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Dean Acheson 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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Campion Acheson and Eleanor Gertrude (Gooderham) Acheson; married, May 5, 1917, to Alice Caroline Stanley; father of David Campion Acheson.
  Cross-reference: Lucius D. Battle — Francis E. Meloy, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Dean Acheson: Present at the Creation : My Years in the State Department (1969)
  Books about Dean Acheson: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made — Robert L. Beisner, Dean Acheson : A Life in the Cold War
  Image source: Christian Science Monitor, September 25, 2010
Joseph A. Adorno 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.
  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
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (wells) Alcorn; brother of Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr.; married, October 28, 1927, to Bertha Eloise Pinney.
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Glen Alcorn and Susan (Ford) Alcorn; married, June 28, 1900, to Cora Terry Wells; father of Howard Wells Alcorn and Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr..
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Mead Alcorn and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn; brother of Howard Wells Alcorn; married, October 21, 1933, to Janet Hoffer; married, April 14, 1955, to Marcia Elizabeth Powell.
  Political family: Alcorn family of Suffield, Connecticut.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie" Anderson; married, April 10, 1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan.
  See also federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Vincent Arpaia and Carolyn (de Rubbe) Arpaia; married, December 10, 1940, to Charlotte Bergen.
  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.
  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.
John M. Bailey 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.
  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)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Lucian Earl Baldwin and Sarah Emily (Tyler) Baldwin; married, June 29, 1922, to Edith V. Lindholm.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Heman H. Barbour and Frances Emma Barbour; married, September 1, 1891, to Lillian Clayton.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September 7, 1904, to Mabel Ross.
William L. Beers 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.
  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
  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.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Married, December 10, 1930, to Grace Robinson Gaylord.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke; married, July 18, 1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Calvin Burrows and Lucy Agnes (Booth) Burrows; married, January 22, 1916, to Emily Avery Copp.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4, 1910, to Emily Joslyn.
  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.
  See also federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Orman Clark and Pauline C. (Marquard) Clark; married, October 9, 1915, to Dorothy E. Gregory.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen; married, August 25, 1931, to Pauline Kaufman.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Conkling Coxe and Maryette (Doolittle) Coxe; married, October 11, 1913, to Helen P. Emery; grandson of Charles Hutchins Doolittle; grandnephew of Frederick Augustus Conkling and Roscoe Conkling; great-grandson of Alfred Conkling; first cousin once removed of Alfred Ronalds Conkling and Howard Conkling.
  Political family: Conkling-Seymour family of Utica, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Homer S. Cummings 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.
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Richard Daly and Catherine (Deegan) Daly; married, November 7, 1927, to Viola Shea.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen J. (Ryan) Danaher; brother of Francis R. Danaher; married, February 3, 1921, to Dorothy King.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas J. Dodd 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.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas J. Dodd and Abigail (O'Sullivan) Dodd; married, May 19, 1934, to Mary Grace Murphy; father of Christopher John Dodd.
  Political family: Dodd family of Norwich, Connecticut.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953
  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.
  Relatives: Nephew of Howard Alexander Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Anthony Fabisinski and Julia (Radomski) Fabisinski; married, June 8, 1915, to Claude Meck Kirkpatrick.
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon; married 1889 to Elizabeth L. Lang.
William L. Hadden 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.
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Hadley and Martha (McCoy) Hadley; married, June 1, 1887, to Lavalette Cross.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Presumably named for: John Marshall
  Relatives: Son of John Maynard Harlan and Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg) Harlan; married, November 10, 1928, to Ethel (Andrews) Murphy; nephew of James S. Harlan; grandson of John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911); great-grandson of James Harlan; first cousin once removed of James Harlan Cleveland; second cousin of James Harlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin once removed of Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Michael Boudin
  See also NNDB dossier
  Books about John Marshall Harlan: Tinsley E. Yarbrough, John Marshall Harlan : Great Dissenter of the Warren Court
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Werter Chapin Higgins and Grace Agnes (Taintor) Higgins; married, September 21, 1904, to Alice May Neff.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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.
  Cross-reference: Thomas A. Aurelio — Bert Stand
William B. Hornblower 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.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Hornblower and Matilda (Butler) Hornblower; married, April 26, 1882, to Susan Craney Sanford; married, January 31, 1894, to Emily Allis (Sanford) Nelson; nephew of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff) and Mary Hornblower (who married Joseph Philo Bradley); grandson of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; great-grandson of Josiah Hornblower.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Patrick Hurley and Margaret (Shea) Hurley; married, July 6, 1935, to Maura E. Earls.
  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.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls; married, December 12, 1942, to Dorothy M. Joggerst.
  The George L. Ingalls Pump-Generating Plant, at the NYPA's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in North Blenheim, New York, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Joseph Jennings and Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings; married, June 28, 1910, to Rachel K. Peck.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes; nephew of Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr.; third great-grandson of Moore Furman; fourth great-grandnephew of John Imlay; first cousin of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III; first cousin five times removed of James Henderson Imlay.
  Political family: Katzenbach family of New Jersey.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Nicholas de B. Katzenbach: Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ (2008)
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married, September 4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Webster MacDonald and Bessie (Bowman) MacDonald; married, March 2, 1933, to Margaretta Wolff Miller.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward J. Maher and Mary F. (Mallon) Maher; married, December 31, 1928, to Rose Florence Dorgan.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick William Mansfield and Helena E. (Roe) Mansfield; married, January 17, 1947, to Gertrude Rient.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Arthur W. Marsden 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.
  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)
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Grady.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Nadra or Nathra Nader and Rose (Bouziane) Nader.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Ralph Nader: Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President (2002) — The Seventeen Traditions (2007)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr. Sarah Allen Baldwin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Niles Perry and Fedora Elizabeth (Lord) Perry; married, October 22, 1902, to Annie Emilie Newton.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Phelan and Catherine (White) Phelan.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Benjamin Clark Phelps and Sarah Parker (Humphrey) Phelps; married, October 19, 1881, to Leila Loomis Bill; married, March 28, 1900, to Elsie Edith Sykes; second cousin four times removed of Jonathan Ingersoll and Jared Ingersoll; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Edward John Phelps 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.
  Relatives: Son of Frances (Shurtleff) Phelps and Samuel Shethar Phelps; married to Mary Haight.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Primm Rankin and Lois Cornelia (Gable) Rankin; married 1931 to Gertrude Louise Carpenter.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William A. St. Onge and Alma (Desautels) St. Onge; married, September 15, 1945, to Dorothy Hughes.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  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.
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Married, October 8, 1902, to Sarah Alice Fell.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Whitney North Seymour and Lola (Vickers) Seymour.
  Cross-reference: M. Blane Michael
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Emile Smith and Margaret Loretta (Dunn) Smith; married, August 16, 1939, to Eleanor M. Murnane.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  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.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
William H. Taft 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.
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Married, August 11, 1930, to Grace Cleary.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Daughter of Joseph F. McGowan and Margaret (O'Keefe) McGowan; married, June 22, 1952, to Robert Lewis Wald.
  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.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James J. Webb and Florilla M. (Slade) Webb; married, June 29, 1880, to Helen M. Ives.
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