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Emilio Quincy Daddario (1918-2010) —
also known as Emilio Q. Daddario —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
24, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1946-48; municipal judge in Connecticut,
1948-50; major in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1959-71; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 7,
2010 (age 91 years, 286
days).
Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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David Daggett (1764-1851) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1764.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-96, 1805; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1794-96; member
of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1797-1804, 1809-13; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1813-19; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1826-34; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1828-30.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
12, 1851 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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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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B. Fred Damiani (1910-1969) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
17, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1945-46.
Died in July, 1969
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aristide Damiani and Carmela V. Damiani. |
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Judah Dana (1772-1845) —
of Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., April
25, 1772.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oxford
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1805-11; probate judge in Maine,
1811-22; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1834; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1836-37.
Died in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, December
27, 1845 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Fryeburg
Village Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine.
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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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Abraham Davenport (1715-1789) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 6,
1715.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-83.
Famed for his decisive response during the "Dark Day," May 19, 1780,
when all-day darkness in New England led many to think that the end
of the world was at hand. In the state council meeting in Hartford,
he said, "I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is either
approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an
adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish
therefore that candles may be brought." John
Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about this incident in 1866; John
F. Kennedy referenced Davenport's actions in speeches during the
1960 presidential campaign.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
20, 1789 (age 74 years, 167
days).
Interment at Northfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Davenport (1669-1731) and Elizabeth (Morris) Davenport;
married, November
16, 1750, to Elizabeth Huntington; married, August
8, 1776, to Martha (Coggeshall) Fitch; father of John
Davenport (1752-1830) and James
Davenport; grandfather of Theodore
Davenport; granduncle of Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837); great-granduncle of Thaddeus
Betts; second great-granduncle of Joseph
Pomeroy Root; fourth great-granduncle of Alfred
Collins Lockwood; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kitchell; second cousin thrice removed of Edward
Green Bradford; second cousin four times removed of Elias
Mulford Condit and Edward
Green Bradford II; second cousin five times removed of Isaac
Edwin Mansfield, Frank
L. Stiles, John
Henry Blakeslee, George
Newbury Blakeslee, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Stamford Historical
Society |
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James Davenport (1758-1797) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
12, 1758.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1785; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1790-96; common pleas court judge in
Connecticut, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1796-97; died in office
1797.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
3, 1797 (age 38 years, 295
days).
Interment at Northfield Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham
Davenport (1715-1789) and Elizabeth (Huntington) Davenport;
brother of John
Davenport; married, May 7,
1777, to Abigail Fitch; married, November
6, 1790, to Mehitable Coggeshall; uncle of Theodore
Davenport; first cousin of Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; first cousin once removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837) and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Thaddeus
Betts; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Pomeroy Root; first cousin five times removed of Alfred
Collins Lockwood and Randolph
Appleton Kidder; second cousin of Aaron
Burr, Theodore
Dwight, Abel
Huntington and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; second cousin once removed of Samuel
Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Huntington and Roger
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin four times removed of John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Aaron
Kitchell, Joshua
Coit, Samuel
H. Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Zina
Hyde Jr., Charles
Robert Sherman, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Elisha
Mills Huntington and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin twice removed of William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, John
Hall Brockway, Henry
Titus Backus, Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, Edward
Green Bradford, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, Ulysses
Simpson Grant, John
Sherman, Robert
Coit Jr., Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Abial
Lathrop, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925) and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, Matthew
Griswold, George
Douglas Perkins, Elias
Mulford Condit, Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Edward
Green Bradford II, Frederick
Dent Grant, Ulysses
Simpson Grant Jr., William
Barret Ridgely, Charles
Edward Hyde, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Herman
Arod Gager, William
Brainard Coit, John
Sedgwick Hyde, Edward
Warden Hyde, John
Leffingwell Randolph, George
Leffingwell Reed and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Charles
Phelps Huntington, Jairus
Case, John
Arnold Rockwell, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning
family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen Brooks Davis Jr. (1874-1933) —
also known as Stephen B. Davis, Jr. —
of New Mexico.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
18, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1912-13; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1921; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1922.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., February
23, 1933 (age 58 years, 97
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Las Vegas, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Brooks Davis. |
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James F. Dawson —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1964-65.
Still living as of 1965.
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David Sheldon Day (1880-1962) —
also known as David S. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., September
8, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; vice-president, Bridgeport Storage
Warehouse Co.; secretary and director, Bead Chain Manufacturing
Co.; director, Bridgeport Gas
Light Co.; director, American Fabrics
Co.; director and member executive committee, Bridgeport Hospital;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1905-06.
Died September
2, 1962 (age 81 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Edward Marvin Day (1872-1947) —
also known as Edward M. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Colchester, 1897-98.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1947
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Erastus Sheldon Day (1836-1921) —
also known as Erastus S. Day —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., July 7,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Colchester Railway;
director, Colchester Wheel Company; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1862, 1864, 1874; probate judge
in Connecticut, 1880; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1886-90; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Consul in Bradford, 1897-1909.
Congregationalist.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., August
30, 1921 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Robert G. DeForest (b. 1878) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, August
7, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander L. DeLaney (born c.1878) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 22nd District, 1919-22; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Champion Deming (1815-1872) —
also known as Henry C. Deming —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., May 23,
1815.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1859-61; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1861; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1851; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1854-58, 1860-62; resigned 1862; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1863-67; defeated,
1866.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
8, 1872 (age 57 years, 138
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Richard H. Deming (born c.1886) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1915-16;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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William N. DeRosier (born c.1897) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., about 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Salvator D'Esopo (born c.1880) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Italy,
about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1909-10; candidate
for Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1918.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond J. Devlin (1898-1986) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1929-31; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1964.
Died in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., 1986
(age about
87 years).
Interment somewhere
in New Haven, Conn.
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John B. Dillon (born c.1883) —
of Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shelton, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Shelton, 1915-18; member of
Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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James Dixon (1814-1873) —
of Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
5, 1814.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1845-49; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1849, 1854; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1857-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March
27, 1873 (age 58 years, 234
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Christopher John Dodd (b. 1944) —
also known as Christopher J. Dodd; Chris
Dodd —
of North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.; Norwich, New London
County, Conn.; East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn., May 27,
1944.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1975-81; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1995-97; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Joseph H. Donnelly —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1939-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome Francis Donovan (1872-1949) —
also known as Jerome F. Donovan; Jeremiah F.
Donovan —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
1, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1901-02; defeated,
1902; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1918-21; defeated,
1920.
Died in Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1949 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Donald T. Dorsey (1923-1999) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., August
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1968-71; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1972-93.
Died, in the Midstate Medical
Center, Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., November
27, 1999 (age 76 years, 101
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Dorsey and Theresa Dorsey; married to Katherine
Gaffey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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John Watkinson Douglass (1827-1909) —
also known as John W. Douglass —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
25, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
19th Pennsylvania District, 1862-69; U.S. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, 1871-75; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1889-93; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1889-93.
Died in Kent, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
21, 1909 (age 81 years, 300
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Watkinson) Douglass and Joseph Mullen Douglass; married to
Margaret Lyon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Margaret Connors Driscoll (c.1915-2000) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1944; juvenile
court judge in Connecticut, 1959-78; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1978-85.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died May 16,
2000 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Trumbull, Conn.
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) —
also known as Edward F. Dunne —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waterville, Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois, 1892-1905;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1905-07; defeated, 1907, 1911; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Illinois, 1913-17; defeated, 1916.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died May 24,
1937 (age 83 years, 224
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Henry Dutton (1796-1869) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
12, 1796.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1849; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1850; Governor of
Connecticut, 1854-55.
Died April
26, 1869 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
15, 1764.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1806-07; member of
Connecticut
council of assistants, 1809-15.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1846 (age 81 years, 179
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dwight and Mary (Edwards) Dwight; married to Abigail
Alsop; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; third great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin of Aaron
Burr and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; second cousin of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; second cousin once removed of Theodore
Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; second cousin five times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; third cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge and Greene
Carrier Bronson; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge and Elisha
Hunt Allen; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, William
Chapman Williston, William
Fessenden Allen, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Edward
Williams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, Maurice
Lauchlin Wright, George
Landon Ingraham, George
Williston Nash, Charles
Dunsmore Millard, Franklin
Clark Pomeroy and Blanche
M. Woodward; fourth cousin of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Morris
Woodruff, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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