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Henry Francis Naphen (1852-1905) —
also known as Henry F. Naphen —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Ireland,
August
14, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 8,
1905 (age 52 years, 298
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, Boston, Mass.
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Daniel Needham (1822-1895) —
of Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 24,
1822.
Lawyer; farmer;
aide (with rank of Colonel) to Gov. George
S. Boutwell, 1851-53; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1853; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1854; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1857-58; member of
Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1859-61; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1868-69; director, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.;
trustee, John Hancock Life
Insurance Co.; director, Peterborough and Shirley Railroad.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Humane
Society.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
20, 1895 (age 72 years, 272
days).
Interment at Groton
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of James Needham and Lydia (Breed) Needham; married, July 17,
1842, to Caroline A. Hall; married, October
7, 1880, to Ellen Mary Brigham. |
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Daniel Needham (b. 1891) —
of West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
5, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Commander, Massachusetts National Guard; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1950; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Needham and Ellen Mary (Brigham) Needham; married, April
27, 1921, to Frances Sarah Topping. |
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Malcolm Edwin Nichols (1876-1951) —
also known as Malcolm E. Nichols —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 8,
1876.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1914, 1917-19; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for Massachusetts, 1921-25; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1926-30; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.
Swedenborgian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1859.
Republican. Real estate
broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from locomotor
ataxia, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
16, 1908 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn.
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Stephen Westcott Nickerson (1857-1917) —
also known as Stephen W. Nickerson —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Winthrop, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for China in Boston,
Mass., 1903; Honorary
Consul for China in Boston,
Mass., 1905-08.
Died in Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
4, 1917 (age 60 years, 265
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Percy Nields (1868-1943) —
also known as John P. Nields —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
7, 1868.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1902, 1903-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1930-41; took senior status 1941;
senior judge, 1941-43.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., August
26, 1943 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
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Amasa Norcross (1824-1898) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Rindge, Cheshire
County, N.H., January
26, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1858-59; mayor
of Fitchburg, Mass., 1873-74; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1877-83.
Died in Paris, France,
April
2, 1898 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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John Patrick O'Brien (1873-1951) —
also known as John P. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
1, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; defeated, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Tammany
Hall.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
22, 1951 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Thomas Charles O'Brien (b. 1887) —
also known as Thomas C. O'Brien —
of Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brighton, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 19,
1887.
Lawyer; member, Massachusetts Board of Parole, 1913-16;
district attorney, Suffolk District, 1922-27; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1925; Union candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1936; Union candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael O'Brien and Mary (O'Connor) O'Brien; married, September
3, 1913, to Julia M. Hartigan. |
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John Joseph O'Connor (1885-1960) —
also known as John J. O'Connor —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Raynham, Bristol
County, Mass., November
23, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1923-39; defeated
(Andrew Jackson), 1938; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936.
Member, Phi
Kappa.
Died in 1960
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Charles O'Conor (1804-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1853-54; senior
counsel for Jefferson
Davis during his treason trial; as special deputy attorney
general for New York State, was counsel for the prosecution in the
trial of William
M. Tweed; Straight Out Democratic candidate for President
of the United States, 1872.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., May 12,
1884 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Entombed at St.
Patrick's Old Cathedral, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William A. O'Hearn (c.1887-1963) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born about 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire District, 1923-24; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Died, at North Adams Hospital,
North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., May, 1963
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Olney (1835-1917) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., September
15, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1873-74; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1876; U.S.
Attorney General, 1893-95; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1895-97; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Died April 8,
1917 (age 81 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1772.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19.
Died in Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
3, 1828 (age 55 years, 277
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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Thomas Ward Osborn (1836-1898) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1868; member of Florida
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1870-72.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1898 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
8, 1765.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796, 1803-05; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1797-1801; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1805; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,
1814; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1817-22; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1823; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1829-32.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1848 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Allyne Otis and Elizabeth (Gray) Otis; married, May 31,
1790, to Sally Foster; grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); second great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel
Freeman Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; second cousin thrice removed of Albert
Clinton Griswold; third cousin of Asahel
Otis; third cousin once removed of Oran
Gray Otis, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Asa H.
Otis, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin twice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; fourth cousin of Chillus
Doty; fourth cousin once removed of James
Duane Doty, George
Bailey Loring and Abraham
Lansing. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Otis
family of Connecticut; Lansing
family of New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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of Harrison,
Maine, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Harrison
Gray Otis Blake
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Shaw Chandler Otis (1807-c.1887) —
also known as William S. C. Otis —
of Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Massachusetts, August
24, 1807.
Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Summit County,
1850-51.
Died about 1887 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Pack (1899-1945) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
25, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1931-38; member of
New
York state senate, 1939-45 (22nd District 1939-44, 25th District
1945); died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died August
7, 1945 (age 46 years, 194
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
11, 1731.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1777; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1777-90; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1790-1804.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1814 (age 83 years, 62
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; statue at Church
Green, Taunton, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Paine and Eunice (Treat) Paine; married to Sarah Cobb;
great-grandson of Robert
Treat; second great-grandfather of Robert
Treat Paine Jr.; second cousin twice removed of John
Condit, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Aurelius
Buckingham and Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin thrice removed of Silas
Condit, Ira
Chandler Backus, Joshua
Perkins, Edward
Green Bradford, Philo
Beecher Buckingham, Bailey
Frye Adams, Henry
Sabin, Lee
Randall Sanborn, Alanson
B. Treat, Charles
M. Hotchkiss and David
Leroy Treat; second cousin four times removed of Albert
Pierson Condit, Edward
Green Bradford II, James
L. Sanborn and Warren
Walter Rich; second cousin five times removed of Clarence
Sidney Merrill, Simeon
Harrison Rollinson, Edward
Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard and Joseph
Clark Baldwin III; third cousin twice removed of Gershom
Birdsey, Benjamin
Hard and Alonzo
Sidney Upham; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Eli
Coe Birdsey, Lorenzo
Burrows, Nathan
Belcher, Russell
Sage, Gilbert
Carlton Walker, John
Ransom Buck and Benjamin
Baker Merrill; fourth cousin of Luther
Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of David
Waterman and Jonathan
Brace. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1908,
1912
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30,
1904, to Ada S. Feldman. |
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Edward Griffin Parker (c.1826-1868) —
Born in Massachusetts, about 1826.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1850; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1868 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Parker (b. 1856) —
of Lancaster, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., March 2,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1902-06.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Parker and Harriet Newell (Felton) Parker; married, September
22, 1886, to Mary Carney Vose. |
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William Parker (1793-1873) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born November
7, 1793.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1845.
Died October
29, 1873 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Parker and Ann (Cullen) Parker; married to Julia Maria
Stevens. |
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Henry Parkman Jr. (1894-1958) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
26, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1928,
1936;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1929-36; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in 1958
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, as of 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured
kidney, and died as a result, in House of Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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John Paterson (1744-1808) —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Lisle, Tioga County (now Broome
County), N.Y.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., 1744.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome
County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., July 9,
1808 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Deval Patrick (b. 1956) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 31,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Massachusetts, 2007-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 2008
(member, Platform
Committee; speaker).
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2015.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Gardner Whitman Pearson (1869-1953) —
also known as Gardner W. Pearson —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
4, 1869.
Lawyer; postmaster at Lowell,
Mass., 1894-98; Adjutant
General of Massachusetts, 1911-14, 1916-17; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Died June 23,
1953 (age 83 years, 292
days).
Interment at Hildreth
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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James Blackwood Pearson (1920-2009) —
also known as James B. Pearson —
of Shawnee Mission, Johnson
County, Kan.; Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 7,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; probate judge in Kansas, 1954-56; member of Kansas
state senate 10th District, 1956-60; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1960; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962-78; resigned 1978.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., January
13, 2009 (age 88 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) —
also known as Charles H. Peaslee —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., February
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853-57.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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Hamilton Sullivan Peck (b. 1845) —
also known as Hamilton S. Peck —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Royalston, Worcester
County, Mass., October
22, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1878-80; secretary of
Vermont Republican Party, 1892-96; mayor
of Burlington, Vt., 1896-98; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1910.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Benedict Peck (1802-1866) —
also known as Lucius B. Peck —
of Barre, Washington
County, Vt.; Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., November
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1831-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Vermont, 1840,
1852;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1847-51; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1850; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1853-57; president, Vermont and Canada Railroad,
1859-66.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 41
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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Guy Ray Pelton (1824-1890) —
also known as Guy R. Pelton —
of New York.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
3, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1855-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Wyoming, July 24,
1890 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Mahaiwe
Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) —
also known as Richard F. Perkins —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
12, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1842-43; San
Francisco, Calif., 1864-68; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844-45.
Died aboard
the passenger ship Colorado, on a voyage from San Francisco to
New York, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
13, 1868 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean.
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Philip Joseph Philbin (1898-1972) —
also known as Philip J. Philbin —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., May 29,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary and campaign manager for U.S. Senator David
I. Walsh; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1943-71; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944.
Died in Bolton, Worcester
County, Mass., June 14,
1972 (age 74 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lancaster, Mass.
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1811.
Lawyer; abolitionist; orator;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
English
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Died, from heart
disease, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.; statue erected 1915 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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John Porter (d. 1873) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Massachusetts.
Lawyer; Cayuga
County District Attorney, 1821-28; Cayuga
County Surrogate, 1829-36; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1843-46.
Died in October, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Leland Powers (1848-1929) —
also known as Samuel L. Powers —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1901-05 (11th District
1901-03, 12th District 1903-05).
Died in 1929
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Kenneth G. Prettie (b. 1903) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., February
12, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Hillsdale
District, 1961-62; circuit
judge in Michigan 1st Circuit, 1977.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Brickett Priest (b. 1910) —
also known as Benjamin B. Priest —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
3, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1939-43; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1943-45; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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George Naum Prifti (1896-1965) —
also known as George N. Prifti —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Revere, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Albania,
June
24, 1896.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Consul
for Albania in Boston,
Mass., 1926-35.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 26,
1965 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married to Theo Ford. |
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17, 1926 |
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Frederick Octavius Prince (1818-1899) —
also known as Frederick O. Prince —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1818.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851-53; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1855; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1860,
1864,
1880,
1888;
Temporary Secretary, 1876;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1876;
speaker, 1876,
1888;
Convention Secretary, 1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1876-80; mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1877-78, 1879-82; Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1880; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1885 (Democratic), 1896 (National Democratic).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 6,
1899 (age 81 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Harrington Putnam (1851-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., June 29,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1909-21; appointed 1909.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 7,
1937 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Mass.
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Harry Bancroft Putnam (1878-1952) —
also known as Harry B. Putnam —
of Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Berkshire, Hampshire & Hampden District, 1933-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Moose.
Died in 1952
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Rufus E. Putnam and Ophelia C. (Bancroft) Putnam; married, February
23, 1903, to Margaret McLeod; married to Pearl Luther and Helen
E. Campbell. |
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