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Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
6, 1874.
Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather
and wool
manufacturers; director of banks and
insurance
firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts
state senate Norfolk District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Union
League.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
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Charles J. Brandt —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Shoe worker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Mansfield Bubier (1816-1894) —
also known as Samuel M. Bubier —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., June 28,
1816.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1877-79.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
5, 1894 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Arthur Coolidge (1861-1925) —
also known as Louis A. Coolidge —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
8, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1888-91; assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury,
1908; treasurer and director, United Shoe Machinery
Corporation, 1909; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from liver
sclerosis, in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 31,
1925 (age 63 years, 235
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
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William F. Davis (b. 1849) —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
12, 1849.
Republican. Leather business; insurance
business; mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1899-1901; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas G. Davis and Margaret A. Davis; married, October
5, 1874, to Velma Jeannette Barker. |
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William Emmett Dever (1862-1929) —
also known as William E. Dever —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
13, 1862.
Democrat. Leather manufacturer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1923-27.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1929 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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William Lewis Douglas (1845-1924) —
also known as William L. Douglas —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
22, 1845.
Democrat. Shoe manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1883-84; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1892,
1896,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1886-87; mayor
of Brockton, Mass., 1890-91; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1905-06.
Died September
17, 1924 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Brockton, Mass.
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Thomas H. Fair —
of Massachusetts.
Socialist. Shoe worker; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Ebenezer Knowlton Fogg (1837-1900) —
also known as E. Knowlton Fogg —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Norwood, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
24, 1837.
Republican. Shoe merchant; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1891-92; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventeenth Essex District,
1896-97; postmaster at Lynn,
Mass., 1898-1900.
Universalist.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April
21, 1900 (age 62 years, 179
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elihu Burritt Hayes (1848-1903) —
also known as Elihu B. Hayes —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Lebanon, Lebanon, York
County, Maine, April
26, 1848.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; newspaper
publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Eighteenth Essex District, 1880;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1892-93.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., April 1,
1903 (age 54 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maynard W. Hutchinson (1885-1963) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Allston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
15, 1885.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; investment
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1936;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1954-61.
Died in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
12, 1963 (age 77 years, 362
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
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Arthur Byron Jenks (1866-1947) —
also known as Arthur B. Jenks —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Massachusetts, 1866.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1944;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1937-38, 1939-43;
defeated, 1934, 1936, 1942.
Died in 1947
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Eldon Bradford Keith (b. 1879) —
also known as Eldon B. Keith —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., October
18, 1879.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; director, Brockton National Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Eldon Keith and Anna G. (Reed) Keith; married, May 20,
1903, to Lulie H. Keith. |
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Harold Chessman Keith (b. 1884) —
also known as Harold C. Keith —
of Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Brockton, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 18,
1884.
Republican. Shoe manufacturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Keith and Anna G. (Reed) Keith; married, April
12, 1910, to Ethel Middlebrook Bowne. |
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Gideon Lee (1778-1841) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1778.
Shoemaker; leather business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1823; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1833-34; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1835-37.
Died in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
21, 1841 (age 63 years, 116
days).
Interment at Washington
Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
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John B. Lewis Jr. (b. 1841) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Wilmington, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
30, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; shoe
manufacturer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1901, 1922; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Lewis and Threasa (Miller) Lewis; married 1864 to Hattie
A. Bancroft; married 1872 to Mary
U. Hawes. |
| | | Image source: Boston Globe, August 30,
1908 |
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Harold Whitney Mason (1895-1944) —
also known as Harold W. Mason —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April
21, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; boot and
shoe business; vice-president, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital;
director for power
companies, insurance
companies, the Central Vermont Railway,
and the Estey Organ
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1940,
1944;
secretary, Arrangements Committee, secretary, 1940;
speaker, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Vermont, 1936-44; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1937-44.
Member, American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Sigma
Nu.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1944 (age 49 years, 196
days).
Interment at Morningside
Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lysander Mason and Margaret Etta (Matthews) Mason;
married, March
17, 1918, to Evelyn Hawley Dunham. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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George Francis McNamara (1883-1937) —
also known as George F. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
22, 1883.
Democrat. Shoe business; postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1920-22, 1936-37 (acting, 1920-22).
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
4, 1937 (age 54 years, 73
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Lot Francis McNamara (1856-1920) —
also known as Lot F. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in West Newbury, Essex
County, Mass., January
6, 1856.
Democrat. Shoe manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1904;
postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1913-20.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, at Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., July 31,
1920 (age 64 years, 207
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Raymond Vincent McNamara (1889-1974) —
also known as Raymond V. McNamara —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., April 6,
1889.
Democrat. Shoe manufacturer; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928;
Massachusetts Associate Commissioner of Labor and Arbitration;
postmaster at Haverhill,
Mass., 1939-59; newspaper
publisher.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in Hale Hospital,
Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., September
21, 1974 (age 85 years, 168
days).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Arthur Leroy Nason (b. 1872) —
also known as Arthur L. Nason —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1872.
Insurance
adjuster; shoe manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fifth Essex District, 1906-09,
1917-18; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1910-12, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1912.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Newhall (1850-1923) —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., October
24, 1850.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; shoe manufacturer; president, Lynn Street
Railway Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923
(Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08,
Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923; mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., November
4, 1923 (age 73 years, 11
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Alfred W. Peterson —
of Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Leather manufacturer; candidate for mayor of
Woburn, Mass., 1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Newton Prouty (1842-1916) —
of Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., October
6, 1842.
Republican. Boot and shoe manufacturer; director, Spencer
National Bank;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1906-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., January
18, 1916 (age 73 years, 104
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Mass.
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William Henry Ryan (1860-1939) —
also known as William H. Ryan —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hopkinton, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 10,
1860.
Democrat. Boot and shoe business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1899-1909 (32nd District 1899-1903,
35th District 1903-09); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Died in 1939
(age about
79 years).
Entombed at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Harry Irving Thayer (1869-1926) —
also known as Harry I. Thayer —
of Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Pembroke, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
10, 1869.
Republican. Leather business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died in Wakefield, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
10, 1926 (age 56 years, 181
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Wakefield, Mass.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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Joseph Henry Walker (1829-1907) —
also known as Joseph H. Walker —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1829.
Republican. Boot and shoe manufacturer; leather
manufacturer; candidate for mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1876; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1879-80, 1887; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1889-99 (10th District
1889-93, 3rd District 1893-99); defeated, 1898.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., April 3,
1907 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Interment at Worcester
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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