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  Herman A. MacDonald (b. 1881) — of Beverly, Essex County, Mass. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, November 11, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. Channing H. Cox, 1921-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  Torbert Hart Macdonald (1917-1976) — also known as Torbert H. Macdonald — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Everett, Middlesex County, Mass., June 6, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1955-76 (8th District 1955-63, 7th District 1963-76); died in office 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 21, 1976 (age 58 years, 350 days). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of John G. Macdonald and Harriet (Hart) Macdonald; married 1944 to Phyllis Brooks.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John D. MacKay (b. 1872) — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Canada, April 7, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate Norfolk District, 1930-36. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Frederick J. Macleod (b. 1870) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Dunstaffnage, Prince Edward Island, June 30, 1870. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate Second Middlesex District, 1906. Burial location unknown.
James G. Maguire James George Maguire (1853-1920) — also known as James G. Maguire — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 22, 1853. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly 13th District, 1875-77; superior court judge in California, 1882-88; U.S. Representative from California 4th District, 1893-99; candidate for Governor of California, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1900, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in San Francisco, Calif., June 20, 1920 (age 67 years, 119 days). Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, March 6, 1881, to Louisa J. Joyce.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James G. Maguire (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1972) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  Charles E. Mahoney (b. 1905) — of Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Westfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 6, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1940, 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956; member of Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-48. Burial location unknown.
  John C. Mahoney (1881-1946) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Cork, Ireland, March 22, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1911-14; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1932-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932 (alternate), 1940. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Elks; Eagles; Lions. Died July 12, 1946 (age 65 years, 112 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius Mahoney and Mary (Foley) Mahoney; married, November 25, 1914, to Mary G. O'Connor.
  James H. Maloney (b. 1948) — also known as Jim Maloney — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., September 17, 1948. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate, 1986-95; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1997-2003; defeated, 1994, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 2000. Catholic. Still living as of 2003.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Horace Mann Horace Mann (1796-1859) — also known as "The Father of American Public Education" — of Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Franklin, Norfolk County, Mass., May 4, 1796. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming public schools; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free Soil candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1852; president and professor at Antioch College, 1852-59. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, August 2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90 days). Original interment somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment at North Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Married 1830 to Charlotte Messer; married, May 1, 1843, to Mary Tyler Peabody (sister-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne).
  Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Deming family of Maryland and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace Mann (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1940)
  Seth Mann (b. 1860) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Randolph, Norfolk County, Mass., June 29, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; California Democratic state chair, 1898-1900; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1924. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Mann and Abby (Allen) Mann; married, June 24, 1890, to Maud L. Daulton.
  Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) — also known as E. Sumner Mansfield — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., October 25, 1847. Lawyer; Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1895-1919. Episcopalian. Died in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., February 1, 1923 (age 75 years, 99 days). Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Asahel S. Mansfield and Comfort Maria (Bates) Mansfield; married, November 20, 1871, to Maria Edgeworth Trowbridge (sister of John Trowbridge); father of Philip Mansfield; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur Laban Bates.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Frederick William Mansfield (1877-1958) — also known as Frederick W. Mansfield — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 26, 1877. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; pharmacist; lawyer; Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1910 (primary), 1916, 1917; Massachusetts state treasurer, 1914-15, 1941; defeated, 1914; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1934-38; defeated, 1929. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Knights of Columbus; Foresters; United Spanish War Veterans. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 6, 1958 (age 81 years, 225 days). Interment at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Read Mansfield and Catherine (McDonough) Mansfield; married, June 29, 1904, to Helena Elizabeth Roe; father of Walter Roe Mansfield.
  Philip Mansfield (1874-1929) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 8, 1874. Lawyer; Vice-Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1901-03. Episcopalian. Died in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., November 2, 1929 (age 54 years, 359 days). Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Ex Sumner Mansfield and Maria Edgeworth (Trowbridge) Mansfield; married, December 20, 1897, to Margaret Hughes.
  Political family: Adams-Rusling family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-1987) — also known as Walter R. Mansfield — of New York; New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn.; Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 1, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-71; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; took senior status 1981. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of a stroke, in Christchurch, New Zealand, January 8, 1987 (age 75 years, 191 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick William Mansfield and Helena E. (Roe) Mansfield; married, January 17, 1947, to Gertrude Rient.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Laban Marcy (1780-1860) — of Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire County, Mass. Born March 7, 1780. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1810; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820, 1853. Died October 11, 1860 (age 80 years, 218 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Fanny Howe (third cousin of William Howe, Thomas Marshall Howe and Jonas Elijah Howe); father of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy; grandfather of Mary Ellen Marcy (who married George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)); great-grandfather of George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940).
  Political family: Howe family of Massachusetts.
William L. Marcy William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known as William L. Marcy — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., December 12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S. Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S. Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Secretary of State, 1853-57. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 4, 1857 (age 70 years, 204 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Mount Marcy (the highest point in New York State), in the Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, is named for him.
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20th century.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about William Learned Marcy: Robert L Scribner, The diplomacy of William L. Marcy, Secretary of State, 1853-1857 — Ivor Debenham Spencer, The victor and the spoils: a life of William L. Marcy
  Image source: New York Red Book 1896
Edward J. Markey Edward John Markey (b. 1946) — also known as Ed Markey — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., July 11, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1973-76; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1976-2013; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 2013-. Catholic. Still living as of 2017.
  Cross-reference: Peter V. R. Franchot
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Public Officers of Massachusetts, 1979-80
  Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) — also known as Vernon W. Marr — of Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, December 19, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1940. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Henry Clinton Martindale (1780-1860) — also known as Henry C. Martindale — of Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington County, N.Y. Born in Berkshire County, Mass., May 6, 1780. Lawyer; Washington County Surrogate, 1816-19; Washington County District Attorney, 1821-28; U.S. Representative from New York, 1823-31, 1833-35 (26th District 1823-25, 18th District 1825-31, 12th District 1833-35). Died in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington County, N.Y., April 22, 1860 (age 79 years, 352 days). Interment at Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury, N.Y.
  Relatives: Father of John Henry Martindale.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick J. Martone (b. 1943) — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., 1943. Lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1985-92; justice of Arizona state supreme court, 1992-2001; U.S. District Judge for Arizona, 2001-13; took senior status 2013. Still living as of 2013.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848) — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., April 27, 1768. Lawyer; New Hampshire state attorney general, 1802-05; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1813-17; resigned 1817; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 14, 1848 (age 80 years, 170 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Mason (1730-1813) and Elizabeth (Fitch) Mason; married, November 6, 1799, to Mary Means; third great-grandfather of John Forbes Kerry; first cousin thrice removed of Lorin Andrews Lathrop; third cousin of David Hough; third cousin once removed of John Adams, George Champlin, Henry Brewster Stanton, Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of David Edgerton, Jonathan R. Herrick, Joshua Perkins, Alfred Avery Burnham, Robert Coit Jr., Erskine Mason Phelps, Dwight Arthur Silliman, Henry Woolsey Douglas and Giles Russell Taggart; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady Herrick, Virgil Adolphus Fitch, Spencer Gale Frink, William Brainard Coit and Walter Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Jason Kellogg, John Quincy Adams, Christopher Grant Champlin, Stephen Daniel Tilden, Daniel Cady, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Alvah Nash; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver Owen Forward, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Walter Forward, Abiel Case, Chauncey Forward, George Washington Adams, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Daniel Rose Tilden, Charles Francis Adams, Edwin Denison Morgan, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Gleason Jr. and Lucretia Garfield.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathan Matthews Jr. (1854-1927) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 28, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1891-95. Episcopalian. Died, of a pulmonary embolism, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 11, 1927 (age 73 years, 258 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., May 5, 1785. Lawyer; member of Maryland state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1820; member of Maryland state senate, 1820; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 58 years, 299 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy; married to Mary Galloway.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Elisha Burr Maynard (1842-1906) — also known as Elisha B. Maynard — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Wilbraham, Hampden County, Mass., November 21, 1842. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Springfield, Mass., 1887-88; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1905. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., May 28, 1906 (age 63 years, 188 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Maynard and Hannah (Burr) Maynard; married to Kate C. Doty.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Samuel W. McCall Samuel Walker McCall (1851-1923) — also known as Samuel W. McCall — of Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in East Providence, Bedford County, Pa., February 28, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1888-89, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888, 1900, 1916; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1893-1913; Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; defeated, 1914. Died November 4, 1923 (age 72 years, 249 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Mass.
  Relatives: Grandfather of Thomas Lawson McCall.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
Patrick H. McCarren Patrick Henry McCarren (1849-1909) — also known as Patrick H. McCarren; "Friend of the Sugar Trust" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., June 18, 1849. Democrat. Cooper; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1882-83, 1889; member of New York state senate, 1890-93, 1896-1909 (4th District 1890-93, 7th District 1896-1909); died in office 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1900, 1904. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Political boss who dominated Brooklyn politics for twenty years. Died, from intestinal degeneration, complicated by appendicitis and myocarditis, in St. Catherine's Hospital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 23, 1909 (age 60 years, 127 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: Patrick Henry
  Relatives: Married to Catherine M. 'Katie' Hogan.
  McCarren Park (opened 1906 as Greenpoint Park; renamed in 1909), in Brooklyn, New York, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Jeannette A. McCarthy — of Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass. Lawyer; mayor of Waltham, Mass., 2004-. Female. Still living as of 2014.
  William T. McCarthy (1885-1964) — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., December 5, 1885. Lawyer; assistant prosecuting attorney; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1947-49; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1949-60; took senior status 1960. Died April 6, 1964 (age 78 years, 123 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Edward Joseph McCormack Jr. (b. 1923) — also known as Edward J. McCormack — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 29, 1923. Democrat. Lawyer; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960, 1964; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1962; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1966. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward J. McCormack and Mary T. (Coffey) McCormack; married, October 19, 1946, to Emily Rupils; nephew of John William McCormack.
  John William McCormack (1891-1980) — also known as John W. McCormack — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 21, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1920-22; member of Massachusetts state senate Third Suffolk District, 1923-26; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-71 (12th District 1928-63, 9th District 1963-71); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1963-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; chair, Platform and Resolutions Committee, chair, 1944, chair, 1952; speaker, 1944; Permanent Chair, 1964; Honorary Chair, 1968; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Order of Alhambra; Catholic Order of Foresters; Elks; Moose; Royal Arcanum; American Legion. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., November 22, 1980 (age 88 years, 337 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Uncle of Edward Joseph McCormack Jr..
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Richard J. McCormick (b. 1888) — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass., August 11, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Second Essex District, 1923-28. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Gamma Eta Gamma. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John R. McCormick and Margaret (McCarthy) McCormick; married, October 23, 1910, to Verna A. Sullivan.
  Allan Langdon McDermott (1854-1908) — also known as Allan L. McDermott — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 30, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1880-81; district judge in New Jersey, 1883-86; New Jersey Democratic state chair, 1885-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1896; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1899-1900; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1900-07 (7th District 1900-03, 10th District 1903-07). Died in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., October 26, 1908 (age 54 years, 210 days). Interment at Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John F. McDonough (born c.1879) — of Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn. Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire County, Mass., about 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 14th District, 1913-14; warden (borough president) of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 1920-21. Burial location unknown.
  Patricia McGovern — of Andover, Essex County, Mass. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1981-92; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1998. Female. Still living as of 1998.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Francis M. McKeown (b. 1898) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., April 29, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate First Hampden District, 1935-36. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; American Legion; Gamma Eta Gamma. Burial location unknown.
  Sharon McPhail (born c.1950) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., about 1950. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1993, 2005 (primary), 2009 (primary). Female. African ancestry. Member, National Bar Association; NAACP. Still living as of 2009.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Walter Robertson Meins (b. 1883) — also known as Walter R. Meins — of Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 14, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member, Boston City Council, 1909; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912; Massachusetts State Income Tax Assessor, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Robertson Meins and Grace Forster (Leach) Meins.
  Moody Merrill — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Republican. Lawyer; president of a street railway; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1890. Burial location unknown.
  Theron Metcalf (1784-1875) — of Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Franklin, Norfolk County, Mass., October 16, 1784. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1835; official reporter, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1840-47; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1848-65. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 13, 1875 (age 91 years, 28 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Hanan Metcalf and Mary (Allen) Metcalf; married 1809 to Julia Tracy (daughter of Uriah Tracy).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elijah Hunt Mills (1776-1829) — also known as Elijah H. Mills — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass., December 1, 1776. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1811-14, 1819-21; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1820-21; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27. Died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., May 5, 1829 (age 52 years, 155 days). Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Mills and Mary (Hunt) Mills; married, May 16, 1802, to Sarah Hunt; married, September 6, 1804, to Harriet Blake; father of Helen Sophia Mills (who married Charles Phelps Huntington); grandfather of Herbert Henry Davis Peirce and Anna Cabot Mills Davis (who married Henry Cabot Lodge); great-grandfather of Josiah Quincy; second great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge; second cousin once removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and Gouverneur Morris; second cousin twice removed of William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Morgan Hungerford; second cousin five times removed of Ralph Waldo Hungerford and Harold W. Hungerford; third cousin of John Strong; third cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Josiah Meigs, Samuel Strong, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Martin Keeler, Silas Wright Jr. and William Dean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler, George Seymour, Joseph Pomeroy Root, William Chapman Williston, Herschel Harrison Hatch, Jethro Ayers Hatch, John Hill Walbridge, Alfred Clark Chapin and Henry E. Walbridge; third cousin thrice removed of Frederick Enoch Woodbridge, Julius Levi Strong, Charles Hale, Timothy E. Griswold, Hiram Augustus Huse, Maurice Lauchlin Wright, Daniel Parrish Witter, Frank Billings Kellogg, Henry Ward Beecher, George Williston Nash and Edward Stanley Kellogg; fourth cousin of Martin Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., Henry Meigs, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Chittenden, Jonathan Brace, Jedediah Sabin, Chittenden Lyon, John Willard, Chester Ackley, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Laman Ingersoll, Henry Meigs Jr., Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, John Forsyth Jr., Colin Macrae Ingersoll, Eli Thayer, John Milton Thayer and Charles Roberts Ingersoll.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jonathan F. Mitchell (b. 1969) — also known as Jon Mitchell — of New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., 1969. Lawyer; mayor of New Bedford, Mass., 2012-. Still living as of 2012.
  Relatives: Married to Ann Patridge.
John Joseph Moakley John Joseph Moakley (1927-2001) — also known as Joe Moakley — of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 27, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1953-63; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1964-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1968, 1996; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1973-2001; defeated in primary, 1970; died in office 2001. Catholic. Died, of leukemia, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 28, 2001 (age 74 years, 31 days). Interment at Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree, Mass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Public Officers of Massachusetts, 1979-80
  James G. Moran (b. 1870) — of Mansfield, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Mansfield, Bristol County, Mass., May 2, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Second Bristol District, 1917-18; member of Massachusetts state senate First Bristol District, 1923-36; President of the Massachusetts State Senate, 1935-36. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Alvertus Jackson Morse (1930-2011) — also known as Jack Morse — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass.; Pelham, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., February 16, 1930. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of Northampton, Mass., 1963; district judge in Massachusetts, 1973-97. Member, Kiwanis; Rotary. Died in Pelham, Hampshire County, Mass., January 23, 2011 (age 80 years, 341 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alvertus D. Morse and Drucilla Morse; grandson of Alvertus J. Morse.
  Bushrod Morse (1832-1911) — Born in Sharon, Norfolk County, Mass., August 24, 1832. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of the peace; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1870, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1886, 1890. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., February 5, 1911 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Willard Morse and Eliza (Glover) Morse.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Bradford Morse (1921-1994) — also known as F. Bradford Morse — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., August 7, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1961-72; resigned 1972; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died, of heart failure, in Naples, Collier County, Fla., December 18, 1994 (age 73 years, 133 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  James Madison Morton Jr. (1869-1940) — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., August 24, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, 1912-32; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1932-39; took senior status 1939. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., June 26, 1940 (age 70 years, 307 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: James Madison
  Relatives: Son of James Madison Morton and Emily F. (Canedy) Morton; married, June 10, 1896, to Nancy J. B. Brayton.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Marcus Morton (1819-1891) — of Andover, Essex County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., April 8, 1819. Lawyer; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1858; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1858-69; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1869-90; resigned 1890; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1882-90. Died in Andover, Essex County, Mass., February 10, 1891 (age 71 years, 308 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Marcus Morton (1784-1864) and Charlotte Tillinghast (Hodges) Morton; married, October 19, 1843, to Abby Bowler Hoppin; nephew of James Leonard Hodges; uncle of George Watson French; grandson of James Hodges; great-grandson of Nicholas Tillinghast; third cousin of James Madison Turner; third cousin once removed of James Munroe Turner; third cousin twice removed of James Turner; third cousin thrice removed of Philip Allcock Sprague; fourth cousin of William Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard White and John Milton Hay.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morton family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Samuel Wheeler Moulton (1821-1905) — also known as Samuel W. Moulton — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ill. Born in Wenham, Essex County, Mass., January 20, 1821. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1852-59; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; president, Illinois state board of education, 1859-76; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1865-67, 1881-85 (at-large 1865-67, 15th District 1881-83, 17th District 1883-85). Died in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ill., June 3, 1905 (age 84 years, 134 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of William Moulton and Mary (Lunt) Moulton; married 1844 to Mary H. Afflick.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) — also known as Benjamin F. Mudge — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley County, Kan. Born in Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 11, 1817. Lawyer; school teacher; chemist; geologist; mayor of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53. Died November 21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge; married, September 16, 1842, to Mary E. Beckford.
  See also Wikipedia article
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