevin Phillips, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush; Kitty Kelly, The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
  
  
• 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, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) — also known as Benjamin R. Curtis — of Massachusetts. Born in Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass., November 4, 1809. Father of Annie Wroe Scollay Curtis (who married Seth Low). Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1849; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57. Episcopalian. Died September 15, 1874. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  
  
• Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) — also known as Lawrence Curtis — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 3, 1893. Son of Louis Curtis and Fanny Leland (Richardson) Curtis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lost a leg during Navy training exercises; lawyer; secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1933-36; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944 (alternate), 1960; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons. Died July 11, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) — also known as Malcolm G. Dade — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 27, 1903. Son of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean Denham; father of Malcolm G. Dade, Jr.. Democrat. Ordained minister; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th District, 1961-62. Black. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; Freemasons; Alpha Phi Alpha. Died in 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) — also known as Frederick W. Dallinger — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., October 2, 1871. Son of William W. Dallinger and Elizabeth (Kingman) Dallinger; married, August 29, 1900, to Blanche Russell. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1896-99; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32; defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42. Episcopalian. Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll County, N.H., September 5, 1955. Interment at Center Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Livingston Davis (b. 1834) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 22, 1834. Son of Isaac Davis and Mary Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah Gardner Adams (died 1861); married, December 2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins. Lawyer; manufacturer of ironwork, including railroad wheels; director of banks and railroads; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1874; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1876. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Cornelius Roscoe Day (b. 1847) — also known as Cornelius R. Day — of Millerville, Blackstone, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Blackstone, Worcester County, Mass., December 29, 1847. Son of David L. Day and Jane H. (Mahoney) Day; married to Ida F. Paine. Republican. Merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John A. Denison (d. 1950) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Married to Laura Phinney. Lawyer; judge, 1902-12, 1915-35; mayor of Springfield, Mass., 1913-14. Episcopalian. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Butler Carson Derrick, Jr. (b. 1936) — also known as Butler Derrick — of Edgefield, Edgefield County, S.C. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., September 30, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Jaycees; Lions. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Donald R. Dwight (b. 1931) — also known as Don Dwight — of South Hadley, Hampshire County, Mass.; Wayland, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., March 26, 1931. Grandson of Minnie Ryan Dwight and Charles A. Rathbun; son of William Dwight. Massachusetts Commissioner of Administration and Finance, 1969-70; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1971-75. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2005.
  • See also Dwight family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Minnie Ryan Dwight (1873-1957) — also known as Minnie R. Dwight; Minnie Ryan — of Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Hadley, Hampshire County, Mass., June 22, 1873. Daughter of Patrick Ryan and Catherine (Reilley) Ryan; married, November 5, 1896, to William G. Dwight; mother of William Dwight; grandmother of Donald R. Dwight. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1920-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Female. Episcopalian. Died July 31, 1957. Interment at Town Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
  • See also Dwight family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. (b. 1942) — also known as Vic Fazio — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., October 11, 1942. Democrat. Member of California state assembly, 1975-79; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-99 (4th District 1979-93, 3rd District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1980, 1984. Episcopalian. Still living as of 1999.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 12, 1892. Great-great-grandson of Robert H. Gardiner; son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs) Gardiner; married, September 16, 1916, to Margaret Thomas. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion, traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in midair, and crashed in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa., August 2, 1953. Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
  • Cross-reference: Edward E. Chase
  • See also Gardiner family of Maine
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also Gaston family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born in Marblehead, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1744. Grandfather of Elbridge Gerry (1813-1886); great-grandfather of Peter Goelet Gerry. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting. Died in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1814. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Gerry family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Elbridge Gerry: George Athan Billias, Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman (out of print)
  
  
• Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) — also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley Graves — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., August 14, 1839. Married, May 20, 1873, to E. Grace Totten Stevens (died 1902); married, April 25, 1905, to Alice Kinney Trip. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., October 7, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) — also known as Joseph C. Grew — of Hancock, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 27, 1880. Son of Edward Sturgis Grew and Annie Crawford (Clark) Grew; married, October 7, 1905, to Alice de Vermandois Perry (died 1959) (granddaughter of Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858; Commdore, U.S. Navy); niece by marriage of August Belmont); father of Elizabeth Sturgis Grew (who married Cecil Burton Lyon) and Lilla Cabot Grew (who married Jay Pierrepont Moffat). U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38. Episcopalian. Member, Navy League; Alpha Delta Phi. One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Died May 25, 1965. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Joseph C. Grew: Masanori Nakamura, The Japanese Monarchy, 1931-1991 : Ambassador Joseph Grew and the Making of the Symbol Emperor System; Waldo H. Heinrichs, Jr., American Ambassador : Joseph C. Grew and the Development of the United States Diplomatic Tradition
  
  
• William Dodd Hathaway (b. 1924) — also known as William D. Hathaway — of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., February 21, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2002.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Henderson Hoff (b. 1924) — also known as Philip H. Hoff — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass., June 29, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1970. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Moose. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Hooper (1742-1790) — of North Carolina. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 17, 1742. Great-great-grandfather of Warren Green Hooper. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1777-78. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., October 14, 1790. Interment at Guilford Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Katherine Graham Howard (1898-1986) — also known as Katherine G. Howard; Katherine Graham; Mrs. Charles P. Howard — of Reading, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Guyton, Effingham County, Ga., 1898. Daughter of Joseph Lewis Graham and Margaret (Nowell) Graham; married, September 15, 1921, to Charles P. Howard. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956 (alternate); member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1945-53; Secretary of Republican National Committee, 1948-53. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters; Colonial Dames. Died in 1986. Interment somewhere in Reading, Mass.
  
  
• Frank E. Howe (b. 1870) — of Bennington, Bennington County, Vt. Born in Heath, Franklin County, Mass., October 2, 1870. First cousin thrice removed of Jonah Howe; great-grandson of Gardner Howe; third cousin once removed of Charles Augustus Eldredge; first cousin once removed of Marshall Otis Howe; son of Edmund Perry Howe (1838-1885) and Laura A. (Worden) Howe; married, October 2, 1895, to Flora May Cummings; second cousin of Arthur Otis Howe. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1908; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Howe family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) — also known as Francis Hallett Johnson — of South Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 26, 1888. Son of J. Augustus Johnson and Fannie V. (Matthews) Johnson; married, May 20, 1920, to Katherine Steward (niece of Robert Livingston Beeckman); father of Hallett Johnson, Jr. (son-in-law of Jay Cooke). Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi. Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1968. Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) — of Washington, D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., December 22, 1897. Son of Gustaf Kalijarvi and Ida Christina (Kuniholm) Kalijarvi; married, September 4, 1926, to Dorothy Corbett Knight. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61. Episcopalian. Member, American Arbitration Association; American Legion; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Gamma Mu. Died in 1980. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Rufus King (1755-1827) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, March 24, 1755. Married 1786 to Mary Alsop (daughter of John Alsop); half-brother of Cyrus King; father of John Alsop King and James Gore King; grandfather of Rufus King (1814-1876). Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President of the United States, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died April 29, 1827. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also King family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) — also known as Alfred B. Lewis — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 20, 1897. Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis; married, November 20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October 14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later president, Union Casualty insurance company. Episcopalian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action; NAACP. Interment somewhere in Fairfield County, Conn.
  
  
• Nathan Matthews, Jr. (1854-1927) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 28, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1888; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1891-94. Episcopalian. Died, of a pulmonary embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 11, 1927. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• William Henry Moody (1853-1917) — also known as William H. Moody — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass. Born in Newbury, Essex County, Mass., December 23, 1853. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1895-1902; resigned 1902; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1902-04; U.S. Attorney General, 1904-06; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1906-10. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., July 2, 1917. Interment at Byfield Cemetery, Georgetown, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) — also known as Dana G. Munro — of New Jersey. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 18, 1892. Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro; married 1920 to Margaret Bennett Wiley. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1990. Interment somewhere in Waquoit, Mass.
  
  
• Nelson Renfrew Park (b. 1890) — also known as Nelson R. Park — of Boulder, Boulder County, Colo. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 25, 1890. Son of Henry James Park and Mary G. (Esdon) Park; married, August 4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. School teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala, 1922; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Wanda Kathleen Parker (b. 1915) — also known as Wanda K. Parker — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Wolflake, Noble County, Ind., October 11, 1915. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• Henry Parkman, Jr. (b. 1894) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born April 26, 1894. Son of Henry Parkman and Mary Frances (Parker) Parkman; married, June 26, 1936, to Doris Montague Leamy; uncle of William P. Homans, Jr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928, 1936; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Peabody-Parkman-Homans family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 28, 1869. Son of John E. Parsons and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons; married, September 1, 1900, to Elsie Worthington Clews. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Member, Union League; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Lost control of a motor bicycle, fell, suffered a ruptured kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., September 16, 1925. Cremated; ashes interred at Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) — also known as "Chub" — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., February 15, 1920. Son of Malcolm E. Peabody and Mary (Parkman) Peabody; married, June 24, 1944, to Barbara Gibbons; cousin of William P. Homans, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960, 1964, 1968; Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1986. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Elks. Died December 1, 1997. Interment at Town Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
  • See also Peabody-Parkman-Homans family of Massachusetts
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Frances Perkins (1882-1965) — also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson — of Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 10, 1882. Daughter of Frederick W. Perkins and Susan Perkins; married, September 26, 1913, to Paul Caldwell Wilson. Sociologist; New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-45. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. First woman to serve in the Cabinet. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 14, 1965. Interment at Cemetery on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
  
  
• 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, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Christopher Hallowell Phillips (b. 1920) — also known as Christopher H. Phillips — of Beverly, Essex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in The Hague, Netherlands, December 6, 1920. Son of William Phillips and Caroline Astor (Drayton) Phillips; married, May 11, 1943, to Mabel B. Olsen (died 1995); married 1997 to Sydney Watkins Osborne. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1948-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Brunei, 1989-91. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Ruth Baker Pratt (1877-1965) — also known as Ruth Sears Baker; Mrs. John T. Pratt — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ware, Hampshire County, Mass., August 24, 1877. Daughter of Edwin Howard Baker; married, January 6, 1903, to John Teele Pratt (1873-1927). Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1929-33; member of Republican National Committee from New York, 1929-43; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., August 23, 1965. Interment at Pratt Mausoleum, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) — also known as Elliot L. Richardson — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 20, 1920. Married 1952 to Anne Francis Hazard. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962; resigned 1969; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S. Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1984. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 31, 1999. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Elliot Richardson: Reflections of a Radical Moderate (2000); The creative balance: Government, politics, and the individual in America's third century (1976)
  
  
• Jonas Robeson (1800-1871) — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Massachusetts, 1800. Democrat. Mayor of Shreveport, La., 1858-59, 1860-62. Episcopalian. Died in Caddo Parish, La., 1871. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Caddo Parish, La.
  
  
• Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) — also known as Edith Frances Nourse — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Saco, York County, Maine, 1881. Daughter of Franklin Nourse and Edith Francis (Riversmith) Nourse; married, October 2, 1907, to John Jacob Rogers. Republican. Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in office 1960. Female. Congregationalist; later Episcopalian. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died September 10, 1960. Interment at Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• James Roosevelt (1907-1991) — also known as Jimmy Roosevelt — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 23, 1907. Son of Eleanor (Roosevelt) Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; married, June 4, 1930, to Betsey Cushing (1908-1998; divorced 1940) (who later married John Hay Whitney); married, April 14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider (divorced 1955); married, July 2, 1956, to Gladys Irene Owens (divorced 1969); married, October 3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; brother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948, 1952 (alternate), 1956, 1960; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of California, 1950; U.S. Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Episcopalian. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's disease, in Newport Beach, Orange County, Calif., August 13, 1991. Interment at Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• George Augustus Sanderson (1863-1932) — of Ayer, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Littleton, Middlesex County, Mass., July 1, 1863. Son of George Webster Sanderson and Charlotte Elizabeth (Tuttle) Sanderson; married, January 11, 1893, to Annie Sarah Bennett. Republican. Middlesex County District Attorney, 1902-07; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1907-24; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1924-32. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1932. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Philip Mason Sears (1899-1973) — also known as Mason Sears — of Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 29, 1899. Son of Philip Shelton Sears (1867-1953) and Mary Cabot (Higginson) Sears; married, December 29, 1924, to Zilla MacDougall. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948, 1952; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1949-50; U.S. representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council, 1953-60. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died, in Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 13, 1973. Burial location unknown.
  • Books by Mason Sears: Years of High Purpose
  
  
• David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) — also known as David H. Souter — of Weare, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., September 17, 1939. Rhodes scholar; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 2003.
  • Books about David H. Souter: Tinsley E. Yarbrough, David Hackett Souter: Traditional Republican On The Rehnquist Court
  
  
• William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) — of Richmond, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., July 26, 1840. Son of Sylvester Stowell and Fanny Chandler (Bowen) Stowell; married, November 13, 1873, to Emma Clara Averill (daughter of John Thomas Averill). Republican. U.S. Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1876; founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp Co., Atlas Paper Co., Duluth Iron Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth, 1889-1895. Episcopalian. Died in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., April 27, 1922. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also Averill family of Minnesota
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) — also known as Gerry E. Studds — of Cohasset, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Mineola, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12, 1937. Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff during the administration of President John F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District 1973-83, 10th District 1983-97). Episcopalian. Gay. First openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier. Died, of respiratory failure, in Boston Medical Center, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 14, 2006. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) — also known as Stuart Symington — of Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901. Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison) Symington; married, March 1, 1924, to Evelyn Wadsworth (daughter of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.); father of James Wadsworth Symington; cousin of John Fife Symington III. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons. Died December 14, 1988. Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Cramerton, Gaston County, N.C., August 28, 1956. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) — also known as Allen T. Treadway — of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., September 16, 1867. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1908-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Royal Arcanum. Died in 1947. Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) — also known as Gardner C. Turner — of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Ludlow, Hampden County, Mass., March 3, 1910. Son of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August 16, 1941, to Virginia Wells. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan, 1948; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1961. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; Jaycees. Still living as of 1961.
  
  
• William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) — also known as William H. Vanderbilt — of Portsmouth, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 24, 1901. Great-great-grandson of Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt (1794-1877; steamboat and railroad baron); grandnephew by marriage of Alva (Smith) Vanderbilt (1853-1933) (who married Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont); son of Ellen (French) Vanderbilt and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1887-1915; horse breeder;died in the wreck of the Lusitania, ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915); married, November 1, 1923, to Emily Davies (divorced); married, November 27, 1929, to Anne Colby; uncle of Wendy Vanderbilt (who married Orin Lehman). Republican. Member of Rhode Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928, 1936; Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Died April 14, 1981. Interment somewhere in Williamstown, Mass.
  • See also Butler-Straus-Belmont-Pickens family of New York
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert E. Waldron (b. 1920) — of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., January 25, 1920. Married 1951 to Helen Miller. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-70 (Wayne County 13th District 1955-64, 1st District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1950; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1967-68; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion. Still living as of 1998.
  
  
• Joseph Everett Warner (b. 1884) — also known as Joseph E. Warner — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., May 16, 1884. Son of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs) Warner. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1913-20; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1928-35; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1940-49. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Floyd Weld (b. 1945) — also known as William F. Weld; Bill Weld — of Massachusetts. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 31, 1945. Great-grandson-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt; married, June 7, 1975, to Susan Roosevelt. Republican. Candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1978; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1981-86; Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97; resigned 1997; candidate for U.S. Sena