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Carl Richard Ajello (b. 1932) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn., August
22, 1932.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1963-75; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1975-83.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Rotary; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Hugh 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.
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Ward Tiffany Alling (b. 1887) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 27,
1887.
Republican. Merchant;
member, Alling Rubber Company; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1931.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur Sidney Alling and Mary Elizabeth (Tiffany) Alling; married,
January
27, 1912, to Mary Scott Hull; married, February
6, 1916, to Emily Glass Coote. |
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William Perry Barber (1907-1984) —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., May 6,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Putnam, Conn., 1940; member of Connecticut
state senate 28th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1964.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in July, 1984
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Barber and Elvira A. Barber. |
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Allen F. Behnke (1916-1991) —
of Addison, Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn.; Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.; Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born May 6,
1916.
Republican. Salesman;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Glastonbury, 1939-42; served
in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
service station manager.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., September
23, 1991 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish
and German
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) —
also known as Frank P. Corrigan —
of Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1881.
Physician;
surgeon;
U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Assisted with the first
modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic.
Died, in St. Joseph's Manor home
for the aged, Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1968 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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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.
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John Noel Dempsey (1915-1989) —
also known as John N. Dempsey —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Cahir, County Tiperary, Ireland,
January
3, 1915.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1949-53; mayor of
Putnam, Conn., 1949-57; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1959-61; Governor of
Connecticut, 1961-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary; Elks; Foresters.
Died July 16,
1989 (age 74 years, 194
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Putnam, Conn.
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Frank Francis Fasi (b. 1920) —
also known as Frank F. Fasi —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
27, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; candidate for Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Hawaii Territory, 1952-56; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1959; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Hawaii, 1962 (Democratic primary), 2003
(Republican); mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969-81, 1985-94; defeated, 1952 (Democratic
primary), 1954 (Democratic), 1960 (Democratic), 1980 (Democratic);
resigned 1994; defeated, 1996 (Republican), 2000 (Republican);
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1978 (Democratic primary),
1982, 1994, 1998 (Republican primary).
Catholic.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Rotary; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carmelo Fasi and Josephine (Lupo) Fasi; married, May 25,
1958, to Joyce Miyeku Kono. |
| | | Cross-reference: Mason
Altiery |
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Leland F. Ferry (b. 1900) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.; West Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
12, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
criminal court judge in New Jersey, 1936-44; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fairchild N. Ferry and Clara B. Ferry; married to Lois A.
Curtis. |
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Attilio R. Frassinelli (1907-1976) —
of Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Stafford Springs, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., August
7, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1947-53; first
selectman of Stafford, Connecticut, 1950; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1967-71.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1976
(age about
68 years).
Interment at St.
Edward's Cemetery, Stafford Springs, Stafford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Frassinelli and Josephine (Dell'Agnese) Frassinelli;
married to Mildred M. McLagan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas J. Herlihy —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. School
teacher; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 16th District; elected 1996;
member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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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.
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Eugene W. Latimer (b. 1887) —
of South Coventry, Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn., July 23,
1887.
Republican. Grain and coal
dealer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1930; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Coventry, 1937-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 35th District, 1943-46.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Latimer and H. A. (Richmond) Latimer. |
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Edwin Hyland May Jr. (1924-2002) —
also known as Edwin H. May, Jr. —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., May 28,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1957-59; defeated,
1958; Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1958-62; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 1st District,
1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1968.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wethersfield
Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Conn.
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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.
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Stewart Brett McKinney (1931-1987) —
also known as Stewart B. McKinney —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
30, 1931.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1971-87; died in
office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972.
Bisexual.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Died, from acquired immune
deficiency syndrome, Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1987 (age 56 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married, October
2, 1954, to Lucy Cunningham; father of John
P. McKinney. |
| | | The Stewart B. McKinney Transportation
Center (built 1987), in Stamford,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — The Stewart B. McKinney National
Wildlife Refuge (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife
Refuge; renamed 1987), in Fairfield,
New
Haven, and Middlesex
counties, Connecticut, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Jennings Miller (1899-1950) —
also known as William J. Miller —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
12, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1939-41, 1943-45,
1947-49; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Injured in an airplane crash in 1918 and lost both
legs.
Died in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., November
22, 1950 (age 51 years, 255
days).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Waterford, Conn.
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Bertram Oldroyd Moody (b. 1891) —
also known as Bertram O. Moody —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
5, 1891.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ernest Moody and Grace (Oldroyd) Moody; married, September
16, 1914, to Greta Covil Gordon. |
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William Jamieson Pape (b. 1873) —
also known as William J. Pape —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Liverpool, England,
December
1, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Pape and Martha (Burnett) Pape; married, September
14, 1898, to Julia E. F. Bolton. |
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William R. Peterson (1894-1992) —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 8,
1894.
Republican. Petroleum
distributor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Portland, 1939-43; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1947-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in a nursing
home at Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
11, 1992 (age 98 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Olaf Frederick Peterson and Sophie Christine (Johnson) Peterson;
married, September
16, 1916, to Clara Amelie Bergeson. |
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Winthrop Smith Jr. —
also known as Win Smith, Jr. —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1993-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Kevin B. Sullivan —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2004.
Member, Rotary; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2004.
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Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) —
also known as Joseph E. Talbot —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., March
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1932, 1934; county
judge in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1966 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Oscar Durland Tuthill (1877-1936) —
also known as Oscar D. Tuthill —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1877.
Republican. Dairy
business; first
selectman of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1921-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Redmen;
Rotary.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Briarcliff, N.Y., and died three days later, in
Ossining Hospital,
Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
29, 1936 (age 59 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married to Jane Sherman. |
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Ira R. Wildman (1850-1939) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
3, 1850.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1910.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
31, 1939 (age 88 years, 362
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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