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Henry de Forest Baldwin (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa, November
7, 1862.
Son of Simeon Baldwin and Mary Sarah (Marvin) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones.
Died, following a stroke, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1947 (age 84 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers (born 1825) and Martha Wheaton (Dowd)
Bowers (born 1834).
Lawyer;
general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) —
also known as James L. Buckley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in an elevator at Women's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1923.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),
1976 (Republican); Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1980; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; took senior
status 1996.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and Bones.
President, Radio Free
Europe/Radio
Liberty, 1982-85.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley; brother of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) |
| | | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) —
Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery
(1985) — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) —
High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy
(1999) |
| | | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the
Conservatives |
| | | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Skull and Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of David
Davis; son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992); married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush and John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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George Walker Bush (b. 1946) —
also known as George W. Bush; "Dubya";
"Shrub"; "The Smirking Chimp";
"The Decider" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Crawford, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 6,
1946.
Son of Barbara (Pierce) Bush and George
Herbert Walker Bush.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1978; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988;
Governor
of Texas, 1995-2000; President
of the United States, 2001-.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull and Bones.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Prescott
Sheldon Bush; son of Barbara (Pierce) Bush and George
Herbert Walker Bush; married, November
5, 1977, to Laura Welch; cousin of Elizabeth
Walker Field; brother of John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George W. Bush: A
Charge to Keep (1999) — George
W. Bush on God and Country : The President Speaks Out About Faith,
Principle, and Patriotism (2004) — We
Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and
Freedom (2003) |
| | | Books about George W. Bush: J. H.
Hatfield et al, Fortunate
Son : George W. Bush and the Making of An American
President — Roger Simon, Divided
We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the
Presidency — Frank Bruni, Ambling
into History : The Unlikely Odyssey of George W.
Bush — Bryan Laberge, George
W. Bush : In the Whirlwind — Lou Dubose et al, Boy
Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph
of George W. Bush — Bill Sammon, Misunderestimated:
The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush
Haters — David Aikman, A
Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W.
Bush — Bob Woodward, Bush
at War — Bob Woodward, Plan
of Attack — Craig Unger, House
of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's
Two Most Powerful Dynasties — Stephen Mansfield, The
Faith of George W. Bush — Ronald Kessler, A
Matter of Character : Inside the White House of George W.
Bush — Paul Kengor, God
and George W. Bush : A Spiritual Life — Carolyn B.
Thompson & James W. Ware, The
Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the
Commander-in-Chief — Donald F. Kettl, Team
Bush : Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House —
Sandra J. Kachurek, George
W. Bush (for young readers) — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George W. Bush:
Molly Ivins, Shrub:
The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush —
David Corn, The
Lies of George W. Bush : Mastering the Politics of
Deception — Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — John Dean, Worse
Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty — John W.
Dean, Worse
Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush — Ron Suskind, The
Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education
of Paul O'Neill — Robert C. Byrd, Losing
America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant
Presidency — Jack Huberman, The
Bush - Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of
the Past 100 Years — Ian Williams, Deserter
: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His
Past — Dan Piraro, The
Three Little Pigs Buy the White House |
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush
(1872-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull and Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Frederick Trubee Davison (1896-1974) —
also known as F. Trubee Davison —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1896.
Son of Henry Pomeroy Davison (1867-1922; banker, philanthropist) and
Kate (Trubee) Davison (1871-1962).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1922-26;
Assistant Secretary of War for Air, 1926-32; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1932; president, American Museum of Natural
History, 1933-51; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; personnel
director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1951-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Skull and Bones; American
Legion.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
14, 1974 (age 78 years, 280
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) —
of Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born November
15, 1862.
Son of William
Maxwell Evarts and Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts.
Lawyer;
counsel for the Union Pacific and other railroads;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1906.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died October
7, 1913 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) —
also known as William M. Evarts —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1818.
Son of Jeremiah F. Evarts and Mehitabel (Sherman) Evarts.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Attorney General, 1868-69; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1885-91.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
28, 1901 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
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Dwight Foster (1828-1884) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in 1828.
Son of Alfred
Dwight Foster.
Lawyer;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1861-64; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1866-69.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died April 18,
1884 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928-2008) —
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 2,
1928.
Republican. U.S. Ambassador to France, 1981-85.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 2008 (age 79 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) —
also known as W. Averell Harriman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1891.
Son of Edward
Henry Harriman.
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1943-46; Great Britain, 1946; , 1961, 1965-69; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1946-48; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Governor
of New York, 1955-59; defeated, 1958.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Skull and Bones.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died in Yorktown Heights, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 26,
1986 (age 94 years, 253
days).
Interment at Arden
Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Henry Harriman; married, September
21, 1915, to Kitty Lawrence (divorced 1929); married, February
21, 1930, to Marie (Norton) Whitney (died 1970; ex-wife of Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney); married, September
27, 1971, to Pamela
Hayward. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
B. Bingham |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Averell Harriman: Walter
Isaacson, The
Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made |
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Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821-1901) —
also known as Henry B. Harrison —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
11, 1821.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1854; Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1857; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1865, 1873, 1883-84; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1884; Governor of
Connecticut, 1885-87; defeated (Republican), 1874.
Member, Skull and Bones; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
29, 1901 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) —
also known as David S. Ingalls —
of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
28, 1899.
Son of Albert Stimson Ingalls and Jane (Taft) Ingalls.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1940,
1952,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general
manager, Pan American Air
Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station;
executive, Pan American World
Airways; newspaper
publisher.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Skull and Bones.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 26,
1985 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Gould Jennings (1865-1936) —
also known as Oliver G. Jennings —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865.
Son of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original
stockholders of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson
(Goodsell) Jennings (1828-1908).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1920;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1923; director, U.S. Industrial
Alcohol Company; director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation; director, Grocery Store
Products, Inc.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Skull and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in the Harbor Sanitarium,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1936 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Burr Jennings (1825-1893; one of the original stockholders
of Standard Oil Company, 1871) and Esther Judson (Goodsell) Jennings
(1828-1908); married 1896 to Mary
Dows Brewster; uncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; father of Benjamin Brewster Jennings
(1898-1968; president of Socony-Vacuum, which later became Mobil
Oil); granduncle of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
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Stephen Wright Kellogg (1822-1904) —
also known as Stephen W. Kellogg —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.; Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Shelburne, Franklin
County, Mass., April 5,
1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1853; probate judge in Connecticut,
1854-60; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1856; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1860,
1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1869-75.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
27, 1904 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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William Kent (1864-1928) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1864.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-17 (2nd District 1911-13,
1st District 1913-17); delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died in Kentfield, Marin
County, Calif., March 13,
1928 (age 63 years, 350
days).
Cremated.
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John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943) —
also known as John F. Kerry;
"Liveshot" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital,
Aurora, Adams
County, Colo., December
11, 1943.
Son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes) Kerry (1913-2002).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1972; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1983-85; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1985-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Catholic.
English
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull and Bones.
Still living as of 2012.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Robert
Charles Winthrop; third cousin twice removed of William
Cameron Forbes; son of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary (Forbes)
Kerry (1913-2002); married, May 23,
1970, to Julia Stimson Thorne (divorced 1988); married, May 26,
1995, to Teresa (Simoes-Ferreira) Heinz (widow of Henry
John Heinz III). See Heinz-Forbes-Kerry-Winthrop
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kerry: A
Call to Service : My Vision for a Better America
(2003) — The
New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security
(1997) — Our
Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World, with
John Edwards (2004) |
| | | Books about John F. Kerry: Douglas
Brinkley, Tour
of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War — Michael
Kranish et al, John
F. Kerry: The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who
Know Him Best — Paul Alexander, The
Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White
House — George Butler, John
Kerry: A Portrait |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kerry:
John E. O'Neill & Jerome R. Corsi, Unfit
for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John
Kerry — David N. Bossie, The
Many Faces of John Kerry |
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Robert Abercrombie Lovett (1895-1986) —
also known as Robert A. Lovett —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., September
14, 1895.
Son of Robert Scott Lovett (1860-1932; railroad president) and
Lavinia Chilton (Abercrombie) Lovett.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; partner, Brown Brothers
Harriman; director of several railroad
companies; director, Presbyterian Hospital
of New York; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1951-53.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1986 (age 90 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) —
also known as Kenneth F. Simpson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1935-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; died in office
1941.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull and Bones; American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1941 (age 45 years, 266
days).
Interment at Hudson
City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
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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 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) —
also known as Henry L. Stimson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1867.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1910; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1911-13, 1940-45; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920,
1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
20, 1950 (age 83 years, 29
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) —
also known as Charles P. Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
20, 1897.
Son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City
Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Skull and Bones; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died June 24,
1983 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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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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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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Nelson Strobridge Talbott III (b. 1946) —
also known as Strobe Talbott —
of Ohio.
Born in 1946.
U.S. Ambassador to , 1993-94.
Member, Skull and Bones.
Still living as of 1994.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Son of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Louise (Travers) Wadsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange; United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull and Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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