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  Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr. (1907-1992) — also known as H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. — of Suffield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., October 20, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Suffield, 1937-42; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1941-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1940 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952 (Honorary Vice-President), 1956, 1960; Hartford County State's Attorney, 1942-48; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1948; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1948-57; member of Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-61; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1957-59; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Sons of Union Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Grange. Died, from a stroke, in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., January 13, 1992 (age 84 years, 85 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, Conn.
  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
  Devere Allen (1891-1955) — of Wilton, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., June 24, 1891. Editor for various publications, including The Nation; overseas correspondent for newspapers and magazines; author; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1932, 1934; Labor candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1938, 1940. Member, War Resisters League; League for Industrial Democracy; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Federation of Teachers; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in a hospital at Westerly, Washington County, R.I., August 27, 1955 (age 64 years, 64 days). Interment at Wheeler Cemetery, North Stonington, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry L. Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Champlin) Allen; married, August 22, 1917, to Marie Hollister.
  See also Wikipedia article
  William A. Aniskovich (b. 1963) — of Branford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 8, 1963. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 12th District, 1991-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2004. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2004.
  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
  George A. Athanson (1927-2000) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born August 26, 1927. Democrat. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1971-81; defeated in primary, 1981. Greek ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died January 9, 2000 (age 72 years, 136 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Morgan Ayres (1881-1948) — also known as Harry M. Ayres — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Montclair Heights, Montclair, Essex County, N.J., October 6, 1881. Democrat. University professor; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Westport, 1923-24. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Modern Language Association. Died November 20, 1948 (age 67 years, 45 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Morgan Willcox Ayres and Sarah Ella (Roe) Ayres; married, June 6, 1905, to Amy Wentworth Sawyer.
  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
  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.
  Audrey Phillips Beck (1931-1983) — also known as Audrey P. Beck; Audrey Elaine Phillips — of Storrs, Mansfield, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., August 6, 1931. Democrat. University professor; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1967-75; member of Connecticut state senate, 1975-83. Female. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Killed herself by slashing her wrists, in a wooded area of Willington, Tolland County, Conn., March 9, 1983 (age 51 years, 215 days). Interment at New Storrs Cemetery, Storrs, Mansfield, Conn.
  Relatives: Daughter of Gilbert W. Phillips and Mary Elizabeth (Reilly) Phillps; married to Curt Frederic Beck.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) — also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack Bingham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York state senate 29th District, 1958; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73, 22nd District 1973-83). Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Americans for Democratic Action; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1986 (age 72 years, 70 days). Interment at Woodbridge Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham and Hiram Bingham; brother of Hiram Bingham Jr. and Alfred Mitchell Bingham; married 1939 to June Rossbach; third cousin twice removed of Bela Edgerton and Heman Ticknor; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Peck Edgerton and Joseph Ketchum Edgerton.
  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 — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Blumenthal (b. 1946) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 13, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; aide in the White House of President Richard Nixon, 1969-70; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, 1974-75; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, 1975-76; U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, 1977-81; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1984-87; member of Connecticut state senate, 1987-90; Connecticut state attorney general, 1991-2010; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1996, 2004, 2008; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 2011-. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2018.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Joseph Arthur Burr (1850-1915) — also known as Joseph A. Burr — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 11, 1850. Republican. Lawyer; Corporation Counsel, city of Brooklyn, 1896-97; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1904-15; appointed 1904; died in office 1915; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1909. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the Revolution; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1915 (age 64 years, 219 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Arthur Burr and Harriet (Nash) Burr; married to Ella A. Dawson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Walter Haven Clark (1872-1939) — also known as Walter H. Clark — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., January 20, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1905-06; Judge, Hartford Police Court, 1908-13; probate judge, 1921-39. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died October 20, 1939 (age 67 years, 273 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Mahlon Newcomb Clark and Mary Alice (Haven) Clark; married 1902 to Julia Ellen Gilman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
Fred P. Corson Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) — also known as Fred P. Corson — of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pa. Born in Millville, Cumberland County, N.J., April 11, 1896. Methodist minister; president, Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia, 1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948, 1952; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Union League; Rotary; Kappa Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage after a fall, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to Frances Blount Beaman.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Dickinson College
  Kenneth Frank Cramer (1894-1954) — also known as Kenneth F. Cramer — of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y., October 3, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wethersfield, 1929-32; member of Connecticut state senate, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1936; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, American Legion; Purple Heart; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the War of 1812; Sons of Union Veterans; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died, from a heart attack, while hunting, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, February 20, 1954 (age 59 years, 140 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Henry Cramer and Stella Sophia (Brown) Cramer; married, January 3, 1920, to Ruth Rose Fuller.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) — also known as Wilbur L. Cross — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Mansfield, Tolland County, Conn., April 10, 1862. Democrat. University professor; Governor of Connecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1946. Member, American Philosophical Society; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Society of Colonial Wars. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., October 5, 1948 (age 86 years, 178 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Cross and Harriet M. (Gurley) Cross; married, July 17, 1889, to Helen B. Avery.
  Wilbur Cross Parkway (built 1939-47), in New Haven County, Connecticut, is named for him.  — Wilbur L. Cross Elementary School, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is named for him.
  Personal motto: "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — 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
  George Allan England (b. 1877) — also known as George A. England — of Maine; Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Born in Fort McPherson, Lincoln County, Neb., February 9, 1877. Socialist. Author; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1908; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1912. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. George Allen England and Hannah Pearl (Lyon) England.
  Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) — also known as Jerome Frank — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 10, 1889. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in office 1957. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Frank and Clara (New) Frank; married, July 18, 1914, to Florence Kiper.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Ella Tambussi Grasso (1919-1981) — also known as Ella T. Grasso; Ella Rose Tambussi — of Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Conn., May 10, 1919. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1953-57; member of Democratic National Committee from Connecticut, 1956-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1956 (alternate), 1960, 1968; co-chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, co-chair, 1964, co-chair, 1968; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1959-71; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District, 1965; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1971-75; Governor of Connecticut, 1975-80; resigned 1980. Female. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Association of University Women; League of Women Voters; Phi Beta Kappa. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981; inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., February 5, 1981 (age 61 years, 271 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Conn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — National Women's Hall of Fame
  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.
  Alex A. Knopp — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1987-2000; mayor of Norwalk, Conn., 2001-05; defeated, 2005. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2005.
  See also Wikipedia article
John Davis Lodge John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Washington, D.C., October 20, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952 (speaker), 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed while finishing a speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge and Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge; brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.; married, July 6, 1929, to Francesca Braggiotti (brother of Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti); aunt of Constance Lodge (who married Augustus Peabody Gardner); uncle of George Cabot Lodge; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge and John Davis (1851-1902); grandnephew of Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924); great-grandson of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-grandnephew of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second great-grandson of Elijah Hunt Mills and John Davis (1787-1854); second great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen and George Bancroft; third great-grandson of George Cabot and Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804); first cousin once removed of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen and William Amory Gardner Minot; first cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis; second cousin of Henry Osborne Havemeyer Frelinghuysen and Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr.; second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen; second cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston Davis and Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen; third cousin once removed of Livingston Davis; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; fourth cousin once removed of John Lee Saltonstall.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Campaign slogan (1950): "The Man You Can Believe."
  Campaign slogan (1954): "The Man Who Gets Things Done."
  Epitaph: "To be useful to our fellow man is a noble aspiration. A life of service is still a life well spent."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950
  Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington County, R.I., October 1, 1890. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in a nursing home at Adelphi, Prince George's County, Md., January 15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh; married, August 17, 1917, to Margaret Charlton Lewis; married 1955 to Virginia (Ferrante) Coats; grandson of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh; grandnephew of Franklin MacVeagh.
  Political family: MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) — also known as James L. McConaughy — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 21, 1887. Republican. College professor; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944; Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948. Member, Rotary; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died March 7, 1948 (age 60 years, 138 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known as Blair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 13, 1902. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952 (chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart ailment and pneumonia, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 20, 1954 (age 52 years, 157 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Father of Blair Moody Jr..
  Cross-reference: Billie S. Farnum
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert Moses (1888-1981) — also known as "The Great Builder" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 18, 1888. Republican. Secretary of state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938; as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and public housing. Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of heart disease, in West Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29, 1981 (age 92 years, 223 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; statue at Village Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Emanuel Moses and Isabella C. Moses; married, August 15, 1915, to Mary Louise Sims.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Robert Moses: Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York — Hugh Brogan, All Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J. Daley
  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)
Charles Hine Nettleton Charles Hine Nettleton (b. 1850) — of Shelton, Fairfield County, Conn.; Derby, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., June 29, 1850. Warden (borough president) of Shelton, Connecticut, 1882-83; president, New Haven Gas Light Company; president, Birmingham National Bank; general manager, Birmingham Water Company. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Union League; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Nettleton and Ellen (Hine) Nettleton; married, November 11, 1874, to Katharine Arold.
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  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
  Odell Shepard — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born near Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Ill. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) — also known as "The Father of Texas Medicine" — of Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C.; Galveston, Galveston County, Tex.; Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 13, 1805. Democrat. Physician; Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to England and France, 1842-44; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1845; negotiated the Smith-Cuevas treaty in 1845, in which Mexico recognized Texas independence; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872, 1876 (member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Slaveowner. Died in Baytown, Harris County, Tex., January 21, 1886 (age 80 years, 161 days). Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Moses Smith and Phebe (Adams) Smith.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Wilbert Snow (1884-1977) — also known as C. Wilbert Snow — of Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in White Head Island, Knox County, Maine, April 6, 1884. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1945-46; Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; American Legion. Died September 28, 1977 (age 93 years, 175 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  George H. Taylor Jr. (1873-1958) — of Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Westport, Fairfield County, Conn., 1873. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1911; Justice of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1923-43; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1940. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Injured in a fall at home, and died two weeks later, in Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y., November 18, 1958 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George H. Taylor and Elizabeth (Newlin) Taylor.
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