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Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts

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George Choate — of Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1814-17, 1819. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Married to Susanna Choate; father of George Choate; grandfather of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917).
		Political family: Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts.

George Choate (1796-1880) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., 1796. Physician; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1840. Died in 1880 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of George Choate; brother of Rufus Choate (1799-1859); father of Joseph Hodges Choate.
		Political family: Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts.

Rufus Choate (1799-1859) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Hog Island, Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., October 1, 1799. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1831-35; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1853-54; resigned 1854. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. Died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 13, 1859 (age 59 years, 285 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

		Relatives: Brother of George Choate; uncle of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917).
		Political family: Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

William Gardner Choate (b. 1830) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., August 30, 1830. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1878-81. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of George Choate and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; brother of Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917); married, June 29, 1870, to Mary Lyman Atwater.
		Political family: Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts.

Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 24, 1832. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Bar Association; Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1917 (age 85 years, 110 days). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.

		Relatives: Son of George Choate (1796-1880) and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate; brother of William Gardner Choate; married, October 16, 1861, to Caroline Dutcher Sterling; nephew of Rufus Choate; grandson of George Choate (1760?-?).
		Political family: Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts.
		Cross-reference: William Phillips
		See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier

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