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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Lawyer;
mining
business; president, Bourne Cotton Mills, New Bedford,
Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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William Morgan Butler (1861-1937) —
also known as William M. Butler —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
29, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of cotton mills; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924-25; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1924-28; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
29, 1937 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) —
of Valley Falls, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., July 22,
1829.
Republican. Cotton manufacturer; banker;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1881-85; resigned
1885; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1885-89; resigned 1889.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 30,
1917 (age 87 years, 343
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) —
also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
26, 1831.
Republican. Manufacturer;
cotton mill business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad,
and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Presumably named
for: Thomas
Jefferson |
| | | Relatives: Son of Ellen Wayles
(Randolph) Coolidge and Joseph Coolidge; married, November
4, 1852, to Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (daughter of William
Appleton); nephew of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; uncle of John
Gardner Coolidge; grandson of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; third great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes; first cousin twice removed of Dabney
Carr and John
Wayles Eppes; first cousin thrice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin once removed of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; fourth cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, William
Lewis Cabell, George
Craighead Cabell, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr., William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Eben Sumner Draper (b. 1893) —
also known as Eben S. Draper —
of Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Hopedale, Worcester
County, Mass., August
30, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director,
Draper Corp., manufacturers of cotton looms; president,
Milford National Bank;
trustee, Milford Hospital;
trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1923-26; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Hopedale, Mass.
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Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) —
of Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., June 13,
1797.
Cotton goods manufacturer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1855-56; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1855-56; member
of Rhode
Island state senate, 1869-70; postmaster.
Unitarian;
later Baptist.
Died January
6, 1881 (age 83 years, 207
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; married, December
13, 1821, to Mary Wilkinson; nephew of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter
Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John
Milton Fessenden and Reuben
Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel
Otis, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James
Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Rawson Taft, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eugene Noble Foss (1858-1939) —
also known as Eugene N. Foss —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., September
24, 1858.
Democrat. Owner of cotton mills and iron and steel
works; active in banking
and railroads;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1910-11;
defeated, 1902 (Republican, 11th District), 1904 (Republican, 11th
District); resigned 1911; defeated, 1925 (5th District); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911-14; defeated (Independent), 1913; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died September
13, 1939 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1788.
Whig. Banker; railroad
president; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1843-51;
president, Wamsutta Cotton Mills.
Quaker.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
7, 1885 (age 96 years, 82
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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John Halliwell (b. 1864) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Mossley, England,
February
21, 1864.
Republican. Mule spinner; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighth Bristol District, 1914-17;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Bristol District, 1918-24; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Richards Howe (1840-1884) —
of Como, Panola
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., January
1, 1840.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
cotton planter;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1868;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1868; Panola
County Treasurer, 1869; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1873-75.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 1,
1884 (age 44 years, 152
days).
Interment at Brookfield
Cemetery, Brookfield, Mass.
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Samuel Elias Hull (1843-1911) —
also known as Samuel E. Hull —
of Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass., August
12, 1843.
Republican. Cotton and wool dealer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Worcester District, 1905-06.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 18,
1911 (age 67 years, 279
days).
Interment at Millbury Central Cemetery, Millbury, Mass.
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Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) —
also known as Amos A. Lawrence —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 31,
1814.
Owner, Ipswich Mills, maker of cotton and woollen
goods; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858 (American), 1860 (Constitutional Union).
Episcopalian.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., August
22, 1886 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Lawrence and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence; married, March
31, 1842, to Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (daughter of William
Appleton); father of Susan Mason Lawrence (who married William
Caleb Loring); nephew of Luther
Lawrence and Abbott
Lawrence; great-grandfather of Leverett
Saltonstall and Richard
Saltonstall; second great-grandfather of William
Lawrence Saltonstall; first cousin of Samuel
Abbott Green; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Moore Bancroft; fourth cousin of Alonzo
M. Garcelon; fourth cousin once removed of John
Albion Andrew, Charles
Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer
Gregg Danforth Holden, Winfield
Scott Holden and Alonzo
Marston Garcelon. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Woodbury-Holden
family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon
family of Massachusetts; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish
family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Lawrence,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Lawrence University,
in Appleton,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Croad Lovering (1835-1910) —
also known as William C. Lovering —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., February
25, 1835.
Republican. Cotton manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1897-1910 (12th District
1897-1903, 14th District 1903-10); died in office 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1910 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Walter E. McLane (b. 1863) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., December
30, 1863.
Republican. Cotton broker; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Bristol District, 1912-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., 1779.
Shipowner;
importer
and exporter; investor and stockholder in cotton and woolen mills
and railroads;
financier;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1820.
Died November
4, 1846 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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David Pingree (1795-1863) —
also known as "Merchant Prince of
Salem" —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Georgetown, Essex
County, Mass., December
31, 1795.
Shipowner;
merchant;
cotton mill president; lumber
business; banker; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1851-52.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
31, 1863 (age 67 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Samuel Ross (b. 1865) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in England,
February
20, 1865.
Republican. Mule spinner; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventh Bristol District,
1892-99, 1902-06.
Burial location unknown.
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John Randolph Wilder (1816-1879) —
also known as J. R. Wilder —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., March
18, 1816.
Cotton exporter;
shipbroker;
Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1846-77.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
1, 1879 (age 63 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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