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Percival P. Baxter Percival Proctor Baxter (1876-1969) — also known as Percival P. Baxter — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 22, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1905-06, 1917-20; member of Maine state senate, 1909-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920, 1924, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of Maine, 1921-25. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, June 12, 1969 (age 92 years, 202 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  Relatives: Son of James Phinney Baxter and Mehetabel Cummings (Proctor) Baxter.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Books about Percival P. Baxter: Liz Soares, All for Maine : A Biography of Governor Percy Baxter (for young readers)
  Image source: Maine State Archives/Maine Historical Society
  Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) — also known as Carroll L. Beedy — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, August 3, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., September 30, 1947 (age 67 years, 58 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence E. Beedy and Myra Mildred (Page) Beedy; married, April 18, 1914, to Dorothy W. Lathrop.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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. Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49; defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1956, 1960. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., July 7, 1985 (age 94 years, 307 days). Interment at Longmeadow Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Barrett Clason and Lizzie Julia (Trott) Clason; married, August 4, 1928, to Emma M. Pattillo.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Selden Connor (1839-1917) — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, January 25, 1839. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Maine, 1876-79. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died, from nephritis, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, July 9, 1917 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Connor and Mary (Bryant) Connor; married, October 20, 1869, to Henrietta White Bailey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Bradford Coolidge (1879-1957) — also known as Richard B. Coolidge — of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 14, 1879. 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, Theta Delta Chi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Exchange Club. Died in Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, February 17, 1957 (age 77 years, 156 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Merrit Bradford Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge; brother of Arthur William Coolidge; married, September 12, 1908, to Ruth Burleigh Dame; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Leslie Colby Cornish (b. 1854) — also known as Leslie C. Cornish — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, October 8, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1878; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1907-17; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1917-25; resigned 1925. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Colby Coombs Cornish and Pauline Bailey (Simpson) Cornish; married, October 10, 1883, to Fannie Woodman Holmes.
  George Allan England (b. 1877) — also known as George A. England — of Maine; Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Born in Fort McPherson, Lincoln County, Neb., February 9, 1877. Socialist. Author; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1912. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. George Allen England and Hannah Pearl (Lyon) England.
  Robert S. Hale (1889-1976) — also known as Robert Hale — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 29, 1889. Republican. Rhodes scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1923-30; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; American Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., November 30, 1976 (age 87 years, 1 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence Hale and Margaret (Rollins) Hale; married, April 20, 1922, to Agnes Burke; nephew of Eugene Hale; first cousin of Frederick Hale.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins; married 1866 to Esther A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin Kimball Hart).
  Political family: Hart family of New York.
  William Shepherd Linnell (1885-1968) — also known as William S. Linnell — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, July 21, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; president, Portland Gas Light Company; director, National Bank of Commerce, Portland director, Bancroft & Martin Rolling Mills Company; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1925-28; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1937-40. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, February 14, 1968 (age 82 years, 208 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Franklin Linnell and Sarah C. (Shepherd) Linnell; married, November 12, 1912, to Jessie E. Hopkinson.
  Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) — also known as Thomas L. Marble — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, December 24, 1876. School principal; lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-25; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th Ward, 1948. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August 15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller.
  James Theodore Marriner (1892-1937) — also known as J. Theodore Marriner; Ted Marriner — Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 17, 1892. U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1935-37, died in office 1937. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Shot and killed by Mejardich Karayan, an Armenian who thought he had been denied a U.S. visa, in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon), October 12, 1937 (age 45 years, 148 days). The killer was sentenced to death and hanged soon after. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Harriet Cram (Thorpe) Marriner.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Marion E. Martin (b. 1900) — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Kingman, Penobscot County, Maine, January 14, 1900. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives from Penobscot County (1st), 1931-34; member of Maine state senate, 1935-38; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1936-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Association of University Women; Alpha Omicron Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Gamma. Burial location unknown.
  Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) — also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr. Clean" — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1956, 1964; speaker, 1988; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; U.S. Secretary of State, 1980-81. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets; Phi Beta Kappa. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Died of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1996 (age 81 years, 364 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Cross-reference: Tom Allen — George J. Mitchell — Richard Bayard
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  John Edward Nelson (1874-1955) — also known as John E. Nelson — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in China, Kennebec County, Maine, July 12, 1874. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1922-33; defeated, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Zeta Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, April 11, 1955 (age 80 years, 273 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Edward White Nelson and Cassandra Marden (Worthing) Nelson; married, July 14, 1900, to Margaret Heath Crosby; father of Charles Pembroke Nelson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David A. Nichols (1917-1997) — of Lincolnville, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Lincolnville, Waldo County, Maine, August 6, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1952; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1955-57; Maine Republican state chair, 1960-64; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1977-88. Member, Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Rotary; Odd Fellows; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died June 21, 1997 (age 79 years, 319 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George E. Nichols and Flora E. (Pillsbury) Nichols.
William R. Pattangall William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942) — also known as William R. Pattangall — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, June 29, 1865. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897, 1901, 1909-11; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine, 1904 (4th District), 1913 (3rd District), 1914 (3rd District); member of Maine Democratic State Committee, 1905-07; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1911-14; Maine state attorney general, 1911-12, 1915-16; Maine Democratic state chair, 1916, 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1920, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine, 1922, 1924; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1926-30; appointed 1926; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1930-35; appointed 1930; resigned 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee); president, Depositors Trust Co.. Unitarian. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died October 21, 1942 (age 77 years, 114 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Ezra Lincoln Pattangall and Arethusa B. (Longfellow) Pattangall; married, June 6, 1884, to Jean M. Johnson; married, September 27, 1892, to Gertrude McKenzie.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) — also known as John A. Peters — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, August 13, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-98; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1909-13; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1913; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916; U.S. District Judge for Maine, 1922. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1953 (age about 88 years). Interment at Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William B. Peters and Martha Elizabeth (Chute) Peters; married, November 20, 1889, to Mary Frances Cushman; nephew of Ann Maria Peters (who married John Winthrop Jones) and John Andrew Peters (1822-1904).
  Political family: Sargent-Peters family of Ellsworth, Maine.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Donald Ward Philbrick (b. 1896) — also known as Donald W. Philbrick — of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, March 16, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Interment somewhere in Skowhegan, Maine.
  Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) — also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller; "Rocky" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, July 8, 1908. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1964 (delegation chair); Governor of New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964, 1968; Vice President of the United States, 1974-77. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias. Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Died, of a massive heart attack, in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller; brother of Winthrop Rockefeller; married, June 23, 1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark; married, May 4, 1963, to Margaretta 'Happy' (Fitler) Murphy (great-granddaughter of Edwin Henry Fitler; third great-granddaughter of John Sergeant); married 1963 to Happy Murphy; nephew of Richard Steere Aldrich and Winthrop Williams Aldrich; uncle of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller; grandson of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich; first cousin four times removed of Simon S. Rockefeller; first cousin five times removed of Henry Rockefeller; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married Nina Underwood); second cousin thrice removed of John Phillips Rockefeller; fourth cousin once removed of Lewis Kirby Rockefeller.
  Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Stewart G. Anderson — John H. Terry
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer, 1908-1958 — Joseph H. Boyd, Oreos and Dubonnet: Remembering Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
  George Otis Smith (1871-1944) — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine, February 22, 1871. Republican. Geologist; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1907-30 (except 1922-23); chair, Federal Power Commission, 1930-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936. Baptist. Member, American Forestry Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Suffered a heart attack during a meeting of the board of directors of the Central Maine Power Company, and died soon after, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, January 10, 1944 (age 72 years, 322 days). Interment at Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph O. Smith and Emma (Mayo) Smith; married, November 18, 1896, to Grace M. Coburn.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Wilbert Snow (1884-1977) — also known as C. Wilbert Snow — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in White Head Island, Knox County, Maine, April 6, 1884. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1945-46; Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; American Legion. Died September 28, 1977 (age 93 years, 175 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839-1927) — also known as William W. Thomas, Jr. — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 26, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; brought Swedish colonists to northern Maine, 1870, founding community of New Sweden; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1873-75; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1874-75; member of Maine state senate, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1880; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1883-85, 1889-94, 1898-1905. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1927 (age about 87 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Widgery Thomas and Elizabeth White (Goddard) Thomas; married, October 11, 1887, to Dagmar Törnebladh; married, June 2, 1915, to Mrs. Aina Törnebladh.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) — also known as Earle S. Tyler — of Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, December 18, 1896. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30, 1925, to Elizabeth Parker.
  Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) — also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger; "Cap the Knife" — of San Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., August 18, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956 (alternate), 1960 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); California Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87. Episcopalian. Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he was pardoned by President George Bush in 1992. Died, of kidney ailments and pneumonia, in Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, March 28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Step-son of Cerise (Carpenter) Weinberger; son of Herman Weinberger; married, August 12, 1942, to Jane Dalton.
  Epitaph: "Peace Through Strength"
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books by Caspar Weinberger: Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon (1990) — In the Arena : A Memoir of the 20th Century, with Gretchen Roberts — Home of the Brave, with Wynton C. Hall — The Next War, with Peter Schweizer
  Fiction by Caspar Weinberger: Chain of Command, with Peter Schweizer
  Scott Wilson (1870-1942) — of Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, January 11, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; Maine state attorney general, 1913-14; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1918-25; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1925-29; resigned 1929; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1929-40. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died October 22, 1942 (age 72 years, 284 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Baker Wilson and Loemma Pearson (Leighton) Wilson; married, December 24, 1895, to Elizabeth M. Bodge.
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