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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. |
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article — NNDB
dossier |
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Congress |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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