The Political Graveyard: Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts

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Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts

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William Gaston (1820-1894) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Killingly, Windham County, Conn., October 3, 1820. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1853-56; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1868; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1871-73; Governor of Massachusetts, 1875-76; defeated, 1873, 1875, 1877. Died January 19, 1894 (age 73 years, 108 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

		Relatives: Father of William Alexander Gaston.
		Political family: Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts.
		See also National Governors Association biography

William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) — also known as William A. Gaston — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 1, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904, 1924 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1922. Episcopalian. Died in Barre, Worcester County, Mass., July 17, 1927 (age 68 years, 77 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

		Relatives: Son of William Gaston (1820-1894) and Louisa Augusta (Beecher) Gaston; married 1892 to May Davidson Lockwood; father of William Gaston (born 1899).
		Political family: Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts.
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1902

William Gaston (b. 1899) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; playwright; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1948. Protestant. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of William Alexander Gaston.
		Political family: Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts.

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