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George Francis Booth (1870-1955) —
also known as George F. Booth —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
11, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944.
Congregationalist
or Unitarian.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., September
1, 1955 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Booth and Eliza (Jackson) Booth; married, November
18, 1896, to Minnie L. Welles. |
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Chester Bliss Bowles (1901-1986) —
also known as Chester Bowles —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1949-51; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1951-53, 1963-69; Nepal, 1951-53; , 1961-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1959-61; author.
Unitarian. Member, Urban
League; Grange;
Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., May 25,
1986 (age 85 years, 50
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Volney Byron Cushing (1856-1930) —
also known as Volney B. Cushing —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine, January
31, 1856.
Hatter; minister;
lecturer;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1888; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1890, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (20th District), 1916 (19th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1915; hotel
manager.
Unitarian.
Died in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
23, 1930 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Wilton, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Cushing and Eunice Colby (Dorr) Cushing; married, January
19, 1886, to Nellie M. Pearson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Prohibition Party
National Committee |
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Mary Ann Handley —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1997-.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Edwin Holmes (1809-1863) —
also known as John E. Holmes —
of Jefferson, Jefferson
County, Wis.
Born in Glastonbury, Hartford
County, Conn., December
28, 1809.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; lawyer; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1847-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1848-50; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1853; served
in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Universalist.
Taken prisoner by Confederate
forces in March 1863; while captive, became seriously ill from an unspecified
disease; released as part of a prisoner exchange, and died three
days later, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., May 8,
1863 (age 53 years, 131
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Wis.
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Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. Hopkins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1845.
School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80;
candidate for village
president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of
Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Mount Pleasant Sugar
Company; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),
1914 (Progressive).
Unitarian. English
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., August
20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Nancy Lee Johnson (b. 1935) —
also known as Nancy L. Johnson; Nancy Elizabeth
Lee —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1935.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1977-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1980,
2008
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1983-2006 (6th District
1983-2003, 5th District 2003-06).
Female.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Thomas King (1867-1956) —
also known as Henry T. King —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1918-19, 1922-23; defeated, 1919.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., July 28,
1956 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives:
Married, November
28, 1894, to Josephiine Morse; married to Stella B. Miller;
father of Henry T. King, Jr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Meriden Municipal
Register 1919 |
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Joseph Edward Lumbard (1901-1999) —
also known as J. Edward Lumbard —
of New York; Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1947; defeated, 1947; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-55; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-71; took
senior status 1971.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., June 3,
1999 (age 97 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Edward Lumbard and Martha Louise (Meier) Lumbard; married,
September
4, 1929, to Polly Poindexter. |
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;
superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,
1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Taft
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington
National Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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