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Fernand Joseph St. Germain (1928-2014) —
also known as Fernand J. St. Germain —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., January
9, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1952-60; delegate
to Rhode Island state constitutional convention, 1955; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1961-89; defeated,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island,
1964,
1968,
1988.
French
Canadian ancestry. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August
16, 2014 (age 86 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., June 13,
1783.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1813-14, 1816, 1822, 1829, 1834,
1844; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1817-19; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1838-43.
Died in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., May 8,
1845 (age 61 years, 329
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Leverett Saltonstall (1825-1895) —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
16, 1825.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1860 (Constitutional Union,
3rd District), 1866 (Democratic, 7th District), 1868 (Democratic, 7th
District), 1869 (Democratic, 7th District); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1885-89.
Died in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
15, 1895 (age 70 years, 30
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Leverett Saltonstall (1892-1979) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
1, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Middlesex District,
1923-36; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1929-36;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960,
1972;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1936; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1939-45; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1945-67.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Dover, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1979 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Middlecott Saltonstall and Eleanor (Brooks) Saltonstall;
brother of Richard
Saltonstall; married, June 27,
1916, to Alice Wesselhoeft; father of Peter B. Saltonstall and William
Lawrence Saltonstall; grandson of Leverett
Saltonstall (1825-1895); great-grandson of Leverett
Saltonstall (1783-1845) and Amos
Adams Lawrence; second great-grandson of William
Appleton; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Gorham, Luther
Lawrence and Abbott
Lawrence; third great-grandson of Nathaniel
Gorham; third great-grandnephew of George
Cabot; fourth great-grandson of James
Sullivan; fourth great-grandnephew of Gurdon
Saltonstall (1666-1724) and Timothy
Pickering; first cousin once removed of John
Lee Saltonstall; first cousin twice removed of John
Quincy Adams, William
Everett and Brooks
Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Abbott Green; first cousin four times removed of Nathan
Appleton, James
Appleton and Nathan
Dane Appleton; first cousin five times removed of Gurdon
Saltonstall (1708-1785); second cousin of William
Gurdon Saltonstall and John
Lee Saltonstall Jr.; second cousin once removed of Charles
Francis Adams; second cousin thrice removed of John
Appleton (1804-1891), Jane
Pierce and John
Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of Dudley
Leavitt Pickman; second cousin five times removed of John
Wingate Weeks; third cousin of Thomas
Boylston Adams; third cousin once removed of John
Forbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur
Taggard Appleton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Moore |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828) —
of Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plympton, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
22, 1781.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1817-20; resigned
1820; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1820-28; died in office 1828.
Died in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., July 19,
1828 (age 46 years, 332
days).
Interment at Burial
Hill, Plymouth, Mass.
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Joseph Santosuosso (1877-1968) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Taurasi, Italy,
July
18, 1877.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1928;
in 1933, he was attorney for General Equipment Corporation, in a
lawsuit against the city of Boston for damages caused by subway
constuction; he and others worked out a scheme in which Mayor James
M. Curley would obtain $85,000 from the city to settle the claim,
of which $50,000 was improperly
retained by Santosuosso and Curley; in 1937, the city
successfully sued
both men for the return of the $50,000.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March, 1968
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald Arthur Sarasin (b. 1934) —
also known as Ronald A. Sarasin —
of Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 95th District, 1969-73; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1973-79; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1976;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2000.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; Cremated; ashes
scattered; cenotaph at Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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Adam B. Schiff (b. 1960) —
of Burbank, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Framingham, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1960.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state senate, 1996-2001; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (27th District 2001-03,
29th District 2003-08); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Schofield (1857-1912) —
of Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dudley, Worcester
County, Mass., February
14, 1857.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1889-1902; superior court judge
in Massachusetts, 1903-11; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st
Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1911-12; died in
office 1912.
Died June 10,
1912 (age 55 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Warren Sever (1797-1871) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born July 1,
1797.
Merchant marine ship
captain; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1853, 1856.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died January
16, 1871 (age 73 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Sewall (1735-1825) —
of York, York
County, Maine.
Born in York, York
County, Maine, October
7, 1735.
Lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1782-89; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1789-1818; resigned 1818.
Died in York, York
County, Maine, October
22, 1825 (age 90 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Sewall (1757-1814) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1757.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1784, 1788-96; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1796-1800 (11th District
1796-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1800-14; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1814; died in
office 1814.
Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 8,
1814 (age 56 years, 179
days).
Original interment at Ancient
Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine; reinterment in private or family
graveyard.
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David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) —
also known as David L. Seymour —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., December
2, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53;
defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Lanesborough, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashbel Seymour and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour; married, July 27,
1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss; fifth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin; first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; third cousin of Thomas
Henry Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin of Charles
Robert Sherman, Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Gershom
Birdsey, Benjamin
Hard, Timothy
Merrill, Charles
Taylor Sherman, Silas
Seymour, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Augustus
Sherrill Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour. |
| | | 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 |
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James Michael Shannon (b. 1952) —
also known as James M. Shannon; Jim
Shannon —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., April 4,
1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1979-85;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1984; Massachusetts
state attorney general; elected 1986; defeated in primary, 1990;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., January
9, 1781.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1811-14, 1820, 1829; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1821-22; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1830-60.
Drew up the first
charter of the city of Boston in 1822-23; wrote the decision in
Commonwealth v. Hunt, 1842, which exempted labor unions from
the criminal conspiracy law. Related by marriage to the author
Herman Melville.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
30, 1861 (age 80 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Clarence J. Shearn (c.1870-1953) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leeds, Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., about 1870.
Lawyer; counsel and political associate to William
Randolph Hearst; counsel for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, now part
of the New York City subway
system; Independence League candidate for Governor of
New York, 1908; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1915-19; defeated, 1911;
appointed 1915; resigned 1919; Justice of the Appellate Division of
the New York Supreme Court, 1918-19; commissioner for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith in a 1928 investigation of sewer graft in the borough of
Queens, New York City, which resulted in the conviction of Maurice
E. Connolly.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1953 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Newton Sheldon (1843-1926) —
also known as Henry N. Sheldon —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, June 28,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1894-1905; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1905-15.
Died January
14, 1926 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ether Shepley (1789-1877) —
of Saco, York
County, Maine.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
2, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1819; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1820-33; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1833-36; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1836-48; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1848-55.
Died in 1877
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915-2011) —
also known as R. Sargent Shriver, Jr.;
"Sarge" —
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., November
9, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
organized and directed the Peace Corps, 1961-66; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1968-70; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1976.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 2011 (age 95 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Centerville, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Sargent Shriver and Hilda (Shriver) Shriver; married, May 23,
1953, to Eunice Mary Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend); father of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger) and Mark
Kennedy Shriver; nephew of James
Causten Shriver; grandson of Thomas
Herbert Shriver; great-grandson of Thomas
Johns Perry. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Sargent Shriver Elementary
School, in Silver
Spring, Maryland, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about R. Sargent Shriver: Scott
Stossel, Sarge:
The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver — Mark Shriver,
A
Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent
Shriver |
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Samuel Shute (1662-1742) —
Born in England,
January
12, 1662.
Lawyer; Colonial
Governor of Massachusetts, 1716-23; Colonial
Governor of New Hampshire, 1716-23.
English
ancestry.
Died April
15, 1742 (age 80 years, 93
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Hopkins Sibley (1796-1852) —
also known as Mark H. Sibley —
of Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1796.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1837-39; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; county judge
in New York, 1847-51.
Died in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
8, 1852 (age about 56
years).
Interment at West
Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Richard J. Simmons (b. 1951) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Massachusetts, November
21, 1951.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Albert Smith (1793-1867) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Hanover, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
3, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Maine 8th District, 1839-41; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1840.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1867 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Asa Francis Smith (c.1847-1925) —
also known as Asa F. Smith —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Beverly, Essex
County, Mass., about 1847.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1898 (3rd District), 1914 (10th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1902; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1908, 1918 (Prohibition),
1919, 1920 (Prohibition), 1922 (Prohibition).
Died, a week after being overcome by fumes
from his gas stove, in Prospect Heights Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
16, 1925 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., December
14, 1876.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New
York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Tammany
Hall.
Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1938 (age 61 years, 349
days).
Interment somewhere
in Milford, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to
Florence Rochotte. |
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Herbert Knox Smith (1869-1931) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Chester, Hampden
County, Mass., 1869.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1903-04;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1912.
Died in 1931
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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David Hackett Souter (b. 1939) —
also known as David H. Souter —
of Weare, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Melrose, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
17, 1939.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1976-78; superior court judge
in New Hampshire, 1978-83; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1983-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1990; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-2009; took senior status 2009.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Louis Carver Southard (b. 1854) —
also known as Louis C. Southard —
of Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, April 1,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1888-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1895-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard;
married, June 1,
1881, to Nellie Copeland. |
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Henry Souther (1826-1891) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., March 5,
1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Treasurer, 1847; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
county judge in Pennsylvania, 1871.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1891
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther; married 1850 to
Letitia Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Marc
Hubbard Souther. |
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Joshua Austin Spencer (1790-1857) —
also known as Joshua A. Spencer —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 13,
1790.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1841-45; member
of New
York state senate 5th District, 1846-47; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1848; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1852.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., April, 1857
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob J. Spiegel (b. 1901) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
24, 1901.
Lawyer; legislative secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1937; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1939-60; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1961-72.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Spiegel and Mollie (Greenbaum) Spiegel; married, August
26, 1941, to Peggy Schwarz. |
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Peleg Sprague (1793-1880) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
27, 1793.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1825-29; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1829-35; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1834; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization;
speaker); U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1841-65; resigned 1865.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
13, 1880 (age 87 years, 169
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Frederick Clement Stevens (1861-1923) —
also known as Frederick C. Stevens —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-92 (District 26 1889-90,
District 28 1891-92); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 1,
1923 (age 62 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Solon Whithed Stevens (b. 1836) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
1, 1836.
Republican. Organist;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Stevens and Harriet (Whithed) Stevens; married, October
12, 1870, to Mary Price Savory. |
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Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (b. 1913) —
also known as Harry F. Stimpson, Jr. —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
16, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1959-61; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1962.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Warren Stone (1843-1912) —
also known as Charles W. Stone —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 29,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-71; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1877-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-99 (27th District 1890-97,
7th District 1897-99).
Died near Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
15, 1912 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Joseph Story (1779-1845) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., September
18, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1805-07, 1811; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1808-09; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1811-45; died in office 1845; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
10, 1845 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Simeon Strong (1736-1805) —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 6,
1736.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1801-05.
Died in 1805
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Amherst, Mass.
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John Andrew Sullivan (1868-1927) —
also known as John A. Sullivan —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1903-07.
Died in 1927
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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Charles Sumner (1811-1874) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
6, 1811.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1848; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851-74; died in office 1874.
In May, 1856, he suffered severe injuries in an assault by South
Carolina Rep. Preston
S. Brooks, who was furious over an anti-slavery speech.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1874 (age 63 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; statue erected 1879 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Utah
state senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38; took senior status 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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