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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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David Verner Anderson —
also known as David V. Anderson —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1940-.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Larz Anderson (1866-1937) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Paris, France
of American parents, August
15, 1866.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., April
13, 1937 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Democrat. College
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton; married 1966 to Janet
MacArthur Bond. |
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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Sound Beach, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician;
orator;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Robert Low Bacon (1884-1938) —
also known as Robert L. Bacon; "Prince
Charming" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Old Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1884.
Republican. Investment
banker; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1923-38; died in
office 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the state police barracks, Lake Success, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
12, 1938 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent, New Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1878-79; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1880.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Charles Foster Bass (b. 1952) —
also known as Charles F. Bass; Charlie
Bass —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
8, 1952.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Rep. William
S. Cohen, 1974; staff for U.S. Rep David
F. Emery, 1975-79; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1982-88; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1984; member of
New
Hampshire state senate, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
in primary, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Sidney Baxter (b. 1866) —
also known as Charles S. Baxter —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1921.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Willard Baxter. |
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Tilton S. Bell (b. 1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; East Milton, Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 27,
1874.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wakeman D. Bell and Ida (Clark) Bell; married, October
17, 1905, to Harriet Ballou. |
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) —
also known as Edmund H. Bennett —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 6,
1824.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858-63; mayor
of Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (1712-1779) —
of New Jersey; Massachusetts.
Born in Berkshire, England,
July
12, 1712.
Colonial
Governor of New Jersey, 1758-60; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1758-60; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1760-69.
Anglican.
Died in Buckinghamshire, England,
June
16, 1779 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.
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Mary B. Besse (b. 1869) —
of Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., December
5, 1869.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frank Alden Besse. |
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., May 11,
1862.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Woodstock, 1910-12, 1921-23;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of
Vermont, 1925-27; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair
shop, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., January
16, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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Anna Child Bird (b. 1856) —
also known as Anna J. Child; Mrs. Charles Sumner
Bird —
of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
12, 1856.
Republican. Chair, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1917-19;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Interment somewhere
in East Walpole, Walpole, Mass.
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Charles Sumner Bird Jr. (b. 1884) —
of East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
24, 1884.
Republican. Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets;
Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Died in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
3, 2015 (age 95 years, 69
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Philip Marshall Brown (1875-1966) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 31,
1875.
U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1908-10; university
professor.
Episcopalian. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died, in a nursing
home at Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 10,
1966 (age 90 years, 283
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Goodwin Burnham (1827-1908) —
also known as Edward G. Burnham —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 2,
1827.
Republican. Machinist;
plumbing
supplies manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1887-88; philanthropist.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
28, 1908 (age 80 years, 271
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Burnham and Persis (White) Burnham; married 1853 to Mary
Ferree. |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in
Connecticut (1908) |
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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Skull
and Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
30, 2018 (age 94 years, 171
days).
Interment at George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College
Station, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara
Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush (who married Laura
Lane Welch) and John
Ellis Bush; grandfather of George
Prescott Bush; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davis. |
| | | Political family: Bush
family of Texas and Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter — Mary
McClure Bibby |
| | | The George Bush School of Government and
Public Service, at Texas A&M University,
College
Station, Texas, is named for
him. — George Bush High
School, in Richmond,
Texas, is named for
him. — George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary
School, in Addison,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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Benjamin Cutler Clark Jr. (1833-1909) —
also known as Benjamin C. Clark —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1833.
Consul
for Haiti in Boston,
Mass., 1870-77, 1880-1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 20,
1909 (age 75 years, 222
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Benjamin Preston Clark (1860-1939) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in West Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., October
8, 1860.
President, Plymouth Cordage
Co.; dirctor, U.S. Smelting,
Refining, and Mining Co.;
Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Boston,
Mass., 1897-1908; Consul
for Haiti in Boston,
Mass., 1909-39.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Bequeathed his private collection of 30,000 butterfly and moth
specimens to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
10, 1939 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) —
also known as Benjamin R. Curtis —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
4, 1809.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
15, 1874 (age 64 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Curtis and Lois (Robbins) Curtis; married, May 8,
1833, to Eliza M. Woodward; married, January
5, 1846, to Anna Wroe Scollay; married, August
29, 1861, to Maria Malleville Allen; father of Anne Wroe Scollay
Curtis (who married Seth
Low). |
| | | Political families: Choate
family of Salem, Massachusetts; White-Moffat
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) —
also known as Lawrence Curtis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lost a
leg during Navy training exercises; lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1960;
Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63.
Episcopalian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died July 11,
1989 (age 95 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade Jr.. |
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Frederick William Dallinger (1871-1955) —
also known as Frederick W. Dallinger —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Center Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1915-25, 1926-32;
defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1932-42.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Conway, Conway, Carroll
County, N.H., September
5, 1955 (age 83 years, 338
days).
Interment at Center
Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Lovell, Maine.
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Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) —
also known as Edward L. Davis —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
22, 1834.
Lawyer;
manufacturer of ironwork,
including railroad
wheels; director of banks and
railroads;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1876.
Episcopalian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1912 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Cornelius Roscoe Day (b. 1847) —
also known as Cornelius R. Day —
of Millerville, Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., December
29, 1847.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David L. Day and Jane H. (Mahoney) Day; married to Ida F.
Paine. |
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Louis Emil Denfeld (b. 1891) —
also known as Louis E. Denfeld —
of Washington,
D.C.; Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., April
13, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Navy
admiral; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis E. Denfeld and Etta May (Kelley) Denfeld; married, June 5,
1915, to Rachel Metcalf. |
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John A. Denison (d. 1950) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer;
judge, 1902-12, 1915-35; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura Phinney. |
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Joseph Charles Dennis (b. 1877) —
also known as J. Charles Dennis —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1934-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Dennis and Annie (Broadbent) Dennis; married, July 17,
1912, to Eley Miles. |
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Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (1936-2014) —
also known as Butler Derrick —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
30, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Easley, Pickens
County, S.C., May 5,
2014 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) —
also known as Thomas C. Desmond —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
15, 1887.
Republican. Engineer;
president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship
Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1928,
1940;
member of New York
state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District
1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58).
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Grange;
Moose;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald R. Dwight (b. 1931) —
also known as Don Dwight —
of South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Wayland, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., March
26, 1931.
Massachusetts Commissioner of Administration and Finance, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1971-75.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2005.
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Minnie Ryan Dwight (1873-1957) —
also known as Minnie R. Dwight; Minnie
Ryan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 22,
1873.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1920-34; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died July 31,
1957 (age 84 years, 39
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Bernardston, Mass.
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Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as Vic Fazio —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
11, 1942.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-99 (4th District 1979-93,
3rd District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Gage (1719-1787) —
Born in Firle, Sussex, England,
1719.
British general in the French and Indian War and on the British side
in the American Revolution; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1774-75.
Anglican.
Died in London, England,
April
2, 1787 (age about 67
years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, England.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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William Alexander Gaston (1859-1927) —
also known as William A. Gaston —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 1,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1902, 1903, 1926; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904,
1924
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died in Barre, Worcester
County, Mass., July 17,
1927 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1744.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice
President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to
describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party
created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1814 (age 70 years, 129
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; married, January
12, 1786, to Ann
Gerry; grandfather of Elbridge
Thomas Gerry; great-grandfather of Peter
Goelet Gerry; third cousin of Levi
Lincoln; third cousin once removed of Levi
Lincoln Jr. and Enoch
Lincoln. |
| | | Political families: Lincoln-Lee
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The town
of Elbridge,
New York, is named for
him. — The town
of Gerry, New
York, is named for
him. — The town
of Gerry (now Phillipston,
Massachusetts), was named for
him until 1812. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Elbridge
G. Baldwin
— Elbridge
G. Knowlton
— Elbridge
G. Creacraft
— Elbridge
G. Spaulding
— Elbridge
G. Gale
— Elbridge
Gerry
— Elbridge
G. Lapham
— Eldridge
Gerry Pearl
— Elbridge
G. Moulton
— Elbridge
G. Cracraft
— Elbridge
G. Kelley
— Elbridge
G. Haynes
— Elbridge
G. Brown
— Elbridge
G. Davis
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Elbridge Gerry: George
Athan Billias, Elbridge
Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman |
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Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley
Graves —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
14, 1839.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 46, 1889-90; U.S.
Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
7, 1928 (age 89 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Addison Loomis Green (1862-1942) —
also known as Addison L. Green —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
23, 1862.
Lawyer;
archaeologist;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1894; became
involved in the textile
business; vice-president, Association of Woolen
Manufacturers of America; studied archeological sites in Spain and
France with Charles
G. Dawes, 1930.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1942 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Green and Alvira Eunice (Loomis) Green; married
1890 to
Maud Ingersoll Bennett; married 1911 to
Gertrude Metcalf; father of Addison Bennett Green (who married Margaret
A. Oldham) and Marshall
Green. |
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Robert Earl Greenwood (b. 1904) —
also known as Robert E. Greenwood —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., April
26, 1904.
Democrat. Director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank;
incorporator, Worcester North Savings
Bank; trustee, Burbank Hospital;
mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1934-38.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Heywood Greenwood and Mary Alberta (Cann) Greenwood; married,
June
26, 1924, to Judith Coolidge. |
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1904-06; secretary to American delegation, Armistace
conference of Supreme War Council, Versailles, 1918; secretary
general with rank of Minister, American Commission to Negotiate
Peace, Paris, 1918-19; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Grout (1857-1936) —
also known as John H. Grout —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., December
4, 1857.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1893; Malta, 1898-1908; Odessa, 1908-14; Milan, 1914-17; Santander, 1917-20; Hull, 1920-24.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 6,
1936 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Grout (1832-1899) and Olive Adeline 'Ada' (Munroe)
Grout; married, January
14, 1880, to Josephine Russell; married, June 11,
1904, to Kitty Emily Austin. |
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Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
9, 1936 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian. Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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William Dodd Hathaway (1924-2013) —
also known as William D. Hathaway —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died, from complications of pulmonary
fibrosis, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., June 24,
2013 (age 89 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald M. Hill (b. 1877) —
of Waban, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1930.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Hill and Sarah Ellen (May) Hill; married, June 11,
1902, to Annie N. Turner. |
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Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970; member of Vermont
state senate, 1983-88.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bay assisted
living facility, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
26, 2018 (age 93 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hooper (1742-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1777-78.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., October
14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119
days).
Original interment at Hillsborough
Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorial
monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Katherine Graham Howard (1898-1986) —
also known as Katherine G. Howard; Katherine Montague
Graham; Mrs. Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Guyton, Effingham
County, Ga., September
30, 1898.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(Convention
Secretary; speaker),
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1945-53; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1948-53.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., January
26, 1986 (age 87 years, 118
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) —
also known as Frank E. Howe;
"Ginger" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1923-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1956 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Clifford Chesley Hubbard (b. 1884) —
also known as Clifford C. Hubbard —
of Norton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April
30, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Elston Hubbard and Lucy Amelia (Read) Hubbard; married, June 18,
1915, to Edith Adelaide Wass. |
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Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1711.
Merchant;
Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1760, 1769-71, 1771-74.
Anglican.
Died in Brompton, Middlesex, England,
June
3, 1780 (age 68 years, 268
days).
Interment at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Croydon, London, England.
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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Marta Judson —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Honorary
Consul for Liechtenstein in Boston,
Mass., 2017.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2017.
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Thorsten Valentine Kalijarvi (1897-1980) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1897.
University
professor; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1957-61.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American
Arbitration Association; Pi Gamma
Mu; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in June, 1980
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died, in McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 27,
1955 (age 88 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Carl Kemp (b. 1884) —
also known as Edwin C. Kemp —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in East Douglas, Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1884.
U.S. Consul in St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1914-15; Marseille, 1915-16; Tunis, 1916-19; Bucharest, 1919-21; Budapest, 1921-23; Danzig, 1923-29; Le Havre, 1929-33; Moncton, 1933-35; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1935-36; Halifax, 1943-45; Kingston, 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edwin Kemp and Harriet Elizabeth (Moulton) Kemp; married,
September
12, 1909, to Bernette Zoe Chase; married, November
26, 1919, to Anna Durkee Smith. |
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
24, 1755.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., April
29, 1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Leslie E. Knox (b. 1891) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
13, 1891.
Republican. Insurance
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1936-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Harvey Knox and Helen Louisa (Boyd) Knox; married, May 23,
1917, to Jean Elizabeth Follett. |
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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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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Calvert Magruder (1893-1968) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., December
26, 1893.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Brandeis, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1939-59; took
senior status 1959.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died May 22,
1968 (age 74 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) —
also known as E. Sumner Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
25, 1847.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1895-1919.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
1, 1923 (age 75 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
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Philip Mansfield (1874-1929) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
8, 1874.
Lawyer;
Vice-Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1901-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
2, 1929 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
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Nathan Matthews Jr. (1854-1927) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
28, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1891-95.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1927 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Henry Moody (1853-1917) —
also known as William H. Moody —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., December
23, 1853.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1895-1902;
resigned 1902; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1902-04; U.S.
Attorney General, 1904-06; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1906-10; resigned 1910.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1917 (age 63 years, 191
days).
Interment at Byfield
Cemetery, Georgetown, Mass.
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Robert Treat Paine Jr. (1866-1961) —
also known as Robert T. Paine, Jr. —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
9, 1866.
Democrat. Vice-chair of
Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1899; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1899, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
30, 1961 (age 95 years, 21
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Longmont, Boulder
County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., July 20,
1979 (age 88 years, 237
days).
Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Winter Park, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August
4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Wanda Kathleen Parker (b. 1915) —
also known as Wanda K. Parker —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Wolflake, Noble
County, Ind., October
11, 1915.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Parkman Jr. (1894-1958) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
26, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1958
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
10, 1882.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1982.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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Andrew James Peters (1872-1938) —
also known as Andrew J. Peters —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 3,
1872.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902; member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1907-14;
resigned 1914; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1914-18; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1918-22; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
June
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 84
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Christopher Hallowell Phillips (b. 1920) —
also known as Christopher H. Phillips —
of Beverly, Essex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands,
December
6, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1948-53; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Brunei, 1989-91.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ruth Baker Pratt (1877-1965) —
also known as Ruth Sears Baker; Mrs. John T.
Pratt —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., August
24, 1877.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee), 1944
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1929-33; defeated,
1932; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1929-43; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
23, 1965 (age 87 years, 364
days).
Interment at Pratt
Mausoleum, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frederick Henry Prince (1859-1953) —
also known as Frederick H. Prince —
of Wenham, Essex
County, Mass.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Biarritz, France.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1859.
Republican. Financier;
owned or controlled stockyards,
meatpacking
plants, and railroads;
one of the world's wealthiest men; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Biarritz, France,
February
3, 1953 (age about 93
years).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) —
also known as Elliot L. Richardson —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 20,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962;
resigned 1969; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1999 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jonas Robeson (1800-1871) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Massachusetts, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1858-59, 1860-62.
Episcopalian.
Died in Caddo
Parish, La., 1871
(age about
71 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Caddo Parish, La.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1998.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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James Roosevelt (1907-1991) —
also known as Jimmy Roosevelt —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
23, 1907.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate for Governor of
California, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of a stroke
and Parkinson's
disease, in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., August
13, 1991 (age 83 years, 233
days).
Interment at Pacific
View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of Elliott
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, June 4,
1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later married John
Hay Whitney); married, April
14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married, July 2,
1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married, October
3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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George Augustus Sanderson (1863-1932) —
of Ayer, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 1,
1863.
Republican. Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1902-07; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1907-24; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1924-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1932
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Westlawn
Cemetery, Littleton, Mass.
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Philip Mason Sears (1899-1973) —
also known as Mason Sears —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1899.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1948,
1952;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1949-50; U.S. representative to United
Nations Trusteeship Council, 1953-60.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, in Faulkner Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
13, 1973 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-2009; took senior status 2009.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Solon Whithed Stevens (b. 1836) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
1, 1836.
Republican. Organist; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Stevens and Harriet (Whithed) Stevens; married, October
12, 1870, to Mary Price Savory. |
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006) —
also known as Gerry E. Studds —
of Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Mineola, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 12,
1937.
Democrat. Foreign Service officer; member of White House staff during
the administration of President John
F. Kennedy, 1962-63; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, 1964; state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy's presidential primary campaign, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1973-97 (12th District
1973-83, 10th District 1983-97).
Episcopalian. Gay.
First
openly gay member of Congress. Censured
by the House of Representatives on July 20, 1983, for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page ten years earlier.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Boston Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 2006 (age 69 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah
state senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38; took senior status 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) —
also known as Stuart Symington —
of Creve Coeur, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., June 26,
1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956,
1960;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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John Randolph Thayer (1845-1916) —
also known as John R. Thayer —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9,
1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Arthur
P. Rugg; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1886; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1899-1905;
defeated, 1892.
Unitarian;
later Episcopalian.
Died December
19, 1916 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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George Holden Tinkham (1870-1956) —
also known as George H. Tinkham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1915-43 (11th District
1915-33, 10th District 1933-43).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cramerton, Gaston
County, N.C., August
28, 1956 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) —
also known as Allen T. Treadway —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1867.
Republican. Hotel
proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.;
trustee, Stockbridge Savings
Bank; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1908-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grange;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1947
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August
16, 1941, to Virginia Wells. |
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William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) —
also known as William H. Vanderbilt —
of Portsmouth, Newport
County, R.I.; South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
24, 1901.
Republican. Member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Rhode Island, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
14, 1981 (age 79 years, 141
days).
Interment at Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Robert E. Waldron (b. 1920) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-70 (Wayne County 13th
District 1955-64, 1st District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1950;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1967-68;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1962; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1951 to Helen
Miller. |
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Joseph Everett Warner (b. 1884) —
also known as Joseph E. Warner —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 16,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1913-20;
Speaker
of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1919-20;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928-35; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1940-49.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs)
Warner. |
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George Washington (1732-1799) —
also known as "Father of His Country"; "The
American Fabius" —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., February
22, 1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he
served as the first
President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to
the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably from acute bacterial
epiglottitis, at Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at Washington
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January
6, 1759, to Martha
Dandridge Custis (aunt of Burwell
Bassett); step-father of John
Parke Custis; uncle of Bushrod
Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad; granduncle of John
Thornton Augustine Washington and George
Corbin Washington; first cousin six times removed of Archer
Woodford; second cousin of Howell
Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818), Sulifand
Sutherland Ross and David
Shelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed of Walker
Peyton Conway, Howell
Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb, James
David Walker and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Thomas
Henry Ball Jr., William
de Bruyn=Kops, Horace
Lee Washington, Edwin
McPherson Holden, Claude
C. Ball, Arthur
Wesley Holden and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Rootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Bullitt Churchill and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee
family; King
family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Washington-Walker
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
Lee — Joshua
Fry — Alexander
Dimitry — Tobias
Lear — David
Mathews — Rufus
Putnam |
| | | Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The state
of Washington is named for
him. — Mount
Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains,
Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The minor
planet 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: George
Washington Lent Marr
— George
Washington Heard
— George
Washington Barnett
— George
Washington Davis
— George
W. Owen
— George
W. Toland
— George
W. Lay
— George
W. Patterson
— George
W. B. Towns
— George
Washington Adams
— George
Washington Hockley
— George
W. Smyth
— G.
W. Ingersoll
— George
W. Hopkins
— George
Washington Montgomery
— Joseph
George Washington Duncan
— George
W. Kittredge
— George
W. Jones
— George
W. Harrison
— George
Washington Ewing
— George
Washington Seabrook
— George
W. Morrison
— George
Washington Woodward
— George
Washington Wright
— George
Washington Triplett
— George
Washington Glasscock
— George
W. Schuyler
— George
Washington Holman
— George
W. Greene
— George
W. Wolcott
— George
W. Paschal
— George
Washington Dunlap
— George
Washington Warren
— George
Washington Hill
— George
Washington Logan
— George
W. Getchell
— George
W. Wright
— George
W. Julian
— George
Washington Dyal
— George
W. Ladd
— George
W. Peck
— George
Washington Nesmith
— George
W. Morgan
— George
Washington Brooks
— George
Washington Cowles
— George
W. Geddes
— George
Washington Whitmore
— George
Washington Bridges
— George
W. Cate
— George
W. Houk
— George
W. Webber
— George
W. Bemis
— George
Washington Fairbrother
— George
Washington Glick
— George
W. Jones
— George
W. Baker
— George
W. Shell
— George
W. Anderson
— George
W. Crouse
— George
W. Hulick
— George
W. Allen
— George
W. F. Harper
— George
Washington Clark
— George
Washington McCrary
— George
W. Gordon
— George
W. Kingsbury
— George
W. Covington
— George
Washington Fleeger
— George
W. Steele
— George
W. Wilson
— George
W. Martin
— George
W. E. Dorsey
— George
W. Plunkitt
— George
W. Furbush
— George
W. Sutton
— George
W. Curtin
— George
W. Ray
— George
W. Roosevelt
— George
W. Smith
— George
W. Kipp
— George
W. Campbell
— George
W. Taylor
— George
W. Stone
— George
W. Bartch
— George
W. Shonk
— George
W. Paul
— George
W. Cook
— George
W. Murray
— George
W. Faris
— George
W. Fithian
— George
W. Prince
— George
W. Buckner
— George
W. Cromer
— George
W. Donaghey
— George
W. Aldridge
— George
Washington Wagoner
— George
Washington Goethals
— George
W. Armstrong
— George
W. Lovejoy
— George
W. Oakes
— George
W. Hays
— George
W. Edmonds
— George
W. Lindsay
— George
Washington Jones
— T.
G. W. Tarver
— George
W. Darden
— George
Washington Jones
— George
W. Mead
— George
W. Gibbons
— George
W. List
— George
W. Calkin
— George
W. Rauch
— George
W. Michell
— George
Washington Jackson
— George
W. Blanchard
— George
Washington Herz
— George
W. Bristow
— George
Washington Hardy
— George
W. Ballard
— George
W. McKown
— George
Thomas Washington
— George
W. Collins
— George
A. Washington
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill.
His portrait
also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas
Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation —
Henry Wiencek, An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America — James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton,
The
Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential
Care — Wendie C. Old, George
Washington (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Floyd Weld (b. 1945) —
also known as William F. Weld; Bill Weld —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 31,
1945.
Candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1978; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1981-86; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1991-97; resigned 1997; Republican candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1996; Libertarian candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2016; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 2020.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2020.
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Wellington Wells (1868-1955) —
also known as Bill Wells —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
18, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1923-24.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 23,
1955 (age 87 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Frederick August Westphal (b. 1895) —
also known as Fred A. Westphal —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
steel
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Navy
League; Military
Order of the World Wars; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter John C. Westphal and Anna W. (Glesmann) Westphal; married,
June
24, 1922, to Olive Mitchell M. Blackman. |
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Benjamin Franklin White (1833-1920) —
of Montana.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., December
3, 1833.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1864;
member of Montana
territorial legislature, 1882-83; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1889; Speaker of
the Montana State House of Representatives, 1902-04; member of Montana
state senate, 1904-08.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont., December
4, 1920 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment somewhere
in Dillon, Mont.
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
29, 1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Howard Whitmore Jr. (1905-1998) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1905.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1947-53; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1954-59; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 18,
1998 (age 93 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry O. Wood (1837-1925) —
of Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, 1837.
Merchant;
postmaster;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870.
Episcopalian.
Died in Swansea, Bristol
County, Mass., October
27, 1925 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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