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Torbert Hart Macdonald (1917-1976) —
also known as Torbert H. Macdonald —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 6,
1917.
Son of John G. Macdonald and Harriet (Hart) Macdonald.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1955-76 (8th District 1955-63,
7th District 1963-76); died in office 1976; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 21,
1976 (age 58 years, 350
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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John D. MacKay (b. 1872) —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canada,
April
7, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1930-36.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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James George Maguire (1853-1920) —
also known as James G. Maguire —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly 13th District, 1875-77; superior court judge in
California, 1882-88; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1893-99; candidate
for Governor of
California, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 20,
1920 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Charles E. Mahoney (b. 1905) —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 6,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John C. Mahoney (1881-1946) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Cork, Ireland,
March
22, 1881.
Son of Cornelius Mahoney and Mary (Foley) Mahoney.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1911-14; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1932-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Eagles; Lions.
Died July 12,
1946 (age 65 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Maloney (b. 1948) —
also known as Jim Maloney —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1986-95; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1997-2003;
defeated, 1994, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2003.
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; member of Massachusetts
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852.
Leader in achieving major reforms of public schools; elected to the
Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August 2,
1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Seth Mann (b. 1860) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 29,
1860.
Son of Levi Mann and Abby (Allen) Mann.
Democrat. Lawyer; California
Democratic state chair, 1898-1900; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) —
also known as Frederick W. Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 26,
1877.
Son of Michael Read Mansfield and Catherine (McDonough) Mansfield.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist;
lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1910, 1916, 1917; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1934-37; defeated, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Son of Frederick
William Mansfield and Helena E. (Roe) Mansfield.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke, in
Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
7, 1987 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Laban Marcy (1780-1860) —
of Greenwich, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born March 7,
1780.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820, 1853.
Died October
11, 1860 (age 80 years, 218
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) —
also known as William L. Marcy —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
12, 1786.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer; New York
state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of
New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1852;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1853-57.
Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 4,
1857 (age 70 years, 204
days). His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century.
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Edward John Markey (b. 1946) —
also known as Edward J. Markey —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 11,
1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-76; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1976-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) —
also known as Vernon W. Marr —
of Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, December
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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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 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) —
of Maryland.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785.
Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Lawyer; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; member of Maryland
state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon accidentally
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Edward Joseph McCormack, Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Edward J. McCormack —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
29, 1923.
Son of Edward J. McCormack and Mary T. (Coffey) McCormack.
Democrat. Lawyer; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1966.
Still living as of 1976.
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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.
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; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Elks; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; American
Legion.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
22, 1980 (age 88 years, 337
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Richard J. McCormick (b. 1888) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., August
11, 1888.
Son of John R. McCormick and Margaret (McCarthy) McCormick.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1923-28.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Langdon McDermott (1854-1908) —
also known as Allan L. McDermott —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1880-81;
district judge in New Jersey, 1883-86; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1885-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1900-07 (7th District 1900-03,
10th District 1903-07).
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
26, 1908 (age 54 years, 210
days).
Interment at Hoboken
Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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Francis M. McKeown (b. 1898) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 29,
1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Hampden District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sharon McPhail (born c.1950) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., about 1950.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1993, 2005 (primary), 2009 (primary).
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Walter Robertson Meins (b. 1883) —
also known as Walter R. Meins —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1883.
Son of Walter Robertson Meins and Grace Forster (Leach) Meins.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Boston City Council, 1909; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912; Massachusetts State Income
Tax Assessor, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Moody Merrill —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; president of a street
railway; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elijah Hunt Mills (1776-1829) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, 1776.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27.
Died in 1829
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Jonathan F. Mitchell (b. 1969) —
also known as Jon Mitchell —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., 1969.
Lawyer; mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 2012-.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Joseph Moakley (1927-2001) —
also known as Joe Moakley —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 27,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1953-63; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1964-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1973-2001;
defeated in primary, 1970; died in office 2001.
Catholic.
Died, of leukemia,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 28,
2001 (age 74 years, 31
days).
Interment at Blue
Hills Cemetery, Braintree, Mass.
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James G. Moran (b. 1870) —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., May 2,
1870.
Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1923-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1935-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvertus Jackson Morse (1930-2011) —
also known as Jack Morse —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Pelham, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
16, 1930.
Son of Alvertus D. Morse and Drucilla Morse.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1963; district judge in Massachusetts,
1973-97.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Died in Pelham, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
23, 2011 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) —
also known as F. Bradford Morse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August 7,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned
1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died, of heart
failure, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Madison Morton, Jr. (1869-1940) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., August
24, 1869.
Son of James Madison Morton and Emily F. (Canedy) Morton.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1912; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1932-39.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died August
26, 1940 (age 71 years, 2
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus Morton (1819-1891) —
of Andover, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., April 8,
1819.
Son of Marcus
Morton (1784-1864) and Charlotte Tillinghast (Hodges) Morton.
Lawyer; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1858-69; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1869-90; resigned 1890; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1882-90.
Died in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., February
10, 1891 (age 71 years, 308
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer; school
teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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