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  John Marshall Raymond (b. 1852) — also known as John M. Raymond — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., June 16, 1852. Lawyer; president, Salem Mutual Benefit Association; president, Salem Cooperative Bank; director, Mercantile National Bank of Salem; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1880; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1886-89. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: John Marshall
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Augustus Raymond and Sarah Slade (Buffum) Raymond; married 1879 to Anna Belle Jackson; married 1893 to Jennie Abbot Ward.
  Charles Gardner Reed (1835-1899) — also known as Charles G. Reed — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in North Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., April 2, 1835. Wheel spoke manufacturer; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1884-85. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a heart attack at the corner of Belmont and Orchard streets, and died soon after in a nearby house, Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., November 21, 1899 (age 64 years, 233 days). Interment at Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Gardner Reed and Frances Louise (Tilton) Reed; married to Luella P. Ware; married, September 25, 1873, to Elizabeth Paul Beagary; married, October 12, 1892, to Anna Sophia Whitcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Pierce; fourth cousin of Frank Finley Merriam and Charles Edward Merriam Jr..
  Political families: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire; Merriam family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) — also known as Edward C. Reynolds — of South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass., November 15, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland County Register of Probate, 1889-97; member of Maine state senate, 1897-99; mayor of South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Frank James Rice (1869-1917) — also known as Frank J. Rice — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., February 5, 1869. Republican. Streetcar conductor; grocer; real estate business; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grotto; Odd Fellows; Elks; Redmen; Order of Heptasophs; Knights of Pythias; Union League. Died January 18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Hull Rice and Caroline Elizabeth (Holbrook) Rice; married, July 16, 1890, to Charlotte A. Watrous.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elliot Lee Richardson (1920-1999) — also known as Elliot L. Richardson — of Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 20, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1959-61; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1965-67; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1967-69; defeated in primary, 1962; resigned 1969; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973; U.S. Attorney General, 1973; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1975-76; , 1977-80; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1976-77; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1984. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 31, 1999 (age 79 years, 164 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1952 to Anne Francis Hazard.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Elliot Richardson: Reflections of a Radical Moderate (2000) — The creative balance: Government, politics, and the individual in America's third century (1976)
  Parley Asa Russell (1838-1916) — also known as Parley A. Russell — of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., June 13, 1838. Republican. Woollen manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1896. Member, Freemasons. Died February 26, 1916 (age 77 years, 258 days). Interment at Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, December 13, 1870, to Celeste Stanley Gilbert.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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
  William Wallace Sampson (1841-1924) — also known as William W. Sampson — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass.; Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 12, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Malden, Mass., 1890-99. Member, Freemasons. Died in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass., February 23, 1924 (age 82 years, 164 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Weymouth, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Sampson and Sylvia (Gurney) Sampson; married, October 5, 1864, to Loreta Adelaide Loud; married to Emma B. Reed.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Augustus Sanderson (1863-1932) — of Ayer, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Littleton, Middlesex County, Mass., July 1, 1863. Republican. Middlesex County District Attorney, 1902-07; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1907-24; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1924-32. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1932 (age about 68 years). Interment at Westlawn Cemetery, Littleton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of George Webster Sanderson and Charlotte Elizabeth (Tuttle) Sanderson; married, January 11, 1893, to Annie Sarah Bennett.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eaton Dudley Sargent (1870-1944) — also known as Eaton D. Sargent — of Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass.; Nashua, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., August 13, 1870. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1918; mayor of Nashua, N.H., 1924-27; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1926, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee); candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died of heart failure while pruning an orange tree, in Crescent City, Putnam County, Fla., March 27, 1944 (age 73 years, 227 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew P. Sargent and Mary Julina (Bean) Sargent; married, September 18, 1901, to Clara Josephine Marsh Gage; third cousin thrice removed of Abel Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Flanders.
  Political families: Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Philip Mason Sears (1899-1973) — also known as Mason Sears — of Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 29, 1899. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1947-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948, 1952; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1949-50; U.S. representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council, 1953-60. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died, in Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 13, 1973 (age 73 years, 349 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Shelton Sears and Mary Cabot (Higginson) Sears; married, December 29, 1924, to Zilla MacDougall.
  Books by Mason Sears: Years of High Purpose
  Allen Simmons (b. 1891) — of Moundsville, Marshall County, W.Va. Born in Somerset, Bristol County, Mass., August 8, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil engineer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1935-36. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Tau Beta Pi; Kiwanis; American Legion; Forty and Eight; National Rifle Association. Burial location unknown.
  John Charles Freemont Slayton (1856-1922) — also known as John C. F. Slayton — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Calais, Washington County, Vt., June 27, 1856. Wholesale produce business; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 4th District, 1921-22; died in office 1922. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar. Died in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., January 4, 1922 (age 65 years, 191 days). Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery, Morrisville, Morristown, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Fanny A. (Andrews) Slayton and George Josephus Slayton; married 1883 to Lucy Lancaster; married 1902 to Margaret Clifford.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Lewis Southard and Linda Carver (Dennis) Southard; married, June 1, 1881, to Nellie Copeland.
  Abel Stearns (1798-1871) — also known as "Cara de Caballo"; "Horse Face" — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Mass., February 9, 1798. Delegate to California state constitutional convention, 1849; member of California state assembly, 1851-52, 1861-62 (2nd District 1851-52, 1st District 1861-62). Member, Freemasons. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 23, 1871 (age 73 years, 195 days). Original interment somewhere in San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Stearns and Elizabeth (Goodrich) Stearns; married 1841 to Arcadia Bandini.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Abel Stearns (built 1942 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Solon Stevens and Harriet (Whithed) Stevens; married, October 12, 1870, to Mary Price Savory.
  Andrew Coolidge Stone (1839-1905) — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H., May 16, 1839. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1880-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., February 26, 1905 (age 65 years, 286 days). Burial location unknown.
Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) — also known as Stuart Symington — of Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Mo. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of the Air Force, 1947-50; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Died December 14, 1988 (age 87 years, 171 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Stuart Symington and Emily Haxall (Harrison) Symington; married, March 1, 1924, to Evelyn Wadsworth (daughter of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; brother of James Jermiah Wadsworth); father of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin of John Fife Symington Jr.; first cousin once removed of John Fife Symington III.
  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 — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1957
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Brigham A. Taft.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Reuben James Tatman and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman; married, August 28, 1901, to Anna C. Svedberg.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Leavitt Taylor and Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor; married, June 16, 1906, to Myra Lillian Fairbank; married to Caroline W. Dudley.
  George Sylvester Taylor (1822-1910) — of Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden County, Mass. Born in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Mass., March 2, 1822. Republican. Farm tool manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1860-61; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1869; president, Chicopee Falls Savings Bank; mayor of Chicopee, Mass., 1891. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Chicopee, Hampden County, Mass., January 3, 1910 (age 87 years, 307 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvester Taylor and Sarah (Eaton) Taylor; married, November 25, 1845, to Asenath Boylston Cobb.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Silas F. Taylor — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Danville, Va. Democrat. Druggist; member of Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Henry Odin Tilton (b. 1885) — also known as Henry O. Tilton — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass., June 1, 1885. Republican. Electrical engineer; local sales manager, General Electric; director, Stratton and Co., Concord, N.H.; director, New England Confectionary Co., Cambridge, Mass.; candidate for mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952. Congregationalist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Freemasons; Grotto; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Odin Tilton and Hattie (French) Tilton; married, September 30, 1914, to Olive Northrop Fobes.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of George Henry Tinkham and Frances Ann (Holden) Tinkham.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William H. Tobey and Ellen Hall (Parker) Tobey; married, June 4, 1902, to Francelia M. Lovett.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Eliphalet Trask (1806-1890) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Monson, Hampden County, Mass., January 8, 1806. Whig. Foundry business; banker; mayor of Springfield, Mass., 1855; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1856-57, 1862; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1858-61. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., December 9, 1890 (age 84 years, 335 days). Interment at Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Married to Ruby Squier.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Allen Towner Treadway (1867-1947) — also known as Allen T. Treadway — of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass., September 16, 1867. Republican. Hotel proprietor; director, Berkshire Trust Co.; trustee, Stockbridge Savings Bank; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1908-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1913-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grange; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Alpha Delta Phi. Died in 1947 (age about 79 years). Interment at Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway; married, October 25, 1893, to Sylvia Shares.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel H. Tyler and Ida P. (Grant) Tyler; married, June 30, 1925, to Elizabeth Parker.
  Charles Lee Underhill (1867-1946) — also known as Charles L. Underhill — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1867. Republican. Blacksmith; hardware merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1900; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1921-33. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 28, 1946 (age 78 years, 192 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Johnson Underhill and Sallie (Clements) Underhill; married, February 25, 1892, to Edith Lamprey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs) Warner.
George Washington George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as "Father of His Country"; "The American Fabius" — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President of the United States, 1789-97. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the first President and voluntarily stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Slaveowner. Died, probably from acute bacterial epiglottitis, at Fairfax County, Va., December 14, 1799 (age 67 years, 295 days). Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1860 at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1869 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January 6, 1759, to Martha Dandridge Custis (aunt of Burwell Bassett); step-father of John Parke Custis; uncle of Bushrod Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles Magill Conrad; granduncle of John Thornton Augustine Washington and George Corbin Washington; first cousin six times removed of Archer Woodford; second cousin of Howell Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Howell Cobb (1772-1818), Sulifand Sutherland Ross and David Shelby Walker; second cousin thrice removed of Walker Peyton Conway, Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Henry Ball Jr., William de Bruyn=Kops, Horace Lee Washington, Edwin McPherson Holden, Claude C. Ball, Arthur Wesley Holden and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; third cousin twice removed of Henry Rootes Jackson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family; King family of Savannah, Georgia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Washington-Walker family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Henry Lee — Joshua Fry — Alexander Dimitry — Tobias Lear — David Mathews — Rufus Putnam
  Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are named for him.
  The city of Washington, D.C., is named for him.  — The state of Washington is named for him.  — Mount Washington (highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The minor planet 886 Washingtonia (discovered 1917), is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: George Washington Lent MarrGeorge Washington HeardGeorge Washington BarnettGeorge Washington DavisGeorge W. OwenGeorge W. TolandGeorge W. LayGeorge W. PattersonGeorge W. B. TownsGeorge Washington AdamsGeorge Washington HockleyGeorge W. SmythG. W. IngersollGeorge W. HopkinsGeorge Washington MontgomeryJoseph George Washington DuncanGeorge W. KittredgeGeorge W. JonesGeorge W. HarrisonGeorge Washington EwingGeorge Washington SeabrookGeorge W. MorrisonGeorge Washington WoodwardGeorge Washington WrightGeorge Washington TriplettGeorge Washington GlasscockGeorge W. SchuylerGeorge Washington HolmanGeorge W. GreeneGeorge W. WolcottGeorge W. PaschalGeorge Washington DunlapGeorge Washington WarrenGeorge Washington HillGeorge Washington LoganGeorge W. GetchellGeorge W. WrightGeorge W. JulianGeorge Washington DyalGeorge W. LaddGeorge W. PeckGeorge Washington NesmithGeorge W. MorganGeorge Washington BrooksGeorge Washington CowlesGeorge W. GeddesGeorge Washington WhitmoreGeorge Washington BridgesGeorge W. CateGeorge W. HoukGeorge W. WebberGeorge W. BemisGeorge Washington FairbrotherGeorge Washington GlickGeorge W. JonesGeorge W. BakerGeorge W. ShellGeorge W. AndersonGeorge W. CrouseGeorge W. HulickGeorge W. AllenGeorge W. F. HarperGeorge Washington ClarkGeorge Washington McCraryGeorge W. GordonGeorge W. KingsburyGeorge W. CovingtonGeorge Washington FleegerGeorge W. SteeleGeorge W. WilsonGeorge W. MartinGeorge W. E. DorseyGeorge W. PlunkittGeorge W. FurbushGeorge W. SuttonGeorge W. CurtinGeorge W. RayGeorge W. RooseveltGeorge W. SmithGeorge W. KippGeorge W. CampbellGeorge W. TaylorGeorge W. StoneGeorge W. BartchGeorge W. ShonkGeorge W. PaulGeorge W. CookGeorge W. MurrayGeorge W. FarisGeorge W. FithianGeorge W. PrinceGeorge W. BucknerGeorge W. CromerGeorge W. DonagheyGeorge W. AldridgeGeorge Washington WagonerGeorge Washington GoethalsGeorge W. ArmstrongGeorge W. LovejoyGeorge W. OakesGeorge W. HaysGeorge W. EdmondsGeorge W. LindsayGeorge Washington JonesT. G. W. TarverGeorge W. DardenGeorge Washington JonesGeorge W. MeadGeorge W. GibbonsGeorge W. ListGeorge W. CalkinGeorge W. RauchGeorge W. MichellGeorge Washington JacksonGeorge W. BlanchardGeorge Washington HerzGeorge W. BristowGeorge Washington HardyGeorge W. BallardGeorge W. McKownGeorge Thomas WashingtonGeorge W. CollinsGeorge A. Washington
  Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 bill. His portrait also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency, and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about George Washington: Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington — James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man — Willard Sterne Randall, George Washington : A Life — Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch : George Washington and the New American Nation — Henry Wiencek, An Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America — James MacGregor Burns, George Washington — Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency, George Washington — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — David Barton, The Bulletproof George Washington: An Account of God's Providential Care — Wendie C. Old, George Washington (for young readers)
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Zeno Sterry Waterman and Sarah W. (Robinson) Waterman; married, May 13, 1932, to Frances Chadbourne Knight; second cousin twice removed of William Harrison Waterman; second cousin four times removed of David Waterman and Luther Waterman; third cousin thrice removed of Elisha Waterman and Thomas Glasby Waterman; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Hamilton Waterman and Robert Whitney Waterman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fiero-Waterman family of New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Sinclair Weeks Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) — also known as Sinclair Weeks — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos County, N.H. Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 15, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Massachusetts Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati. Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing Home, Concord, Middlesex County, Mass., February 7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237 days). Interment at Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Martha (Sinclair) Weeks and John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); married, December 4, 1915, to Beatrice Lee Dowse; married, January 3, 1948, to Jane (Tompkins) Rankin; married, August 22, 1968, to Alice Pauline (Requa) Low; grandson of John G. Sinclair; great-grandnephew of John Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); first cousin four times removed of Timothy Pickering; third cousin twice removed of Dudley Leavitt Pickman; third cousin thrice removed of Nathan Read.
  Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Maxwell M. Rabb
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
  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.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of David Josiah Brewer.
  Political family: Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family of California.
Burton K. Wheeler 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.
  Relatives: Son of Asa Leonard Wheeler and Mary Elizabeth (Tyler) Wheeler; married, September 7, 1907, to Lulu M. White; third cousin once removed of Philip Allcock Sprague; third cousin twice removed of Edgar Weeks; fourth cousin once removed of John A. Weeks.
  Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; French-Richardson family of Chester, New Hampshire; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  George Addison Whiting (1827-1903) — also known as George A. Whiting — of California. Born in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 20, 1827. Member of California state assembly 12th District, 1871-73. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died, of heart disease, in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass., September 14, 1903 (age 75 years, 359 days). Interment at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holliston, Mass.
  Benjamin Franklin Whittemore (1824-1894) — also known as B. F. Whittemore — of Darlington County, S.C.; Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., May 18, 1824. Republican. Minister; chaplain; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Darlington County, 1868; member of South Carolina state senate from Darlington County, 1868, 1870-77; resigned 1868, 1877; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1868-70; resigned 1870; censured by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870 for selling an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Montvale, Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., January 25, 1894 (age 69 years, 252 days). Interment at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Henry Wilder (1855-1913) — also known as William H. Wilder — of Gardner, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, May 14, 1855. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1911-13 (4th District 1911-13, 3rd District 1913); died in office 1913. Member, Freemasons. Died September 11, 1913 (age 58 years, 120 days). Interment at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Mass.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Winfield (1897-1975) — also known as Sam Winfield; Samuel Weinfield — of Opa-Locka, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla.; Miramar, Broward County, Fla. Born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., December 3, 1897. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor of Miramar, Fla., 1959; resigned 1959. Jewish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions. Died in Hollywood, Broward County, Fla., March 30, 1975 (age 77 years, 117 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Richland, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of William Weinfield and Jennie (Rosenbloom) Weinfield; married, May 18, 1932, to Nellie Lorene Noe.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillis Betsy (Paine) Wolcott; married 1927 to Grace Aileen Sullivan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Woodbury and Elizabeth (Clapp) Woodbury; brother of Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (who married Montgomery Blair); uncle of Gist Blair; first cousin once removed of Gordon Woodbury and Charlotte Eliza Woodbury.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel H. Wragg (b. 1882) — of Needham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Needham, Norfolk County, Mass., June 9, 1882. Republican. Manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives First Norfolk District, 1919-24; member of Massachusetts state senate Norfolk & Middlesex District, 1925-36. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Smith Young and Ida (Brandow) Young; married, June 30, 1898, to Josephine Sheldon Edmonds; married, February 21, 1937, to Louise (Powis) Clark; father of Philip Young.
  The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, New York, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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