Web politicalgraveyard.com

Unitarian Politicians
(including Universalist)
in Massachusetts
()

• Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) — also known as "Deacon"; "Uncle Charlie" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass.; Concord, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., August 2, 1866. Great-great-grandson of John Adams; great-grandson of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; great-grandnephew of Jacob Crowninshield; grandson of Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); son of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Fanny (Crowninshield) Adams; nephew of Brooks Adams; married, April 3, 1899, to Frances Lovering (daughter of William Croad Lovering); first cousin once removed of Thomas Boylston Adams. Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of Quincy, Mass., 1896-97; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Unitarian. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 10, 1954. Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Son of John Adams and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; third cousin of Samuel Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818) (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; ancestor of William Rush Merriam, Vinson Martlow Whitley and Eugene H. Nickerson; great-great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826. Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass. Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life; Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams; David McCullough, John Adams; Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson; John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800; James Grant, John Adams : Party of One
  
  
• John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., July 11, 1767. Son of John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818); brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (niece of Thomas Johnson; daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope); first cousin of William Cranch; father of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-25; President of the United States, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's office, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848. Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: John Smith; Thurlow Weed
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life; Lynn Hudson Parsons, John Quincy Adams; Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams
  
  
• Philip Adams (b. 1881) — of Washington, D.C.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, June 26, 1881. Son of Edward Payson Adams and Ellen Germaine (Fisher) Adams. Republican. College teacher; portrait and landscape painter; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1922-24; Malta, 1924-26; Campbellton, 1928-29; Sarnia, 1929-32. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Edward Alderman (b. 1850) — also known as George E. Alderman — of South Vernon, Vernon, Windham County, Vt. Born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., September 23, 1850. Republican. Hotel-keeper; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Vernon, 1910. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Thomas Hiram Andrews (b. 1953) — also known as Thomas H. Andrews; Tom Andrews — of Maine. Born in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., March 22, 1953. Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1983-85; member of Maine state senate, 1985-91; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1991-95; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maine, 1994. Unitarian. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Benjamin Harris Anthony (b. 1863) — also known as Benjamin H. Anthony — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., August 1, 1863. Son of Benjamin Anthony and Eliza Le Dieu (Coggeshall) Anthony; married, September 25, 1888, to Harriet Davis Peirce. Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Chester Greenough Atkins (b. 1948) — also known as Chester G. Atkins — of Concord, Middlesex County, Mass.; Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, April 14, 1948. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1970-72; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1972-84; Massachusetts Democratic state chair, 1977-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1985-93. Unitarian. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (b. 1868) — also known as Charles B. Barnes — of Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 1, 1868. Son of Charles Benjamin Barnes and Clara (Page) Barnes; married 1897 to Josephine Lea Low; father of Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (1900-?). Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (b. 1900) — also known as Charles B. Barnes, Jr. — of Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., July 18, 1900. Son of Charles Benjamin Barnes, Jr. (1868-?) and Josephine Lea (Low) Barnes; married, June 15, 1929, to Phoebe Washburn. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928, 1932. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel June Barrows (1845-1909) — also known as Samuel J. Barrows — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 26, 1845. Married, June 28, 1867, to Isabel Chapin Hayes. Republican. Pastor; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1897-99; defeated, 1898. Unitarian. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 21, 1909. Cremated.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Mabel C. Batchelder (born c.1874) — also known as Mabel C. Streeter — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Daughter of Leonard Streeter and Caroline (Ammidown) Streeter; married, June 27, 1894, to Frank R. Batchelder. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924 (alternate), 1932. Female. Unitarian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. 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.
  
  
• George Francis Booth (1870-1955) — also known as George F. Booth — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 11, 1870. Son of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth; married, November 18, 1896, to Minnie L. Welles. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1932, 1936, 1944. Congregationalist or Unitarian. Died in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., September 1, 1955. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) — also known as Chester Bowles — of Essex, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., April 5, 1901. Son of Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie (Harris) Bowles. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956, 1960; Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author. Unitarian. Member, Grange; Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Urban League. Died in Essex, Middlesex County, Conn., May 25, 1986. Interment at River View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Chester Bowles: Ambassador's Report
  • Books about Chester Bowles: Howard B. Schaffer, Chester Bowles : New Dealer in the Cold War; Richard P. Dauer, A North-South Mind in an East-West World : Chester Bowles and the Making of United States Cold War Foreign Policy, 1951-1969
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Henry King Braley (1850-1929) — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Rochester, Plymouth County, Mass., March 17, 1850. Son of Samuel Tripp Braley and Mary A. (King) Braley; married, April 26, 1875, to Caroline Ward Leach. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1882-83; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1900-02; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1902-29. Unitarian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in 1929. 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.
  
  
• Frank Dyer Chester (b. 1869) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., December 2, 1869. Son of Charles Edward Chester and Miranda (Burgess) Chester. Republican. U.S. Consul in Budapest, 1897-1904; U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1904-08. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles H. Cole (b. 1871) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 30, 1871. Son of Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) Cole; married 1910 to Grace F. Blanchard. Democrat. Cashier and treasurer for several mining and smelting companies; president of chemical companies; Boston police commissioner, 1905-07; Boston fire commissioner, 1912-14; Adjutant General of Massachusetts, 1914-16; general in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Interment at Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• John Gardner Coolidge (1863-1936) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 4, 1863. Great-great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson; son of Joseph Randolph Coolidge and Julia (Gardner) Coolidge; married, April 29, 1909, to Helen Granger Stevens. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Pretoria, 1900; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1908. Unitarian. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 28, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Marcus Allen Coolidge (1865-1947) — also known as Marcus A. Coolidge — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., October 6, 1865. Son of Ellen Drusilla (Allen) Coolidge and Frederick Spaulding Coolidge; married, October 1, 1898, to Ethel Louise Warren. Democrat. Chairmaker; builder; president, Fitchburg Machine Works; president, Seneca Falls (N.Y.) Machine Co., manufacturers of machine tools; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1902, 1904; mayor of Fitchburg, Mass., 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920, 1924, 1932, 1936; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1928; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37. Universalist. Member, Elks. Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Fla., January 23, 1947. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Leslie Bradley Cutler (b. 1890) — also known as Leslie B. Cutler; Leslie Bradley — of Needham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 24, 1890. Daughter of Robert S. Bradley and Leslie (Newell) Bradley; married 1912 to Roger W. Cutler (divorced 1928). Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1938-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940 (alternate), 1944, 1952 (alternate), 1956 (alternate). Female. Unitarian. Member, American Public Health Association. 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.
  
  
• Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) — also known as Paul H. Douglas — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 26, 1892. Son of James Howard Douglas and Annie (Smith) Douglas; married 1915 to Dorothy S. Wolff (divorced 1930); married 1931 to Emily Taft. Democrat. University professor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1966. Unitarian or Quaker. Member, American Economic Association; American Philosophical Society; Americans for Democratic Action; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., September 24, 1976. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Paul H. Douglas: Roger Biles, Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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. Great-grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot (1798-1862); son of Samuel Atkins Eliot and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) Eliot; married, October 10, 1936, to Lois A. Jameson. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43; defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944. Unitarian. Died in 1991. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Everett (1794-1865) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., April 11, 1794. Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett; brother of Alexander Hill Everett; married 1822 to Charlotte Gray Brooks (sister-in-law of Charles Francis Adams); father of William Everett. Unitarian minister; college professor; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president, Harvard College, 1846-49; U.S. Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1864. Unitarian. Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50 silver certificate in the 1880s. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 15, 1865. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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; married to Mary S. Ames. 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. Died in 1928. Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) — also known as Angier L. Goodwin — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, January 30, 1881. Married 1905 to Eleanor Hardy Stone. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1929-41; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55; defeated, 1954. Unitarian. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Zeta Psi. Died in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., June 20, 1975. Interment at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Maurice Robert Gravel (b. 1930) — also known as Mike Gravel — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., May 13, 1930. Son of Alphonse Gravel and Marie (Bourassa) Gravel; married 1958 to Rita Martin (divorced 1980). Democrat. Real estate business; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1963-66; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1965-66; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1969-81; defeated in primary, 1980. Unitarian. French Canadian ancestry. Still living as of 2007.
  • Cross-reference: Byron I. Mallott
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Horace Gray (1828-1902) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 24, 1828. Lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902. Unitarian. Died September 15, 1902. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Cross-reference: Louis D. Brandeis
  
  
• Roger Sherman Greene II (1881-1947) — also known as Roger S. Greene — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Westborough, Worcester County, Mass., May 29, 1881. Great-great-grandson of Roger Sherman; nephew of Roger Sherman Greene; son of Daniel Crosby Greene and Mary Jane (Forbes) Greene; married, May 8, 1920, to Kate Brown. Democrat. U.S. Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1903-04; Nagasaki, 1904-05; Kobe, 1905; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1907; Harbin, 1909-11; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, 1911-14. Unitarian. Member, American Society for International Law. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., March 27, 1947. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Jessie Arabel Hall (b. 1868) — also known as Jessie A. Hall; Jessie Arabel Morse — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Mass., November 7, 1868. Daughter of Lyman Morse and Hepsibah Augusta (Stone) Morse; married, July 9, 1895, to Frank B. Hall. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924. Female. Unitarian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Justus Greeley Hanson (b. 1870) — also known as Justus G. Hanson — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in China, Kennebec County, Maine, January 11, 1870. Son of Elihu Hanson and Minerva K. (Starrett) Hanson; married, October 3, 1900, to Louise T. Greig. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1932. Universalist. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Chester Harding (1866-1936) — of Washington, D.C.; Vineyard Haven, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass. Born in Enterprise, Clarke County, Miss., December 31, 1866. Son of Horace Harding and Eliza Procter (Gould) Harding; married, July 15, 1895, to Flora Krum. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1913-14; Governor of Panama Canal Zone, 1917-21. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died November 11, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) — also known as "The Great Dissenter" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 8, 1841. Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes; married, June 17, 1872, to Fanny Dixwell. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1965. Died in Washington, D.C., March 6, 1935. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Francis Biddle; Laurence Curtis; Lewis Einstein; Erland F. Fish
  • Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The Common Law
  • Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Gary J. Aichele, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge (out of print); G. Edward White, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self; Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes; Liva Baker, The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes; James Bishop Peabody, The Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935
  • Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes
  
  
• Charles Hudson (1795-1881) — of Westminster, Worcester County, Mass.; Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Mass., November 14, 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Universalist minister; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1828-33; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1833-39; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1839-41; delegate to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1841-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856. Universalist. Died in Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass., May 4, 1881. Interment at Munroe Cemetery, Lexington, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fred Clinton Jacobs (b. 1865) — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., September 13, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Arizona, 1923. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Kenrick (b. 1857) — of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable County, Mass., October 25, 1857. Son of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick. Merchant; insurance and real estate business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1893-94; postmaster. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Raymond L. King (b. 1929) — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass., September 1, 1929. Son of Samuel King and Doris (Lamprey) King; married to Jean Ellen Peters. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County 2nd District, 1961-62; resigned 1962. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Kiwanis; Theta Chi. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Robert Milton Leach (1879-1952) — also known as Robert M. Leach — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H., April 2, 1879. Son of Edward Giles Leach and Agnes Amelia (Robinson) Leach; married, November 28, 1900, to Mary E. Walker; married 1939 to Florence Mosher; married 1944 to Margaret White. Republican. Stove manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1924-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928 (alternate), 1932. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Psi Upsilon. Died in Eustis, Lake County, Fla., February 18, 1952. Interment at Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Lee (b. 1901) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 15, 1901. Son of Joseph Lee and Margaret Copley (Cabot) Lee; married, September 14, 1934, to Kathleen Mary Nolan. Democrat. Economist; candidate for Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1940; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1941, 1945; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1942. Unitarian. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Daniel Waldo Lincoln (b. 1882) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., September 2, 1882. Son of Waldo Lincoln and Fanny (Chandler) Lincoln; married, December 29, 1917, to Harriet Brayton Nichols. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1916-17. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Luce (1862-1946) — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 2, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1899, 1901-08; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934, 1940. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Died April 7, 1946. Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (1879-1934) — also known as Willfred W. Lufkin — of Essex, Essex County, Mass. Born in Essex, Essex County, Mass., March 10, 1879. Son of Alvin P. Lufkin and Ida (Herrick) Lufkin; married, November 7, 1914, to Georgia Story. Republican. Newspaper correspondent; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Augustus P. Gardner, 1902-17; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1917-21; resigned 1921. Universalist. Member, Freemasons. Died March 28, 1934. Interment at Essex Cemetery, Essex, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Joseph Maginnis — also known as John J. Maginnis — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil and coal dealer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1948. Unitarian. Member, Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902) — also known as Augustus Martin — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine, November 23, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1884. Unitarian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1902. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• Daniel Needham (1822-1895) — of Groton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor County, Vt. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., May 24, 1822. Son of James Needham (1789-1844) and Lydia (Breed) Needham (1795-1818); married, July 17, 1842, to Caroline A. Hall (1827-1879); married, October 7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham (1848-1926). Lawyer; farmer; aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of Vermont state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.; trustee, John Hancock Life Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad. Unitarian. Member, Humane Society; Freemasons. Died, of pneumonia, in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., February 20, 1895. Interment at Groton Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
  
  
• James Otis (1826-1875) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 11, 1826. Second cousin twice removed of Samuel Alleyne Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) and Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.; son of George Washington Otis (1775-1858) and Hannah Leavitt (Waters) Otis (c.1787-1880); fourth cousin of Oran Gray Otis, Asa H. Otis, David Perry Otis, Harris F. Otis and Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin of John Otis and William Shaw Chandler Otis; married 1858 to Lucy H. Macondray. Republican. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; importer and exporter; Presidential Elector for California, 1860; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875. Unitarian. Died, of diphtheria, in San Francisco, Calif., October 30, 1875. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Otis family
  
  
• Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Luzerne County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1745. Son of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering; married, April 8, 1776, to Rebecca White (1754-1828); great-great-grandfather of Augustus Peabody Gardner; great-great-great-great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot. Farmer; Essex County Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S. Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War, 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1817-18. Puritan; later Unitarian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Censured by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction of secrecy. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 29, 1829. Interment at Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Timothy Pickering: David McLean, Timothy Pickering and the Age of the American Revolution; Gerald H. Clarfield, Timothy Pickering and the American Republic (out of print)
  
  
• Louise Attwood Prince (b. 1892) — also known as Louise A. Prince — of Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Canton, Oxford County, Maine, May 12, 1892. Republican. Member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1940; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948. Female. Unitarian. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Adams Richardson (1821-1896) — of Massachusetts. Born in Tyngsboro, Middlesex County, Mass., November 2, 1821. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1856, 1874; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-74. Unitarian. Died in Washington, D.C., October 19, 1896. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Prentice Rugg (1862-1938) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., August 20, 1862. Father of Charles B. Rugg. Lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1906-38; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1911-38. Unitarian. Died June 12, 1938. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Sterling, Mass.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., September 1, 1892. Great-grandson of Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845); son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall; married, June 27, 1916, to Alice Wesselhoeft; brother of Richard Saltonstall; father of Peter B. Saltonstall (killed in action, World War II) and William Lawrence Saltonstall. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1923-37; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932 (alternate), 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1972; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67. Unitarian. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Rotary. Died in Dover, Norfolk County, Mass., June 17, 1979. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  • Cross-reference: Jonathan Moore
  • See also Saltonstall family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Richard Saltonstall (1897-1982) — of Sherborn, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., July 23, 1897. Great-grandson of Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845); son of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall; brother of Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979); married, June 18, 1921, to Mary Bowditch Rogers; uncle of William Lawrence Saltonstall. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; investment banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952, 1956 (alternate). Unitarian. Died, while suffering from respiratory problems, in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Mass., May 4, 1982. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Saltonstall family of Massachusetts
  
  
• William Gurdon Saltonstall (1905-1989) — also known as William G. Saltonstall — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H.; Marion, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Mass., November 11, 1905. Son of Robert Saltonstall and Caroline (Stevenson) Saltonstall; married, September 22, 1931, to Katharyn Watson. Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Principal of Phillips-Exeter Academy; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1948, 1952. Unitarian. Died, in a nursing home at Lakeville, Plymouth County, Mass., December 18, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Story (1779-1845) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Marblehead, Essex County, Mass., September 18, 1779. Granduncle of Bert J. Storey. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1805-07; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1808-09; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-45. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., September 10, 1845. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. Story County, Iowa is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Harry A. Blackmun
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Taylor Tatman (b. 1871) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., December 16, 1871. Son of Reuben James Tatman and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman; married, August 28, 1901, to Anna C. Svedberg. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1899-1900. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) — also known as Amos L. Taylor — of Belmont, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Danbury, Merrimack County, N.H., February 22, 1877. Son of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16, 1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank (died 1944); married to Caroline W. Dudley. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924 (alternate), 1932; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1929-32. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Gamma Eta Gamma; Phi Gamma Delta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Cushing Wait (1860-1935) — of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., December 18, 1860. Son of Elijah Smith Wait and Eliza Ann (Hadley) Wait; married, January 1, 1889, to Edith Foote Wright. Lawyer; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1902-23; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1923-34. Unitarian. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar Association. Died in 1935. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) — also known as Sinclair Weeks — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 15, 1893. Son of John Wingate Weeks. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1937; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58. Unitarian. Died in Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., February 7, 1972. Interment at Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
  • Cro