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Andrew Augustine Caffrey (1920-1993) —
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., October
2, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1960-86; took senior status
1986.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
6, 1993 (age 73 years, 4
days).
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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Edward Belcher Callender (b. 1851) —
also known as Edward B. Callender —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
23, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879, 1897-98, 1901-03; member of
Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Suffolk District, 1905; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1905; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Callender and Adeline Jones (Stoddard)
Callender. |
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James Butler Campbell (1808-1883) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., October
27, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-55, 1862-64,
1865-66 (St. Philip & St. Michael 1850-55, 1862-64, Charleston
1865-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1868;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1877-78; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1882.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1883 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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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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James Bernard Carroll (1856-1932) —
also known as James B. Carroll —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
10, 1856.
Lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1915-32.
Died in 1932
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Carroll and Bridget (O'Rourke) Carroll; married, July 15,
1884, to Mary E. Corbett. |
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Arthur Jean Baptiste Cartier (b. 1886) —
also known as Arthur J. B. Cartier —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, December
29, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1916, 1918,
1920, 1922, 1924; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1919; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cartier and Philomene (Loiselle) Cartier; married, March
25, 1912, to Mathilde Lefebure. |
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Andrew A. Casassa (b. 1886) —
also known as Andres A. Casassa —
of Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
17, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1920,
1928;
mayor
of Revere, Mass., 1931; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1930; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1930.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Sons
of Italy.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Angelo Casassa and Louise Casassa; married 1911 to Emily
G. Greene. |
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Joseph Edward Casey (1898-1980) —
also known as Joseph E. Casey —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., December
27, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1935-43;
defeated, 1926, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion.
In 1951-52, a U.S. Senate committee investigated
transactions in which a group he led made enormous profits from the
purchase and re-sale of surplus U.S. tanker ships following World War
II; since federal law required that sales be made only to U.S.
citizens, his group allegedly set up several dummy
corporations purportedly under American ccontrol, and faked
financial statements for them, to buy the tankers on behalf of
shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. A federal indictment
against him, over these actions, was unsealed in February 1954, but
the charges were dismissed in September. Onassis, also indicted,
pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
Died September
1, 1980 (age 81 years, 249
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas F. Cassidy (b. 1875) —
of Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Cheshire, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire District, 1906-07; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1918, 1920, 1922,
1924, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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John Curtis Chamberlain (1772-1834) —
also known as "The Hermit" —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.; Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Honeoye Falls, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 5,
1772.
Lawyer; poet;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1818; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1809-11.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
8, 1834 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Edgar Robert Champlin (b. 1858) —
also known as Edgar R. Champlin —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
9, 1858.
Lawyer; mayor
of Cambridge, Mass., 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Clark Chapin (1848-1936) —
also known as Alfred C. Chapin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 11th District, 1882-83; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1883; New York
state comptroller, 1884-87; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1891-92.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
October
2, 1936 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Atlas Chapin and Josephine Jerusha (Clark) Chapin;
married, February
20, 1884, to Grace Stebbins; married, January
6, 1913, to Charlotte (Storrs) Montant; father of Grace Chapin
(who married Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991)); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); grandnephew of Chester
William Chapin; great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish and Alexa
Fish Ward; second cousin four times removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); third cousin of Arthur
Beebe Chapin; third cousin twice removed of John
Strong, Elijah
Hunt Mills, John
Putnam Chapin and Milton
Prince Higgins; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Clesson Allen, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878) and Graham
Hurd Chapin; fourth cousin of Zenas
Ferry Moody; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Strong, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Charles
James Folger, Jacob
Sloat Fassett, Arthur
Platt Howard and Edward
Stanley Kellogg. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Arthur Beebe Chapin (1868-1943) —
also known as Arthur B. Chapin —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Willimansett, Chicopee, Hampden
County, Mass., November
17, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Holyoke, Mass., 1899-1902; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1905-09; resigned 1909.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March
19, 1943 (age 74 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Chapin (1811-1878) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Upton, Worcester
County, Mass., May 13,
1811.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Massachusetts, 1848; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1849-51, 1870; appointed 1870.
Unitarian.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., October
13, 1878 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William D. Chapple (b. 1868) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
6, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Essex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Washburn Child (1881-1935) —
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
5, 1881.
Lawyer; author;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1921-24.
Died January
31, 1935 (age 53 years, 179
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin O. Childs (b. 1876) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
10, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1914-29, 1936-39; defeated, 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin O. Childs and Caroline A. (Chaffin) Childs; married, January
11, 1908, to Mildred E. Roy. |
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Timothy Childs (1785-1847) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Lawyer; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1821-31; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1828, 1833; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1829-31, 1835-39, 1841-43 (27th
District 1829-31, 28th District 1835-39, 1841-43).
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe
County, N.M., November
8, 1847 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Cotton Chittenden (1788-1866) —
of New York.
Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
30, 1788.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1839-43.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
22, 1866 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., January
24, 1832.
Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1899-1905.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society; American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1917 (age 85 years, 110
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Rufus Choate (1799-1859) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Hog Island, Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass., October
1, 1799.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1831-35; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1841-45; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1853-54; resigned 1854.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, July 13,
1859 (age 59 years, 285
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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William Gardner Choate (1830-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
30, 1830.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1878-81.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1920 (age 89 years, 258
days).
Interment at In Memoriam Cemetery, Wallingford, Conn.
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Edward J. Clancy Jr. —
also known as Edward J. Clancy; Chip
Clancy —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eleventh Essex District, 1991-95;
member of Massachusetts
state senate First Essex District, 1995-2002; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 2002-09; defeated, 1981, 2009.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. 'Nipper' Clancy and Claire M. (Luby)
Clancy. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Chester W. Clark (b. 1851) —
of Wilmington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Glover, Orleans
County, Vt., August
9, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901; member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Lester Williams Clark (1854-1922) —
also known as Lester W. Clark —
of New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
23, 1922 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Louis Monroe Clark (b. 1858) —
of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., December
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albe C. Clark and Josephine E. (Varney) Clark. |
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Augustine Clarke (c.1780-1841) —
of Wheelock, Caledonia
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Richmond, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1780.
Lawyer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1824, 1828, 1830, 1832; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Vermont
state treasurer, 1833-37.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Died in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., June 17,
1841 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Elm Street Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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John Proctor Clarke (1856-1932) —
also known as J. Proctor Clarke —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Florence (Firenze), Italy,
of American parents, April
23, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1900-26; appointed 1900;
Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st
Department, 1905-26.
Member, Union
League; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Murray Hill Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1932 (age 75 years, 264
days).
Interment somewhere
in Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Edwards Clarke and Mary (Proctor) Clarke; married, June 25,
1884, to Sarah M. Parker; married, July 8,
1924, to Ida (Hatch) Cambell. |
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Ranslure Weld Clarke (1816-1899) —
also known as Ranslure W. Clarke —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
27, 1816.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; postmaster
at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1869-77.
Died in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., January
15, 1899 (age 82 years, 353
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Elam Clarke and Cynthia (Lewis) Clarke; married to Lucy Chandler
Wilder and Susan O. Wilder. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Russell Clason (1890-1985) —
also known as Charles R. Clason —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
3, 1890.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1937-49;
defeated, 1934, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 7,
1985 (age 94 years, 307
days).
Interment at Longmeadow
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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John Henry Clifford (1809-1876) —
also known as John H. Clifford —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
16, 1809.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1835; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1849-53, 1854-58; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1862; president, Boston and Providence Railroad.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
2, 1876 (age 66 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Walter Clifford (1849-1912) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
11, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of New Bedford, Mass., 1889-90; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1900.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., August
23, 1912 (age 63 years, 12
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Charles Dustin Coffin (1804-1880) —
of New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
10, 1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1837-39.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
28, 1880 (age 75 years, 171
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Beryl W. Cohen (born c.1935) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born about 1935.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1964;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1965-70; won fame for his representation of
long-term residents of a Massachusetts institution for the mentally
retarded; censured
in 1983 and disciplined
in 1988 for attorney misconduct, over neglect
of probate matters.
Still living as of 2007.
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George Harry Cohen (b. 1892) —
also known as George H. Cohen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; magazine
editor; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham L. Cohen and Sarah (Grodjiensky) Cohen; married, August
25, 1931, to Pauline Kaufman. |
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Waldo Colburn (1824-1885) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
13, 1824.
Civil
engineer; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853-54; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1875-82; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
English
ancestry.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
26, 1885 (age 60 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Cole (1904-1966) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born December
28, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Essex District, 1935-40; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1940-43, 1946-47; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952.
Died in November, 1966
(age 61
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Barnard Collingwood (1860-1937) —
also known as Charles B. Collingwood —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 1,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1899-1900; postmaster at Agricultural
College, Mich., 1902-07; East
Lansing, Mich., 1907-09; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1909-35; appointed 1909;
defeated, 1935.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a few hours later, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
24, 1937 (age 76 years, 299
days).
Interment at Deepdale
Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich.
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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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LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846-1924) —
also known as LeBaron B. Colt —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 25,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1879-81; U.S.
District Judge for Rhode Island, 1881-84; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1884-1913; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1913-24; died in office 1924.
Died in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., August
18, 1924 (age 78 years, 54
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Francis Bernard Condon (1891-1965) —
also known as Francis B. Condon —
of Central Falls, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Central Falls, Providence
County, R.I., November
11, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1921-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island, 1930-35 (3rd District 1930-33,
1st District 1933-35); justice of
Rhode Island state supreme court, 1935.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
23, 1965 (age 74 years, 12
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary's Cemetery, East Providence, R.I.
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Michael Joseph Connolly (b. 1947) —
also known as Michael J. Connolly —
of Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
20, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-78; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1979-94; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984; real estate
developer.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) —
also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1914.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Kappa Psi.
President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical
company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical,
1967-79.
Died, of cancer,
at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mosswood
Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
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Thomas J. Conroy (born c.1889) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., about 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1929-31.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter L. Considine (b. 1900) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., August
7, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Bristol District, 1935-36.
Member, Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Silvio Ottavio Conte (1921-1991) —
also known as Silvio O. Conte —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
9, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1959-91; died in
office 1991; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972,
1988.
Catholic.
Died, from complications of cancer,
in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
8, 1991 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Alonzo B. Cook (b. 1866) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 31,
1866.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1915-23; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1936;
Townsendite, Prohibition, Economy candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi F. Cook and Eliza (Ryan) Cook; married to Lydia
Martin. |
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Arthur William Coolidge (1881-1952) —
also known as Arthur W. Coolidge —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1950.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) —
also known as John Calvin Coolidge; "Silent
Cal"; "Cautious Cal" —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., July 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907; mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1910-11; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1912-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1919-21; Vice
President of the United States, 1921-23; President
of the United States, 1923-29.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry.
Died of coronary
thrombosis in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
5, 1933 (age 60 years, 185
days).
Interment at Plymouth
Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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Presumably named
for: John
Calvin |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Calvin Coolidge
and Victoria Josephine (Moor) Coolidge; married, October
4, 1905, to Grace
Anna Goodhue; father of John Coolidge (son-in-law of John
Harper Trumbull); first cousin twice removed of Arthur
Brown; second cousin once removed of William
Wallace Stickney. |
| | | Political families: Coolidge
family of Plainville, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: John
W. Langley — Everett
Sanders — Robert
C. Lacey |
| | | Personal motto: "Do the day's
work." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1924): "Keep cool and
keep Coolidge." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Calvin Coolidge: The
Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929) |
| | | Books about Calvin Coolidge: Peter
Hannaford, ed., The
Quotable Calvin Coolidge : Sensible Words for the New
Century — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Presidency of Calvin Coolidge — Robert Sobel, Coolidge:
An American Enigma — David Greenberg, Coolidge —
Amity Shlaes, Coolidge |
| | | Critical books about Calvin Coolidge:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: "The Statesman," George
Wythe University, October 2012 |
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Henry H. Coolidge (d. 1884) —
of Edwardsburg, Cass
County, Mich.; Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Lawyer; Cass
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; circuit
judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1872-78; appointed 1872; resigned
1878.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Bradford Coolidge (1879-1957) —
also known as Richard B. Coolidge —
of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
14, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; president, First National Bank of
Medford; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor
of Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
17, 1957 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph J. Corbett (1863-1949) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Nahant, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1896;
Consul
for Costa Rica in Boston,
Mass., 1897-1903; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1914;
Justice, Massachusetts Land Court.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., October
7, 1949 (age 85 years, 287
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Nahant, Mass.
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John William Corcoran (b. 1853) —
also known as John W. Corcoran —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., June 14,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1886, 1887; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891; superior court
judge in Massachusetts, 1892-93.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Russell Cotton (b. 1890) —
also known as Joseph R. Cotton —
of Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Eighth Middlesex District,
1923-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1927-36.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Augustin Coulthurst (b. 1871) —
also known as John A. Coulthurst —
of Roslindale, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., June 24,
1871.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902-05; secretary of
Massachusetts Democratic Party, 1906-07; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1907 (Democratic primary), 1907 (Independence
League).
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Coulthurst and Mary Elizabeth (Berry)
Coulthurst. |
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William Maurice Cowan (b. 1969) —
also known as Mo Cowan —
Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C., April 4,
1969.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2013.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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Channing Harris Cox (1879-1968) —
also known as Channing H. Cox —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
28, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928
(speaker);
Honorary
Consul for Japan in Boston,
Mass., 1929; president, Old Colony Trust
Company; director, United Fruit
Co., Revere Sugar Co.,
First National Bank of
Boston, Boston Herald Traveler (newspaper);
board member, Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Humane
Society; Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Died August
20, 1968 (age 89 years, 174
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Guy W. Cox (b. 1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
19, 1871.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) —
also known as Jacob D. Cox —
of Ohio.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
of American parents, October
27, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-60; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Governor of
Ohio, 1866-68; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1877-79.
Died in Magnolia, Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
4, 1900 (age 71 years, 281
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Louis Sherburne Cox (b. 1874) —
also known as Louis S. Cox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Essex District, 1906; postmaster at Lawrence,
Mass., 1906-13; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1918-37;
justice
of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wallace Crapo (1830-1926) —
also known as William W. Crapo —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 16,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1875-83; member
of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1884.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
28, 1926 (age 95 years, 288
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Edward J. Cronin (1912-1958) —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Peabody, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
25, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1949-58; died in office 1958; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1956.
Died, following throat
surgery, in Quigley Memorial Hospital,
Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
24, 1958 (age 46 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Crawford Crosby (1859-1943) —
also known as John C. Crosby —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 15,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1888-89; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1891-93;
defeated, 1892; mayor
of Pittsfield, Mass., 1894-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1904; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1905-13; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1913-37.
Died in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
14, 1943 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Pittsfield
Cemetery, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Miles Crowley (1859-1921) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 17th District, 1893-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1895-97; Galveston
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-12.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., September
22, 1921 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Calvary
Catholic Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Addison Edward Cudworth (b. 1852) —
also known as Addison E. Cudworth —
of South Londonderry, Londonderry, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Savoy, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 3,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Londonderry, 1884, 1917-19,
1925; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1888-89; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1898-1900, 1927; municipal
judge in Vermont, 1917-21.
Universalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Prentiss Cummings (b. 1840) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Sumner, Oxford
County, Maine, September
10, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Norfolk District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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John Cunliffe Jr. (born c.1883) —
of East Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haven, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Upton Curtis (1861-1922) —
also known as Edwin Curtis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 26,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; Boston city clerk, 1889-90; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1895-96; defeated, 1895, 1897; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909-13.
Died March
28, 1922 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Curtis and Martha Ann (Upton) Curtis. |
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George Milton Curtis (b. 1843) —
also known as George M. Curtis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 18,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1864, 1866.
Burial location unknown.
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Laurence Curtis (1893-1989) —
also known as Lawrence Curtis —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lost a
leg during Navy training exercises; lawyer; secretary to
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1921-22; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1933-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1960;
Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1947-48; defeated, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1953-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died July 11,
1989 (age 95 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Percy Cushing (1856-1930) —
also known as Arthur P. Cushing —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
16, 1856.
Lawyer; Consul
for Mexico in Boston,
Mass., 1887-1906; Consul
for Bolivia in Boston,
Mass., 1907-29; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Mexico in Boston,
Mass., 1911-14.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
13, 1930 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) —
of Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury, Essex
County, Mass., January
17, 1800.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1825, 1833-34, 1845-46, 1850;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1835-43;
defeated, 1833; U.S. Minister to China, 1843-44; Spain, 1874-77; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1844; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1847, 1848; mayor
of Newburyport, Mass., 1851-52; resigned 1852; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Attorney General, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1860.
Died in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., January
2, 1879 (age 78 years, 350
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Newburyport, Mass.
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John F. Cusick (b. 1869) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
20, 1869.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Suffolk District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Cutler (1775-1861) —
of Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born May 29,
1775.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1819; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Maine
state senate, 1828-29; Governor of
Maine, 1829-30; Franklin
County Treasurer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844.
Died June 8,
1861 (age 86 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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