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Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts

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  Elijah Hunt Mills (1776-1829) — also known as Elijah H. Mills — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass., December 1, 1776. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1811-14, 1819-21; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1820-21; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27. Died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., May 5, 1829 (age 52 years, 155 days). Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Mills and Mary (Hunt) Mills; married, May 16, 1802, to Sarah Hunt; married, September 6, 1804, to Harriet Blake; father of Helen Sophia Mills (who married Charles Phelps Huntington); grandfather of Herbert Henry Davis Peirce and Anna Cabot Mills Davis (who married Henry Cabot Lodge); great-grandfather of Josiah Quincy; second great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge; first cousin once removed of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin once removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; second cousin twice removed of William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Morgan Hungerford; second cousin five times removed of Ralph Waldo Hungerford and Harold W. Hungerford; third cousin of John Strong; third cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs, Samuel Strong, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Martin Keeler, Silas Wright Jr. and William Dean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler, George Seymour, Joseph Pomeroy Root, William Chapman Williston, Herschel Harrison Hatch, Jethro Ayers Hatch, John Hill Walbridge, Alfred Clark Chapin and Henry E. Walbridge; third cousin thrice removed of Frederick Enoch Woodbridge, Julius Levi Strong, Charles Hale, Timothy E. Griswold, Hiram Augustus Huse, Maurice Lauchlin Wright, Daniel Parrish Witter, Frank Billings Kellogg, Henry Ward Beecher, George Williston Nash and Edward Stanley Kellogg; fourth cousin of Martin Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Henry Meigs, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Chittenden, Jonathan Brace, Jedediah Sabin, Chittenden Lyon, John Willard, Chester Ackley, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Laman Ingersoll, Henry Meigs Jr., Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, John Forsyth Jr., Colin Macrae Ingersoll, Eli Thayer, John Milton Thayer and Charles Roberts Ingersoll.
  Political families: Huntington #2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts; Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Morris #1 family of Bronx, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Davis (1787-1854) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Northborough, Worcester County, Mass., January 13, 1787. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1825-34; Governor of Massachusetts, 1834-35, 1841-43; resigned 1835; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1835-41, 1845-53. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 19, 1854 (age 67 years, 96 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Davis and Anna (Brigham) Davis; married, March 29, 1822, to Elizabeth 'Eliza' Bancroft (sister of George Bancroft); father of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; uncle of Isaac Davis (1799-1883); grandfather of John Davis (1851-1902); granduncle of Edward Livingston Davis; great-granduncle of Livingston Davis; second great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Wayne Holden.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Isaac Davis (1799-1883) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Northborough, Worcester County, Mass., June 2, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; bank director; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1843-54; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1856, 1858, 1861; defeated, 1849 (Citizens), 1851, 1861 (Citizens), 1867 (Citizens); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860, 1864; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1861. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 1, 1883 (age 83 years, 303 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Davis and Martha (Eager) Davis; married, March 30, 1829, to Mary Holbrook Estabrook; father of Edward Livingston Davis; nephew of John Davis (1787-1854); grandfather of Livingston Davis; first cousin of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; first cousin once removed of John Davis (1851-1902); first cousin thrice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin four times removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin once removed of John Barnard Fairbank; third cousin of Merton William Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of John Prescott Bigelow, Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Bancroft (1800-1891) — of Massachusetts. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., October 3, 1800. Democrat. U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1832-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1844; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1844; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1846-49; Prussia, 1867-71; Germany, 1871-74. Congregationalist. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. Died in Washington, D.C., January 17, 1891 (age 90 years, 106 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Aaron Bancroft and Lucretia (Chandler) Bancroft; brother of Elizabeth 'Eliza' Bancroft (who married John Davis (1787-1854)); married, March 1, 1827, to Sarah H. Dwight; married, August 16, 1838, to Elizabeth (Davis) Bliss; uncle of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; granduncle of John Davis (1851-1902); second great-granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS George Bancroft (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) — also known as Frederick T. Frelinghuysen — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Millstone, Somerset County, N.J., August 4, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860; New Jersey state attorney general, 1861-66; defeated, 1857; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77; U.S. Secretary of State, 1881-85. Dutch Reformed. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 20, 1885 (age 67 years, 289 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788-1820) and Jane (DuMont) Frelinghuysen; married to Matilda Elizabeth Griswold; father of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) and Sarah Helen Frelinghuysen (who married John Davis); nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); grandfather of Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen 'Bessie' Davis (daughter-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge) and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; second great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; first cousin once removed of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS F. T. Frelinghuysen (built 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) — also known as Bancroft Davis — of Orange County, N.Y. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., December 29, 1822. Lawyer; newspaper correspondent; member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1874-77; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. Supreme Court, 1883. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1907 (age 84 years, 364 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Davis (1787-1854) and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Bancroft) Davis; brother of Horace Davis; married, November 19, 1857, to Frederika Gore King; nephew of George Bancroft; uncle of John Davis (1851-1902); great-granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; second great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge; first cousin of Isaac Davis; first cousin once removed of Edward Livingston Davis; first cousin twice removed of Livingston Davis; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Horace Davis (1831-1916) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., March 16, 1831. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1877-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1884; Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1884 (voted for James G. Blaine and John A. Logan). Died in San Francisco, Calif., July 12, 1916 (age 85 years, 118 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of John Davis (1787-1854) and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Bancroft) Davis; brother of John Chandler Bancroft Davis; married, March 6, 1862, to Lavinia Smith Macondray; married, February 4, 1875, to Edith Sawyer King; nephew of George Bancroft; uncle of John Davis (1851-1902); great-granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; second great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge; first cousin of Isaac Davis; first cousin once removed of Edward Livingston Davis; first cousin twice removed of Livingston Davis; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) — also known as Edward L. Davis — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 22, 1834. Lawyer; manufacturer of ironwork, including railroad wheels; director of banks and railroads; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1876. Episcopalian. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., March 2, 1912 (age 77 years, 315 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Edward Livingston
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Davis and Mary Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah Gardner Adams; married, December 2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins; father of Livingston Davis; grandnephew of John Davis (1787-1854); first cousin once removed of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second cousin of John Davis (1851-1902); second cousin twice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; second cousin thrice removed of George Cabot Lodge; third cousin of John Barnard Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; fourth cousin of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Brooks Adams (1848-1927) — also known as Peter Chardon Brooks Adams — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., June 24, 1848. Lawyer; author; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; candidate for Massachusetts legislative seat. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 13, 1927 (age 78 years, 234 days). Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams; brother of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894); married, September 7, 1889, to Evelyn Davis (daughter of Admiral Charles Henry Davis; sister-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge); nephew of George Washington Adams; uncle of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); grandson of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Louisa Adams; grandnephew of Benjamin Gorham; granduncle of Thomas Boylston Adams; great-grandson of John Adams, Nathaniel Gorham, Joshua Johnson and Abigail Adams; great-grandnephew of Thomas Johnson; first cousin of William Everett; first cousin twice removed of William Cranch, Leverett Saltonstall and Richard Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Lawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed of Bradley Tyler Johnson; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Allen; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy and Thomas Cogswell; fourth cousin of Edward M. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of John Milton Thayer and Arthur Chapin.
  Political families: Adams #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Adams #2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 30, 1848. Republican. Insurance executive; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1912. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 1, 1924 (age 75 years, 93 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Matilda Elizabeth (Griswold) Frelinghuysen and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; married, July 23, 1902, to Estelle Burnet Kinney; uncle of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; granduncle of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., John Davis Lodge, Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); great-granduncle of George Cabot Lodge and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) — of Nahant, Essex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 12, 1850. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1880-81; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1883; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1887-93; resigned 1893; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924; died in office 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896 (speaker), 1900, 1904, 1908, 1916, 1920 (Temporary Chair; Permanent Chair; speaker), 1924. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died, after a severe stroke, at Charlesgate Hospital, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., November 9, 1924 (age 74 years, 181 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of John Ellerton Lodge and Anna Sophie (Cabot) Lodge; married, June 29, 1871, to Anna Cabot Mills 'Nannie' Davis (daughter of Admiral Charles Henry Davis; sister-in-law of Brooks Adams; granddaughter of Elijah Hunt Mills); father of Constance Lodge (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner) and George 'Bay' Lodge (grandson-in-law of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen); grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; great-grandson of George Cabot; great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge; third cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall; third cousin twice removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Marietta Peabody Tree, Endicott Peabody, William Lawrence Saltonstall and John Forbes Kerry.
  Political families: Adams #1 family of Boston, Massachusetts; Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Louis A. Coolidge — Albert Henry Washburn
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908
  John Davis (1851-1902) — Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., September 16, 1851. Private secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, 1872-73; lawyer; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1885-1902; died in office 1902. Died in Washington, D.C., May 5, 1902 (age 50 years, 231 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Martha Whiting (Stickney) Davis and Bruyn Hasbrouck Davis; married, October 14, 1875, to Sarah Helen 'Sally' Frelinghuysen (daughter of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen); nephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; grandson of John Davis (1787-1854); grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; grandnephew of George Bancroft; great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge; first cousin once removed of Isaac Davis; second cousin of Edward Livingston Davis; second cousin once removed of Livingston Davis.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus Peabody Gardner (1865-1918) — also known as Augustus P. Gardner — of Hamilton, Essex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 5, 1865. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1900-01; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1902-17; resigned 1917; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1913; major in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died, of pneumonia, while in the military service at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Bibb County, Ga., January 14, 1918 (age 52 years, 70 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Peabody Gardner and Harriet Sears (Amory) Gardner; married, June 14, 1892, to Constance Lodge (daughter of Henry Cabot Lodge; aunt of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge); grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot; great-grandson of David Sears; second great-grandson of John Lowell and Jonathan Mason; second great-grandnephew of Timothy Pickering and Thomas Lindall Winthrop; fifth great-grandnephew of Fitz-John Winthrop; sixth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin of John Gardner Coolidge; first cousin thrice removed of Robert Charles Winthrop; second cousin of William Caleb Loring and Charles Francis Adams; second cousin once removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin twice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman, Marietta Peabody Tree and Endicott Peabody; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Goodhue and John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); third cousin thrice removed of John Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926), John Lee Saltonstall and Arthur Chester Frost.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Willfred W. Lufkin
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (1882-1959) — also known as Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen — of Morris County, N.J. Born in Morris County, N.J., September 15, 1882. Lawyer; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Morris County; elected 1933. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., March 11, 1959 (age 76 years, 177 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of George Griswold Frelinghuysen and Sarah Linen (Ballantine) Frelinghuysen; married to Adaline Havemeyer; father of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. and Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen; nephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; grandfather of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; second great-grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin twice removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin once removed of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Livingston Davis Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known as Livy Davis — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., August 13, 1882. Banker; director of railroads; Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1930-32. Member, American Antiquarian Society. In ill health for some time, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., January 11, 1932 (age 49 years, 151 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Livingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married, April 23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married, August 31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson of Isaac Davis; great-grandnephew of John Davis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second cousin once removed of John Davis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed of John Barnard Fairbank, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Merton William Fairbank and George Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Boston Globe, January 12, 1932
  Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) — of Beverly, Essex County, Mass. Born in Nahant, Essex County, Mass., July 5, 1902. Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944; defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1948, 1952, 1956 (speaker), 1960; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1953-60; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67; , 1967-68; Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Died in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 27, 1985 (age 82 years, 237 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of George Cabot Lodge (1873-1909) and Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of John Davis Lodge; married, July 1, 1926, to Emily Esther Sears (sister-in-law of Archibald Stevens Alexander; second great-granddaughter of Jonathan Mason); father of George Cabot Lodge (born 1927); nephew of Constance Lodge (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and John Davis (1851-1902); grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills and John Davis (1787-1854); second great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen and George Bancroft; third great-grandson of George Cabot and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen and William Amory Gardner Minot; first cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis; first cousin five times removed of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin of Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston Davis and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; third cousin once removed of Livingston Davis; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; fourth cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Maxwell M. Rabb — Jacob J. Spiegel
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998) — Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy, October 17, 1902. Dancer; actress; First Lady of Connecticut, 1951-55. Female. Italian ancestry. Died in Marbella, Spain, February 25, 1998 (age 95 years, 131 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Daughter of Isidore Braggiotti and Lily Despentale De Pourtales (Schlesinger) Braggio; sister of Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti; married, July 6, 1929, to John Davis Lodge.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
John Davis Lodge John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952 (speaker), 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965; Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1980 (voted for Ronald Reagan and George Bush). Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed while finishing a speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (brother of Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti); aunt of Constance Lodge (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); uncle of George Cabot Lodge; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and John Davis (1851-1902); grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills and John Davis (1787-1854); second great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen and George Bancroft; third great-grandson of George Cabot and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen and William Amory Gardner Minot; first cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis; first cousin five times removed of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin of Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston Davis and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; third cousin once removed of Livingston Davis; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; fourth cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall.
  Political families: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts; Frelinghuysen family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Campaign slogan (1950): "The Man You Can Believe."
  Campaign slogan (1954): "The Man Who Gets Things Done."
  Epitaph: "To be useful to our fellow man is a noble aspiration. A life of service is still a life well spent."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
  Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) — also known as Archibald S. Alexander — of Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 28, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistant secretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; member of Democratic National Committee from New Jersey, 1952; New Jersey state treasurer, 1954-55; candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly District 6-A, 1969; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1972. Episcopalian. Died in Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J., September 4, 1979 (age 72 years, 311 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Helen Tracy (Barney) Alexander; married 1929 to Susanne Dimock Tilton; married 1937 to Jean Struthers Sears (sister-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; second great-granddaughter of Jonathan Mason); third great-grandson of John Stevens; second cousin of Millicent Hammond Fenwick.
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti (1913-2010) — also known as D. Chadwick Braggiotti — Born in Italy, June 19, 1913. U.S. Vice Consul in Bogotá, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Bordeaux, as of 1964. Died in Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 2, 2010 (age 96 years, 228 days). Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Isidore Braggiotti and Lily Despentale De Pourtales (Schlesinger) Braggio; brother of Francesca Braggiotti (who married John Davis Lodge).
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Amory Gardner Minot (1916-1963) — also known as William A. G. Minot — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Berlin, Germany, of American parents, December 8, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; soft drink bottler; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1956, 1960; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1959-60. Died, in Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., July 1, 1963 (age 46 years, 205 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Grafton Winthrop Minot and Constance (Gardner) Minot; married to Molly Cummings; grandson of Augustus Peabody Gardner; great-grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge; second great-grandnephew of Robert Charles Winthrop; third great-grandson of Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Elijah Hunt Mills and David Sears; fourth great-grandson of John Lowell, George Cabot and Jonathan Mason; fourth great-grandnephew of Timothy Pickering; fifth great-grandson of James Bowdoin; sixth great-grandnephew of Fitz-John Winthrop; seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1606-1676); first cousin once removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin twice removed of John Gardner Coolidge; first cousin six times removed of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin twice removed of William Caleb Loring, Josiah Quincy and Charles Francis Adams; second cousin four times removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; second cousin five times removed of Benjamin Goodhue and John Wingate Weeks; fourth cousin of Marietta Peabody Tree, Endicott Peabody and John Forbes Kerry; eighth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649).
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  George Cabot Lodge (b. 1927) — also known as George C. Lodge — of Massachusetts. Born July 7, 1927. Republican. Newspaper reporter; director of information, U.S. Department of Labor, 1954-58; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, 1958-61; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1964; university professor. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of Emily Esther (Sears) Lodge and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; married 1949 to Nancy Kunhardt; married to Susan Alexander Powers; nephew of John Davis Lodge; great-grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and John Davis (1851-1902); great-grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); second great-grandson of David Sears and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; second great-grandnephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; third great-grandson of Jonathan Mason, Elijah Hunt Mills and John Davis (1787-1854); third great-grandnephew of Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Theodore Frelinghuysen and George Bancroft; fourth great-grandson of George Cabot and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); sixth great-grandnephew of Fitz-John Winthrop; seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1606-1676); first cousin twice removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen; first cousin four times removed of Isaac Davis and Robert Charles Winthrop; first cousin six times removed of Jonathan Hunt; second cousin of William Amory Gardner Minot; second cousin once removed of Augustus Peabody Gardner, Charles Francis Adams, Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Josiah Quincy; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Livingston Davis and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; third cousin of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; third cousin twice removed of Livingston Davis; eighth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649).
  Political family: Davis-Lodge family of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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