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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in the District of Columbia

Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903-1995) — also known as Philip W. Bonsal — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 22, 1903. Executive in overseas telephone companies; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1938; U.S. Consul in Madrid, as of 1947; Barcelona, as of 1947; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1955-57; Bolivia, 1957-59; Cuba, 1959-60; Morocco, 1961-62. Died, while ill with pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., June 28, 1995 (age 92 years, 37 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Bonsal and Henrietta (Morris) Bonsal; married, April 10, 1929, to Margaret Lockett; first cousin of Francis White.   Political family: Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Philip W. Bonsal: Cuba, Castro, and the United States (1971)   George Gregg Fuller (1886-1973) — of Alexandria, Va. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., October 29, 1886. Officer of telephone companies, 1910-13; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; U.S. Vice Consul in Oslo, 1920-21; Trondheim, 1921; Malmo, 1921; Reval, 1921-22; Jerusalem, 1923; Bushire, 1923-24; Teheran, 1924-26; Berlin, 1926-27; U.S. Consul in Niagara Falls, 1927-28; Kingston, 1928-33; Winnipeg, as of 1938-43; Saint John, as of 1943-44; Antwerp, as of 1944-45; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Consul General in Tunis, as of 1946-48. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died March 12, 1973 (age 86 years, 134 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of George R. Fuller and Helen (Gregg) Fuller; married, February 27, 1926, to Therese Alston Williams.   Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) — also known as Charles B. Henderson — of Elko, Elko County, Nev.; Washington, D.C. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., June 8, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928, 1936; president and director, Elko Telephone and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in San Francisco, Calif., November 8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153 days). Interment at Elko Cemetery, Elko, Nev.   Relatives: Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah Watts (Bradley) Henderson; married 1901 to Ethel Laura Smith; grandson of Lewis Rice Bradley.   The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-1870) — also known as Benjamin F. Hopkins — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Hebron, Washington County, N.Y., April 22, 1829. Republican. Telegraph operator; private secretary to Gov. Coles Bashford, 1856-57; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1862-63; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1866; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1867-70; died in office 1870. Died in Madison, Dane County, Wis., January 1, 1870 (age 40 years, 254 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) — also known as Harry E. Hull — of Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa. Born near Belvidere, Allegany County, N.Y., March 12, 1864. Republican. Grain business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901; postmaster; president, Williamsburg Telephone Company; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., January 16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull; married, June 3, 1891, to Mary Louise Harris.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) — also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach — of North Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 17, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes scholar; lawyer; law professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM, 1969-86; director, MCI Communications, 2002-04; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Skillman, Somerset County, N.J., May 8, 2012 (age 90 years, 112 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Son of Edward Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie Hilson Katzenbach; married, June 8, 1946, to Lydia King Phelps Stokes; nephew of Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr.; third great-grandson of Moore Furman; fourth great-grandnephew of John Imlay; first cousin of Frank Snowden Katzenbach III; first cousin five times removed of James Henderson Imlay.   Political family: Katzenbach family of New Jersey.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Nicholas de B. Katzenbach: Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ (2008) Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) — also known as Henry C. Payne — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Ashfield, Franklin County, Mass., November 23, 1843. Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee, Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone Company; president, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; president, American Street Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad; member of Republican National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1892; U.S. Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., October 4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.   Presumably named for: Henry Clay   Relatives: Son of Orrin P. Payne and Eliza (Ames) Payne; married, October 15, 1867, to Lydia W. Van Dyke.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry C. Payne (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1967) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902   Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) — also known as Robert J. Wynne — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 18, 1851. Telegrapher; journalist; U.S. Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance executive. Catholic. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Married to Mary Ellen McCabe.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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