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Arthur M. Taft (b. 1854) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Uxbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-First Worcester District,
1901-06; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Worcester District, 1906-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brigham A. Taft. |
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George E. Taft (born c.1855) —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., about 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Indira Talwani (b. 1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
6, 1960.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 2014-.
Female.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry. Member, Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2021.
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Willard Brooks Tanner (1858-1946) —
also known as Willard B. Tanner —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Rhode
Island state attorney general, 1897-1902; superior court judge in
Rhode Island, 1905-29.
Died, in Rhode Island Hospital,
Providence, Providence
County, R.I., May 21,
1946 (age 87 years, 270
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar A. Tanner and Agnes E. (Brooks) Tanner; married, October
12, 1886, to Annie Tingley Dunlop. |
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Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) —
of Ravenna, Trumbull County (now Portage
County), Ohio; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 25,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate from Trumbull County, 1803-04; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1816-23; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1826; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1833; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1839-45.
Censured
by the Senate on May 10, 1844, over his disclosure
to the New York Evening Post of a secret
message from President John
Tyler outlining terms for the annexation of Texas.
Died in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, April
20, 1857 (age 83 years, 330
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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John Kemble Tarbox (1838-1887) —
also known as John K. Tarbox —
of Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., May 6,
1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
1864,
1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1868, 1870-71; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1872; mayor
of Lawrence, Mass., 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1875-77.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1887 (age 49 years, 22
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
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Charles Taylor Tatman (b. 1871) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
16, 1871.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1899-1900.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben James Tatman and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman; married, August
28, 1901, to Anna C. Svedberg. |
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Amos Leavitt Taylor (b. 1877) —
also known as Amos L. Taylor —
of Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Danbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1924
(alternate), 1932;
member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1924-49; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1927-28; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1929-32.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16,
1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank; married to Caroline W.
Dudley. |
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John James Taylor (1808-1892) —
also known as John J. Taylor —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., April
27, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1853-55; defeated,
1850; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 1,
1892 (age 84 years, 65
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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E. Paul Tenney (b. 1906) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
28, 1906.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamburg, 1935-36; Kobe, 1937; Tokyo, 1937; Shanghai, 1938-40; U.S. Consul General in Santiago, as of 1949.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elmer Seth Tenney and Grace Mary (MacInnis) Tenney; married, October
13, 1937, to Louise Edwards Jenkins. |
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Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872) —
of New Gloucester, Cumberland
County, Maine; Warren, Knox
County, Maine; Lincoln
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., July 1,
1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1801-11; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1802-05; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1824.
Died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, July 18,
1872 (age 96 years, 17
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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John Alden Thayer (1857-1917) —
also known as John A. Thayer —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
22, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1911-13;
defeated, 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912;
postmaster at Worcester,
Mass., 1915-17.
Died, in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 31,
1917 (age 59 years, 221
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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John Randolph Thayer (1845-1916) —
also known as John R. Thayer —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Douglas, Worcester
County, Mass., March 9,
1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Arthur
P. Rugg; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1880-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1886; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1899-1905;
defeated, 1892.
Unitarian;
later Episcopalian.
Died December
19, 1916 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Robert Helyer Thayer (1901-1984) —
also known as Robert H. Thayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., September
22, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1946; U.S. Minister
to Romania, 1955-57.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Audubon
Society.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1984 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Southborough
Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Mass.
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George Thompson (1918-1982) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Ellsworth, Pierce
County, Wis., July 6,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1955-61; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1963-65; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Died in Wilbraham, Hampden
County, Mass., November
11, 1982 (age 64 years, 128
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Tierney (b. 1951) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., September
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1997-; defeated,
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frederick H. Tilton (b. 1879) —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
28, 1879.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Third Essex District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Lyman Twining Tingier (1862-1920) —
also known as Lyman T. Tingier —
of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Webster, Worcester
County, Mass., June 9,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1896;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1909-12; mayor
of Rockville, Conn., 1912-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1913-15; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Foresters.
Died in 1920
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Holden Tinkham (1870-1956) —
also known as George H. Tinkham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
29, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1915-43 (11th District
1915-33, 10th District 1933-43).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Cramerton, Gaston
County, N.C., August
28, 1956 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Warren E. Tolman (b. 1959) —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Middlesex & Suffolk District; elected 1996;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1998; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 2000;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 2002; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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Raymond H. Trefry (b. 1891) —
of Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., March 9,
1891.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1920; member of Massachusetts
state senate Second Essex District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Nicola S. Tsongas (b. 1946) —
also known as Niki Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chico, Butte
County, Calif., April
26, 1946.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer; dean of
external affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997) —
also known as Paul E. Tsongas —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1992.
Greek
ancestry.
Died of liver
damage caused by cancer
treatment, and pneumonia,
at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1997 (age 55 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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William Humphrey Tucker (b. 1923) —
also known as William H. Tucker —
of Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
8, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1961-67.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Tucker and Marion (Thomas) Tucker; married, June 19,
1948, to Caroline E. Aitken. |
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William Tudor (1750-1819) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born March
28, 1750.
Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1781-94; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1801-02; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1808-10.
Died July 8,
1819 (age 69 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gardner Clyde Turner (b. 1910) —
also known as Gardner C. Turner —
of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Ludlow, Hampden
County, Mass., March 3,
1910.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Sullivan,
1948; New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Jaycees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde A. Turner and G. (Estes) Turner; married, August
16, 1941, to Virginia Wells. |
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Earle Stanley Tyler (b. 1896) —
also known as Earle S. Tyler —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Cherryfield, Washington
County, Maine, December
18, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30,
1925, to Elizabeth Parker. |
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Royall Tyler (1757-1826) —
also known as William Tyler —
of Vermont.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 18,
1757.
Lawyer; playwright;
justice
of Vermont state supreme court, 1801-12.
Died August
26, 1826 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Royall Tyler and Mary (Steele) Tyler; married to Mary
Palmer. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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George Baxter Upham (1768-1848) —
also known as George B. Upham —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., December
27, 1768.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1801-03; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-13, 1815; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1809, 1815;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1814-15.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., February
10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Phineas Upham and Susanna (Buckminster) Upham; brother of Jabez
Upham; married, December
30, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Duncan; father of James
Phineas Upham; first cousin of Charles
Wentworth Upham; second cousin of Nathaniel
Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel
Gookin Upham; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Edwin Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of William
Criner Whiting and Willard
Baxter Whiting; second cousin four times removed of James
Dunbar Bell; third cousin of Nathan
Read; third cousin twice removed of Joshua
Perkins, Charles
Otis Nason, John
Hill Walbridge, Henry
E. Walbridge and William
Greene Dows; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of William
Upham, Samuel
Finley Vinton, Abel
Madison Scranton and Alonzo
Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of John
Larkin Payson, Isaiah
Blood, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and William
Henry Upham. |
| | | Political family: Upham
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jabez Upham (1764-1811) —
of Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., August
23, 1764.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1804-06, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1807-10.
Died in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., November
8, 1811 (age 47 years, 77
days).
Interment at New
Cemetery, West Brookfield, Mass.
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William Upham (1792-1853) —
of Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., August
5, 1792.
Whig. Injured in a cider mill accident and lost a
hand; lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1830; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853.
Died, from smallpox,
at the Irving Hotel, Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1853 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Green
Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
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James H. Vahey (b. 1871) —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
29, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1907; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1908, 1909; Massachusetts
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Finley Vinton (1792-1862) —
also known as Samuel F. Vinton —
of Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., September
25, 1792.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-37, 1843-51 (7th District 1823-33,
6th District 1833-37, 12th District 1843-51); candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1851.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1862 (age 69 years, 228
days).
Interment at Pine
Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Abiathar Vinton and Sarah (Day) Vinton; married, August
18, 1824, to Romaine Madeleine Bureau (daughter of Jean
Pierre Roman Bureau); second cousin four times removed of William
Greene; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Otis Nason; third cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Jr. and Alton
Festus Hayden; fourth cousin of Jabez
Upham, George
Baxter Upham, Nathaniel
Upham, William
Upham, Charles
Wentworth Upham and Alonzo
Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of John
Baldwin, Nathan
Appleton, Nathaniel
Gookin Upham, Isaiah
Blood, James
Phineas Upham and William
Henry Upham. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton
family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Vinton County,
Ohio is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Roger Vose (1763-1841) —
of Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
24, 1763.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1809-11, 1812-13; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1818; common pleas
court judge in New Hampshire, 1818-20.
Died in Walpole, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
26, 1841 (age 78 years, 244
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Walpole, N.H.
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