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Thomas Cogswell Bachelder (b. 1860) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., November
6, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Fogg Bachelder and Martha Badger (Cogswell) Bachelder;
married, November
8, 1893, to Claudia Wilma Crosby. |
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Jack H. Backman (b. 1922) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Saugus, Essex
County, Mass., April
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1971-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1972,
1980
(alternate).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Saul Backman and Edith (Cohen) Backman; married to Lillian
Sagik. |
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Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) —
also known as Gaspar G. Bacon —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 7,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway
Co., Eliot Savings Bank;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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George A. Bacon (b. 1869) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
27, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1910-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1920;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1917-18; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) Bacon; married 1902 to Mabel
M. Sedgwick. |
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Peter Child Bacon (1804-1886) —
also known as Peter C. Bacon —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born November
11, 1804.
Lawyer; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1851-52.
Died February
7, 1886 (age 81 years, 88
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Luther Walter Badger (1785-1869) —
also known as Luther Badger —
of Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Colesville town, Broome
County, N.Y.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Partridgefield (now Peru), Berkshire
County, Mass., April
10, 1785.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1825-27; Broome
County District Attorney, 1847-49.
Died in Jordan, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
30, 1869 (age 84 years, 203
days).
Interment at Jordan
Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lemuel Badger and Sabra (Smith) Badger; married 1811 to Eunice
Welles; married, August
28, 1845, to Betsey Dimmock; second cousin of Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875); second cousin once removed of John
Allen, George
Bradley Kellogg and Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; second cousin four times removed of John
Leffingwell Randolph; third cousin of John
William Allen; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Pickering, Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Jason
Kellogg, Eli
Elmer, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, John
Wingate Weeks, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Dudley
Leavitt Pickman, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Walter
Forward, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey
Forward, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Orlando
Kellogg, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Chapman Williston, William
Pitt Kellogg, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, George
Frederick Stone, Selah
Merrill and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Joseph Baerak —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Lawyer; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853) —
of Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., May 1,
1773.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-14; probate judge in
Massachusetts, 1816-20; probate judge in Maine, 1820-34; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1835-37; defeated, 1836.
Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, July 6,
1853 (age 80 years, 66
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine.
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J. Arthur Baker (b. 1879) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., June 25,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 8th District, 1933-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial location unknown.
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Carroll H. Balcom —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1946, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Richard Baldwin (b. 1854) —
also known as John R. Baldwin —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., May 10,
1854.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Essex District, 1882-84; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1885-86.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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William Amos Bancroft (b. 1855) —
also known as William Bancroft —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
26, 1855.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-85; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1893-97; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; president, Boston Elevated Railway
from 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles B. Bancroft; married 1878 to Mary
Shaw. |
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Laurence Harold Banks (b. 1897) —
also known as Laurence H. Banks —
of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
31, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1948-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George T. Banks and Alice E. (Simmons) Banks. |
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Louis Albert Banks (b. 1851) —
also known as Louis A. Banks —
Born in Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore., 1851.
Lawyer; minister;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1893; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1893.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816-1894) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Banks; "The Bobbin
Boy" —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
30, 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1851-52; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1853-57, 1865-73, 1875-79,
1889-91 (7th District 1853-57, 6th District 1865-73, 5th District
1875-79, 1889-91); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1856-57; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874.
Died in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1894 (age 78 years, 214
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Mass.
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James Madison Barker (1839-1905) —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
23, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1882; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1891-1905.
Died in 1905
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896) —
also known as Francis C. Barlow; "The Boy
General" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
19, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of state of New York, 1866-67; New York
state attorney general, 1872-73.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from "the grip" (influenza),
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1896 (age 61 years, 84
days).
Interment at Walnut
Street Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797-1861) —
also known as Daniel D. Barnard —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 16,
1797.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1839-45 (27th District
1827-29, 10th District 1839-43, 13th District 1843-45); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1838; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1850-53.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
24, 1861 (age 63 years, 282
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Charles Benjamin Barnes Jr. (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles B. Barnes —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1908.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Benjamin Barnes Jr. (1900-1980) —
also known as Charles B. Barnes, Jr. —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.; Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 18,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1932.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in September, 1980
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Alfred Barnes (1882-1970) —
also known as Clarence A. Barnes —
of Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
28, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker);
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1945-49; defeated, 1928, 1938, 1948;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., May 25,
1970 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William D. Barnes and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes; married, March
13, 1906, to Helen V. Long; married, October
8, 1927, to Doreen Kane. |
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David Leonard Barnes (1760-1812) —
also known as David L. Barnes —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
28, 1760.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1797-1801; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1801-12; died in office 1812.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
3, 1812 (age 52 years, 280
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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George L. Barnes (b. 1879) —
of South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 24,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Norfolk District, 1904-06;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1911-12.
Congregationalist.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnes and Adelia A. (Graves) Barnes; married 1906 to Anna
Stetson. |
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Charles Neal Barney (1875-1949) —
also known as Charles N. Barney —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., June 27,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1906-07; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1916.
Universalist.
Died April
24, 1949 (age 73 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Barry (b. 1864) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
28, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1914-15; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney
disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
14, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Elihu
Root, 1869-83 and 1917-24; drama
critic; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1884-1907; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department,
1896-1906; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1906-16; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-16.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died, from heart
disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
17, 1925 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Edward Murray Bassett (1863-1948) —
also known as Edward M. Bassett —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1903-05.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
7, 1948 (age 85 years, 243
days).
Interment at Ashfield
Plains Cemetery, Ashfield, Mass.
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Erastus Newton Bates (1828-1898) —
also known as Erastus N. Bates —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Centralia, Marion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plainfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
29, 1828.
Lawyer; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1857-58; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1866-67; Illinois
state treasurer, 1869-73.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 29,
1898 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Isaac Chapman Bates (1779-1845) —
also known as Isaac C. Bates —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., January
23, 1779.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1827-35;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (Temporary Chair;
Convention Vice-President; speaker; member, Committee to Notify
Nominees); U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; died in office 1845.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1845 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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John Lewis Bates (1859-1946) —
also known as John L. Bates —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., September
18, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-99; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1897-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1900-03; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 8,
1946 (age 86 years, 263
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sidney Baxter (b. 1866) —
also known as Charles S. Baxter —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1912;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1921.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Willard Baxter. |
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Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) —
also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
29, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1880,
1884;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334
days).
Interment at Old
Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Asheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa
Lee; married, November
7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas
Francis Bayard Jr.; nephew of Richard
Henry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson of James
Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who
married Joseph
Gardner Bradley), Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson of Richard
Bassett; great-grandfather of Richard
Henry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew of John
Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Clayton and Littleton
Kirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard; third cousin of Andrew
Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin of John
Sluyter Wirt. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Mount
Bayard, on the border between British
Columbia, Canada, and the Prince of
Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Joseph Henry Beale (b. 1861) —
also known as Joseph H. Beale —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., October
12, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Beale and Frances E. (Messinger) Beale; married, December
23, 1891, to Elizabeth C. Day. |
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George Freemont Bean (b. 1857) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
24, 1857.
Lawyer; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1890.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Sibley Bean and Nancy E. (Colby) Bean; married, September
2, 1886, to E. Maria Blodgett. |
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Stephen Bean —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Raoul H. Beaudreau (b. 1882) —
of Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 2,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Evangeliste Beaudreau and Marie (Gregoire)
Beaudreau. |
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Augustus Witschief Bennet (1897-1983) —
also known as Augustus W. Bennet —
of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1945-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Grange;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 5,
1983 (age 85 years, 241
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newburgh, N.Y.
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Edmund Hatch Bennett (1824-1898) —
also known as Edmund H. Bennett —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 6,
1824.
Lawyer; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1858-63; mayor
of Taunton, Mass., 1865-67; resigned 1867; law
professor.
Episcopalian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
2, 1898 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Milo Lyman Bennett (c.1790-1868) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1790.
Lawyer; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1839-59.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., July 7,
1868 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895-1971) —
also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist;
law
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a stroke,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (1937-2007) —
also known as Peter A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Air Force during the
Vietnam War; member of New York
state assembly, 1969-74 (64th District 1969-72, 68th District
1973-74); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972;
New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, 1976-78;
president, National Audubon Society, 1985-95.
Member, Audubon
Society.
Injured in the collapse
of a barn roof, and died a few weeks later at Berkshire Medical
Center, Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
1, 2007 (age 69 years, 328
days).
Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.; cenotaph at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle; married, April
27, 1918, to Katherine Garrison Chapin; great-grandnephew of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); second great-grandson of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; second great-grandnephew of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; third great-grandson of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); third great-grandnephew of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin twice removed of John
Cadwalader (1805-1879), Edmund
Randolph and Thomas
Biddle; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); first cousin four times removed of
Edward
Biddle and Charles
Biddle; first cousin five times removed of Richard
Bland and Benjamin
Harrison; second cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph Cocke and John
Cadwalader (1843-1925); second cousin twice removed of Charles
Bingham Penrose and Peter
Myndert Dox; second cousin thrice removed of James
Biddle, John
Biddle (1792-1859) and Richard
Biddle; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph, Carter
Bassett Harrison, John
Randolph of Roanoke and William
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Harry
Bartow Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Edward
MacFunn Biddle, James
Stokes Biddle and Charles
John Biddle; third cousin thrice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Henry
St. George Tucker and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin of Boies
Penrose and Spencer
Penrose; fourth cousin once removed of John
Biddle (1859-1936). |
| | | Political families: Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Barnabas Bidwell (1763-1833) —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Tyringham (part now in Monterey), Berkshire
County, Mass., August
23, 1763.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1805-07;
resigned 1807; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1807-10.
Died in Kingston, Ontario,
July
27, 1833 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cataraqui
Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.
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Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860) —
of Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.; Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster, Worcester
County, Mass., December
5, 1775.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1807-09; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1810-15 (11th District
1810-13, at-large 1813-15).
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 5,
1860 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Alfred Mitchell Bingham (1905-1998) —
also known as Alfred M. Bingham —
of Salem, New London
County, Conn.; Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1905.
Democrat. Magazine
editor; lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 29th District, 1941-42; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1952.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
2, 1998 (age 93 years, 255
days).
Interment at Woodbridge Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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Bernard Blair (1801-1880) —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1801.
Whig. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1841-43.
Presbyterian.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., May 7,
1880 (age 78 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Catherine C. Blake (b. 1950) —
of Maryland.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1950.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1985-86; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Freeman Norton Blake (1822-1889) —
also known as Freeman N. Blake —
of Kansas.
Born in Farmington Falls, Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, June 1,
1822.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; U.S. Consul in Fort Erie, 1865-69; Hamilton, 1869-73.
Died in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 19,
1889 (age 66 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Henry Nichols Blake (1838-1933) —
also known as Henry N. Blake —
of Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont.
Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., June 5,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
editor; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1889; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, 1880;
member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1881-87; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1889-92.
Died in a hospital
at Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1933 (age 95 years, 177
days).
Interment at Dorchester
North Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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John Lauris Blake Jr. (1831-1899) —
also known as John L. Blake —
of Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
25, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1857; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1879-81.
Died in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., October
10, 1899 (age 68 years, 199
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Henry Williams Blodgett (1821-1905) —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 21,
1821.
Surveyor;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852-54; member of Illinois
state senate, 1858-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1870-92.
Died in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., February
9, 1905 (age 83 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Taggard Blodgett (1859-1912) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 16,
1859.
Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1898-1900; justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1900-03.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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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Lawrence Bond (1853-1927) —
also known as Amos Lawrence Bond —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hawaii, February
4, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; Honorary
Consul for Hawaiian Islands in Boston,
Mass., 1883-94; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate Second Middlesex District, 1895.
Died in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
8, 1927 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, 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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Robert James Bottomly (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert J. Bottomly —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
30, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles S. Bottomly and Mary E. (McGaffey) Bottomly; married, March 3,
1915, to Margaret D. Spencer. |
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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Lawyer; mining
business; president, Bourne Cotton
Mills, New Bedford, Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
14, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Harvey Lincoln Boutwell (1860-1928) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Meredosia, Morgan
County, Ill., April 5,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1895-98.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
4, 1928 (age 67 years, 305
days).
Interment at Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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John Myer Bowers (1772-1846) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
25, 1772.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1813.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 152
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer; general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Selwyn Zadock Bowman (1840-1928) —
also known as Selwyn Z. Bowman —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Cohasset, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., May 11,
1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1873; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1876-77; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1879-83.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
30, 1928 (age 88 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., August
16, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1838-40; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1847-49, 1868-69 (2nd
District 1847-49, 6th District 1868-69); delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1872-73; died in office 1873.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., November
20, 1873 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (b. 1856) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Orleans
County, Vt., December
30, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892; mayor
of Everett, Mass., 1904, 1906-07; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1914-15; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1917-20.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Quincy Adams Brackett (1842-1918) —
also known as John Q. A. Brackett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., June 8,
1842.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1877-82, 1884-87; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1885-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1890-91; defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 6,
1918 (age 75 years, 302
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Bradford (1729-1808) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
4, 1729.
Physician;
lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1764-65; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1798-1802; Speaker
of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1764-65, 1766-67, 1780,
1780-86, 1787-88, 1789-90, 1791-93; Deputy
Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-78; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1793-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., July 6,
1808 (age 78 years, 245
days).
Original interment at Bristol Town Common, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Luther Bradish (1783-1863) —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Cummington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1783.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1828-30, 1836-38; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1838; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1837-42; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1842.
Died, in Ocean House hotel,
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
30, 1863 (age 79 years, 349
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. John Bradish and Hannah (Warner) Bradish; married 1814 to Helen
Elizabeth Gibbs; married 1839 to Mary
Eliza Hart. |
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Henry King Braley (1850-1929) —
also known as Henry K. Braley —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
17, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1882-83; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1900-02; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1902-29; died in office 1929.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1929 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Lawyer; law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University
of Louisville Law School, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother of
Fannie Brandeis (who married Charles
Nagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law of Walter
M. Taussig); married, March
23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. |
| | | Political family: Taussig
family of St. Louis, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dean
Acheson — James
M. Landis — Calvert
Magruder |
| | | Brandeis University,
in Waltham,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The Louis D. Brandeis School
of Law, in Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.
Paper, Brandeis:
An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme Court
Justices — Stephen W. Baskerville, Of
Laws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis Dembitz
Brandeis — Philippa Strum, Louis
D. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,
Two
Jewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
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Edmund John Brandon (b. 1894) —
also known as Edmund J. Brandon —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 24,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1939-46.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward John Brandon and Mary A. (Corcoran) Brandon; married, July 20,
1925, to Anna Coleman McCarthy. |
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Elisha Hume Brewster (1871-1946) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
10, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-04; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1922-41; took senior status
1941.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., April
29, 1946 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles K. Brewster and Celina S. (Baldwin) Brewster; married, June 20,
1900, to Alice M. Thompson; married, June 28,
1906, to Jessie W. Cook. |
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Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919-1988) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Oxford, England.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., June 17,
1919.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; President
of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford, England,
November
8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
also known as Owen Brewster —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Stephen Gerald Breyer (b. 1938) —
also known as Stephen G. Breyer —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
15, 1938.
Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur
J. Goldberg, 1964-65; lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1980-94; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1994-.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2017.
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Samuel Willard Bridgham (1774-1840) —
also known as Samuel W. Bridgham —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Rehoboth (part now in Seekonk), Bristol
County, Mass., May 4,
1774.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1810; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1826; mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1832-40; died in office 1840.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
28, 1840 (age 66 years, 238
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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George Nixon Briggs (1796-1861) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lanesborough, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
12, 1796.
Lawyer; Berkshire
County Register of Deeds, 1824-31; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-43 (9th District 1831-33,
7th District 1833-43); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1844-51; defeated (American), 1859; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1851-56; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853.
Killed by the accidental
discharge of a "fowling piece" (shotgun),
in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
11, 1861 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Vincent Lyons Broderick (1920-1995) —
also known as Vincent L. Broderick —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1962; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
New York City Police Commissioner, 1965-66.
Died, of cancer,
at the Stanley R. Tippett Hospice,
Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 3,
1995 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Broderick. |
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Morton Aaron Brody (1933-2000) —
also known as Morton A. Brody —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, June 12,
1933.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Maine, 1980-90; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1990-91; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1991-2000; died in office 2000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
25, 2000 (age 66 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent Brogna (b. 1887) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Montefalcione, Italy,
May
14, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1911; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14, 1916-17; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916
(alternate), 1932;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1934.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Raffaele Brogna and Filomena (Selvitella) Brogna; married 1916 to Flora
Fopiano; married, May 15,
1922, to Louise M. Griffin. |
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Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets;
Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Died in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
3, 2015 (age 95 years, 69
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
23, 1830.
Lawyer; in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard and lost both
feet; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-66; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1905
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Eli Brooks (1860-1916) —
also known as Franklin E. Brooks —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Sturbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., November
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1903-07.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
7, 1916 (age 55 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Addison Brown (1830-1913) —
of New York.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., February
21, 1830.
Lawyer; botanist;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1881-1901;
retired 1901.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1913 (age 83 years, 47
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) —
also known as Henry B. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Barrett Brown (b. 1885) —
also known as James B. Brown —
of Everett, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., March 3,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; general counsel, Massachusetts Bankers
Association; special counsel, Boston & Maine Railroad;
vice-president, First National Bank of
Reading; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twentieth Middlesex District,
1921-24; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Addison Brown and Flora (Pierce) Brown; married, July 30,
1913, to Grace Donaldson. |
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Scott Philip Brown (b. 1959) —
also known as Scott Brown —
of Wrentham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Kittery, York
County, Maine, September
12, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1999-2004; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 2004-10; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2010-13.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Zeta
Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Phineas Bruce (1762-1809) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 7,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-98, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1803-05.
Died in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
4, 1809 (age 47 years, 119
days).
Original interment at Old
Burying Ground, Uxbridge, Mass.; reinterment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Mass.
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John Alexander Bryan (1794-1864) —
also known as John A. Bryan —
of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., April
13, 1794.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1827; Ohio
auditor of state, 1833-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Peru, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 24,
1864 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wis.
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Samuel J. Bryant (c.1852-1919) —
of Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1889-90, 1919; died
in office 1919; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died June 22,
1919 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elaine E. Bucklo (b. 1944) —
of Illinois.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1944.
Lawyer; law clerk, Judge Robert
Sprecher, 1972-73; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1994-.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Alexander Hamilton Bullock (1816-1882) —
also known as Alexander H. Bullock —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., March 2,
1816.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845-49, 1862-65; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1862-65; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1849; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1859; defeated (Whig), 1853; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1866-69.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1882 (age 65 years, 321
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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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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Nathaniel Bullock (1777-1867) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 1,
1777.
Democrat. Lawyer; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1825-26; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1827-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1840;
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1842-43.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., November
13, 1867 (age 90 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) —
also known as Ben Burdick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960
(alternate); member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tristam Burges (1770-1853) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
26, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1811; chief
justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1825-35; candidate for
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1836.
Died in East Providence, Providence
County, R.I., October
13, 1853 (age 83 years, 229
days).
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
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Thomas M. Burke (b. 1898) —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., May 30,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1935-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
14, 1820.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1855-61; U.S.
Minister to China, 1861-67.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in St. Petersburg, Russia,
February
23, 1870 (age 49 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Robert Tyng Bushnell (1896-1949) —
also known as Robert T. Bushnell —
of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1927-31; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1941-45.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his suite at the Royalton Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
23, 1949 (age 53 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Stowe Bushnell and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell; married,
June
30, 1924, to Sylvia P. Folsom. |
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Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) —
also known as Benjamin F. Butler; "The Bold and
Bilious Benjamin"; "Beast
Butler" —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deerfield, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
5, 1818.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1867-75, 1877-79 (5th District
1867-73, 6th District 1873-75, 7th District 1877-79); defeated, 1874;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1883-84; defeated, 1859 (Democratic), 1860
(Democratic), 1878 (Butler Democrat), 1879 (Butler Democrat), 1883
(Democratic); Greenback candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Died while attending court
in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1893 (age 74 years, 67
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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William Morgan Butler (1861-1937) —
also known as William M. Butler —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
29, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; president of cotton
mills; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1892-95; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1924-25; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1924-28; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26; defeated, 1926, 1930.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
29, 1937 (age 76 years, 59
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Allan Gordon Buttrick (b. 1876) —
also known as Allan G. Buttrick —
of Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., March
16, 1876.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Worcester District, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Adoptive son of George T. Buttrick and Ellen M. Buttrick; son of
Daniel W. Wood and Sarah P. Wood. |
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