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Politician members in Massachusetts

  John Weston Allen (1872-1942) — also known as J. Weston Allen — of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., April 19, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1915-18; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1920-22. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Loyal Legion. Prosecuted Charles Ponzi and other famous criminals. Died in a hospital at Belmont, Middlesex County, Mass., January 1, 1942 (age 69 years, 257 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Allen and Grace Mason (Weston) Allen; married, June 12, 1901, to Caroline Cheney Hills.
  Larz Anderson (1866-1937) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Paris, France of American parents, August 15, 1866. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-13. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Loyal Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., April 13, 1937 (age 70 years, 241 days). Interment at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Gen. Nicholas Longworth Anderson and Elizabeth Coles (Kilgour) Anderson; married to Isabel Weld Perkins; grandnephew of William Marshall Anderson and Charles Anderson; second cousin of Nicholas Longworth.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Anderson-Marshall family of Ohio and West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "Patriot - Diplomat - Soldier - Loyal Friend - May He Rest in Peace."
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus Davis Ayling (1840-1918) — also known as Augustus D. Ayling — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.; Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 28, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant General of New Hampshire, 1879-1907. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died March 9, 1918 (age 77 years, 224 days). Interment at Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William L. Ayling and Margaret (Hurley) Ayling; married 1869 to Elizabeth F. Cornish.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jesse Bunton Baxter (b. 1872) — also known as Jesse B. Baxter — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., October 10, 1872. Republican. Banker; treasurer of Massachusetts Republican Party, 1915-16; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, Loyal Legion; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Quincy Baxter and Isadore Frances (Bunton) Baxter; married, June 29, 1909, to Katharine Woodbury.
  Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) — also known as Henry S. Boutell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 14, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1884; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903, 9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law professor. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy, March 11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell; married, December 29, 1880, to Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates; nephew of Roger Sherman Greene; grandnephew of William Maxwell Evarts; second great-grandson of Roger Sherman.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) — also known as Grenville M. Dodge — of Iowa. Born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868 (member, Resolutions Committee); member of Republican National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74. Member, Loyal Legion. Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad. Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, January 3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266 days). Entombed at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Grenville M. Dodge (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1974) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) — also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal Garfield — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, October 11, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; university professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904; president of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19. Member, American Political Science Association; Loyal Legion. Died in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., December 12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62 days). Interment at Williams College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Abram Garfield and Lucretia Garfield; brother of James Rudolph Garfield; married 1888 to Belle Hartford Mason; fourth great-grandson of Peleg Sanford; first cousin twice removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin once removed of Daniel Rose Tilden and Edwin Carpenter Pinney; third cousin of Claude Carpenter Pinney; third cousin once removed of Harold B. Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Thayer.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Harry A. Garfield (built 1943 at South Portland, Maine; transferred to the Belgian government and renamed Belgian Dynasty; scrapped 1965) was originally named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Harry A. Garfield: Lucretia Garfield Comer, Harry Garfield's First Forty Years: Man Of Action In A Troubled World
  Charles Hinman Graves (1839-1928) — also known as Charles H. Graves; Charley Graves — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., August 14, 1839. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state senate 29th District, 1873-76; mayor of Duluth, Minn., 1882, 1883; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 46, 1889-90; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1905-13; Norway, 1905-06. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., October 7, 1928 (age 89 years, 54 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, May 20, 1873, to E. Grace Totten Stevens; married, April 25, 1905, to Alice Kinney Trip.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Minnesota Legislator record
  Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 14, 1840. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Washington, 1890. Baptist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., February 17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene; married, August 17, 1866, to Grace Wooster; married, August 4, 1918, to May (Collins) Jones; nephew of William Maxwell Evarts; uncle of Henry Sherman Boutell and Roger Sherman Greene II; great-grandson of Roger Sherman; first cousin of Maxwell Evarts; second cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar and Roger Kent.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Frank Edward Guernsey (1866-1927) — also known as Frank E. Guernsey — of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine, October 15, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Maine state senate, 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1908-17. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1927 (age 60 years, 78 days). Interment at Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Hannah M. (Thompson) Guernsey and Edward H. Guernsey; married, June 16, 1897, to Josephine F. Lyford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John White Kimball (b. 1828) — also known as John W. Kimball — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., February 27, 1828. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1864-65, 1872, 1888-91; postmaster; Massachusetts state auditor, 1892-1901. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Alpheus Kimball and Harriet (Stone) Kimball; married, July 15, 1851, to Almira Melissa Lesure.
  Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902) — also known as Augustus Martin — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine, November 23, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1884-85. Unitarian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1902 (age 66 years, 109 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus Brown Reed Sprague (1827-1910) — also known as Augustus B. R. Sprague — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Ware, Hampshire County, Mass., March 7, 1827. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; furniture merchant; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1896-97. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., May 17, 1910 (age 83 years, 71 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Lee Sprague and Lucia (Snow) Sprague; married, December 23, 1846, to Eliza Jane Rice; married 1891 to Mary Jennie Barbour; third cousin once removed of William Sprague (1799-1856); third cousin thrice removed of John Adams and John Brown; fourth cousin of William Sprague (1830-1915); fourth cousin once removed of Eli Thayer, Walter Keene Linscott, Sidney Smythe Linscott and Charles Arthur Sprague.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut; Adams-Baldwin family of Boston, Massachusetts; Fairbanks-Adams family; Sprague family of Providence, Rhode Island; Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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