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Paul R. Achin (1920-1981) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born February
2, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1952;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1960.
Died May 21,
1981 (age 61 years, 108
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, Chelmsford, Mass.
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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather
and wool
manufacturers; director of banks and
insurance firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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John E. Beck (b. 1869) —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1869.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Suffolk District,
1902-03, 1923-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Suffolk District, 1905-06, 1917-18; mayor
of Chelsea, Mass.; elected 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett Chamberlin Benton (1862-1924) —
also known as Everett C. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Guildhall, Essex
County, Vt., September
25, 1862.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896,
1900,
1904;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1924
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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Jay Rogers Benton (1885-1953) —
also known as Jay R. Benton —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
18, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1916;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1917-18; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1923-27; insurance executive.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
3, 1953 (age 68 years, 16
days).
Interment at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Mass.
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Clement H. Brigham (born c.1874) —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1874.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Chandler Bullock (1872-1962) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1944.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., 1962
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Calhoun (1934-1985) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
13, 1934.
Democrat. Insurance business; mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1960-75; defeated, 1975.
Member, Moose.
Died, from diabetes,
in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., May 27,
1985 (age 51 years, 44
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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Edward Christopher Carroll (b. 1893) —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
15, 1893.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Eugene Casey (b. 1886) —
of Milford, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., September
24, 1886.
Democrat. Deputy
sheriff; real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1935-36.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Democrat. Insurance broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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James Michael Curley (1874-1958) —
also known as James M. Curley; "The Rascal
King" —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
20, 1874.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; president, Hibernia Savings
Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1943-47 (10th
District 1911-13, 12th District 1913-14, 11th District 1943-47);
resigned 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1914-18, 1922-26, 1930-34, 1946-50; defeated,
1917, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1935-37; defeated, 1924, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-54; indicted
in federal court in 1943, with Donald
W. Smith and others, over his participation in Engineers Group,
Inc., which fraudulently
obtained war contracts; re-indicted
in 1944; tried in
1945-46 and convicted;
sentenced
to six to eighteen months in prison
and fined
$1,000; released in November 1947 when his sentence was commuted by
President Harry
Truman.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
12, 1958 (age 83 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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William F. Davis (b. 1849) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
12, 1849.
Republican. Leather
business; insurance business; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1899-1901; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas G. Davis and Margaret A. Davis; married, October
5, 1874, to Velma Jeannette Barker. |
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Andrew P. Doyle (b. 1869) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Ireland,
August
15, 1869.
Insurance agent; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighth Bristol District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Fiske Dwight (1863-1952) —
also known as Theodore F. Dwight —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
19, 1863.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Hampden District, 1905.
Died in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 12,
1952 (age 88 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Charles Endicott (1822-1889) —
of Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1822.
Deputy
sheriff; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1857-58; lawyer;
director, Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Neponset
National Bank;
trustee and president, Canton Institution
for Savings; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1868-69; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1870-76; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1876-81.
Died August
19, 1889 (age 66 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Herbert Foss (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank H. Foss —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
20, 1865.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1915-46; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1917-20; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1925-35;
defeated, 1934; director, Fitchburg Cooperative Bank;
director, Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
15, 1947 (age 81 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Harvey A. Gallup (c.1870-1946) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Clarksburg, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1925-28; defeated, 1928.
Died in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
4, 1946 (age about 76
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Gallup and Eugenia Olive (Smith) Gallup; married to
Katheryn Lyons. |
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John J. Gartland Jr. (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
27, 1871.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Suffolk District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Gurdon Wright Gordon (b. 1871) —
also known as Gurdon W. Gordon —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
26, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance executive; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1913-16; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson E. Gordon and Caroline Augusta (Wright) Gordon; married, November
3, 1903, to Ellen Beekman Walsh. |
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Francis Calley Gray (b. 1890) —
also known as Francis C. Gray —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker;
director, U.S. Smelting,
Refining & Mining Co.;
director, Massachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance Co.;
chairman, Massachusetts General Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Humane
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Gray and Flora (Grant) Gray; married, September
16, 1916, to Helen Rotch Bullard. |
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April
28, 1841.
Republican. Auctioneer;
real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster at Fall
River, Mass., 1881-85, 1898; general superintendent,
Massachusetts state prisons, 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Winthrop Stephenson Greene (b. 1891) —
also known as Winthrop S. Greene —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 16,
1891.
Insurance business; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Cobh, 1924-26; U.S. Consul in Bogotá, as of 1938; Stockholm, as of 1943; London, 1944; Luxembourg, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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David Henshaw (1791-1852) —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 2,
1791.
Democrat. Wholesale
druggist; banker;
insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1826; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1829-38; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1843-44.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., November
11, 1852 (age 61 years, 223
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Leicester, Mass.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company;
law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur W. Hollis (b. 1877) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 1877.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Middlesex District, 1929-36.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Franklin Holt III (1924-1997) —
also known as Joseph F. Holt; Joe Holt —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 6,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
insurance business; public
relations business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948,
1956;
speaker, 1952;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1953-61.
Died in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 14,
1997 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and
Coke Company; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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John B. Keefe (1900-1950) —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
29, 1900.
U.S. Vice Consul in Sydney, as of 1926; insurance adjuster; bartender.
Died October
21, 1950 (age 50 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George B. Keefe. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1925) |
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Henry E. Keenan (b. 1903) —
of Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 17,
1903.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Keith (b. 1888) —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 8,
1888.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1929-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith; married, April
12, 1913, to Carolyn Bruce Hastings; father of Paul
Keith. |
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John Kenrick (b. 1857) —
of South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in South Orleans, Orleans, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
25, 1857.
Merchant;
insurance and real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1893-94; postmaster.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kenrick and Thankful (Crosby) Kenrick. |
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Laurence J. Kirwan (c.1942-2002) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts, about 1942.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(alternate), 1988
(delegation chair); New York
Democratic state chair, 1984-89.
Died, of cancer,
in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
31, 2002 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventh Middlesex District, 1899,
1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) —
also known as Frank G. Macomber —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., February
20, 1849.
Insurance business; Consul-General
for Turkey in Boston,
Mass., 1898-1907.
Died in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., December
18, 1941 (age 92 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Malatesta (b. 1887) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
broker; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gaetano Malatesta and Assunta (Leveroni) Malatesta; married, August
29, 1945, to Mary Fitch Wilcox. |
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Joseph William Martin Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; insurance business; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952
(Permanent
Chair; speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and shoe
business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Arthur L. Maynard (b. 1873) —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., February
9, 1873.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Brattleboro, 1925; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1927.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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James Patrick McAndrews (1902-1970) —
also known as James P. McAndrews —
of Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
12, 1902.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1938-42; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1942-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1944; postmaster
at Adams,
Mass., 1945-49.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1970 (age 67 years, 285
days).
Interment at Maple
Street Cemetery, Adams, Mass.
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Patrick James McAndrews (1890-1973) —
also known as Patrick J. McAndrews —
of Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
30, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice
Consul in Prescott, 1920-29; insurance business; postmaster at Adams,
Mass., 1949-62 (acting, 1949-50).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died, in North Adams Regional Hospital,
North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
21, 1973 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Adams, Mass.
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William Jennings Miller (1899-1950) —
also known as William J. Miller —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., March
12, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1939-41, 1943-45,
1947-49; defeated, 1940, 1944, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Injured in an airplane crash in 1918 and lost both
legs.
Died in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., November
22, 1950 (age 51 years, 255
days).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Waterford, Conn.
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Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) —
also known as Joseph D. Montedonico —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 4,
1852.
Banker;
insurance business; Consular
Agent for Italy in Memphis,
Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member of Tennessee
state senate; elected 1884.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and malaria,
in Hotel
Pilgrim, Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
8, 1909 (age 57 years, 157
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William A. Mosman (1862-1948) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in West Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., November
24, 1862.
Insurance agent; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in Boston,
Mass., 1914-21; Honorary
Consul for Uruguay in Boston,
Mass., 1920-48; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Boston,
Mass., 1926-45.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1948 (age 85 years, 321
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Anton Mosman and Adeline (Reynolds) Mosman. |
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William C. Moulton (b. 1873) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
15, 1873.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Pittsfield, Mass., 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire District, 1920-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Leroy Nason (b. 1872) —
also known as Arthur L. Nason —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Insurance adjuster; shoe
manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifth Essex District, 1906-09,
1917-18; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1912.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Lawyer;
farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life Insurance Co.; director,
Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham and Lydia (Breed) Needham; married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall; married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham. |
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George H. Newhall (1850-1923) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; shoe
manufacturer; president, Lynn Street
Railway Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923
(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,
Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1923 (age 73 years, 11
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Eugene J. O'Neil (b. 1856) —
Born February
29, 1856.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890.
Catholic.
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Mass.
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Fordis C. Parker (b. 1868) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Wales, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1868.
Republican. Fire insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Hampden District, 1905-06; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1925-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph A. Parks (b. 1877) —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Preston, Lancashire, England,
May
2, 1877.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Noah Allen Plympton (1841-1911) —
also known as Noah A. Plympton —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., September
7, 1841.
Watchmaker;
jeweler;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1884; insurance business; member
of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Ninth Norfolk District, 1905.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died September
9, 1911 (age 70 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass.
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Fred H. Purches (b. 1881) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
5, 1881.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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John Marshall Raymond (b. 1852) —
also known as John M. Raymond —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., June 16,
1852.
Lawyer;
president, Salem Mutual Benefit Association; president, Salem
Cooperative Bank;
director, Mercantile National Bank of
Salem; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1880; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1886-89.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Marshall |
| | | Relatives: Son of Alfred Augustus
Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond; married 1879 to Anna
Belle Jackson; married 1893 to Jennie
Abbot Ward. |
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Stephen Holbrook Rhodes (1825-1909) —
also known as Stephen H. Rhodes —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
7, 1825.
Mayor
of Taunton, Mass., 1867-70; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870-71; insurance executive.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1909 (age 83 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Caleb Rice (1792-1873) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., April 4,
1792.
President, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1851;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1852-53; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1860.
Died March 1,
1873 (age 80 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Betty (Dickerson) Rice and Joseph Rice; married 1826 to
Marietta P. Parsons. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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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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Jacob Sleeper (c.1802-1889) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, about 1802.
Wholesale
clothing business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851-52; director, Boston
National Bank of
Commerce; director, North American Insurance Company.
Wesleyan.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
31, 1889 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Slowey (1887-1964) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., 1887.
Democrat. Insurance business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourteenth Middlesex District,
1917-26, 1929-30; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1932;
mayor
of Lowell, Mass., 1932-33; postmaster at Lowell,
Mass., 1935-56.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
10, 1964 (age about 76
years).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Benjamin Harrison Swig (1893-1980) —
also known as Benjamin H. Swig —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
17, 1893.
Democrat. Chairman, Fairmont Hotel
Co.; chairman, Western Dairy
Products, Inc.; president, Security Title Insurance Co.,
Benefit Standard Life Insurance Co., Beneficial Fire and
Casualty Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1980
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Ure (1823-1891) —
of Saginaw Township, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1823.
Farmer;
insurance business; supervisor
of Saginaw Township, Michigan, 1865-66, 1870-71.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died December
11, 1891 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; insurance business; postmaster at Bay
City, Mich., 1883-87; Bay
County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Wickstrom (1878-1958) —
of Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Massachusetts, 1878.
Democrat. Insurance business; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1922, 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1935-38; defeated, 1910, 1912, 1938.
Died August
23, 1958 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Norway Township Cemetery, Norway, Mich.
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Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (1862-1940) —
also known as Samuel E. Winslow —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
11, 1862.
Republican. President, Samuel Winslow Skate
Manufacturing Co.; director, U.S. Envelope Co., State Mutual Life
Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., and Mechanics National Bank;
trustee, Worcester City Hospital;
chairman, U.S. Board of Railway Labor Mediation; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1893-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908;
speaker, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1913-25.
Unitarian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 11,
1940 (age 78 years, 91
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Stanley F. Withe (1892-1984) —
of Burlington, Hartford
County, Conn.; Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 15,
1892.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1953-54.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
19, 1984 (age 91 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Inga Grau. |
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