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Protestant Politicians in Connecticut
(unspecified denomination)

Hugh Henry Bownes (1920-2003) — also known as Hugh H. Bownes — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 10, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from New Hampshire, 1963; mayor of Laconia, N.H., 1963-65; superior court judge in New Hampshire, 1966-68; U.S. District Judge for New Hampshire, 1968-77; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1977-90; took senior status 1990. Protestant. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 5, 2003 (age 83 years, 240 days). Burial location unknown.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article   Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908-1987) — also known as Homer M. Byington, Jr. — of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Naples, Italy of American parents, May 31, 1908. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to Malaya, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1963-73. Protestant. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1946. Died, of a heart attack, aboard the Vista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise ship, in the North Atlantic Ocean, November 2, 1987 (age 79 years, 155 days). Interment at St. Georges Cemetery, St. Georges, Del.   Relatives: Son of Homer Morrison Byington; married to Jane Craven McHarg; great-grandson of Aaron Homer Byington.   Political family: Byington family of Norwalk, Connecticut.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Gaston (b. 1899) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., 1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; playwright; candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1948. Protestant. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Alexander Gaston.   Political family: Gaston family of Boston, Massachusetts.   Clarence Edward Gauss (1887-1960) — also known as Clarence E. Gauss — of Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1887. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1907-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1912-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1915-16; Tientsin, 1916; Amoy, 1916-19; Tsinan, 1919-23; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, 1923-24; Tsinan, 1924-26; Shanghai, 1926-27, 1935-38; Tientsin, 1927-31; Paris, 1935; U.S. Minister to Australia, 1940-41; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1941-44. Protestant. Died, following a heart attack, in a hospital at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 8, 1960 (age 73 years, 87 days). Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Herman Gauss and Emile J. (Eisenman) Gauss; married 1917 to Rebecca Louise Barker.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) — also known as Edward W. Goss — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., April 27, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928, 1932; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated, 1934. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., December 27, 1972 (age 79 years, 244 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Abbie Elizabeth Boggs.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Debby P. Sanderson (b. 1941) — of Florida. Born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn., September 28, 1941. Republican. Member of Florida state house of representatives 91st District, 1983-. Female. Protestant. Still living as of 1999.

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