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Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) —
also known as Dean Acheson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971 (age 78 years, 184
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph A. Adorno (1912-1988) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., March
11, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Connecticut, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1947-55.
Catholic.
Sicilian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Sons of
Italy.
Died in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
30, 1988 (age 76 years, 294
days).
Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Salvatore A. Adorno and Maria P. Adorno; married 1946 to Mary
Jane D'Apice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register and
Manual 1950 |
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Carl Richard Ajello (b. 1932) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn., August
22, 1932.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1963-75; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1975-83.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary;
Elks;
American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Howard Wells Alcorn (1901-1992) —
also known as Howard W. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 14,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Suffield; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1927-32; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1933-34; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1943-61; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1961-71; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1970-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Union Veterans; Grange;
Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1992 (age 91 years, 88
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Mead Alcorn (1872-1955) —
also known as Hugh M. Alcorn —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
24, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1903-06; Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1908-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Judicature Society; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., May 26,
1955 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (1907-1992) —
also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. —
of Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
20, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956,
1960;
Hartford
County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons
of Union Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange.
Died, from a stroke,
in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) —
also known as Thurman W. Arnold —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., June 2,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1921; mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean,
College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of
law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned
1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria,
Va., November
7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Robert L. Aronson (b. 1907) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., May 8,
1907.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1939-47.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Farpaya Arpaia (1897-1978) —
also known as Anthony F. Arpaia —
of Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
17, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1952-60.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Phi Delta.
Died in June, 1978
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Vincent Arpaia and Carolyn (de Rubbe) Arpaia; married, December
10, 1940, to Charlotte Bergen. |
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Selden E. Bacon (1861-1946) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
28, 1861.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, in Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 25,
1946 (age 84 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Susan (Bacon) Bacon; married, October
24, 1894, to Sarah Blair Fairchild; married, July 25,
1903, to Josephine Dodge Daskam. |
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John Moran Bailey (1904-1975) —
also known as John M. Bailey —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
23, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1932; municipal judge in
Connecticut, 1933-35, 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956,
1960,
1964
(chair, Arrangements
Committee), 1968
(speaker),
1972;
Connecticut
Democratic state chair, 1946-; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1961-68.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April
10, 1975 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Bailey and Louise (Moran) Bailey; married, August
1, 1933, to Barbara Leary. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in United
States Politics (1950) |
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Raymond Earl Baldwin (1893-1986) —
also known as Raymond E. Baldwin —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1931-34; Governor of
Connecticut, 1939-41, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1940,
1944,
1948
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1946-49; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1949-59; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Redmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
4, 1986 (age 93 years, 34
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) —
also known as Simeon E. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
5, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1867; law
professor; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10; Governor of
Connecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1914.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Philosophical Society; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died January
30, 1927 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of Henrietta
Perkins (who married Dwight
Foster); married, October
19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle of Edward
Baldwin Whitney; grandson of Simeon
Baldwin; great-grandson of Roger
Sherman; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; first cousin once removed of Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts, George
Frisbie Hoar and Henry
de Forest Baldwin; second cousin of Roger
Sherman Greene, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts, Arthur
Outram Sherman, Thomas
Day Thacher and Roger
Kent; second cousin once removed of Roger
Sherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Gager and Archibald
Cox; third cousin once removed of Samuel
R. Gager, Samuel
Austin Gager, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles and John
Stanley Addis; fourth cousin of John
Adams Dix; fourth cousin once removed of James
Doolittle Wooster, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Booth, George
Bailey Loring, Charles
Page, Erwin
J. Baldwin, Ernest
Harvey Woodford, Francis
Everett Baldwin and Clement
Phineas Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Edwin
Stark Thomas |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James J. Barbour (b. 1869) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 6th District, 1917-37; defeated, 1936; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District; elected 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Heman H. Barbour and Frances Emma Barbour; married, September
1, 1891, to Lillian Clayton. |
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William Henry Barnes (1843-1904) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Hampton, Windham
County, Conn., May 14,
1843.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-72; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1885.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died November
10, 1904 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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William Leslie Beers (1904-1955) —
also known as William L. Beers —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., August
17, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1953-55; appointed 1953.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Grace New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1955 (age 50 years, 150
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George Emerson Beers and Margaret (Lowry) Beers; married, May 30,
1924, to Doris M. Kiernan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register &
Manual 1953 |
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Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) —
also known as Hugh H. Bownes —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
10, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1966-68; U.S.
District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took
senior status 1990.
Protestant.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Buckley (b. 1885) —
of Union, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., May 12,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Union, 1909-10, 1921-22;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916;
secretary
of Connecticut Republican Party, 1916-22; executive secretary to
Gov. Marcus
H. Holcomb, 1917-20; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1924-33; director, South End Bank and
Trust Co., Hartford.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Burke Jr. (1905-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
5, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1941-43; attorney
for Texaco oil company.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1993 (age 88 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke; married, July 18,
1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh. |
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Warren Booth Burrows (1877-1952) —
also known as Warren B. Burrows —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.; Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn., September
14, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1925-26; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1927-28; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1928-30; resigned 1930; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1931-35; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London
County, Conn., December
8, 1952 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Poquonock Bridge, Groton, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Burrows and Lucy Agnes (Booth) Burrows; married, January
22, 1916, to Emily Avery Copp. |
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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4,
1910, to Emily Joslyn. |
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Jose Alberto Cabranes (b. 1940) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
22, 1940.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1979-94; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1994-.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Edward Clark (1889-1963) —
also known as Charles E. Clark —
of Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., December
9, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodbridge, 1917-18; law
professor; dean, Yale Law School, 1929; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-63; died in
office 1963.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died December
13, 1963 (age 74 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. (Marquard) Clark; married, October
9, 1915, to Dorothy E. Gregory. |
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; magazine
editor; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen; married, August
25, 1931, to Pauline Kaufman. |
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Eric D. Coleman —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1983-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1996;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2010.
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Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1880-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., December
21, 1957 (age 77 years, 228
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
30, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings;
married to Cecilia Waterbury. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Edward James Daly (b. 1892) —
also known as Edward J. Daly —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March
29, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1930, 1960; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1935-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1936;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1937.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Richard Daly and Catherine (Deegan) Daly; married, November
7, 1927, to Viola Shea. |
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T. F. Gilroy Daly (1931-1996) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
25, 1931.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1970; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1977-96; died in office 1996.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of melanoma,
July
11, 1996 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Grange;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Litchfield
County, Conn., September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Dodd —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., May 15,
1907.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (Dodd
Independent).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Censured
by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having diverted
some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use.
Died of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
1971 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March
18, 1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Leo Luke Fabisinski (b. 1890) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., October
18, 1890.
State's Attorney, 1st Circuit. 1926-31; circuit judge in Florida,
1931-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Fabisinski and Julia (Radomski) Fabisinski; married, June 8,
1915, to Claude Meck Kirkpatrick. |
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Ellsworth Bishop Foote (1898-1977) —
also known as Ellsworth B. Foote —
of North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
12, 1898.
Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1938-46; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Grange.
Died in Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
18, 1977 (age 79 years, 6
days).
Interment at Bare
Plain Cemetery, North Branford, Conn.
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Valentine Gideon (1859-1951) —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Iron
County, Mo., January
11, 1859.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-27, 1927-29; appointed 1927; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1925-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
11, 1951 (age 92 years, 31
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon; married 1889 to
Elizabeth L. Lang. |
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William L. Hadden (b. 1896) —
of West Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., October
8, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange and West Haven,
1939-42; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1943-45; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1945-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Connecticut Register and Manual 1950 |
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Lindley Hoag Hadley (1861-1948) —
also known as Lindley H. Hadley —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.
Born near Sylvania, Parke
County, Ind., June 19,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1915-33; defeated,
1932.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
4, 1948 (age 87 years, 138
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Cemetery, Wilton, Conn.
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John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1971 (age 72 years, 223
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, Weston, Conn.
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Edwin Werter Higgins (1874-1954) —
also known as Edwin W. Higgins —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Clinton, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 2,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Norwich, 1899-1900; member of
Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1900-06; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1905-13.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., September
24, 1954 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Carroll Clark Hincks (1889-1964) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., November
30, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1931; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1953-59.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died October
2, 1964 (age 74 years, 307
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Smithwick Hogan (1902-1974) —
also known as Frank S. Hogan; "Mr.
Integrity" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
17, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1941-73; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1958.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association.
Died, following lung
cancer surgery and a stroke,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1974 (age 72 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914) —
also known as William B. Hornblower —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 13,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893, but not
confirmed; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1914; appointed 1914; died in office
1914.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, from myocarditis,
in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 16,
1914 (age 63 years, 34
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frank P. Hurley (b. 1900) —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Hampden District, 1929-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Hurley and Margaret (Shea) Hurley; married, July 6,
1935, to Maura E. Earls. |
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Vincent R. Impellitteri (1900-1987) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Isnello, Italy,
February
4, 1900.
Democrat. Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1950-53; defeated in primary, 1953;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
29, 1987 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Peter's Cemetery, Derby, Conn.
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George Lewis Ingalls (1914-2001) —
also known as George L. Ingalls —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Danielson, Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., June 7,
1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1953-66 (Broome County 2nd District 1953-65,
125th District 1966).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary;
Jaycees;
American Bar Association.
Trustee of the New York Power
Authority in 1967-90.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April
10, 2001 (age 86 years, 307
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.
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Newell Jennings (b. 1883) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., May 12,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1914; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1922-37; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1937-48.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joseph Jennings and Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings;
married, June 28,
1910, to Rachel K. Peck. |
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Cremated.
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Robert K. Killian (1919-2005) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
15, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1967-75; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1975-79.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., June 25,
2005 (age 85 years, 283
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took
senior status 1971.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,
September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
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Herbert Stanley MacDonald (1907-1998) —
also known as Herbert S. MacDonald —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1947-48; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1957-72; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1972-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1998 (age 91 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Webster MacDonald and Bessie (Bowman) MacDonald; married,
March
2, 1933, to Margaretta Wolff Miller. |
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Adrian William Maher (1902-1985) —
also known as Adrian W. Maher —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut
Democratic state chair, 1944-45; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1945-53.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died April
15, 1985 (age 82 years, 192
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Maher and Mary F. (Mallon) Maher; married, December
31, 1928, to Rose Florence Dorgan. |
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
also known as Walter R. Mansfield —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took
senior status 1981.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of a stroke,
in Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Willard Marsden (b. 1880) —
also known as Arthur W. Marsden —
of Madison, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Westville, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
16, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1904; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Madison, 1909-10, 1913-18,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1911-12, 1919-20.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. Arthur Marsden and Katharine (Willard) Marsden; married, September
16, 1903, to Josephine Parker. |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Legislative
History and Souvenir (1909) |
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Thomas Joseph Meskill (1928-2007) —
also known as Thomas J. Meskill; "Tough
Tom" —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., January
30, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1962-64; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1967-71; defeated,
1964; Governor of
Connecticut, 1971-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1972
(delegation chair); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1975-93; took
senior status 1993.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Bethesda Memorial Hospital,
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
29, 2007 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1938-46 (New York County 10th District 1938-44,
New York County 1st District 1945-46); member of New York
state senate 20th District, 1947-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of pneumonia
at New York
Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1996 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salisbury
Cemetery, Salisbury, Conn.
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Harold M. Mulvey (1914-2000) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
5, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1963-67; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1968-84.
Member, American Bar Association.
Presided over the trial of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale.
Died, of cancer,
at Whitney Center Convalescent
Home, Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., February
27, 2000 (age 85 years, 84
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Ralph Nader (b. 1934) —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1934.
Lawyer;
university
professor; consumer advocate; candidate for President
of the United States, 1996 (Green), 2000 (Green), 2004
(Independent), 2008 (Independent).
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2020.
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis A. Pallotti (b. 1886) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
21, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1923-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1936; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1939-45; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
Italy; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Lord Perry (b. 1871) —
also known as Frederick L. Perry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., March
14, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1915-16, 1921-23;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1917-21; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Niles Perry and Fedora Elizabeth (Lord) Perry; married, October
22, 1902, to Annie Emilie Newton. |
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John Joseph Phelan (b. 1851) —
also known as John J. Phelan —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland,
June
24, 1851.
Marble and
granite dealer; lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1885-87; Supreme
Knight, Knights of Columbus, 1886-97; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1893-95.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Phelan and Catherine (White) Phelan. |
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902;
Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 11,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1880; law
professor; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1885-89.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 9,
1900 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren
Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Henry Wade Rogers (1853-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Rogers —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Holland Patent, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
10, 1853.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1913-26; died in
office 1926.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died August
16, 1926 (age 72 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Leon St. Onge (1914-1970) —
also known as William St. Onge —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., October
9, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1940-41; served in the U.S. Army
Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1948-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968;
mayor
of Putnam, Conn., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1963-70; defeated,
1960; died in office 1970.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Groton, New London
County, Conn., May 1,
1970 (age 55 years, 204
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Putnam, Conn.
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Ronald Arthur Sarasin (b. 1934) —
also known as Ronald A. Sarasin —
of Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 95th District, 1969-73; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1973-79; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1976;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1978.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Arbitration Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2000.
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Herbert Livingston Satterlee (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert L. Satterlee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary for U.S. Senator William
M. Evarts, 1887-89; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; counsel for Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad,
1898-1902; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1906-07; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Union
League; Navy
League; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1947 (age 83 years, 256
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George LeRoy Bowen Satterlee and Sarah Bradley (Wilcox) Satterlee;
married, November
15, 1909, to Louisa Pierpont Morgan (daughter of J. Pierpont
Morgan); second great-grandnephew of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Walter
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Walter Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed
of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish; fourth cousin of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr., John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Edwin Searls (b. 1846) —
also known as Charles E. Searls —
of Thompson, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., March
25, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Thompson, 1871, 1886; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1896;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar Association; Psi
Upsilon.
Interment somewhere
in Pomfret, Conn.
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Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923-2019) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 7,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-68 (28th District 1966, 26th District
1967-68); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1968; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1970-73;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1982.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 29,
2019 (age 95 years, 357
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Smith (1904-1980) —
also known as J. Joseph Smith —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
25, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1935-41; resigned
1941; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1941-60; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1960-71, 1960-71;
took senior status 1971.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
16, 1980 (age 76 years, 22
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Thomas Walter Swan (1877-1975) —
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1877.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1926-53; took
senior status 1953.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died July 13,
1975 (age 97 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
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; resigned 1930.
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: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | 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 — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | 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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Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) —
also known as Joseph E. Talbot —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., March
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1932, 1934; county
judge in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1966 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Patricia McGowan Wald (b. 1928) —
also known as Patricia Ann McGowan —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
16, 1928.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1979-.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph F. McGowan and Margaret (O'Keefe) McGowan;
married, June 22,
1952, to Robert Lewis Wald. |
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Seth Paul Waxman (b. 1951) —
also known as Seth P. Waxman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
28, 1951.
Democrat. U.S. Solicitor General, 1997-2001.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Henry Webb (b. 1854) —
also known as James H. Webb —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., December
22, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1898; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1914-22.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James J. Webb and Florilla M. (Slade) Webb; married, June 29,
1880, to Helen M. Ives. |
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