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![William D. Bishop](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/254/36.06.jpg) |
William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) —
also known as William D. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., September
14, 1827.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated,
1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad,
1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat
Company; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871.
Died, of chronic
endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Russell Tomlinson —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1879-80.
Burial location unknown.
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![Henry A. Bishop](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/731/74.60.jpg) |
Henry Alfred Bishop (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry A. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
4, 1860.
Democrat. Ticket agent, purchasing agent, and superintendent of
several railroads;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(alternate); candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1888; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1904; president, Clapp Fire Resisting
Paint Co., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey Power
Co., and Reed Carpet
Co.; vice-president, Brady Brass Co.,
Pacific Iron
Works, Connecticut National Bank, and
Consolidated Telephone
Co.; director, Westchester Street
Railway Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co.; director, Bridgeport Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Psi
Upsilon; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
22, 1934 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop (1865-1920) —
also known as Nathaniel W. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born July 16,
1865.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
Despondent due to a lengthy illness, he stabbed
himself
in the chest, and died soon afterward at Bridgeport Hospital,
Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 4,
1920 (age 54 years, 263
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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