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Politician members in Massachusetts

  Edmund John Brandon (b. 1894) — also known as Edmund J. Brandon — of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., May 24, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1939-46. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Knights of Columbus; Exchange Club. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward John Brandon and Mary A. (Corcoran) Brandon; married, July 20, 1925, to Anna Coleman McCarthy.
  Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) — also known as Ben Burdick — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., July 2, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948, 1956 (member, Credentials Committee), 1960 (alternate); member of Wayne State University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; B'nai B'rith; American Jewish Congress; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Irwin H. Burdick.
  Political family: Burdick family of Detroit, Michigan.
  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 Groton Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody; brother of Marietta Peabody Tree; married, June 24, 1944, to Barbara Welch 'Toni' Gibbons; grandnephew of Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; great-grandson of John Cortlandt Parker; second great-grandson of James Parker; fourth great-grandnephew of George Cabot, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) and Timothy Pickering; cousin *** of William P. Homans Jr.; first cousin twice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; first cousin thrice removed of William Crowninshield Endicott; first cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, William Gurdon Saltonstall and John Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William Caleb Loring and Augustus Peabody Gardner; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas Bayard, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston, William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Judah Dana and Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin of William Lawrence Saltonstall; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton and Henry Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin of William Amory Gardner Minot and John Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin once removed of William Goodrich Morrell Jr..
  Political family: Tree-Parker-Peabody family of Morristown and Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Benjamin Brickett Priest (b. 1910) — also known as Benjamin B. Priest — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass.; Marblehead, Essex County, Mass. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., December 3, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1939-43; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1943-45; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948. Congregationalist. Member, Beta Theta Pi; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
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