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Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
4, 1772.
Son of Josiah Quincy (1744-1775) and Abigail (Philips) Quincy
(1745-1798).
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1804-05, 1813-20; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1805-13; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1822; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1823-28; president,
Harvard College, 1829-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1864 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Josiah Quincy (1859-1919) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
15, 1859.
Son of Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1890-91; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1888; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1891-92, 1906; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1896-99; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1901; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1917.
Died September
8, 1919 (age 59 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis J. Quirico (1911-1999) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
18, 1911.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1956-69; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1969-81.
Italian
ancestry.
Died October
11, 1999 (age 88 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell M. Rabb (b. 1910) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1910.
Son of Solomon Rabb and Rose (Kostick) Rabb.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937-43, and U.S. Sen. Sinclair
Weeks, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William I. Randall (b. 1915) —
of Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
13, 1915.
Son of Howard B. Randall and Helen (Rice) Randall.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1960.
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John Marshall Raymond (b. 1852) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 16,
1852.
Son of Alfred Augustus Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond.
Lawyer; president, Salem Mutual
Benefit Association; president, Salem Cooperative Bank;
director, Mercantile National Bank of
Salem; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1880; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1886-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Marshall |
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Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond; married 1879 to Anna
Belle Jackson (died 1885); married 1893 to Jennie
Abbot Ward. |
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Milton Reed (1848-1932) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
1, 1848.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1884.
Died September
18, 1932 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Elmer Reimer (1882-1969) —
also known as Arthur E. Reimer —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
15, 1882.
Tailor;
lawyer; Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1912, 1916; Socialist Labor candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1913, 1914; jailed in
Butte, Montana, 1916, for making a radical
speech.
Died in 1969
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) —
also known as Edward C. Reynolds —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Register of Probate, 1889-97; member of Maine
state senate, 1897-99; mayor
of South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) —
also known as William W. Rice —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass., March 7,
1826.
Son of Rev. Benjamin Rice and Lucy (Whitney) Rice (c.1799-1893).
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Worcester
County Judge of Insolvency, 1858; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1868;
District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,
10th District 1883-87); bank
director.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 1,
1896 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Alfred P. Richards (c.1886-1948) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Rockport, Knox
County, Maine, about 1886.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1919-23.
Died in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 18,
1948 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) —
also known as Albert G. Riddle —
of Geauga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Monson, Hampden
County, Mass., May 28,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in
Matanzas, 1863-64.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 16,
1902 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ernest William Roberts (1858-1924) —
also known as Ernest W. Roberts —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, November
22, 1858.
Son of Orin P. Roberts and Eliza V. Roberts.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-96; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1899-1917 (7th District
1899-1913, 9th District 1913-17); defeated, 1916.
Died in 1924
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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Bernard Shandon Rodey (1856-1927) —
also known as Bernard S. Rodey —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in County Mayo, Ireland,
March
1, 1856.
Son of Patrick Rodey and Ellen (Macdonnell) Rodey.
Lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1889; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1890; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1901-05; defeated
(Independent Republican), 1904; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1906-10; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1910-13.
Died March 10,
1927 (age 71 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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George R. Roewer —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Jacob Rogers (1881-1925) —
also known as John J. Rogers —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
18, 1881.
Son of Jacob Rogers and Mary Howard (Carney) Rogers.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1913-25; died in
office 1925; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Sponsor and longtime advocate of legislation to reform the U.S.
foreign service, finally enacted in 1924.
Died March 28,
1925 (age 43 years, 222
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer; orator;
as assistant district attorney for New York County, 1916-21, he
prosecuted many cases against left wing political and labor union
leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1834.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1883.
African
ancestry.
First
black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1886 (age 51 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Arthur Prentice Rugg (1862-1938) —
also known as Arthur P. Rugg —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sterling, Worcester
County, Mass., August
20, 1862.
Lawyer; law partner of John
R. Thayer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1906-38; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1911-38.
Unitarian.
Died June 12,
1938 (age 75 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Sterling, Mass.
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Charles B. Rugg —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester
County, Mass.
Son of Arthur
Prentice Rugg.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; Worcester
County District Attorney, 1926; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Ruggles (1789-1874) —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., October
8, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1823-31; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1825-29, 1831; state
court judge in Maine, 1831-34; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1835-41.
Died in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, June 20,
1874 (age 84 years, 255
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine.
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Richard Manning Russell (1891-1977) —
also known as Richard M. Russell —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 3,
1891.
Son of William
Eustis Russell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1935-37;
defeated, 1936 (9th District), 1950 (6th District).
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Essex, Essex
County, Mass., February
27, 1977 (age 85 years, 361
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Tewksbury, Mass.
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William Eustis Russell (1857-1896) —
also known as William E. Russell —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1891-94; defeated, 1888, 1889.
Died July 14,
1896 (age 39 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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