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• Sewall Wester Abbott (b. 1859) — also known as Sewall W. Abbott — of Wolfeboro, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Tuftonboro, Carroll County, N.H., April 11, 1859. Son of George Abbott and Phebe Jane (Graves) Abbott; married, June 19, 1893, to Elma (King) Hodsdon. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1889-1921; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1923-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1924. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Delta Upsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Sherman Adams (1899-1986) — also known as "The Abominable No Man"; "The Great Stone Face" — of Lincoln, Grafton County, N.H. Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham County, Vt., January 8, 1899. Son of Clyde A. Adams and Winnie Marian (Sherman) Adams; married, July 28, 1923, to Rachael Leona White. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944, 1952; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln, 1948; Governor of New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Grange; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Foresters; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Forced to resign in 1958 as aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, following disclosure that he accepted gifts from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from federal agencies. Died in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., October 27, 1986. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Eliot Allen (b. 1873) — also known as John E. Allen — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., June 26, 1873. Son of William H. H. Allen and Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; married, July 10, 1901, to Amy L. Abbott. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1899-1906; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1917-24; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1924-34; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1934-43. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Walter Algeno Allen — also known as Walter A. Allen — of East Hampstead, Hampstead, Rockingham County, N.H. Son of George Allen and Sarah A. (Collins) Allen; married 1895 to Grace A. Roberts. Republican. Physician; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899-1901; member of New Hampshire state senate 21st District, 1905-06. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) — also known as Harry B. Amey — of Milton, Strafford County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex County, Vt. Born in Pittsburg, Coos County, N.H., December 21, 1868. Son of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia A. Norton. Republican. Lawyer; Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway, 1902; Essex County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S. Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Hubbard Amsden (b. 1848) — also known as Charles H. Amsden — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., July 8, 1848. Son of Henry H. Amsden and Mary (Muzzey) Amsden. Democrat. Furniture manufacturer; lumber dealer; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1888, 1890. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. 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.
  
  
• Harold Wallace Ayer (b. 1926) — also known as Harold W. Ayer — of Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., September 24, 1926. Son of Harold W. Ayer and Martha (Davis) Ayer; married, November 27, 1947, to Harriette White. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Frederick Herbert Babbitt (b. 1859) — also known as Fred H. Babbitt — of Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vt. Born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., November 23, 1859. Republican. Paper manufacturer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Rockingham, 1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916. Universalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nahum Josiah Bachelder (1854-1934) — also known as Nahum J. Bachelder — of Andover, Merrimack County, N.H.; East Andover, Andover, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Andover, Merrimack County, N.H., September 3, 1854. Son of William Adams Bachelder and Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; married, June 30, 1887, to Mary A. Putney. Republican. Farmer; Governor of New Hampshire, 1903-05. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons. Died April 22, 1934. Interment at Proctor Cemetery, Andover, N.H.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Henry Moore Baker (1841-1912) — also known as Henry M. Baker — of Bow, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Bow, Merrimack County, N.H., January 11, 1841. Son of Aaron W. Baker and Nancy (Dustin) Baker. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1891-92; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1893-97; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1905-09. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Washington, D.C., May 30, 1912. Interment at Alexander Cemetery, Bow, N.H.
  • Cross-reference: Sherman E. Burroughs
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Edward Bales (b. 1862) — also known as George E. Bales — of Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 14, 1862. Son of Charles Albert Bales and Frances M. (Hardy) Bales; married, October 16, 1889, to Abbie French. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Wilton Telephone Co.; trustee, Granite Savings Bank; New Hampshire state railroad commissioner; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1902; candidate for New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1916. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Henry Bartlett (1869-1952) — also known as John H. Bartlett — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Sunapee, Sullivan County, N.H., March 15, 1869. Son of John Z. Bartlett and Sophronia A. (Sargent) Bartlett; married, June 1, 1900, to Agnes Page. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; postmaster; Governor of New Hampshire, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died March 19, 1952. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Paige Bartlett (b. 1841) — also known as John P. Bartlett — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.; Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Weare, Hillsborough County, N.H., February 4, 1841. Son of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey) Bartlett; married, November 29, 1866, to Fannie M. Harrington (died 1887); married 1888 to Lucy A. (Knight) Crosby. Democrat. Lawyer; New Hampshire Democratic state chair, 1890-92; member of New Hampshire state senate 18th District, 1895-96; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1899; secretary of New Hampshire Democratic Party, 1904-06. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Morton Barton (b. 1870) — also known as Jesse M. Barton — of Newport, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., January 21, 1870. Son of Levi Winter Barton and Elizabeth F. (Jewett) Barton. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1906-; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; New Hampshire Republican state chair, 1912-16; member of New Hampshire state senate 8th District; elected 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Amos Noyes Blandin (1864-1948) — also known as Amos N. Blandin — of Bath, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Landaff (part now in Easton), Grafton County, N.H., September 6, 1864. Father of Amos Noyes Blandin, Jr.. Democrat. Business executive; member of New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, 1889-1944; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Bath, 1892, 1934-35, 1947; defeated, 1938; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1934-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896, 1936; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1936; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1940. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bath, Grafton County, N.H., December 31, 1948. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Carl E. Brown (b. 1878) — of McCall, Valley County, Idaho. Born in Whitefield, Coos County, N.H., September 10, 1878. Son of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, August 23, 1902, to Ida Harrington. Democrat. Merchant; mining business; lumber business; member of Idaho state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Fred Herbert Brown (1879-1955) — also known as Fred H. Brown — of Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Ossipee, Carroll County, N.H., April 12, 1879. Son of Dana J. Brown and Nellie (Allen) Brown; married, May 16, 1925, to Edna C. McHarg. Democrat. Professional baseball player in the major leagues, 1901-02; lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire, 1914-22; Governor of New Hampshire, 1923-25; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1933-39; defeated, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H., February 3, 1955. Interment at Ossipee Cemetery, Ossipee, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870-1923) — also known as Sherman E. Burroughs — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, N.H., February 6, 1870. Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. (Baker) Burroughs; married 1898 to Helen S. Phillips. Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Rep. Henry M. Baker, 1894-97; lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1901-02; member, New Hampshire state board of charities and corrections, 1901-17; member, New Hampshire state board of equalization, 1909-10; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1917-23; died in office 1923. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1923. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Willis George Buxton (b. 1856) — also known as Willis G. Buxton — of Penacook, Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., August 22, 1856. Son of Daniel M. Buxton and Abbie A. (Whitaker) Buxton; married, June 4, 1884, to Martha J. Flanders. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire Republican State Committee, 1886-1902; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889, 1902; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; member of New Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows. 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.
  
  
• Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., October 9, 1782. Great-great-grandfather of Thomas Cass Ballenger. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S. Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844, 1852; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; candidate for President of the United States, 1848; U.S. Secretary of State, 1857-60. Member, Freemasons. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 17, 1866. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Lewis Cass: Willard Carl Klunder, Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation; Frank Bury Woodford, Lewis Cass, the Last Jeffersonian (out of print)
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Reed Paige Clark (b. 1878) — Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., August 19, 1878. Son of William Clark and Alice Whitney (McIntire) Clark; married, November 12, 1928, to Jeanne Marie Bertrand. Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry E. Burnham, 1901-11; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Loanda, 1919-24; Port Elizabeth, 1924-25; Mexico City, 1925-26, 1927-28; Guadalajara, 1928-29; Santo Domingo, 1929-30; Belgrade, 1930-35; Victoria, 1938-43. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) — also known as James C. Cleveland — of New London, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., June 13, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81. Member, Grange; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Rotary. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Fellows Clifford (b. 1871) — of Franklin, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H., December 1, 1871. Son of Thomas Jefferson Clifford and Sara Jackson (Fellows) Clifford. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; secretary of New Hampshire Republican Party, 1900-04. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Rockwell Clough (b. 1844) — also known as William R. Clough — of Alton, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., November 8, 1844. Son of John Chesley Clough and Lydia Jane (Treddick) Clough; married, April 28, 1904, to Nellie Sophia Place. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; inventor; manufacturer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1896-1900; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904. Protestant. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Norris H. Cotton (1900-1989) — also known as Norris Cotton — of Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Warren, Grafton County, N.H., May 11, 1900. Son of Henry Lang Cotton and Elizabeth (Moses) Cotton; married, May 11, 1927, to Ruth Isaacs; married 1980 to Eleanor Brown. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary to U.S. Sen. George H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944 (alternate), 1952; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died February 24, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Charles S. Cummings (b. 1856) — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Gorham, Coos County, N.H., September 25, 1856. Son of Hiram T. Cummings and Eliza A. (Cloudman) Cummings; married 1882 to Carrie A. Neff; married 1886 to Addie F. Larrabee; married 1903 to Mildred E. Davis. Republican. School teacher; pastor; Androscoggin County Sheriff, 1903-04; insurance business; mayor of Auburn, Maine, 1922-25. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) — also known as Charles M. Dale — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minn., March 8, 1893. Son of Fred Vernon Dale and Maud (Paine) Dale; married, September 27, 1919, to Marion Marvin. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936, 1948; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio station. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Odd Fellows; Delta Upsilon. Died September 28, 1978. Interment at Valley View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Franklin Flanders (b. 1902) — of Weare, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 23, 1902. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1947-49; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Weare, 1948. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Miller Floyd (1861-1923) — also known as Charles M. Floyd — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Derry, Rockingham County, N.H., June 5, 1861. Son of Sewall Floyd and Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd; married, June 16, 1886, to Carrie E. Atwood. Republican. Clothing business; director of banks, lumber companies, and the Manchester Traction, Light & Power Company; member of New Hampshire state senate 17th District, 1899-1900; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1904; Governor of New Hampshire, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1916. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died February 3, 1923. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Sanford L. Fogg (b. 1863) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Milan, Coos County, N.H., June 26, 1863. Son of Simon Fogg and Lycia H. Fogg; married, June 22, 1898, to Jessie K. Moody. Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1904; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1921-22. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 22, 1883. Son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale; married, March 29, 1913, to Alice N. Armstrong. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in office 1931. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 22, 1931. Interment at Union Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Howard Hutchins Hamlin (b. 1902) — also known as Howard H. Hamlin — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H.; North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H., May 23, 1902. Son of A. Lloyd Hamlin and Ida M. (Hutchins) Hamlin; married, March 20, 1928, to Hilda H. Hill; married, December 26, 1942, to Ada B. Culkins. Republican. Lawyer; pastor; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1930; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1937-39; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1938; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Charlestown, 1948. Methodist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Oren Vitellius Henderson (b. 1870) — also known as Oren V. Henderson — of Durham, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, January 8, 1870. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1927-37, 1943-47; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 2nd District, 1939-41; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Butler Jameson (b. 1873) — also known as John B. Jameson — of Antrim, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Bennington, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 2, 1873. Son of Nathan Cleaves Jameson and Idabel (Butler) Jameson; married, November 19, 1913, to Marion Dudley Eidlitz. Democrat. Treasurer and director, United Life Accident Insurance Co.; director, Eastern Zinc and Lead Co.; director, First National Bank of Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire Democratic state chair, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1912; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1918. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Stephen Shannon Jewett (b. 1858) — also known as Stephen S. Jewett — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Gilford, Belknap County, N.H., September 18, 1858. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1895; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1896; member of New Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1899-1900; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1907-08. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Jones (1832-1902) — also known as "King of the Alemakers" — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Barrington, Strafford County, N.H., September 15, 1832. Mayor of Portsmouth, N.H., 1868-69; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1875-79; Democratic candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900. Member, Freemasons. Died October 2, 1902. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank E. Kaley (b. 1856) — of Milford, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., March 13, 1856. Son of Timothy Kaley; married, October 12, 1885, to Harriet E. Wallace. Republican. Manufacturer; member of New Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1901-02; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 3rd District, 1903. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alpheus Crosby Kennett (b. 1859) — also known as A. Crosby Kennett — of Conway, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Madison, Carroll County, N.H., July 27, 1859. Son of William Kennett and Sarah E. (Russell) Kennett; married 1881 to Carrie B. Gerrish; married 1888 to Lora Ferren; father of Frank E. Kennett; grandfather of Frank E. Kennett, Jr.. Republican. Railway station agent; lumber business; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895-96; member of New Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1897-98; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 5th District, 1903-04. Member, Freemasons. Interment at Madison Cemetery, Madison, N.H.
  • See also Kennett family of New Hampshire
  
  
• Henry Oakes Kent (b. 1834) — also known as Henry O. Kent — of Lancaster, Coos County, N.H. Born in Lancaster, Coos County, N.H., February 7, 1834. Son of Richard Peabody Kent and Emily Mann (Oakes) Kent; married, January 11, 1859, to Berenice A. Kent. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; newspaper editor and publisher; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1885-86; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1894, 1896. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938) — also known as Henry W. Keyes — of Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Newbury, Orange County, Vt., May 23, 1863. Son of Henry Keyes and Emma Frances (Pierce) Keyes; married, June 8, 1904, to Frances Parkinson Wheeler (1885-1970; author). Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-95, 1915-17; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1903-04; Governor of New Hampshire, 1917-19; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1919-37. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in North Haverhill, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., June 19, 1938. Interment at Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Vt.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Frank Knight (b. 1847) — also known as William F. Knight — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., October 13, 1847. Son of Edwin Perry Knight and Elizabeth W. T. (Vaughn) Knight; married 1872 to Fannie E. Taylor. Republican. Furniture merchant; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1889; member of New Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1895-96; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1907-09. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., 1739. Brother of John Langdon. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1778; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1779; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-83, 1786-91; member of New Hampshire state senate from Rockingham County, 1784-85. Member, Freemasons. Died January 13, 1805. Interment at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rae S. Laraba (b. 1905) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 15, 1905. Son of George A. Laraba and Isabella (Rae) Laraba; married 1941 to Margaret J. O'Leary. Republican. Secretary to U.S. Sen. George H. Moses; member of New Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1945-48; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Portsmouth 4th Ward, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Jesse Felt Libby (b. 1857) — also known as Jesse F. Libby — of Gorham, Coos County, N.H. Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, February 12, 1857. Great-grandnephew of Peter Felt; first cousin thrice removed of John Felt and Daniel Felt; second cousin twice removed of Dorman Felt and David Alvaro Felt; son of Abner Chace Libby and Lucy Spofford (Felt) Libby; third cousin once removed of Marcellus Hazen Felt; married, June 2, 1879, to Eva Melissa Young. School principal; lawyer; real estate business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company and Cascade Light and Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank; promoter, director, Berlin Street Railway; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Theta Delta Chi. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Felt family of New Hampshire
  
  
• 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. Son of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August 15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller. 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; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Herbert Neal (b. 1862) — also known as John H. Neal — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H.; Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, March 20, 1862. Son of John Neal and Sarah Jane (Lord) Neal. Republican. Physician; member of New Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1903-04. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., November 23, 1918. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1966-81. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of renal failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital, Machias, Washington County, Maine, November 5, 1993. Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  
  
• Henry Brewer Quinby (1846-1924) — also known as Henry B. Quinby — of Gilford, Belknap County, N.H.; Lakeport, Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Biddeford, York County, Maine, June 10, 1846. Son of Thomas Quinby and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby; married, June 22, 1870, to Octavia M. Cole. Republican. Manufacturer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of New Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1889-90; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1891-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1892; Governor of New Hampshire, 1909-11. Unitarian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died February 8, 1924. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Nathaniel Rogers (1892-1945) — also known as William N. Rogers — of Wakefield, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, Carroll County, N.H., January 10, 1892. Son of Herbert E. Rogers and Lilian A. (Sanborn) Rogers. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1917, 1919, 1921; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37; defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Wolfeboro, Carroll County, N.H., September 25, 1945. Interment at Lovell Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) — also known as Eaton D. Sargent — of Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., August 13, 1870. Democrat. Mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died of heart failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., March 27, 1944. Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  
  
• Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1833-1922) — of Michigan. Born in Jaffrey, Cheshire County, N.H., August 2, 1833. Son-in-law of John Swegles, Jr.. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of state of Michigan, 1867-70; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1881-83. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., July 30, 1922. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Potter Stewart (1915-1985) — Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., January 23, 1915. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1954-58; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-81. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Skull and Bones. Died in Hanover, Grafton County, N.H., December 7, 1985. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  
  
• Andrew Coolidge Stone (1839-1905) — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H., May 16, 1839. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1880-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., February 26, 1905. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George H. Stowell (1835-1915) — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., October 28, 1835. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1871, 1874; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1874-76; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., May 19, 1915. Entombed in mausoleum at Mountain View Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  
  
• John Sullivan (1740-1795) — of Durham, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H., February 17, 1740. Brother of James Sullivan; father of George Sullivan. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1780-81; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1782-86; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1782-83; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1785-86; President of New Hampshire, 1786-88, 1789-90; federal judge, 1789. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Freemasons. Died January 23, 1795. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also Sullivan family of New Hampshire
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Herbert James Taft (b. 1860) — also known as Herbert J. Taft — of Greenville, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Mason, Hillsborough County, N.H., September 1, 1860. Son of James Taft and Mary (Wilson) Taft; married, October 21, 1887, to Ida F. Chamberlin. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of New Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1905-06. Congregationalist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Scollay Taft (b. 1844) — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., July 16, 1844. Son of Asa Taft and Nancy (Burnap) Taft; married, January 9, 1874, to Helen A. Ball. Republican. Dry goods merchant; pottery manufacturer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1903; mayor of Keene, N.H., 1903-05. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. 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 F. Thayer (b. 1846) — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. Born in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., March 13, 1846. Son of Calvin Thayer and Sarah Wheeler (Fiske) Thayer; married, October 20, 1874, to Sarah Clarke Wentworth. Republican. Banker; director, Northern New Hampshire Railroad; treasurer of New Hampshire Republican Party, 1892-1909; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1908, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) — also known as Charles W. Tobey — of Temple, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 22, 1880. Son of William H. Tobey and Ellen Hall (Parker) Tobey; married, June 4, 1902, to Francelia M. Lovett (died 1947). Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe Company; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20, 1923-24; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member of New Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936, 1940; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., July 24, 1953. Interment at Miller Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Sumner Wallace (1856-1920) — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Berwick, York County, Maine, March 7, 1856. Nephew of Edwin Wallace; son of Ebenezer Gowell Wallace and Sarah Esther (Greenfield) Wallace; brother of Albert Wallace; married, January 30, 1884, to Harriet Zerega Curtis (died 1907); married, July 27, 1910, to Alice Frost (Coffin) Forbes. Republican. Shoe manufacturer; director of banks, railroads, and electric utilities; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1885; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1908. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Theta Delta Chi. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Lake Wales, Polk County, Fla., January 11, 1920. Interment at Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
  • See also Wallace family of New Hampshire and Maine
  
  
• Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) — of Bronson, Branch County, Mich. Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H., July 8, 1860. Republican. Merchant; banker; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24; member of Michigan state senate 9th District, 1925-28. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died March 20, 1937. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Whipple (1730-1785) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Kittery, York County, Maine, January 14, 1730. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77; member of New Hampshire state legislature, 1780; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1783-85. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died November 28, 1785. Interment at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Aaron Milton Wilkins (1854-1910) — also known as Aaron M. Wilkins — of Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H. Born in Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H., January 22, 1854. Republican. Farmer; member of New Hampshire state senate 15th District, 1903-04. Congregationalist. Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H., May 27, 1910. Interment at Meadow View Cemetery, Amherst, N.H.
  
  
• Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H., December 22, 1789. Father of Charles Levi Woodbury. Democrat. Justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23; Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-24; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1825; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1848. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., September 4, 1851. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. Woodbury County, Iowa is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography