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• Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) — also known as Frank G. Allen — of Norwood, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., October 6, 1874. Son of Frank Mitchell Allen and Abbie L. (Gilman) Allen; married, December 2, 1897, to Clara H. Winslow; married, November 26, 1927, to Eleanor H. Wallace. Republican. Business executive; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1921-24; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died October 9, 1950. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Henry Jones Alvord — also known as Henry J. Alvord — of Wayne County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass. Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord; brother-in-law of Graham Newell Fitch. Physician; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1855-56. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  • See also Denby-Fitch family of Indiana
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) — also known as George W. Anderson — of Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Acworth, Sullivan County, N.H., September 1, 1861. Son of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; married 1897 to Minnie E. Mitchell (died 1906); married, January 25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took senior status 1931. Unitarian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; American Economic Association; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., February 14, 1938. Cremated.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr. (1873-1936) — also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind., February 12, 1873. Son of Abram Piatt Andrew and Helen (Merrell) Andrew. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Freemasons. Died, from influenza and arteriosclerosis, in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., June 3, 1936. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Converse Attwill (b. 1872) — also known as Henry C. Attwill — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., March 11, 1872. Son of Isaac M. Attwill and Harriet E. (Sanger) Attwill; married, June 30, 1906, to Augusta Harris. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1896-98; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1899-1901; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1915-19. Universalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harrison Henry Atwood (1863-1954) — also known as Harrison H. Atwood — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in North Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham County, Vt., August 26, 1863. Son of Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aldrich) Atwood; married, September 11, 1889, to Clara Stein. Republican. Architect; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888 (alternate), 1892, 1900, 1904, 1908 (alternate); member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1888-89; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1892 (10th District), 1918 (12th District), 1920 (12th District). Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1954. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Augustus Davis Ayling (b. 1840) — also known as Augustus D. Ayling — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 28, 1840. Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to Elizabeth F. Cornish. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• George A. Bacon (b. 1869) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass.; Longmeadow, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass., August 27, 1869. Son of Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) Bacon; married 1902 to Mabel M. Sedgwick. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1910-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916, 1920; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1917-18; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Phi Delta Phi. 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.
  
  
• John Rodney Ball (b. 1881) — also known as J. Rodney Ball — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., June 17, 1881. Son of Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) Ball; married, February 24, 1909, to Maude R. Peary. Republican. Newspaper reporter; president, Lawrence Morris Plan Bank; vice-president, Essex Savings Bank; director, Lawrence Cooperative Bank; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Clarence Alfred Barnes (1882-1970) — also known as Clarence A. Barnes — of Mansfield, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 28, 1882. Son of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes; married, March 13, 1906, to Helen V. Long (died 1915); married, October 8, 1927, to Doreen Kane. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1945-49; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1948; candidate in primary for Governor of Massachusetts, 1950. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., May 25, 1970. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) — also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie Bass — of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 8, 1952. Grandson of Robert Perkins Bass; son of Perkins Bass; nephew of Robert Perkins Bass, Jr.. Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated in primary, 1980. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Still living as of 2003.
  • See also Bass family of New Hampshire
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Perkins Bass (b. 1912) — of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass., October 6, 1912. Son of Robert Perkins Bass and Edith Harland (Bird) Bass; married, June 6, 1941, to Katharine Jackson; brother of Robert Perkins Bass, Jr.; father of Charles Foster Bass. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough, 1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Peterborough, 1948; member of New Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also Bass family of New Hampshire
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) — also known as John L. Bates — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., September 18, 1859. Son of Rev. Lewis Benton Bates and Louisa D. (Field) Bates; married, July 12, 1887, to Clara Elizabeth Smith. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Beta Theta Pi. Died June 8, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Theodore Cornelius Bates (b. 1843) — of North Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass. Born in North Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., June 4, 1843. Son of Elijah Bates and Sarah (Fletcher) Bates; married, December 24, 1868, to Emma Frances Duncan. Republican. Manufacturer; proprietor, Worcester Corset Co.; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1879; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1883; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• John Woodbridge Beal (b. 1887) — also known as John W. Beal — of Hanover, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Hanover, Plymouth County, Mass., July 12, 1887. Son of John Williams Beal and Mary Woodbridge (Howes) Beal; married, October 30, 1915, to Grace Evans Donovan. Republican. Architect; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Unitarian. Member, American Institute of Architects; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871) — also known as Ernest L. Bell — of Woodstock, Grafton County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 16, 1871. Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell; married 1894 to Maude Coolidge. Physician; surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad; surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06. Congregationalist. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. 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.
  
  
• Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) — also known as Augustus W. Bennet — of Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 7, 1897. Son of William Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet; married, October 19, 1929, to Maxine Layne. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47. Presbyterian. Member, Grange; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Died in Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., June 5, 1983. Cremated; ashes interred at Cedar Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) — also known as Francis Biddle — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Washington, D.C. Born, in Paris, France, of American parents, May 9, 1886. Descendant of Edmund Jenings Randolph; son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle; married, April 27, 1918, to Katherine Garrison Chapin. Democrat. Lawyer; personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-35; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned 1940; U.S. Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1952. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; Americans for Democratic Action; Freemasons. Died, of a heart attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Mass., October 4, 1968. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Frank Austin Bond (1889-1960) — also known as Frank A. Bond — of North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., March 11, 1889. Son of John Arnold Bond and Anna Belle (Kimball) Bond; married, July 25, 1929, to Margaret E. Wheeler. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940 (alternate), 1944. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., May 19, 1960. Interment at South View Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
  
  
• Robert James Bottomly (b. 1883) — also known as Robert J. Bottomly — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., December 30, 1883. Son of Charles S. Bottomly and Mary E. (McGaffey) Bottomly; married, March 3, 1915, to Margaret D. Spencer. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Selwyn Zadock Bowman (1840-1928) — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass.; Cohasset, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 11, 1840. Son of Zadock Bowman and Rosetta (Cram) Bowman; married, June 20, 1866, to Martha E. Tufts. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1873; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1876-77; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1879-83. Member, Freemasons. Died in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., September 30, 1928. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Jefferson Boynton (b. 1856) — also known as Thomas J. Boynton — of Everett, Middlesex County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Westfield, Orleans County, Vt., December 30, 1856. Son of David F. Boynton and Lydia (Roberts) Boynton; married, December 27, 1880, to Hattie L. Story. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1892; mayor of Everett, Mass., 1904, 1906-07; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1914-15; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1917-20. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elisha Hume Brewster (1871-1946) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Worthington, Hampshire County, Mass., September 10, 1871. Son of Charles K. Brewster and Celina S. (Baldwin) Brewster; married, June 20, 1900, to Alice M. Thompson; married, June 28, 1906, to Jessie W. Cook. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1902-04; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1922-41; took senior status 1941. Protestant. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., April 29, 1946. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) — also known as Ralph O. Brewster — of Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888. Son of William Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster; married, April 20, 1915, to Dorothy Foss. Republican. Lawyer; counsel for Chapman National Bank, Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18, 1921-22; member of Maine state senate, 1923-25; Governor of Maine, 1925-29; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952. Christian Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 25, 1961. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Bryant Butler Brooks (1861-1944) — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Born in Bernardston, Franklin County, Mass., February 5, 1861. Son of Silas Newton Brooks and Melissa Minerva (Burrows) Brooks; married, March 11, 1886, to Mary Naomi Willard. Republican. Livestock grower; oil business; banker; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1896; Presidential Elector for Wyoming, 1900; Governor of Wyoming, 1905-11. Member, Freemasons. Died in Casper, Natrona County, Wyo., December 8, 1944. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Casper, Wyo.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• J. Arthur Brooks (b. 1873) — of Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., March 27, 1873. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Madison County, 1921-24. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) — also known as James B. Brown — of Everett, Middlesex County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vt., March 3, 1885. Son of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30, 1913, to Grace Donaldson. Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad; vice-president, First National Bank of Reading; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alexander Bern Bruce (b. 1853) — also known as Alexander B. Bruce — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born September 15, 1853. Son of David Bruce and Jemima (Bern) Bruce; married, September 24, 1870, to Mary Mitchell. Democrat. Merchant; manufacturer; mayor of Lawrence, Mass., 1886-87; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1898; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1904. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) — also known as John A. Bryan — of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Berkshire County, Mass., April 13, 1794. Father-in-law of John B. Weller; father of Charles Henry Bryan. Lawyer; Ohio auditor of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Peru, 1845. Member, Freemasons. One of the founders of Bryan, Ohio. Died in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wis., May 24, 1864. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
  • See also Bryan-Weller family
  
  
• Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) — also known as Ben Burdick — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., July 2, 1903. Brother of Irwin H. Burdick. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948, 1956, 1960 (alternate); member of Wayne State University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963. Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 5, 1987. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Burdick-Hochman family of Michigan
  
  
• Charles R. Burnham (b. 1892) — of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Born in Athol, Worcester County, Mass., April 18, 1892. Republican. Mayor of West Lafayette, Ind., 1943-44, 1953-54. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known as Harold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1888. Son of Alfred Edgar Burton (Dean of M.I.T.) and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, June 15, 1912, to Selma Florence Smith. Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Company and Utah Light & Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1929; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1935-40; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1944; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Exchange Club; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Rotary; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) — also known as Robert T. Bushnell — of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 9, 1896. Son of Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell; married, June 30, 1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Middlesex County District Attorney, 1927-31; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1941-45. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart attack, in his suite at the Royalton Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 23, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Allan Gordon Buttrick (b. 1876) — of Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., March 16, 1876. Son of Daniel W. Wood and Sarah P. Wood; adoptive son of George T. Buttrick and Ellen M. Buttrick. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1905. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horace Tracy Cahill (b. 1894) — also known as Horace T. Cahill — of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1894. Son of George William Cahill and Alice Gertrude (Dallas) Cahill; married, February 4, 1922, to Josephine Gates. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1928; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1944. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Solon Augustus Carter (b. 1837) — also known as Solon A. Carter — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass., June 22, 1837. Son of Solon Carter and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter; married, December 13, 1860, to Emily Augusta Conant. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1869-70; New Hampshire state treasurer, 1872-74, 1875-1913; president, Union Guaranty Savings Bank. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edgar Robert Champlin (b. 1858) — also known as Edgar R. Champlin — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 9, 1858. Married, December 12, 1883, to Katherine E. Paine. Lawyer; mayor of Cambridge, Mass., 1899-1901. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Parker Hale Chandler, Jr. (1911-2001) — also known as John P. H. Chandler, Jr. — of Warner, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 6, 1911. Great-grandson of John Parker Hale; grandson of William Eaton Chandler; married to Margaret B. Chandler. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1943; owner, Warner Ski Area, 1946-62; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956, 1960, 1972, 1980; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1961; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1962. United Church of Christ. Member, Grange; Freemasons. Died, in Pleasant View Nursing Home, Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., April 27, 2001. Interment at New Waterloo Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
  • See also Chandler family of New Hampshire
  
  
• Edwin O. Childs (b. 1876) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., August 10, 1876. Son of Edwin O. Childs and Caroline A. (Chaffin) Childs; married, January 11, 1908, to Mildred E. Roy. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1914-29, 1936-39. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) — also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., January 8, 1890. Son of James Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; son-in-law of Wilbur W. Marsh; married, October 5, 1922, to Miriam Marsh. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., July 13, 1954. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also Byrd-Clark-Flood-Thomson family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) — also known as Charles R. Clason — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, September 3, 1890. Son of Oliver Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason; married, August 4, 1928, to Emma M. Pattillo. Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49; defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956, 1960. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 7, 1985. Interment at Longmeadow Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter F. Clayton (b. 1865) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1865. Republican. Architect; builder; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1921-25. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alonzo B. Cook (b. 1866) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 31, 1866. Son of Levi F. Cook and Eliza (Ryan) Cook; married to Lydia Martin. Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts state auditor, 1923; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936; Townsendite, Prohibition, Economy candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1936. Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederic White Cook (b. 1873) — also known as Frederic W. Cook — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., May 2, 1873. Son of Sanford R. Cook and Harriet F. (Dassance) Cook; married, December 19, 1905, to Kathleen Russell. Republican. Secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1921-48; defeated, 1948. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) — also known as Arthur W. Coolidge — of Reading, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 13, 1881. Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge; fourth cousin of John Calvin Coolidge; brother of Richard B. Coolidge; married, December 15, 1910, to Mabel F. Tilton. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1950. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Theta Delta Chi. Died in Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., January 22, 1952. Interment at Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
  • See also Coolidge family
  
  
• Richard B. Coolidge (b. 1879) — of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 14, 1879. Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge; fourth cousin of John Calvin Coolidge; married, September 12, 1908, to Ruth B. Dame; brother of Arthur William Coolidge. Republican. Lawyer; president, First National Bank of Medford; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor of Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Exchange Club; Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Coolidge family
  
  
• Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 22, 1874. Son of Charles E. Cox and Evelyn M. (Randall) Cox; married, October 22, 1902, to Mary I. Fieles. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1906; postmaster; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Herbert Edwin Curtis (b. 1878) — also known as Herbert E. Curtis — of East Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., March 11, 1878. Son of Job Edwin Curtis and Clare Maria (Plummer) Curtis; married, October 20, 1908, to Edith Crocker. Republican. President, Quincy Trust Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• William Cushing (1732-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., March 1, 1732. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1777; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-89; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1782-89; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1810. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died September 13, 1810. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Plymouth County, Mass.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Frank E. Davis (b. 1851) — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., August 18, 1851. Son of Eben Davis and Annie S. (Wheeler) Davis; married, December 30, 1875, to Alice E. Colbey. Republican. Fisherman; bookkeeper; hardware business; mayor of Gloucester, Mass., 1898. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William F. Davis (b. 1849) — of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., December 12, 1849. Son of Thomas G. Davis and Margaret A. Davis; married, October 5, 1874, to Velma Jeannette Barker. Republican. Leather business; insurance business; mayor of Woburn, Mass., 1899-1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Warren Davis (1862-1941) — also known as William W. Davis — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., August 8, 1862. Son of William Davis and Adelia Merriam (Carter) Davis; married, November 5, 1885, to Daisy Rebecca Jones. Republican. Hotel manager; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1895-96; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1924. Christian Scientist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Rotary; Royal Arcanum. Died September 21, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) — of Massachusetts. Born in North Hampton, Rockingham County, N.H., February 23, 1751. Father of Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-97 (4th District 1793-95, 1st District 1795-97); U.S. Secretary of War, 1801-09; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1822-24. Member, Freemasons. Died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., June 6, 1829. Original interment in unknown location; subsequent interment in 1834 at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment in 1848 at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. Dearborn County, Ind. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• James H. Douglas (b. 1951) — also known as Jim Douglas — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., June 21, 1951. Married to Dorothy Foster. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1973-78; secretary of state of Vermont, 1981-93; candidate for U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1992; Vermont state treasurer, 1995-2003; Governor of Vermont, 2003-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 2004. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 2007.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Eben Sumner Draper (b. 1893) — also known as Eben S. Draper — of Hopedale, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Hopedale, Worcester County, Mass., August 30, 1893. Nephew of William Franklin Draper; son of Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914) and Nannie (Bristow) Draper; married, November 12, 1926, to Hazel Archibald. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Draper Corp., manufacturers of cotton looms; president, Milford National Bank; trustee, Milford Hospital; trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1923-26; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Interment at Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Mass.
  • See also Draper family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Samuel Etheridge (1788-1864) — Born in Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., April 15, 1788. Miller; inventor; member of Michigan state senate 7th District, 1839-40. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Quincy, Branch County, Mich., February 18, 1864. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  
  
• George Chandler Fairbanks (b. 1852) — also known as George C. Fairbanks — of Natick, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Natick, Middlesex County, Mass., January 6, 1852. Fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Gerry Fairbanks and George Henry Fairbanks; son of John Brooks Fairbanks and Caroline (Cummings) Fairbanks (1824-1891); married, April 4, 1872, to Ella L. Hobbs. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1909. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Fairbanks family of New Hampshire
  
  
• George Austin Fay (b. 1838) — also known as George A. Fay — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Mass., August 29, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1871. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel L. Fein (b. 1899) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Russia, June 8, 1899. Son of Abraham Fein and Sarah (Schwartz) Fein; married, December 31, 1922, to Mildred B. Sherman. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Jewish. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; B'nai B'rith; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Tau Epsilon Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married, October 7, 1911, to Mildred Russell. 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, 1925-36; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Member, American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Dudley Blake Fisk (b. 1850) — also known as Charles D. B. Fisk — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Hooksett, Merrimack County, N.H., February 17, 1850. Great-grandson of William Fisk; grandson of Ezra Fisk. Clothing merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1905, 1907; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1908-09. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Fisk family of Massachusetts
  
  
• Frank Herbert Foss (1865-1947) — also known as Frank H. Foss — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 20, 1865. Republican. Mayor of Fitchburg, Mass., 1917-20; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1921-24; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1925-35; defeated, 1934. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., February 15, 1947. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 17, 1706. Uncle of Franklin Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist). Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister to France, 1778-85; President of Pennsylvania, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Freemasons. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $100 bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 17, 1790. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are named for him.
  • See also Claiborne family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744, out of print)
  • Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin; Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin; Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America; Gordon S. Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin; Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin : An American Life; Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin; Philip Dray, Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
  
  
• Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) — also known as Alvan T. Fuller — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 27, 1878. Son of Alvan Bond Fuller and Flora A. (Tufts) Fuller; married, July 12, 1910, to Viola Davenport. Republican. Automobile dealer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916, 1932; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died April 30, 1958. Cremated; ashes interred at East Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Frye Garcelon (1868-1949) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, October 24, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907-09. Member, Freemasons. Died May 1, 1949. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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