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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March
20, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (1818-1893) —
also known as Joseph K. Edgerton —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Vergennes, Addison
County, Vt., February
16, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1863-65.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
25, 1893 (age 75 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Bela
Edgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother of Alfred
Peck Edgerton; second cousin once removed of Heman
Ticknor; second cousin twice removed of Harry
Andrews Gager; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel and Calvin
Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr. and Frank
Heman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; fourth cousin of Millard
Fillmore, John
Arnold Rockwell, John
Leslie Russell and Hiram
Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Lathrop, William
Woodbridge, Henry
Meigs, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Charles
Robert Sherman, Isaac
Backus, Willard
J. Chapin, Albert
Haller Tracy, Martin
Olds, Harrison
Blodget, Henry
Titus Backus, David
Edgerton, Augustus
Frank, Leslie
Wead Russell, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler, Hiram
Bingham Jr., Alfred
Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan
Brewster Bingham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 8,
1750.
Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1787-88; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1789-90; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1789; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1806; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 5,
1826 (age 75 years, 362
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah (Pierpont) Edwards; married to Frances
Ogden; father of Henry
Waggaman Edwards; uncle of Aaron
Burr and Theodore
Dwight; second great-grandson of Thomas
Willett; first cousin once removed of John
Davenport and James
Davenport; first cousin twice removed of Theodore
Davenport; first cousin four times removed of Evert
Harris Kittell; first cousin six times removed of Arthur
Callen Kittell Jr.; second cousin once removed of Benjamin
Tallmadge; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge; second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Taylor Sherman, John
Appleton, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Edward
Williams Hooker; second cousin four times removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard, George
Landon Ingraham, Charles
Dunsmore Millard and Blanche
M. Woodward; second cousin five times removed of Charles
H. Chittenden, Bradford
R. Lansing, Daniel
Phoenix Ingraham and Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard; third cousin once removed of Noah
Phelps and Hezekiah
Case; third cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Ambrose
Tuttle, Jesse
Hoyt, Abiel
Case, Jairus
Case, John
Leslie Russell, George
Washington Wolcott, William
Dean Kellogg and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Amos
Pettibone, Walter
Booth, Norman
A. Phelps, Oliver
Dwight Filley, William
Warner Hoppin, John
Smith Phelps, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Leslie
Wead Russell, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler and Lovel
Davis Parmelee; fourth cousin once removed of William
Greene. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton
family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Hopkinson Eliot (1907-1991) —
also known as Thomas H. Eliot —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 14,
1907.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1944.
Unitarian.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
14, 1991 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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James Elliott (1775-1839) —
of Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.; Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.; Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., August
18, 1775.
Author;
poet;
lawyer; postmaster at Brattleboro,
Vt., 1801-03; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1803-09; newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Windham
County Clerk of Court, 1817-35; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1837-38; Windham
County State's Attorney, 1837-39.
Died in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., November
10, 1839 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Caleb Ellis (1767-1816) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
16, 1767.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1805-07; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1809-10; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1811-12; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1813-16; died in office 1816.
Congregationalist.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 9,
1816 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Broad
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Ralph Waterbury Ellis (1856-1945) —
also known as Ralph W. Ellis —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., November
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1902.
Died September
28, 1945 (age 88 years, 307
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Joseph Buell Ely (1881-1956) —
also known as Joseph B. Ely —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
22, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Hampton National Bank and
Trust Company; director, American Woolen
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1931-35.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 13,
1956 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Charles Endicott (1822-1889) —
of Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1822.
Deputy
sheriff; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1857-58; lawyer;
director, Norfolk Mutual Fire
Insurance Company and Neponset National Bank;
trustee and president, Canton Institution
for Savings; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1868-69; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1870-76; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1876-81.
Died August
19, 1889 (age 66 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900) —
also known as William C. Endicott; William Gardner
Endicott —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Danvers, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., November
19, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1866, 1867, 1868; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1870; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1873-82; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1884; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1885-89.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1900 (age 73 years, 168
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Eugene Engley (1851-1910) —
of Colorado.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., 1851.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; Colorado
state attorney general, 1893-94.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., April
18, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Alamosa
Cemetery, Alamosa, Colo.
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William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) —
also known as William M. Evarts —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
6, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Attorney General, 1868-69; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1885-91.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
28, 1901 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Ascutney
Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
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Horace Everett (1779-1851) —
of Vermont.
Born in Foxboro, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 17,
1779.
Lawyer; Windsor
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1813-18; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1818-20, 1824, 1834; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 3rd District, 1829-43.
Died in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., January
30, 1851 (age 71 years, 197
days).
Interment at Old
South Burying Ground, Windsor, Vt.
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Robert A. Farmer (c.1939-2017) —
also known as Bob Farmer —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; campaign treasurer, Michael
Dukakis for President, 1988; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
U.S. Consul General in Bermuda, 1994-99.
Gay.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 22,
2017 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Roswell Farnham (1827-1903) —
of Bradford, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Vermont
state senate, 1869-70; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Vermont; Governor of
Vermont, 1880-82.
Died in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., January
5, 1903 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Bradford
Town Cemetery, Bradford, Vt.
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Ira Dudley Farquhar (1894-1946) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
14, 1894.
U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1917-18, 1918; Bilbao, 1918; lawyer.
Died in Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
24, 1946 (age 52 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Keith Marshall Lang Farquhar and Eva (Dudley) Farquhar;
married to Elizabeth Isenbeck. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1917) |
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Charles W. Faulkner —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate; elected 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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George Austin Fay (1838-1916) —
also known as George A. Fay —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1916 (age 78 years, 24
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Fay and Amanda Almina (Ward) Fay; married 1865 to Jane
M. 'Jennie' Curtis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Paul Fearing (1762-1822) —
of Ohio.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
28, 1762.
Lawyer; member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1801-03.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
21, 1822 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Interment at Harmar
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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William H. Feiker (b. 1870) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., March
11, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire & Hampshire District, 1906; mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1912-16, 1925, 1938-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel L. Fein (b. 1899) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Russia,
June
8, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Tau
Epsilon Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Fein and Sarah (Schwartz) Fein; married, December
31, 1922, to Mildred B. Sherman. |
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (1924-1983) —
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
4, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1970-72.
Unitarian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1983 (age 59 years, 47
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) —
also known as Geraldine Ferraro —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
26, 1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(chair, Platform
Committee), 1996;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 2011 (age 75 years, 212
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden (1813-1895) —
also known as C. B. H. Fessenden —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 17,
1813.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County, 1842; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-61; newspaper
editor; Bristol
County Sheriff, 1863-69.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
16, 1895 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Benjamin
Fessenden; married, June 21,
1842, to Sarah A. H. Fitch; nephew of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter
Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John
Milton Fessenden and Reuben
Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel
Otis, James
Deering Fessenden, Henry
Nichols Blake, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda
Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James
Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Rawson Taft, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869) —
of New Gloucester, Cumberland
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, July 16,
1784.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1815-16; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1818-19.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
19, 1869 (age 84 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fessenden and Sarah (Clement) Fessenden; married to Ruth
Green and Deborah Chandler; father of William
Pitt Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph
Palmer Fessenden; grandfather of James
Deering Fessenden, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden; great-grandfather of Charles
Milton Fessenden; second cousin once removed of William
Fessenden Allen; third cousin of Benjamin
Fessenden, John
Milton Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of Ira A.
Locke, Walter
Fessenden and Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Ira
Edgar Locke, Henry
Nichols Blake and Seth
Grosvenor Heacock; fourth cousin of Bennet
Bicknell; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Merrill, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Peter
Rawson Taft, Simeon
W. Spafard, Charles
H. Eastman and Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Flanders
family of Vermont; Rowell
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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David Dudley Field (1805-1894) —
also known as David D. Field —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
13, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1841; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1877.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
13, 1894 (age 89 years, 59
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Fred Tarbell Field (1876-1950) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., December
24, 1876.
Lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1929-47; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1938-47.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Newton-Wellesley Hospital,
Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 23,
1950 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Edwards Field (1813-1868) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Connecticut, July 11,
1813.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1855, 1863-65; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., April
23, 1868 (age 54 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. D. D. Field. |
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Walbridge Abner Field (1833-1899) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., April
26, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1877-81; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1881-99; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1890-99.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1899 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Erland Frederick Fish (b. 1883) —
also known as Erland F. Fish —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
7, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1908-09; major in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1921-24;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk & Suffolk District, 1925-36; President
of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1933-34; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) Fish; married, October
7, 1911, to Mildred Russell. |
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William Thomas Aloysius Fitzgerald (b. 1871) —
also known as W. T. A. Fitzgerald —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
19, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1904;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Suffolk
County Register of Deeds; president, Volunteer Cooperative Bank;
director, Cooperative Central Bank;
director, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat
Co.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) Fitzgerald; married, November
21, 1900, to Ellen T. Butler. |
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Vincent R. Fitzpatrick (c.1917-1992) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., about 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1954, 1958.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1992 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842) —
of Vermont.
Born in Dunstable, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
22, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1819-24; Caledonia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1820-29; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1837-41.
Died in Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., October
19, 1842 (age 57 years, 331
days).
Interment at Lyndon
Town Cemetery, Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Vt.
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Frank Putnam Flint (1862-1929) —
also known as Frank P. Flint —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in North Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 15,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1896
(alternate), 1920,
1928;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1897-1901; U.S.
Senator from California, 1905-11.
While on a world tour, died on the
ocean liner President Polk, probably in the South China
Sea, while approaching Manila, Philippines, February
11, 1929 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Paul R. Foisy (b. 1900) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 1,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1940.
Catholic.
French
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph A. Foisy and Marie E. (Mongrain) Foisy; married, April 6,
1932, to Irene M. Gilet. |
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William J. Foley (b. 1887) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 2,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Ninth Suffolk District, 1915-18;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1919-20; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1921-22; Suffolk
County District Attorney, 1927; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933, 1937.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick A. Foley and Julia (Hayes) Foley; married 1922 to
Theresa Liston. |
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Charles James Folger (1818-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Folger —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., April
16, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York,
1844; county judge in New York, 1851-55; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1862-69; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-80; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1880-81; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1881-84; died in office 1884;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1882.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
4, 1884 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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Walter Folger Jr. (1765-1849) —
of Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., June 12,
1765.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1809-15, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1817-21.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., September
8, 1849 (age 84 years, 88
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Nantucket, Mass.
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Francis J. W. Ford (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
23, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1933-38.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius J. Ford and Josephine (Murphy) Ford; married, March 6,
1916, to Ann Cresswell. |
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Abel Lawrence Foster (1802-1877) —
also known as A. Lawrence Foster —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Fairfax
County, Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1841-43.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1877 (age 74 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dwight Foster (1757-1823) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., December
7, 1757.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-92, 1808-09; Worcester
County Sheriff, 1792; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1800 (2nd District
1793-95, 3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; resigned 1803; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803-11.
Died in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April
29, 1823 (age 65 years, 143
days).
Interment at Brookfield
Cemetery, Brookfield, Mass.
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Dwight Foster (1828-1884) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1856; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1861-64; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1866-69.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died April
18, 1884 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Foster —
of Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Waltham, Mass., 1939.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Foster (1752-1828) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April
29, 1752.
Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.
Died in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
13, 1828 (age 75 years, 259
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March
31, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Harlan Freedman (1924-2003) —
also known as Frank H. Freedman —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
15, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1968-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1972-92; took senior status
1992; senior judge, 1992-2003.
Jewish.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
21, 2003 (age 78 years, 249
days).
Interment at Beth El Cemetery, West Springfield, Mass.
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Charles Fried (b. 1935) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czechia),
1935.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1985-89; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1995-99.
Still living as of 2008.
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Louis Adams Frothingham (1871-1928) —
also known as Louis A. Frothingham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 13,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Rep. W.
C. Lovering, 1897; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eleventh Suffolk District,
1901-05; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1904-05;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1905; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1909-12; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, on
board the yacht Winsone, at North Haven, Knox
County, Maine, August
23, 1928 (age 57 years, 41
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.
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James A. Frye (b. 1863) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 5,
1863.
Lawyer; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Philo Case Fuller (1787-1855) —
also known as Philo C. Fuller —
of Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born near Marlborough, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
14, 1787.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1829-30; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1831-32; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1833-36; resigned
1836; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; resigned 1841;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1841; New York
state comptroller, 1850-51.
Died near Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
16, 1855 (age 68 years, 2
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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John Foster Furcolo (1911-1995) —
also known as Foster Furcolo —
of Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 29,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1949-52;
defeated, 1946; resigned 1952; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1953-54; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1954, 1960 (primary); Governor of
Massachusetts, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 5,
1995 (age 83 years, 341
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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