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Donald H. Hackel (b. 1925) —
of Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
1, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1956;
member of Vermont
Democratic State Committee, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Myer Jacob Hackel and Rose (Milhender) Hackel; married, August
14, 1949, to Stella Bloomberg. |
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Alfred Stevens Hall (b. 1850) —
also known as Alfred S. Hall —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Westminster West, Westminster, Windham
County, Vt., April
14, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twelfth Middlesex District, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hall and Frances A. (Tuttle) Hall; married, October
18, 1876, to Annette M. Hitchcock; married, April
10, 1895, to Delia R. Ranney. |
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Boardman Hall (b. 1856) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, April
17, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1892; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1896.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Joseph Frye Hall and Mary M. (Farrow) Hall; married 1892 to Mary
E. Hamlin. |
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Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
9, 1936 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Hiland Hall (1795-1885) —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1795.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1833-43; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1846-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1856;
Governor
of Vermont, 1858-60.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
18, 1885 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Bennington
Center Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Benjamin Franklin Hallett (1797-1862) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hallett —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., December
2, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1844, 1848; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1848-52; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856
(chair, Platform
Committee).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
30, 1862 (age 64 years, 302
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
also known as "Alexander the
Coppersmith" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915.
Shot
and mortally
wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue at Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married, December
14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of Alexander
Hamilton Jr., James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; great-grandfather of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton; ancestor *** of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Hamilton,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Dudley
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
— Alex
Woodle
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his
portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $2 to $1,000. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Historical
Society of the New York Courts |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution — Donald
Barr Chidsey, Mr.
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1957) |
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Charles Sumner Hamlin (1861-1938) —
also known as Charles S. Hamlin —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
30, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1892
(alternate), 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1892; assistant secretary of U.S.
Treasury, 1893-97; various assignments as diplomatic commissioner,
1897; delegate to three peace conferences in 1907-11; member, Federal
Reserve Board, 1914-36.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
25, 1938 (age 76 years, 238
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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John Wilkes Hammond (1837-1922) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester (part now in Mattapoisett), Plymouth
County, Mass., December
16, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1872-73; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1886-98; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1898-1914; resigned 1914.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1922
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wilkes Hammond and Maria Louisa (Southworth) Hammond;
married, August
15, 1866, to Clara E. Tweed. |
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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Heman A. Harding (b. 1871) —
of Chatham, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chatham, Barnstable
County, Mass., February
6, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Massachusetts
state senate Cape District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard F. Hardy (b. 1874) —
of Huntington, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Weedsport, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
24, 1874.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1910-13; member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire, Hampshire & Hampden District, 1918-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert James Harris (1930-2005) —
also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
5, 1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73.
Jewish.
Lithuanian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of brain
lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 10,
2005 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Interment at Arborcrest
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Robert Orr Harris (1854-1926) —
also known as Robert O. Harris —
of East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
8, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1889; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1921-25.
Died in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 13,
1926 (age 71 years, 217
days).
Interment at Central
Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Mass.
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Scott Harshbarger (b. 1941) —
of Westwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
1, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; Middlesex
County District Attorney, 1983-91; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1996;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1998.
Member, Common
Cause.
Still living as of 2016.
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Margaret C. Hassan (b. 1958) —
also known as Maggie Hassan —
of Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1958.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 23rd District, 2005-10; Governor of
New Hampshire, 2013-17; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 2017-.
Female.
Still living as of 2019.
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Charles E. Hatfield (b. 1862) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Massachusetts, September, 1862.
Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1910-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (1780-1867) —
also known as Samuel G. Hathaway —
of Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Freetown, Bristol
County, Mass., July 18,
1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Cortland County, 1814-15, 1817-18; member of
New
York state senate 6th District, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1833-35; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Solon, Cortland
County, N.Y., May 2,
1867 (age 86 years, 288
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Cortland County, N.Y.
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William Dodd Hathaway (1924-2013) —
also known as William D. Hathaway —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died, from complications of pulmonary
fibrosis, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., June 24,
2013 (age 89 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Hayden (1786-1830) —
of York, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born near Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., 1786.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1823-27; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1829-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
13, 1830 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, York, N.Y.
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William P. Hayes (b. 1866) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
27, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904,
1912;
member of Massachusetts
state senate First Hampden District, 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Elijah Hayward (1786-1864) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
17, 1786.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1825-29; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1830; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1830-35; Ohio state librarian, 1851-54.
Died in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, September
22, 1864 (age 77 years, 310
days).
Interment at McConnelsville
Cemetery, McConnelsville, Ohio.
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Charles F. Haywood (b. 1903) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., February
18, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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James Marshall Head Jr. (1855-1930) —
also known as James M. Head —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 25,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1900-04; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
31, 1930 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Marshall Head and Berthenia P. (Branham) Head; married,
June
30, 1885, to Mary C. Cherry. |
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Arthur Daniel Healey (1889-1948) —
also known as Arthur D. Healey —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922, 1924, 1928; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1942-48; died in office 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
16, 1948 (age 58 years, 262
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
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Margaret Mary Heckler (1931-2018) —
also known as Margaret M. Heckler; Margaret Mary
O'Shaughnessy —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 21,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1967-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85; U.S. Ambassador
to Ireland, 1985-89.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
6, 2018 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Henry (1885-1941) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 8,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922-23; president,
Oriental Consolidated Mining
Company.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 23,
1941 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law
professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Walter Heselton (1900-1962) —
also known as John W. Heselton —
of Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1936-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1945-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died August
19, 1962 (age 62 years, 155
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Louise Day Hicks (1916-2003) —
also known as Ann Louise Day —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
16, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1964; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1967, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1971-73;
defeated, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
21, 2003 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955) —
also known as John P. Higgins —
of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
19, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; chemist;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1929-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1935-37;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1937-55; died in office 1955.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
2, 1955 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Donald M. Hill (b. 1877) —
of Waban, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
1, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 13th District, 1930.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Hill and Sarah Ellen (May) Hill; married, June 11,
1902, to Annie N. Turner. |
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper
publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris)
Hitchcock. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Brimfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March
23, 1755.
Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1787-90; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1789; Vermont
state attorney general, 1790-93; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
20, 1813 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Avenue Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) —
also known as George F. Hoar —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
29, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1869-77 (8th District 1869-73,
9th District 1873-77); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1876
(speaker),
1880,
1884,
1888;
U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., September
30, 1904 (age 78 years, 32
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Rockwood Hoar (1855-1906) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1905-06; died in
office 1906.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., November
1, 1906 (age 51 years, 69
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Roger Sherman Hoar (1887-1963) —
also known as Roger S. Hoar; Ralph Milne
Farley —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.; South Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 8,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1911; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1916; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; author; cartoonist;
inventor.
Died in South Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
10, 1963 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hoar (1778-1856) —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 18,
1778.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1826, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1835-37; delegate
to Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (speaker);
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
2, 1856 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Sherman Hoar (1860-1898) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 30,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1891-93; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1893-97.
Died October
7, 1898 (age 38 years, 69
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Aaron Hobart (1787-1858) —
of Hanover, Plymouth
County, Mass.; East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 26,
1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1814; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1820-27 (8th District 1820-25,
11th District 1825-27); probate judge in Massachusetts, 1843-58.
Died in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
19, 1858 (age 71 years, 85
days).
Interment at Central
Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Mass.
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James Leonard Hodges (1790-1846) —
also known as James L. Hodges —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., April
24, 1790.
Postmaster at Taunton,
Mass., 1810-26; lawyer; banker; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1827-33.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., March 8,
1846 (age 55 years, 318
days).
Interment at Plain
Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Philip Henderson Hoff (1924-2018) —
also known as Philip H. Hoff —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin
County, Mass., June 29,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1961-62; Governor of
Vermont, 1963-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1970; member of Vermont
state senate, 1983-88.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, at The Residence at Shelburne Bay assisted
living facility, in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., April
26, 2018 (age 93 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Holmes (1773-1843) —
of Alfred, York
County, Maine.
Born in Kingston, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
14, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1802-03, 1812; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1813-14; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1820-27, 1829-33; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Died July 7,
1843 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Entombed at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine; cenotaph at Parish Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) —
also known as "The Great Dissenter" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 8,
1841.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1935 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes;
married, June 17,
1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell; nephew of Ann Susan Holmes (who
married Charles
Wentworth Upham). |
| | | Political families: Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Bell-Upham
family of New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
Biddle — Laurence
Curtis — Lewis
Einstein — Erland
F. Fish |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The
Common Law |
| | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge — G.
Edward White, Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —
Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable
Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva
Baker, The
Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell
Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The
Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and
Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 |
| | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law
Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice
Holmes |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, September 1902 |
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William P. Homans Jr. (c.1922-1997) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., about 1922.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1963-65.
Persuaded Massachusetts' high court to strike down the death penalty.
Died at a nursing
home in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
7, 1997 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.
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James Warren Houghton (1856-1913) —
also known as James W. Houghton —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Corinth, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
1, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1899-1913; appointed 1899;
died in office 1913.
Died, following appendicitis
surgery, in a private hospital
at Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
14, 1913 (age 56 years, 166
days).
Interment at Greenridge
Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Chester Ralph Hovey (b. 1872) —
of Ellensburg, Kittitas
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., January
21, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1921; appointed 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Hovey and Jennie (Dyer) Hovey; married, July 10,
1895, to Grace Painter. |
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Charles Pagelsen Howard (1887-1966) —
also known as Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1923-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
president, Blackstone Savings
Bank, Boston, 1940-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Society for Public Administration; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Beachmont, Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 2,
1966 (age 78 years, 188
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cortlandt town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Lawyer; law
professor; writer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port
of New York, 1914-19.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
3, 1940 (age 72 years, 256
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie
H. Jenney. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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William Howe (1774-1828) —
of Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
4, 1774.
Lawyer; probate judge in Vermont, 1810; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died November
19, 1828 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Whitefield Hulbert (1770-1831) —
also known as John W. Hulbert —
of Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1770.
Lawyer; bank
director; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1814-17 (at-large 1814-15, 7th
District 1815-17); member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1825.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
19, 1831 (age 61 years, 140
days).
Interment at North
Street Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Charles Phelps Huntington (1802-1868) —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 24,
1802.
Lawyer; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; superior
court judge in Massachusetts, 1855-59; banker.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
30, 1868 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment at Bridge
Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Dan Huntington and Elizabeth Whiting (Phelps) Huntington; married
to Helen Sophia Mills (daughter of Elijah
Hunt Mills); grandfather of Josiah
Quincy; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Charles
Edward Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Samuel
H. Huntington, Abel
Huntington, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Collins
Dwight Huntington and George
Milo Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Noah
Phelps and Waightstill
Avery; fourth cousin of William
Woodbridge, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington and Henry
Titus Backus; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Peter
Buell Porter, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, William
Dean Kellogg, William
Clark Huntington, Everett
Chamberlin Benton and Fred
Douglas Fisher. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis X. Hurley (1902-1976) —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1932;
Massachusetts
state auditor, 1930; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1930.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1976
(age about
74 years).
Interment somewhere
in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
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Frank P. Hurley (b. 1900) —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Hampden District, 1929-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Hurley and Margaret (Shea) Hurley; married, July 6,
1935, to Maura E. Earls. |
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Joseph Leo Hurley (1898-1956) —
also known as Joseph L. Hurley —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April
20, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924,
1928;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Tenth Bristol District, 1925-28;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1933-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1935-37; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1937-56; died in office 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., April
29, 1956 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Green Hutchins (1811-1877) —
also known as Horace G. Hutchins —
of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Bath, Grafton
County, N.H., July 20,
1811.
Lawyer; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1861.
Died in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April 7,
1877 (age 65 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Hutchins and Rosanna (Childs) Hutchins. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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