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Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878) —
also known as Benjamin F. Wade —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden
County, Mass., October
27, 1800.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1835-37; member of Ohio
state senate, 1837-38, 1841-42; circuit judge in Ohio, 1847-51;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1851-69; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868.
Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878 (age 77 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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Edward Wade (1802-1866) —
of Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Unionville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1802.
Lawyer; Ashtabula
County Justice of the Peace, 1831; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
13, 1866 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Bradford, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
4, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1855-56; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1873-79.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
24, 1891 (age 60 years, 20
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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William Cushing Wait (1860-1935) —
also known as William C. Wait —
of Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., December
18, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Massachusetts,
1902-23; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1923-34.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Geographic Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
28, 1935 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
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Robert E. Waldron (b. 1920) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., January
25, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-70 (Wayne County 13th
District 1955-64, 1st District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1950;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1967-68;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1962; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1951 to Helen
Miller. |
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Joseph Walker (b. 1865) —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., July 13,
1865.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Norfolk District, 1904-11;
Speaker
of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1909-11;
candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1912 (Republican), 1914 (Progressive).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Henry Walker and Hannah M. (Kelly) Walker; married, June 30,
1890, to Caroline Richmond. |
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Myron H. Walker (b. 1855) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Westborough, Worcester
County, Mass., January
17, 1855.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1892; Prohibition candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1894 (Prohibition),
1902 (Democratic); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1909; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1911, 1922, 1923 (Democratic);
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1914-22; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Walker, Jr. and Louisa (Everett) Walker; married 1888 to Nettie
Stevens. |
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Reuben Eugene Walker (b. 1851) —
also known as Reuben E. Walker —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
15, 1851.
Lawyer; Merrimack
County Solicitor, 1889-90; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1895; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1901-21; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abiel Walker and Mary (Powers) Walker; married 1875 to Mary
Elizabeth Brown. |
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David Ignatius Walsh (1872-1947) —
also known as David I. Walsh —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.; Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Leominster, Worcester
County, Mass., November
11, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1913-14; defeated, 1911; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1914-16; defeated, 1915; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-18; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1919-25, 1926-47; defeated, 1924,
1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died June 11,
1947 (age 74 years, 212
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lancaster, Mass.
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Joseph Walsh (1875-1946) —
of Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
16, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives First Barnstable District, 1906;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 16th District, 1915-22;
resigned 1922; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1922-46.
Member, Eagles;
Elks.
Died in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., January
13, 1946 (age 70 years, 28
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass.
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Joseph D. Ward (1914-2003) —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., March
26, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1949-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1960; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1963-72; law
professor.
Died in Ocean Ridge, Palm Beach
County, Fla., May 10,
2003 (age 89 years, 45
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
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Joseph Everett Warner (b. 1884) —
also known as Joseph E. Warner —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 16,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1913-20;
Speaker
of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1919-20;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1928-35; superior court judge in
Massachusetts, 1940-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs)
Warner. |
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Charles Warren (1868-1954) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 9,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
Eustis Russell, 1893-94; candidate for Massachusetts
state senate, 1894, 1895; author; historian;
assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1914-18; received a Pulitzer
Prize in history, 1923, for his book History of the United
States Supreme Court.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1954 (age 86 years, 160
days).
Interment at Vine
Hills Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.
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Elizabeth Warren (b. 1949) —
also known as Elizabeth Ann Herring —
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 22,
1949.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2013-; received 2 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 2016;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2020.
Female.
Still living as of 2021.
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George Washington Warren (1813-1883) —
of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
1, 1813.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1838; mayor
of Charlestown, Mass., 1847-50; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1853-54.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 13,
1883 (age 69 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wirt Warren (1834-1880) —
also known as William W. Warren —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Brighton, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., February
27, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1868;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1875-77.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1880 (age 46 years, 65
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brighton, Boston, Mass.
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Winslow Warren (1838-1930) —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
20, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1876; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1894-98.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 3,
1930 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Vine
Hills Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.
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Albert Henry Washburn (1866-1930) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Republican. Private secretary to Andrew
Dickson White; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1890-93; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; college
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1922-30, died in office 1930.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Union
League.
Died, from erysipelas,
in the Rudolf Interhaus Hospital,
Vienna, Austria,
April
2, 1930 (age 63 years, 356
days).
Original interment at Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna, Austria; reinterment in 1930 at Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Charles Grenfill Washburn (1857-1928) —
also known as Charles G. Washburn —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
28, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1897-98; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1906-11;
defeated, 1900, 1910.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 25,
1928 (age 71 years, 118
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Andrew Jackson Waterman (1825-1900) —
also known as Andrew J. Waterman —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 28,
1825.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1864;
Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1887-91; candidate for mayor
of Pittsfield, Mass., 1891.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
4, 1900 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Sterry Robinson Waterman (1901-1984) —
also known as Sterry R. Waterman —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 12,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1955-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Sphinx;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Stephen Palfrey Webb (1804-1879) —
also known as Stephen P. Webb —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
20, 1804.
Lawyer; mayor of
Salem, Mass., 1842-45, 1860-63; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1854-55.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
29, 1879 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Webb and Sara Putnam (Palfrey) Webb; married, May 26,
1834, to Hannah Hunt Beckford Robinson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) —
also known as "Black Dan"; "Defender of the
Constitution"; "Great Expounder of the
Constitution" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Salisbury (part now in Franklin), Merrimack
County, N.H., January
18, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1813-17; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1820; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1823-27; resigned
1827; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1827-41, 1845-50; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1841-43, 1850-52; died in office 1852.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
24, 1852 (age 70 years, 280
days).
Interment at Winslow
Cemetery, Marshfield, Mass.; statue erected 1900 at Scott
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster; married, May 29,
1808, to Grace Fletcher; second cousin once removed of Hiram
Augustus Huse; second cousin twice removed of Edwin
George Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake and John
Leffingwell Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin, Charles
Rowell and Amos
Tuck. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Weeks
family of Massachusetts; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster
family; Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell
family; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Webster counties in Ga., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Daniel
Webster Wilder
— Daniel
W. Mills
— Daniel
W. Jones
— Daniel
Webster Comstock
— Daniel
W. Waugh
— Daniel
W. Tallmadge
— Daniel
Webster Heagy
— Daniel
W. Whitmore
— Daniel
W. Hamilton
— Daniel
W. Allaman
— Webster
Turner
— Dan
W. Turner
— Daniel
W. Hoan
— Daniel
W. Ambrose, Jr.
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $10 U.S. note from the 1860s until the early 20th
century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Daniel Webster: Robert
Vincent Remini, Daniel
Webster : The Man and His Time — Maurice G. Baxter, One
and Inseparable : Daniel Webster and the Union —
Robert A. Allen, Daniel
Webster, Defender of the Union — Richard N. Current,
Daniel
Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism —
Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — John
F. Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Alvin Gardner Weeks (1866-1924) —
also known as Alvin G. Weeks —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in St. Albans, Somerset
County, Maine, October
22, 1866.
Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1912, 1914.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., March
24, 1924 (age 57 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Francis Welch (b. 1947) —
also known as Peter Welch —
of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 2,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state senate, 1981-89, 2002-07; U.S.
Representative from Vermont at-large, 2007-; defeated in primary,
1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Samuel Wells (1801-1868) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., August
15, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1836-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1840;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1847-54; resigned 1854; Governor of
Maine, 1856-57.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 15,
1868 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Wellington Wells (1868-1955) —
also known as Bill Wells —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
18, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1923-24.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 23,
1955 (age 87 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., February
24, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848-49, 1865-66; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1859-60, 1863-64; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1875 (age 73 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Frank L. Westover (b. 1853) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
17, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; insurance
business; postmaster at Bay
City, Mich., 1883-87; Bay
County Clerk, 1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Edwin Whalen (1874-1951) —
also known as Robert E. Whalen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 29,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 30th District, 1938.
Died, from a heart
attack, while vacationing in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
12, 1951 (age 77 years, 14
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, as of 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African
ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
25, 1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Laban Wheaton (1754-1846) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Mansfield, Bristol
County, Mass., March
13, 1754.
Lawyer; Bristol
County Judge; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1803-08, 1825; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1809-17 (9th District 1809-13,
at-large 1813-15, 10th District 1815-17).
Died in Norton, Bristol
County, Mass., March
23, 1846 (age 92 years, 10
days).
Interment at Norton
Common Cemetery, Norton, Mass.
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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) —
also known as Burton K. Wheeler —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882.
Lawyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1975 (age 92 years, 313
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Phineas White (1770-1847) —
of Pomfret, Windsor
County, Vt.; Putney, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in South Hadley, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
30, 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; Windsor
County Register of Probate, 1800-09; Windsor
County Attorney, 1813; Windham
County Judge, 1814-17, 1820; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1814, 1836; member of
Vermont
state house of representatives, 1815-20; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836-37.
Died in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., July 6,
1847 (age 76 years, 249
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
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Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., March 9,
1776.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1809-11, 1817-21 (7th District
1809-11, 2nd District 1817-21); member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1815-16; delegate
to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Maine at-large, 1821-22; resigned 1822;
common pleas court judge in Maine, 1822-41; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1841-48; resigned 1848.
Died in East Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
1, 1866 (age 90 years, 145
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Russell Whitman (b. 1861) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
18, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Whitman and Helen (Russell) Whitman; married, April 3,
1893, to Alice Mason Miller. |
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
English
ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis,
following appendicitis
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Widgery (c.1753-1822) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Devon, England,
about 1753.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1787-93, 1795-97; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of
Massachusetts
state senate, 1794; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1806-07; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1811-13; common
pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1813-21.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 31,
1822 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891-1960) —
also known as Richard B. Wigglesworth —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., April
25, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; private secretary to Philippines
Governor-General W.
Cameron Forbes, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1928-58 (14th District
1928-33, 13th District 1933-58); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1958-60, died in office 1960.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died, from a stroke
while being treated for phlebitis,
in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
22, 1960 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Kilborn Williams (1782-1853) —
also known as Charles K. Williams —
of Vermont.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
24, 1782.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1809-11, 1814-15, 1820-21, 1849;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Rutland
County State's Attorney, 1814-15; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1834-46; Governor of
Vermont, 1850-52.
Died in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., March 9,
1853 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.
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Henry Williams (1805-1887) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., November
30, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1834; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1839-41, 1843-45 (10th
District 1839-41, 9th District 1843-45).
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 8,
1887 (age 81 years, 159
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Lemuel Williams (1747-1828) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., June 18,
1747.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1799-1805; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1806; member of
Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1806,
1819, 1820, 1821, 1823.
Died in Acushnet, Bristol
County, Mass., November
8, 1828 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Interment at Acushnet
Cemetery, Acushnet, Mass.
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Lemuel Williams (1782-1869) —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.; Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Mass., 1782.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., November
15, 1869 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Wilson (1777-1848) —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., January
10, 1777.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-15, 1817-19 (at-large
1813-15, 4th District 1817-19).
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, August
9, 1848 (age 71 years, 212
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
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Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) —
also known as Robert C. Winthrop —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 12,
1809.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835-40; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1840-42, 1842-50;
resigned 1842, 1850; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1847-49; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1850-51; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1851; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1894 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., May 22,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1856;
U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 1,
1898 (age 78 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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David Woodcock (1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Ithaca,
N.Y., 1809-21; member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Ithaca
City Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
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William H. Woodhead (b. 1860) —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives First Berkshire District, 1904-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Carroll Davidson Wright (1840-1909) —
also known as Carroll D. Wright —
Born in Dunbarton, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 25,
1840.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Sixth Middlesex District, 1872-73; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; chief, Massachusetts Bureau
of Statistics, 1873-88; in charge of the state census in 1875 and
1885, and the federal census for Massachusetts in 1880; U.S.
Commissioner of Labor, 1885-1905; university
professor; president,
Clark College, Worcester, Mass., 1902.
Unitarian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Antiquarian Society.
Died February
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Silas Wright Jr. (1795-1847) —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York
state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844;
Governor
of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.
Died in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at Silas
Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice
removed of Henry
Merrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Ellsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Marshall
Chapin and William
Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Catlin Woodruff, Stephen
Hiram Keeler, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, William
Chapman Williston, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, Arthur
Chapin and John
Wingate Weeks. |
| | | 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). |
| | | Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are
named for him; Wright County,
Iowa may have been named for him. |
| | | Wright Peak,
in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex
County, New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until
1913. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Frederick Washburn Yates (1866-1930) —
also known as Frederick W. Yates —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1866.
Lawyer; Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1903.
Presbyterian.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1930 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Owen Daniel Young (1874-1962) —
also known as Owen D. Young —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC); author of the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of
German war reparations; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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Samuel Young (1779-1850) —
of Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1813-15, 1826; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1814-15, 1826; member of New York
state senate, 1817-21, 1835-40, 1846-47 (Eastern District
1817-21, 4th District 1835-40, 1846-47); candidate for Governor of
New York, 1824; secretary
of state of New York, 1842-45.
Died in Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
3, 1850 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Briggs
Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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