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Edward Patrick Boland (1911-2001) —
also known as Edward P. Boland —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., October
1, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1935-40; Hampden
County Register of Deeds, 1941-52; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1953-89.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Sponsor of amendments that outlawed U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan
"contra" rebels in the 1980s.
Died, of cardiovascular
complications, following a fractured
hip, at Mercy Medical
Center, Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
4, 2001 (age 90 years, 34
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Bart Bossidy (1875-1948) —
of Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
30, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Berkshire District, 1906;
district judge in Massachusetts, 1910-48.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
21, 1948 (age 72 years, 144
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lee, Mass.
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Thomas Henry Buckley (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas H. Buckley —
of Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
5, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1920-40; candidate for Massachusetts
Governor's Council 1st District, 1922; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1932; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1935-39; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Grange;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Sons
of Union Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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James Joseph Caffrey (1897-1961) —
also known as James J. Caffrey —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1945-47; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1946-47.
Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Durban, South
Africa, March 4,
1961 (age 63 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Joseph Caffrey and Mary (Cahill) Caffrey; married, September
14, 1923, to Janet Keating. |
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Leo Joseph Callanan (1900-1982) —
also known as Leo J. Callanan —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1924-26; Melbourne, 1926-27; Adelaide, 1926-29; Nassau, 1929-30; U.S. Consul in Port Said, as of 1931; Madras, as of 1932; Malaga, as of 1938; Oporto, as of 1940; Pernambuco, as of 1943; Victoria, as of 1947; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, as of 1949.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from chronic
emphysema, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
5, 1982 (age 81 years, 352
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward John Callanan and Helena Clare (Murphy) Callanan; married,
February
20, 1935, to Helene English Bradley. |
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Michael Everett Capuano (b. 1952) —
also known as Mike Capuano —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
9, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1990-98; defeated, 1979, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1999-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2009.
Catholic.
Italian
and Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Patrick Andrew Collins (1844-1905) —
also known as Patrick A. Collins —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland,
March
12, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868-69; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1876,
1880,
1888,
1892,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1883-89; U.S.
Consul General in London, 1893-97; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1902-05; defeated, 1899; died in office 1905.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., September
13, 1905 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.; memorial monument at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Francis Leo Colpoys (b. 1884) —
also known as Francis L. Colpoys —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1884.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifteenth Suffolk District,
1909-11.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Order
of Heptasophs.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Francis Cooke (1923-2002) —
also known as Edward F. Cooke —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1962; mayor
of Oakmont, Pa., 1966-69; Allegheny
County Treasurer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1968.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and renal
failure, in a hospice
at Catonsville, Baltimore
County, Md., August
12, 2002 (age about 79
years).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Joseph Cooke and Norah Ann (Regan) Cooke; married to Dorothy
Cleary. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pittsburgh Press,
December 27, 1967 |
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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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James Joseph Curran (1864-1910) —
also known as James J. Curran —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June, 1864.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Holyoke, Mass., 1896; defeated, 1893, 1894.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
In early 1896, he was team captain of the first demonstration game of
"mintonette" (later known as "volleyball").
Died in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., 1910
(age about
46 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick C. Curran and Margaret (Manning) Curran; brother-in-law of
Margaret Elizabeth Tierney (first cousin of William
Laurence Tierney). |
| | | Political family: Tierney
family of Greenwich, Connecticut. |
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Joseph V. Curran (c.1861-1935) —
of Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Rhode Island, about 1861.
Republican. Postmaster at Attleboro,
Mass., 1923-35.
Irish ancestry.
Died September
12, 1935 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Curran Dasey (1883-1966) —
also known as Charles C. Dasey —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
19, 1883.
Steamship
agent; Consul
for Netherlands in Boston,
Mass., 1912-13.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., June 6,
1966 (age 83 years, 48
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Charles V. Dasey (1849-1913) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June, 1849.
Democrat. Steamship
agent; Consul
for Netherlands in Boston,
Mass., 1896-1912.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 20,
1913 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Louis J. Diamond (1918-1996) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born July 13,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1960-61.
Greek
and Irish ancestry.
Died in Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 13,
1996 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Thomas H. Duffy (1880-1969) —
also known as "Plucky Duffy" —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 8,
1880.
Democrat. Champion boxer,
competed in U.S. and Europe; freight conductor for Boston & Maine Railroad;
mayor
of Woburn, Mass., 1925-27; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 14,
1969 (age 89 years, 67
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1902 to Alice
O'Donnell. |
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Richard John Egan (1936-2009) —
also known as Richard J. Egan —
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
28, 1936.
Republican. Co-founder of EMC Corporation, technology
firm; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 2001-02.
Irish ancestry.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
while suffering from lung
cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
28, 2009 (age 73 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Fitzgerald (b. 1941) —
also known as Fitz Fitzgerald —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., October
9, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1968;
candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1980.
Irish ancestry. Member, Vietnam
Veterans of America; Disabled
American Veterans; National
Education Association; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative Bank;
director, Cooperative Central Bank;
director, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat
Co.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald; married, November
21, 1900, to Ellen T. Butler. |
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William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961) —
also known as William Z. Foster; William Edward
Foster —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881.
Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness.
Irish ancestry.
Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Russia; cenotaph at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Dorothy Kelly Gay (b. 1943) —
also known as Dorothy A. Kelly —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland,
April
26, 1943.
Democrat. Registered
nurse; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 6th District, 1993-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1998; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1999-2000; defeated, 2003.
Female.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Hancock (1737-1793) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., January
23, 1737.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1775-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1780-85, 1787-93; died in office 1793; received 4
electoral votes, 1789.
Congregationalist.
Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1793 (age 56 years, 258
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Hancock and Mary (Hawke) Hancock; married, August
28, 1775, to Dorothy 'Dolly'(Quincy) Scott. |
| | | Hancock counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Miss., Ohio, Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hancock,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — Mount
Hancock, in the White Mountains, Grafton
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Hancock (built 1941 at Portland,
Oregon; torpedoed and lost in the Caribbean
Sea, 1942) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Hancock: Harlow Giles
Unger, John
Hancock : Merchant King and American Patriot — Harlow
Giles Unger, John
Hancock: Merchant King & American Patriot |
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Louise Day Hicks (1916-2003) —
also known as Ann Louise Day —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
16, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1964; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1967, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1971-73;
defeated, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
21, 2003 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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John Holland (b. 1861) —
of Bessemer, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., January
14, 1861.
Blacksmith;
grocer; real estate
business; mayor
of Bessemer, Mich., 1906-08; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gogebic County, 1911-14,
1919-30; defeated (Democratic), 1896 (Dickinson District), 1914
(Gogebic County); acting postmaster at Bessemer,
Mich., 1929-31.
Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Francis Hurley (1893-1946) —
also known as Charles F. Hurley —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
24, 1893.
Democrat. Real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1931-36; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Foresters.
Died March
24, 1946 (age 52 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Frank P. Hurley (b. 1900) —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Hampden District, 1929-36.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Hurley and Margaret (Shea) Hurley; married, July 6,
1935, to Maura E. Earls. |
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Joseph Leo Hurley (1898-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Hurley —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April
20, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1925-28;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1933-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-56; died in office 1956.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April
29, 1956 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) —
also known as Edward M. Kennedy; Ted Kennedy;
"Lion of the Senate" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born, in St. Margaret's Hospital,
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009; died in office 2009;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1980;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty to leaving
the scene of an accident after his car plunged off the Dike
Bridge, on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing
passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, on July 18, 1969.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
25, 2009 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy and Jean
Kennedy Smith; married, November
30, 1958, to Virginia Joan Bennett (divorced 1982); married, July 3,
1992, to Victoria Anne Reggie (daughter of Edmund
M. Reggie); married, November
29, 1958, to Virginia
Joan Bennett (born 1936); father of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); uncle of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Murray
M. Chotiner |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Edward M. Kennedy: True
Compass: A Memoir (2009) |
| | | Books about Edward M. Kennedy: Adam
Clymer, Edward
M. Kennedy: A Biography — Richard E. Burke, The
Senator : My Ten Years With Ted Kennedy — Peter S.
Canellos, Last
Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy |
| | | Critical books about Edward M. Kennedy:
Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) — Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince, The
Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print |
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) —
also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K.";
"Lancer" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
received a 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President
of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Elks.
Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Shot
by a sniper,
Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a
motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177
days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John
F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;
step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton
Ivan Steers Jr.); brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia
Joan Bennett); married, September
12, 1953, to Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III); father of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who
married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: John
B. Connally — Henry
B. Gonzalez — Henry
M. Wade — Walter
Rogers — Gerry
E. Studds — James
B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark
Dalton — Waggoner
Carr — Theodore
C. Sorensen — Pierre
Salinger — John
Bartlow Martin — Abraham
Davenport |
| | | The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from
Jeffersonville,
Indiana, to Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. half dollar coin. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles
in Courage (1956) |
| | | Books about John F. Kennedy:
Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK
: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An
Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael
O'Brien, John
F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask
Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed
America — Thomas Reeves, A
Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —
Chris Matthews, Jack
Kennedy: Elusive Hero — Shelley Sommer, John
F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:
Seymour Hersh, The
Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK:
the Man and the Myth |
| | | Image source: Warren Commission report
(via Wikipedia) |
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie
studios in the 1920s; organized the merger that created
Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) —
also known as P. J. Kennedy —
of Massachusetts.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
14, 1858.
Democrat. Liquor
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1896;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 18,
1929 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment somewhere
in Malden, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Kennedy and Bridget (Murphy) Kennedy; married, November
23, 1887, to Mary Augusta Hickey; father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; grandfather of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; great-grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) —
also known as Pat Lawford; Patricia Helen
Kennedy —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 2006 (age 82 years, 134
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, April
24, 1954, to Peter
Lawford; mother of Christopher Lawford; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John C. Mahoney (1881-1946) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Cork, Ireland,
March
22, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1911-14; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1932-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Elks; Eagles;
Lions.
Died July 12,
1946 (age 65 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Mahoney and Mary (Foley) Mahoney; married, November
25, 1914, to Mary G. O'Connor. |
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Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) —
also known as Frederick W. Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist;
lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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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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Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) —
also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the
Sugar Trust" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1849.
Democrat. Cooper; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889;
member of New York
state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th
District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1892,
1900,
1904.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years.
Died, from intestinal
degeneration, complicated by appendicitis
and myocarditis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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George Francis McNamara (1883-1937) —
also known as George F. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
22, 1883.
Democrat. Shoe
business; postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1920-22, 1936-37 (acting, 1920-22).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
4, 1937 (age 54 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Lot Francis McNamara (1856-1920) —
also known as Lot F. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., January
6, 1856.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1904;
postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1913-20.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, at Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., July 31,
1920 (age 64 years, 207
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Lot Francis McNamara Jr. (1897-1952) —
also known as Lot F. McNamara, Jr. —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., January
10, 1897.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1952 (age 55 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Raymond Vincent McNamara (1889-1974) —
also known as Raymond V. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., April 6,
1889.
Democrat. Shoe
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
Massachusetts Associate Commissioner of Labor and Arbitration;
postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1939-59; newspaper
publisher.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, in Hale Hospital,
Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., September
21, 1974 (age 85 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Brian Joseph Moran (b. 1959) —
also known as Brian Moran —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
9, 1959.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates 46th District, 1996-2008; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2009; Virginia
Democratic state chair, 2010-12.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Jeremiah Henry Murphy (1835-1893) —
also known as Jeremiah H. Murphy; Jerrie
Murphy —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
13, 1835.
Democrat. Mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1873-74, 1879-80; member of Iowa state
legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1883-87.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
10, 1893 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
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Philip Dunton Murphy (b. 1957) —
also known as Phil Murphy —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
16, 1957.
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 2009-13; Governor of
New Jersey, 2018-.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Hugh O'Brien (1827-1895) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ireland,
July
13, 1827.
Democrat. Mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1885-89; defeated, 1888.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
First
Irish Catholic mayor of Boston.
Died August
1, 1895 (age 68 years, 19
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Lawrence Francis O'Brien (1917-1990) —
also known as Lawrence F. O'Brien; Larry
O'Brien —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 17,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Rep. Foster
Furcolo, 1948-50; public
relations business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1965-68; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1968-69, 1970-72; his office
was the target of the Watergate burglary, 1972; commissioner,
National Basketball
Association, 1975-84.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, of cancer,
in New York
Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1990 (age 73 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Charles O'Conor (1804-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1853-54; senior
counsel for Jefferson
Davis during his treason trial; as special deputy attorney
general for New York State, was counsel for the prosecution in the
trial of William
M. Tweed; Straight Out Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., May 12,
1884 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Entombed at St.
Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr. (1912-1994) —
also known as Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.;
"Tip" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
9, 1912.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1949-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964;
Honorary Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District
1953-63, 8th District 1963-87); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1977-87.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
5, 1994 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Harwich Port, Harwich, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill; married, June 17,
1941, to Mildred Anne Miller; father of Thomas
P. O'Neill III. |
| | | The O'Neill Tunnel
(opened 2003), which carries Interstate 93, Highway 1, and Route 3,
in Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Thomas P. O'Neill: Man
of the House : The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip
O'Neill (1989) |
| | | Books about Thomas P. O'Neill: John
Aloysius Farrell, Tip
O' Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography —
Chris Matthews, Tip
and the Gipper: When Politics Worked |
| | | Image source: Public Officers of
Massachusetts, 1979-80 |
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Thomas James Quish Jr. (1889-1954) —
also known as Thomas J. Quish —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 8,
1889.
Democrat. Postmaster at South
Manchester, Conn., 1913-22; Manchester,
Conn., 1936-42 (acting, 1936-37).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
9, 1954 (age 64 years, 307
days).
Interment at Saint James Cemetery, Manchester, Conn.
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Donald Thomas Regan (1918-2003) —
also known as Donald T. Regan; Don Regan —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
21, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85; White House Chief of Staff
for President Ronald
Reagan, 1985-87.
Irish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of cancer
and heart
failure, in a hospital
at Williamsburg,
Va., June 10,
2003 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer;
orator;
as assistant district attorney for New York County, 1916-21, he
prosecuted many cases against left wing political and labor union
leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Ignatius Augustine Sullivan (1867-1928) —
also known as Ignatius A. Sullivan —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. President,
Hartford Central Labor Union; president,
Connecticut Federation of Labor; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1902-04; defeated, 1904; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1928 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Sullivan and Catharine Sullivan; married, September
29, 1891, to Sarah A. Clancy. |
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John S. Sullivan (1875-1949) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
18, 1875.
Democrat. Wholesale and
retail fish merchant; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1936-37; defeated, 1937, 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1942.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Knights
of Columbus.
Died April
12, 1949 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John E. Sununu (b. 1964) —
of Rye, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1964.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1997-2003; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2003-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Hampshire, 2016.
Catholic.
Lebanese,
Greek,
and Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Maurice Joseph Tobin (1901-1953) —
also known as Maurice J. Tobin —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 22,
1901.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1927-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1928; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1938-45; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1948-53.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Foresters.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 19,
1953 (age 52 years, 58
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Martin Edward Trench (1869-1927) —
also known as Martin E. Trench —
Born in Dennison, Goodhue
County, Minn., November
30, 1869.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands; died in office 1927.
Irish ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
6, 1927 (age 57 years, 37
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James H. Vahey (b. 1871) —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1908, 1909; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Joseph Walsh (b. 1967) —
also known as Marty Walsh —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
10, 1967.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Thirteenth Suffolk District,
1997-2013; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 2014-.
Irish ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Kevin Hagan White (1919-2012) —
also known as Kevin H. White —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1919.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1961-67; resigned 1967; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1964;
mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1968-84; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1970.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
27, 2012 (age 92 years, 124
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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