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Herbert Stanley MacDonald (1907-1998) —
also known as Herbert S. MacDonald —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1947-48; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1957-72; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1972-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1998 (age 91 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Webster MacDonald and Bessie (Bowman) MacDonald; married,
March
2, 1933, to Margaretta Wolff Miller. |
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John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881-1960) —
also known as John Van A. MacMurray —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md.; Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., October
6, 1881.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1907-08; U.S. Minister to China, 1925-29; Estonia, 1933-36; Latvia, 1933-36; Lithuania, 1933-36; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1936-41.
Died in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
25, 1960 (age 78 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bryan Francis Mahan (1856-1923) —
also known as Bryan F. Mahan —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., May 1,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882-83; postmaster at New
London, Conn., 1894-98, 1915-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
mayor
of New London, Conn., 1903-06, 1909-12; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., November
16, 1923 (age 67 years, 199
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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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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Charles E. Mahoney (b. 1905) —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 6,
1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-48.
Burial location unknown.
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Dannel Patrick Malloy (b. 1955) —
also known as Dan Malloy —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 21,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1995-2009; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Governor
of Connecticut, 2011-; defeated in primary, 2006.
Still living as of 2017.
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William J. Malone (born c.1880) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1907-10; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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James H. Maloney (b. 1948) —
also known as Jim Maloney —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1986-95; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1997-2003;
defeated, 1994, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2003.
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Theodore Mills Maltbie (1842-1915) —
also known as Theodore M. Maltbie —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1842.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1870, 1875; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1884-85.
Died in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., November
13, 1915 (age 73 years, 197
days).
Interment at Granby Cemetery, Granby, Conn.
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William Mills Maltbie (1880-1961) —
also known as William M. Maltbie —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., March
10, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1913-14; executive
secretary to Gov. Marcus
H. Holcomb, 1915-17; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1917-25; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1925-30; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1930-50.
Died in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., December
15, 1961 (age 81 years, 280
days).
Interment at Granby Cemetery, Granby, Conn.
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Elbert Grant Manchester (1906-1995) —
also known as Elbert G. Manchester —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born October
12, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Winchester, 1939-40.
Died in Maryland, August
21, 1995 (age 88 years, 313
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Wilbur Grant Manchester (1860-1947) —
also known as Wilbur G. Manchester —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 29,
1860.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1908; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
24, 1947 (age 87 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest View Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) —
also known as E. Sumner Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
25, 1847.
Lawyer; Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1895-1919.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
1, 1923 (age 75 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
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Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) —
also known as Walter R. Mansfield —
of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took
senior status 1981.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of a stroke,
in Christchurch, New
Zealand, January
8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Markham (born c.1895) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1922; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1929-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Willard Marsden (b. 1880) —
also known as Arthur W. Marsden —
of Madison, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Westville, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
16, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1904; member
of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Madison, 1909-10, 1913-18,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1911-12, 1919-20.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. Arthur Marsden and Katharine (Willard) Marsden; married, September
16, 1903, to Josephine Parker. |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Legislative
History and Souvenir (1909) |
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Charles Marsh (1765-1849) —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., July 10,
1765.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1797-1801; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 1815-17.
Died in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., January
11, 1849 (age 83 years, 185
days).
Interment at River
Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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Edward Lea Marsh Jr. (c.1910-1996) —
also known as E. Lea Marsh, Jr. —
of Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born about 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; livestock
breeder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Old Lyme, 1937-48; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., April
21, 1996 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., April
27, 1768.
Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1802-05; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1813-17; resigned 1817; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 1848 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Mason (1730-1813) and Elizabeth (Fitch) Mason; married,
November
6, 1799, to Mary Means; third great-grandfather of John
Forbes Kerry; first cousin thrice removed of Lorin
Andrews Lathrop; third cousin of David
Hough; third cousin once removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin, Henry
Brewster Stanton, Samuel
Townsend Douglass and Silas
Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of David
Edgerton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Joshua
Perkins, Alfred
Avery Burnham, Robert
Coit Jr., Erskine
Mason Phelps, Dwight
Arthur Silliman, Henry
Woolsey Douglas and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady
Herrick, Virgil
Adolphus Fitch, Spencer
Gale Frink, William
Brainard Coit and Walter
Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jason
Kellogg, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Daniel
Cady, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Alvah
Nash; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver
Owen Forward, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Walter
Forward, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, George
Washington Adams, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Daniel
Rose Tilden, Charles
Francis Adams, Edwin
Denison Morgan, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, William
Gleason Jr. and Lucretia
Garfield. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hiram Foote Mather (1796-1868) —
also known as Hiram F. Mather —
of Elbridge, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., February
13, 1796.
Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1829-32.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 14,
1868 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick M. McCarthy (born c.1878) —
also known as Fred McCarthy —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1912,
1924,
1928;
member of Connecticut
state senate 17th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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John Jay McCloy (1895-1989) —
also known as John J. McCloy; "Chairman of the
American Establishment" —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
31, 1895.
Lawyer; banker;
president, World Bank, 1947-49; U.S. High Commissioner for the U.S.
Zone in Germany, 1949-52; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
11, 1989 (age 93 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Frank McCombs (1876-1921) —
also known as William F. McCombs —
of New York.
Born in Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark., December
26, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1912-16; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
22, 1921 (age 44 years, 58
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Anson T. McCook (c.1881-1966) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; executive secretary to Gov. Charles
A. Templeton, 1922-24; candidate for mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1922; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1924; appointed 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1934; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
12, 1966 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. McCourt (1935-2004) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., September
17, 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-67; member of Maryland
state senate District 8, 1967-70.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in 2004
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John F. McDonough (born c.1879) —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1913-14; warden
(borough president) of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1920-21.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. McGrath (born c.1879) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1913-14; candidate for mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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John P. McKinney (b. 1964) —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 6,
1964.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1999-; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Payne McLean (1857-1932) —
also known as George P. McLean —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., October
7, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1884; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1886; candidate for secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1890; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1892-96; Governor of
Connecticut, 1901-03; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1911-29.
Died, of heart
disease, in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., June 6,
1932 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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John J. McNamara —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Arthur R. McOrmond (born c.1877) —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., about 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ansonia, 1911-12; defeated,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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James R. Mead (born c.1861) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1903-04; member of
Connecticut
state senate 27th District, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley P. Mead —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Canaan, 1933-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Bradley Burr Meeker (1813-1873) —
also known as Bradley B. Meeker —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfield
County, Conn., March
13, 1813.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.
Died in 1873
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles R. Meigs (b. 1830) —
of Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Connecticut, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Wasco County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Meigs (1782-1861) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
28, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1819-21.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1861 (age 78 years, 204
days).
Original interment at St. Luke's Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah
Meigs and Clara (Benjamin) Meigs; married, February
19, 1806, to Julia Austin; father of Henry
Meigs Jr.; nephew of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; uncle of John
Forsyth Jr.; first cousin of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr.; first cousin once removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs III; second cousin of Martin
Chittenden; second cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin and Chittenden
Lyon; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Lewis Fairchild; third cousin of William
Whiting Boardman; third cousin once removed of John
Willard; third cousin twice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete and Mabel
Thorp Boardman; fourth cousin of Elijah
Hunt Mills, William
Woodbridge, Bela
Edgerton, Isaac
Backus, Heman
Ticknor, Martin
Olds, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, John
Leslie Russell, Henry
Titus Backus and Joshua
Perkins; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Chittenden, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, William
Dean Kellogg, Charles
Jenkins Hayden, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, Leslie
Wead Russell, William
Henry Bulkeley, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler, Henry
Stark Culver and Hiram
Bingham. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda;
Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
21, 1757.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; acting president,
University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14
days).
Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878
at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara
Benjamin; father of Henry
Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John
Forsyth); uncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry
Meigs Jr. and John
Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden
Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John
Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg and Charles
Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
H. Eastman, William
Fessenden Allen, Rush
Green Leaming, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, Allen
Clarence Wilcox and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas
Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | 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). |
| | | The city
of Meigs,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) —
also known as Return J. Meigs, Jr. —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
17, 1764.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Marietta,
Ohio, 1794-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804; federal
judge, 1807-08; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1808-10; Governor of
Ohio, 1810-14; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1814-23.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, March
29, 1825 (age 60 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Orsamus Cook Merrill (1775-1865) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 18,
1775.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1817-20 (at-large 1817-19, 1st
District 1819-20); delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; probate judge
in Vermont, 1822-23; Bennington
County State's Attorney, 1823-25; member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1824-27; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1839.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., April
12, 1865 (age 89 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of James Merrill and Jerusha (Seymour) Merrill; brother of Timothy
Merrill; married, August
18, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Robinson (daughter of Jonathan
Robinson); uncle of Farrand
Fassett Merrill; fourth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of Jason
Kellogg; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Silas
Dewey Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin twice removed of William
Pitt Kellogg and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Collins Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; second cousin four times removed of Irene
Ellis Murphy; third cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Thomas
Seymour, Moses
Seymour, Luther
Walter Badger, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill, Rowland
Case Kellogg, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Benjamin
Baker Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Frank
Billings Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg, Franklin
Warren Kellogg and Donald
Barr Chidsey; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Abel
Merrill, Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Stephen
Daniel Tilden, Morris
Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Seymour, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Upson, Walter
Forward and Chauncey
Forward; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Hezekiah
Case, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Calvin
Frisbie, Amaziah
Brainard, DeGrasse
Maltby, Samuel
Clement Fessenden, Henry
Taintor, Silas
Wright Jr., John
Adams Dix, Marshall
Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, David
Lowrey Seymour, John
Arnold Rockwell, Origen
Storrs Seymour, Daniel
Rose Tilden, George
Catlin Woodruff, Norman
A. Phelps, Thomas
Henry Seymour, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, John
Smith Phelps, George
Seymour, Russell
Sage, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, McNeil
Seymour, Ayres
Phillips Merrill, Lucretia
Garfield and Henry
William Seymour. |
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family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen E. Merrill (b. 1946) —
also known as Steve Merrill —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hampton, Rockingham
County, N.H., June 21,
1946.
Republican. Lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1984-89; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1993-97.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Darwin James Meserole (1868-1952) —
also known as Darwin J. Meserole —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1868.
Socialist. Stockbroker;
in June 1891, he shot
and killed Theodore W. Larbig, was arrested
and tried
for murder,
but found not guilty on ground of self-defense; lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1915; candidate
for New York
state attorney general, 1920; candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1922; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1927, 1931; candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1926; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1930, 1934, 1936; president, National
Unemployment League, which advocated public works programs to relieve
unemployment.
Died, from a heart
attack, as he was about to board the Staten Island ferry, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1952 (age 83 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Vanderbilt Meserole and Ann Sophia (Richardson) Meserole;
married, June 24,
1899, to Katherine Louise Maltby. |
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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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Augustus Samuel Miller (1847-1905) —
also known as Augustus S. Miller —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., August
13, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1889-91; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1903-05; died in office 1905.
Died, from heart
disease, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., September
26, 1905 (age 58 years, 44
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Phineas Miner (1777-1839) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
27, 1777.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1809, 1811, 1813-14, 1816, 1827,
1829, 1835; member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1830-31; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1834-35; probate judge
in Connecticut, 1838.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., September
15, 1839 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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William Thomas Minor (1815-1889) —
also known as William T. Minor —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
3, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 12th District, 1854; Governor of
Connecticut, 1855-57; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1864.
Died October
13, 1889 (age 74 years, 10
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Charles F. Mitchell (born c.1886) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1911-12; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold E. Mitchell —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1937-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948;
Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Milo A. Mitchell (born c.1906) —
of Riverside, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1939-50.
Burial location unknown.
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John Stephen Monagan (1911-2005) —
also known as John S. Monagan —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; author; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1943-47; defeated, 1947; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1959-73; defeated,
1942, 1972.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2005 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz (1898-1971) —
also known as B. J. Monkiewicz —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.; Kensington, Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
8, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1939-41, 1943-45;
defeated, 1940, 1944; circuit judge in Connecticut, 1961-68.
Died in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., July 2,
1971 (age 72 years, 328
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Leonard Page Moore (1898-1982) —
also known as Leonard P. Moore —
of New York.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 2,
1898.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1953-57; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1957-71; took
senior status 1971; senior judge, 1971-82.
Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
7, 1982 (age 84 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Moore (b. 1830) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Connecticut, 1830.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1862-63; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1866, 1871.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Gould Morris (1871-1961) —
also known as Charles G. Morris —
of Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Westville, Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; milk dealer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Newtown, 1919-20; defeated,
1920; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1924, 1926, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; United
World Federalists; Freemasons.
Died in 1961
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Zoar Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.
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Luzon Burritt Morris (1827-1895) —
also known as Luzon B. Morris —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
16, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870, 1876, 1880-81;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1857-63; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1874; Governor of
Connecticut, 1893-95; defeated, 1888, 1890.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
August
22, 1895 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at Zoar Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.
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Bruce Andrew Morrison (b. 1944) —
also known as Bruce A. Morrison —
of Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
8, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1983-91.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jonathan Ogden Moseley (1762-1838) —
also known as Jonathan O. Moseley —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 9,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1794-1804; Middlesex
County State's Attorney, 1801-05; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1805-21 (5th District 1805-07,
at-large 1807-09, 4th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-21).
Slaveowner.
Died September
9, 1838 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius A. Moylan (1898-1946) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
23, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1939-40; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died, following an abdominal
operation, in St. Francis Hospital,
Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
24, 1946 (age 48 years, 335
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne M. Durkin. |
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Harold M. Mulvey (1914-2000) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
5, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1963-67; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1968-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presided over the trial of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale.
Died, of cancer,
at Whitney Center Convalescent
Home, Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., February
27, 2000 (age 85 years, 84
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Christopher S. Murphy (b. 1973) —
of Southington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Cheshire, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
3, 1973.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 81st District, 1999-2003; member
of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 2003-06; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank A. Murphy (born c.1894) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1939-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Murphy (1905-1995) —
also known as Thomas F. Murphy —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
3, 1905.
Lawyer; assistant U.S. Attorney; lead prosecutor in two
perjury trials of accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss, 1949-50; Police
Commissioner, New York City, 1950-51; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1951-70;
took senior status 1970.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in a nursing
home at Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
26, 1995 (age 89 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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