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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Son of Stephen Ayres and Artemisia (Dunlap) Ayres.
Real
estate business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1894-1985) —
also known as H. Malcolm Baldrige —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., June 23,
1894.
Son of Howard
Hammond Baldrige and Letitia Blanche (Coffey) Baldrige.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1931-33; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Psi Upsilon; Kiwanis.
Died in Southbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
19, 1985 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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James Madison Barrett, Sr. (1852-1929) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., February
7, 1852.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Psi Upsilon.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 1,
1929 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Lucien S. Bayliss (b. 1869) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August 2,
1869.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1897.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Thomas Baylor (b. 1866) —
also known as Theodore T. Baylor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hampton, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for New York
state treasurer, 1918, 1920.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) —
also known as Henry R. Beekman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845.
Son of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman.
Lawyer;
New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City
Board of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1888-89; superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Psi Upsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Isabella Lawrence. |
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Son of William
Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange; Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, N.Y.
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James Raymond Berry (1901-1982) —
also known as J. Raymond Berry —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
30, 1901.
Son of James Aloysius Berry and Frances Irene (Heery) Berry.
Lawyer;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1941.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Died February
24, 1982 (age 80 years, 178
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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Lowell Huntington Brown (1885-1965) —
also known as Lowell H. Brown —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 10,
1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1940; member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1945-46.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Psi Upsilon.
Died in February, 1965
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
5, 1855.
Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania,
1892-1906; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior
status 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kittanning, Pa.
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John M. Burns —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of New
York state assembly, 1964-68 (New York County 8th District
1964-65, 71st District 1966, 64th District 1967-68).
Christian
Scientist. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; Psi Upsilon.
Still living as of 1968.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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John Thomas Cahill (b. 1903) —
also known as John T. Cahill —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
17, 1903.
Son of Michael J. Cahill and Catherine (Cotter) Cahill.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1939-41.
Catholic.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Son of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929).
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell (c.1856-1929) and Eleanor (Jackson)
Cornell (died 1929); married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer (divorced); married, July 27,
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Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (1902-1975) —
also known as Alfred E. Driscoll —
of Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
25, 1902.
Son of Alfred Roble Driscoll and Mattie (Eastlack) Driscoll.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1939-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1948,
1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway is named for
him.
Died March 9,
1975 (age 72 years, 135
days).
Interment at Haddonfield
Baptist Churchyard, Haddonfield, N.J.
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Joseph Bartlett Eastman (1882-1944) —
also known as Joseph B. Eastman —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Katonah, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 26,
1882.
Son of Rev. John Huse Eastman (1849-1917) and Lucy (King) Eastman.
Member, Massachusetts Public Service Commission, 1915-19; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1919-44.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1944
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Esquirol (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
22, 1898.
Son of Joseph
H. Esquirol.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1928-32; member
of New
York state senate 8th District, 1933-42.
Member, American
Legion; Psi Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Pegram Fabian (b. 1885) —
also known as Harold P. Fabian —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 1,
1885.
Son of Ferdinand John Fabian and Minnie (Pegram) Fabian.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Utah, 1920,
1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1928-32.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi Upsilon; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) —
also known as Frederick S. Fish —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
5, 1852.
Son of Henry Clay Fish (D.D.) and Clara (Jones) Fish.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1884-85; member of New Jersey
state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and general
counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company; president,
Studebaker Vehicle
Company; chairman, Studebaker Corporation.
Baptist.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Robert Frazier (1873-1955) —
also known as Raymond R. Frazier —
of Wisconsin; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Viroqua, Vernon
County, Wis., March 21,
1873.
Son of William Frazier and Pluma (Powell) Frazier.
U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1902-05; banker.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Psi Upsilon; Elks.
Died October
4, 1955 (age 82 years, 197
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
29, 1886.
Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller.
Officer of telephone
companies, 1910-13; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1922; Jerusalem, 1923; Teheran, 1924-25; Berlin, 1926; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1926; Niagara Falls, 1927; Kingston, 1929-32; Winnipeg, 1938-43; SAINT John, 1943-44; Antwerp, 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S. Consul General in Tunis, 1946-48.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Died March 12,
1973 (age 86 years, 134
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edwin Louis Garvin (1877-1960) —
also known as Edwin L. Garvin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
25, 1877.
Son of Oliver Chauncey Garvin and Caroline (Selover) Garvin.
Democrat. Lawyer; special sessions court judge in
New York, 1915-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1918-25;
receiver, New York, Westchester & Boston Railway,
1937; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1941-47; defeated, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., 1960
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William West Grant, Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as W. W. Grant, Jr. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, June 27,
1881.
Son of William West Grant (born 1846) and Mary Adeline (Moseley)
Grant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928;
delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) —
also known as Addison L. Green —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
23, 1862.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green.
Lawyer;
archaeologist;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; became
involved in the textile
business; vice-president, Association of Woolen
Manufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain and
France with Charles
G. Dawes, 1930.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1942 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966) —
also known as Theodore F. Green —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
2, 1867.
Son of Arnold Green and Cornelia Abby (Burges) Green.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1918; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1933-37; defeated, 1912, 1928, 1930; member of Democratic
National Committee from Rhode Island, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1937-61.
Baptist.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 19,
1966 (age 98 years, 229
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Robert Hale (1889-1976) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
29, 1889.
Son of Clarence Hale and Margaret (Rollins) Hale.
Republican. 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.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1976 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Charles Humphrey Hamill (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles H. Hamill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 20,
1868.
Son of Charles D. Hamill and Susan Fannie (Walbridge) Hamill.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
S. Deneen, 1898-1905; member, board of managers, Presbyterian Hospital;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,
1920-22.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 25,
1910, to Kathleen McDonald Mather-Smith. |
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Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling.
Lawyer;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Moulton Ingraham (b. 1870) —
also known as William M. Ingraham —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
2, 1870.
Son of Darius
Holbrook Ingraham and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Maine, 1907-15; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland
County, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi Upsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Johnson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
14, 1859.
Son of William F. Johnson and Ruth S. (Boulter) Johnson.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1904,
1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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William Kelly (b. 1854) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, April 17,
1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi Upsilon; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry B. Ketcham (b. 1865) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 8,
1865.
Son of John
Henry Ketcham and Augusta A. (Belden) Ketcham.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Evans Kilburn (1893-1975) —
also known as Clarence E. Kilburn —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., April 13,
1893.
Son of Frederick
D. Kilburn and Clara (Berry) Kilburn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1940-65 (31st District 1940-45,
34th District 1945-53, 33rd District 1953-63, 31st District 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Elks; Freemasons.
Died May 20,
1975 (age 82 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Morningside
Cemetery, Malone, N.Y.
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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
17, 1864.
Son of John Lansing and Maria L. (Dodge) Lansing.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1915-20.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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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.
Republican. Salesman of stoves and ranges; director, Atherton Furniture
Co.; director, Burpee Furniture
Co.; director, National Shawmut Bank of
Boston; 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, Psi Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Eustis, Lake
County, Fla., February
18, 1952 (age 72 years, 322
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, N.H.
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Abram Bennett Macardell (1877-1958) —
also known as Abram B. Macardell —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Hope, Orange
County, N.Y., July 28,
1877.
Son of Cornelius Macardell (1836-1904) and Esther (Crawford)
Macardell (1838-1927).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; mayor
of Middletown, N.Y., 1924-29; defeated, 1921.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Moose;
Psi Upsilon.
Died in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., January
10, 1958 (age 80 years, 166
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Middletown, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Macardell (1836-1904) and Esther (Crawford) Macardell
(1838-1927); married, June 8,
1908, to Jennie F. Osterbanks (1880-1912); married, June 28,
1926, to Amelia Theresa Ackerman (1881-1953). |
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memorial |
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Clarence MacGregor (1872-1952) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Wayne
County, N.Y., September
16, 1872.
Son of James W. MacGregor and Harriet (Cratar) MacGregor.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 8th District, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1919-28; resigned
1928; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1929-42.
Baptist.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
18, 1952 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) —
also known as Rowland B. Mahany —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864.
Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937 (age 72 years, 216
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hill Morgan (b. 1870) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 30,
1870.
Son of James Lancaster Morgan and Alice M. (Hill) Morgan.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1900-03; trustee,
Brooklyn Savings Bank;
member advisory committee, Bank of
America.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Son of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker
(Humphrey) Phelps (1812-1888).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps (1810-1896) and Sarah Parker (Humphrey)
Phelps (1812-1888); married, October
19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill (1861-1888); married, March 28,
1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes (1870-1965). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von
Rottenburg (1868-1922).
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Psi Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Spencer G. Prime II (born c.1883) —
of Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Upper Jay, Essex
County, N.Y., about 1883.
Son of Silas W. Prime.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1912-13.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mortimer Robinson Proctor (1889-1968) —
also known as Mortimer R. Proctor —
of Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Proctor, Rutland
County, Vt., May 30,
1889.
Son of Fletcher
Dutton Proctor and Minnie Euretta (Robinson) Proctor.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Vermont Marble Co.; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1933-39; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1937; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1941-45; Governor of
Vermont, 1945-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1948,
1952;
Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1956.
Member, Grange; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Psi Upsilon; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons.
Died April 28,
1968 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fulton Jarvis Redman (b. 1885) —
also known as Fulton J. Redman —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine; Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, March 12,
1885.
Son of Erastus Fulton Redman and Julia (Jarvis) Redman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1916-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1924,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1924, 1926, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1940; president, Maine Publishing Corp., publishers of
Portland Evening News newspaper;
director, Maine Broadcasting
System, Inc.
Congregationalist.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Paul Stevens (b. 1920) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 20,
1920.
Son of Ernest James Stevens and Elizabeth Maude (Street) Stevens.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1970-75; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of New
York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar
Association; Skull and
Bones; Psi Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr.
Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our
Illustrious Dunderhead" —
of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Died, from malignant
tumors, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1953 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol
Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907).
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,
1890-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1892-1900; law
professor; Governor of
the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi Upsilon; Skull and
Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; son of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft (1827-1907); half-brother of
Charles
Phelps Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen 'Nellie' Herron (1861-1943; granddaughter of Ela
Collins; niece of William
Collins; daughter of John
Williamson Herron); brother of Henry
Waters Taft; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II. See Taft
family of Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) —
also known as Charles N. Taintor —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., November
28, 1840.
Son of Ralph
Smith Taintor and Phebe Higgins (Lord) Taintor (1814-1890).
Republican. Map and book publisher;
New York Commissioner of Emigration, 1881-89; New York City Police
Justice, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1884;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president,
United States Savings Bank,
1910-20.
Member, Psi Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 12,
1920 (age 79 years, 105
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Everett Bailey Taylor (1899-1990) —
also known as Everett B. Taylor —
of Sun Valley, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
21, 1899.
Son of Harry Taylor and Myrtle E. (Bailey) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented Travelers' Insurance,
banks,
and the Union Pacific Railroad;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960.
Member, American
Legion; Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died March 2,
1990 (age 90 years, 132
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Quillin Tilson (1866-1958) —
also known as John Q. Tilson —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Clear Branch, Washington
County, Tenn., April 5,
1866.
Son of William E. Tilson (born 1827) and Katharine (Sams) Tilson
(born 1831).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1905-08; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1909-13, 1915-33 (at-large
1909-13, 3rd District 1915-33); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
14, 1958 (age 92 years, 131
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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William Hedgcock Webster (b. 1924) —
also known as William H. Webster —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March 6,
1924.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1959-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1970-73; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1973-78; director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1978-87; director of Central
Intelligence, 1987-91.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Psi Upsilon.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1991.
Still living as of 2009.
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