| | 
Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March 20,
1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 16,
1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (1818-1893) —
also known as Joseph K. Edgerton —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., February
16, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1863-65.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
25, 1893 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
|
| |
Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Son of Samuel Atkins Eliot and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) Eliot.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
|
| |
James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
|
| |
Joseph Buell Ely (1881-1956) —
also known as Joseph B. Ely —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
22, 1881.
Son of Henry Wilson Ely and Sarah N. (Buell) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Hampton National Bank and
Trust Company; director, American Woolen
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1931-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died June 13,
1956 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
|
| |
William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900) —
also known as William C. Endicott; William Gardner
Endicott —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Danvers, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
19, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1866, 1867, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1870; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-82; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1884; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1885-89.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1900 (age 73 years, 168
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
|
| |
Eugene Engley (1852-1910) —
of Colorado.
Born in Massachusetts, 1852.
Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1893-94.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., April 18,
1910 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Alamosa
Cemetery, Alamosa, Colo.
|
| |
William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) —
also known as William M. Evarts —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1818.
Son of Jeremiah F. Evarts and Mehitabel (Sherman) Evarts.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Attorney General, 1868-69; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1885-91.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
28, 1901 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
|
| |
Horace Everett (1779-1851) —
of Vermont.
Born in Foxboro, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 17,
1779.
Lawyer; Windsor
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1813-18; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-20, 1824, 1834; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1829-43.
Died in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., January
30, 1851 (age 71 years, 197
days).
Interment at Old
South Burying Ground, Windsor, Vt.
|
| |
Roswell Farnham (1827-1903) —
of Bradford, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1827.
Son of Roswell Farnham (1792-1860) and Nancy (Bixby) Farnham (died
1860).
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Vermont
state senate, 1869-70; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1876;
Governor
of Vermont, 1880-82.
Died in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., January
5, 1903 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Bradford
Town Cemetery, Bradford, Vt.
|
| |
Charles W. Faulkner —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate; elected 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
George Austin Fay (1838-1916) —
also known as George A. Fay —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1838.
Son of George W. Fay and Amanda Almina (Ward) Fay.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1916 (age 78 years, 24
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
|
| |
Samuel L. Fein (b. 1899) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Russia,
June
8, 1899.
Son of Abraham Fein and Sarah (Schwartz) Fein.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
|
| |
Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. (1924-1983) —
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
4, 1924.
Son of Clarence Clyde Ferguson and Georgena (Owens) Ferguson.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1970-72.
Unitarian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1983 (age 59 years, 47
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
|
| |
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) —
also known as Geraldine Ferraro —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
26, 1935.
Daughter of Dominick Ferraro and Antonetta (Corrieri) Ferraro.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(chair, Platform
Committee), 1996;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1984; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
2011 (age 75 years, 212
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
David Dudley Field (1805-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 13,
1894 (age 89 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
|
| |
Fred Tarbell Field (1876-1950) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., December
24, 1876.
Son of Frederic Griswold Field and Anna Melanie (Tarbell) Field.
Lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1929-47; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1938-47.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1950 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
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 Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1899 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
|
| |
Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) —
also known as Erland F. Fish —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
7, 1883.
Son of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Son of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative Bank;
director, Cooperative Central Bank;
director, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat
Co.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Vincent R. Fitzpatrick (c.1917-1992) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., about 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1954, 1958.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1992 (age about 75
years).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842) —
of Vermont.
Born in Dunstable, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
22, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1819-24; Caledonia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1820-29; delegate to
Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1837-41.
Died in Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., October
19, 1842 (age 57 years, 331
days).
Interment at Lyndon
Town Cemetery, Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Vt.
|
| |
Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) —
also known as Frank P. Flint —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1896
(alternate), 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901; U.S.
Senator from California, 1905-11.
Flintridge, California, is named for
him.
While on a world tour, died on the ocean
liner President Polk, probably in the South China
Sea, while approaching Manila, Philippines, February
11, 1929 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
|
| |
Paul R. Foisy (b. 1900) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1900.
Son of Joseph A. Foisy and Marie E. (Mongrain) Foisy.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
William J. Foley (b. 1887) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 2,
1887.
Son of Patrick A. Foley and Julia (Hayes) Foley.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1919-20; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1921-22; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1927; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933, 1937.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married 1922
to Theresa Liston. |
|
| |
Charles James Folger (1818-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Folger —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., April 16,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York,
1844; county judge in New York, 1851-55; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1862-69; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-80; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1880-81; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84; died in office 1884;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1882.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
4, 1884 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849) —
of Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., June 12,
1765.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1809-15, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1817-21.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., September
8, 1849 (age 84 years, 88
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Nantucket, Mass.
|
| |
Francis J. W. Ford (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
23, 1882.
Son of Cornelius J. Ford and Josephine (Murphy) Ford.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1933-38.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Dwight Foster (1757-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., December
7, 1757.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-92, 1808-09; Worcester
County Sheriff, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1800 (2nd District
1793-95, 3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; resigned 1803; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803-11.
Died in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April 29,
1823 (age 65 years, 143
days).
Interment at Brookfield
Cemetery, Brookfield, Mass.
|
| |
Dwight Foster (1828-1884) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1828.
Son of Alfred
Dwight Foster.
Lawyer; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1861-64; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1866-69.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died April 18,
1884 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
|
| |
Theodore Foster (1752-1828) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April 29,
1752.
Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.
Died January
13, 1828 (age 75 years, 259
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
|
| |
Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 31,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2009.
|
| |
Charles Fried (b. 1935) —
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech
Republic), 1935.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Solicitor General, 1985-89; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1995-99.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Louis Adams Frothingham (1871-1928) —
also known as Louis A. Frothingham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 13,
1871.
Son of Thomas B. Frothingham and Annie Pearson (Lunt) Frothingham.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Rep. W.
C. Lovering, 1897; served in U.S. Marine Corps during
Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1904-05;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1905; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1909-12; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, on
board the yacht Winsone, at North Haven, Knox
County, Maine, August
23, 1928 (age 57 years, 41
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.
|
| |
Philo Case Fuller (1787-1855) —
also known as Philo C. Fuller —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born near Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
14, 1787.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1829-30; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1831-32; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1833-36; resigned
1836; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; resigned 1841;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1841; New York
state comptroller, 1850-51.
Died near Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
16, 1855 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
|
| |
John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) —
also known as Foster Furcolo —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 29,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946; resigned 1952; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 5,
1995 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
|
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)