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Scottish ancestry Politicians in Massachusetts

	John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Iona Station, Ontario, October 15, 1908. Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall) Galbraith. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Scottish ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Economic Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000. Died, of pneumonia, in Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., April 29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Archibald 'Archie' Galbraith and Catherine (Kendall) Galbraith; married, September 17, 1937, to Catherine 'Kitty' Atwater; father of Peter Woodard Galbraith and James Kenneth Galbraith. See Galbraith family of Massachusetts.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by John Kenneth Galbraith: Ambassador's Journal : A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years (1969) — The Affluent Society (1958) — The Great Crash : 1929 (1954) — A Short History of Financial Euphoria — Money : Whence it Came, Where it Went (1975) — A Tenured Professor (1990) — Name-Dropping : From FDR On (1999) — A Life In Our Times (1981) — The New Industrial State (1967)   Books about John Kenneth Galbraith: Richard Parker, John Kenneth Galbraith : His Life, His Politics, His Economics
	Levi J. Law (1854-1909) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 1, 1854. Son of George D. Law. Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; postmaster; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Presbyterian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum; Woodmen; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Maccabees. Died in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., 1909 (age about 54 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
	Robert Ure (1823-1891) — of Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 7, 1823. Son of Andrew Ure (1778-1857) and Agnes (Gardner) Ure (1801-1880). Farmer; insurance business; supervisor of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1865-66, 1870-71. Scottish ancestry. Died December 11, 1891 (age 68 years, 307 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.   Relatives: Brother of John Ure.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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