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Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) —
also known as "C.F.A."; "A Whig of the Old
School" —
of Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
18, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1831; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1835-40; Free Soil candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1848; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1859-61; U.S.
Minister to Great Britain, 1861-68; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1876.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
21, 1886 (age 79 years, 95
days).
Interment at Mt.
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Louisa
Adams; brother of George
Washington Adams; married, September
3, 1829, to Abigail Brown Brooks (sister-in-law of Edward
Everett; niece of Benjamin
Gorham; granddaughter of Nathaniel
Gorham); father of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams; nephew of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William
Stephens Smith); grandson of John
Adams, Joshua
Johnson and Abigail
Adams; grandfather of Charles
Francis Adams (1866-1954); grandnephew of Thomas
Johnson; great-grandfather of Thomas
Boylston Adams; first cousin once removed of William
Cranch; second cousin of Bradley
Tyler Johnson; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Adams; third cousin once removed of Joseph
Allen and Edward
M. Chapin; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Sewall, Josiah
Quincy, Thomas
Cogswell (1799-1868) and Arthur
Chapin; fourth cousin of John
Milton Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Josiah
Quincy Jr., George
Bailey Loring, William
Vincent Wells and Thomas
Cogswell (1841-1904). |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Image source: Humanities magazine,
December 2011 |
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Adelard Archambault (1860-1923) —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Saint-Paul, Quebec,
April
24, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1900-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1903-04; mayor
of Woonsocket, R.I., 1905-07, 1917-19; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Rhode Island.
Catholic.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., February
19, 1923 (age 62 years, 301
days).
Interment somewhere
in Holyoke, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Francois Xavier Archambault and Delphine (Bouthillier)
Archambault. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Eugene L. Belisle (1859-1932) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Quebec,
March
15, 1859.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Consul in Limoges, 1906-24.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 2,
1932 (age 73 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Josaphat T. Benoit (1900-1976) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec,
March
3, 1900.
Democrat. Mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1944-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1944;
New
Hampshire Democratic state chair, 1944-45; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1946; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., May 14,
1976 (age 76 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Reuben Patrick Boise (1818-1907) —
also known as Reuben P. Boise —
of Polk
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Blandford, Hampden
County, Mass., June 9,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Polk County, 1857;
justice
of Oregon state supreme court, 1859-72, 1876-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1862-64, 1868-70.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., April
10, 1907 (age 88 years, 305
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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James Bowdoin (1726-1790) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
7, 1726.
Delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1785-87; delegate
to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
French ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1790 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) —
also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, December
29, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Catholic.
French ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier; married, March
25, 1912, to Mathilde Lefebure. |
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Paul R. Foisy (b. 1900) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
French ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph A. Foisy and Marie E. (Mongrain) Foisy; married, April 6,
1932, to Irene M. Gilet. |
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J. Henry Goguen —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Quebec.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932,
1952,
1956;
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1958-59.
French Canadian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice Robert Gravel (b. 1930) —
also known as Mike Gravel —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 13,
1930.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1963-66; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1969-81; defeated in primary, 1980;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008.
Unitarian.
French Canadian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) —
also known as Joseph A. Iasigi —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, January
15, 1848.
Consular
Agent for France in Boston,
Mass., 1873-77; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused to
answer questions, and fled
to New York City; arrested
there in February 1897 and extradited
to Boston; charged
with embezzlement
of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted
in November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison; pardoned
in 1909.
Armenian
and French ancestry.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) —
also known as Oscar Iasigi —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1846.
Importer
and exporter; treasurer, Vassalboro woolen mills;
Vice-Consul
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1871-77; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1877-84.
Armenian
and French ancestry.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamship SS City of Columbus, which hit a reef and
sank, in Vineyard
Sound, January
18, 1884 (age 37 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
also known as Hugh S. Legaré —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Scottish
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Lewis Eldoris Royal (1855-1921) —
also known as Lewis E. Royal —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 8,
1855.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1889-90; candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1916.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
11, 1921 (age 66 years, 186
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Ambrose Royal and Mary Adelaide (Buchner) Royal; married to Laura
Almina Bugbee. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fernand Joseph St. Germain (1928-2014) —
also known as Fernand J. St. Germain —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., January
9, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1952-60; delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1955; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1961-89; defeated,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island,
1964,
1968,
1988.
French Canadian ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
16, 2014 (age 86 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edmond Patrick Talbot (b. 1884) —
also known as Edmond P. Talbot —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tingwick, Quebec,
April
21, 1884.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1923-26, 1929-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1944.
French Canadian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Talbot and Celina (Vidal) Talbot; married, September
11, 1905, to Alma Marie Louise Beaupre. |
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Joseph Richard Viens (1938-2018) —
also known as Joe Viens —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., August
6, 1938.
Mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1979-83; defeated, 1983, 1989.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died February
21, 2018 (age 79 years, 199
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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